The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-07-22
FAYErrEvr1LE NEWS Lrrrw


Especial to The Messenger.)
Fayetteville. ~. c.. July 2o.-Mr. *
r. McBryde. county superintendent OF
public instruction; Professor Wake
land. superintendent Of the Donaid-
son-Davidson Academy. and Professor
Mcintyre are conducting the FORMAL
school for the white teachers of Cum
berland county, TO continue <or four
weeks. The sessions are held In the
auditorium Of the city graded school
building on Hay street. and are very
well attended. 4 fun OF study
will be pursued. with the teachers ar
ranged IN regular classes
Professor wakeland Is arranging to
have. sometime during the summer or
early fall, a rally or reunion of the
old students OF the Donaldson Acade-
my. those who were school boys there
before the civil war. under the regimes
Rev. a Johnsn. When this reun-
ion takes place there will probably be
4 made to raise n fund for
| n tablet To- the n o. Rev. Daniel
johnson. He now lies in an cnmark-
ed grave in Scotland county near old
| Floral coiiegs. OF which he was prin-
| cipai after he left here. Mr.. Johnson
Was one OF the most prominent edu-
| Gators In North Carolina. as well as
one OF the best men, whose useful life
should not lapse into oblivion. III the
writer mistakes not. there are two or
three old Donaldson Academy students
living I'm Wilmington.
AS an instance OF the Appreciation
of real estate In his city and suburbs.
Ii may be noted that DR.. Judd. whose
purchase OF West Lawn" was men,
toned i'm The Messenger a day or two
since. offers for sale the residence ne
has been occupying for some years,
and Its valuation Is about so per cent
more than when purchased.
\ large northern manufacturing
firm has written TO the Offices OF the
Cape Fear Electric Power Company to
know IL they can be assured of n cer
tain very large amount OF power for
the establishment OF an enterprise
here. This power can and doubtless
by Year with the demands, and the
town % Sanford. 1t is stated. has ap-
Piled for n large power.
Mrs. living In East Fay
e:fevfile. this morning found herself
the poorer by n $40 bill. which hac.
been taken from a bureau drawer dur
ing the night. Nothing else was miss
ed. n an open window showed how
the burglar had obtained entrance.
The Huske Hardware Company on,
upper Hay street. has received the con-
tract for the sewerage system IF the
city graded school buildings and
premises. The work will be entered
on at once. that II may be completed In
time for the fall session OF the schools.
The negroes In railroad overaits are
still making the rounds of the state.
playing the very simple bur ingenious
Il .r.s~
raised from 80 cents to $40. Nessrx-
r. Burns and Hollingsworth and Hof-
land, clothicrs OF this city. have been
heeced just as Wilmington merchants
We're.
Miss Celia NJ. Robinson is spending
n few days at Beaver Lake" the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Lutter-
Ion.
Messrs. John s. Manning. president
and r. p. Gray. secretary and treas
urar. OF the Cane Fear Electric Power
Company. were registered at the Hotel
La F5yette yesterday.
Miss Mary Macarthur, president Of
the Cumberland Women's Association
for the Betternent OF School Housea-
is attending the state association i'm
Raleigh.
Misses Mary s. Slocomb and Lillian
Haigh are attending a house party at
Concord, given by Miss Dorothy Sio-
cum.
Fayetteville and Red Springs play
baseball at the latter place tomorrow.
The first development In county pol
tiles for 1904 is the cement BY
Captain J.. ID. -McNeill that he viii be
a candidate for the state Senate. He
has already been n member Of that
body and has been for years president
of the State Firemen's Association.
The picked team of the city fire de-
partment are using every spare hour
for practice for the coming contest OF
the tournament of the State Firemen's
Association at Salisbury. The NUM-
cipal government appropriated a sum
to help defray their expenses. and sn
entertainment will be given tomorrow
evening to increase this amount.
Messrs. III. q. Atkinson and J. W.
Strange have been elected delegates
In the association: al;ernates. MezsrxL-
F.. T. Watson and J.. :. HcNeilL
Mr.. John r. Tolar. Of the well
Known New York business firm Of
Hart and Tolar. IS a welcome visitor
in :he city.
Mr. and Mrs. j. F. l. ArmfeId are
| visiting Mrs. Armfield's parents. Mr.
| and Mrs. 4. A. Mclean ut Maxton-