The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-06-25
Horner--BurweN.
Prominent and Popular Young
People United in Marriage
Mr.. James W. Homer and
Miss Lille v. Burwell.

The following account of the mar
riage of Mr. james W. Horner and
Miss Lille V Burwell, which was
solemnized at the elegant country
home OF the brides father in Meek
lenhurg county,tVa., last week was
written by Mr.. T. T. Hicks, to whom
we make our acknowledgements for
a report OF the interesting event:
Mr.. James W. Horner was married TO
Miss Lilly V. Burwell, daughter of Will
liam Henry Burwell, Esq, at the home
of her father, Berry Hill," Mecklenburg
county, Va, on Wednesday evening,
June II, 1908, by Rev Jno. n. Cole, OF
Raleigh, maternal uncle OF the bride.
The pen OF a ready writer might find in
this event many elements OF beauty and
inspiring hope. The place. less than u
mile across the North Carolina line, by
its beautiful situation, attracted the ad-
miration Of Col. VIM. Byrd, founder of
Richmond, and it received his praise in
his unique and rare History of the Di-
viding Line run and written in 1929.
Slipping to the Roanoke and its tributa-
ries, its broad fields in splendid cultiva-
ton, its beautiful valleys and magnificent
forests, the elegant mansion and curti-
lage with dimensions of near mile. its
fine lawns, walks, shrubbery. gardens
and groves of linden and OAK trees.
leave nothing to be desired that country
life can furnish.
The patriarchal head of this home, a
native North Carolinian, educated at our
University, the happy father of thirteen
children who now grace and adOrn the
social and business life of Oxford, Hen
derson, Warrenton, and the intervening
territory, and one in New York, unites
in his home and family life the good and
human in the social and domestic life OF
the two States in which he and they live
The wedding referred to called together
a very large and delightful concourse of
the friends of this interesting family in
several counties and two States. An OBJ
server from one point of view might
dwell at length upon the family OF the
bride, its numbers and culture, and her
splendid education and personal at
fractions. Another might emphasize the
virtues and the name of the groom with
his ancestry of high character and edu-
cation, and his fine prospects in business.
Still another would dwell to the impair
ment Of other views upon the beautiful
and costly attire of the fair women and
girls and handsome men, and the bower
OF June roses. Yet another might dwell
for long time upon the large room Of
beautiful presents. the pred ominating
idea of which would be If not the free
and unlimited'' accumulation of the
white metal in myriads of forms and de-
signs, did at least make feel that he
was in the store of the Tiffanys. No real
good narrative of the occasion could
possibly omit the events that transpired
in the kitchen and dining room, for there
the admirers of all lines of beauty found
a common ground on which to stand.
Just recollect the best supper you ever
ate in your life, then the best things you
ever ate at all, the best supper you ever
sat down to- all combined with the flow
OF souf' and the happy chatter of the
young and buOyant, and you have this
splendid wedding supper. The writer
thought OF our modern town "doings"
and of Dughi and his pretty things made
of many colored ice cream, and such
things as one can buy, and the contrast
made him just little ashamed of the ex-
hibition a town man can make in such a
contest.
Then the song, the expectant throng,
the wedding march, the candles burning,
tile arch, the bell Of flowers, the family
altar the man Of God, the solemn words
that meant so much to Isaac and Rebekah
at Cana of Galilee, and ever, were said,
and soon by the soft and yellow light of
the moon the young woman left all that
happy home and scene and with the bri-
dial party rode across the line to ancient
Townsville which was all awake with
the painting of the iron horse, and there
amid myriads, of smiling and happy
faces, good wishes and merry good-byes,
and untold showers of rice, the party
left for Manson, where the through train
was stopped and took them to the cool
breezes and beautiful scenery of Asheville
and Toxaway, whence, we trust they
will soon return to grace our social and
business life