Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1904-04-14
HOWELL-HUGHFs.
A Beautiful Wedding In St. Paul
M. E. Church To-Day.

st. Paul Methodist Episcopal
church was the scene of a very pretty
marriage this morning at 11:45
O'Clock. The parties to the contract
were Mr.. Christopher Miller Hughes
and Miss Julia Bailey Howell. A
glorious morning, full Of the spirit
and sentiment of spring, accorded
pefectly with the occasion.
Long before the hour for the cere-
mOny the spacious auditorium of the
church was filled with the friends of
the bride. They had opportunity for
complete enjoyment of the unusually
handsome decorations. The chancel
was banked with green boughs, re-
lieved by the whiteness of dogwood
and lighted by numerous candles.
Apple blossoms, wistarIa and lilac
profusely adorned the pulpit and
chancel rail. Miss Hattie Dewey
presided at the handsome pipe organ
and deftly rendered Lohengrin's and
Memberships wedding marches.
Pro l.ptly at the appointed time
the bridal party entered the church
by the central aisle, the ushers pro-
ceeded by twos and the bridesmaids
following in the same manner. The
maid of honor follow ed and the bride
with her father Capt. r. p. Howell
entered while all eyes were turned
toward the vestibule of the church.
The bride was a perfect vision Of
loneliness. The groom and his best
man had previously entered by a side
aisle and were waiting at the chancel
for the bride. The beautiful cere-
mony of the Methodist church was
impressively conducted by Rev. DR..
f. D. Swindell, the presiding elder
of this district.
The bridesmaids were: Miss Mabel
Howell, Miss Ruth Hughes, Miss
Norma Northam and Miss Daisy
Moring. They wore fluffy white or
CANDIES and black picture hats and
carried pink carnations. The ushers
were: Mr.. Albert Bauman, DR.. J..
Martin Fleming and Messrs. A. t.
Harper and j. j. Broadhurst. The
maid Of honor was Miss Ophelia
Douglass Howell, sister of the bride,
who wore white silk and a white
hat and carried white carnations.
The grOom's best man was his
brother MI. w. H. Hughes, Jr. The
bride was gowned in a handsome
grey mixed travelling suit with Per-
sian trimmings and carried Parma
viOlets.
The bride and groom left OF the
Northbound train on the Atlantic
Coast Line Immediately after the
ceremony for a journey to Northern
cities. They will return in a few
weeks to Raleigh, the home of the
groom, where he is as highly esteem
ed as the bride is universally adj
mired in this city. The bride is also
we'll known and very popular in the
Capital City, where she was for
some months executive clerk to the
Governor.
The ceremony was simple-beau-
tiful in its simplicity, perfectly in
touch with the admirable character
of the lovely young woman who to-
day goes forth a bride from our
midst, bearing the abiding good
wishes of all our people, as was best
evidenced by the thronged congre-
cation of our citizens who gathered
this morning to witness her mar
riage.
On last evening Capt. and Mrs.
R. P. Howell, the parents of the
popular bride, entertained the bridal
party at their home 301 West Centre
street. The following relatives and
friends Of the bride and groom were
present from abroad: Capt. and Mrs.
Geo. P. Howell, and little son, OF
of Charleston, S. c.; Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Howell, of Washington, n.
c.; Misses Daisy Moring and Ruth
Hughes, of Raleigh and Norma
Northam, of Wilmington; Mr. w.
H. Hughes, Col. P. M. Pearsall, Mr.,
A. P. Bauman, Mr.. and Mrs. w,
H. Hughes, Jr., and DR.. J. Martin
Fleming, of Raleigh; Mr.. and Mrs
B. w. Switzerland, of Mt. Olive
and Mrs. P. Fl. Crawford, of Kins
ton.
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