The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-04
WOMAN and
SOCIETY.

she,
"Since it's an act of charity;
But never try to speak to me-"
The woodland ways are sweet and
green
Under the summer weather,
And through the dingle, through the
dene,
Go boy and girl together.
You held my hand. because, >
quoth she,
1.-The stepping-stones were slip
perry;
But now I'm over, let it be-"
A heart that burns, a breast that
Red lips with promise laden
A pleading voice and bright-brown
eyes.
Alas, my pretty maiden!
Can such a. king of men," quoth
Look down to wed a girl like
Then will I trust my soul to
thee!'
She sits amid the yellow sheaves,
That little farmers daughter
Or counts the scarlet cherry leaves
Fall on the shining water.
Red leaves and river deep,
quoth she,
Come hide my tear-worn heart,
for he
Hath broken and forgotten me-"
Eden Phillpotts in Scribner's.
+ ;. !.
Miss Matte Gill, of Wake For
st, passed through the city yesterday
on her way to Wadesboro, to- visit
friends.
Mrs. Frank K Ellington left yes
terday for Waynesville, where she will
spend several weeks with friends. She
was accompanied by Mr.. Ellington as
far as Greensboro.
Miss Emma j. Dowell, of Rock
Hill, S. c., is visiting her sister, Mrs.
ID. G.. Conn.
Miss Mamie Lacy returned from
Cherokee yesterday, and in the after
noon went to Fuquay Springs to join
Mrs. Lacy.
Rev. and Mrs. j. W. Jenkins re-
turned yesterday from Bynum.
Mrs @. N. Payne, of Knoxville,
Tenn, who has been the guest of Mrs.
A. M. Powell, left yesterday for Scot
land Neck to visit friends.
Miss Alice Love has returned af-
ter spending several weeks in Wash
lngton City.
-Messrs. Bennett G. and Thomas
w. Johnson have gone to Wilkes
boro to spend few days visiting their
sister, Mrs. j. w. Mcneil. Later they
will take a trip across the Blue Ridge
mountains.
Several local Masons are expected
to go to Oxford August Sth, to join In
LAYING the cornerstone of the new
public school building there.
Mr.. John Park was expected to
return to Raleigh yesterday but
friends received a letter from him
dated from Heidelberg, and before
returning home he will visit Cologne
and Frankfort, and tour Belgium
and Holland.
Mrs. Garland Mitchell has been
called to the bedside of her father,
who is critically ill at Oxford.
Mrs w. c. Lindsey and children
of Durham, are guests at the home of
Mr.. H. b. Greason.
General James Glenn and family
left yesterday for Buffalo Lithia
Springs
Miss Lawrie BEDFORD left yester-
dap to visit Miss Myrtle Leslie, at
Vass.
Mrs. Josephus Daniels and chill
dren, and Mrs. Herbert Jackson, have
gone to Chase City, Va, to spend
few weeks
Mrs z. F. Early, of New Bern,
passed through Raleigh yesterday on
her way to Louisburg to visit her faith
err, Captain w. H. Peasants.
Miss Mamie Creech, of Portsmouth
Miss Flora Creech.
Misses Mamie and Musa Ellison
left this morning for High Point to
visit friends.
Mrs. j. E. White. of Apex. has re-
turned to Apex after visit to friends
here
Mrs. NJ. G. House and Mrs. Rus
kin, of this city, are the guests of Mrs.
Rufus Honeycutt, at Apex.
Miss Goldie Stevenson has re-
turned after a visit to Miss Adelaide
Stevenson at Swift Creek.
Mrs. p F. Rogers is visiting al
E the home of Dr. B. S. Utley, at Holly
Springs.
Mrs Ernest Martin and children
left yesterday to visit friends and rel
atives in Murphy. n. c.
Mrs. Edgar Simpson, of Elm City,
is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Walter
Grimes.
Miss Nell Battle, of Montgomery.
Ala, who is visiting friends in this
city, will spend short time at
Fuquay Springs.
Miss Blanche Hanes, of Mocks-
vile, after visit to friends in Win
ston-Salem, will spend a few days In
Raleigh and Warrenton.
Mrs. F. A. Bishop and Mrs. III. A.
Bland have returned from short
stay at Fuquay Springs.
Mrs. John S. Johnson left yester-
day for Chase City, Va.
Miss Pearl Barham has gone to
Ellington.
Mrs A. M Smith and daughter
and Miss Esther Bullock. of Atlanta,
Ca, are visiting their brother. Mr.
Charles Bullock
Mrs. Charles E. Hartage and her
daughters Misses Leata, Maggie and
Gretchen left the city Vast IN: kklt
over the S;eaboard for a trip to Nor
folk, at which point and nearby sea-
side resorts they will spend some
time.
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Music Recital.
A recital of music and elocution
will take place in West Raleigh Bap-
fist church tonight at o'clock. 1t
will be given by several members OF
the Youths Missionary Society. No