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MARY E. CARTI#AND
DIES AT HER HOME
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tions. Thus early was the trend of
her life set for a wise and generous
helpfulness toward all that is good.
For some time after her gradua
tion she taught in the Boarding
■School. I cannot give the activities
of those years in detail because I wis
myself away at school and for a few
years knew very little of what trans
pired hereaway. But in July of 187 3
she was married to Ezra M. Meade.,
a highly accomplished young man
from Maine, who had come to this
State as one of the coadjutors of
Joseph Moore in the work of The
Baltimore Association. He was a
•fine, scholarly man, a most enthusias
tic and competent teacher. Their
brief and 'happy married life was ter
minated by 'his death w>hen their
daughter Elizabeth was but a few
months old.
There was always a very close at
tachment between the different mem
bers of the family for one another
and there were living at this time
besides Jonathan E. Cox and his
wife, the oldrest daughter, Margaret
Peele, and the two brothers, Dr. J. J.
and J. Elwood Cox; and with the
most loving care they surrounded
their bereft daughter and sister and
the fatherless little girl. Dr. Cox
had built a home for himself quite
near the school and thither he took
the entire family, and there Mary
Meader and her child found a wel
come 'home.
On the 3rd of May, 19 77, she was
married to Dr. J. E. Cartland and
they at once settled in a home of
their own. If space permitted I
should like to tell of the loving care
which that little girl had at the
hands of the quiet man who thus
took the place of iher father. I was
present the morning after the wed
ding when she came in timidly and
leaned up against him and said, "May
I call thee papal" and I wish that I
could picture what next took place
as he reached down and took the lit
tle thing in his arms and said "Surely
thee may oall me papa;" and it was
no "new broom sweeping clean." It
was the daily, hourly relation so long
as she lived.
Of all the varied associations and
activities in which Mary Cartland was
afterwards engaged the most beauti
ful and holy was the delightful home
life which these two devoted people
established whether at Guilford Col
lege, High Point or in Greensboro.
To this so long as the children were
small she gave herself, and when the
call came for the more public duties
to wihich her natural ability, trained
mind and loving heart specially fitted
her, it was the unstinted support of
her husband in these labors which
made it possible for her to go fortn
as she did. Wherever she had been
her influence and help were always
with the meeting and Sabbath school.
She was by nature a teacher and
could interest any group of young
sters who came into her hands.
When the W. C. T. U. was organ
ized in North Carolina, she at once
became one of the most active and
energetic members. As the head of
a department she was a very influen
tial force in those early Executive
Committees. It was a pleasure to
serve on any committee with her for
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these reasons, slie knew what should
be done, and was ready to help do it.
There was no shirk in her make-up.
After a time she became president of
the State W. C. T. U. and in the ex
ercise of the duties of this office she
endeared herself to the women in
every section of North Carolina and
exerted an untold influence for good.
By her firmness and tact she was en
abled to settle difficult problems and
clear up perplexing situations in a
remarkable manner. This I always
attributed to the fact that the word
"Christian" was to her the most im
portant word in that combination an i
its expression in the policies of the
Union the most vital part of its con
tribution to humanity. She filled
this position for several years, at
tending the National conventions and
arranging the tours for speakers
within our own borders, visiting the
different unions and speaking herself
in hundreds of instances. There is
no question but her work was a very
important factor in making North
Carolina a prohibition state.
She resigned the presidency of the
Union largely that she might devote
herself more entirely to the work of
the church she loved. For many
years she had been an Elder and
more recently the meeting to which
she belonged had recognized her gift
in the ministry. She was very soon
made Superintendent of Evangelistic
work in North Carolina Yearly Meet
ing. The labor in this situation was
more onerous and perplexing than
that of the president of the W. C. T.
U. She never faltered but pressed
the cause with the same devotion and
energy manifested in all her under
takings. After several years thus
spent at the earnest solicitation of
her family who saw that her .health
was being endangered, she resigned
and retired to the quiet of her own
home and meeting. Her interest in
these various activities was an abid
ing thing however and until her dy
ing day she was a stimulating force
and a wise counselor along all the
lines in which she had been actively
engaged.
Her experience of things of the
Spirit, coupled with a wide knowl
edge of human affairs, made her a
very important factor in North Caro
lina Yearly Meeting, where her voice
always carried what we Friends call
"weight" because of the sound rea
THE GUILFORDIAN
son and clear-cut distinctions express
ed in well chosen words.
A sweet and holy and benignant
presence is taken from us, but upon
all whom her life touched the blessed
influence must remain. Born on the
9th of Bth month, 1850, she entered
upon that rest that remaineth on the
morning of the 17th of 11th month,
1917. MARY M. HOBBS.
STRANGE SIGHTS AT MEMORIAL
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knights more equally matched and
well and right valiantly did they
fight. But one was wounded unto
death and sank lifeless to the ground
and his horse panic stricken "canter
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funeral procession with plumes and
lights. And they bore in the dead
•hero and there followed in the train
many fair dames with lighted candles
and great and famous noblemen, and
the riderless horse brought up the
rear; and all mourned grievously.
Then they laid the dead knight in
their midst and as he was passing
fair, all the people wept and tears
fell like rain upon the ground and
moans filled the air. Then the Holy
Friar performed the last ries of the
brave hero. Thus ended the scene
and the word was "Canterbury."
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bird added variety to the entertain
ment; and two captured Hawaiians
rendered a soft farewell song on
sweet-toned "noseolas."
The program ended with low dia
logues between unorganized social
groups of two.
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