If he Strawberry tCrop in "
Eastern Nortli Carolina
- Shipment Larger Than Us
ui! and More Than a Mil
lion Dollars Poured Into
the Pockets of the
Farmers
' "5 '-'Wilmington, N. C May 25. Special.
.To date the car load Shipments of straw
berries In regrigerator cars have been
about 1,812 jcars, with express shipments
reaching about 54,668 crates, against 1,
119 cars and 41,259 crates last year. Be
ginning April 10th there has been a
steady movement from eastern Caro-
Hna, moving from 25 to 125 car loads
1 day from this territory. In the dis
tribution1 these shipments have covered
- nil the leading cities and towns of the
northern. New England, arid middle
1 jvestern states, and While ; prices were
fiot so high in the beginning of the ship-
; ping season as have been known in past
. years, nevertheless the general aver
age has been , well nigh if not
quite up to the standard, and the
aggregate volume has been fully 25 if
not 85 per cent, ahead of any previous
year. Up to this wrltlpg not less than
500,000 crates have gone forward out of
this territory, yielding the -growers a
i aet sum of more than $1,125,000 and each
,is.y shipments continue. Berries will
go forward in car load lots for at- least
ft week or two longer. The crown ber-
. ries are now on the move and they are
' delicious, bringing good prices.
In some sections a few of the grow
ers report the outlook brightening for
a 'second crop to follow close on the
heels jf the present crop. Should it
turn out that this section will produce
two crops of strawberries every year,
then the people of this section will have
discovered a bonanza for a fact. The
: Fruit Growers' Journal has had ac
counts of Innumerable growers clearing
on an average of from $100 to $250 on an
acre In berries this season, and if that
is to be doubled the farmers of east
' Carolina should be the most prosperous
; and independent people on the globe.
Potatoes, beans, peas, huckleberries
; and blackberries are now moving to the
.'markets in considerable quantities and
the prices are very satisfactory. Unlets
all signs fail, the first day of June will
find the berry and vegetable growers
with more ready cash than they have
.had-before in years. .
- i Several car loads of strawberries
have been shipped this season from
-points along the Seaboard Air Line be
tween "Wilmington and Hamlet, and
"f rom the same terrotory next year ship-
; ments will be fully 100 per cent, in ex
cess of this year.
GUILFORD COLLEGE
, . .
Class Day Baccalaureate
: Sermon Annual Concert
; Guilford College, N. C, May 25. Spe
cial. The; class day exercises came off
. this afternoon in the presence of the
senior class and a few invited friends.
The exercises were all that the class
could wish for." The prophecy certainly
showed the great imagination of the
prophets, Messrs. - Charles M. Short,
Hugh P. Leak and Miss Ida Millis.
Mr. Irvin Blanchard,' Miss .Delia Rai
ford and Miss Flora Harding were the
historians. They gave a complete his
tory of the present class, interwoven
with many lively jokes.
The poem by Mr. R. W. McColloch
was second to none that has ever been
produced at Guilford ollege. After
this entertainment refreshments were
' served in the lunch room.
The .baccalaureate sermon by Rev.
W. T. Doggett of Danville, Va., drew
a large prowd of visitors to Guilford's
'-- peaceful roof Sunday, The-isermon was
full of -high thought and happy reli
gious teaching, and was delivered with
plain, imaffected force. The speaker's
text was from the 127th Psalm ""Ex
cept the Lord build the house, they
" labor in vain ''that .build it; except the
Lord keep the city, the . watchmen
wakath but in vain."
f The commencement musical was
II
ore
Ti Ewdy-toSerTO Cereal
maKes good health
an heirloom.
Sweat, crisp flukes of wheat and malt.
