The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-05-01
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Ben Bolt,
Sweet Alice, whose hair was so brown,
Who wept with delight when you gave
her a smile,
And trembled with fear at your frown
In the old church yard IN the valley.
Ben Bolt.
In corner obscure and alone,
They have fitted a slab Of the granite
so gray,
And sweet Alice lies under the stone.
Under the hickory tree, Ben Bolt,
Which stood at the foot of the hill,
Together we've lain in the MONDAY shade
And listened to Appleton's mill,
The mill wheel has fallen to pieces, Ben
Bolt,
The rafters have tuinbled in,
And a quiet that crawls around the walls
as you gaze
Has followed the olden din.
And don't you remember the school. Ben
Bolt,
With the master so cruel and grim.
And the shaded nook in the running
brook.
Where the children went to swim?
Grass grows on the masters grave, Ben
Bolt
The spring of the brook is dry;
And OF all the boys who were school
mates then
There are only you and /.
There is change in the things loved.
Ben Bolt;
They have changed from the old to
the new;
But l feel in the depths Of my spirit
the truth
There never was change in you.
Twelve months, twenty, have passed, Ben
Bolt,
Since first we were friends-yet I hail
Your presence blessing, your friendship
a truth.
Ben Bolt of the salt sea gale.
Miss Mamie Eakins left yesterday for
visit to Four Oaks.
Miss Mary Purefoy, who has been
visiting in the city, left yesterday for
Wake Forest.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pope and Mr.. and Mrs.
Stuart, of Pjnehurst. were visitors to
the city Yesterday
Mrs. Victor s. Bryant. of Durham.
was in the city yesterday with her nus
band, Mr.. V. S. Bryant.
Mr.. and Mrs II. M. Griffith, of Men
OLA we're visitors to the city yesterday
and were at the. Marlborough.
Mrs. A. TeIfair Horton and little
Miss Horton returned to the city yes
terday from a. visit to Smithf1eld
Miss Mary Hayes, of Mecklenburg
county, Virginia, arrived yesterday and
L. Mrc
Bailey.
Misses Emma Cheek and Minnie
Lumsden left yesterday for Durham,
where they will visit friends for some
time.
Miss Harriet Weir. who has been In
the city at the home of her father, Cap
tain w. j. Weir left yesterday to return
to New York. n
Mr.. and Mrs w. i. Tucker. who
have been visiting Capt. and Mrs. w. p.
Clements, have returned 10 their home
in Portsmouth, Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. e. B. Evans, of Wash
ington, d. c., who have been spending
several days at the Hotel Dorset, re-
turned home yesterday.
Miss Lola Wells. of Wilson. reached
the city from Louisburg yesterday and
is the guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Tur-
ner. She leaves for home today.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. H. Hayes and Miss
Ida Aston arrived yesterday from
Pittsboro to attend the reception given
to Mrs Francis Womack by her hostess,
Mrs. T. B. Womack.
Mrs. Wexford G. Reed. of Keswick.
Va, formerly Miss Hattie MCGEE, of this
city, arrived yesteday to attend the Jones'
Hancock marriage and is visiting Mrs.
Joseph F. Ferrall on Hillsboro street.
Marriage licenses were issued yester-
day to Mr.. Chas. II. Weilons, of Four
Oaks, and Miss Bette Safer. of Raj
eigh and Mr. Rufus Davis and Miss
Kate Eubanks. of Method.
Miss Lena Watson, of Warrenton,
who has been in charge of the music
department of Graham Academy at
Marshallberg, arrived in the city yes
terday and is the guest Of Mr.. and Mrs.
L. T. Brown.
Mrs. Geo. p. Pell gave a most delight
full tea to her lady friends at her resi-
dence yesterday afternoon. Delicacies
and refreshments Of all kinds were
served as only Mrs. Pell can serve them.
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