The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-11-20
TAYETTEvrzI.E NEWS LETTER
Especial to The Massenger.f

dicrs-Nevs and Personal Notes.
Especial to The Massenger.f
Fayetteville. n. c. November IA
citizens meeting was held In the city
hall on Monday afternoon. which was
adjourned TO this afternoon It $50
O'Clock In the auditorium OF the city
graded school, the object being TO of
Ter Inducements TO the North Carolina
Methodist conference 10 select Fayette-
Vile as the location for the proposed
denominationai female college. Rel
Springs and Maxtou are competitors
the former proposing to buy the hotel
property AZ that plac. for
ne college. II Is suggested that Fay.
etteville, from its superior size and
Importance rs a city. from Its excellent
railroad facilities. and for many other
reasons, Offers manifold advantages AZ
the location for this college. and that
the Davidson Academy property on
Haymount presents an ideal site.
On Monday afternoon All important
meeting was held Of the trustees of
the graded school. nj which was con-
sidered the question OF sellia. he
building and grounds on Hay street.
and 0nying property elsewhere. on
which 10 erect a modern building All
al an estimated cost 81 $50. 900. IL is
believed that $I6,0 600 net may be rea,iz-
ed from the Hay street property, au1
that the remaining $1,000 can be pro-
vided for by the issue OF 1 per cent.
bonds. The present building WAS
erected il 1854 as the Fayetteville Fe-
male Seminary. the first suveriaten-
dent being the late Rev. VIM. L. Poll.
of the. Methodist Conference. Since
that time il has served its many uses.
| mostly as a school building. but was ut
one time the Park Hotel.
The funeral services over the re-
mains of the late Samuel J. Grey. who
died AT his home in Seventy-first town.
ship, were attended by one of the larg-
est gatherings ever seen in that section
the deceased being esteemed highly
both as Il citizen and as n brave Con-
federate soldier. He was n member
of Phoenix Lodge of Masons in his
city, and the officers INC members at
tended the funeral in a body.
An operation has just been performed
at the H~ighsmith hospital in his city
which the physicians here, many of
whom witnessed it, pronounce very jif-
N~N@N SINA A~AAANA A"c Ia SAAhAt1 A-e-
ward Grady, aged l. years, son OF Mr.
and Mrs. Hunter G. Smith, prominent
Fayetteville society people, was takec
i'll at Wrightsville Beach last summer.
and was brought home, where IL was
found that he was suffering from ap-
pendicitis. DR.. j. +. Highsmith found
it necessary to perform two operations:
and after long and critical Illness. the
lad got well enough to be carried to
his home. A few days ago new COM
phcations developed, and he was car
ried back to the hospital. DIR. High
smith, a coworker in surgery with the
eminent Richmond urgeon, DR.. Stuart
Mcguire. the two travelling together in
Europe, summoned the latter to a con-
ference by long distance telephone.
DR.. Mcclure arrived at 2 O'Clock at
night, and the next morning the oper-
alton was successfully performed. IL
is believed now hat this brave 10y,
who has made such a wonderful fight
for his life, will recover.
Mr.. Ransom Burns, head OF the large
Burns clothing house in this city, lied
last night, aged about 10 years. He
was a native of Randolph county. COM
ing to this city in the early seventies,
and has since been successfully engag-
ed in business. He was the father OF
the late Sheriff George A. Burns, one of
the best known and most popular men
in North Carolina. Mr.. Burns was IA
faithful soldier in the civil war. serv-
!. ing, if the correspondent mistake not,
, in the company of Capt. David IL. Ray
: of this city.
Mr.. James F. Johnson, the vel
known travelling salesman of the large
Baltimore house of Hearst & Co, who
! has been in the HighsmIth hospital
: with inlammatory rheumatism, IS nov
4 greatly improved.
An engineer corps is now between
!, Dumor, Harnett county. n Clinton
e Sampson county. making a preliminar!
:. survey for q railroad between the twt
n places.
e The funeral service took place yes
+ terday afternoon over the remains o
Mr.. Norman Johns n, who passed ava.
l. at his residence oa Water street, age
2 about 81 years. having been a faithful
il soldier in the Confederate service. II
leaves a widow and three sons, John
Orrie, and Archie Johnson.
d Mr.. William Benton left last nigh
II for jacksonville. Fla, where he wi
engage in the hardware business, hay
- ing had long experience in the servIc
of the Huske Hardware Company.