A Dyapaptlo No Lontftr.
n'foni f8?" lnls L Watson, was a great
?v, l. m todigertaon. He purchased from me a package of
orc two or three months aeo and hna mntinn n.inn vzi
elac, d ha. nothadtbe 6l:ghtisT symprom oTthe disease
to
given In Memorial -Hall Saturday eva
ning be.'ore a larg audlenc. Tne an
trtainrr.ent ws very refreshing to the
wetry student who had Jus; finished
his esnmUi.-aions, as well as to the
visitor. The program, prepared under
the supervision of Miss Lena O. Wat-
SOU, niUSlltl Jliauu'-iu.i " " ,1
. : - .t 1 ' , rr 4uot rlcht
t 1 1 n-n a
weu ren-
-, :-., fVio phle
ani Wa3 well icvci,rv;u tjj -
audience. 1
The members of the present gradu
ating class of Guilford College are Mr.
Charles L. Holton, Yadkinville, N. C,
president; Miss Dlia Raiford, Zuni,
Va., secretary; Mr. Philip D. M. Lord,
Biddeford." Me., marshal; Mr. Irvin T.
Blanchard, Woodland, N. C. ; Miss Ma
ria Edgeworth, Conley, Va.; JUiss Flora
Harding, Farmington, N. C; Hugh P.
Leak. Kernersvllle, N. C; Mr. RI Wil
liam McCulloch, May wood, N. C; Miss
Ida Eleanore Millis, Guilford College,
iST. C-; Mr. Charles McCoy Short,
Greensboro, N. C; Mr.: Edgar Thomas
Snipes, Menola, N. C,
"DEAR OLD FRANKLIN"
;
A Former Resident Returns
After Long Absence
Henderson, N. C.May 25. Special.
After a lapse of many years, the writer
was privileged a, few days ago to . visit
, -T f death and taxes, but that is not alto
Changes were marvelous. Neat comfort-; uc 111 .
-v.,. th. gether true. Dr. King's New Discovery
face of the country, indicating thrift,
t- Z "
have disappeared, but some remain at
r'J" P n' I? Jiv
Old Cobb's cross roads.. Old Midway.
once the scene of joyous life is not re-
.cognizable-companions and teacher
gone, anu uui.inv ku u icu w
Fields are opened ' where . once stood
noble forests; then in turn, fields once
in cultivation are covered with pines.
Strange, new faces appeared on every
hand, and one to the maner born stood
as a stranger and alone on his own na
tive heathl How sad are the changes
in life, yet how true. But; such is life,
and such are its vicissitudes. They
sadden the heart , and teach man that
earth is not his home. TqNone reared
in rural life surrounded bjiturdy, hon
est associations, how different from
the atmosphere of cities., Tliere does
not breath a better population
dear old Franklin holds.
than -
SERMON TO WAKE
FOREST SENIORS
Commencement Begins With
an Able Discourse-Events
on Today's- Progam
Wake Forest, N. C, May 25. Special.
Wake Forest commencement began
Sunday evening with the baccalaureate world today is the same as that which
sermon by Dr. E. C. DargaH, of the existed in the day of the Roman em
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary Pire. Bishon Gailoii pointed out the
of Louisville, Ky. His subject was An dangers manifested by the spirit in eo
Appeal for a Consecrated Life, from cial and commercial, life, in literature
Rom. 12: 1 "I beseech you. therefore, and education. He j-eferred tp & speech
brethren, by the mercies of God. to . delivered at the Southern Educational
present your bodies a living sacrifice, ; conference In Richmond, when the or
holy, acceptable to God, which is your , ator ma&nified ,the mind above all el ;
reasonable service." He discussed the;niakin& the goul Jtg supplement. Tnig
ground of the appeal which he mad, ldoctirin m sh Gallor declaredi wa3
to consist first, in a logical ground. ; the -
folded in the first eleven chapters of
Romans; second, in a hopeful ground,
the mercies of God; third, in the char
acter of the man who made the appeal.
