Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1921-10-12
Beautiful Home Wedding of
Two Young People Descend
. ed From Old, .Honored
Edeefield Families.

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The first wedding bells of autumn
!. were sounded Tuesday, October II
] at high noon in Buncombe, where th'
!. always happy home of Mr.. and Mrs
lie. j. Norris, cozily nesting among
j pines and spreading oaks, was the
S1saene of as lovely home wedding a:
I was ever witnessed in Edgefeld. Al
Though decidedly artistic and exqui
Isitely beautiful, it was characterized
ilby simplicity and was singularly free
]from, needless and glaring display
Mature seemed to smile approvingly
ifupon this hallowed nuptial occasion
imade holy by it's divine origin, and
Einstead of lowering clouds shutting
outt ne smiles of heaven, the sun
shone in regal splendor without, while
jjoy, .gladness and happiness supreme
ireigned within. To Miss Miriam Nor,
iris and; Mr. Stephen Paxson Darling
.EtQn the occasion marked the happy
Econsummation Of a decade and more
lof love-making, extending back into
Etheir Edgefeld school days. Giving
Isutterance to a touchingly beautiful
fprose poem, original, of course, DR..
R..G. Lee, the former pastor of the
Ebride, united in holy wedlock the lives
Eof these two young lovers, calling up
Ton God and man to witness the plight
ling of their troths.
Loving hands had completely trans
formed the parlors, hall and dining
room of the home, making suitable
Esetting for wedding occasion. In
{the south parlor, hall and dining room
Eevergreens were draped with pleas
ing eff md in the north parlor
where the ceremony was performed
the decorations were more elaborate.
Asparagus was draped in profusion
above the mantel, windows, doors
and also about the electrolier, whose
light was softened by the white tulle
which covered the globes. Large ferns
palms and other potted plants were
banked in front Of. the mantel and
Ia altar before WHICH
the ceremony was performed was COW
cred with white and gracefully drap-
ed with white tulle. Above the altar
and from the mantel lighted candles
sent forth soft rays upon the lovely
scene. That which gave added rich
ness and dignified elegance to the
scene were the large and very beau
tiful paintings in oil hanging upon
the malls that were the handiwork
of an aunt of the bride, Miss Eliza
Minis.
AS the guests arrived they were
greeted at the door by Mrs. w. L.
Dunovant, Jr., and Mrs. J. H. Mich
olson and later were invited out upon
the front veranda where delicious
fruit nectar was served by Miss June
Nicholson and Miss Ann Lawton, with
a profusion of ferns and palms as a
background for this living and con-
stantly moving picture.
After all of the guests had arrived
and Just before the noon hour, Mrs.
A. R. Nicholson sang with inimit-
able sweetness two appropriate vocal
selections, with Mrs. Hugh G. Mitchell
at the piano as accompanist. The first
build the house, in every way making
the hearth stone the centre OF the
home.
A warm fire has a great deal to do
with warm heart, little as you may
believe it, and few are the people who
can really smile and be cheerful when
they are cold.
I have tried it, and l know that the
smile. from the heart reaches the lips
much more quickly if the blood is
warmed by leaping flames and rud'
dy Goals.
We gathered around the fire like
moths who are attracted by and who
do not know how to escape the beau
tiful doom.
Our faces roasted but still we sal
and the night air meeting the fire
made perfect warmth. There is
coziness about a circle, a spirit OF
cameraderie that another grouping
does not afford.
King Arthur's men sat about 6
round table and feasted annd talked
with more abandon than they coule
have along a banquet table.
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