Carrie Farthing, Frank Smith Were Wed Jan. 20, 1921

On last Thursday, January the 20th, a Mr. Frank Smith from Greenville, S.C., arrived in this town in quest of one Miss Carrie Farthing, daughter of Mr. E. Hester Farthing.

The night was spent with the Farthing family and on the following day Mr. Smith wended the delightful way to the near-by town of Boone. Upon reaching that place he interrogated some of the townsmen as to the whereabouts of the Register of Deeds, and where his office might be found. Having found this office he then and there applied for a marriage license. Having thus performed the undertaking of this errand, he returned to the city of Shulls Mills, to be accompanied to the home of the parson with his future bride. Late in the night, the Rev. S.E. Gragg was disturbed by a tapping as if some one gently wrapping on this door, but not like Poe’s raven, quoth forever more, for there stood in the pale moon light the forms of two beings all bound in the bonds of matrimony. After the marriage the bride and groom returned to the home of the bride. We are wishing for them a happy and prosperous life.

(From the Watauga Democrat, Boone, N.C., Thursday, Jan. 27, 1921)