He next discussed the meaning of the
appeal. To present your bodies a living Deputy Sheriff McLeod of RobesOh
sacrifice means not to present the county brought Henry Marlow, a white
corpse, but the body with the soul lnn'ian to the state's prison yesterday to
It to God. Everything a man has should serve a fifteen-year term for the slay
be consecrated to God a clean body, a
pure soul, his yotihg manhood, all his
capacities of mind and body. Sacrifice
means separation, to set apart for
God's use. Finally, the preacher dis
cussed the justification of the appeal.
Service and worship are all that we
can give to God in return for His mer-
in. vr-b is rauonai; it is ap-v. at 5:30. Every member is urgently re
proved by the reason; it is the highest ! quested to .be present.
Jim Dumps provided for his heirs
That 'VForce" might be forever theirs.
"I can't do better with my wealth,"
He said, "than to Insure them health,
Clear brain, good muscle, nerve and vim I N
And Force' gives these," quoth "Sunny Jim.-
P9
iju3i.ru W.OOP."
THF. PST: TUESDAY,
thir.T that can be done with ourselves.
It lifts Us from things degrading ana
mala us what we never could become
onr-Vea God cannot worship Him
ir, but the whole creation praises
God. Shrill net we?
The .-rrr-an was forcibly delivered,
wjus Vrors in. the personality of tne
cpeaker, the logic of its .-.development,
iuid its intense spirituality. ;
,to be counted as a part-of the com
mencement, although not -on the pro
gram, is the excellent sermon on mis
sions In China preached Sunday morn
v Missinnnrv R. T. Bryan. He
riisrnsspd the oolitical, commercial, so-
, . .
rini nr r-alio-iniin asnpets OI tne '-ii'-
co mioctinn anrl found In ail nop
nosi ouestion. and iouna .in
i n
for great progress in the future of mis
sions. -
Devotional meetings of fifteen min
utes are' held every morning. Monday
morning the meeting was conducted by
Mr. Bryan. ' Tuesday morning the ven
erable Dr. Skinner will lead. These
meetings are characterized by a sweet
spirituality which, indeed, seems to per-.
vade everything and everybody at
Wake Forest just now. Besides, every
body seems intensely in earnest.
The public need not be surprised to
hear that some great things have been
undertaken for the college. The trus
tees hold their -first meeting this after
noon. The address before the law class
was delivered at 8 p. m. by Hon. Wil
liam W..Kitchin.
The features for Tuesday are the lit
erary address at 11 a. m. by Rev. .R. P.
Johnson, -of Fifth Avenue Baptist
church, New York; the alumni address
at 8 p. m. by Editor J. W. Bailey, and
immediately after the alumni banquet.
A Snre Tiling
It is said that nothing is sure except
for consumption is a sure cure for alll;
lung and throat troubles.
can testify to that-Mrs C. B. Van
. ghepherdton, SSVest Virginia,
"JW -"I had a of bronchi-
t f(jr & tricd everytning j
q Qne botUe
6f .. Digcovery then cur.
. ahonito if, fnllihl for
ed me absolutely." It's
croup, ' whooping cough, grip, pneumo
nia and consumption. Try it. It's
guaranteed by all druggists. Trial bot
tles free. Regular sizes 50c, $1."
SPIBIT OF THE ; WORLD
'- s - . .
Bishep Gail of s . Magnificent
Discourse Sunday Evening
Bishop Thos..P. Gailbr of Tennessee
preached a magnificent sermon Sunday
night in Christ church, before a large
congregation. Within the chancel with
Bishop Gailor were Bishop Cheshire,
Rev. Dr. Marshall, Rev. Dr. Bratton,
Rev. Dr. Pittehger and Rev. Dr. Holmes
or Columbia, s. cM .The music wau
'grand, especially the offertory by Mrs.
Charles McKimmon, Mrs. "; Ashley L.
