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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-20
INFORMAL CLUB.

The Informal Social club was entertain
ed Thursday afternoon by Mrs. Norman
w Shannon and her sister, Miss Kate
Shannon, at their home on Fourth ave-
nue..
The membership includes Mrs. John
Billings Mrs. Sydney Basore, Mrs. Wal
ter Brown, Mrs l.. L. Cheney, Mrs. b.
F. Cassidy, Mrs. Childers, Mrs. j. B.,
Francis Mrs e. T Glass Mrs. Green A.
Gibson, Mrs G. w Hughes, Mrs. F.,
w. Kerchner, Mrs. Augusten Lee, Mrs.
II. w. Laird, Mrs. Alb. Mckinney Mrs.
7. Lucian Moses, Mrs Perry. Mrs Rosen-
thil, Mrs. Norman w. Shannon, Mrs.
James Vann. Mrs w. d. Wood. Miss
Kate Shannon and Miss Glennie Moseley.
Among the other guests were Miss Glib
son of Canada, Mrs r. r. Corrupt of Ems
ley, Miss Ellis, Mrs. M. V. Hartwell,
the Misses Hartwell.
Progressive games were played. The
score cards were Gibson girls mounted
upon circular cards of gray. After the
games a luncheon was served. The club
will meet next with Mrs. James Vann.
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EGGS THAT BOIL THEMSELVES.
Arrangement Devised by the Cook of
Ocean Liner.
From the washington Post.

From the Washington Post.
One must get off the dry land occa-
slonally in order to learn a thing or two
about housekeeping. Nowhere is one
more liable to encounter oddities of kitch-
en- economy than on the big ocean liners,
the cooks. pursers and stewards of
which have been busy for the past sixty
years devising arrangements for the con-
venience of their work.
Perhaps the most astonishing culinary
outfit is that in the kitchen of the White
Sta Line steamship Oceanic which, in
a circular issued recently for the benefit
of American patrons, one of its paid
writer's takes some pains in describing.
The cooking. so the circular states, 10
done by electricity. so that there is alb
solutely none of the fumes and odors of
wood coal, petroleum. or gas clinging
to the food when 1t is served. The little
electric stoves are arranged in rows,
somewhat resembling a typewriter key
board. and each stove cooks a certain
vegetable, meat. fish, soup, dessert, or
what not. But the oldest thing of all is
the arrangement for boiling eggs, speak
ing of which the circular states; ION an
other side were electric egg cookers,
which by an ingenious mechanism auto
matically pushed the eggs out of the wa
ter as soon as they were boiled. This Is
without doubt the most up to date
wrinkle in cooking eggs. and the propri-
etors of some of the Washington restau-
rants would do well to order gross
once.
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ATTAILA.

Alfalfa, March 19-(Special.) = The
Misses Coates delightfully."- entertained
friends Thursday evening. Among those
present were Misses Annie and Sarah
Coates, Miss Carrie Turner, Miss Salle
Henderson. Miss Nellie Edwards, Miss
Matte Read, Miss Eula Marange, Messrs.
Marion and Lee Read, Mr.. Eugene Nc
Bride, Mr.. Matthews, Mr.. Glenn Coleman
and DR.. Stewart
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Webb of Springville
are the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. L. j. Bob
bett
-niss Nellie Edwards, who has been Wis
iting her sister, -.4rs. w. II. Eason on
Fifth street, was called home this week
on account of the illness of her mother
The ladies of the Methodist church and
the ladies of the Baptist church are serv-
ing lunch during the street fair.
Mrs. Julia c. DuPre has returned from
Chattanooga and will spend some time
with her sons, Messrs. A. l.. and o. ID.
DuPrc.
Mrs. Homer II. Hammer continues very
i'll at her home on Seventh avenue.
MIR. and Mrs. IL. NJ. Davis, Mrs. Mary
Duncan and Miss Ruth Duncan Of Gads-
den were guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
70. Marange this week.
Masters Louis and Henry Picliens and
hlSS 1NOppie 1icheHsi VIM nave peeiA lhS
guests of their grand parents. Mr. and
Mrs w. II. Blankenship, returned to their
home in Laurel, Miss, Sunday.
Mrs. Albert Bogus of Gadsden is Wis
iting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Il. NJ.
Holder.
Miss Amy White has returned from a
visit to her sister, Mrs. Landers In jack
sonville.
Mr.. John Gililand and family have
moved into their new home on Fifth
street,
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sMlTH-eRAVEs.

