The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-07-10
FAYETTEVILLE FLASHES.
Big Celebration On the Upper Cape
Fear-EIoquent Notwithstanding
Street Scenes-News Told in Brief
Paragraphs.
Especial to The Messenger.)

Fayetteville, July 7.-Wilmington and
Fayetteville joined hands yesterday in
an old time patriotic jubilee, which the
superb management Of Captain J. D.
Mcneil, chief marshall. with the aid
of his staff, made one of the most sue
cessful celebrations ever enjoyed in this
part Of North Carolina. At graded
school park the blessing Of God upon
the great assemblage and our Common
country was eIoquentIy invoked by
Rev. Isaac W. Hughes, rector OF St.
Johns Episcopal church. and chaplain
OF the Independent Light Infantry bat
talon, followed by the national Dec
IaratiOn Of Independence, read by Mr..
q. x. Nimocks and the Liberty Point
resolutions of June 20. 1775, by Mr.. H.
H. SlOcumb-both tasks well performed.
Hon. O.. VI. Rose. chairman Of the re
ceptiOn committee. then gracefully in
PRODUCED Hon. a. VI. WaddeIl. II would
be superfluOus TO write Of the orator.
cal power Of Colonel Waddell. whose
grdceS as Il public speaker are known
all over the south: the subject matter
of his address was worthy Of the true
patriot and SOutheruer-WOrthy of the
$1,000 ~ 60 4l4N.--NAE"- az u w IL
mingtOn. led the revolution Of 1883.
which brOke the backbone OF negro
domination, and was the keynote Of the
ensuIng campaign: q service which no
North Carolinian ought ever forget.
Cape Fear Council No. 10. Junior Or
der of United American Mechanics.
marched IN a body in the procession.
strong in personnel n numbers. The
Hope Mills cOrnet band furnished the
music for the day, and did it to such
general qualification that the CORE
spondent asks leave to Civ the mem
bership in full: Mr.. F. H. Cotton. cap
tam; Mr.. j.. NJ. Leaptott. leader:
Messrs. Wharley, Hutchinson. VI. Nor
gan. Berchman. O. Morgan. Mcqueen,
w. Morgan, Morrison, Noodle. Near
thur. BOdenhamer, Bynum. Jamison.
The sham battle was cheered to the
skies by thousands, who filed the win
dOWs and the tops Of the stores on the
principal streets, as it ragged around
Market Square, where the Grays OF the
I~ndependent Light Infantry battalion.
commanded by CAPTAIN j. D. Mcneil.
were ~lEtrenChed, M were beSieged by
the Blues. under command of Major j.
q. HOllingSWOrth. The Grays finally
triumphed, but not until the market
plaza was streWn with the killed and
wounded, the old color bearer of the
DIST infantry in the civil war, J. r.
Bule, was shot down. and J.. ". Atkin-
son. the color bearer of Hane'S brigade.
seized the battle flag II marched on to
victory. The battle was followed by
water throwing contests Of the teams
OF the fire department. n a test race
on RObinSOn'S creek, winding through
Eccles Park, the prizeIn the latter be
ing won by George Williams, son or
Captain A. B. Williams.
AT go O'Clock, at Gillespie street
park. Umpire L.. A. Williamson called
ball in the game between Wilmington
and Fayetteville. the teams being up
as follows. and resulting in a score of
, TO 3 in favor of Fayetteville:
Wilmington-C. Moore, c. and captain;
Mcintyre, h.: Greene. 2b.; Calder. 3b.:
Smith. S. s.; Mills. c. f; James. =. f:
Peschau. p. Observation-Disclosures.
c.; MckennOn. ID: Horne. 2b.: Jordan.
MILAN. T. f.: Taylor, c. l.: Bavne, l. f.;
eagle. p.
1t was a good game. though without
heavy batting or other striking feat
ures; struck out by Peschau for Will
mington D: struck u by eagle for
Fayetteville. IA.
The funeral services took place here
yesterday over the remains of Robert
Register, brought from Moore county.
He was a nephew Of he late lamented
DR.. w. c. MCDuffie. and was n descen-
dant of the Gee family. who have r
a prominent place in the history of the
revolution.
4 pitiable case IN the Cumberland
county Jail is hat OF a white man nam
ed Thompson. who was sent from Bla-
den to serve six months for whiSkey
selling. He is almost blind. mopes and
brOOds to himself. Is educated. and
came of a good family.
Mr.. Charles @. Rose and Miss Mary
Mcneil have gone 10 Atlanta to attend
n house Darrv given DV Mrs Hansen.
Mr.. Dudley Ijams, formerly a resi-
dent of this city. is registered at the
hotel Lafayette from Baltimore.
Mr.. w. H. Haigh. OF Mars Bluff.
and Mr.. W. w. Sutton. OF Winona, s.
c. attended yesterdays celebration.