The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-08-23
PRIMARY OR NO PRIMARY.
Division of Misunderstanding of Re-
tail Observation-Disclosures Whiskey
Sellers i'm COurt-News and Personal
Notes.

Correspondence of The Messenger.)
Fayetteville, N. c., Aug. 16.-Cum-
berland has no legalized primary, but
an effort is making to adopt the system
in the democratic party of the county.
There is great diversity of opinion on
the subject, and in some precincts it is
meeting with strong opposition. From
what the correspondent can learn, the
majority of Democrats outside Of the
city do not take favorably to it.
The truth is, Cumberland has never
viewed kindly even the new plan of
organization, and it is welded to the
plan Of ten votes to the township ur
precinct, which was adopted some
years ago. Then, too, the prohibition
agitation, which has grown lately in
intensity, is having it's effect; men on
n side or the other is getting bit
ter, and dclare that they will not vote
for or against a prohibltionist.
This afternoon before Magistrate
Mclean, three white men, one a
merchant, will be placed on trial for
selling liquor, and for selling cider
in quantities less than five gallons.
n is charged in the Indictment with
"un1awfully and felontouSiy selling
one pint of whisky for 8 cents The
blind tiger seems to come cheap.
Mrs. Mary Hinsdale, Mrs. T. j.
Whitfield and Miss Mary Warren Cam
eron left today for a trip to the st.
Louis Exposition and California.
Fayetteville people express regret
at losing Mr.. A. S. Holden, late man
ger of the Armour Packing Com
pany, and his interesting family. In
musical circles especially Mr.. Holder
was a great acquisition to the con
munity.
Miss Lucy Hamer, Of Tatum, s. -,
is the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. W. y.
VanStory.
Mrs. b. A. Morgan. OF G~reenVilie
S. c., is visiting her parents, Hon. and
Mrs. G.. NJ. Rose, on Haymount.
Mrs. T.. G. Hollingsworth and Mrs
w. B. Ledbetter are spending son-
days at Morehead City.
Mr.. ]. ". Ingold has gone to Hot
Springs, Ark, to take the treatment
for rheumatism.
Col. w. S. Cook, agent in this city
for the Fayetteville and Wilmington
Steamboat Company, hes returned
from Columbia, S. c., having gone
there to confer with it's business
men in h matter OF furnishing c
li~ght-draught steamer for traffic or
the river al hat place.
There are now 10 PRISONERS IN th6
county Jail with thres capital cases
and a great many offenders aSalnSt
the law bonded to the next term %
| court. An officer of the county loit
the writer this morning that II
| would require at least a three weeks
term of court with hard work to cieai
| up the criminal docket.
Among the many improvements or
| Haymount, the beautiful western SUI
burb of the city, a most important
one is the cutting u Of a new street
at right angles to the boulevard IL
front of the handsome Armfield resi-
dence, to extend to the front Of Mrs
Mrs. Mary Brandt's dwelling.
The correspondent acknowledge
with pleasure an invitation to bt
present at the silver wedding ann
versary OF Rev. DR.. anu Mrs. H Z
| Hill, at the residence at Floral Col
lege, Robson county, on the 1"tl
inst, from 4 to 10 O'Clock p. m. DR.
Hill was the able and beloved pastor
of the First Presbyterian Church il
this city for many years, and in 1S''
he married Mrs. Kate Shepherd, sec
ond daughter of the late Judge Jess
Ct. Shepherd, a distinguished juris
and member of the Fayetteville bar
The writer wishes for them life
continued happineSs~on to their COLDER
Il Sd1S-
Misses Alice and Sadie Jessul
returned from a stay at Jackson
Springs.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herpert Lutterioi
will this week return to their Hay
mount residence from their summe
stay at Beaver Lake" their countr.
home.
Last evening there was an inter
esting and well attended meeting II
the city hall OF the Retail Mer
chants Association, with an addition
of several members. The president
Mr.. NJ. F. Crawford, and Mr.. r. II
McDuffie, addressed the meeting. Civ
ing an account OF the proceedings o
the state convention. The ~delinquen
list was promised to all members Q
the organization al an early date