The marriage of Miss Florida Whiting
Graves and Mr.. Edward Devereux Smith.
which will take place on Thursday at
high noon at the Palace hotel in San
francisco, will be a notably brilliant
event, as the bride has many friends in
California who will witness the ceremony.
An elaborate breakfast will be served after
the ceremony, and Mr.. Smith and his bride
will go for a wedding journey through
California They expect to reach Biz
mingham about the 10th of April, as on
the evening of April II Mr.. and Mrs. Ad-
olson G.. Smith will give a large reception
In their honor. Miss Graves sisters Mrs.
Harrison Stuart Matthews will also en-
tertain in April at an afternoon card
party.
Miss Graves will certainly make one of
the most beautiful of brides. Tall and
stately, and possessing unusual grace ana
distinction, In addition to her beautiful
coloring. 1t is not surprising that she has
been so universally admired
With her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. William
II Graves and her sister, Miss Virginia
Graves she has been passing the winter
In California. and 1t was owing to the
Indefinite stay of her family in the west
that the wedding is to take place some
what earlier than was originally planned.
The marriage will be the contamination
of n long engagement and was to have
taken place In Birmingham in June.
The Graves were in Los Angeles the
first of the winter and went later to santa
Barbara.
Mr.. Smith left Birmingham on Thurs
day for San Francisco.
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SOCIETY NEWS.

''The Origin of Christianity from a Jew
ish View Point" All members and
friends are invited To be present.
Miss Josephine Robinson of Alexandria,
Va. is the guest of friends in Brming-
ham.
owing to the illness of Mrs. John w.
Sibley the ST. Patrieks party to have
been given yesterday by her little daugh-
ter. Miss Hette sibley. has been post
poned until Tuesday afternoon.
-
Mrs. John Y. Smith and her daughter
Miss Carrie Smith. who have been the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs George W Hughes
have returned to Montgomery
-
Little Miss Lillian Hughes. who has
been critically i'll at the Helm infirmary,
has been removed to her home on sixth
avenue.
Mr.. L. l.. Abbott and daughter, Mildred,
of Chicago are visiting Mrs. {, o. samp-
son on the Highlands. Mr.. Abbott Is on
his way to the gulf for his annual fish
Ing and outing.
Mrs. Merrick cowles of Buffalo is Wis
itIng her brother, Mr.. c. o. Simpson, on
the Highlands
Miss Anne Brod of st. Louis leaves
tonight for her home, after spending a
pleasant visit to her cousin, Mrs. M.
Israel
Dr. James Edward Gill and Lieut.. Wal
lace b. Smith, United States navy VIII
arrive from Washington on Wednesday
sss
Mr.. and Mrs. Allen Wardlow Haskell
and their little daughter have arrived at
Hot Springs.
Mr.. and Mrs Robert Jemison and Miss
Annie Jemison have returned from Cali
fornia.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ Porter Walker will
spend today In Montgomery, the guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Montgomery Smith.
Mrs. George B. Mccormack will en-
terrain on the afternoon of April D.
Mrs. Harrison Stuart Matthews will en-
terrain at cards in April.
There will be meeting of Pelham
Chapter. II. d. C.. Tuesday morning at II
o'clock with Mrs Charles Samuel Sim
mons at the Hillman.
Miss Elizabeth Brady will spend the
remainder of the season with her aunt,
Mrs. Dangerfield.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. c. Maben and Miss
Maben will close their house In few
weeks and will go abroad.
Senator and Mrs Horton have returned
home.
Mr.. Ernest Merry has returned to Au-
gusta.
The many friends of Mrs. A. B. Elford
will regret to hear of her continued Ill
ness.
Mr.. Robert j. Lowe and family nave
gone to their plantation near Eutaula TO
spend a few days.
DR.. T. NJ. Barrett who has been Ill OF
fever for eleven weeks has gained SUI
ficient strength to go TO his old home at
Verbena for recuperation. He expects to
be away for more than month.
Mrs. w. w Newman Of Huntsville is
visiting her uncle DIR. j. w. Barkley at
the Florence hotel.
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clothes and remorsefully cried out to her
not to look upon him, that his punish
ment was greater than he could bear.
None of Hobson's ancestors would ever
receive a pension or grant of land from
their country, so impoverished by war.
The motto they gave their children, as
they went forth into the world was:
Death before dishonor.'
On the side of his mother Hobson can
also boast distinguished ancestors; no
man holds a higher place in the admira-
ton of his fellow citizens than his grand
father Chief Justice Pearson of North
Carolina. His decisions for nearly or
quite a quarter of a century that he held
the position of chief justice of the SUI
preme court of that state mark him as
the greatest common law jurist of his
day. That his intellectual power has not
skipped generation is attested by the
fact that the son of the famous chief
justice Is now a distinguished congress-
man from North Carolina. Thus Hobson,
in offering his life to his country, is bear
ing out his heredty, a hero descended
from heroes and heroines
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EPsTEIN-FElN.

