The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-05-23
PUBLIC SCHOOL HOUSE
Prize for improvements - House
acknowledgements Marriage.
Graduating Class Entertainment.
News Notes
Especial to The Messeneer.l

Especial to The Messenger
Fayetteville, y. c., Nav 1o.-Yefer.
car afternoon Captain Z. r. MckeIl1-
an. Professor P;-rce, of Raeford Ins-i-
.ate, and Mr.. L 3. Hale, city editor
e the Fayetteville Observer, met a:
&c Office of tno County Superfnten.
NJ AcBryde; and, after careful ie-
Liberation, UNANIMOUSLY decided Oh III.
cad other Improvements: Longsf-ee,
school, Seyenty-First township. FIRST
prize Of s25 in gold, offered by Mr. r.
". Thornton; Glendale school, secon1
prize of a handsome engraving. offer
ed by the New Book Store Company;
Miss Talbot's school. Flea Hill iowa
ship, third prize Of a beautiful picture.
Mcpherson school had many improve
ments and received honorable mention.
Isaac Hall, drunk and disordcriy,
staggered into the residence of Misses
Annie Lee, and Maggie Rose after sup
per last night, greatly frightening the
iA4IIAiCo u IL AOGoC- AltbI plOHltAAE
about, he left the house on the ap-
proach of a n%eighbor, Mr.. @. K. Nila-
ocks, and when Re reached the stI.ct
he was arrested by Officer Benton, and
committed to jail.
Captain j. H. Robinson, commander
Of Camp $50, United Confederate Ve:-
Grams, and we'll Known in fire insurance
business, has been quite sick at his
home on HaymOunt.
Mr.. Neill McArton, of this city, VINO
has oeen taking a course at the North
Carolina Medical College, was married
On Thursday to Miss Somers, a lovely
and accomplished girl of Davidson, who
has been teaching school in Mecklen-
burg county. The message was a sur
prise to Mr.. Arton's friends, who
had not known that he contemplated
matrimony.
Last evening at the be autiful'hom2 Of
Mr.. and Mrs. w. n. Williams Oh Gii!:s-
pie street Professor J. A. Jones, super
intendent of the Fayetteville graded
schools, delightfully."- entertained his
high school class of graduates at a re-
ception and supper, being assisted IN
receiving his happy young guests by
Mr.. and Mrs. Williams, Mrs. W. +.
Blount and Mrs. w. A. Robson.
Those present were Messrs. Tom Rose,
VIM. Frs, Marion Huske, John Ath:n-
son. Charles McMillon, Edmund Penn
berton, Geo. Williams, Walter Lam
beth, Henry Smith; Misses Eleanor
Huske, Elizabeth Rankin, Marion SIo-
comb, Esther Tillinghast, Mary l..
Mcneil, Frances B. BroadfOot, Edith
Hall, Grace Jennings.
. Messrs. Sam TilliBghast, Walter Hall
and William Benton, Of the parish OF
St. Johns Episcopal church, are at
tending the convention of the Brother
hood Of st. Andrews, which meets N
Charlotte today.
Colonel w. e. Holt. of Charlotte. and
Mr.: e.. L. Hot, of Burlington, have
been for the past few days guests OF
Mr.. w. l.. Holt at his beautiful conn
try home, Bonnie DOCn," enjoying
the boating and fishing.
The Tar Heel Steamboat Company
will build a new boat, which General
Manager Martin says will meet all the
requirements of Cape Fear freight and
passenger business. This has been
rendered necessary by the condemna-
ton Of the old steamer Hurt by the
government. Many old people along
the river bid the faithful old steamboat
farewell with sorrow.