The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-03-23
FAYETTEVILLE NEWS LETTER
Another M~ayoralts Candidatc-Dcnfls
of Mrs. Hepburn - Police Make
Whiskey Hard-\cws and Personal
Notes.
Especial TO The Messenger.)

Fayetteville, March 17.-Major ]. &.
Hollingsworth, ex-commandant of the
Independent Light Infantry. a point
nent state guard officer. an influential
member OF the board OF aldermen, and
a leading business man Of the city.
himself q candidate for the
mayoralty Of Fayetteville. Many or
his friends are urging Mr.. Alfred A
Mcclellan, also an alderman. TO be-
come j candidate. but his consent has
not yet been obtained.
News has been received here Of tho
death at East Orange, n. j., OF Mrs.
J. G. Hepburn, who before marriage
was Miss Maria Late. daughter OF tho
late Harvey Late, of this city. Rev
DR.. and Mrs. ]. c. Hepburn went TO
China in 1S47 TO engage in Prcsby;e-
riaa missionary work, and thence To
Japan in 1855, returning TO this coun-
try about Is years ago. Mrs. Hepburn
had reached a great ages probably
about 90 years old ut the time OF her
death. Miss Isabelle A. Lutte. h
also was a missionary TO Japan, ana
now lives in Bladen county, Is b
only surviving member of h Lutte
family.
Marietta Sellers, a negro woman,
was arraigned before the mayor yester-
day, the police having found s IL gal
Ions OF whiskey in her restaurant ON
Gillespie street. Her defense was tina
the liquor was left by some u else
who was to call for It. s. w. Scos--
gins claimed the liquor, stating that h.
had bought it for his hands logging H.,
the swamps. The woman was boun'
over I court and the liquor remain
in the custody Of the city government
Mr.. ]. A. Steele, his physician, pT.
J. V. McoGugan, his counsel, Messrs-
H. L. Cook and G.. M Rose, and his
witnesses, Captain n A. McGeachy and
Mr.. J. d. Williams, have returned
from New York, Mr.. Steele's damages
suit against a street car company, for
injuries received, mention Of which has
already been made in The Messesnger,
not being reached in the New York
court this month.
Captain Carl B. Ledb"tter hears
every day from his scu Charles, re-
Gently bitten by a dog. and still In
the Pasteur Institute, edmond. Tho
boy is doing very wei. bat IL not yet
entire out of danger.
Paul Price, the well-known evangel-
list. begins a series OF ID. q. inl In the
i llSl bupIlot ShuleA vi NhAS ~ANS @AAI
row.
Governor Glenn delivers an address
on prohibition in the armory al :
O'Clock tomorrow afternoon. The pro-
gramme of exercises will be enhanced
in interest by a union choir Of many
fine voices.
Mr.. T. r. Powers has taken the
same position witt the Standard sTnr-
pentine company which he fitted with
the former Weed Distilling company.
An excursion train from Pinehurs.
and Southern Pines was run TO this
city yesterday, bringing a great many
n~ice-looking people. who seemed ID
enjoy the days outing, and who did
a good deal Of shopping, declaring
that they found goods very cheap in
Fayetteville.
Mr.. Starr Owen has taken a position
with the Standard Turpentine compa-
ny In Wilmington.
1t has now been eight days since tho
disappearance Of George Whaley, OF
this city. already noted in the Messen-
ger, and there is yet no trace of him
Il il a very strange case. II was re-
ported this morning that he was on
Norfolk, and was held by the police.
but the report is not confirmed.