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From: "Gerri Sutton" <>
Subject: [KYLAUREL-L] Excerpts from The Mt. Echo 1904 (12)
Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2000 15:50:09 -0400


Reprinted with permission of the Laurel Co. Historical Soc.
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JANUARY 22, 1904

ELLIOTT-McLEMORE

A social event that has never been surpassed in this little city was the
wedding of Mr. Shade McLemore to Anne Elliott at the home of the bride on
Wednesday evening, Jan. 20, at 9:30 o'clock.
The decorations were more elaborate than any previous displays. The parlor,
in which the wedding took place, was a spacious room. In one corner was an
alcove made of dainty laces overhanged with smilax, in the center of which
was suspended a wedding bell made of brides roses and smilax with the
letter's "E.M." in white and illuminated with soft blue and white lights. In
the background of the alcove was a magnificent geranium reaching to the
ceiling. From this to within a few feet of the door was an aisle made by
white ribbon stretched from the sides of the alcove to pillars of white and
closed by ribbons tied in a bow.
In the library was a display of the wedding presents given by friends to the
bride and groom. The presents were arranged in a very artistic manner and
consisted mostly of silverware, cut glass, ladies handiwork and other
ornamental articles.
In the dining room the illuminations were the same as that in the parlor. On
the table, napkins were laid for twenty-four. The table decorations were the
most magnificent of them all in the center was the representation of a ship
laden with fruit at sea. Around this lake were evergreens and oranges. At
one end of the table was the wedding cake-baked and ornamented by Mrs. W. R.
Dillion- a black cake almost hidden by vines and cupids made of icing. The
bride's cake also made by Mrs. Dillion-was covered with lovely designs, with
the principal feature being the words "Shade and Anne." The general makeup
of the whole house was grand and due to the work and ideas of Mesdames
Mollie Pitman and W. R. Dillion. At 9:30 o'clock the doors of the parlor
were opened to the friends that had assembled. The room could not afford
standing room for more than half the crowd, and many stood in the hall. As
the wedding march was being played by Mrs. W. H. Poynter the wedding party
was preceded down the stairs-overlaid with tapestry which extended to the
altar, ending with a white velvet rug-by two small girls, Mabeth Pigg and
Lela Mason, emblems of innocence and purity, who were dressed in sheer
organdies and lace, each carrying a large bunch of lilies of the valley. The
little girls severed the ribbons which served as a gateway to the alter
aisle. Then came Rev. W. J. Loos and immediately following him was the
bride, Miss Anne Elliott, beautifully gowned in white bolting cloth over
satin, pint lace and diamonds, white satin slippers with buckles set in
diamonds and carrying a large bouquet of brides roses and lilies of the
valley draped in smilax reaching to the floor, leaning on the arm of the
groom, Mr. Shade McLemore, who was dressed in black.
In a short ring ceremony Rev. W. J. Loos pronounced them man and wife, and
after a short prayer congratulations were received. The bride and groom,
accompanied by twenty-two guests of honor, then marched to the dining room
and partook of the wedding feast at which the cutting of the bride's cake
was the most interesting feature. The rest of the evening was given to rice
throwing and social chats, all enjoying the occasion to their hearts
content. At midnight the bus came and carried Mr. and Mrs. McLemore and
others to the depot, and the newly married couple took the train from
Louisville and other points where they are spending their honeymoon. When
the train arrived, several friends followed them into the coach and again
showered them with rice, making it plain to be seen that there was a new
married couple on board. Miss Elliott was the eldest daughter of our clever
County Court Clerk and Mrs. F. P. Elliott, beautiful and winsome and with
friends unnumbered, Mr. McLemore is a prominent business man of Wilton,
where he has full charge of the store of the North Jellico Coal Co. We wish
them a happy married life and "May the best that has been be the worst that
will be."
To be continued " A list of Presents"


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