The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-07-10
FAYETTEVILLE NEWS LETTER &.
Delivery in Prospect for Fay
etteviIIe-Great Amount of Work at
BUCK School Faculty
Complete-Summer Movements of
People.
Especial to The Messenger.)

Fayetteville. n. c., July S.-Mr. F. r.
Rose, secretary Of the chamber of COM
merce, returned last night from Wash
ington city, having very efficiently ac-
Icompllshed his mission. The agent OF
the department. who was here some
days ago. pointed out that more room
would be needed in the postoffice build
ing for increased clerical force, and that
it must be shown the government that
a population Of 0,0O0 could be reached
by carriers. The report OF Mr.. Rose
to the departnent-which was COM
mended by the officials at Washington
WAS admirable-met all the conditions,
Increased rental was promised. and the
city mail delivery will come soon.
those who have been there with the
past few days say that The work at
BuckhOrn Falls. on the great plant of
tine Cape Fear Electro Power Company.
is something to behold. The immense
concrete dam is in itself a vast under
taking. but a large force is engaged,
and the best machinery in labor saving
IS applied. II is predicted that cleo
ltrlcal communication Will be made with
FaVetteVille bv December LIST.
The board of trustees of the city grad
ed schools Ia elected as principal and
assistant principal Professors j. +.
lConlv. OF Lenoir. and w. z. Stafford. of
Burlington.
Of Fayetteville truckers, Mrs. W. H.
Tomlinson, of North street, made the
first shipment of cantelOupeS to north
ern markets last Monday.
tayetteVille's Steam Fire Co. has
elected as delegates to the meeting OF
the State Firemen's Association in Dur
ham Messrs. C. L. Jones and d. II.
Maultsby; a~lternates, w. c.. Holland,
IJr., n John Stroud.
Jeb Stuart Chapter. United Daugh-
ters Of the Confederacy, meets at 6
this afternoon at the residence
on Green street, of Mrs. Kyle, where
the officers for the year will be an
InOunced, and crosses of hOnOr will be
presented to the following ex-Confeder-
ate soldiers: JOIN r. Buie. w. l.. Will
|liams, George NJ. Rose. ]. B. Williams,
Garter, j. A. Gainey. w. H. Graham,
d. A. Mcmillan. w. A. Pardon, Joseph
Rackley, David Seasons.
The trucking area is constantly eX-
tending. This season Goodwin station,
OF this city. is making large ship
|mentS of cucumberS. cor and beanS,
and will help the market out with guam
titles of huckleberries.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Underwood and
children go down this afternoon to
spend a month at Wrightsville Beach.
Colonel and Mrs. c. w. Broadfoot and
family leave the last of this week FOR
a few weeks of cottage life on the
'seashore.
Mr.. C. L. Bevill. of the firm of Messrs.
.Bevill and VanStory. accompanied by
his nieces, Misses Dora Bevill and Bes-
sic Scott, of Greensboro. is spending
the season at Atlantic City, N. j.
Misses Flora and Mary Mcpherson
are visiting friends in Raleigh.
Mr.. r. l.. Williams has been quite
at the Hotel Lafayette. but is
somewhat better today.
Misses Ethel Wicker and Ethel Fish
.er are attending the University school
AT Knoxville. Tenn; Miss Margaret
Whitehead IS at the University 100
at Chapel Hill; Professor ]. A. Jones,
superintendent of the graded
leaves today for a stay of a short While
AT his home in Wake Ounty