The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-10-09


the greatest number OF votes In the
contest for Queen. The bazaar will be
held on the spacious arnory grounds.
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Mr.. j. V. Blades, Of New Barn, WAC
6as been appointed chief marshal OF
the state fair, 10 BE- held October 18th
to the Goth, has invited quite a number
OF Wilmington young men to serve rs
marshais on his staf and most Of them
Will accept the invitation. Mr.. Blades
points out many Of the features that
will go 10 make the approaching fair
a successful one and In enumerating
the social features says there will be
dances every night winding up with
the marshals ball on Friday night. At
tention is called also 10 the Nordica
concert on Friday night, which can be
attended before going 10 the Marshal's
ball.
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A wedding of interest 10 many per-
sons in the south was that OF Miss
Carrie Peyton Wheeler. daughter of
the late General Joseph E Wheeler,
and Mr.. Gordon Montgomery BucA. OF
New York, which &C urrei at the cd
Wheeler plantation home. in Alabama.
on Tuesday evening last The we'd
ding was quiet, only n few OF the fam
ily's closest friends being invited. The
daughters Of General Wheeler have
been actively managing the big cotton
plantation. near Wheeler station, Ala
bama, and the wedding Of Miss Carrie
is the first event that has broken Their
quiet retirement.
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The L'Arioso German club has re-
Gently organized for the season and
the members are anticipating the most
delightful series of dances ever given
by the club. The Germans will be
given monthly, as heretofore. in the
Masonic Temple ball room. The date
Of the first dance has not yet been de
cided on, but it is probable that IL Will
be given in November. The officers
elected for the coming year are:
Presidential. NJ. Chase.
Vice-President-C. Med. Davis.
Leader-Richard Bradley.
Governing Board-A. S. Williams,
DR.. Pride Thomas and Swift Boat
wright.
Mr.. Clayton Giles, Jr.. who for a
number Of years has been the slub's
leader, declined reelection and Mr..
Bradley was chosen to succeed him.
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Invitations were issued during The
past week, reading as follows:
Mrs. Thomas Hunt HOke
requests the honor Of you presence
at the marriage of her daughter
Katherine Boyer
Mr.. John Hall
on the afternoon of Wednesday. the
seventeenth Of October
nineteen hundred and six
at four o'clock
at the First Presbyterian Church
L~incolnton. North Carolina"
Enclosed cards read:
At Hens
after the tenth of November
One haudred and five North Fifth street
Wilmington, North Carolina.
Miss Hoke is a young woman Of
great personal charms, who has many
friends in Wilmington where she has
visited and who will give her cordial
welcome to the city. Mr.. Hall is a
we'll known young business man, who
is connected in a responsible position
with the Southern Electric Com nay
here. Several relatives and friends OF
the groom will go to Lincolnton 20 be
present at the wedding.
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Many friends in Wilmington have re-
ceived handsomely engraved invita-
tions reading as follows:
Mrs. Anne Mauger Haughton
invites you to be present
at the marriage of her niece
Annie Mauger Taylor
| to
Mr.. Edmund St-"d-ic; Nash
| Thursday evening. p'tofer eighteenth
at eight O'Clock
st. Bartholom W. hurch
Pittsboro. North Carolina"
Miss Taylor is related to many VIII
| mington people and size has visited In
| this city quite often, whore she Was
/ always the recipient Of much attention.
| Nj. Nash Ia a former resident. who
was well liked by Il hest OF friends
He was prominent in society and busi-
ness, and his recent change OF resi-
dence TO Charleston. where he Is Com
nected with the Coe Mortimer 90. was
the source Of much regret TO a large
urcio 81 friends, both on account OF hrs
own worth, and because tho coming OF
Miss Taylor TO Wilmington, as q bride.
had been eagerly anticipated. Most
I OF the wedding party viii be oompos-
ed Of Wilmington friends OF Miss Tay-
Tor and Mr.. Nash, and quite a number
Of relatives Of both parties will also
attend the ceremony. which will be per-
formed by Rev. R w. Hogue, rector OF
St James church.
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Killed for Insulting Another Mans
Wife.
A special dispatch from Dillon. s.
c.. tells OF a due To the death In that
town Saturday Afternoon. John s. Balm
was killed In front OF his store by
Kelly Quick, an employe of the Dillon
Cotton Mills. The dispatch says that
Quick's wife complained TO him that
Balm had spoken disrespectfully to her