Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-10
JULIA CHRISTIAN ELOPE$
Is GRANDDAUGHTER OF "SToNE-
WALL JACKSON.
Romantic Midnight Wedding, With
an Eate Father In Close
Pursuit,

IYNCHBURG, Va, August 1O.-When
Mlss Julia jackson Christian q Charlotte
n. G., boarded she first section OF the
Washington and Southwestern vestibule
limited Of the Southern railway at Atlanta,
Ga, at noon Thursday the final scenes Of
"a exciting elopennent were begun.
Miss Christian, who IL q charming girl IL
the only Granddaughter Of "stonewa1l"
Jackson. and since her Infancy has made
her home with her grandmother. the widow
Of the south's great war chieftain. in Char
lotte, N. c. Several months ago Miss Chris
tan became engaged to Mr. Edmund Ran
dolph Preston Of Charlotte, a prominent
lawyer Of that city and a member Of the
North Carolina legislature This match was
opposed by the lady's father, Mr.. William
d. Christian. who is assistant general pas
senger agent Of the seaboard Air Line rail-
way and lives in Atlanta, Ga.
At the close Of the recent Confederate re-
union in Richmond, which Miss Christian
attended as sponsor for North Carolina, she
spent several weeks visiting friends and
going finally from Lexington. where the
tomb Of her illustrious grandfather is. to
Atlanta to visit her father. The few weeks
which followed, during which her fance
was not permitted to see her in Atlanta,
hurried the marriage:
Miss Christian told her father that 1t was
her intention to return to Charlotte, and
this plan she carried into effect Thursday
afternoon. Just what prompted her father
to follow Is not known here, but when her
train reached Greenville, 8. G., she was
handed q telegram from her father telling
her that he was following on the second
section Of the train, but fifteen minutes be-
Charlotte. Instead. however, she wired Mr..
Preston to meet her when she arrived In
Charlotte, and this he did. At Charlotte
the second section OF the train bearing Mr.
Christian was bearing down upon the frs,
closed for the summer, plans had 20 bS
made in a hurry. These plans were well
laid ana successfully carried out.
Hurry-Up Marriage.
When Mr.. Christian reached Charlotte If
teen minutes later he sought his daughter
at tho home Of a friend to find that she had
not been seen. The couple had sent tele-
grams to a minister Of Presbyterian
Church at Salisbury, N. c., and to the
clerk OF the court there to await their COM
ing and to have all arrangements ready for
hurry-up wedding. Mr.. Preston and Miss
Christian. sitting in an observation car
running sixty miles an hour, planned their
wedding trip.
A short time before midnight they
reached Salisbury and the ceremony was
performed at once. Mr.. and Mrs. Preston
morning, and they spent the day at the
Hotel Carroll with Mr.. e. B. Pancake, who
has long been a mutual friend of both. Late
yesterday afternoon they left the city on
west-bound train for their honeymoon
without making their destination known.
They will, however, soon return to Char
lotte to take up their home with the brides
aged grandmother. The presence Of the
couple here was not known until late yes
terday afternoon.
Ex-Baltimorean Oficiates.
SALISBURY, N. c., August 10.-Miss
Julia Jackson Christian, granddaughter Of
the Confederate General "StonewalP' Jack
son, and e. Randolph Preston, representa-
tive Of Mecklenburg county in the general
assembly, were married shortly before mid
night Thursday at the residence Of John
NJ. Julian, editor Of the Evening Post, Rev.
DR.. Byron c. Clark, recently of Baltimore.
officiating.
The marriage Of these prominent Char
lotte young people took place in Salisbury
as a result OF the violent opposition Of the
brides father. w. E. Christian. once q
newspaper man and now traffic agent Of
the Seaboard Air Line in Charlotte. Mes
sages after midnight from Charlotte indi-
Gated that he might cause trouble If he
succeeded in meeting the lovers, and three
friends Of Mr.. Preston. his colleagues in
the general assembly. remained with him
until No. 40 left yesterday morning.