The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-06-27
FaYErTEvILLE NEWS NOTES
The Board Of Public Works-Plcasant
Afternoon Party-Hose Team for
Ninston-Wade's New Enterprise.
News and Personal Notes.
Especial to The Messenger,


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Especial to The Messenger.)
Fayetteville. June 2L-At the called
meeting OF b board of aldermen las,
evening nominations were made for
the three members of the board of pab-
lie works, authorized by act of the
last legislature, which is to have n
al charge and supervision of all pup
lie Improvements and utilities. Mr.. II
r. Horne and Maj. ]. G. Hollingswcrth
were elected by large majorities. Mr.
Horne is a leading and very successful.
druggist, head Of the firm of II. r
horne and Sons, very prudent and
careful in his business affairs and a
watcnfui custodian of the public inter
ests in any fiduciary trust committed
TO his hands. which has been frequently
the case. Major Hollingsworth Is vel.
known in military circles, of General
Armield's staff, of the dry goods firm
or Hollingsworth and Holland, a men,
Der of the board OF aldermen, a man OF
/ character and conspicuous pub
lie spirit There was an undecided
contest, TO be settled at next meeting,
OF 80 ballots over the names of the
following citizens, whose prominence
shows that the aldermen are determin-
ed TO have a good board of public
works: ". A. Vanstory, president of
the National Bank of Fayetteville; b.
X. Huske, senior member of the Huske
Hardware Company; w. J. and A. G..
McDiarmid, Of the McDiarmid Whole
ale Lumber Company; J. III. Culbcath
wholesale grocer; A. A McKeithan, Jr.,
general manager of the Georgia Pine
Product Company; d. A. Mcmillan. of
the firm OF Mcmillan Brothers and an
alderman, J. l.. Kennedy, dry goods
merchant.
Very interesting speeches were made
at the Sunday School removal exer-
cises of the First Baptist church, by
Major B.. r. Huske, Rev. w. Nj. Fair
ley, and Mr.. @. X. Nimocks, and the
large crowd present felt that they lac
enjoyed an intellectual entertainment
Of exceptional merit.
Yesterday afternoon Miss Mary Ii.
SlocOmb entertained a number of
young friends with a card party at the
family home on Dick street, comp!.-
DShtoiy ~ hCi SuColos NloS villa
Norris, of Raleigh, and to Miss Alice
Mcmillan, of Savannah, Ga, Miss
Grace Mcmillan winning the first
prize. The spacious parlors and hall
were decorated beautifully, and at the
conclusion Of the card contest refresh
ments were served.
Following is the hose wagon team
of the fire department, which will coEi-
pete at the frerlen's tournament in
Winston mex m5nth: II. /. McDuffie,
Jr., captain; w. q. Holland, Jr., /. W.
Black, L.. Bramhle. D. Maultsby.
Mr.. Albert Mcmillan, assistant civil
engineer OF the Raleigh and Southport
Railroad, left here yesterday with q
force of hands to work on the line.
The Brick and Tile Company, OF
Wade, in the northeastern part of this
county, has been incorporated, with an
authorized capital of s25, 900.
Mr.. J. F. L. Armfield, head of the
Armfield Wholesale Grocery Company,
is spending two or three weeks at
Catawba Springs.
Mr.. r. NJ. Jackson, delegate from the
Fayetteville Retail Merchants Asso-
citation, is attending the convention of
the state association at Ashevilie.
Mr.. J. A. Mcleod, formerly fore
man of the Fayetteville Wooden Ware
Company, has taken a position with
the Weed Manufacturing Company.
Mrs. Margaret Aubrey, of Sanford. is
visiting her daughter, Mrs. Oliver
Evans, at the country home at IdgQo.
The remains Of Mrs. Lee, who died
at Red Springs, were carried through
here yesterday to be buried at Lynch
burg, Va. She was the young wife of
Mr.. William Lee, d well-known travel
ing salesman, and leaves an infant.
Mrs. John Zeigler, of Whitmere, S.
c., is visiting her mother, Mrs. w.
D. McNeilly, on Haymount.
The new passenger train on the Ben
nettsville branch of the Atlantic Coast
Line Railroad, known as the Fayette-
vile and Sumter "shoo fly" began Its
schedule on Monday. leaving here at
4:30 o'clock in the morning and return
ing at 11:30 at night.