The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-04-07
FAYETTEVILLE

4 Dt ldulCS VI IL y ShNIS AS Il
location are on the eve of conduct |
ing a cake baking contest. One Of
The interesting pages of their attrac- |
tive year book is the page Of the
Resume Of Special Features Of the
Years Work.
May Festival.
Art Exhibits.
Removed concrete basin under old
Town Hall and enclosed steps leading
up TO Library.
purchased pictures for Library.
PuI chased books for Library.
Employed a regular Librarian.
lave successfully started a child
ren's department in Library.
Paid monthly dues IN piano.
All patriotic organizations meet in
1'he Civic Hall at a nominal cost.
Built concrete steps in Eccles' Park
and paid for keeping park during the
wear.
Planted trees, shrubbery, vines and
fowers.
Inaugurated Ladies Echange and
bought show cases for same.
Appointed committee to superintend
the work in Cross Creek Cemetery and
put it in better condition than ver
before.
Inaugurated Cleaning up Week
mat resulted in a great success.
Insurance on old Town Hall $60.21.
vi utbo VI liz Az
been settled amounting TO S603.20.
Cash on hand $685..
We have funds to erect a fountain
and are looking for a suitable loca-
ton.
The Cross Creek cemetery spoken
of in the club resume is a beautiful
and interesting spot, and as Mrs.
Sinclair says in her condensed history,
i lies between Cool Spring street and
She creek. The old tombs and their
quaint inscriptions, the of &C.
dars and the old stone steps leading
down to the water were placed there
by their fore-fathers in the long ago.
The south wall of the cemetery that
can be seen from Cool Spring bridge
is built like a fertilization and looks
as if it would endure many more
ages. 1t was constructed under the
direction Of Capt. Bradford, COM
mandant at that time of the United
States arsenal
Cross Creek was so called from thu
actual crossing of Cross Creek AND
Blount's Creek. 1t was a freak Of ma
ture and was destroyed by a French.
man named De Gross, who built a dan
just below the crossing on one stream
and turned the other into a mill race
There are beautiful drives aroun(
Fayetteville. Out to the North W.
pass Carver's Falls, a lovely spo'
where the water falls about 35 fee
over the face of the cliff. Mrs. Sin
clair says immense horse power cOul'
BE- generated here at a small cost.
Fayetteville Club in the Nineties.
To nan of US now interested i
the club work Of u town this seem
q fitting opportunity to recall tn
pleasant hours spent as members @
that delightful organization of tn
early nineties known as Oyer-The Tea
cups Club.
This club planned and preside
over by Miss Mary S. Mac Rae, VIII
acted not only as president, but hos
tess, drew its membership from "a
over town."
Every Thursday afternoon, assiste
BY her talented mother, Mrs. Mac RAJ
Miss Mae Rae dispensed the graviou
hospitality of The Homestead" to a
increasing circle of interested your
women. So tactful and inspiring W Z
ner leadership, and 80 delicious ht
Fefreshments," that no liked prOgral
was necessary to insure the success
each meeting. Many clever papers c
subjects of the day were written ar
read, Il keen interest aiken in mOdel
literature, stimulated by warm dlscu
sions. Our favorites, Mrs. Burte
4iarrison. Frank Stockton, Richal
Harding Davis, and Kipling tiSurlr
"o1spiciously on the lists.
Several creditable short stories we
contributed by members OF the cru
Prompted by the spirit of social Sc
vice. these twenty odd young WON
started a circulating library chargll
a small fee for membership. This
brary grew to several hunGred We
umes, and though it failed to ACHE
independence, proved a valuable co
triDution to that one the civic nc
operate successfully.
Upon Miss Mac Rae's change Of I
sidence, the club diSbanded, many
the members scattered, Yearly all ia
ing up some form of club work els
where. OF the d~iSpursed abroad
see occasional poems from Miss &c
Mayrover Robinson, a newspaI
woman of we'll earned reputation, NJ
living in Florida.
Recently we felt a thrice OF pr
when our founder Cd now N
Robert Lilly Gray. of Columbia, 5.
published in 1.-The Youths Col
p%anion," some charming sympathe
verses of