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The Washington times., 1904-05-22

other simsbury students were Of the
party.
Julian Huff, who graduates from Yale
this year, Will start on a tour of the
world. Mr.. and Mrs Huff will spend
the early part Of the summer at their
country place near Greensburg, Pc
The fourth annual lawn fete for the
benefit Of the Episcopal Eye, Ear and
Throat Hospital will again be held IN
the house and grounds Of 1120 Vermont
Avenue. which has proved such an ideal
spot for an affair OF this kind
The board of lady managers, who have
the fete in charge, promise as many
and more attractions than last year.
The electric lighting and the red and
white costumes Of the Mattresses, which
last year added so much to the beauty
Of the scene, Will again be in evidence
During the afternoon the Fort Myer
Cavalry band Will provide the music
The children will find special attrac-
lions in the marionettes, the magic
goose and the Chinese laundry; the
young people IN the dancing.
Booths for fancy articles, flowers
candy, a b G. supper, and ice cream
tables promise enjoyment to all.
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%1> than of tea
the afternoon at the Country Club even glass OF lemonade
other beyond the
hour
Chevy Chase peop" with houses just
tow" are douoy popular now and receive noppune visits from their
friends either all their country outings
The their best, brightest
Bile periods and girls who danced away trolley
carrying golf bags
The spring and their hair but they
mindful of sensible looking bound for
picturesque attire
ally depicted in fashion plates and illustrated magazines
carriages and
town for the smart set in town. and these
vehicles foen for walking expeditions in shopping marketing and
All of the of the Cabinet walk and Mrs
for her
constitutional on foot twice every day when the weather
Roosevelt and walks
call all her friends and makes possible pretense for not using
anything but country drives
receptions and Mrs
garden every
to drop by
entertainments
pier the
performance the old
Observatory Grounds The that must long nger in the
happens again. the
enjoyed the view the most for
spot play inspiration and
could not have been better while the weather man made the day Tor the
performance catalpa
fankng either side the mprose stage rich in long purple bios
green atmospheric eff
Beyond
landscape and this, with the
passing every hills of Virgin
local
There was something quite pleasantly suggestive
English pleasing public throw
British landed
with his troops on way o
Mortimer Durand and Lady
Old
la of
clothes and garden
party really dream
the banks Of the old Potomac
be in Washington
coaching paades
improvised of
WOodley with their dear doges
spring fnery
merry called it. the
Wednesday afternoon Countess
others much dis
town that
the girls present said was
Mrs visit with W.
Philadelphia robbed White
informal poungs meetings the White
social life for the
special friends
approaching birth
the
of
Probably
society middle of the
pey pedestrians
present will be replaced board shut
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Robert a
ion o in hesaneye
n he of
her husband o
in pital
As the
is a Of
COMPLICATIONS hostess. DE
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Weddings.

II sunshine bat blesses the day upon
Which Miss Ivy Langham and Lieuten-
ant Commander GOntron de Faramond
are married the wedding will. indeed.
be an ideal spring affair.
The dinner OF tonight and that Of last
niEht closes the entertainments OF tha
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OF
the
helped make the weekly the
the
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Dinners.

The French ambassador and Nine.
Jusserand entertained "A distinguished
party az dinner last evening in COmpIi-
rnent 10 Miss Ivy Langham and Lieu
tenant Commander de Faramond, the
bride and groom elect whose marriage
takes place Tuesday. Besides the two
guests Of honor. there were invited the
German amba ssadOr and Baroness Won
Sternburg. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Lang
ham. Baron de Fclzln, uncle Of the
groom-eisct. Mile. de Felzin. Admiral
and Mrs Dewey. Admiral Taylor. Cap
tain de Chair. naval attache OF the Brit
fish embassy. and Mrs. de Chair; Com
mander Boutakoff. naval attache of the
Russian embassy. and Nine. Bcutakon:
Captain Fourier. military attache,
Viscount de Chambrun, and Prince de
Bearn, Of the French embassy.
Lieutenant Commander de Faramoud
entertained his bridal marty. with mum
Der OF additional guests at the New
willard. at dinner last evening. His
uncle. Baron de Felzin. and Nile. de Eel
zin were among the other guests
Lieutenant Martin, Of the German
embassy, was another agreeable dinner
host of last week. when among his
guests at the New Willard were Miss
Roosevelt. Miss Boardman, the Misses
Wardcr. Mr.. Dering and Mr. Wyndham.
OF the British embassy: Mr. Itchy, Of
the Austrian embassy. and Herr Verdy
a. Nernois. OF the German embassy.
Sir. and Mrs. Charles G.. Bennett en-
iertaincd dinner party OF fourteen at
The Chevy Chase Club last evening.
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Chit Chat.

