The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-10-25

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Fear Council Win Celcbrate-New
Industrial Rookle,-News' and Per
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Fayetteville. y. C. Oct. s0--Rev- J. J.
Hall. pastor OF the First Bap.+s.
church OF this city. that =
gift o. $1,000 has been made 10 &as
church by a friend not q member Of the
church. The church here is unusuasy
~fiourfsning. and there Is talk Of build
ing a new church edifce and lecture
room.
Cape Fear Council No. Is, Junior Or
der United American Mechanics. wil
celebrate their sixth anniversary "a
Friday OF next week. Among the at
tractsve features OF the program viii
b an address at night by Mr.. z. z.
Smith. state vice counsellor. and ed
tor OF the American" the Official
organ OF the order.
A beautiful church marriage was rel
ebrated at the First Baptist last even
ing, in the union OF Miss Ellen Hoi-
lingsworth, OF this city. and Mr.. H 7.
Baker. of Wilmington, the pastor. Rev.
]. J. Hall. performing the ceremony.
Tomorrow evening the congregation
OF the First Baptist church will Ten
der a reception TO their brilliant new
PASTOR anu MS VIE. rev. GIlu ~ - =
j. Hail..
Yesterday Deputy Sheriff Pate ar
rested William Struts, a negro for
forgery. He 10 employed by Mr.. r. A.
Poe, and he is charged with raising
the figures on orders entrusted 10 him
in the purchase Of goods.
The new booklet issued by the cham
Der OF commerce, Facts and Figures"
says Of the Cape Fear Electric Pawer
Company:
The concrete dam is ready and IS
1,600 feet in length. At one sid OF this
is a ana a mile and a quarter long,
$50 feet wide IN 20 feet deep. at tho
lower end of which is a dam p feet
high and $50 feet long, also Of sold
concrete. This canal gives a head for
the eight turbine wheels. six large AMI
two, the latter for the 'existors.' The
water will enter the canal through four
head gates. In the great dam there
are about 5000 yards of concrete. The
power house will be one story, 10 feet
high, 100 feet long and 50 feet wide,
and will be of solid concrete, like the
dam, inside in forms. The dam will back
the water II to IS miles, and a steam
boat win be used with the great pond
there formed. The giant dynamos
have all this year been at Moncure.
They will be skidded to the river and
there put on barges and taken to the
power house. There are eight of them.
The wheel pit in which the turbines
will go is to be % feet deep, Al feer
wide and 100 feet long and cut out Of
stone. Pepper and Register, of Phila-
delphia are the contractors for the
work, which is to cost $500, 600. Its
transmission lines are ready built, its
distributing stations in Fayetteville
and the various lines connecting il with
h mills throughout the city are also
completed. The mills are being sup
piled with the necessary fixtures t
receive and utilize this owe on it,
arrival in Fayetteville. which canno.
now long be delayed"
The booklet also has the following.
"A better point than Fayettevil,e
cannot be our anywhere, and few
any thing like so good, as a manufac-
turing and distributing point for soaps,
bags (cloth and paper). crates fer
truck, barrels, etc. The present truck
ing industry in the immediate vicinity
Is already large enough to consume the
whole output Of an ordinary establish
ment making such articles as truckers
require for marketing their products"
Miss Margaret II. Moore, of Bait
more, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Jno. p.
Mcneil, on Haymount.
Miss Lottie Thornton has returned
from an extended trip to Asheville aud
other resorts in western North Carroll
ma.
Cards have beer issued to Their
friends, announcing the marriage or
Miss Flora Lamont Mclaughlin, ne
lovely daughter of Maj. and Mrs. J..
w. McLaughlin, to Mr.. William Me-
Louchlin, at 6 O'Clock on Thursday ev-
ening. October 9th, in the Presbyte-
lar church, Raeford, N. G.
P. P. Lockamy, white, aged % years.
IL insane. and has been confined in the
county Jail until he can be sent to the
asylum.
The sewing machine ~swindlers, who
nave been operating around Chad
bourn, against whom The Messenger
has given warning. are said to be now
doing business in Cumberland county
Thev offer to sell their machines on
credit till next berry season, but at
the same time the note which thew re-
quire of the purchaser is a waiver {.
homestead and personal property. Our
people should be on their guard against
them.
Mr.. Stuart Pemberton, youngest son
OF Captain J.. A. Pemberton, of this
city, who has been at the St. Louis ex-
position for several days, was badly
hurt in that city yesterday by an au-
tomobile in his gallant rescuing OF a
woman from injury. There is much
interest is felt in this city, where he r.as
hosts of friends. to hear the lates. OF
his condition