The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-08-02
COUNTY NORMAL SCHOOL.
Much Good Work Done-SuccessfuI
Baseball Beneft-Truckers' Unsat-
is%factory Returns-LOoking Up n
Records.
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Fayetteville, y. c., July 2S.-The ses-
sions OF the Cumberland county nor
NAL school for white teachers are daily
increasing in interest and usefulness.
while the attendance is large. Rev. H.
I. Graham, pastor of the PRESBYTERIAN
church, iectured today on Japan, where
ne lived for several years, and giving
in a most entertaining style the results
Of his personal experience and obser-
walton in that country. Professor
Wakeland, superintendent OF he Don
aldson-Davidson Academy, gave an
excellent lecture on physiology, and will
conduct a series of experiments on that
science tomorrow. Mrs. Bradford. OF
Eilzabeth City graded schools, demon
strated physical culture, and Mrs. Kate
Utley talked on e~locution.
The lawn party at the armory last
night, the proceeds for the benefit of
the Fayetteville base ball team, was
not only a very pleasant entertainment,
but was attended with gratifying sue
cess pecuniarily. The competitive drill
from a picked team of company F. OF
the State Guard was watched with
eager interest, the prize of gold sleeve
buttons was won by Sergeant Brown.
Mr.. E. r. Mcclellan making the pre-
sentation in a few graceful remarks.
To Miss Jessie Crosswell, who received
the greatest number of votes as the
prettiest girl, was presented the prize
cake by Mr.. c.. j. Cooper, in his char
acteristic happy style. To Miss Grace
Jennings, for having made the largest
amount of sales, was awarded a valua-
BILE prize.
Mr.. Watson, a we'll known young
business man OF Mt. Airy, has taken Z
position as ~bookkeeper with the Fay
etteville Furniture Company of Messrs.
Brothers, corner of Hay and Anderson
streets. Mr.. S. G.. Haigh takes a pa-
sition with the Hope Mills Manufacture
ing Company.
Miss Courts, of Richmond, is on sps-
cial service at the Highsmith hospital in
nursing Mr.. NJ. Mckenzie. who was Sc
riously injured in a runaway. Mr.. Nc
kenzie is a stakeholder in the Spiritine
Works at Wilmington.
A Cumberland county trucker yes
terday stated that his returns from his
last shipment of cantaloupes just paid
for their transportation to market, and
tn commission merchants charges,
leaving him not a cent. He intends to
feed the remainder Of the crop TO the
hogs. unless the price improves. He
also stated that on a crop OF snap beans
he made the gross sun of sG6s.G1 of
which the railroads and the commits
sion merchant got 1890 and the re-
na-Eder $l1e.G0, cane TO him.
Tomorrow there will be a big old
fashion county picnic at Alderman in
Gray's Greek township. A party of
young folks of Alderman have just re-
turned from a pleasant outing to White
Lake. Bladen county, going and return
ing on the steamer City of FayetteyilIa.
Quite a largely attended religious re-
vival has been going on for the past
week at Spring Branch, conducted by
Revs. j. a. Campbell and w. g. Bar
rett.
Messrs. E. L Remsburg and E. VI.
Sheetz, Of Remsburg's Orchestra, have
been engaged as part of the band OF
the First North Carolina regiment,
which goes to Manassas, Va, in Sep
TENDER.
Rev. DR.. D. ]. Mcmillan, pastor OF
the New York Presbyterian church, is
here going over the court house arch
ives, looking up the history and record
OF his ancestors, who moved from Cum
berland county to Tennessee about the
year 1906. DIR. Mcmillan delivered an
interesting lecture at the prayer meet
ing services Of the First Presbyterian
church of this city last evening.
MRS. JOIN D.. MacRae, her children
and her sister, Miss Kate Hill, left yes
terday for the St. Louis exposition.
Misses Emily and Louise Hall have
returned to Rockingham, after a visit
to Misses Nora and Charlotte McDuhe
in this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. E II. Williamson and
Miss Maggie Carson are spending some
time at blowing Rock.
Captain ID. H. Ray has returned from
a few weeks stay at Jackson Springs.
Mrs John Underwood and children
have returned from a few weeks visit
to Red Springs.
Misses JAMIE tMcKethan and Kate Nc
Dougald are visiting Mrs. J. W. Purdie
in Bladen county.
Mr.. VI. f. Jefferson and family; Mrs
T. II. Green and Misses Frances and
Annie Mcmillan; Misses Fannie ana
Marion Mclean. are among the Fay
etteville people who are now enjoying
themselves at the beach.
Mr.. L B. Hale. city editor Of The OBJ
server. is spending some days at More
head City.