The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-06-28
GAILLARD SHAFTS ROMANCE.
Young Son OF Rev. DR.. r. D. Smart
Weds Heiress in July.

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acquaintances of the Rev. DR.. R. D.
Smart, now of Boydton, Va, and who
has filled many pastorates in leading
churches of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, South, of South Carolina and
other Southern States, and of Mrs.
Smart, who is a sister of Rcpr esenta.
tive Wyatt Aiken, of the Third South
Carolina district, will be interested to
hear that Dr. and Mrs. Smart's young
est son, Gaillard, is to be married next
month to one of the wealthiest and
most attractive young women in Uncle
Sans island territory, as the result
of a romance which is good enough for
fairy book.
Young Mr. Smart, who is just of
age, met Miss Thelma Parker, of Hon
olulu and San Francisco, on his way
from the California city to the Haw-
allan capital few months ago, to ac-
cept position in a Honolulu banking
house. The couple fell in love at first
sight, and the sequel is thus told in
recent issue of Honolulu news
paper:
| "Mr. and Mrs. Fred S. Knight an
nounce the engagement of their daugh-
ter, Miss Thelma Kahilu Parker, to-
Mr.. Henry Gaillard Smart, of Boydtons
Va.
'The news of the engagement of this
popular young couple has been known
for several weeks by their relatives
and closest friends. Miss Thelma, as
nearly all know, is the only daughter
of Mrs. Fred knight, of San Francisco,
where they have made their home
most of the time, barring occasional
journeys to their beloved Hawaii. Ear
i ly last December Miss Parker, in COM
pany with her mother and their
guests, Mrs. Waterbury and Miss Hill
degarde Eaton, came to Honolulu on
the Korea, as they wished to pass Miss
Thelma's coming of age (1S) On the
ranch of which she is mistress, and
which is so dear to her heart. ST.
Patrick's Day, last March, was made
famous in the islands by the elaborate
celebration which marked the great
event in her life, and now, closely fol-
lowing on the heels of this affair,
comes the splendid news that Miss
Thelma is to wed in a few weeks.
Surely no one could be happier
than this young girl, whose romance
reads like page from some treasured
fairy tale, wherein the princess, who
is dazzlingly beautiful and wonderful
ly good, falls in love and wins the
man of her choice, with no disapprov-
ing parents to say nay, inherits a vast
estate and fortune and finally marries
in great pomp and splendor-a lives
happily ever afterward.
"Mr. Smart, who is the youngest son
of the Rev. R. D. Smart D. D., comes
from prominent old family in the
South, He is a graduate of the Uni
versity of Virginia, a Delta Kappa
Epsilon Fraternity man and was popu-
lar in his college and his home town.
Since coming to Honolulu he has made
many friends and is connected with
the Trent Trust company with Mr.. R.
H. Trent, who is an old friend of his
! fathers
"The date for the wedding has not
been finally decided, but it is probable
that it vii take place in the last week
in July, as Mrs. Knight leaves for her
home in San Francisco about the 7th
! of August Miss Harriet Bradford,
who was school chum Of Miss Thel-
mas, is to be maid of honor, and Mr..
Smart is to have as his best man Mr..
Robert McCorriston, who played the
prominent role of introducing the
young people each to the other.
There are plans for large house
party for the days before the event, to
which many prominent people from
Honolulu and the coast Will go to the
Parker ranch to take part and to wit
ness the spectacle. There will be a
short honeymoon to the Volcano, and
upon their return to the ranch the
party will sail for Honolulu to say
farewell to Mrs. Knight and her
guests. After the honeymoon the
young couple will reside in Honolulu,