Miss Rebekah Page Knox. the daugh-
ter OF Attorney General and Mrs. Knox.
who. with her friend. Miss MOhler. has
been travelling abroad for some time,
sailed Tuesday for this country. and
will arrive in New York Tuesday Of this
week.
Miss Knox will at once go to Valley
Forge, where Mrs Knox spends much
Of her time at their country home. and
will prepare for the wedding of Miss
Williams and Mr.. Brooks, for which she
Is one Of the bridesmaids, and which
takes place in Pittsburg, June 4. Until
Miss KnoX's arrival nothing will be
known of the date Of her own wedding
but II will probably be an event OF the
early fall
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her residence in wanach Place this
week
Philip Stern, from Carlsruhe, Ger
many, late of the Royal Baden Insti-
tute OF Technology. is a guest of Maj0-
and Mrs. TerriH. at their residence in
Vermont Avenue.
Pay Inspector Thomas ]. Cowie, U.
s N; Mrs Cowie. and Miss Cowie ar
rivec in Washington last week and are
stopping at the Ebbitt House.
Commander Cameron Mex winslow.
L. S. N. and Mrs. Winslow will take
cottage at Newport for the summer
season.
Miss PiersOn. who has been the guest
of Representative and Mrs. John Dali
zell for some weeks. left yesterday for
her home I'm Pittsburg
Mrs. Dalzell Will accompany her hus-
band TO Chicago. ard from there. will 90
to Denver TO visit her daughter, Mrs.
Dunn, and will attend the Worlds Fair
in st. Louis. later in the season. and
viii spend the latter part of the sum-
mer in PittsburS. she will not go
abroad this summer
Senator and Mrs. Elkins and Miss
Katherine EIkins viii sail for Europe
May %. TO spend the summer. Miss
Elkins may return in August for the
Saratoga races.
John L. Reyburn yesterday gave
his yacht. Gretchen, over to his little
daughter. Ella Reyburn, that she might
celebrate her birthday by a river party
composed of her little friends. The yacht
was handsomely decorated, and music
and refreshments made the trip an ideal
one.
Mvs. Gilbert, widow of the late Gen.
Charles c. Gilbert, L. s. A, is visiting
her daughter, Mrs. Gresham, wife Of
Major John G. Gresham, Fifteenth Cav
airy, at Fort Myer, Va.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur B. Heaton are now
in Florence, having visited Rome and
Naples in their tour Of Italy. They Will
travel through Germany and SwitZer-
land, and after a tour OF rural England,
will return in October, probably In Sep
TENDER.
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Miss Carolyn Huff was one Of a house
party last week al the home of Mr.. ana
Mrs. Arthur Dodge, of New York Bur.
rel Huff Clarence Hay, and several
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Concord Harness
Fifty Years rhe Leader.
LU1'Z TRUNKS

We sell strong, reliable Trunks---
honestly put together. No poor
material or trashy fittings used I'm
them. Prices the lowest ObtainabIe.
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crime II. Elkins. who is to make her
debut next winter. will spend the sum-
mer abroad.
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Mrs. Elizabeth Stauffer- Moore. Miss
Irene Moore, and Mrs. Moore Richard
son. left yesterday for their homesnear
Greens burg, Pa. where they will remain
until September or October, at which
time they viii go TO st. Louis.
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bIidaI pair. with the exception of al
most hourly entertainment for the
groom by his young diplomatic friends
There VIII be no semblance of the
mourning into which the family we. e
recently plunged by the death of their
father, and Baroness Sternburg and her
sisters Will wear white
The bride will have as maid Of honor
her sister, and as her only other at
t,ndant. Mile. Yvonne de Felzin,
cousin OF the groom-clect. who arrived
iu Washington with her father. Baron
de Fclzin. from Toulouse. France, last
week.
NiscOunt de Faramond will have as
best man Niscount de Chambrun, and as
ushers Captain Fourier and Prince de
Bcarn. Of the. French embassy; Colonel
RaspopOw. military attache Of the Rus
sian embassy; Major Won Etzel, Herr
Nerdy du Nernois, and Lieutenant Mar
tin. Of the German embassy; Count
Hoyos. Of the Austrian embassy, and
Mr. Wyndham, Of the British embassy.
Lieutenant Commander de Faramoud
and his bride VIII at once start upon
their bridal tour 10 France, but will
return 10 the States IN short time, and
visit Baron and Baroness Won Stern
burg at Lenox. Niscount de Faramond
viii retain his connection with the
French embassy here and Washington
society will not lose the two popular
young people.
Miss Annette Pen Townsend. whose
marriage 10 Marshall A. Phillips, takes
place at st. Johns Church I'm this city.
at high noon, June T. will have the Iarg-
est number OF attendants Of any of the
June brides whose weddings have so far
been announced.
Miss Townsend will be attended by
Miss POstlethwaite Of Washington, as
the maid OF honor. and by six brides
maids-Miss Julie Marguerite Phillips. of
Baltimore. a sister OF the prospective
groom; Miss Emily Coster, OF New
York. cousin OF the bride: Miss Grace
Bell. Miss GToyerman, Miss Louise Par
ker. and Miss Mathilde Townsend. Of
Washington The ushers VIII be Ed
Townsend. Mr.. Troth, and Buckle
Rhoads. of Philadelphia; Latrobe Cogs-
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Baroness Hengelmuller, wife of the
Austrian ambassador. whose condition
has been most serious for the past week.
was pronounced better late in the day
yesterday, and hopes are entertained by
The Washington times., 1904-05-22