A beautiful home wedding took place
Friday evening at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. j. Epstein, 1912 Avenue d. when
their daughter, Miss Lizzie Epstein, was
married to Mr.. Morris Fein. The mar
riage ceremony was performed by Rabbi
Altman. The house was beautifully de-
corated with palms and ferns.
The bride was gowned in white chif-
fonl and was given away by her father.
The maid of honor Miss Jennie Brock
man, wore champagne crpe de chine. The
matron of honor, Mrs. Furl wore blue
crepe de chine. Mr.. Fein's best man was
Mr.. Fune.
An informal reception followed.
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GADsDEN.

Gadsden, March 19.-(Special Mrs. L..
C. Bacon was brought to Gadsden to the
home Of her parents, DR.. and Mrs. r. f.
Thornton, a few days ago from Virginia,
critically i'll. Mrs Bacon had accompa-
MED the remains of her husband to Nir-
ginia for burial and while there was la
ken i'll.
Mrs. Louis S. Kidd and son and her sis
ter Miss Alice Camp, have returned to
their home in Admission, after visit TO
friends here.
Mrs Charles s. Ward and Mrs. T. G..
Ewing are visiting relatives in Chatta-
nooga.
The knights of Pythias gave big BAN
quet at their new hall in the Stocks build
ing Thursday night The Hon. Alex NJ
CARRIER, state grand chancellor, of Tai
ladega, was the guest of honor at the
banquet. The Ladies' Aid society of the
Baptist church served the refreshments,
which were delicious. The programme
was as follows: Piano duet, Misses Ma
thlde Bilbro and Miss Hunt; Secret So
cieties," o. r. Hood; piano, Mrs. Forney
Hughes; address, Alex M. CARRIER, grand
chancellor reading, Miss Hattie Allen;
Aims and Objects of the Knights of
Pythias.' Judge J. II. Disque; piano.
Miss Bilbro; "Gadsden Lodge No. 20, Its
What Women Think of Secret Societies, :"
Charles p. Smith; violin. Miss Conner;
"Our New Quarters" w. e. Stripping;
"Origin and Growth of the Knights of
Pythias," l.. Loveman; piano duet Mrs.
Hughes and Miss Conner; THE Ladies, ="
II. T. Davis piano, Miss Hunt; The
Lodge Goat and Goat Rides, Joseph Bal
four; piano, Mrs. Forney Hughes read
Ing, Miss Allen; BENEFITS Derived from
o.1. 20 tl,n Xf,fer fC IF Ut-th 10
Dr. T.. S. Jones; song, Mason Bilbro;
piano duet Miss Blbro and Miss Hunt
closing ode. "The Lodge; POSTMASTER
C. d. Clark.
The Girls of 1904 were delightfully."- en-
tertained by Miss Ruth Agricola at the
home of her parents on Fifth street Sat
urday afternoon The feature of the af-
ternoon's entertainment was giving cor
rect answers to advertisements. The
prize was won by Miss Pauline Gasser.
The club will be entertained by Miss
Maude Belinger on next Saturday after
toon.
Miss Blanche Edmonson is teaching for
her sister, Miss Maude, in the Alabama
City school Miss Maude Edmonson has
been very sick and has gone to her home
in Admission.
Mrs. j. o. Moore has returned to her
home In Macon after a visit to friends in
THIS city.
Mrs. r. A. Mitchell has returned from
a visit to her daughter Mrs. f. II. Ell
