The semi-weekly messenger., 1905-06-23
cLalRRoRNE-cox wEDDING
Ceremony Uniting Prominent Vir-
einia Woman With = Distinguished
North Caroiinian to be Celebrated
Today.
Especial to The Messenger


Cabell Claiborne. president of the Colo
NAL Danes of America, and a noted
Southern beauty, will be married to
General William Ruffin Cox. of North
Carolina this afternoon at 80 O'Clock
IL the handsome Grace Street home in
this city. Right Rev. Bishop Cheshire,
Of tie Episcopal diocese of North Caro-
lima, viii officiate and will be assisted
by the Rev Landon X. Mason. of
Grace Episcopal church. of t1lis city.
Only one hundred guests have been in
vited to witness the ceremony. There
will be no attendants except two little
nieces of the bride, Misses Ethel Ais
ton Cabell and katherine CabeIl. who
Will act as ribbon girls. The parlors
will be decorated with palms. potted
plants and roses. Mrs. Claiborne's
wedding gown is a creation of Madame
Ford, and Is one of the most exquisite
ever used in this city. 1t is a prin-
cesse gown en- traine OF ciel blue bro
cade satin. The yoke is of white real
lace from which falls a pointed bertha
of real lace which is draped over the
shoulders and falls gracefully over the
upper portion of the sleeves. The lace
is also brought from the right side Of
the girdle and cascaded to the lower
left side of the skirt around which it
is feStOOned. The sleeves are elbow
length and finished with ruffle of
lace. The yoke and girdle are defined
by handsome passamenterie made in
giles on a foundation of blue. In the
center of each rose is q whole pearl
surrounded by gold This, passamen-
terie is used as Il heading for the lace
down the front and around the lower
portion of the skirt 1t is also used on
the sleeves. Mrs. Claiborne will wear
her jewels, which have been in her
family for a hundred years After the
ceremony, a wedding luncheon will be
served in the spacious dining room
where rose tint will prevail and where
the old family silver will be much IN
evidence.
General Cox and his bride will leave
directly afterwards on an extended
bridal trip and will spend a portion of
the summer on the bridegroom's pla1,-
tatiOn in North Carolina Mrs. Clai-
home, but will keep the house open
and retain all her servants, although
Sh evil divide her time between it aud
her new home in Halifax county Gen
eral Cox was born in 1882 and was a
gallant officer in the Confederate army
AS young man he. studied law in
Tennessee and at the outbreak Of the
war he was a resident of Raleigh, \.
~ l,;~
mission as major in the Second NortL
Carolina regiment; later he was made
a colonel, and afterward brigadier gen
eral TWICE on the battlefield he re-
ceived the personal thanks of General
Robert e. Lee and distinguished him.
self for bravery and gallantry. 1t will
be recalled that Gen. COx's brigade
made the last charge at Appomattoz
an dtired the last shots. Governor
Vance appointed General Cox judge Of
the Superior court, and for six years
he served as a member of Congress
from the Fourth congressional district
of North Carolina. After this he was
for several years secretary of the
United States Senate Since his re-
tirement from political life General
Cox has devoted himself to agriculture
and has one of the largest plantations
in North Carolina. Like his bride, he
belongs to prominent Southern fam
lily This will be his third marriage.
Mrs. Claiborne is the widow Of Her
bert Augustus Claiborne, uncle Of Mrs.
Buckner, the wife of Ex-Governor 81
mon Bolivar Buckner, of Kentucky.
She is social leader in Virginia and
in her girlhood was a toast at the
White Sulphur Springs. Mrs. Clai-
horne is president of the Colonial
Danes of America and also president
of the Society of Colonial Danes Of
Virginia, Daughter of the American
Revolution, member of the Richmond
Chapter United Daughters of the Con-
federacy, and Of the George Washing
ton Memorial Association. Before her
marriage, she was Miss Kate Cabell, a
daughter of Col. Coulter CabelT, and
one of the most beautiful women in
Virginia. Her mother was Miss Jane
AlstOn, a famous belle of South Caro-
lima. Mrs Claiborne is descended from
a long line Of distinguished ancestors
and belongs 70 one of the most arlsto-
cratic families of which Virginia
boasts. Her brother. James AlstOn
CabeII. is now Il candidate for the office
of lieutenant governor Oh NISllild anu
is prominent member of the Clncln-
Hati Mrs. Claiborne has two sons.
Hamilton Claiborne and Herbert Clai-
horne, both of whom are nearly grown.
Mrs. Claiborne's going away gown is
of blue and white pin check silk TRIM
med in solid blue passamenterie. Over
this she will wear a long blue travel
ing coat of taffeta. A small blue hat
with touches of white and gloves to
match will complete her costume.
'Tisn't safe to be day without DIR.