The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-08-09
Weddinr Bells.

Wedding Bells.
Yesterday at p. m. at the First
Presbyterian church the Rev. DIR.
Smith, in his usual happy and
graceful style, joined in the holy
bonds of mat~imony Mrs. Anna E.
Ragon and Mr.. w. j. Betterton of
Dallas, and Miss Halle May Gard
ner and Mr.. Newton White, Of Pu-
| laski, Tennessee, in the presence of
a goodly company of the beauty and
Ichivalry of our city. The brides
were handsomely and tastefully at
tired in travelling costumes, of dark
brown and blue ottoman silk, elab-
orately and elegantly ornamented
and trimmed. They wore ornaments
of diamonds, conspicuous among
which were the magnificent diamond
crescents, the bridal offerings of the
happy grooms. The high social
positions of the contracting parties,
the grace and beauty Of the brides,
their exquisite toilets. and the bril-
liant audience assembled to witness
the celebration of these holy vows,
all conspired to render this dual
wedding a marked event in the so
cial history of Dallas.
The order in which the party en-
tered the church was as follows:
First the four ushers proceeded from
the entrance down the aisle as the
wedding march commenced and ar
ranged themselves to the right and
left respectively. These were fol-
lowed by Rev. Mr.. A. P, Smith,
ahd then came Mr.. and Mrs. Ew-
ing, then Mr.. w. L. Alternately and
Miss Mollie Betterton,, then Col.
Betterton and Mrs. Ragon, and Mr..
White and Miss Gardner. On the
right stood Mr.. and Mrs. Ewing,
Mr.. Rufas Miers and Mr.. Paul
Furst, the ushers; on the left were
Miss Mollie Betterton and Messrs.
Alternately, w. H. Patterson and
Mr.. j. Moroney.
By the gallant action of Colonel
Betterton, who is leading and
prominent citizen and merchant of
Dallas, and of Mr.. White, who is
the honored scion of distinguished |
house from Pulaski. Tennessee, Ma
varro county has been forced to
yield two of her loveliest and fairest |
flowers to ornament the homes and |
gladden. the hearts of aliens and |
strangers to her soil, and yet know
ing that ''nOne but tie brave de- |
serve the fair" we can but wish the
grooms joy and happdiess. Mrs.
Raglan is a resident of Evansville,
Indiana, but has for some time past
been with her sister, Mrs. H. f.
Ewing, of Navarro, where she has
won hosts of friends by her sterling
worth and many amiable and ami
able traits of character.
Miss Gardner is one of Navarro's
fairest and loveliest daughters,
reigning belle, a general favorite,
dear, sweet girl. She is followed to
the bridal altar by the sighs OF some
and the best wishes of a host of
friends, who with reluctance yield
the fairest gem in the coronet of
beauty and grace to the happy gen
tleman from a distant state. The
bridal presents were numerous and
handsome. The ceremony over,
the bridal couples hied them to the
trains and started on their happy
bridal tours. And thus to make
radiant the homes of two Benedicts,
have gone forth these pure, bright
types of refined and noble woman
hood. May love light its lamps,
its golden wings employ and strew
in the pathway of their married
life naught but it's richest and rar-
est flowers.
The above, as it appeared in the
Dallas Tex. Herald, is an extract
from a notice of a double wedding
in which the numerous friends of
one of the couples in this commu-
nifty feel more than a double inter
est. Mr.. White and his beautiful
bride arrived in Pulaski Tuesday
on the forenoon train and have since
been receiving the heartiest con-
gratulations. From Dallas they !
came via st. Louis and Louisville !
and were accompanied as far as the !
latter point by Mr.. Will Alternately
and his sister, Miss Mollie Aber-
nathy, who came direct thome from {
there, the bride and groom remain
ing in the city few days.
We can wish them no greater
blessing than to adopt the rich
prayer of the Herald for their flu i,
ture happiness.