The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-07-11
WRIGhTSVILLE BEACH

WRIGhTSVILLE BEACH
PAST WEEK A RECORD Err
AT THIS POPULAR RESORT.
h Fourth Was GloriousIy Celebra.
ted-Many Delightful sociables Mark,
ed h Week-Elesant Seashore Hotel
Crowded With Guests Merry Time
Still I'm Sight-Big Ball Last Night
Another week of the summer season
of '99 is with the vast, but memory
of the gaiety and pleasure that 1T evok-
ed in such variety and abundance at
WrightsviIle Beach will go far into the
future. This period will rank as the
most brilliant star in the social firma-
ment of h beach. 1t was fraught in
c~essantly with every conceivable kin
of entertainment, to the great delight
OF hundreds of people. The especially
big day, for all were big days, was the
Fourth, which was grandly and glori-
ously celebrated, to the glory of the
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h Seashore Hotel and gallant club
men of the Atlantic and Carolina Clubs,
to whom to a great extent belongs the
bow for the days grand achievements.
There appears TO be no let up to the
crowd or the beach, but or the contrary
it is increasing in size daily. The Sea-
hore Hotel lis thronged with guests, as
it has haop since IN nnaDQ6 ah011t a
month ago, and they are of the most
fashionable and merriest kind, which
exactly accords with the elegance of
the hotel itself. Manager Crawford and
Assistant Manager Green are as alert
as ever in looking after the welfare of
their guests, nj demonstrate their
ability daily by the skilled and grace
fully manner in which they handle
their many guests, giving each one ease
and comfort and a big time socially.
Then, again, they have a peculiar
knack of seeing that the palate is suf-
ficiently and delightfully."- tickled with
the choicest and best viands prepar-
ed in am excellent culinary department.
Following the Fourth's observance
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joyous type, which we note below, and
as a fitting climax was the bail at the
Seashore Hotel last evening.
HUNDREDS AT THE BALL.
Another one Of the Seashore Hotels
brilliant balls, which have taken the
lead Of all fashionable and pleasurable
functions and which are eagerly looked
forward to by hundreds from one week
to another, took place last evening. The
attendance mark, is usual, ven far VI
into the hundreds, embracing a repre-
s%entation from many states in the I'M
ion. A large number of people went
down to the beach from the city, which
swelled the number considerably.
The ball commenced directly after the
evening meal, which vas as delicious
as ever, and kept up until the depar-
ture of the II O'Clock train. The ball
room was crowded the entire time, while
the circle of the hotel furnish
ed a cool and pleasant boulevard for
strolling couples and was a perfect
treasure to tete-a-tete couples, for cozy
chairs and settees were abundant.
The dances consisted first of a waltz
and then a two-step, which varied The
programme just sufficient to make
each lance most acceptable to all. The
hotel orchestra, which is a gem, fur.
nished their accustOmary splendid mu
sic, enhancing greatly the pleasure o.
the occasion.
Besides the numerous guests, the re-
cent arrivals Of whom we p~ersonaliz'
below, aud the beachites and city folk!
who Teve1ed at the ball, the following
visiting young ladies and gentlemen
We're noted:
Miss Buxton, Winston; Miss Borden
Goldsboro; Miss Sue Clark, Tarboro
Miss Miner, Gainesville. Ca; Mis-
Dortch, Goldsboro; Miss Jewett, Brook
Ign: Miss Nettie Dockery, Charlotte
Miss Lee, Sumter, S. c.: Miss Hymar
New Bern; Miss VanLandingham, Char
lotte; Miss Philips, Tarboro; Miss Pres
son. Charlotte; Misses Smith, Charlotte
Mr.. Cameron Buxton, winston; MI
Rob Rowls, Tarboro; Mr.. r. H. Lewis
Jr., Raleigh; Mr.. John Giles, Ney