The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-01-27
Especial to The Messenger.)


Fayetteville, N. c., January "a
Dr. G. B. Patterson, Messrs. ]. II
Hart of New York, J. R. To1ar. Jr.
and p. II. Jackson have returned
from Cape Fear Lodge, Robson
where they spent a few days i'm wild
goose and duck hunting. great num-
bers Of the game using in the vast
body of water and marsh.
Prof. {. NJ. Wakeland, superinten-
dent of the Observation-Disclosures
Academy, has Introduced a very
pleasant feature in the SCHOOL, Pc
riodical evening social, with invited
guests a mingling of the young people
in conversation, games, tabIeaux,> etc.
The last gathering was very pleasant,
and the prizes in the art gallery were
won by Mr.. Frank Bennett and Miss
Heien Gardner. The correspondent
is glad to know that there has been
u gratifying increase of students at
the Donaldson-Davidson Academy
since the beginning of the year.
Genera a. G.. Brady, a Federal
army officer, and a large property
owner in this city and county, is very
Ill at his residence north of this city.
He is over so years of age, and his
friends are anxious about his condi-
ton.
Mir. and Mrs. Atwater have gone to
Bynum, n. c., to attend the funeral
Of Mr.. Lambeth, the latter's father.
Mr. AfEafPr has nncIfinn i. IT,
Holt-Williamson cotton mills in this
city.
The editorial in Sundays Messenger
dealing with h child labor law and
the question of compulsory education,
ought to be- put in pamphlet form and
distributed Owe the State. It's posi-
tons are clear-cut, and the argu-
ments ;rrefutable. We nave fallen on
the evil days of the law-maker of
heroic remedies" the drastic SCION
in council, the free lance, who pro-
claims himself a reformer when he
cuts and slashes. Heaven send us de-
iiverancc.
Penn Nelson. colored, was arraigned
before Mayor Mcmillan today, charged
with selling whiskey; and, in default
of bond. was sent to jail Nelson is a
notorious offender against the law.
and has served his time in the peni-
tertiary, The mayor believes that
Nelson has been running a "blindI
tiger" for months, but he is a slick
customer" hard to get up with.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Lutterloh are
making a trip to Cuba with their twol
children. In Florida they will bel
Joined by Mr.. r. B. Lutterloh, and the
party will take the steamer at Tan1paI
for Havana.
County Treasurer J. B. Troy has rel
eeived from State Auditor Dixon al
warrant for s1,725.61, the pro ratal
share for. Cumberland of the frsrj
100000 of the State appropriation
FOR schools.
Mr.. w. J.. McDearmid, of the Mel
Nearmid Lumber Company, who hasl
,hee1 r,o.r some days in the hospital fort
treatment Or g broken arm. is able tol
be at his Office. |
Mrs. Thomas Purdie. of Bladen, Isl
the guest of Maj. and Mrs. A. A. Mel
kethan, on Person street.
Mr.. J. H. Hart, Of the we'll known|
New York firm of Hart & Tolar. hasl
been = welcome guest in Fayetteville
for the past few days.
Country people coming to town rel
port the recent heavy rains have putt
the roads in terrible condition. ForI
lack Of requisite Neutrality-suspicious..
rollers, ETC.. the road-makers havel
been obliged to put sand on top of
clay, and this makes a bad DAD in
wet weather. The sand n clayj
should not be in-layers. but should
form one concrete, well-mixed mass,
Mrs. J.. r. Smith and Miss ELEM
Smith have gone to make a visit tol
friends at Tithia, Fla.
Mrs. r. A. Morgan, of G~reenville,
:. c., is visiting her parents, Hon. andi
AIRS. G.. NJ. Rose, on Haymount.
Mr.. Norman H. Johnson, of Rail-
cigh. last evening delivered an excel
ient address before the Fayetteville
Retail Merchants Association. He isl
Iaboring hard in behalf of the asset
citation to effect much needed legisla-|
ton. |