The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-08-26

Fayetteville &C Have Another Large
Mml-Independent Company Cele-
brates 111th Anniycrsary-News n
Brief-People Coming and Going
From the Mountains to the ca
Especial to The Messenger.)

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Fayetteville. ". C, August 24.-Mr.
William Coleman. az whitmire. s. &.
has purchased n valuable property
OF Captain J.. VI. Goddard three miles
southwest OF the city. 45s acres of land.
comprising a pond and creek, where ne
and Others associated with him viii
build a very large cotton mill. TO cost.
it is said, 81. zoe. 600. 1t will take a
large amount OF electric power from
the Cape Fear Electric Power COM
pany. Mr.. Coleman was induced to
come here by Mr.. w. d. Mcneil, form
lent of the whitmire Cotton Mill, now
general manager of the Southern Cotton
Mills Company. of Geirgia. one of the
largest in the whole country.
Today the Fayetteville Independent
Light Infantry is celebrating its 1l1tn
the 23rd of August. 1898, during the
administration of George Washington.
and preserving its organization intact
to the present time. Its first captain
was Robert Adam, a merchant Of Fay
ii tlISNlllc anu WdTuS U w lllIllllS Ton,
who died in 1880.
William Barry Grove. the old FEEDER
| alist Congressman OF Fayetteville
whom Nathaniel Macan fought so hard
| and finally defeated, was a lieutenant
Of the company. and was offered the
| captaincy, which he declined.
The 1ndepndent Light Infantry
| volunteered its services in the Spanish
| American war, Benz. r. Huske COM
L ronnInnt and u-nC anna n0na1 on TUhQ1
Island, near Savannah. Ga. So it will
| be seen that this veteran organization
| has passed through -four wars. In 1919,
in consideration of its patriotic ser
| vices. the legislature of North Carolina
/ PASSED an act, which is still in force
| comforting the brevet rank of major
| on the captain Of the Independent Llgh'
| Infantry, n that of captain on the
| l~ieutenantS.
The WomanS' Auxiliary of the Liber-
| ty Point Association will give an enter
tainment on Friday evening next IL
| the armory of the Independent Light
Infantry, the proceeds for the monu-
ment fund.
Mr.. E.. L. Remsburg has returned
from Greenville, Pa, to which place
| he accompanied the emains of the late
| DR.. G. D. Kugler, as representative OF
IPhoeniX Lodge of Masons in this city
/! Dr.. Kugler having been a prominen;
| Mason in Pennsylvania.
Prfessor J. A. Macarthur left yester-
| day for Lowell, Mecklenburg county,
| where he has accepted the position OF
| superintendent Of the high school fol
the coming year.
Miss Mary Haigh, of Wilmington, is
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. J.. c. HaiSn
on Dick street.
Mr.. James kirkpatrick was wei
enough to leave the Highsmith hospital
today for his nome in Gray's Greek
township. Miss Mary Mcpherson
daughter of Captain j. A. Mcpherson
will be sufficiently over to leave
tomorrow for the country home, "Buena
VISTA"
DIR. III. w. Lilly, president of the
Bank of Fayetteville, has returned
from a business visit to New York.
Mrs. David Jones is spending some
time at Mt. Airy white Sulphur
| Springs.
Captain ]. c.. Hollingsworth, com
mandant of Company F.. Second regl'
ment, has been made a member o.
| General Arfield's brigade staff, WITT
the rank of major. This is a good Sc
lection, for the is a gallant officer an(
a fine soldier.
Messrs. w. l.. Holt and w. NJ. Nor
gan have returned from Newfoundland
whittier they went to inspect their va.
liable timber lands and copper mining
| prODerty.