Baker, Mr. Theo. Hudson and "Mr. Sher
wood Haywood, accompanied by Mary
W. Johnson on the violirir -r' -"
Bishop Gailor's subject Was "Our
Faith that overcometh the wbfld." He
gave a strong picture of the spirit of
the world which is very antagonistic
to the spirit of Christ. The spirit of the
vigorously that tjie mind was
but a part of the. soul.
B ro u sh t to the Pen
5
ing of another white man. '
Associated Charities
A special meeting of the general com
mittee of the Associated Charities will
be held this (Tuesday) afternoon in the
26 1903
At our Serge Cults.
w,, or black Serge
summer wear is yet
S
Sixty-second Commence
ment of St. Mory's School
Powerful Baccaiuareate Ser
mon by Bishop Nailor of
Tennessee Subject, Re
latien of Religion to
Our Life A Grand
Concert Last Night.
Commencement
Week Program
The sixtv-second annual commence
ment f St. Mary's School began Sun
day morning, iwith a baccalaureate
sermon of great ability and wonderful
power by Rt. Rev. Thos. F. Gailor.
bishop of Tennessee.
Iast night there was a superbly ren
dered grand concert. Other feautres of
the program for commencement week
will be:
Today at 4.30 p. m. Alumnae meet
ing. - - - ' '
Tonight at S.15 o'clock Class feven-
Inp . ; .
Wednesday, 4 p
m. Meeting of the
board of trustees.
Wednesday, 4 to 10 p
m. Art ex-
hibit - - ' . - -
i Wednesday. 8 p. m. Grand concert.
Thursday, 11 a. m. Literary exercises
in the parlor, followed by graduating
exercises in St. Mary's chapel.
The students who will receive diplo
mas are Annie Webb Cheshire, Mary
Day Faison, Eliza Moore Gregory, Julia
Hamlet Harris, Mary Fenwood Hender
6.)i Marietta Belo Holman, Mary Hol
tfji Hunter, i Katherlne DeRosse
Meares, Annie Gales Root, Mary Allen
Short, Florence Jackson Thomas, Mary
Wood Winston. .
The. sermon Sunda morning was in
St. Mary's chaapel and was heard by
a congregation: that filled the church
to overflowing, j Every one was delight
ed, pronouncing it a masterful discourse
delivered with j eloquence and a; deep
spiritual fervor. The subject chosen
by Bishop Gailor was "The relation of
Religion to our life," 'the text, being
fromyDeut. 32:47. Bishop Gailor de
clared the text the words of Moses
I to show the supremacy of God's love
ar.d the value of religionnot a vain
thing but one of the deepest and truest
of all realities, ministering to the mind
of the whole man all that touches the
nature of mai in its completeness. To
ignore Lreligion, declared the bishop, is
to make your manhood and womanhood
dwarfed and- narrow.- ' : .' .
What a beautiful, splendid thing is
life, declared Bishop Gailor in announc
ing his subjectl You students here in
this beautiful home of culture can but
respond to its joy and hopefulness. He
discussed in an eloquent and compre
hensive manner the meaning, - signiflT
seance, value and measure of life, draw
ing the conclusion that It does not
make life more toerable to preach the
theory of despair, that the fact of life
is the fact of sin and that the deepest
and truest yearning of life is the yearn
ing for salvation. That no intellectu
al development can save the race. That
the real satisfaction of living is in the
txet. This life: Is a school time during
which our capacity is developed which
it will take all eternity to complete and
satisfy.
