The Columbus commercial., 1902-10-14

ciety folk, as well as all other 10y
al and public spirited Columbians,
are deeply concerned in the sue
cess of the enterprise. The
members of the tEfair''
sex especially are taking q
great deal of interest in the
'fair. The directors have gone
to the expense of fitting up ele-
giant quarters especially for the
exhibit of fancy goods, embroid-
cry and other articles dear to the
feminineheart, and the ladies have
reciprocated by preparing a large
number of exhibits in this work,
and the department will be one of
the most interesting to be seen at
the fair. This, however, is not
the only department which will
interest the ladies, or the young
er members of the sex, at least,
for Thursday has been set apart
by the directors as a. and M.
college day, on which occasion
the full cadet battalion of that
institution will be in attendance.
Nothing awakens so much interest
and enthusiasm in the hearts of
young girls as does a handsome
young man in a military uniform,
and the dancewhich is to be given
at the court house Friday night
may also be considered a part
of the falr program. So, taken
all in all, fair week will be quite
an eventful epoch in the social
calendar of the year.
The following clipping in re-
gard to the Ayres-Tackett we'd
ding, which is to be solemnized
at the First Presbyterian church
in this city next Thursday after
noon, is taken from a recent is
sue of the jackson Clarion Led
ger: Cards have been received
in this city announcing the APP
pro aching marriage of DIR. ]. r.
Tackett, of Meridian, and Miss
Juanita Ayres, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Claude Hutchins Ayers,
Of Columbus. The nuptiaI event
will take place in the Presbyte-
rian church at Columbus on the
of October at four
o'clock in the afternoon. The
high contracting parties are both
we'll known at the capitol. DR.,
IS one of the leading
Of the state, and for
several years held the office of
secretary of the Mississippi State
Medical assoc He has
also been associated with the
state board Of health during yell
low fever epidemics, and holds
high rank in his profession.
Miss Ayers is one of the reigning
beauties of North Mississippi, and
was sponsor for the Columbus
company during the enoampment
Of the Mississippi National Guard
at Biloxi. She is a charming
and accomplished young lady,
and comes from one of the Oldest
and best families in Mississippi"
The Tuesday Whist club held a
at the home of Mrs. j.
T. Searcy, jr., in south Column
bus, last Thursday morning, and
re- organized for the winter. The
regular afternoon meetings of the
will not be resumed
until the first Tuesday in Novem-
Der, but there will. be an assem-
blage of the members of the club
at Mrs. Searcy's home on the
evening of Friday, October the
twenty fourth. Only the hus-
bands of the married ladies and q
few intimate friends Of the un-
members of the club will
be present at this time, and the
affair will be of a strictly infor-
NAL nature. The membership
roll Of the club has recently been
by the addition of
several new names, and the pros
poets for q series of unusually de-
Iightful meetings during the COM
ing winter are very bright. There
viii be bushes meeting of the
club at the home of Mrs. Searcy
at four o'clockTuesday afternoon,
over which Miss Lucy Banks, who
was recently elected president,
viii preside.