more, Jr., in Montgomery
Miss Langmuir of Toronto. Can, is in
the city, the guest of Mr. and Mrs II. G..
Cole, at Belleview.
The Hon. John r. Tyson, associate JUS
tice of the Alabama supreme court and
candidate for nomination for second term
was In Gadsden Sunday with friends.
Sam Bloch has returned from a bust
ness trip to New York.
Mrs. Charles F. Norris and daughter
Miss Mildred. have returned from visit
to mrs. j. b. Shropshire.
Mrs. w. w. Hunt and son of Columbus
Ga, are in the city on visit to her faith
err NJ. l.. Foster.
r. b. Kyle. Jr., has returned to Sewa-
nee, Tenn, to resume his studies at the
university.
Mrs G. S. Allen of Irondale is visiting
her mother. Mrs G. f. Woodruff, on
Eighth street.
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a brave part in the revolutionary war.
She was quite famous in her day and
rendered material aid to the cause of in
dependence. Like our own Clara Barton,
she followed where the battle was fought
to bind up the broken limbs and stanch
the bleeding wounds. Her name was
Karen Happock (horn of beauty, of Nor
man extraction. She claimed descent
from William the Conqueror, and certain
~ she inherited his undaunted spirit. She
was the wife of James Turner of Mary
lana, and was known and loved among
the soldiers as Granny Turner"
As she sent forth her sons and grand
sons to their country's defense, she gave
them her promise TO be with them in
their hour of need. Hearing of the gath
ering Of the hostile armies in North Car
DINA, and realizing that bloody battle
must ensue she packed her saddle bags
with such simple medicines and remedies
as she could command mounted her horse
and rode alone from her Maryland home
to Greensboro, n. c. She reached there
just after the famous battle of Guilford
Court House. Her son had been left on
the field of battle. She sought him among
the dead and dying, and finding him
desperately wounded, she bore him to
cabin near by With skill beyond that
of a physician of her time, she placed
above his wounds tubs filled with cold
water, whose perforated bottoms allowed
the cooling streams to How constantly
over the fevered wounds; it was as eff
cacious as the ice pack of modern sci
ence. Here alone she kept her faithful
vigil and had the joy of restoring her
son to her country's service. One Of her
grandsons had entered the army at IS
years of age. He came with the Virginia
contingent into the Carolinas previous to
the bloody battle of the Cowpens and
Kings Mountain, in which engagements
he participated, and he was with Morgan
in his famous retreat across the three
rivers of North Carolina.
When peace spread her white wings
over the land this gallant soldier mar
ried Obedience Motley of, Amelia Court
House, Va. The issue of this marriage
gave to North Carolina some of her most
gifted sons and daughters, the most not
ed of whom were John M. Morehead, one
of North Cardinals great governors.
James T. Morehead, a distinguished law
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eILL.ARMEs.

