The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-02-10
GOING 5000 MILES
To GET A HUSBAND
And That Husband viii be a
Mormon Elder.
A RALEIGH GIRLS TRIP
FELL IN LOVE WITH THE ELDER
IN THIS CITY.
AND He HAD TO GO HOME WITHOUT HE'S
So She Follows Him to Salt Lake City and That
win be Their Home. They viii be
Mar led as Soon as She
Arrives.

4 young Raleigh girl yesterday started
alone on journey II 5000 .tiles.
At the end OF the journey she expects
to marry the man she loves.
He is Mormon elder, and has spent
the past twenty-eight months in Ihlleigh,
preaching the Mormon faith.
His name is Joseph =. Emery. Her
name is Fife y Roberts, daughter of
Zachariah and Martina Roberts. VINO live
on Mckee street.
Why do you go there to marry himT
asked her, as she was about to leave
her home for the station.
Because he cannot come here to
marry me- she replied.
Then she explained that uad1r The
rules of her church only unmarried nell
are sent out as missionaries, and until
they retire from the mission field they
must remain single Hence Elder Emery
could not marry here and take his bride
back with him. SO, on Wednesday be-
fore last. he left alone for Salt Lake
City. On Sunday he arrived there ana
Immediately wrote for Miss Roberts to
follow him. As they expect to live i'll
Utah it would be very expensive to have
returned for her.
And that is why she set out alone on
four days journey of 3,00c miles.
Are you not afraid that sometime o.
other his heart and home may he shared
by another; thar he may come the Con
gressman Roberts racket on you and
take another wife," asked.
She blushed rrcttily; thought Il MIN
ute. and then answered slowly:
No. I'm-not- that. He
wouldn't do that Besides. It's forbidden
by the laws of both church and State
now"
But somehow 4 thought the question
troubled her. and very naturally.
Then Miss Alice Patterson, the Oldest
convert in the city spoke up:
There. | knew it would come to that.
Polygamy, Some folks can't think or
Mormon without thinking of that
More than one wife, There's not as
much of that in Utah as there is in
Ncrth Carolina. There are not rs many
men in Salt Lake City with two 1-jves ~
there are in Raleigh
Then Miss Roberts told OF her conyer-
sion and baptism three months ago. and
Of the pleasure she experienced in look
ing forward TO joining Elder Emery
in Utah.
She is young woman Of twenty
years; rather good looking, but not
what would he called pretty. The ex-
preston of her face Is pleasant and
sympathetic. but her mouth is firm and
her dark brown eyes show determination
For several months now-it must be
more than two years-the Mormon mis-
sionaries have been at work in this coun-
~.
Their labors have not been without
certain sort Of reward. If their state
ments are to be believed, they have made
many converts here.
They claim to have two churches in
the county-one at Narina, south of here
and one at Eagle Rock. northwest Of the
city The Varina church. they say. has
thirty members. In Raleigh they claim
some seven or eight converts. Three
of these are women and the rest are
men. The women only have been bap-
tised. They are:
Alec Patterson. who lives on Hunter
street, and works at Caraleigh mills.
Mary Barlow, who lives ON Hunter
street and works at Caraleigh mills.
Effc Roberts, VINO lives on Mckee
street. and works at Caraeigh mills
1t will be observed that these three
people live near together in the southern
part Of the city and all work at the same
place The first OF them to be con
verified and baptiaed Was Alice Patterson.
In fact she was the first Mormon con
vert in Raleigh. and she is very proud
OF the fact and a stout defender Of the
faith. The two elderS-Cook and Blake
now in the city preaching the Mormon
doctrine spend much of their time at
her house.
The last Of the three to be converted
and baptised was Miss Roberts This
was some three months ago She was
at the time engaged to Elder Emery
who was doing missionary work here
and rs above stated she left yesterday
afternoon OF the Southern train for
Salt Lake City to become his 2fe
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