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A A . xbr A v A h T I Mr J DAILY NEWS SHEET AND ADVERTISER. NUMBER 95. FAYETTEVILLE. N. C, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 21, 1896. PEICE 2 CENTS. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE t , - Tear, 93 OO in adrance. nan ' paily one ,MOn,,, ffefklr one year, 35 in adrance. 1 50 in adrance. ,j..rt;w is to otismess icnai swam s w There is hut one icay of obtaining business MiWkitv; Uiii one wuy uj www tdtertising. Weather Predictions Chief Moore, Washington, D. C., ll:30 o'clock. Fair to night and Friday. No damage by the lightning of yester day has been reported further than the splitting of a few telegraph poles. The most glorious news that we have had to record in some time, is the heavy rain of yesterday and last night. The farmers are now all jubilant over the pros pect of fine cotton, grain and fruit crops. A Lueky Find. About one year ago Mrs. H. C. Fisher lost a gold ring, her engagement ring. She advertised and searched for it but until this morning nothing has been heard of it. Early this morniug 'Squire C. P. Overby was standing at the corner of the market nouse talking to some one and as is a habit with him, was making 'figures on the ground with his foot when he turned up some earth in which -he saw something glitter. He picked it up and found it to be an old battered ring. Thinking it of do value he shot it away with his thumb, when just as it was leaving his hand he noticed some letters on the inside. He again picked it up, and' found thereon in scribed "From Henry to Nannie." He remembered the advertisement and knew immediately to whom it belonged. Mrs. Fisher is now in happy possession of her engagement ring. Special Rates. The C. F. & Y. V. R. R. will sell round trip tickets to Greensboro, N. C, on ac count of commencement ftreenshnrn Fe male College, May 26 27. Rate from ette ville, $3.75; Maxton, $4.85; -Wil mington, $6.05. Un account of the commencement exer ises at the University of North Carolina, y dlst to June 3rd, the 0. F. & Y. V. will sell fniinn,n. Jm Fayetteville, $4.90; Maxton, $6.20; ""ora, S3.G0. Wilmington, $6.90. Un " " i. JL IUO UUUlUlOUUCUiClit Ui. Greensboro Female College, May 26-27, the C. F. & V V mill cnll Ixtv ata vrvfi n A . 1(111 ooii lu T 1 u k v 1UUUU rip ticets to Greensboro, from Fay- "eviiie st.75. ft 1 Also, on account of commencement of u. i lwie University, colored, Charlotte, N. v- ay 2U to Jane 3. , U F. & Y. V. R. R. will sell round lriP tickets for P.Konoi tr:n xr n vuupci J.XI11, XI vy. VU Commencement exercises at the W University, May 31st to June 3rd, nnal hmit June 5th. Rate from Wil- on, $0.90; Maxton, $6.20; Fayett e Delightful Red Spring. There are many who will tell vnn that. the finest country population in the world inhabits the northern part of Robeson county. Those who-dwell in the other half of that famous shire must take no ex ception to our repeating this encomium in a Fayetteville newsDRDer. for the UDDer - t r half of Robeson adjoins Cumberland, you Know. Yesterday was the 20th of May, sacred to North Carolinians as it should be to patriotic Americans everywhere as the day when our blessed mother, speaking through Mecklenburg, declared indepen dence of the British crown, over a year in advance of the national declaration. And there assembled at Robeson's noted resort a typical Robeson county gathering such solid looking men, such beaming matrons, such fair and gentle maidens as one must go far to see the like of. Nor was there lacking a fine bit of color in the splendid military companies which Lum ber Bridge and Maxton contributed, and a stirring note in Maxton's excellent military band. Such soberness of demeanor as befits the proud and well bred people of the vicinage, marked the entire proceedings ; while a score or two of grim visaged but merry hearted old warriors of the great contest presented a picturesque foil to a bevy of natty cyclers from Cross Creek. The auspicious day, a legal holiday m North Carolina, was made the occasion for organizing uamp Xso. 41 or tne united Confederate Veterans. This was done at "The Tabernacle," where some five hun dred people, ladies, gentlemen and chil dren, had gathered. D. P. McEachern, Esq., was master of ceremonies, and Lieut. McNair was temporary, and Capt. Tom McBride was permauent chairman. Ad- dreoses, which pleased the audience, were delivered by two veterans from abroad, Rev. Mr. Thomas, of South Carolina, and Maj. Hale, from Cumberland. The selec tion of officers of the Camp and of a name was postponed to another meeting; and, after a splendid luncheon served by the ladies of Robeson to the veterans in the Tabernacle, the rest of the day was given up to an informal ''reunion" of old com rades and old friends. Meanwhile, the band gave an open-air concert in the Hotel grounds, and the young men and maidens talked to each other after their fashion which, by the way, is a very old fashion, indeed. That learned gentleman, Mr. Hamilton McMillan, who, -we may say in passing, ought to be salaried by! North Carolina to write the State's history ; Judge McEach ern, sound reasoner and brilliant writer; Mr. McQueen; Mr. McCallumj Mr. John- son: Mr. luc-wair ; e ieiu, xo. Rankin ; Mr. John McKay, brim full of political lore : Dr. Croom, and last, but not least, Father Townsend, mine host of the Springs as well as a host within him selfare the names of some of the gentle men who make Red Springs delightful to the stranger. Nor was there lacking fine company among the sojourners at the long-veran-,ioWl hntnl. Cftnt. and Mrs. Johnston, of Alabama ; Mr, and Mrs. N. A. Sinclair, of Fayetteville, aud Mfi and Mrs. Neal (nee Alston) formerly of Warren county, now of New York, would tempt the most hard ened devotee of business and politics to pause in his course that he might settle down there forever. Capt. Johnston was aid-de-camp on Barringer's staff in the late war, and then Captain in Bob Ran som's famous 1st North Carolina Cavalry, the finest cavalry regiment on either side, and is a brother of Brig. General Robert Johnston and of the DeuiciaUc .nominee for Governor of Alabama, that sound sil ver Democrat aud patriot, Capt. Jos. F. Johnston, of Birmingham. Finally, this writer was delighted to reet four daughters of dear old Sheriff McNeill : Mrs. McGeachy (mother of our young Messrs. McGeachy), Mrs. D. P. Mc Eachern, Mrs. Dr. McKinnon, and Mrs. Peter McQueen. Other old friends whose faces had not been seen for years, were Messrs. McKay McKinnon (whose wife was a sister of the Messrs. Hawley of this city); gallant Capt. Cobb, of the Lumber Bridge Company in the late war and of the present one; Capt. McRae, of the Maxton Guards, and Mr. McCall, of Bennettsville. Long live the good people of Red Springs and those who drink its waters. Death of Mr. 8 led man. Our people were greatly grieved this morning by the intelligence of the death of Mrs. Euphenia White Stedman, widow of the late Mr. Nathan A. Stedman, which occurred at Elizabethtown yesterday. She was a lady of excellent Christian charac ter, and was held in the highest esteem by the people of Fayetteville where the greater part of her long life was passed. Ex-Lieut. Governor Charles M. Stedman, now of Atlanta, Ex-Sheriff Frank H. Sted man and Miss Fanny W. Stedman, of mington, and Mrs. Newton H. Smith, of this city, are her surviving children. This morning's Wilmington Star con tains the following : "Mrs. Euphania W. Stedman died at 6:45 p. m., yesterday, at Elizabethtown, Bladen countv. at the home of her dauerh- ter-in-law, Mrs. Nathan A. Stedman, Jr. She was the widow of the late Nathan A. Stedman, Sr., who died some seven or eierht vears nero. "Mrs. Stedman was a native of Vir ginia, and daughter of the late Thomas W. Wmte, founder and editor of the old Southern Literary Messenger, a magazine which had a national reputation. She married in Richmond. Va.. but came im mediately to North Carolina, where she had residedjjeoutinuously up to the timejof her death. Her first home was in Ralei&rh. her husband then being Comptroller of the State. At the expiration or his term of offir e thev went to Pittsboro. and from there, in 1851, they removed to Fayette ville. Of late Mrs. Stedman bad been with her daughter-in-law at Ehzateth tnwn- "The deceased possessed many admira- ble traits of character, foue bad been a member of the Presbyterian church nearly mm sixty years, having become a com municant of that denomination under the late Rev. W. S. Plumer, D. D., and her whole life was that of a sincere and con sistent Christian. She lived to a ripe old age, and her death will be mourned by hundreds who knew her and loved her for her many noble qualities of head and heart." A Fayetteville friend contributes the following : Died. At Elizabethtown vesterday evening Mrs. Euohenia White Stedman, widow of the late Nathan A. Stedman. Sr. The deceased was the mother of Maj. Chas. m r rtiJ ! J! - Ail t.1 " jyi. oieaman, now resming in miania, vro., Sheriff Frank H. Stedman and Miss Fan nie W. Stedman, of Wilmington, and Mrs. N. H. Smith, of this place. She was in her 78th year, "a native of Richmond, Va., and daujghter of Tnomas W. wnite, editor of the Souhern Literary Magazine a very prominent journal in that day. one was a most estimable Christian and for very many years a member of the Presbyterian Church.of this city. Accomplished, ami able and attractive her long life was ex emplary and useful. The remains were brought by steamer from Elizabethtown this morning, and the funeral took place from the Presby- teriau Church at 3 p. m. The following: were the pall-bearers : Col. C. W. Broadfoot, Mr. H. R. Horne, Capt. D. H. Ray, Mr. E. J. Lilly, Capt. S. C. Rankin, Mr. L B. Hawley, Capt. A. B. Williams, Capt. Jas. D. McNeill. The Phoenix Cotton Mill. Work on the Phoenix Co-Opeiative Cot ton Mill is progressing rapidly. Contrac tor Bain expects to have it completed in forty days. Thelbuilding is to be of one story, 152 by 73. The C. F. & Y.V. siding has already been laid. Hotel Arrivals. G.A.Hall, Red Springs; Alex Sesspms, Glencoe; Lewis Turner, T. L. Kerse, Rich mond; J. T. Hamlet, N. C; Miss Riddy N. Y.; F. C. DuPre, Phila.; Thos. Bissett, Florence; J. C. Gilbert, Hope Mills; W. P. Ferguson," Dayton. People and their Movements. Miss Dockery, of Mississippi, is on a visit to Mrs. W. D. Smith on Haymount. Messrs. W. F.Leak and J. C. Thomson, Jr., left on bicycles for Lumber Bridge this morning. Rev. L. J. Hold en, of Jonesboro, and Rev. Dr. Nash, of this citv, will exchange pulpits next Sunday. ;J THREE OF A KIND Makes a Strong: Hand, But the THREE we are selling so many of have nothing to do with the hand. Ask to see them. NEW GOODS TO-DAY Lovely line of Colored Mulls, New Ribbons and Vaf Laces, An elegant Mid-Summer Shoe one button. All sizes and lasts. New goods every day. CAPE FEAR DRY GOODS CO. NOTICE I . J. J. LZAXNOR Has moved from the Market House to a few doors above the Bank, next door to Piano Shop, where you will find LAMB, VEAL AND BEEF, And ALL KINDS of VEGETABLES At Very Cheap Rates. Thanking my customers for past patrona ge and hoping you will continue, Your Butcher, - 94 J. J MAINOR.
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