The marriage of Miss Lucy Hamilton
Armes and DR.. James Edward Gill. Unit
ed States Navy, will take place on Thurs
day afternoon at 2:sO o'clock at st. Paurs
church. The ceremony will be performed
by the Rev. Father Kerrigan. On ac-
count of Lent dspensation from Bishop
Allen was necessary in order to have a
church wedding. and only limited num-
Der of invitations have been sent out,
majority of the guests being verbally
asked, as the original plans were for a
very quiet wedding
While there will be no nuptial mass the
ceremony will be one of the most impress
sive and beautiful ever witnessed in Biz
mingham. Before the ceremony Miss Lena
Jackson will sing a solo, Because of
Thee" Mrs. Oliver Chalfoux accom-
panying her, and Mr. Wyatt Hefin will
sing DeKoven's, 20, Promise Me-" The
wedding march will be played by Mrs.
Chalifoux and the bridal procession will
be led by twenty altar boys, each carry
ing a lighted candle. During the cere-
mony = violin solo will be played.
The ushers at the wedding Will be Mr..
George K Ames brother of the bride,
DR.. CASTOR Torrance Mr.. ]. ]. Ashton
and Mr.. Hill Ferguson.
Miss Ames' maid of honor will be her
sister Miss Dorothy Ames, who will wear
gown of white chiffon with pink and
white ribbons. her picture hat to be of
white, and her flowers to be bride roses.
The bridesmaids will be Miss Elizabeth
Jemison and Miss Grace Hardie. They
will wear gowns of blue swiss over silk,
with picture hats of blue and will carry
Easter lille
Miss Armes will be a beautiful picture
in gown of white Philippine juse silk
exquisitely fashioned over silk and
trimmed with pearls, silk lace and chiffon.
Her tulle veil will be adjusted with or
ange blossoms, and the bridal bouquet
will be shower of lilies of the valley.
The groomsmen will be Capt. Conrad
H LAMA, United States army, and Lieut..
j. A. Randall, United States navy.
Dr. Gilfs best man will be Lieut.. Wal
lace b. Smith of the navy, formerly of
Huntsville, out now of Washington, ID. Z.
Both the bridegroom. his best man and
lieutenant Randall will be in the full
dress uniform of the navy, with gold fac
ings and swords, while Captain LAMA, of
the army, will be in full dress uniform
with gold ana scarlet facings, with saber.
Dr. GIL and his bride will spend their
HONEYMOON In the mountains of North
Carolina, and will later visit the home OF
the bridegroom In Illinois before going to
Washington.
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FANNY MEDDLEsoHN CLUB.

The members Of the Fanny Meddlesohn
club were the guests yesterday of Mrs
Alexander Troy London, delightful
musical programme being rendered and
a luncheon being served later. The musi-
cal history for the meeting included the
course of Felix and Fanny Meddlesohn,
with Merideth Roberts as the leader
Musical numbers were given by little
Miss Rachel Troy London, Miss Mary
Parke London, Miss Margaret Jemison,
Miss Florence Weatherly, Miss Edith
Thompson and Miss Margaret Sims.
There was a musical conumdrum the
prize being drawn by little Miss Allan
Gray Mooring.
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STATUE UNVEILED TO A
REVOLUTIONARY HEROINE

