The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1892-09-22
BACssELos BANQUET.
FEAST OF coop THINGS AND a FLo~ OF


Scotland Neck Hotel presented scene Of
happy festivities and gleefuI faces.
1t was the occasion Of bachelor
banquet given by Mess. 4. Mcdowell,
Il. f. Biggs and DR.. A. c. Liveruan.
Mrs. 2. Z. Smith, Mrs. J. 3. Neal and
Mrs. W. 0. Mcdowell were chaperons Of
the occasion, and this fact alone would
have been sufficient guarantee Of an
oderly and pleasurable entertainment.
Elaborate preparations had been made,
ard large number Of guests had been
invited A first class band was employ
ed from Raleigh to furnish music and
from the arrival Of the first guest until
the departure of the last, swee: music
tloated out on the autumn air and told
all around that there was feasting and
pleasure within.
At $50 O'Clock the guests began to as
semble and at 10 o'clock supper was
announced. The guests filed into the
dining room and took their seats by
couples:
.
a l.. burlington with Miss 5. c. Smith:
Maj Barraud with Miss s. I. Smith;
Norwood Hill with Miss Emily Hall; &.
II. Cooke with Miss Bette Hi; W. IL
Powell witr Miss Sallie Neal; p. ".
Pennington with Miss Nan Smith; Dr.
Ed. Shields with Miss Mariana Cobb; F.
5. Johnson with Miss Cora Shields
Joseph Stephenson with Miss Estelle
Biddle; Capt. jun Smith with Miss "
IL. Smith; DR.. j. S. Hall with Miss Susie
Smith; }. A. Pittman with Miss katha-
rine Mccormick; +. P. Shields with Miss
Mollie TIllery; DR.. A, c. Liverman with
Miss Kate Tillery; Frank Whitehead
with Miss Gertie Kitchin; ". L. Har-ell
with Miss } Julia Brewer; W, I. Hancock
with Miss Mary Lawrence; E. I. " hite>
head with Miss Lizzie Lawrence; b. F.
White with Miss Annie Biggs; Capt 6.
S. White with Miss Annie Dnnn; r. l.
Hardy with Miss Pattie Dunn; Fred Gray
with Miss Maggie Wilkinson; Chas. Speed
with Miss Eta Gotten; j. l.. Scott with
Miss Agnes Andrews; Maj. j. B. Neal
and wife; Mr.. and Mrs. P. f. Smith, Dr. .
". o. Mcdowell and wife, Mr.. and Mrs.
Il. &. HilliaId, Misses Lena Smith and Eu-
| nice Mcdowell, Mrs. NJ. Il. Whitaker,
ReY r. T. Fann, Capt. A. b. Hill and
j. P. Futrell. Mr.. H. E. Biggs was too
sick to be up all the evening and so was
present only few minutes at the close.
| The halls and parlors were brilliantly
| lighted. The dining room was lighted
by four large pendent lamps beautifully
decorated which gave charming effect
| From the corners and the centre of the
room hung hundreds of yards Of bunting
in graceful festoons and folds, and
the decorations on the walls made up a
picture of perfect beauty. The tables
were arranged in a square around the
room, six in number, with one in the
centre. The guests were seated at those
forming the square and the centre table
served as an ornament.
The tables were all loaded with the
choicest dellCacies, consi sting of salads
cakes, jellies, fruits Of all kinds, &C., &c
Several courses were served by polltl
servants and the guests were all statistic,
with good things whose abundance seem,
ed unbounded and whose richness coulc
not be surpassed. \ more SUMPTION.
feast has rarely been spread anywhere
| One gentleman remarked that he though
he was at DelmonIco's. After an hour
of feasting, Mr.. F. P. Shields, who actec
as master OF ceremonies, raped the ia Ole
and said to the guests that inasmuch a;
the banquet was given by three bachelor!
he thought it in order to have some re
marks on the bachelor.
He called upon Mr.. E. E. billiard
who responded in some rather humorou!
remarks which were pleasantly received
Mr.. Shields said that he was not pre-
pared to hear the bachelors so seriously
handled and called upon Rev. R. T. YAM
to defend the bachelors present.
Mr.. Vann responded in an able defense
of the bachelors, especially the three un
der consideration, but said his defens,
was a matter of charity, because he wa
sorry for them. He was sorry for then
because of their condition as it was ant
because of the structures that had beer
LAID on them by the other speaker. Mr.
Vann aptlv described what bachelors ar
good for and what they are not good toI
and during his remarks be kept tn
guests in roar of laughter until the
were glad to relieve their aching side
when he sat down amid deafening az
plause.
The band which discoursed swee
music during the hour of Teasing
by the guests, played Home. Swee
Home" and the guests filed out pronoun
ing it one of the most enjoyable enter
tainmerts of the kind they had ever a
tended.
The arrangements were perfect to tn
mnutest details, and the three bachelor
who gave the banquet and the chaperor
will never fade from the memory of tn,
happy evening.
The visitors present from distanC
were Misses Lalla Clark Of Washington
N. G., Mariana Cobb of Goldsboro,
C.. Estelle Biddle of New Berne; al
Mess. W. II. Powell of Tarboro, Norwoo
Hill Of HaIitay and Or Ed Shields