The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-09-24
MISS MABEL DUKE OF DURHAM
LEAVES HEK HOME TO WE'D,
Mr.. h T. 0oodall the Groom. in the Runaway
Marriage Held in Baleigh.

/
Ihere was runaway marriage cele-
prated IN the parlors of the Marlborough
House in Raleigh Sunday afternoon at
6:10.
! The bride was Miss Mabel Duke. of
durham, daughter of Mr.. Brodie L.
luke ana grand daughter of Mr..
Washington Duke, the millionaire men,
Der OF the American Tobacco Company,
While the groom was Mr.. H. g. Goodall,
a travelling salesman for Richmond
drug house.
| The romance which eliminated in
| marriage yesterday has been maturing
Tor some Tine, though it has been with
out the knowledge of the Young lady's
| 1ather. In fact rumor had it in Dur
ham that the young lady's hand had
been pldged to another, who is also a
VirginiaE and is also travelling man.
On Saturday Mr.. Goodall was in OK
ford. From that place he communicate
ed ty phone with Miss Duke, telling her
/ he would call on Sunday. Accompan-
| led by his friend. Mr.. e. G. Lands of
Oxford, he went to Durham on Saturday
night and by nine o'clock next morning
was again talking to Miss Duke over
the phone
/ During the day he called on her and
! the agreement was made to come to
Raleigh on the afternoon train andshave
the ceremony performed here. Mr.
/ GoodallS rival was in the city and had
an engagement to call on the young lady
during the afternoon. Because of this
/ 1T was determined to take the train
| from East Durham and to that depot
! the young people walked. But here was
another difficulty. The train due short
ly after three o'clock was two hours
late and two hours stay at the depot
meant comment, SO Mr.. Goodall and
| Miss Duke, after some time, walked
slowly back through Durham and went
/, over to the West Durham depot Here
| at i've o'clock they took the train. 1t
stopped at Durham, when Mr. e. G..
| Lands boarded it and the party came on
| to Raleigh, reaching here shortly after
$50.
| The eloDing couple went to the Var
borugh House and Mr.. Lands started in
+, search of Register of Deeds Bernard
to get the necessary license. Captain
Bernard was not at home but Mr.. Lam
dis found him on the street and the IL
cense was soon arranged.
| Mr.. Lands then sought a preacher,
and Rev. w. d. Hubbard, of the Tab
crnacle Baptist Church. was invited to
perform the ceremony. He came at
once to the Marlborough House where
the couple7'yas in readiness shortly after
6:10 and 5y 6:15 the marriage vows had
been taken. There were present among
others at the wedding Mr.. e. G. Landis,
of Oxford and Mr.. A. p. Brock, of Win
ston.
"A short time after the ceremony tele-
grams were sent to Durham to rela-
tives and friends informing them of the
! marriage. Some of the friends of Mr..
and Mrs. Goodall here were also notified
and callel at once, among them being
Miss Blanche Blake, friend of Miss
Mabel Duke, and with party of friends
the wedding supper was enjoyed at the
hotel Yesterday morning Mr.. and Mrs
Goodall left at 1927 over the Seaboard
Air Line for Richmond and will go
from there to the mountains of Virginia
for their honeymoon.
The bride is the eldest daughter of
Mr.. Brodie l.. Duke, and it is said that
her grandfather, Mr.. Washington Duke
has settled fifty thousand dollars on
her. She is twenty-five years of age
and is we'll known and popular young
woman, with many charming traits of
character which, aside from her attract
iveness, has won for her many friends
| Mr.. Goodall is about twenty-seven
years old and is we'll known in Raleigh
and in North Carolina. He travels this
State and Virginia for the Owens and
Minor Drug Company. of Richmond
and those who know him speak in the
highest terms of him. He is to be con.
graduated on having won the heart and
hand of so charming yong lady.
THE NEWS IN DURHAM.
Especial to News and Observer.)
Durham. N. c.. Sept 23.-The news
of the marriage Of Miss Mabel Duke in
Raleigh to Mr.. H. r. Goodall was a very
great surprise to the people of Dur
ham, and from what is said also to her
father and relatives here, who had nc
idea that she intended taking such a
step.
1t was rumored here that Miss Duke
was to have married young man from
Chase City, Va, who was here to see
her Sunday, but did not find her at
home. The marriage was looked for in
December. Miss Duke is said to be
worth from fifty to sixty thousand dol
lars though the tax books do not sub
stantiate this.
The Duke family are said to have re-
garded the visits of Mr.. GoodalI only as
social visits and had no idea that there
was anything serious, so a friend of the
| family states. They are not at all
pleased with the runaway feature of the
| marriage, but beyond this it is not
known that they had any serious objes-
lions to the match