The commonwealth., 1903-01-01
GOLDEN WEDDING.
Mr.. and MRS. Pster E. Smith Celebrate
the Happy Occasion.

the Happy occasion.
On the 22nd of December, 1892, at
the home of the bride's father, Mr..
Whitmel J. Hill, who liyed about four
miles from Scotland Neck, Miss Re-
becca N. Hi;i was married to Mr.. Peter
E. Smith, Bishop Joseph Blount
Cheshire, father OF Bishop Cheshire
now living and we'll known through
out North Carolina, performing the
ceremony.
OF the bridesmaids for that occasion,
only two are now living-Miss Anne
Spruill, of Roxobel, and Mrs. Hines,
of Edeaton. Only one of the grooms-
men is hving--Capt. A. B. Hill, OF
Scotland Neck, brother of the bride.
Mr.. and Mrs. Smith have lived all
these fifty years in Scotland Neck, and
on Monday evening, Dec. %, 1917,
they entertained a large number OF
their friends in honor of their golden
wedding.
Mr.. and Mrs. Smith are aged respect
iyely 73 and u years. They have
reared three daughters and lost two
daughters and two sons in infancy.
Golden weddings are unusual occas-
ions, and when the principal persons
are as popular and we'll beloved as the
bride and groom for this occasion, they
are unusually pleasant.
Every necessary preparation had
been regarded to make the occasion
perfect, and it tailed in not jot or a
little.
The decorations of the home
throughout were in perfect order, and
wherever the eye turned there was evi.
dence of refined and pleasing taste.
The decorations were mostly OF ever
green's delicately punched and tied in
yellow. In the main hall hung two
large wreaths of evergreen. Across
the upper in golden figures was the
date 1882" and across the lower
wreath In golden figures was the date
1902"
The bride and groom stood in the
parlor nnder marriage bell of ever
greens wreathed three times around
with yellow chrysanthemums. Miss
Nan Hill Smith, the youngest daugh
ter, received the guests, assisted by
Misses Rebecca Smith, Lizzie Hyma1
and Mamie Hill.
Besides the guests who had come
from distance large number o.
home friends were present until th'
guests all told numbered nearly twt
hundred.
The bride held beautiful bouque
of brides roses and maiden hair fern
tied with golden ribbon, sent by MI
John P. Thomas, of columbia, S. c
She wore silk, trimmed with poin
lace, and pearls, which she wore at he
wedding fifty years before, and which
her mother had also worn at her wed
ding.
The aged couple, beautiful an
handsome under the frost OF years tha
melts not away, received their friend
with as much pleasure and gratifica
ton as they did the congratulation
of their young friends a half centur
ago when they hand in hand com
menced life's course together.
| As friends rendered congratulation
and good wishes and passed on the
were conducted into the sitting roor
on the opposite side of the hall to wit
ness the display of beautiful, rich an
costly presents. They made mo-
beautiful and attractive collection an
spoke eloquently OF the love and estee'
. i'm which Mr.. and Mrs. Smith are he
by their friends of long ago and by tt
friends of their later years.
,, Above the collection of handsom
( presents were the photographs OF NJ
. and Mrs. Smith taken about Il
time of their marriage, recently enlar
ed and bore the date 1852. Near
were their photographs taken a te
) months ago, and on the hall hur
: the photograph of Mr.. Smith taken
New York in 1861 on the day Fo
sumktsr was fired up.
Il At 9 O'Clock to the strains OF t.
!, wedding march under the deft tou'
of Miss Lizzie Hyman, Mr.. and Nj
Smith, followed by twenty-tour gues
led the way to the dining room. He
the decorations were most elabors
Every thought and care had been ia
en- to blend the colors and effects
harmony with occasion and
l. scene under the brilliant lights v
q lovely indeed.
4 In the centre OF the room was
large table bound around with a g
3 land of ivy and yellow roses, fasten
4 at the four corners with bows OF go
Is The table was covered with a pu