The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-11-03

Commitments for Whiskcy Selling.
Work on the New Cfrurch-An In
san Negro - Halloween Party.
News and Personal Notes.
Especial TO The Messenger.l

tSpENldl % i4e h~eSSSUAtEst
Fayetteville, n. C., October 20
On Saturday Walter Farrell. white. was
committed to jail BY United States
Commissioner sutton. charged with
selling whiske,.
Sidney Mcqueen, the negro huckster
at the market. is n bold offender. He
selling liquor. and was bound over BY
the mayor in the sum of $500. which
makes the third time he has given that
amount.
Mr.. Foulkes. TIE architect OF the new
Baptist church. was in the city last
Saturday. The foundations OF the
building have been laid. and the first
brick were placed today.
The mail service on :ae Fayetteville
and Sumter 'Shoo-F1y" train, ieaS wing
this city at 80 O'Clock in the morning.
went into effect today.
The Ladies' Union of the Baptist
church will give a Halloween part at
the residence OF Rev. DR.. and Mrs. J
]. Hall on. Dick street tomorrow after
noon. the receipts of which will be de-
voted TO the church building fund.
The horsemen and their jockeys. who
were here at last weeks fair. say that
it has the best race track in the stat.
a very fast track. as is the tne
clature Of turfmen. The Kentucky
horses were shipped Saturday. TO 90 in
to winter quarters.
Wilson Bryant, negro. aged about Ct
years, dangerously insane. was com
mitted to jail on Saturday, and 20.
carried TO asylum at Goldsboro today
Cards have been received here. an
%nouncing the marriage of Mr.. E. Nj
Wicker, a native of Cumberland. 10
Miss Grace Fuller, daughter OF Mrs,
Elizabeth Fuller, at Hyde Park. Mass.
Mrs. II. c. Dockery and Miss Fannie
Dockery, Of Rockingham, have been
visiting Mrs. w. ID. Smith, in this city.
Mrs. d. l.. Cromartie, of Goldsboro
is visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
G.. G.. Myrover and her grandmother.
Mrs. w. c. Myrover. Oh Haymount.
Misses Jean Pemberton. Of this city
and Jennie Murchison. Of Wilmington
leave today to visit Mrs. A. b. Gowa.h-
mey in New York.
Mr.. Owen Page, of Rocky Mount, sup
CIIhlCuucut VI lulS uifiSioh vi AhG ~
lantic Coast Line railroad, spent yes
terday in the city.
There were interesting rally day en-
e~rcises in the Sunday school of Hay
Street Methodist church yesterday. In
the First Presbyterian church. Rev. X.
w. Alexander, of Tarboro, ~acceptably
filled the pulpit in the absence of the
pastor.
The correspondent cannot help Won
dering whether or not the honest
thoughtful prohibitionist considered
Fayetteville a dry town during the
three days of tho fair.
DR.. 7. F. Highsmith soon begins ey-
tensive engagements and improve
ments of his hospital on the corner of
Green and Old streets, and chief among
them will be the construction of A
complete equipped operating roon
the hospital and Cochran build
unique in design, from the fact thar
1t will be SITUATED wholly outside OF
ings, the patients being conveyed to
1t by e%Ievator. 1t will have waiting
and reception rooms for visitors and
others and it's appointments will be
of hign grades. The design is also TO
install a dynamo for the movement OF
elevators and other machinery, and to
bore IN artesian well, which, experts
think, will furnish an abundant supply
of pure water at a depth OF 300 feet.
DR.. Highsmith is also negotiating for
the Pemberton homestead, adjoining
his property on Old street, and IL he
effects the purchase he will remodel
and convert il into a delightful home
for the nurses.
Mr.. Albert Mcmillan, of this city, has
been appointed resident engineer of the
Raleigh and Southport railroad.
Perhaps the most delightful feature
of the meeting Of the Synod OF North
Carolina last week at Red Springs
where they were received In glad wei
come by Rev. Dr.. c. G. Vardell, p-esi-
dent OF the Southern Presbyterian col
lege for Women. and held their ses-
sions in the splendid auditorium Of the
collegc-was the domestic or home fea-
ture. AS the clerical and lay dele
gates began to arrive, the girls. like
a flock of pretty birds, took flight, and
were Gagged in eager hospitality OF the
happy homes CT the town; and aot d
student slept beneath the roof OF col
lege or dormitcry. But they were all
there betimes IT. the morning. and
waited on table with good cheer for
the guests, mace up the beds, uded
up the rooms, etc. The quartette and
college singing was charming; and last
but not least was the "hazing" on
Thursday night. But The Messenger
must interview DR.. Smith, president of
Davidson College, and DR.. Dinwiddie,
President of Peace Institute, about this
they were in 1t.
Rev. /. w. Hughes, rector of st
Johns Episcopal church, left today for
Nashville, Tenn, TO attend the Mission
airy conference Of the church.
Major ]. r. Williams, vice president
of the New Foundland Humber Copper
Mining Compan,. with Offices in New