The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-02-26
FIRST NOTE OF THE CAMPAIGN.
Announcement for Mayor.-MiH SUI
perintendent Retires-Store Rob
bery.-"Southern Battlefields"-Sent
to Acknowledgements I'm Ar
mOry.
Especial to The Messenser.)

Fayetteville, Feb. 22.-The Fayette-
Vile municipal campaign may be said
to be formally opened now by h an
n~ouncement, in the Observer, by
Capt. r.. A. Switzerland tina he will
be a candidate for mayor al n next
election. Others, whose aspirations
set the same way, and their follow
ings, ma we'll receive this
ment with serious face. for Capt.
Switzerland is made UP ofNthe quail
ties of the man who arrives" He
was first known to Fayetteville people
as an efficient passenger
on the Atlantic a Line Railroad,
which position he resigned to become
freight agent at this point Recently
he has become a partner in the large
wholesale lumber firm OF w. ]. NC
Diarmid & Co. Mr.. c. b. Mcmillan.
the present mayor, is an active officer
and magistrate, who, If he seeks the
nomination, will make a stiff fight.
It is hardly doubtful that one issue to
enter largely into the next mayoralty
contest will be the enforcement Of the
prohibition law. The correspondent
has never heard the present city ad-
ministration accused of not ndeav
oring to enforce the law to the best
of its ability, or of winking at its vio-
lation; but the fact hat ii has been
openly charged that liquor can be
| readily bought in Fayetteville, will
be used by the advocates of strict
! prohibition, and will be used during
:, the campaign for all il is worth By
| the outs"
Mr.. F. H. Cotton has resigned the
superintendency of the factories OF
the Hope Mills Manufacturing Com
| pany on Rockfish Creek, and will re-
move with his family to reside In
Fayetteville. He has given out moth
ing as to his plans for the future:
but, like his father, the late s. H
| Cotton. he is an expert mill manager
conversant with all the details OF tex
tile manufacture.
AS the Lumber Bridge agent or
the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad went
to the front door at II o'clock on Sat
urday night, a stone voice from tbs
darkness ordered him to return into
the room clinching the warning by a
shot from a revolver. IT was found
the next morning that the store OF
Mr.. NeiIl Shaw had been entered, the
cash drawer rifed and an attempt
made to blow open the safe
Judge PEBBLES convened Cumber-
land Superior court this morning, Ms
first court in this city. with a docket
of only civil cases There is no n t
nation that the Acknowledgements
| hospital suit will come UP, which
when tried, will be one of the notabls
| cases OF the state. DR.. Marsh hal
been prominently successful, and DR.
Highsmith ia known not only In North
| Carolina but in the northern hospi-
tails for his remarkable skill. both
as and physician
Walter Terrell aged only IA years
was carried to h lunatic asylum a
! Raleigh last Saturday by Deputy
Sheriff Holmes. He las e crazy
for several days. confined in the hos.
pital ward of the county jail
The interior Of the armory OF the
Independent Light Infantry battalion
is receiving man. improvements which
! add both to it's attractiveness and
usefulness az a public hall. withoul
contracting its armory space proper
The side galleries were far enough
on in construction to be used Satur.
day afternoon at the minstrel per-
Torrance.
Miss Martha Williams. OF Whining
tom arrived here for a visit On Sat
urday.
: DR.. and Mrs. J. A McKethan. after
a honeymoon journey through Flor.
da. arrived in the city yesterday and
{ viii be at home to their friends or
Cool Spring street at the residence Of
Mrs. jamie Mcclellan. They have q
hearty welcome from our people