yer. and Abraham Morehead, author Of
THE Hills of DAN and other poems.
whose untimely death cut short hopes Of
high literary attainment. The women of
this family were scarcely less gifted. and
the third sister who married Augustus
Hobson, is the grandmother of our hero.
She is stlll living at the old homestead in
Yadkin Valley, n. c. Though nearly 80
years of age. she retains full possession
of all her mental faculties. but Is totally
blind.
remember an amusing story that was
told of her during the civil war in which
courage and nerve saved her home from
pillage by a party Of Kirkpatricks raid
ers. She met these lawless boys at her
threshold, a switch in hand and threat
ened TO wear the last one of them out
Of they dared come into her house. De-
Gliding that discretion was the better part
of valor, the boys laughed and said they
would leave IF old miss would give them
buttermilk"
His great grandmother, Obedience Mot
ley Morehead, 1 remember quite well.
Her majestic appearance and venerable
age were so awe-inspiring l could never
breathe freely in her presence.
She survived three wars. During the
civil war, when her dulled ears caught
the sound of battle, so familiar to her
youth, her falling faculties revived and
she would tell us stories of the revolu-
tionary days. AS she talked her hands
were never idle and a pair Of socks a day
for the soldiers was her self-appointed
task. There was a sly deception prac-
ticed about these same socks. which we
never regretted AT the appointed time
the socks were toed off and finished,
sometimes with and without heels. Some
days the socks would be long and another
day short, but the age-dimmed eyes were
never the wiser. nor did she ever know
how each night the days work was un-
raveled and the thread carefully rewound
into balls for the next days knitting.
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AN INTERESTING ARTICLE OF
"Old
Hickory
Veranda
Furniture.
Why It Is "old Hickory"

"Old Hickory" as a name, wasonce
applied to famous American ssse.s-
man, the leader of his day and
generation. The same nam is
applied to our line of fash
fonable rustic furniture, the leasr of
its day and generation, and bot came
from the same spot or state. "Old
Hickory jackson and his OH Hick-
DRY Chair are now part of or coun-
try's history.
Nothing enters into the construction
of this furniture but hickory, the
strongest of our native woods. The
bottoms and backs are plated by hand,
OF the inner growth hickory bark,
which can De stripped from the tree
only at certain seasons of the year
This hickory bark is of fir greater
strength than any other sealing mate
rial made in Chairs, Tables Rockers,
Swinging Seats, Settles, Lounges, Nor
ris Chairs and Children's Chairs. They
will stand sun or rain Tin fact, little
rain on them occasionally heps-keeps
the wood pliable).
Fresh from the fragrant forest to
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any OF the sawed and painted porch
p, r-r,ff ~
"Old Hickory is natures owl seat,
cut directly from the woods, made into
not just chairs but scientifically made
and adjusted ones, for solid comfort
and ease, eacl piece being tested and
inspected before leaving the factory.
they are. indeed, good-and cheap
some as low as sL75 each. Send for
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Alabama should take almost a personal
interest in the recent unwilling of a sta
tue to Karen Happock on the Guilford
battle ground IN Guilford county North
Carolina, as one of the descendants Of
this remarkable woman is Captain Rich
mond Pearson Hobson, while besides the
Hobsons. there are several other Of her
descendants In this state. Mrs. R. D.
Johnston of Birmingham is also among
the descendants of this distinguished
North Carolina family.
The monument erected TO Karen Hap
peck is said to be the only one that has
been erected to revolutionary heroine
and its recent completion win revive in
terest in an article written a few years
ago by a well known Alabama woman
and which was published in the Baltimore
Sun at the time that Captain Hobsons
heroism fired the hearts of the American
people,
The article follows:
'Knowest thou when fate thy measure
takes, or when she will say to thee: 1
find thee worthy, do this deed for me?'
1t is seldom a man Is a hero in an in
slant; his act is the outcome of years
Oh hBn thinking and noble purpose.
When there is added the inspiration of a
heroic ancestry, and the opportunity
comes, the worlds hero steps on the
stage and history is enriched by another
grand act in the drama of life. Richmond
Hobsons early years were preparation
for his famous deed lie was ever the
quiet, resomte, purposeful, intrepid youth
and man. His ancestors on his fathers
side enroll not only the names of gallant
men, but brave women. Some account of
these will doubtless prove interesting at
the present time
Among these illustrious women his
Grandmother Turner was pre-eminent.
Endowed with patriotic spirit, she took
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