The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-02-21
INCREASE OF FINE STOCK.
A Market for Horses and MuIeS-The
Humber Copper Mining Company.
Site for Public Building-Meeting
of Cotton Growers.
Especial to The Messenger.l


Fayetteville, N. c.. February 1S.-One
Of the best evidences of the growing
thrift and prosperity of this section IS
the increase in Importance OF this city
as a market for horses and mules.
There are several large sales stables
In this city-Messrs. Bevill & Vanstory
on Gillespie street. who Keep in touch
with st. Louis n other great western
markets. and have a speciality in fine
.roadsters and carriage horses: Messra
Martin on Person street; the Burns
states on Donaldson street. OF which
Mr.. w. j. Ingold is manager, and Mr..
J. A. Lambeth on the same street.
Yesterday Mr.. Ingold shipped a $500
horse to Mr.. H. L. Herbert, Of New
York. The upper Cape Fear farmer
driving a DOR horse and a shabby bug
ton. not the rule.
Yesterday a directors meeting was
held in this city of the Newfoundland
Humber Copper Mining Company, at
tended by Messrs. C. E. Willis, of New
~foundland: W. C. Green. Of Charles ron.
s. c.; E. C. Holt, of Wdlmington: r. L
AIoll VI IoQI IOII, L. w. Z dCCciL LII
J. r. Williams, Of New York. Mr.. W.
L. Holt. Of this city, is president of the
company, and Mr.. j. B. Williams vice
president, with offices in New York
DIR. H. w. Lilly, Messrs. H. Lutterloh,
w. M. Morgan, J. G. Shaw and other
prominent business men Of his city ara
stockholders in the company, which
is said to he developing great value.
a news paragraph appeared in the
daily press a day or two ago, to the
effect that Frank Bill was taken from
the steamer Orizaba in the port OF New
York. and was carried INTO quarantine
hospital on ~SWinbourne Island. where
he died of yellow fever. Mr.. N. Bill. .
prosperous farmer of Cumberland cOun-
ty, is in great anxiety, although, III
answer to a telegram from him. the
health officer on ~Sinbourne Island stat
ed that Frank Bill was a German, nav
ing no relatives IN this country. Mr-
M. Bills son Frank vas in San Fran
cisco, preparing to sail for Panama.
and he fears that this was his son,
wandering in mind when he replied to
the question of the health officer.
The Fayetteville Jeb stuart Chapter
Of the Daughters of the Confederacy,
of which Mrs. Hunter G. Smith is pres
ident and Mrs. John D. MacRae is sec
rotary, held a meeting yesterday at the
residence OF Miss Carrie Mallett. for
the purpose OF extending relief to cases
of suffering among q few old soldiers
and their people. As far as their means
will permit, the Daughters Of the Con-
federacy here are doing a noble work.
Fayetteville people are gratified that
the Congressional omnibus public build
ing bill carries with it an a~ppropria-
ton of $4,000 for a site for i public
building here. 1t is true, this looks like
giving US the loaf in slices, but it also
looks as if we would get he whole loaf
il time. The correspondent is not yet
prepared to write positively on the
matter; but, from what he has learned
the Fayetteville committee on pubic
building. authorized by the govern
ment, IS probably disposed TO the site
bounded by Hay. Burgess and Old
streets, on which now stand the ve-y
large Haigh building. Messrs. Ledbetter
Bris.' steam laundry. and h Hutaff
Coco-Cola bottling plant.
Miss Martha Williams, of Whining
ton. has been the guest Of Mrs. A. e.
Williams on Gillespie street for the
past few days.
Mr.. Levy, Of New York city, is visit
ing Mr.. and Mrs. A. H. Slocomb on
Dick street.