The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-10-02
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They spoke about the flowers,
And each one had choice.
And then the bride asked the groom
In the sweetest, softest voice,
John, which do you like best,
The tulip or the rose?"
Il wouldn't give your two lips
For every rose that grows"
And then ,Old Henpeck boldly said,
Il, too. have favorite flower
and what may that be?" sneered the wife
With all tyrant's power.
He spoke up very meekly,
All trembling with alright,
Il like that kind, my dear.
That-shuts up every night
Jas. Dempsey Bullock in Wilson Times
"A marriage license was issued yester
day to Mr.. Samuel Arthur Jones and Miss
Nealie Strickland, both of Raleigh.
Mrs j. D. Bowen left yesterday to
visit In Goldsboro.
DIR. NJ. w. Harper, of Dunn, was
here yesterday to visit his daughter, Miss
Corinne, who ie at Peace Institute.
Mrs. J. A. Mclean. who has been the
guest of Mrs. James E. Shepherd, left for
her home IN Maxton yesterday.
Mrs. F. w. Davis, of Charlotte, was
here yesterday on her way to her former
home in Wilson and will then go to vii
mington where Mr.. Davis is to engage in
the fertilizer business.
MISS Matte Holt arrived yesterday
from Graham to visit her sister, Mrs.
John c. Drewry.
Mrs. j. S. Hamilton arrived yester-
day from Charlotte to be with her sister,
Mrs. C. H. Gattis, who is quite sick.
Mrs. J. E. Johnson and children re-.
turned yesterday from visit to her par
ents at Morrisville.
Miss Matte Dowd, of New York, who
has been the guest of Rev. and Mrs.
T. N. Ivey. left yesterday for Greenville,
where she is to complete the work on
an oil portrait of Ex-Governor Jarvis.
Mrs. E. F. Young and Mrs. M. H.
Privett, of Dunn, were in the city yes
terday.
Miss Rachel Borden, of Goldsboro,
after visit at Peace Institute, left for
her home yesterday,
Miss Jarvis of Washington, is the
guest of Hiss Patty Lewis.
Mrs. j. M. Lamar and family, who
have been guests of Mrs. w. T. MCGEE,
left yesterday for their home in Month
cello, Fla.
Miss Susan Moses left yesterday for
Ithaca N. Y, where she goes to Cornell
: to take a post graduate course.
Mrs. ]. A. Duncan and daughter,
Marion Annie, of Hamlet, were visitors to
Raleigh yesterday.
Mrs H. E. Norris left yesterday for
Pittsboro, called there by the sickness
of her father, Mr.. R. M. Burns, who had
severe fall few days ago.
Mrs. W. F. Utley and her daughter,
Miss Elizabeth Hardy Utley, who have
been visiting Miss Annie Spencer Jones,
left for their home at Apex yesterday.
Miss Eta Rollins, of Holly Springs,
was in the city yesterday.
Mrs. ]. NJ. White, of Apex, is in the
city, the guest of Mrs. John Thompson.
Miss Bessie Allen has returned from
a visit TO Atlanta.
Mrs. N. E. Edgerton, of Selma, is in
the city with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
w. w. Wynne.
Mr. and Mrs. John Mckee left yes
terday for visit to Baltimore, where
Mr. Mckee will complete his medical edu-
cation at the University of Maryland.
Miss Lillian Beavers left yesterday for
Creswell in Washington county, where she
will teach music in the school at that
place.
-Mrs. A. F. Bowen and children left
yesterday morning for Wilmington to visit
her parents, Col. and Mrs w. J. Wood
ward.
Miss Carrie Strong left yesterday for
Kittrell, where she is to teach in the
family of Mr.. O. W. Bfacknall She was
accompanied by Mrs. NJ. S. Calvert, her
sister.
Rev. w. E. Edmundson and family
will spend the winter in Florida. He was
formerly chaplain in the navy and was
forced to resign because of i'll health.
DIR. w. w. Cozart, of Dutchville, is
in the city visiting his niece, Mrs. P/B.
Cannady.
The friends of little Annie Ludlow
McGehee will be glad to learn that this
little girl, who is i'll at Arden, N. c.,
with typhoid fever, is better. Her par
ents. Mr.. and Mrs. George McGehee of
this city. are with her. and it is hoped
that with their vigilent care as well as
that of professional nurse, the little
girl may soon be pronounced out of
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