The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-13
MISS wEEDEN DEAD.
Author and Poet Passes Away at Hunts
 vifIe Home.

Huntsville. April 12.-(Special. )-- Miss Howard Weeden, the author, died at a few minutes past midnight at her home in this city from consumption, with which she had been suffering sew eral months. She had been confined to her home several weeks in a critical condition and her brothers and sisters have been at her bedside several days in anticipation of the sad event. Her immediate surviving relatives are Col. John D. Weeden of Florence, Dr. H. ". Weeden of Selma. Mrs. Reed of Mobile and Miss Kate weeden of this city She belonged to one of the oldest and most aristocratic families in this sec tion was a native of Huntsville and remained here as resident all her life. She was one of the South's fa- nous women and death came to her while she was at the height of her popularity as an author.
 Miss Weeden's remarkable talents as an artist and poet have been known to her intimate friends from child hood, but it was not until about five years ago after the publication of her first book, "Bandanna Ballads" that the literary and artistic world was made aware of them. Shadows on the Wall" following soon after, served to confirm the opinion the critics had formed of her. 'Old Voices" appeared during the holiday season of last year and this is said to be her masterpiece. Her books depicted the faces and ex- pressed the sentiments in verse of old time Southern negroes, such as were found on the plantations and in the families of the Southern people before the Civil War. Miss Weeden had made life study of the characters of the negro servants in her home and the products of her brush and pen are unique and unsurpassed in art and lit- erature.
 Personally Miss weeden was most Iovable woman and her death is great loss to a large number of warm friends in Huntsville as we'll as wherever she has visited.
 Miss Laura Garner Stewart, daughter of former Probate Judge s. Morgan Stewart, and Walter Selzer, bookkeep- CT for the Huntsville Nursery. were married at 4 o'clock this afternoon at the residence of the brides parents The ceremony was performed by Rev. B. c. Mitchell, pastor of the First Cumberland Presbyterian Church and small party of relatives and friends were present. MT. Selzer and bride left this evening for the East on a bridal trip of two weeks.
 N. A. Schrimsher of this city has taken a contract for excavating the basement of the new Elks Theatre. The buildings now standing on the site of the theatre are being torn away, ar chitect's plans are being received and everything will be ready for the be- ginning of construction work within a few weeks.
 John Goforth. 13 years old. was ar rested fin Athens yesterday and brought back to his parents in Huntsville to- day. The boy ran away with the amusement company that presented the carnival shows here last week. State Organizer R. M. Otis of the Improved Order of Red Men. has in- stalled Cherokee Tribe No. 34 In Hunts vile. with a charter membership of thirty. The officers of the new tribe are: Burr Finnell. Sachem: Dr. T. F. Dryer. Senior Sagamore; Frank Fowl er Junior Sagamore: James c. McDon- aid. Prophet; A. c. Craven, Chief of Records; J. A. McCown. Keeper of Wampum; oscar Brock, Collector of Wampum.
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