The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-10-20
AprNK AND WHITE MARRIAGE.
Beautiful Ceremony I'm St. Johns
Church The SILK ~Spinner- Like Ne
gro ~Labor-Scrap~ of Local News

Correspondence % the Messenger.1
Fayetteville. ". c.. October 49,
St Johns Episcopal church-its
sacred interior embckished with a n
fusion OF fe~stoons. bouquets and banks
OF pink and white carnations-seemed
10 hold within ias WAX this morning at
HAS O'Clock. the greater part NJ the
towns population. following with
rapt interest and admiration n i'm
presSive service which Joined in MARI
age the gifted young lawyer and referee
in bankruptcy. Mr.. Samuel II. McRae.
OF a family prominent and influential
in the state and Miss Mary Marceline
Broadfoot. daughter of Mrs Samue
Johnson Hinsdale. endowed rarcsy with
personal charms and gracious qualities
OF mind and heart Rev. DIR. William
Il. -wetmore. OF Llncolnton. uncle OF
the bride. oficiated at the ceremony.
Rev. Isaac W. Hughes, rector OF the
church, assisted him. and receiving the
betrorhal in front OF the chanca. n
hes man" was Mr.. James &. MacIsas,
Jr., and the ushers were McSsrs. WAL
ter +. Leak and Cameron Macltae.
Major John Il. Broadfooi, her uncle,
gave away the bride, whose gown was
Of elegant heavy white satin. entrEIn.
deliberately bordercd with trimming
OF Duchesse lace, and her flowers were
bride roses The maid OF honor. Miss
Kate Broadfoot. the beautiful daugh-
ter of Colonel q. w Broadfoot. wore
heavy corded pink silk. with black
picture hat, n carried a bouquet OF
American beauty roses. L~ohengrIn
was rendered by the ~organist- Mss
Georgia Worth. at the entrance Of the
bridal party into the church. and Men,
delsohn was given at the exit.
The display OF wedding gifts-coming
from all parts Of the state. from Rich
mond and elsewhere to attest the num-
Der Of warm friends-was profuse. es-
pecially in cut-glass and table ware.
and greatly admired was a set OF old
family silver presented by Mrs. Hins-
dale.
Among the many attracted here by
the marriage We're e~x-JuStice and Mrs.
j. c. MacRae and family. Mr.. and Mrs.
Switzerland OF Goldsboro. DIR. and Mrs.
Jones. of Wilson. :. G. Mr.. and Mrs
MacRae left by the north bound ATTAIN
tic Coast Line railroad train at 1920
O'Clock. Mrs. MacRae's gulng-awav
dress a stylish tailor suit Of black
cloth, and a very large crowd of we'll
wishers babe them God speed at their
They VIII make their home
in Raleigh for the present.
The owner of the new silk spinning
minu Mr.. Ashley. OF New Jersey. is ex-
pected here before h close OF the
week. In advance OF his coming. he
has written that he can be counted in
as a patron OF the Cape Fear Power
Company in the operation Of his miH-
The superintendent, your correspon-
dent is informed, is 80 far very Wen
satisfied with .colored labor at the SILK
spindIes. as he finds the negro quick 10
learn. A southern man could have
told him that long ago. Let us hope
that the future will confirm this salts
faction.
The burglars have not struck this
town yet, but a sneak thief" entered
Mr.. J. A. d. Boone's house in h~~nd
day Monday and cleared out the fam
lily wardrobe.
Mr.. Owen Williams. an esteemed cit
izen of this county. died at his home
near Wade yesterday, Of ~perftonitis.
Mrs. Manning. widow OF the lament
ed John Manning. late dean OF the UNI
versity law school. n Mrs. Venable
OF Chapel Hill. are visiting Mrs. Mae
ning's daughter, Mrs. Weldon w.
Huske. Mrs. T. NJ. Hunter, with her
sons, Thomas and william, has gone
to Baltimore on a visit to Mr.. and Mrs.
George Ijams. Sam Hunter was the
mascot" of Colonel Walker Taylor's
boy brigade" Mr.. w. g. Houston. of
Philadelphia. president Of the Hope
Mills Manufacturing Company. Is here
on business. Miss Maud Haigh Ia at
home, after a pleasant visit TO Blow
ing Rock, Miss Dottfe Thornton has re-
turned from a visit to friends at Kin
Ston- y