The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-10-15

Notable Shots to COmpete-Knight
of Pythias ''Smoker''-How a Mer-
chant Lost Insurance-NewS and
Personal Notes.
Especial to The Messenger


Fayetteville, Oct. 1.-THE Fay
eettevif1e Gun Club which has on it's
roll some Of the best shots in the
state-such as DR.. H. w. Lilly, Maj.
E L. Pemberton, Messrs. H. NJ. Penn
berton, l. A. Williams and others
Will have a shooting tournament on
the 29th inst, during the county
fair. Messrs. Frank Lawrence, of
New York and J. A. DesPOrtes, of
Columbia, S. C., representing the
Winchester Arms Co., were here yes
,terday to arrange for the tOurna-
ment, at which will be present three
or four marksmen of national repu-
tatIon, who will give an exhibition
and take part in the contest though
.debarred from the prizes.
Cumberland Lodge, No. 5, K. of
P, enjoyed smoker" last evening
in Castle hall, which has been re-
Gently been handsomely reftted.
Oysters and coffee were served and
brief, bright talks made the evening
very pleasant.
What happened to Leo G.. McDuffie,
of Hope Mills, whose store and stock
of goods were burned lately, is Of
special interest to other merchants.
His sales book was destroyed in the
IRE, anu III hS AooC Dt1A y
of his insurance.
The erection of an apartment house
here is in agitation, after the style
of the Carolina in Wilmington, but
of three instead of six floors, divided
into families suites and single rooms
with restaurant attached for those
who wish to board In no town in
the state is there more pressing de-
mand for dwellings and lodgings
than in this, and it is believed that
44RGuss 44Rsu Wo1r9 Wo1h9oada al be Z" SPOKEN Tor Se
fore it was finished The old Brick
Row on Upper Hay street is spoken
of as an excellent location for the
building, but there are many other
desirable sites.
Mr.. w. NJ. Morgan, director of
the Cape Fear Power Company, and
one of the most prominent and pub
lie spirited citizens of Fayetteville,
is still critically i'll in the Highsmith
hospital, though reported a little bet
ter today.
The funeral services took place
Yesterday at Sharon church, Beaver
Q&<9 township, over the remains of
IS. T. Melvin. one of the most eS-
led citizens of that section, who
aIed on Wednesday after a long pc
riod of i'll health, aged 65 years,
leaving widow and two chill
dren.
Mr. ]. d. Kirkpatrick, a native of
this county now of Rome, Ga, is
visiting relatives here. He is a son
of the late Capt. w. E. Kirkpatrick,
commandant of Independent Light
Infantry during the Mexican war.
The McNeill Merchant Mills Mod
ern .Ginnery is a busy center these
days. Long lines of cotton wagons
block Old street, waiting their turn
at the gin, and piles of cotton bales
are everywhere awaiting removal.
The western part of the county is the
Cumberland cotton belt this year, and
long caravans of wagons are rolling
over Haymount into town from early
morning until late afternoon.
Travel is now very heavy on the
Bennettsville branch of the Atlantic
Coast Line, railroad. All trains COM
Bennettsviae branch of the Atlantic
beyond their seating capacity.
Mr.. w. j. McDiarmid, head of the
McDiamid Wholesale Lumber Co..
has completed his beautiful colonial
residence on Dick street, one of the
handsomest in the state.
Mrs N. n. Raynor left today for
Portsmouth Va, where she will join
her husband and they will take a
pleasant trip to Baltimore, Washing
ton and jamestown.
The urgent need for dwelling
houses is strikingly shown in the fact
that man in business here. being
obliged TO give up the house he was
occupying has moved 30 a nearby
town, and will come to and fro to
his work, not being able to rent
house for love nor money.
Mr.. j. A. Huske, route agent of |
the Atlantic Coast Line railroad is |
on bushes strip to Florida.
Mrs. Robert Strange has gone to |
Fla, where her husband |
is engaged in construction Oh the At