To Rev, and Mrs. Lac! sou L. Boone the day was a reminder of a half a ecu- • i ur_v ago, when they pledged oaoh other ■ their love through tlu* long years which have been glorified in tluir C,olden Wedding.It was in the year 187,7 that Mr. now Rev. Ladson L. Boone was married to Mis Mary R. Beckham, a belle of Saltan. Ala. After a varied experience, being :i gallant Confederate soldier and having engaged in business. Mr. Boone joined the ministry, lie was ordained , in the Second Baptist church in Little . Rock, Ark., in 1895. He is indefati- , galdc in the work of the church, and lie and his good wife are beloved by n'l who know them.Besides their friends, the event was ; made the more pleasurable by the presence of their two children, L. L. Boone 1 Jr., and Mrs. 1). F. McCullough, and three grandchildren.Rev. Mr. Boone is of the best stock of South Carolina. • •What is there of earth more solemn in its obligation than the lie-, the pledges of love, by which a man and a woman are united bv divine decree.