The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-02-13

]. H. Gore, Esq, n b "a -
terday via the Seabor -,
49, ard Air Line and
~ south Fourth street,
N' RS. Joe Mitchell. They
d by Mr.. Cores broth
Gore, and sister, Mrs. L..
md by Mrs. Albert Gore
hubert Martin, all of whom
the marriage which occurred
X ;home of the bride at l p. m.
-1airsda afternoon.
Both tle morning papers of Raleigh,
ne Post and News and Observer on
yesterday contained creditable reports
of the marriage.
I The special to the Post was as fol-
/ lows:
Wake Forest, N. c., February s.
Today the home of Mr.. and Mrs. j. B.
Brewer was the scene of a most beau
tiful wedding. The contracting par
ties were Miss Mary Alice Brewer, Of
Wake Forest, and Mr.. j. H. Gore, of
Wilmington. Rev. J. W. Lynch Off
ciated, assisted by Rev. w. r. Royal.
! The parlor was gracefully decorated
with palms, collas and geraniums.
The bride entered leaning upon the
arm of her father. She was attired in
} white armure silk made en- train, with
the brida veil caught with a hand
some diamond brooch-both old fam
:! lily possessions.
'"Phe bridesmaids wore white China
silk and G~ainesborough hats and car
ried red carnations and maiden-hair
ferns. Miss Julia Brewer maid Of
honor, with Mr.. Claude Gore, best
man, and Miss Jennie Joyner with Mr..
Culbert Martin, of Wilmington.
"n,ly n faU frinn1c nrncnnt
and the general opinion was hat it
was the prettiest marriage they ever
witnessed.
The bride. is a graduate of oxford
Seminary, and is one of the most Gull
u tured and accomplished young women
in the state.
1.-The groom is a son of D. L.. Gore,
I of Wilmington, and a graduate of
Wake Forest college, who has reflected
honor on his alma mater in the legal
profession"
= THE NEWS AND OBSERVERS
= REPORT.
RI The News and Observers report is
also we'll worth reproducing in this
.I connection. 1t is as follows:
To-day Wake Forest society lost one
of it's brightest jewels in the marriage
of Miss Mary Alice Brewer to Mr.. John
H. Gore, of Wilmington. The ceremo-
i ny was performed in the handsome
drawing room of the Brewer home with
only a few special friends of the fam
lily present. The parlor was t~astefully
decorated with callas, palms and gera-
NUNS, with a deep ank of the same
plants in the recess of the bay window
before which their marriage vows were
solemniZed. Burning candles shed a
soft light over the darkened room, car
rying one back to the dim religious
light" of the ancient cloister. The
= - hoo ,f
Promptly at l o'clock the bridal par
ty entered from the hall door, the bride
NJ leaning on the arm of her father, pre-
coded by the groom with his best man
Mr.. Claud Gore, assisted DR.. w. B.
Royal, Rev. J. w. Lynch performed
the beautiful ceremony with his simple
characteristic grace, pronOuncing the
words which made them man and wife
THE brides gown was of handsome
! armure silk made en- train, with the
regulation bridal veil clasped with an
l exquisite diamond brooch both heir
looms of the family. IN her hand she
carried a graceful bouquet of white
carnations bound with satin ribbon,
Al The bridesmaids wore Gainsborough
/, hats and white china silk, deliberately
ri trimmed with black velvet bows, which
contrasted finely with the virgin white
ness their gowns. They carried red car
nj nations and maiden hair ferns. It
this hymeneal altar where love and
+ purity prevailed, the red and white
carnations were fitting enRPlems.
"The maid of honor was Miss Julia
Brewer, sister to the bride, who waited
with Mr.. Claude Gore. With Miss Jen-
ME Joyner, was Mr.. Cuthbert Martin
of Wilmington.
u Miss Brewer is the daughter of Mr.
nj John B. Brewer, known so long and
we'll as the president of the Chowar
Baptist Female Institute at Murfrees-
boro. Mr.. Gore graduated from Wake
n Forest college in 1896, and since ther
has been practicing aw in his native
city with marked success Mr.. and
Mrs. Gore left this afternoon over the
Seaboard for Wilmington, where they
will live in the future. The best wishes
of the Hill attend this popular COUPLE