The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-01-28
The CLOSING DAY
OF The
GREAT BAZAAR
1t Closed With a Big Auction
Sale.
81 500 WAS REALIZED
IT HAS BEEN THE GREATEST
SUCCESS OF THE SEASON.
HOMER TO WH0A HONOR IS Tut
y
The Ladies Have Dot Noble Work, and Their
[ ,bors Have Been W. Il Rewarded
This is 0nly the First

The Confederate bazaar is over. /
closed with a big auction sale ye8terda!
afternoon from 3 to $50 O'Clock. TIL,
hall was crowded with ladies and gen
tlemen who made lively bids for tht
various articles. Mr. Frank Stronacf
was it's auctionecr.
The wonderful success OF the bazaar
is on the lips of all. The ladies have
done noble work They have worked
hard and every one who had anything
to do with it has done her full duty.
The bazaar has been one of the bigges.
entertainments of its kind ever held in
the city. While its management was
local, it was really Il State affair. Peo-
pie from every section of the State wcr'
here and helped to make it a success,
rs well as people outside of the State,
and the management feel deeply CRATE
full to each and to all who have so nobly
helped them.
The ladies could not have been en-
gagged in a more worthy cause and their
unremitting labors, they may rest as
sured, have touched deeply the hearts
of the old Confederate veterans and
have won their everlasting thanks.
The old veterans who stood by the
State in the hour of need are not FOR
gotten--the old Confederate soldier has
not played out In the hour Of his need
his voice must and will be heard. When
he asks for bread he will not be given
a stone. The ladies have determined on
this. This bazaar. which has been such
Il big success, Mrs Garland Jones and
her able assistants say. is but the first
step. They viii keep the good work up.
1t is but history that when the ladies OF
North Carolina undertake a work it is
always crowned with success.
In speaking of the success. Command
or. 4. r. Stronach, says: "The ladies
did it ALL He is too modest to take
any praise unto himself, but neverthe-
less he is entitled to Il share of the
laurels.
The net amount realized from the dd-
nations which have poured in spontana-
ously from the North. West and South.
amounts to about $1,000.
The following are the ladies who pre-
sided over the various departments and
did such faithful work: Mrs. Garland
Jones, President, and Mrs. John W.
Hinsdale, vice president. of the Commit
tee en- Arrangements. who had charge Of
the entire management Of the bazaar.
Mrs. w. S. Primrose the cashier had
one of the hardest positions, perhaps.
connected with the bazaar. and it was
filed to perfection. We doubt if any
lady in the State could have filled the
position as we'll She represents the adj
mirable qualities of her father. the late
NJ. Tim Il Williams tho wall raInauA-
bered banker.
North Cardinals Booth-Mrs General
ID. H. Hill. chairman; Mrs. Mary Ire
dell. assistant chairman; Mrs. Simms,
Mrs. Hubert Haywood, Mrs. j. l., Pogue,
Miss Ellie Haywood Mrs. Marion Hay
wood, Miss Pleasant, Miss Eleanor Vass.
Infantry Booth-Mrs. Armistead
Jones, Mrs. T. T. Hay, Miss Sophie
Grimes. Mrs. Thomas Ashe, Miss Susie
Marshall, Miss Rosa Battle, Miss Mary
Jones. Mrs. Burr. Miss Blanch Blake.
Nary Booth--Airs. G.. NJ Busbee.
chairman: Mrs. Alf. A. Thompson, Mrs,
B. s. Jerman, Mrs. ". b. Grimes, Mrs.
z. S. kenan. Mrs. A. q. Holiday, Mrs.
Il. b. Young, Mrs. B.. II. McAden. Miss
Alice Jones, Miss Florence Jones, Miss
Alice Stronach. Miss Anna Stronach
Miss Lizzie Grow. Miss May Grow, Miss
Mary Turner. Miss Louise Busbee and
Miss Eliza Busbce.
South Carolina Booth-Mrs. Eugene
Daniels. chairman; Mrs. Chas. Root
Miss Gales. Miss Mcpheeters. Miss
Daniel and Miss Belle Heart.
Tennessee Rooth-Mrs. L. \. Odds
chairman: Mrs. Harry Martin, Mis-
Peasants. Miss Blanch Blake, Miss
Theodore Marshall.
Georgia Booth-Mrs. W. \. sneiiins