The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-02-14
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Communication by sCitizen'-Au Tn
just Attack.
Especial to The Messenger.)

Especial to The Messenger.)
Fayetteville. February "A comn.u-
nication appeared in yesterday after
nooa's Fayetteville Daily Observe,
signed Citizen" which berates the city
of Fayetteville out OF ali reason. Here
are some Of the charges of the writer:
Il doubt If there is a city OF its size
in The United States that is dirtier or
in a worse sanitary state. Take 1t IRON,
the market house to the depot, 1t IS
fifth and holes everywhere Few
seem to have any public spirits or en-
terpr.se about them"
This savage onslaught is an injustice
TO the cleanliness and decency OF this
people and their abidfng-plaoe. The
very liberal scale o n which the city is
Laid off and built makes IL very diff
cult to enectually police its roadways
and sidewalks. The -four main business
streets, Hay, Green, Person and Giles
pie and two principal residence
Rowan and Russell, are broad
er than those of nine out of ten cities
north or south. The town Is poor: but,
while it is not claimed that the streets
are IN perfect condition. the authorities
do the best they can with the means
at their command. As to the want of
public spirit n enterprise the city
mas a of commerce working in
every possible direction for the general
b~etterment, and a daily paper which
labors assiduosly for the public welfare.
with business and professional men
who are keenly alive to the material
interests of the town and tributary
sections.
But the remarkable part of the ar,i-
Gle of Citizen" is the following, the
most scathing arrangement of prohibit
ton IN Cumberland county that has yet
been spoken or written, though "Citi-
zen" probably did not understand il
that way:
But, the worse is, the morals Of the
town seem but little better. Blind
Tigers are all round US: it is not
safe for ladies to walk along some parts
of our streets without hearing oaths or
seeing intoxicated men,; our young men
are being debauched and ruined, sou.
and body, by walking liquor sellers, or
places that secretly sell, contrary to the
law Of the state. And is all this per-
mitted? Can it be that our authorl-
ties are blind to what is so patent to
every man, woman and child who walk
cur streets?
Assuming that "citizen' has drawn
a true picture, the older people of this
place will tbear testimony that never
while drinking saloons were in exis-
n here did such a deplorable state
Of affairs exist. The correspondent so
strongly deprecates the bitterness of
this attack on his native place that he
has not felt disposed to let it go out to
the world unchallenged. 1t is singular,
~ on~1Irs1r &hof ~&~o tr:$s
here express themselves SO much pleas
ed with the town, and especially sing
ula that =, If the sanitation is SO afro
cious, the mortuary report of the city
physician, DR.. A. S. Rose, shows no
higher rate Of mortality.
On Tuesday night DIR. J. f. High
smith, proprietor Of the Highsmith
hospital, was summoned to Red Springs
for a consultation on the case of Mrs.
"A. D. BLACK, who was aid to be in a
dying condition from abscess of the
brain. Mrs. Black was a former resi-
dent of this city. n was a Miss Sprunt
before marriage.
Mr.. o. e. Franklin is confined to his
house, the consequence of a bad fall
on the icy pavement in Wilmington,
while on a visit there Monday.
Miss Florence Lyon, graduate nurse
of the Highsmith hospital, has gone
down on special service to nurse Mr..
Biggs, who is i'll of pneumonia at his
home near Hope Mills.
Mr.. and Mrs. wv. w. Huske last even
ing pleasantly entertained a number Of
friends at their Haymount residence
with six-handed euchre.
Yesterday afternoon Mrs. II. w. Lilly
gave a charming afternoon tea, compli-
mentary to her guest, Miss Hammond.