Bishop Gailor's closing charge to the
students was especially beautiful and
appropriate. He said:
"So, my friends, I come from Tennes
see at the bidding of my dear friend
and former pupil, the principal of this
school, to say this word to you. I am
happy that I came. I have found more
even than I expected in the shrdludlu
shrdlu and atmbsphere of this splendid
schooL- And what better "subject could
I choose than tie one of which I have
spoken the relation of religion to our
life. ' ' j - '
"I have tried to show how impossible
it is to interpret life by the conditions,
the limitations of the present time and
that, only in our Lord Jesus Christ do
we find the revelation of what life is:
'The law of God is not a vain thing,
because it is your life. and 'This is
life eternal to j know Thee, the only
true God and Jesus Christ, whom thou
hast sent. That eternal life begins
'here and now. We do not have to die
to find. it. Beneath the superficial crust
of th$ unrealities, the untruths, the
4Prbr accidental and confusing cir
No suit holds its popularity with no many men as the
. .. .i M .iiful. ' all - round suit for
Suit. A better, coo.er, vr
, " -r-rioo' rhanees can be.
unknown. . Endless changes
.1 w believ-
trousers in white duck, or ezvw
Serge Suits on the market. We know it and .
We Qudran
Al' the late cuts and kinks, and brand splinter new. suits as low as $6. $7.5D.
$10. and 515. Plenty separate unUned coats in double or single breasted. ?3
t- $5. :r-
Plenty of everything to keen you cool and comfortable during the hot sum.
mer days. TAKE A LOOK. ,:
BERWANGER,
The One-Price Clothier.
cumstances, the seeming wrongs and
contradictions of the world, as we see
it now. It Is possible by His power to
penetrate to the great facts and prin
ciples of- the eternal and everlasting
order. To fashion our lives by these
principles, to harmonize them' with
these facts, to lift every faculty of
mind and soul out-of the narrowing,
bewildering and deceiving shadows of
mere selfish Interest and to stand with
Chris.t upon the sunlit heights of God's
larger world this Is the true meaning
and value and motive of education;
this is the measure and interpretation
of human life.'
"'For life, with all ,it yields of joy
.' and woe, .;
And hope and fear, ...
Is just our chance b' the prize of learn-
: Jng love.
How love might be, hath been Indeed,
and Is;
sAnd that we hold thenceforth to the
.uttermost -Such
prize despite the : envy of the
world,
And, having gained truth, keep truth:
that is- all.
n 'I say 'the acknowledgment of God
V. ' in it .:. ; ' .,. .. ', ,
Accepted by thy reason solves for thee
AH questions in the earth and out of It,
And has so far-advanced thee to be
wise. .. " v " , ;
"This Is the deepest thought In our
religion, the lif,e of love, the life in
Christ, the life eternal,- which trans
figures and consecrates the results of
all righteous effort ' and consummates
the achievements of all human knowl
edge. To you, who are about to leave
this school, I may say this home of
truth arid culture, I . pray that this
thought may be a helpful and hopeful
inspiration in the days that are to
come. In your truest joys, as in your
deepest griefs-f or -all men and women
have joys and grief3 may this be the
sure and steadfast anchor of comfort
and peace. Death and sorrow are the
accidents of time; but life abides. '1
came. said the Holy One, : the Perfect
One, 'that ye might have life and that
ye might have it more abndantly.'
"And as the years pass, and you are
compelled again and again to face that
ancient mystery of uncertainty and de
feat, which speaks . to ;us from - e very
injustice, every wrong, even- failure of
noble hope and1 every grave of vanished
love, there Is but one answer: This life
is:- the beginning; yonder is the end.
The law of God is not a vain thing to
us, because it is our life." .
Ctneert UifMsht
"A large and fashionable audience
assembled in the chapel last night at;d
ehjos'ed immensely a- superb concert in
which many of the most gifted stu
dents were the participants. It was a
most creditable affair, sustaining the
enviable reputation of the fine oil
school as an institution for the train
ing and cultivation of young woman.
The program folFows:
PART I.
; Priest's March, from Athalia Men
delssohn. Misses - Thomas, Venable,
Brevard and Means.
Song "O, Stars so Pure" Bischoff.
Marie Stewart Phlnlzy.
Reading "The Whiter Cowl" James
Lane Allan. Mary Norcott Broadfoot.
Song "The Lass of Norwich Town,"
Violin Obllgato Bullard. May Lee
Montague. i
Valse Chromatlque Godard. Julia
Haughton.
