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I THE OLD-TIME DARKEY I
Beautiful Sapphire Country:
A Resort of Unlimited Attractions.
Three charming lakes, indescribable mountain scenery, dashing waterfalls
almost without number, one hundred miles of well maintained mountain roads
and bridle paths. Game preserves of 28,000 acres, more than seventy-five miles
of trout streams. The climate is mild and dry, the air pure and bracing;
elevation from 2,250 to 5,000 feet.
Toxaway Inn is a beautiful, elegantly furnished hotel, with steam heat,
elevator, private baths, etc.,. situated on the shores of Lake Toxaway, and is
Osfi0i of v.o fnnt nf Mr. Tnvflwav. Location ideal, southern exposure. Nine-
hole golf course, unlimited attractions, every convenience. Western Union wire
n hotel.
For rates, reservation and full information , address :
J. C. Burrows, Lake Toxaway, N. C.
OLD DOMINION LINE
Direct Connections with kll Southern Resort'
STEAZtlEIlft large and fast, operated
over a most picturesque route, offer the
maximum of comfort and enjoyment. Cui
sine and service of the highest class.
DAILY' SAILINGS at 3 p. m, from
Pier 26 N. It., New York, for Old Point Com
fort, Norfolk. Portsmouth, Pinner's Point
and Newport News, connecting for Pine
hurst, Petersburg, Richmond, Virginia
Beach, Washington and entire South and
West.
For complete information address.
OLD DOMINION LINE, 81-85 Beach St., N.Y-
Robert L. Burns,
Attorney at Law,
Carthage, X. C.
Rooms 7 and 8, Law Building.
Phone 18 connects with Pinehurst.
Reference : The Bank of Carthage.
MISS FERCilTSSOar,
The Cedars, - Piiiehurat, K. C
Graduate Nurse Boston City Hospital.
Boston Floating Hospital for Children.
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standing order for
COFFEE
You will then be assured of a satisfac
tory cup of coffee 'EVERY
morning
Oriental Tea Company,
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"The Big; Teakettle."
THE LEXINGTON.
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A beautiful new winter resort between Colum
bia, South Carolina and Aiken, on Southern Kail
way. Magnificently located, dry, healthful, invit
ing; pure artesian water, private dairy, Northern
management and service. Reasonable rates.
Booklet :
1 W. CIIULDS, Manager.
Dr. Russell G. Sherrill,
DENTIST,
2081 Fayetteville Street,
Raleigh, N. C.
Dobbin & Ferrall,
123-125 Fayetteville Street,
Raleigh, N. C.
North Carolina's Leading Dry Goods Store
A Ileal Citj Store.
THE
Pinehurst Pharmacy
Carries a Complete Line of
Drugs, Druggist Sundries,
Toilet Articles, Con
fections, Etc.
PRESCRIPTIONS
A SPECIALTY
, Compounded by a Registered
Pharmacist.
8unday Hours: 8.30 to 10.30 a. m; 3 to 8 p.m
HE City of Raleigh offers
many fine examples of
the old-time or "before
the war" type of South
ern negro, which is
ranidlv passing: from
view. It is to this class that those who
wish to study the negro as he was turn,
and his fine manners, unswerving fidelity,
deep affection, pride in family tradition,
and absolute reliability are beautifully il
lustrated by the remaining few. It is but
a natural consequence that Southerners
love and cherish these old blacks and
mourn their passing. To possess one as
a servant is to be envied by all, and to
call one a friend is a special privilege.
AUNT BETSEY AND AUNT JANE.
Of all the quaint old darkies who are
seen here, Aunt Betsey Holmes easily
takes first rank. She is over 93 years of
age, but does not seem over 60, so fat and
He dates events from the time "when the
stars fell," by this meaning the great
meteoric shower of 1833, an event which
filled the darkeys with dread for many,
many years ; from "Since the S'render,"
meaning the fateful day in April, 1865,
when the Southern Confederacy ended its
rather more than four years of stirring
life. " ;
I recall another type who yet wears the
swelling hoops of fifty years ago, and
who with great golden rings in her ears,
and the brightest of bandana handker
chiefs concealing her mass of snowy
wool, is wont, at intervals, to visit
around among her white friends. She
looks exactly as if she had stepped out
of a picture frame, somewhere about
1860, and her gracious bow is quite
worthy of the minuet. Such is "Aunt
Jane," and she regards every member of
the family of the lady who she nursed,
as a baby, as her very own, although now
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AUNT BETSEY HOLMES AND HER "AUTOMOBULL." PhotO by Hayes, ItaUigh.
jolly is she. Her smile is infectious, and
her wave of the hand as she passes her
friends, is something to be remembered
with delight. She has a farm about four
miles out from the city, and on this she
makes a fair living, coining to town sev
eral times a week, in a vehicle which, if
driven in any great city of the North,
would simply stop business and lead to a
call for the police reserves to clear the
streets. It is a buggy, of a certainly not
later date than I860, and drawn by a black
bull by the name of Joe, and the harness
which Joe wears is as much of a relic and
a study as the vehicle. Joe lies down be
tween the shafts and contentedly chews
his cud, while . Aunt Betsey sells her
"yerbs" and "squshes," spending two
thirds of her . time saying things which
make everybody laugh, and laughing as
heartily as any one at her own funny
sayings. ,
Aunt Betsey's husband is like some
other husbands, a sort of "fifth wheel,"
something which could be dispensed
with easily, but he is dignity imper
sonated, and seems to appreciate the
honor of being the spouse of Aunt Betsey.
that lady is a grandmother. Every suc
ceeding generation of children are "my
chillun," and her love for them never
abates.
STRANGE SUPERSTITIONS.
The old-time darkey has plenty of su
perstition ; a fear of Friday and a very
full belief in "hants," or "sperrits."
There is also a belief among 'possum
hunters, that the dogs see "hants" in the
woods and "won't hunt no more arter
they sees 'um." Many believe that the
negro chicken thieves, who are so numer
ous and so daring, make themselves abso
lutely invisible by carrying in a little bag,
held around the neck by a string, the last
joint of the tail bone of a black cat ; the
particular virtue being obtained by
throwing such a cat, which must not
have a solitary white hair upon it, into a
pot of boiling water while alive. I know
personally a case of a negro convict who
thus boiled a cat a little while, before his
term of imprisonment ended, in order
that he might use the bone after he was
at liberty.
They also believe that ghosts may be