Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-06
BRIDE or A MINISTER.
MISS BESSIE II. DIAcONT WEEDS
REV. FRANCIS n. MsPARREN.
WEDDING AT PlNE-STREEq CHURCH.

of Mr.. Erncst McDoweIi-sever"'
Marriages To-Day-Meeting of thc
Az. v.A.--personai Notes.
Miss Bessie Helena Diacont was mar
ried TO Rev. Francis Blackwell McSpar-
rem at Union-Station Methodist church
last evening at o'clock. The father Oh
the groom. Rev. j. +. McSparren, OF Car
oline county, assisted by Rev. {. u.
Crawley. pastor Of the church, and Rev.
w. p. Wright, presiding elder Of the Dan
VILE District, performed the ceremony.
The bride was dressed handsomely in
gray tailoI-made suit. and carried a oou-
ouet OF brides roses. She had 10 attend
ants. The best man was Rev. J. 1. Green
pastor of Asbury church. Manchester,
ana the ushers were Mcssrs. J.. 4. bate9'
Jr.. Joseph II. Gibbs. Richard WIFE 'i''
Wilbur Watkins. and Edward ;. bo~e'
The happy couple LETT Immediately ioI
No,oacs Va. wnorc the congregation OF
the groom will tender them a large Is-
ception .,..,,,.,.
,rhe bride is the lovely and attractive
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Adam Diacoht.
She Is a graduate of the Richmond hiSh
school and OF the Woman's College. KEY.
Mr. McSparrcn is prominent young
member OF the Virginia Conference
graduate OF Randolph Macon college. ana
the popular pastor OF the church at Ma
toacA.
Miss Nellie +. Carter was married TO
Mr.. Ernest Mcdowell at Pinc-Street Bap-
tjst church last night at O'Clock Rev.
j. b. Hutson officiating. The church was
very prettily decorated and the wedding
q beautiful affair.
The bride was dressed IN gown OF
white organdie with elaborate garnlture
OF WHIT satin ribbon. lie: Nei VAS
caught with orange blossoms. Her only
attendant was little Miss Pearl Pilddy,
who. dressed daintily in white organize
preceded the bride, bearing me nhs on
a silver tray. The best man was ny
Charles Thompson. and Messrs. Edule
Patterson; Thomas Mcdowell, 0roihcr oil
the bridegroom. and Norman I. carter,
brother of the bride. were the ushers.
MIR. Reginald Walker played beautifully
throughout the ceremony.
The bride is the attractive daughter or
MIR. ana Mrs. ". 4. Carter Mr.. Nc
Dowell is a popular young businessman
OF this city. A reception was rendered
the happy couple Immediately after the
ceremony az the home Of the brides
parents. They will reside at 7l2 west
Clay street
Several very prominent weddings VIII
be solemnized here to-day. Mrs. carrie
Moore Talbot viii marry Mr. Richard
Gwathney al her residence, on west
Franklin street.
Miss Alice Caecelia Murphy will marry
Mr.. John Boiling Wood al 1870 Z. NJ. at
St Peters Cathedral.
Miss Bessie Stuart Fitzhugh VIII be
married TO Mir. james Ramsey Bartol. OF
Baltimore. TO day at T.. NJ, at the resi-
dence Of her father. Owing 10 a recent
bereavement IN the family, the wedding
will be a very quiet one, and only near
relatives and intimate friends Will be
present.
The meeting Of the Richmond Chapter,
Daughters OF the COnfederacy, which
took place at Lee Camp Hall yesterday
afternoon, was a called meeting, but IL
will take the place of the regular month
w meeting which should have been held
on the second Wednesday of December.
After the reading of the regular reports,
letters from Texas. Florida, tennessee,
Georgia, Alexandria. Petersburg. ana
many other parts Of the South were read,
each and all thanking the kichmond
Chapter ana the whole city OF Idchmohu
for the royal way they had been enter
tanned, at the United Daughters OF the
Confederacv's Convention, saying that the
memory OF their splendid reception gre"
brighter and brighter. and that they were
lust beginning to take it IN, in It's I'M
mensity: that the visiting DauSnteIs
could never express the half OF their
gratitude and appreciation. for all seem
ed 10 vie with each other in doing honor
TO the stranger within their gates.
Next was the report OF the Winnie Ia
Wis Committee, and the chapter gave
them a rising vote Of thanks Tor thelr
successful work. Five dollars was voted
TO "the Daughters of the X. T. Lee Chdp-
ter. Of Houston, Tex, to assist them III
raising a monument in Houston 10 COM
memorate brave Confederate soldiers
wherever they fell or were buried
Next. the unanimous and warm thanks
of the chapter were given Mrs. RAN
dolph for the splendid way in which she
managed the United Daughters OF the
Confederacy Convention, whose success
was largely due to her indomitable zeal
and hard work. Thanks were also le-
turned the Bureau of Information ana
many others, 10 all of whom the CORE
spOnding secretary Will NIlte'
II was stated at the meeting that Mrs'
Norman Randolph was appointed char
man of the Central Committee OF the Jel-
ferson Davis monument fund.
There was meeting Of the Board OF
the Association for the Preservation oil
Virginia Antiquities yesterday at noon al
the rooms of the Virginia Historical So
ciety. Mrs. j. Taylor Ellyson presided
The ladies present were Mesdames lAsh l.
foot l.. " Valentine. John ;. wexford
4. W. p Brock. Henry Taylor, IT, ste
pben Putney, Powell Dunn, -. n
Claiborne: Miss * VI. Rowland, and Miss
Ella Thomas The ladies decided &c
have their annual tea ON January 4th
Mrs. Stephen Putney was made chahInai
OF the entertainment. assisted by MIS-
w. c. Bentley and Mrs c. w. +. Brock
There is a probability of Dr. 3 wen
Mitchell giving a. reading this winter
under the auspices of the Association To-
the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities
Mr. Virginius Newton, Mrs. Henry {
Cabell and Mrs Fendall Winston were
elected life members. and the committee
for the following year appointed.
Mrs Spicer gave charming matinee
card party yesterday evening, I'm homo
of her guest. Miss Elise Harrison, O
Petersburg The game was euchre, ant
the handsome prizes were won by Mise