The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-02-25
Richardson-Ball.

Pendleton street the ceremony at $50
o'clock being followed by a brilliant
reception attended by several hundred
guests. The personal popularity Of
bride and the social prominence of her
family in South Carolina made her
wedding most interesting event Of
the winter in Columbia, and it was
made the occasion of a delightful re-
union of the Richardson's and the Man.
nings, the now widely scattered repre-
sentatiyes of the aristocratic old Clar-
endon settlement. The brides mother
was Maintzie Mann'n a daughter OF
Gov. John L. Manulug.
The wedding itself was one OF no
table beauty.
Five rooms on the first floor, with an
additional apartments and broad hall
upstairs were thrown open and elabor-
ately decorated, the hall, the library
and the den rejecting the chosen col
or for the wedding, pink. and the draw
ing room and dining room being in
bridal white and green. Numberless
candles burned everywhere. the lights
of chandeliers we're softly shaded ard
wealth. of fragrant pink carnations
doubled their beauty in the mantle
mirrors against which they were bank
ed. The feature of the decoration in
the drawing room was a tall pyramid
Of flowers and burning white tapers
banked with handsome tropical plants
and arranged Immediately opposite the
wide folding doors from the hall. This
formed a background for the wedding
party.
AS The wedding march was played
by the Davis-Little orchestra the brid-
al party descended the stairs IN the
rear of the hall aud advancing through
the spacious reception hall entered the
drawing roor. An aisle was formed
with broad white ribbons, stretched by
two dainty little sisters, Carolina and
Elizabeth Gibbes. daughters of Mr..
and Mrs. A. Mason Gibbes, whose
third attractive little girl, Margaret
Gibbes, also figured in the wedding as
flower girl together with the brides
little niece, Mary Caroline Richardson.
All four little maids wore dainty white
lingerie frocks over pink silk slips
with pink butterfly bows and the little
flower girls carried baskets OF pink
sweet peas.
The ushers were Ransom S. Rich
ardson, a brother of the bride, Louis
LeConte, Frank Hull and Ernest W.
Wilson. The BRIDES only attendant
was her first cousin, Miss Bland Will
liams OF Camden, who was strikingly
handsome in a gown of white chiffon
embossed with cut velvet, distinctive
for its graceful, moderniZed Grecian
draperies and its lack of adornment
other than a finish of knotted silk
fringe. She carried an armful OF pink
Killarney roses.
The bride entered with her father
and was exQulsitely gowned in white
brocase crepe empanelled richly IN
rose point lace and draped on mohish
lines, and ending in long square
train. At the neck, which was cut on
ly slightly low, she wore rare old faml-
ly pearls and others held her veil
which was held cap fashion upon her
raven black coifure by a circle of
fresh orange blossoms. Her flowers
were white bride roses showered with
valley lilies.
She was awaited by the bridegroom,
who had entered with his best man,
St. John Courtenay, and the ceremon ny
was performed by the Rev. W. 81.
Barnwell, rector of the BRIDES OLD fam
lily church in Clarendon, assisted by
Rev. Kirkland G.. Finlay, rector OF
Trinity.
Immediately after the ceremony the
young couple received the congratu-
lations and good wishes of the relatives
and friends present; and shortly there
after the guests for tho reception be-
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and bridegroom, the maid of honor and
best man we're Mr.. and Mrs. Henry B.
Richardson, Mr.. and Mrs. David Will
liams of Camden, Mrs. Richard Charles
Richardson OF Sumter, Mr. and Mrs:
Douglas Richardson of Denmark, and
on the opposite side of the room were
Mrs. Philip Ray Freeman, Miss Ball
and Mrs. and Miss Rowland of Balti-
more, sisters and niece of the BRIDE
groom, Mrs. Burchill Richardson wore
q gown of white brocaded satin with q
gold tunic, and carried pink roses.
Miss Jessie Noise of Sumter and Miss
Eleauora Richardson of Sumter served
punch in the hall and Misses Eva Le-
Conte and Josie Sullivan of Laurens
across in the library, at another bowl.
Greeting the guests in the hall were
Miss Kate Hampton Manning, Mrs.
Edward N. Chisolm, Jr., Mrs: Legare
Inglesby, Mrs. Moultrie Brailsford OF
Mullins and Mrs. Caroline Courtenay
In the dining room a salad course
was served with rare old sherry and
old-fashioned fruit cake. The table,
spread with an old satin damask cloth,
had in the centre large silver basket
tied with green tulle and filled with
white carnations, and delicate hot
house smilax was used on the table ana
encircling the electric dome above.
Four large wedding cakes elaborately
iced with sprays of roses and Cuplds,
wedding bells and other appropriate
motifs, according to an art passed
down from the famous housewives OF
ante-bellum days, were placed on the
table, and Mrs. Bateman sat at one end
cutting and serving these Green ano
white bonbons were held in small sill
yer baskets and the color scheme was
continued in the decorations of the
room. Receiving in the dining room
were Mrs. William A. Heath, Mrs.
Robert Moorman, Miss Mamie Rich
ardson OF Sumter, Mrs. William Shan
non Nelson, Mrs. John Julius Pringle
and others.
The presents were shown upstairs,
a magnificent array including wealth
of silver, porcelain, cut glass and nap
cry Quantities of daffodils were used
in the decoration of the upstairs hall
and the present room. MIR. and Mrs.
Ball left at midnight for Boston, where
they will spend perhaps several months
| hofora tyo;n,r to New York TO make
their home. Mrs. Ball travelled in
blue serge suit smartly tailored, blue
crepe de chine blouse and chic straw
hat of matching color trimmed with
green feather Mr.. Ball is connected
with the Consolidated Duck company
with main Offices in New York and
! branch Office in Boston. Several years
ago he was located in Columbia and he
still has numbers Of friends here.
Among the out-of-town guefts here
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