The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-09-11
FLEEING THROUGH THICK SWAMP
Blood Hounds Trailing Burglars.
Hedgepeth = Marriage - An
Old soldier Very nl-Bryan and
stevenson Club News Notes.

| Correspondence OF the MeSsenxer.)
Fayetteville. y. g. September :.
Last night Sheriff Burns and OIL
GERS Skipper and Monaghan. taking
with them the b~aoodhountS. FASTENED
60 the residence Of Mrs. Mack Branch
on street. where an alarm
had been sent "A thai ouTELS aad
endeaEored To enter the holse- II vas
not difficult 20 staZri the dogs m he
trail. a. the tracks Of two msa one
barefoot were well defined. AMI the
pursuit Ssn on for miles. much - The
way leading through chick woods and
gloomy Sanps but finally scent Sas
lost, and the party came - a halt.
Tbs hounds are Of the very best breed.
untiring in the chase. out severe as
temper is ST present inpairing THAR
usefulness.
Mr.. James kirkpatrick living IN the
southeastern. part OF the county. who
as the readers of Tire Messenger viii
remember. recently received severe in
juries 10y being thrown frprn his vehicle
while riding ms the c.:y. = Dow wing
critically Ill. apparently unconscious
half the dme-. After his fall he was
carried 10 the Observation-Disclosures san
ttarium. and recovered sufficiently -
BE- remoyed 10 his home. hut TIE re-
lapse gives every Indication Of PROV
ing serious. Mr. Kirkpatrick was a
faithful soldier and his
friends viii follow the phases .. his
condition with much anxiety
Last evening Rev. :. J. Porter. pas
tor OF the First Baptist church. off,
ciated at a beautiful home wedding at
the residence of the father % the rli
uniting in marriage Miss BERTHE
Thomas. a very hszautiful girl. 10 Mr..
Hardy Hedgepeth. a popular salesman
in the large dry goods house Of MeSsr~.
NJ F. Crawford K CO. Many good
wishes attend Mr. and Mrs. Hedge
peth. who Will reside for the present
with Mr.. and Mrs. r Sheets.
In accordance with the plan recon-
mended by Hon. w. J. Bryan and 9TH
er Of the national democracy,
Captain E r. Mckethan president
of the White Supremacy Club in the
last state campaign. announces that
h members will be called together
at an early date for its reorganization
into a Bryan and Stevenson Club.
Work is about to begin in laying new
pavements on Person street and Mar
ket square, bordering the large four
story building belonging 10 the estate
of the late Z. T. Mcclellan. now oc-
cupied by the we'll known drug firm
or MeSsrs. Ii. T.. Sedberry & sons, with
a public hall above.
Mr.. b. r. Taylor. a prominent bus
mess man of this city. who for past
year a been in feeble health. and
for the last few weeks has been very
Iii, has been carried 10 Baltimore for
medicanl treatment in a private sani-
tarium. He bore the journey well,
and the last accounts from him are
encouraging. Mr.. Taylor has relatives
and many friends in Wilmington who
will join with US in heartfelt wishes
for his recovery.
Messrs. w. L. Holt, r. l.. Williams,
A. ). Williams, l.. II. Hale and others
left here yesterday morning at IL
O'Clock on the steamer Hurt for VIII
mington At this writing they are
somewhere w the starting point
and the terminus, as the news comes
that they struck a sand-bank. and are
there. Look out for them: you will
probably have ample time TO do 81.
Mrs. G. l.. Taylor. Of Wilmington. is
on a visit to her father. Mr.. J. L. AL
len. Misses Laura and Irene Alien,
who have been spending some time in
Wilmington, have also returned home.
Mr.. Charles Elliott. after a visit here
TO his friends, has returned 10 Will
mington to his place in the drug store
OF Mr.. Hicks Bunting.-Dr. and Mrs.
Hebener, with their twin girls. are Wis
iting he parents Of Mrs. Hebener.
Mr.. and Mrs j. VI. Matthews.