The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1914-10-22
Mock Wedding at
Pickens High School

MOCK w eddlng at
PickenS High School
A large crowd gathered at the
school house last Friday even
ing to witness the marriage Of
Mr.. Obediah Hezekiah Turtle
toe to Miss Elvira Lucretia
Zollicoffer. The auditoriu M
where the ceremony was sol
emized was beautifully decorat-
ed in yellow and white wild
flowers, these colors having been
selected for the color scheme.
A graceful arch had been
erected under which the bride
and groom stood during the
ceremony. It was festooned
with yellow goldenrod and
hanked on either side by pot
plants. The crowd gathered
early and before the bridal party
entered were entertained with
several beautiful musical selec-'
tions, rendered by Misses
Booker, Ballard, McFall and
Mrs. Melton. Mrs. Melton ple
sided at the piano. Among the
selections rendered was a well
gotten-up parody to the tune-of
"Oh Promise Me-, which was
sung by Miss Booker.
To the strains of the wedding
march the bridal party c::,.tered
from the rooms to the right and
left of the stage. First the
ushers escorted to a CONSPICUOUS
seat on the stage the mother of
the bride Capt. J. T. Taylor a
most motherly looking old lady,
and the brides old-maid sister
paul Boggs), prim and precise.
Next to enter were the ushers, A
one at either door and iojrsaa
each other at at-tsihee rear of tbe
auditorium and marching doWns
to the center aisle together,
Messrs. Virgins, Richey, Porter
and Hiott. Then came the
bridesmaids, Misses Hagood
Bruce, Dwight Attaway, Ber-
tran Porter and John Craig.
These young ladies looked be-
Witching in their beautiful
white cotton gowns with yellow
sashes and white and yellow
picture hats. They each carried
bouquets of yellow goldenrod.
The audience went into ecsta-
cies over the two little flower
girls who entered next, carrying
little baskets of yellow chrysan-
themums, which they strewed
in the aisle. They were little
Misses" Sydney Bruce and
Douglas Yongue, and were
dressed in white longwaisted
dresses that came to their knees
with long yellow sashes, little
white socks and beautiful white
bonnets. Next came the ring
bearer, Master Oliver Boggs.
He looked real cunning in his !.
white blouse with broad collar,
knee pants and white socks. In
stead of a ring he carried in a
waiter a pair Of handouts. Fol
lowing him came the maid of
honor, Miss" Herbert Jones,
who looked strikingly beautiful
in her gown of yellow and car
rying a boquet of asters.
Then came the groom, Mr..
Turtletoe (Mr. DuBose). on the
arm of his best man, Mr.. Greg
Mauldin. They approached the
arch, where they waited the ar
rival of the bride, Miss Zollicof-
fer (Mr. B. S. Johnson), who
entered on the arm of her father,
Mr.. NJ. F. Hester. Their en-
trance was the signal for the au-
dience to break into a storm of
hilarious and uproarious laugh
ter. Never in Pickens has a
bride been greeted with such a
storm Of applause, and neve, has
there been a wedding with such
a petite and dainty bride. She
looked beautiful in her wedding
gown of white crepe de chine,
made with long, flowing train
and trimmed in rare lace. A ;
long veil, caught at the top with
a wreath of orange blossoms, hid
her blushing face from view.
She carried an elaborate boquet
made of a stalk of cotton with
shower effect. The father es-
corted her to the altar and there
gave her away. The ceremony,
a very remarkable one, was most Z
impressively read by the ofici-
ating clergyman, Rev" !" J. p
Carey, Jr. Objections to the
were raised by the
mother Of the bride, but she was
made to resume her seat by her
husband and she and the oldmaid