The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-01-17
STREET RAILWAY FRANCHISE.
Extension for One Ycar-Temperance
Mass neutrality-suspicious. at Bon
ME DOon'-Arrested for Liquor
Sciling-Oficers Installed.

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Fayetteville, n. c., January 13.--Last
evening, at the regular meeting, Messrs
ed before the board of aldermen, anC
asked for an extension of the franchise
| granted to A. A. Lisman, D. H. Ray, H
l.. Cook, S. Il. MacRae and others, fol-
a street railway. which extension the
board granted to February LIST 1906. This
railway is intended to run from the
steamer wharves in East Fayetteville
! to Market Square, the business centre
of the city, and ultimately to include
the suburbs in a belt system. 1t is also
contemplated to extend the line in the
future to Hope Mills, seven miles south,
a flourish manufacturing town, using
the old-road of the Cape Fear and Yad-
kin Valley railway, abandoned by the
Atlantic Coast Line railroad.
A temperance mass meeting will be
held at 8 o'clock on Sunday afternoon
in the First Baptist church of this city,
in pursuance of a call issued by A. E.
Rankin, chairman of the county anti
cog oCy dIlo LiC pdSlOIS VI LII
Baptist, Methodist and Presbyterian
churches. Several strong speakers are
expected to address the meeting.
Mr.. Robert E. Holt, accompanied by
five or six other sportsmen, and about
twenty-five dogs, arrived here today for
a few days of fox and bird hunting, and
fishing at Bonnie DOOM" the country
place of Mr.. w. l. Holt. Messrs. S. II.
webb, of Alamance, and L.. A. William
son, went out to Bonnie Doom yester-
day afternoon.
Last night Policeman Powers arrest
ed Maxwell Powell. on the charge of
liquor selling, and he was committed to
jail. The government takes him in
charge, it also having a warrant against
him, and he will be tried in the federal
court Chief of Police Flowers has had
a warrant for Powell for some time
and some time ago reported him to the
mayor as a whiskey suspect.
The following officers were last even
ing installed for the coming year in Cas-
tie hall, Cumberland Lodge No. 5,
knights Of Pythias: V. G.. Smith, C. c.;
A. L. McCaskill, v. c.; c.. G.. Rose, P;
C. J. Cooper, M. of W.; r. Powers, M.
~ A., T.. ". I1oll lSoll, LA. Va ~" NAAN ~
H. O. Sedberry, NJ. of F.; J. G. Hol-
~hngsworth, NJ. Of E.; R. F. Amos, I. g.;
Alex. Jackson, Q. C. After the installa-
ton an elegant banquet was served at
which there were several bright and
sparkling talks, but the address Of the
evening was the eloquent one by Mr..
n. B. Alexander.
There was a marriage Of unusual in
terest to Fayetteville people in New
York yesterday-that which united
Mr.. Samuel w and Miss Elizabeth
Cochran. The bride is a daughter OF
Mrs. w. E. Cochran, a millionaire
northern woman of noble character,
owner of the extensive and valuable
truck farm, Myrtle HILL" Of which
Mr.. S. II. Strange is manager. Mrs.
Cochran is not only very highly social
ly esteemed here but this people are in
her debt for noble, gracious charities.
She has built a beautiful church for
the colored Episcopalians in the north
-ern part of the city, and she ounde
the Cochran Annex, which she decided
to the Highsmith hospital. and has en-
dowed in it several charity beds.