The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-09-16
Leader of Society.
Contributed.

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The September number of Hampton's
Magazine contains short biographical
sketches Of a few OF our noted Americans
and as usual North Carolina can claim
at least ore of these celebrities, for full
length picture is given OF Mrs. Crawford
Hill, of Denver, who as Miss Louise
Sneed Tor Lou Bethel as her intimates
called herr was a great belle in North
Carolina. Accompanying the picture is
a short article under the heading OF
Leader OF Denver Society," from which
the following is taken:
"Where there is Society with q capital
S, there must be leader. And to CO.
alesce and dominate the various active
and interesting elements forming Denver
society requires genius. 1t is found in
the tall vivacious, attractive person OF
Mrs Crawford Hill. Mrs. Hill was one
of the Sneeds-and to be Sneed means
much in the South.
Crawford Hill, n member of one OF
the wealthiest families in the West, was
perhaps the most eligible" young man in
Denver, so the marriage was a triumph
even for a Sneed. His father, Nathaniel
p Hill, started the first smelter in Colo
RADIO. Then he went to the United States
SeHdDc anu DtCdtlc SIf SuC ldthNi
of a bill providing for government own
ership of the telegraph. Nathaniel III Is
wife founded the Young WOmen's Chris
tan Association in Denver and was a
woman OF unusual ability.
"But, though the Hills have long been
q family to whom great consideration
has been paid, it remained for Mrs. Craw-
ford Hill to attain real leadership in
society
Mrs. Hill was called ''The Belle of the
Southwest" before being captured by
Crawford Hill, and well she deserved the
title. The picture in Hampton's Of Mrs.
Hill is taken in the robe she wore when
presented to the King and Queen last
year, and now she is returning to Amer
lea from a triumphant tour abroad y
being entertained twice by the Duchess
of Devonshire, and being commanded
to attend the "Royal affairs"
"To be a Sneed means a great deal
in the South" says Hampton's, and
surely it-should for the blue blood of the
Hendersons, Farrars, Keelings, Bethels
and Sneeds is shown in this generation
of Sneeds, for the oldest daughter
was Mary B. (Mollie) who married II. NJ
Nicely, Of Memphis, and she holds the
same position in that city that Mrs.
Crawford Hill holds in Denver. The sons,
William and Alves, were two of the lead
ing citizens of Memphis when they died,
while the youngest son, Richard G.
Sneed, is known in North Carolina as
THE First Hunter in the State. He
has a pack of twenty-five hounds. and
plenty of horses and guns for his friends
to use in the chase. He is the only men,
Der of the family who still lives in North
Carolina, but his sisters visit him and
thoroughly enjoy the ''simple life'' at his
home in this county, in the midst of the
hundreds of acres he still owns of the
old 'inheritance'
The second daughter. Lucy, married
our townsman, Walter D. Burwell. Until
her death few years ago, she, though
not caring for society in general, had
devote friends, and she has been much
missed in the life of our town.
Every member OF this family has
that "undefnable charm OF manner"
that we always read of in books; they
attract every one who comes in contact
with them.
They drive away the blues. They make
you feel better and happier-DeWitt's Little
Early Risers, safe, sure, easy, little liver pills
Sold by all Druggists.