The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-08-16
ON TO CALIFORNIA
One Hundred Tar Heels
Leave Here tuesday.
Others May Join Party Personally
Conducted Tour to the Worlds Fair
and California a Great
Success.
Success.

A marty of one hundred North Caro-
linians will leave Tuesday for an eX-
tended tour west, including a trip 10
! the Worlds Fair at st. Louis and con-
tinuing the trip through Denver, the
Yellowstone pa. s.llu o.. ~ '-GC...AGIIlla.
IT is the largest and most representa-
tive party to ever leave this State on a
special train for such an elaborate trlp'
The tour is one of the popular per-
sonally conducted trips arranged by
the Seaboard Air Line and the party
will be in charge of Rev. VIM. Black
and wife, of Davidson, and {. IL. Cat
It's. the popular Travelling Passenger
Agent of the Seaboard. During Mr..
Gattis' absence Mr.. ii. S. Leard, Dis
trict Passenger Agent at Richmond,
will be in charge.
The tourists will leave on special
train of Pullman cars, one from Raj
eigh, one from Wilmington, one from
MaXton and one from Charlotte, all TO
be consolidated at Monore on Tuesday
night and run as special tram
through to ST. Louis going via the Sea-
board to Atlanta and thence via the
Nashville, Chattanooga and st. Louis
and the Illinois Central to st. Louis.
At st. Louis the party will stop at
the Inside Inn and remain there untll
Tuesday night. August 23rd, when they
will leave for the West over the Wa
bash Railroad through Kansas City,
the Petrified Forest and stop of day
at the Grand Canon. The trip con-
tnueS to Los Angeles and a week S
stay in San Francisco SO the party can
visit all points of interest in California.
A side trip will be made from Ogden
on the return trip allowing the party
to go through the Yellowstone Park;
and then stops will be made at Salt
Lake City, Denver Colorado Springs,
Pixies Peak and the Garden of the
Gods. The party will reach home via
st. Louis and will arrive here about
September 20. Some of the party will
go only to st. Louis.
Mr.. Chas. H. GattiS of the Seaboard
will leave mere with the Raleigh con-
| tingent in a, special car on Tuesday at
ternoon. Several others expect to JOIN
this trip, but those who have already
| engaged reservations include the fol-
| lowing: Miss Annie Bledsoe, Miss
Katie B1rbee Miss Elizabeth Carver,
Miss Elizabeth Harold. Miss Josephine
Boylan, Miss Stella Banks, and Mrs j.
M. Chamberlain and sister of Raleigh;
Mr.. j. E. Clark, Washington, n. c..
Miss Matte Gill, Wake Forest, n. c.;
Miss Mary Oliver, New Bern, n. c.;
Mrs. l.. G. Switzerland, Miss Rachael
II. Boyden, Mr.. and Mrs. H. l.. Grant,
Mr.. l.. D. Gulley, and Miss d. E. Crab
tree of Goldsboro; Mrs. j. L. Whitfield,
Miss Annie Evans, Miss Kate McKeith-
an, Miss Della Matthews. Mrs. Mary
Hinsdale, Miss Belle jennings, Miss
Mary w. Cameron, Mrs. A. H. Slocomb,
Miss Lillian Slocomb, Miss S. w. Stead
man. Miss M. l.. Baker, Miss Jennie
Williams, Miss Kate NJ. Farley, Miss
Lena Morrow, and Miss Grace Jen-
nings, Fayetteville, N. c.; DR.. E. r.
Baker, Brunswick Ga; Mrs. H. A.
Powell, New Bern, n. c.; Mr. and Mrs.
c. II. Munford and daughter, Green
vile, n. c.; Miss jamie Mason, Laurin-
burg n. c.: Miss Fannie Steele and
sister, Miss Lizzie Crosland, Miss Min
ME and Lila Stansill Miss Bessie Ever
EFT, and Mrs. w. T. Covington, of
Rockingham, n. c.; Miss Ina j. Miller
and friend. Winston-Salem, N. c.; Miss
M. l.. Dicks Randleman, n c.; Miss
| Julia A. Thorn, Asheboro, n. c.; Mr..
w. S. Cochran, and Miss Ina Smither-
man, of Troy, n. c.; Mr.. w. G. Thorn
| son, of Lockhart, S. c.; Mr.. w. l.. Trot-
| ter, and Mr.. w. d. Benbow, of Green's
| boro n. c.; Mrs. T. j. Sadler, of Sandi-
! fer, n. c.: Miss Corinne Bowling, of
Rougemont, n. c.; Miss Maggie Woods,
| Knapp of Reeds, N. c.; Mr.. j. Vernon
| Blades, New Bern, N. c.; Mr.. r. L..
OIGIllttf, NIL IL. - Ioldoeo, VI I1li"-
abeth City, N. c.; DR.. j. Edwin Kurr,
of Lilesville, N. c.; Mrs. d. A. Lowe, of
! Lowesville. n. c.; Rev. and Mrs. VIM.
| Black and Mr.. Arthur L. Black, of
| Davidson, n. c.; Mr.. w. D. Tillett and
party of five, Charlotte, n. c.; Miss l..
H. Ingram, and Miss Mary Mcknight
of Wadesboro N. c.; Miss Bessie Simp-
| son, of Monroe, n. c.; Miss j. M. Belk,
and Mi. r. d. Crow of Monroe, N. c.;
| DR.. Evans, of Clarkton, N. c.; Miss
Clark and Miss Kelly, of CIarkton, N.
| c.. Mr.. j. f. White and wife, of Lum-
berton, N c.; Miss Jane f. Carr, of
| Wilmington, n. c.; Mr.. c. w. Kegley
and wife, of Wilmington, n c.; Mr. B.
f. Harris, of Concord n. c.; Miss p.
| M. Willis, of Charlotte n. c.. Mr.. w.
I II. Walker and wife, of Rowland, n. c.;
Miss Julia Stinson, of Charlotte, n. c.;