Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-07-01
MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.
The Most Brilliant Social Event
Edgefeld Has Witnessed iii
a Score of Years.
A BANK PRESIDENTS DAUGHTER
Welded TO A CoNGREssMAN's
Son.

Son.
Many friends of the parties most
deeply interested in the grandest
society function Edgefeld has
seen in score of years, gathered
in our village Baptist church Oh
Thursday evening last to witness
the marriage of Miss Mamie Nor
ris, one Of Edge6eld's most beauti-
full, accomplished, and fascinating
bellies, recent graduate of the
Columbia, South Carolina, College
for Women, and the only child of
Alfred J. Norris. Esq, President of
The Farmers Bank, to Col. James
Hammond Tillman, the eldest son
of Honorable George D. Tillman.
The hour appointed was 8 o'clock
but it was nearer the succeeding
hour when the strains of the Or
gan signalled the approach of the
bri lal cortege. Mendelssohn's We'd
ding March rendered by Mr.. James
I. Bacon inspired many of the au-
dience with sweet memories of the
past when other friends in days
gone by marched to the marriage
altar in step to its measured
strains, its ''linked sweetness long
drawn out"
Preceding the attendants came,
down the opposite aisles of the
church, Miss Ret Sheppard and
Master George Norris, Miss Mary
Lille Fisher and Julian Holstein.
This quartette of beautiful girls
and boys united the ribbon bows
which indicated the seats reserved
for the relatives of Col. Tillman
and Miss Norris.
The couples came one at time
down opposite aisles, and
crossed each other in front of the
altar, taking their positions in the
opposite aisle from which they en-
tered. The following is the order
in which they came:
Miss Bunch-James Dozier.
Miss Ida Norris-George Wise.
MISS Emmie Fox-Dr. R. A.
Marsh.
Miss Callie White-R. L. Fox.
NJ. SIS Addie Haltiwanger--J.
Frank Bamberg, of Bamberg.
Miss Isabelle Allan, of Charles
ton-Dr. w. B. Penn.
Miss Addie Tillman-D. 1. Den
ny.
Miss May Bamberg-B. R. Till
man.
Miss Fannie Tillman-Parker
Jordan.
Miss Lollie Addison--T. G.
Croft. Jr.
Miss Marie Lee, Of Sumtcr-L.
w. Schley, of Augusta.
The bride entered with her maid
of honor, Miss Ella McAden of
Charlotte, N. c., and Colonel Till
man with Mr.. Joseph Ganahl of
Augusta. They met a the altar
and after short prayer, the i'm
pressive and touching ceremony
was performed by DR.. Luther R.
Gwaltney which made the twain
one flesh.
The bridesmaids all wore artis-
tic dresses of white organdy and
ribbon. The bride was robed in a
tafeta silk of snowy whiteness
and a veil which showed as through
a mist her lovely face.
The church decorations were ar
tistically and beautifully arranged
under the direction of Miss Eliza
Minis, Edgefeld's talented artist.
Green and white were the colors
employed, and a crescent and stars
also designed and executed by
Miss Minis adorned the railing of
the choir.
After the marriage vows had
been pronounced, the invited
quests repaired to the Norris man
sion, where scene of beauty and
enchantment awaited them. A
sumptuous and elegant repast had
been spread, and the presents re-
ceived were numerous, costly, and
handsome.
Among the guests attending the
reception were, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. M.
Norris of Batesburg, Mr.. and Mrs.
Melvin Norris of Johnston, Colonel
and Mrs. Andrew Watson, of Bates
burg, Congressman George D. Till
man and Mrs. Tillman, Mrs. Sen
ator B. r. Tillman and daughter,
Mr.. and Mrs. J. B. Norris of .Trcn-
ton, Governor John G. Sheppard
and Mrs. Sheppard, and Miss
Marie Butler.
At 2 o'clock on Friday the bril-
dal party left Edgefeld, Col. and
Mrs. Tillman to spend several
months IN New York, Richmond,
and the Adirondacks.
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