The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-01-24
FAYETTEVILLE NEWS LETTER.
Daughters of the Confederacy-GoOd
Roads Meeting Postponed-Capt. j.
McNc;lPs Reception NOrth-PIans
for New Church Building-News
Notes.
Especial to The Messenger.)

Especial to The Messenger.)
Fayetteville. n. c., January 21.-The
birthdays of Lee n Jackson were APP
propriately and beautifully celebrated
in h auditorium of the graded school
buildings OH Hay Street, where Colonel
w. J. Green delivered an eloquent ad-
dress in tribute to the two great Con-
federate leaders, colonel Green was
gracefully introduced by captain J. H.
Currie. and crosses of honor were pre-
sented to Veterans by Mr.. E. W.. Motley.
The opening prayer was made by Rev.
D. H. futile, pastor Of Hay Street
Methodist church. and the benediction
pronounced by Rev. Isaac w. Hughes,
rector of St. Johns Episcopal church.
Patriotic songs were rendered by the
audience during the exercises.
On account of the Indictment weather,
the called meeting of sthe Chamber of
Commerce. which was to have taken
place last evening, to consider the mat
ter of good roads, was postponed to the
evening of the 26th instant.
Captain j. d. Mcneil, president Of
the Fayetteville Chamber of Commerce,
has just returned from a convention Of
firemen at Wankegan, ILL.,, and a con-
erenc Of prominent firement in New
York. AS he is president of both the
North Carolina and National Firemen'S
Associations. the purport of his visit
north is of state interest. His design
is to consolidate the State Firemen's
Associations into n great national or
ganization. and to obtain the o-opera
ton of the volunteer Firemen's Asso-
cations. He also hopes to secure the
defeat of the MOrrell insurance bill, now
pending in Congress-. With this end in
view he has a conferences with the
fire chiefs of Chicago, New York and
other large cities. Personally, he re-
ceived warm welcome in Illinois and
New York. with banQuets and other
courtesies. and was welcomed at a
meeting of the New York Southern Vol
unteer Firemens' Association, convened
to do him honor.
The funeral services took place yes
terday afternoon at st. Patrick's Cath
Ole church., Father Marion officiating,
over the remains of the ate George S.
Moran, aged sc years. a native Of Mary
land, but who has been a resident OF
Fayetteville for some time.
Mr.. S. W. FOulk, an architect of
Greensboro, has submitted his plans for
the new First Baptist church. The
Woman's UniOn of the congregation
have decided to raise $1,000 toward the
erection of the building.
Mr.. Lloyd Whitfield, of Prospect Hall,
has taken a position with the McDer-
mid Wholesale Lumber Company.
Mrs. S. ". Aver has II to New
York with her daughter Margaret, to
consult a specialist as to the treatment
for the disease of the child ear.
The teachers Of the state suffered a
great loss in the death of Prof. McGou-
gan, principal Of the Holt-Morgan
school, and a graduate of Davidson
College, who has been an active worker
in the field of education for thirty
years. His remains were carried for
burial to his former home at Antioch.
Robson county.
The Greensboro Nursery has in con-
temptation the establishment Of an
experimental nursery on or near the
railroad, and are looking about in this
section for the lease of a suitable body
of land.
Cards have been sent to their friends
by Mr.. and Mrs. James F. Johnson,
announcing the marriage of their
daughter, Miss Bessie, to Captain w.
r.. Holding, at 8. o'clock on Wednesday
evening, February LIST, in h First
Presbyterian church of this city.
The criminal term of superior court
adjourned yesterday. The docket was
light, and there were no cases of nor
than local interest. Judge Ferguson
was on the bench.