The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-03-06
DEATHS OF MISSES HAYWOOD
Two Sisters Expire Within Few
Hours Of Each Other.


Sunday.
Miss Margaret Craven Haywood pass
cd away at ! o'clock a. H., and only Il
few hours later her sister, Miss Mary
Eliza Haywood. expired at 1870 p. III.
Both of these ladies had been i'll with
pneumcnia for several days, and another
sister. Miss Martha Haywood, just Il
week before had succumbed to that
dread disease.
They were the daughters of the late
Mr. William Dallas Haywood. at one
time one of Raleigh's wealthiest and
most prominent citizens.
Funeral services over their remains
We're held yesterday afternoon from
Christ church in the presence of large
congregation Of synpathizing friends and
relatives.
Owing to the continued indisposition of
Rev. DR.. Marshall the Rev. DIR. Pittin-
ger rector of the Church of the Good
Sherherd, read the funeral service
The pail bearers were young men
chosen from among their family connec-
ticns. and were Edgar Haywood. John
Mckee, Henry Mckee, Watkins Ro-
bards, Sherwood Haywood. James Nc
Kee. Jr.. William Little, George Little,
Alex Andrews. Jr., Fred C.. Olds, Albert
Little Edward Sasser
The interment was i'm the Haywood
burial plot in the City Cemetery, whittier
a large crowd wendell its way to pay a
last tribute to their memory
\ telegram received here last night an
nounced the death there, yesterday even
ing at 6 o'clock, of Miss Mary Du Pre-
.Jel1nan, youngest daughter of DIR. T. j.
Jerman. She had been a sufferer for
over two Years and very i'll for five
months. She was a consistent member
of the Methodist church, and woman
Of fine character and sweet disposition.
Her brothers. Messrs. B. S. Jcrman
and L. Palmer Jerman, of this city, have
been much with her in her last illness.
Mrs. Rachel j. Niemyer, widow of the
late Mr.. John +. Nicmyer, fell asleep at
7:45 Il. m yesterday, March 9TH. at the
residence of her devoted son on Firwood
Avenue She left TWO children to mourn
their irreparable loss, Mr.. J. c. Niemyer,
of this city and Mrs LOUIS Wacksmith,
of Rocky Mount, both of whom were at
her bedside. To them the sympathy CT
the entire community goes out III this
hour of their terrible bereavement. The
funeral viii be held from the Prcsby-
terrain church today 1T p. m. DIR. Ihos.
Skinner and DR.. Eugene Daniel ofhciat-
ing. Friends and acquaintance of the
family are invited.
Wilmington and Rocky Mount papers
please copy.
Can't. Augustus Z. Young. n native of
Franklin county this State. but for the
past thirty years "a resident of Selma.
Ala. died at his home in Selma on last
Saturday afternoon.
Cant. Young was and had been for
years one of the leading members of the
Alabama bar He was we'll known
from one end of the State to the other
and has been justly regarded as one Of
The States wisest counselorS. and one
of its leading citizens. He went from
his native home in Franklin county soon
after the close of the war and settled IN
Selma: he soon took rank among its
most trusted young attorneys and rose
rapidly to the head of the profession.
He has many times declined political
honors, but was an active Democratic
worker and one Of the ablest advocates
Of the principles of Democracy. He was
Il close personal and political friend Of
Senator John T. Morgan and other
great leaders of the party.
Capt. Young was brother of the late
Mrs. Jro. =. Guley. of Raleigh, and has
two brothers now residing in Franklin
county. Messrs. William and JAS. w
Young.
He leaves Il widow. two daughters and
4 son. all living i'll Selma. Ala.
A telegram received here last night
announced the death of DIR. Robah +.
GRAY. of Winston. at 40 p. III. Dr..
Gray was Il prominent citizen Of Win
ston. He had been in i'll health for
some tine. He was brother of Mr.. X.
+. Gray. of this city.
Proceedings of the North Carolina So
ciety of the Daughter of the Revolution,
ut Raleigh in memory of Mrs. Judge
Bynum:
Mrs. Henrietta Erwin Bynum died at
her home in Greensboro on Saturday, the
18th day of February, 1900 at the age
OF IS1lc WAS uSltLSllCSl VI Ihs IA ~
William c. Erwin, of Morganton, and in
1870 married John Gray Bynum. In
her death. this society has lost one OF
its most useful members and the Presby-
terrain church one Of its most devout COM
municants. Mrs Bynum was u lovely
woman, a charming companion and Il de-
voted wife; and in every relation of life
she impressed those with whom she came
in contact with the fact of her posses
SION of those rare social, intellectual and
Christian qualities which constitute u
noble woman. The society extends to
the bereaved husband and relatives of the
deceased its warmest sympathy.
1t is ordered that the secretary for
ward a copy OF these proceedings to
Judge Bynum and to the newspapers
with request to publication.
MRS. EUGENE DANIEL.
MRS. HUBERT HAYWOOD,
MRS. WALTER CLARK.
Committee.