Song "Rosalie de Koven. . Katha
rine Spach.
T. H. BRIGGS & SONS, Raleigh, N. C
BUCK'S STOjES AND RANGES
- 1 '
.Look !
made with
'- have the
extra
best
Tarant ell a For v lol i n Ren t s , h .
na Hampton.
Mfn-
. Song "Grass and Roses," Violin Ob
ligato Barlett.' Mary Holton llui.t
PART II. ;
Song "O, Loving Heart" Gottsca'.k.
Miss Marshall.
Splnnelied Joseffy. May Lee Mon
tague. .'. ,
. Reading "Mars 'Chan" Thomas N!.
fon Page. Mildred DransfleM Tilton..
Song "Mid the .Hush of th;. rom.'"
Violin-' Obliga to Temple. Margn;et
Longfellow Sanborn.
(a) Polonaise For Violin, Alard. (I)
Ferpetuumu Mobile For VicHn, Cui.
Margoret Rosalie DuBose. .
Tarantella Duo, Raff. Julii Harl j
and Bessie Woodard.
Part Song The Gypsies Schumann.
Chorus.
Quick Arrrat
J. A. Gallinger of Verbena, Ala., war
twice in the hospital from a: severe ras
of piles causing 24 tumors. After doc
tors and all remedies failed, liuekien 'j
Arnica Salve quickly arrested further
Inflammation and cured hini. It con
quers aches and kills pain. 25c :t til
druggists '"
Graded Schools for Kenly
Capt.- John Duckett, chief clerk lii th
off.ee' of the state superintendent of
public Instruction, received a triejrr"an
late last, night from W. A. Harper, at
Kenly, - N. " C, saying, "Graded prhno!
special tax " was carried today by : a
handsome -majority." ,
Several 'state officers, includirg: Gov.
ernor A3rcock and1 State Superintend
ent Joyner, made speeches at Kenly for
this election, and the news of Ictorj
is very gratifying to them.
Mr, G. W. Blacknall Here
. Mr. George W. Blacknall, a Raleigh
boy and a son of the late lamented Dr.
Blacknall, has moved here Nvith .!'.
family from Waterbury, Conn., when,
he has been living. Mr. 31arkihiil has
accepted a position as traveling sales
man for Stephen G. 'Condlt of New
York, manufacturer of well kno
brands of clear Havana cigars. M"
Blacknall has a host of friend? in Hai
eigh who rejoice over his-return t''tlV
place of his nativity, and corttriat'iiata
the company that has secured hi ser
vices. Mr. A. D. Hobgood has retur,nd
Durham, after 'a visit to Mr., K. F
Knott. .
$500 Reward
Washington, ,D. C... May C5th, l1
Whereas, at' or near Raleigh, in
state of North Carolina, on Tu's
the 13th day of May, 190?,, 'S.-.'J:
Railway Company's mail train, kn
as No. 136, was derailed, by t'ho !' '
ous placing of spike or other cV.-ti
tion on the track by which si I v.
was wrecked and many persosai -n
ries received . by passenegr? ::, i
ployees, and rkllway .equipiri' Tit dv.
damaged;
- Now, therefore," in consideration
"the premises arid th atthe ' enforw1-
of
r.t
of the laws may be aided in ! ''
said felony and for the protvi-t
the public in the future, the r
Railway Company4 hereby off?:;
jir.g
ward of - -
FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS
I
to be paid for and upon the arr-;-"
proper conviction of the party " .
ties who did this act.
c. 11. ackhh
General Manager Southern
Company.
ri
is that its prices are rlg-ht.
goods are right, its va rlty
large, and there-is no oppo:
nlty to question its method?
doing business. We offer
lOOO Boxes
Ball Brothers'
Fruit Jars ' A
10 Barrels Jelly Glasses
Johnson's Floor Wa x.