The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-06-18

| lCSSol w Illle was lOI several years
connected with the Baptist Univer-
| sity, of this city. He now holds re-
| SponSible position in the school at
Syracuse, N. Y.
Mrs. w. II. Hood. who has been
sick for several days, was much bet
| ter yesterday.
Miss Edna Walters is spending q
| there she will go to Norfolk and
I Ocean View to spend the summer.
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MARRIAGES AT WILMINGTON.
Three Social Events of Interest Dur
ing the Week.
cial 1.-The event of society interest in
| Wilmington this week was the mar
riage of Miss Alice Green to Mr.. Ed
| win Mood Wilson, of HaVerford, Pa,
at the home of the brides parents,
| Mr.. and Mrs. Hector Mclean Green,
| No. 406 south Third street, on Thurs
day night at o'clock. Only relatives
| and few intimate friends of the bride
and groom were present to witness the
ceremony, which was beautiful and
| Impressive to a degree seldom at
| tanned. The service was by the Rev.
| DR.. j. M. Wells, pastor Of the First
| Presbyterian church and the wedding
march was rendered by Miss Anna
| Sprunt, the talented organist of that
| congregation. The decorations We're
pretty indeed. The bride wore hand
some wedding gown of white panne
| crepe de chine, trimmed with duchesse
and point lace, and carried shower
| bouquet of bride roses and lilies of
| the valley. She was given away by
her father and attended by Miss Mar
tina Williams as maid of honor. Misses
| nj nA
! two charming members of the younger
set, drew the ribbons at the altar.
The little flower girl, Aline Saunders,
| a four-year-old cousin of the bride,
| carried a. basket of pink sweet peas.
Mr.. Douglas Howe Adams. of Haver-
ford, Pa, was best man and the ushers
were Mr. John Jay Blair, of Whining
ton, and Messrs. G. w. Wilson of Gas
tonia; r. N. Wilson, of Guilford Col
| fege and L. r. Wilson, of Chapel Hill,
brothers of the groom.
| The bride is one of Wilmington s
most charming young women and will
carry with her to her Pennsylvania
home the very best wishes of hundreds
| of friends. The groom is native of
this State, a graduate of the Univer
sity of North Carolina and is at pres
ent instructor in history and vice prin
| cipal of the HaVerly school, one of the
largest college preparatory schools of
Pennsylvania. The bride is a niece of
DR.. e. A. Alderman, so we'll known
and beloved in North Carolina. DR..
Alderman was expected at the we'd
ding but found it impossible to come
| at the last moment.
Among the out of town guests at the
wedding were DIR. and Mrs. G. H. West,
| Of Newton; Miss Alice V. Wilson, of
Lenoir; Mr.. and Mrs. Jno. A. Corbett,
| of Wilson; Mr.. Neill Green of Durham
| GiIhnrt Pearson a
| Greensboro.
Following the wedding ceremony
large number of guests were enter
tanned at an elaborate reception which
continued until II o'clock.
| The hospitable home of Mr.. and
| Mrs. A. B. Brewer, No. GIG Red Cross
| street, was the scene of a pretty we'd
| ding service Wednesday evening at 9
o'clock, when their attractive young
daughter, Miss Maude Edna Brewer,
was led to the altar by Mr.. James
| Bruce Taylor and they were made
wife and husband in a beautiful cere-
mony performed by the Rev Geo. B.
| Webster, pastor of Bladen Street M.
| E. church. and Rev. r. B. John, pre-
siding elder of the Wilmington district.
| The wedding marches were delightful
| ly rendered by Miss Fannie Corbett,
and a large number of guests were in
| attendance The decorations were
elaborate and very pretty. The bride
/ was costumed in an exquisite creation
of white silk MULE, trimmed with
| pearls and carried a bouquet of brides
roses Miss Lille Jones was the maid
of honor, Mr.. w. u. Corbett was best
man.
/ Mr.. and Mrs Taylor will make their
home in Wilmington, where they have
a very large number of friends.
In the presence of a number of
friends at the home of the brides par
| ents Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Taylor, No.
100 Dock street also on Wednesday
evening, Miss Ida Lee and Mr.. Marion
| n Johnson were married in a pretty
service performed by the Rev. D. p.
Robbins, of Duke, n. c. The we'd
ding marches were played by Miss
Mabel Littleton and the attendants
were Mrs. l.. A. Bristow, dame of
( honor; Mr.. l.. A Bristow, best man;
i Dicksey, bridesmaids; Mr. S. S. Fran
els Garrison and Luther A. Curtis
groomsmen.
Bryan-Long.
Washington, N. c., June 17-(Spe-
| cial. MIR. L. G.. Long a photographer
of this city, was happily married to
Miss Mittie Bryan. of Parmele. at the
| residence of Mr.. c. Jacobs, on Second
| street, last evening at eight o'clock.
! Justice of the Peace w. II. McDevett
| performed the ceremony. The bride
| is one of Parmele's most charming
young ladies.
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Acrobatic Performance
The Hillsboro Street Dramatic Club,
| which from time to time has given
such enjoyable performances at the
Exchange Hotel, has gone into ath-
| letics, and few days ago gave ali
acrobatic performance in which the
following members figured; Patsy
Smith, Elizabeth Telfair, Samuel lei
| fair Mildred Goodwin, Lizzie john
son., Alfred Tompkins and George
| W Of Gntap-