The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-08-11
COOPER-DAVIS.
A Beautiful and impressive Marriage
In Which Two of fienderson's
Most Popular People Were the
Contracting Parties.


No event in society's domain has
elected keener interest or been an
ticipated with more genuine satisfac-
ton than that which reached its full
fruition yesterday in the marriage
of two of Henderson's most widely
known and exceedingly popular cit
liens.
At the Church of the Holy limo
cents at 12:3e O'Clock, Wednesday,
August 10th. Mr.. David Young Cooper
and Mrs. Florence Chavasse Davis
plighted their troth at the marriage
altar. The ceremony was performed
by the rector Rev. Julian Z. Ingle
according to the beautiful and i'm
pressiye marriage service of the
Episcopal church. ring being used
as is customary.
A few minutes before the appoint
ed hour the bridal party arrived at
the church and at a given signal Miss
Daisy Stephens sounded the first
notes of the favorite Mendelssohn
@edding march. The ushers Messrs.
j. K. Young and j. ID. Cooper, A. c.
Zollicotfer and Owen Davis, &. G.
Lamb and j. b. Owen. marched down
the centre aisle and took positions at
the right and left of the chancel.
Immediately behind them came Mr..
n. H. Chavasse and Mr.. Alexander
Cooper. followed closely by the bride
and groom. Advancing to the altar
they stood in front of the chancel
where the officiating clergyman await
ed them. The bride was given away
by her father, Mr.. Alex Cooper, son
of the groom, acting as best man.
The scene at the church was one of
singular beauty and attractiveness.
There was 4 total absence of all effort
at display. Everything was in per-
feet taste but simplicity itself. The
queenly. charming grace of the bride,
the courtly bearing of the groom, the
elegant ease and polite attentions of
the attendants, with the halo of
brightness thrown around all by the
beaming countenances and pretty
costumes of lovely women and hand
some men who filled the church pre-
scented picture brilliant in its set
ting and interesting in character.
The words that made them man
and wife having been said, the SER
vice concluded, Mr.. and Mrs. Cooper
drove at once to the depot, where
after receiving congratulations and
cordial good wishes from friends who
had accompanied them from church,
thev took the Northbound Seaboard
Air Line train for an extended trip to
New York and other points of inter-
est.
1t was strikingly handsome cou-
pie. The bride was elegantly attired
in beautiful travelling costume and
was the embodiment of womanly
grace and beauty. The groom never
appeared handsomer or happier and
was warmly felicitated upon the wise
choice made and the rare good fortune
vouchsafed to him in winning the
heart and hand of such a woman to
crown his life and love.
The bride is daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. n. H. Chavasse, and by virtue
of her womanly qualities and many
graces of mind and heart has been
extremely popular in Henderson
society. She has a charm OF manner
that endears her to every one who
comes within the radius of it's gentle
influence, and her friends and adj
mirers are only circumscribed by her
circle of acquaintances. In all the at
| tributes that 90 to make up and adorn
pure and noble wOmanhood Mrs.
Cooper has been highly endowed.
OF her it may in truth be said ':none
know her but to love her, none name
her but to praise"
Mr.. Cooper is one of our most prom
inent and influential citizens, a man
of wide acquaintance and extensive
business interests. He is the well
| known and successful tobacco ware
| houseman, in connection with which
he is most popularity known abroad
perhaps. Taking an active part in
all matters affecting the public good
deeply concerned in the growth ant
prosperity of the town and county
loyal to every duty and true to every
trust, no one is held in higher es
TEEN by his fellows or shares to :
fuller degree their unreserved con
CALCULATIONS and hearty God speed
upon the happy state into which b.
| enters.
The GOLD LEAF unites with hos
of friends here and elsewhere in wish
ing for Mr.. and Mrs. Cooper the high
est realization of their brightest an
ticipations in embarking upon tn
blissful sea of matrimony.