The different committees for
the Centennial have been an
nounced. The make up of them
is good. The F. I. L. I. have
received from ex-resident Jef
ferson Davis a rep y to the reso
lutions, recently passed in which
ho reiterates his intention of be
ing here.
Judge James C. McRae, has
accepted an invitation to deliver
i centennial address in the Tab
ernacle or the night ot July 4th.
Several other piomment speak
ers will also delive addresses.
Mr. T. A. Barker, of the Hotel
LaFayette, and his daughters,
Misses Belle and Grace, have
gone to Boston. Mrs. Baker re
mains here to run the hotel,
while Mr. Baker will manage
the famous Cimpbello Island
hotel, near Bon Harbor, Maine,
for the summer. He will return
as soon as the season there is
over, and the improvements to
tiie La Fayette will probably
be completed. There are steam
heat, enclosed balconies, hot and
cold baths, passenger elevator,
&c. There will doubtless be
many Xortherners here next
summer.
The 1 . M. C. A. Convention
at Maxton was a decided success
in the number of de elates and
the work accomplished. The
convention is invited to meet
here next time.
Mr. Charlie Rankin, of this
city, has been elected literarv
editor of the University Maga
zine.
Mr. John M
Rose, says that
to be built here,
Y. V. Railway
surpasses any
the new depot,
by the C. F. &
Company far;
thing of the kind in the State.
