The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-06-29
FAYETTEVILLE NEWS NOTES
Litt1e-McLean Marriage - Time for
Railroad Completion STA Raid on
Blockade StilIs-News and Personal
Notes.
(Special to The Messenger

Notes.
Especial to The Messenger
Fayetteville, June 23.-The marriage
took place on Thursday evening. at
the Haymount home of Mr.. and Mrs.
D. Mclean, the brides parents, of Mr..
Olive Little. of Wilson. and Miss
pastor of Hay Street Methodist church,
performing the ceremony, and the
Wedding March being rendered by
Miss Lizzie Harrington as The bridal
party entered the parlors. The groom's
best nan was Mr.. ]. D. Jones, Of Rich
mOnd, Va, and the maid of honor was
Miss Marion Mclean. who wore blue
silk and her flowers were pink carna-
tons. The guests were received by
| Misses Dixie Poe and Kenneth futile,
and ushered into the parlOrs, which
were decorated with daisies, palms and
ferns. Ices were served by the fol-
lowing members of the brides Sunday
school class: Misses Christine Royal,
Georgia Dixon, Ruth Sedberry, Marie
Judge, Ella Garrett, Lillian Adams.
Mr.. S. w. EzZell, of Petersburg, Va,
and Miss Matte Hall, daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. C. D. Hall. were married at
$50 o'clock on Thursday evening AT
| the residence Of Mr.. and Mrs. A. H.
Bulla, No. 226 Old Street. They will
reside in Petersburg, Mr.. EzZell being
an engineer on the Atlantic Coast Line
railroad.
Engineers of the Raleigh and South
port railroad, who were in the city yes
terday, state positively that track iay-
ing will be finished and trains will be
running into Fayetteville by July 1st.
! That is, by Monday week. The grading
is now rapidly progressing on John
sons farm, one mile north Of town
Mrs. S. G. Aver and daughter left
last night for Baltimore, where the
latter will enter a hospital for treat
! ment.
Mrs. E. L. Pemberton and children,
Mrs. M. ]. Pemberton and Miss Alice
Pemberton, left yesterday to spend the
| season at Montreal.
Capt. J. M. Mcneil, president Of the
National and State Firemen's Asso-
Citations, has returned from a round OF
official visits to sixteen cities and towns
in Western and Piedmont, North Caro-
lima, and will now the d
water section, in the interests OF ne
Firemen's convention and tournament
! i'm Asheville next month. 1t will doubt
less be an imposing gathering as the
Carolinas. Georgia and Tennessee Will
be represented.
Mr.. Thos. H. Tillinghast and niece,
Miss Carrie Stinson, of MOrganton, are
visiting Mr.. w. N. Tillinghast and fam
lily on HaymOunt.
Yesterday Revenue Officer D. c.
Downing and Deputy Marshal CALVIN
seized about $50 gallons Of beer at
| three blockade stills in Bladen county,
a few miles below Edwin. The block
aders got Off with their still fixtures,
but the officers are confident Of cap
turing the whole outfit.
Yesterday Mr.. c. J. Cooper, general
| manager of the Southern Life lnsur-
ance. a home company, sent a check
to Mrs. D. T. Oates for payment in I'LL
of two policies carried by her late hus-
band.
Miss Alma Love, of Wilmington, ar
rived here yesterday, on her way TO
Lumber Bridge Il attend a house party
given by Miss Essie Shaw.
Mrs. eco. M. Rose entertained a par
ty of friends yesterday afternoon, COM
plimentary to her niece, Miss Hauser
The chamber of m has taken
up the matter of telephone service, and
the secretary, Mr.. F. R. Rose, is writ
ing to different cities and towns, MAX
ing inquiries ABOUT other exchanges
the systems in use, the cost, etc. AS
the correspondent understands it, the
Carolina Telephone and Telegraph Com
pany tacitly admits the shortcomings
and intersections of the Fayetteville
exchange. but contends that its le-
equipment, the substitution of copper for
galvanized wire. and other improve
ments, will entail an outlay of much
money. with a necessary increase in
rates. while the city government
claims that it's franchise calls for good
service at the present rates. The pres
ent service is about as bad as 1t could
well be.
Mr.. F. w. Thornton, who has been
occupying the Williams building on
Hay street since the great fire of last
March, will have TO vacate 1t on the
1st of March, as the owners, who live / n
Wilmington, will want it at that lme
1t is said that this valuable property
will be remodeled, and it could be made
one of the handsomest buildings in the
city by an iron plate glass front and
a change in the interior architecture.
The correspondent learns, just be-
fore closing this mail letter, that Mr..
c. A. Mcmillan has sold a valuable
tract in the Southern outskirts for the
erection of a plant to make telegraph
and telephone pOle-arms.
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