The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-16
NOT A NEGLECTED WORK.
Songs of the South Collected Under
Leadership of Miss Carrie
IeaZaP.

Mooresville. N c.. May 15.-Your
editorial apropos to Maj. Smiths ad
dress at WadeSboro calls forth men
ton of a bit of work being done by
The Battle of Bentonville Chapter u.
ID. c. of Mooresville. This young
chapter was organized last summer by
Miss Carrie Leazar daughter of the
late Hon. A. Leazar. whose God
speed you heartened their beginning
and will long be remembered One of
its earliest undertakings was to look
to the children'S having their rightful
heritage. the Spirit of the Old South,
and SO to offer a prize to the school
child reciting the largest and best
collection of patriotic Southern poems,
whether set to music or no.
This prize, a collection of such
poems. was presented on Memorial
Day to little Miss Ruth Brawley the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. j. F. Braw
ley, the presentation being admirably
made by Mr.. u. V. burlington. The
Daughters feel much gratified at the
enthusiasm with which the children
have stored their minds. and surely
their hearts. with our own lands
songs Let who can take them away!
In this especial line of educational
work this chapter of the Daughters
of the Confederacy are the pioneers.
1t was thought not uniting that
ithe fine work done by the children
should have honor on the South's day
of days. May 10th.
Memorial exercises were Joined in
by the whole community with deep
interest. A chaplain of the sixties,
Rev j. M. Whavey. DID,, led in
prayer: children and grandchildren of
soldiers. under the leadership of the
talented Mr.. C. T. Carr, a son of a
veteran sang Confederate songs in a
way that delighted everybody and
especially the thin gray line" A
soldier himself. Mai. w. A. Graham,
of Lincoln. made the instructive and
happily received address upon Union
Men as Confederate Soldiers. and
while the skies wept. women, children
and men reverently OVERLAND the low
green tents of their beloved soldier
dead with the blossoms of the land
they loved.
/ After the exercises were concluded,
the veterans Were the guests of the
Daughters at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Bowen Pres1ly. material pleas
ures being added to the feast of soul.
X i \
Runaway Marriage.
A runaway wedding of much inter
est to the many friends of the con-
tracing young people. was solemnized
in Durham Sunday afternoon Miss
Meta Crawford. the Youngest daugh-
ter of Mrs n A. Crawford, of Raleigh
was met in this city Sunday by Mr.
Walter Utley, of Durham, to whom
she was secretly engaged. they de-
cided to get married at once. and Miss
Meta secured the permission of her
mother to visit friends in Garner, to be
accompanied by her eldest sister, Miss
Viola Crawford. But instead of going
to Garner, escorted by Mr.. Utley they
boarded the afternoon train for Dur
ham, and Miss Crawford and Mr.. Utley
were married by the Rev. Mr.. Harris.
a Baptist minister, at his home In
Durham about o'clock, the only wit
nesses being the brides sister, the wife
of Rev Mr.. Harris and a friend of
Mrs Harris Miss Viola Crawford re-
turned to Raleigh yesterday. and Mr..
and Mrs. Utley will make Durham
their home.
Miss Matte Hunters Organ Recital.
The organ recital at St Mary's yes
terday morning by Miss Matte Hun
ter, certificate pupil, and others OF the
department of music was greatly en-
ioyed by those present. The difficult
Sonata of Bach and the strongly CON
trasted pieces of the French and Eng
lish school were played with true
organ legato and rendered with char
acteristic phrasing. The pedal technic
was clean and the tone color as varied
as could be we'll done on a two man
ual organ. The vocal and violin seiec-
tons were we'll rendered and the ac-
commandments sympathetic. Miss
Cowles and Miss Margaret Sanborn
played with precision and taste the
whole recital illustrated the character
of the work now being done in the
music school at ST. Marys.