FAYETTEVILLE. A city and county-seat of Cumberland County, N. C., 60 miles south by west of Raleigh, on the Cape Fear River, at the head of navigation, and on the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad (Slap: North Carolina, D 2). The State Colored Normal School and the Don aldson-Davidson Academy are situated here. The city carries on a trade in cotton and naval stores, and has extensive manufactures of cotton, silk, cottonseed oil, lumber, furniture, flour, wooden ware, tools, etc. There is also a large vineyard. Fayetteville is rapidly increasing. in commercial and industrial importance, and extensive im provements are projected, namely, the develop ment of electrical power for manufacturing and lighting from the Buckhorn Rapids above the city, and the canalization of the Cape Fear River from Fayetteville to Wilmington, insuring a depth of eight feet—a work whose cost is esti mated at S1,300,000. The initial appropriation
of $50,000 has been made by Congress. The city government, under a charter of 1893, is vested in a mayor. chosen annually, and a municipal council, elected on a general ticket. Population, in 1890, 4222: in 1900, 4670.
Settled by the Scotch, and laid nut as Camp bellton in 1762, Fayetteville received its present name during a visit of Lafayette in 1781, and was incorporated as a city in 1893. In 1831 it was almost completely destroyed by fire. On April 22, 1801, Governor Ellis of North Carolina seized the States Arsenal here, containing a number of cannon, a large quantity of ammuni tion, and 35.000 small arins. In 1865, from Mara I I th to 11th, General Sherman's forces occupied the village. destroying the arsenal and considerable property.