The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-11-10
R C~AROlINlANS
THE METROPOLIS
BY r. S. CARRAWAY.l

III ~
New York, Nov. THE cotton ball.
under the auspices Of the Southern
Society Of New York. at the Waldorf
Astoria next Thursday evening, prom
Uses to be a great success. The ad-
vance sale of tickets and boxes has
been unusually large. Among the
former North Carolina women who
have reserved boxes are Mrs. Frank
G.. Burke. Mrs. Benjamin N. Duke,
Mrs. w. W. Fuller, Mrs. j. Temple
Gwathmey, Mrs John D. Lindsay, Mrs.
E.. +. Meacham, Mrs. Howard Page,
Mrs. Rufus L. Patterson and Mrs.
stephen l.. Snowden. A great many
persons are coming from Richmond,
Baltimore, and other Southern points
to attend the ball, n a representa-
tive delegation from Washington is
expected, including the Secretary Of
the Navy and Mrs. Daniels Postmas-
ter Burleson and the Misses BurleSon,
Miss Genevieve Clark and Miss Callie
Hoke Smith. one of the objects of
the bail is to popularize the use of
cotton fabrics and so increase the de-
mand for the cotton. Statistics figure
that if the women of America are in
duced to wear cotton dresses when
ever they can be worn without dis
comfort, the consumption of cotton
in the United States will be increased
at least a million bales a year.
Miss Margaret Vale, who in private
life is Mrs George Howe, wife OF Prof.
Howe, of the University of North
Carolina and a niece of President Will
son, has joined the Keith took forces,
and on Monday afternoon opened at
the Bronx Theatr in stop Thief"
Miss Wales stage experience includes
engagements with Nine. NazimoVa in
1.-The Marionettes," with Elsie Fer
guson in "Rosedale," and with Mar
garet Wycherly.
Mr.. II. L. Millner, we'll known civil
engineer Of Morganton, arrived in
New York Monday and is spending a
few days at the Herald Square Hotel
comforting with fnanciers towards the
establishment Of a hydraulic electri-
cal power plant on the Catawba river
in the vicinity Of MOrgantOn. Mr..
Millner says that plans have been
practically completed for the new
plant, which will furnish electric
ing purposes throughout the section
east of AsheVille, comprising the
counties Of Mcdowell, Burke, Bun.
combe and Rutherford.
At the first regular meeting of the
season of the Dixie Club, held at the
Astor, Mrs. NJ. F. Milliken was ap'
pointed chairman of a m tt
send cotton garments and hospita
supplies to the Red Cross in Europe
A bridge party, to raise money for thi!
, work. was held Monday at the home
!, Of Mrs. George Bernard Williams, OF
, Long Island. Following the business
, meeting of the club a reception wa
!, held.
, One Of the flowers to make it's debu
! at the floral display now being helt
! in the Museum of Natural History
under the auspices Of the Horticul
tural Society of New York, is nameC
= the Ophelia. This bloom is a richl.
oh n dnd cho11 = l. dnnnnpipr o1toonC
: to salmon color. James B. Duke, tn
Carolina tobacco magnate, won a spe
cial prize with his exhibit of the Or
phelia rose.
Mrs. Anne Wilson Howe, of Raleigh
q has decided to spend the winter i
: at the Hotel Anderson in West Eigh
teenth street. Mrs. Howe is a siste
e of President Wilson.
Mr.. c.. E. Foy, one Of New Bern
foremost and enterprising bushes
e men, was in New York on one of hi
periodical visits this week, staying a
the Hotel Strand. Mr.. Foy was FIRE
quently mentioned during the sun
n mer as a candidate for State Senate
1T from the New Bern district.
1t Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar w. Pharr, Q
h Charlotte, are passing a few days i
&c Gothamtown, staying at the Navarro
A., Mrs. G.. W. Vaughn, Of Asheville
e reached New York early in the wee
r for a visit at the Great Norther
% Hotel.
IS Miss /. n. Lucas, of Durham, ha
rs been spending the last few days i
ID New York, staying at the Grand.
Mr.. and Mrs Benjamin n. Duke, c
10 Durham, reached New York durin
k the week and are spending severe
xt days at the Grand Hotel.
ty North Carolinians continued to jour
ID ney towards the metropolis this weel
~ quite a number arriving at the variol
hotels. Among those here were tn
following:
Herald Square-B. B.. Webb, ASH
vile; H. 3. Harrington, Charlotte: {
A. Bray, Greensboro; w. R. McCo,
1S Charlotte.
Navarre-S. O. Bailey, Wilmington
II. NJ. Proctor, Burlington, and j.
IS Freeman, Charlotte.