The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-09-14
ROMANTIC MARRIAGE.
Mr.. Leo Taylor, of Wilmington. and
Miss Berta simpson, of Point Cas-
Well, Were Married in Raleigh Mon
day Afternoon They Went on an Ex-
sion.

The Wilmington excursionists which
left over the Seaboard Air Line for
Raleigh on Monday morning a quite
a surprise i'm store for c upon
their arrival at the state capital. 1t
seems that Mr.. Leo Taylor, e we'll
known young Hebrew gentlemen of
this city, and Miss Berta Simpson,
daughter of DIR. Simpson, Of Point
Caswell, decided to get married While
absent from home. The ceremony was
performed at the hotel in Raleigh
Monday afternoon at $50 o'colck. The
license was obtained at 4, aad an eff
fort was made TO get DR.. Daniel, of the
Presbyterian church, to perform the
ceremony, but as he was not at home,
DR.. Marshall, pastor of the First
Baptist church Of Raleigh, Off
ciated.
The Raleigh papers allude to the at
fair as a runaway match, Mr.. Taylor
being a Hebrew and Miss Simpson a
Gentle. The Messengers Raleigh
correspondent writes under date Of
yesterday as follows:
"A marriage, If il can be
ca!.e1 sucA. occurred acre yesterday
afternoon at so o'clock at a hotel.
Mr.. Leo Taylor was married to Miss
Berta Simpson, of Point Caswell. The
amusing feature of it was the groom's
wild desire to keep il out of the news
papers. He telephoned me asst night
that this was his wish, and that it was
to be kept secret until bou the end
of the year when they were going to
New York to live. He added that the
Raleigh papers had agreed TO make
no mention of the marriage. But 10
and behold, this morning both publish
ed il, and one had his name as
George" while the other had that of
the bride as Miss Paddison. 1t was
quite a comedy of errors"
The Messengers correspondent last
night t~elegraphed as follows:
Mrs. Leo Taylor, whose marriage
is reported left tonight for her home at
Point Caswell. Her husband accom-
panied her to the depot. He will re-
main here a day or two" .
The Raleigh Post, in it's account of
the wedding says:
Soon the news of the marriage flew
about the streets despite the fact that
according to a subsequent statement
of the groom hat they proposed to
keep the marriage a profound secret
until the close of the fall season when
thy intended to go to New York to
live, their %ntention being not to live
together until then. According to the
present arrangement the bride is ito re-
turn to the home of her mother at
jill SdSWl dIu lld lIClS ullllI
such time as they may decide ito carry
out their original plan of locating in
New York"
The News and Observer, which also
published Mr.. Taylor's romantic mar
riage, but had him welded to Miss
Simpsons friend instead of her, says
in it's account:
1T is h same old case of two hearts
hat beat as one, and obdurate parental
opposition that is finally thwarted as
always happens in the novels and fire.
quently does in actual life The two
had loved each other long and would
have been married long ago, except for
the opposition of the parents of the
groom. The groom said last night, they
a no idea of such a step when they
left Wilmington. 1t was their purpose
at first to keep the whole affair secret
for a month and then surprise their
parents by going off on their honey
moon, trip, and to this end they i'm
portuned the register of deeds to keep
secret the facts Of their obtaining the
license. However, it became known
soon after the ceremony was perform
ed. The groom also explained that one
| reason they wanted to keep it a secret
is that they were not just yet fixed fol-
housekeeping.
THE ceremony was witnessed by
several of the people stopping at the
hotel"