The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-21
WED IN RICHMOND TO-DAY.
Gen. William II. Cox, of North Caro-
lima and Mrs. Kate Cabell Clai-
borne. President of the
Colonial Danes.

Richmond. Va, June 20.-MrS. Kate
Cabell Claiborne, president of the
Colonial Danes of America, and
noted Southern beauty, will be mar
ried to General William Ruffin Cox, of
North Carolina, this afternoon at 1870
O'Clock in her handsome Grace street
home in this city.
Right Rev. Bishop Cheshire, of the
Episcopal diocese of North Carolina,
will officiate and will be assisted by
the Rev. London r. Mason, of Grace
Episcopal church, this city. Only one
hundred guests have been invited to
witness the ceremony. There VIII be
no attendants except two little nieces
of the bride, Misses Ethel Aston Ca
bell and Katherine Cabell who will
act as ribbon girls. The parlors will
be decorated with palms, potted plants
and roses.
Mrs. Claibornes wedding gown is a
creation of Madam Ford and is one of
the most exquisite ever used in this
city. 1t is a princesse gown en- traine
OF ciel blue brocade satin. The yoke
a pointed berthe of real lace, which ID
a pointed bcrths 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 q ruff1e of lace. The
yoke and grdle are defined by hand
some passamenterie made in rose de-
sign of irredescent pearl spangles on
a foundation of blue. In the center
of each rose is q whole pearl sur
rounded by gold. This passamenterie
is used as heading for the lace down
the front and around the lower por-
ton of the skirt. 1t is also used on
the sleeves. Mrs. Claiborne will wear
her Jewels which have been in her
family for over a hundred years.
After the ceremony, a wedding
luncheon will be served in the spacious
dining room where rose tint will pre-
vail 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 backgrounds plan
tation in North Carolina. Mrs Clai-
borne will not close her Richmond
home but will keep the house open
and retain all of her servants, al
though she will divide her time be-
tween it and her new home i'm Halifax
county.
General Cox was born in 1892 and
was gallant officer in the Confeder-
ate army. AS a young man, he
studied law in Tennessee and at the
outbreak of the war he was resident
of Raleigh, n. G. Governor Ellis Of
fered him commission as major in
the Second North Carolina Regiment;
later he was made colonel, and af-
terward brigadier general. Twice on
the battlefield he received the personal
thanks of General Robert Il. Lee, and
distinguished himself for bravery and
gallantry. 1t win be recalled that
General Cox's brigade made the last
charge at ApDOmattoX and fred 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 sew
oval ,'ears secretary of the United
states Senate Since his retirement
from political life General Cox has
devoted himself to agriculture, and
has one of the largest plantations i'm
North Carolina. Like his bride. he
' olonF~ 20 q "rominent Southern fam
lily. This will be his third marriage.
Mrs. Claiborne is the widow of Her
tert Augustus Claiborne. uncle of
Mrs. Buckner. the wife of ex-Gover-
nor Boliver BuckDer of Kentucky.
She is social leader i'm Virginia and
in her girlhood was a toast at the
White Sulphur Springs. Mrs. Clai-
bourne is president of the Colonial
Danes of America. and also presi-
dent of the Society of Colonial Danes
Of Virginia, Daughter of the Ameri-
can Revolution member of the Rich
mond Chapter United Daughters Of
the Confaderacv, and of the George
W. l, inI
Before her marriage she was Miss
Kate. Cabell. a daughter Of Colonel
Coulter Cabell. and one of the most
beautiful women in Virginia Her
mother was Miss Jane Aston, ia
nous belle Of South Carolina. Mrs.
Claiborne is descended from a long
line of distinguished ancestors and be-
longs to one of the most aristocratic
families of which Virginia boasts.
Her brother, James Aston Cabell, is
now q candidate for the office of lieu
tenant governor of Virginia, and is a
PROMINENT member of the Cincinnati |
Mrs. Claiborne has two sons, Hanil-
ton Claiborne and Herbert Claiborne, |
both of whom are nearly grown.
Mrs Claibornes going away gown |
IS of blue and white hin check silk. |
trimmed in solid blue passamenterie |
Over this she will wear a long blue
travelling coat of taffeta. A small blue |
hat with touches of white and gloves
to match will complete her costume.
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Brown ud2cr.
Asheville. June 20.-Much interest
s felt here in the approaching mar
Rage Of Miss Frances M. Gudger.
daughter of Capt. J. NJ. Gudger. Sr.
and DR., T. e w. Brown son of Mr.
:. V. Brown. of the firm of Brown,
Sorthup & Co., this to occur Thurs
lay evening at the residence of Mr.. |