The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-01-06
MARRIED AT HOSPITAL.
ton. j. +. Blair, Hurt in Motor Car
Accident. Married TO Miss Ada
Allen While o.: His Cot.


of Tuesday last was an item which
told of the serious injury in a motor
car accident of the Hon. j. +. Blair,
of Troy, who was brought here Mon
day and placed in Rex Hospital with
q broken RIB and other injuries for
treatment. Since he came 10 the hos
pital Mr. Blair has progressed fa-
yorably, under the care of competent
nurses and is now on the high road to
recovery.
Yesterday, however there developed
! another feature of the case which eX-
/ plains in large measure Mr. BlairS
! determination to get Well in Z hurry
ana adds to an unfortunate incident
| a touch of romance that is the typical
| happy ending" which all who know
! HIM believe he 50 richly deserves.
| Tor yesterday afternoon Mr.. Blair
! was happily married in the hospital
/ To the woman whom otherwise ne
| would have we'd at his home at TROY
/ on Tuesday The wedding was Il daT
| late, out il was all the happier for
| The deEty tnd for the accident which
4 accustomed ii. 1t WAS a story Of heart
interest which is the trusst interest of
| all and il brought into the scene of
1 q hospital ward that is accustomed
! 10 su1ferln@ and despair the glow or
happy hearts and the smell Of oranSe
! blossoms. Tonight on his cot, Mr..
! Blair is lying with Il broken rib, but he
! knows that best of all discoveries the
winnrng of the woman he wants.
The bride in the case was Miss Ada
i Allen. OF Troy. She ana Mr.. Blair
/ were engaged to be married on Tues
| day fast IL was TO have been Il promi-
| nent church affair. Everything was
/ running smoothly TO happy, but un-
/ cventful conclusion. with ali the 70
nance for the two parties TO the we'd
Ding Anc Then. on Monday. 2ir.
| Blair and a friend were riding from
! pinehurst To Aberdeen on an dutonlo-
ale Ltted With car wheels fer the rail-
road. Nc Henry Page and his son
EW4re coming from Aberdeen 10 South
crn Pires i'm similar conveyance.
At 4 sharp curve the TWO ears came
suudenly upon each other. Every
body but 2ir Blair jumped III time to
avoid the collision. lie renamed IN
/ MS car. The two machines met with
q crash that shattered each or them.
Mr.. Blair was thrown out amid the
Vreckage. At first he did not know III
tie excitement that he was hurt Then
it WAS discovered JhCt his rib was
broken and that ne had serious inter-
nal injuries. Friends put him on
IA s5pdbu;.rd train and they
came 10 Raleigh. to Rex Hospital In
lane excitement OF the accident and the
tinjury tile wedding was forgotten ~
the friends bat not by Mr Blair
land not by Miss Allen. For ycster-
day She came to, the man Of her
choice ana they were married. Mrs.
Blair is :; picture of womaniy health
land happiness. There is no place for
her In 4 hospital and she is guest u
the Marlborough. Mr. Blair, unable
Ito move lies on ris back on his cot in
his private room. bat he, too, is happy
for the incentive to get well.
Miss, Allen arrived in Raleigh at tW"
O'Clock yesterday on the belated 30.
66 Of the Seaboard With her were
hel brother. Mr.. Barna Aiier. Of
Troy. ana her brother-in-law 10 be,
Or john IA. Blair. Of Monroe. With
her also came i1er old pastor, the Rev.
1T. s. Ellington OF nessemer City, who
was to perform the ceremony OF mar
rage. The party drove at once 10 the
hospital. Nj. Blair had been impd,
z tienty awaiting them. Despite his
Injuries, he was dressed in the suit in
aisle 10 the music of the wedding
march The party We're ushered into
the private room where Mr. Blair L
heing nursed. He greeted his bride
with his eyes for lie could not move,
Little time was lost The white
gowned nurse lifted the groom
fItd pronped him OF. MS bed with pill
lows. The br la tab and handsome
blonde took seat at the bedside. ltey
Fniscn old, good Old fashioned par
son. close friend of both. stood no and
the company stood with the strained
attention OF wedding guests. The cere-
.Gony was soon over ii seemed that
IL was longer than II was Tor its M
SrcSsiVoneSS. The surroundings; thf
ED!ain IRON cot, the biz strong man
helpless on the sheets. the swcetf2cet
bride with her hand in marriage VOWS
upon the hand of her lover made the
old !, ctura even sweeter, even more
impressive. even more strangely tragic
than 1t is wont TO be Suddenly they
we're man alId wife. II had triumph
ali it's own in the hosp. tai. The guests
moved to congratulate the pair The
groom smiled broadly from II cot,
the bride sl,yly with q glimpse of Tears
about ,lel brave blue eyes. The old
preached breathed a blessing. The
! company left the room, and Mr. and
MIS-. Blair sale 70 one another those
things which are said--once in a life
1 me- Perhaps they did not speak at
all. Who can say?
The accident may have interrupted
Il honeymoon, but ii gave TO The we'd
| ding a beauty that il would not have
iapproximated otherwise.
There were present in Mr.. Blair's
room at the hospital DR.. John NJ.
Blair of Monroe. brother Of the
groom. Solicitor w. c. Hammer, of
/ &NSltG DOlb, Ill Dill kici <Alleii bLoliACA ~
1.-The bride, the nurse in attendance on
! Mr. Blair and a reporter of the News
ard Observer.
! Mr.. Blair's gift to his wife VINO Is
NOV staying at the Yarooro House.
was a deed for a house and lot valued
at ten thousand dollars.
/ Mr.. Blair is one of the most pros
Iperous and we'll known lawyers and
politicians in the State as we'll as being
interested in MANY profitable buSine IS
ventures. He is a prominent Demo-
/ crat has been member of the legis-
lature, delegate to the National Con-
IVention. and candidate for Congress.
| being defeated for the domination Of
his district by a small fraction
vote. His bride is an extremely hand
| some young woman, very popular. ana
with wide circle of friends. who will
wish her joy in her marriage under
such romantic circumstances.
/ Il X y
Married at MuscOgec.
! Asheville, n. G.. Jan. Especially