The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-01-01
MooRE-UNDRRwooD .MARRIAGE.
Beautiful Scene I'm st. Johns Church
Christmas Ball-HomfeIde Tor the
Ho1idays-Death OF an Old Confed-
crate yeteran-Famdly Heirloom.

FSyeIISV1lles DcSSI1iDci %.
Last evening at 7:15 O'Clock, in St.
Johns Episcopal church. Mr.. James
A. Moore, an esteemed young business
man of Tarboro. was united in mar
rage 10 Miss Kate Haigh Under
wood, daughter of Captain and Mrs.
J. B. Underwood-and how striking
was the picture, how charming all us
setting. The solemn organ march.
rendered by the superb musician. Mrs.
Hughes; the ceremony 50 impressdveiy
pronounced by the rector. Rev. Isaac
w. Hughes; the radiance of wax lights
above he altar and the floral decora-
lions, pure md simple. but faultless
in taste; the peal Of church bells crown
ing the ceremony
Wedding bells. golden bells!
What a world of happiness their melp-
dy fortelli"
The bridal PARTY entered the church
as follows-bridehs maids and attend
ants: Miss Margaret G.. Mcneil and
Captain A. H. McGeachey; Miss Eliza
Williams and Mr.. w. G.. Clark, OF
Tarboro: Miss Lucia Moore and Mr..
A. B. Williams, Jr.; Miss Janet Badg-
er, of Raleigh, and Mr.. a. S. Rose;
Miss Lucy Young. Of Washington city,
and Mr.. H. NJ. Pemberton; Miss Kate
Haigh. OF Raidsville. and Mr.. R M.
Rawls, of Tarboro; Miss jamie Nc
Diarmid and Mr.. Geo. B. Underwood;
Miss Maud Haigh and MI. Dan Will
liams, Jr., Of Tarboro; Miss Bessie
Halle, of Jacksonville, Fla, and Mr..
w. S. Howard. Of Tarboro; Miss Kate
Badger, of Raleigh. and Mr.. Robert
l.. williams; the two maids Of honor.
Misses Ellen and Bessie Underwood,
known all over the state as the beau
tiful Underwood girls" the two best
men, entering from the vestry with the
groom, MIR. Thomas Moore and Mr..
James r. Williams; the bride with he
father, her gown OF very heavy white
satin duchesse. her cape and sleeves
of rare old lace, worn by her grand
mother when, as Miss Badger, she
married the late w. II. Haigh; her
ornaments an exquisite necklace
OF pearls and a pearl brooch
loom jewels of the Polk fam
lily for nearly a hundred years. Her
bouquet was Of bride roses.
The maids of honor were gowned in
white silk organdie en- train, and Their
flowers We're bride roses. The dresses
OF the brides maids were of white SILK
organdie, and they CARRIED white car
HdUfOuS. n StIduScI IL liz S4Nyy "hOoe
good fortune CARRIED him INTO the
church, remarked afterwards that he
a never seen a beVy of liner women
in one group.
After the marriage. the brilliantly
lighted exterior and the open h~ospitable
doors of the residence of Captain n
Mrs. ]. b. Underwood on Green street
welcomed their friends to a reception.
where the parlors were rich in floral
adnrnmnnf fha S1nnpr rom nSnacia1fy
being a bower of beauty In smilax,
holly and maiden-hair ferns. amid
which lovely surroundings delightful
refreshments were served. The we'd
ding gifts display in the right-hand
parlor were very numerous and cost
ly, notably the many rare presents in
gold and silverware.
Many friends accompanied Mr.. and
Mrs. Moore to the 1915 o'clock north
bound train. which they took for a
wedding trip. Mrs. Moore's going-away
dress being OF dark-blue cloth.
The Christmas night german in the
Williams opera house was a fitting
climax to the holiday festivities, be-
ing of the largest n most en-
fully led by MIR. Jno. c. Thomson, and
the fine music furnished by Rems-
burg's big Six" orchestra.
John Burns. a negro. of Quewhipple
township. celebrated Christmas by
killing Watson Cameron, another ne
gro boy about Il years of age. for which
he was not down by the boys father.
as he attempted to escape. He was
brought to this city and confined in
Jail, badly wounded. He claims that
the shooting was accidental, but the
facts connected with it do not a out
his story.
Mr.. w. T. Bailey died yesterday at
his $1,000 81 Cn-fhn-A Nro-l- anrrnt-
where he had resided for several
years. He vas before the war a mas
ter workman in the extensive carriage
mandatory OF A. A Mcclellan 81
Sons, and ven to the Yorktown Pc
ninsula in the famous Bethel regiment,
as a non-commissioned officer of Com
pany H. commanded by the late Ma
jor Wright Huske (the Independent
light infantry.
The death of Mr.. Robert McGeachey,
noted in today's Messenger, recalls
the Interesting act that his niece, the
beautiful Miss Eta Brown, of this
city. a member OF the faculty of Red
Springs female seminary, has a
highly-prized heirloom, a chair brought
from Scotland by her grandfather, Mr..
Neil McGeachey Gather of Mr.. Rob
ert McGeachey), nearly 100 years ago.
It is made principally of oak, all NOR
tised, not a nail or spike being used in
its manufacture. 1t is still a strong
and sound piece of furniture.
Captain David Wemyss. former
musical director OF the Lafayette mill
tary academy. is visiting friends in
this city, who We're much pleased to
see and hear him in his old place in
Remsburg's and on Christmas night.
Major Jno. G.. Vann. now in BUSH
ness in South Carolina, is spending a
few days at his old home, where every
man he meets is a warm friend.
Correspondence. of The M~essenger.)
Fayetteville, December %.
The commodious parlors and broad
corridors of the Hotel Lafayette were
last evening in gala dress of ferns,
palms, exotic plants and the glistening