Mrs. Capron, widow of Capt. Allyn X
CaprOn, United States Volunteers. VINO
was operated upon at Providence Hos
pital for appendicitis, has so far recov-
ereG that she viii be able TO return to
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UWIB-
MI and Mrs. Andrew F. Sperry, of
this city. are visiting their son, Ar
thur Bassett Sperry. of Pittsburg, en-
route to St. Louis Mrs. Sperry
Is president OF the Federation Of Wo-
mems Clubs, District of Columbia
which organization she will represent
at the general federation.
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Miss Roosevelt and Countess CassinI.
who were the guests of Colonel MorreIl.
Of Philadelphia, for the coaching parade
a week ago, viii again visit Phila-
deiphia for the horse show, which takes
place at ST. Martins Green June n
Yonkheer r. de Marees an Swinder-
en-. the newly appointed Netherlands
minister. has returned from New Yorl
where he went TO act as best man for
Mr.. van Rotten, secretary Of the lega-
ton. who married Miss Winthrop last
Tuesday. Mr.. van Swinderen is not a
stranger In Washington having served
here In the capacity OF first secretary to
the legation In 1889. His diplomatic posts
after that included Rome, Vienna, Rer-
lin. St Petersburg. and Paris. at all OF
which places he served as first secre-
tarV.
Later he was made Netherlands min
lister at Bucharest, Roumania. The first
secretary who succeeds Mr.. val Rotten
has not yet arrived
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Miss Frances Bishop has gone for a
visit to Mrs Frank P Smith, OF Pitts
burg.
The Washington times., 1904-05-22

Mr.. and Mrs. John T. Davis closed
their residence on I Street last week
and went to EllSins. W. Va, where they
VIII spend most Of the summer. EX-
Senator Henry G. Davis and his daugn-
ter, Mrs. Arthur Lee, viii also spend
the summer at Elkins. occupying their
beautiful estate 'GraCeland. which is
one of the show places of that part OF
Virginia
Senator and Mrs. Elkins also have a
beautiful estate at Elkins, but Mrs.
EllSins and her daughter. Miss Kath-
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Miss Nettie Hughes was hostess at an
informal luncheon and musicale at her
home, 1912 Fifteenth Street northwest.
Thursday. Miss Sadie Waldron. whose
musical advantages abroad have placed
her in the front ranks OF Washington
musicians. gave some OF her choicest
selections. Miss Hughes and Miss
Waldron gave several vocal duets
Among those present were Dora J. Hen
dirk, Mrs. J. II. Crew, Mrs. Charles w.
Cuthbertson, Mrs. J. G.. Durfey, Mrs
Malcolm Mallory, Mrs NJ. E. Hicks
Miss Eva Hicks. Mrs. 9. E Brown.
Miss Sadie WaldrOn, and Mrs. Mary
Dement,
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Commander Cameron Nick. Winslow.
L. S. N, and Mrs. Winslow will take 4
cottage at Newport for the summer
season.
The Washington times., 1904-05-22

Col. and Mrs. Robert !. Fleming and
family moved out to their beautiful
suburban place. Oak View, yesterday
for the summer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-03-17

home for aged Mormons with every
thing thar money can buy Tor them TO
soothe their declining years. Here IS
the largest Latter-Day Saints church
in the world. where the prophet
breaches regularly on Sunday and
where 10 has had the visions and
rropheSies in the past-too few, alas
of which were fulfilled to prove that
the power of his father. the seer. was
bequ+athed
Prophecies Explained.
That these prophesies have not been
fulfilled, in most instances. the presi-
dent easily and quietly explains by an
nouncing that until all the prophesies
Of his father. the seer. meet with full
tillment his cannot begin, so there are
many more years of waiting and Of
faith
Prophet Smiths views ON polygamN
are best expressed in his own words:
The book Of Mormon * fun OF pro-
tests against poIygamy. Here Is one:
Behold David and solomon truly had
many wives and concuhiues. which
thing was abominable before me. saith
the Lord; wherefore, thus saith the
Lord, / have led this people forth out
OF the land OF Jerusalem by the power
of mine arm that 1 might raise up
unto me righteous branch. from the
fruit of the Ioins of Joseph. Wherefore
/. the Lord God. will not suffer that
this people viii DO like unto them OF
old. for there shall not any man
among You have save ii be one wife
and coucubines he shall have none.
Fer l. the Lord God. delighteth in the
chastity of women
SO yea see true Mormons. the fol-
lowers of the seer and the people
whom I teach, do not believe in polyg-
amy: in fact, monogamy was adopted
and polygamy declared TO he crime
by the church in 1880. in public as
scmbIy. and this action repeated in
1876.
THE church under my leadership j.
fouriShing and the work will be ear
Ticl On hy my son. the next prophet,
now young man of -, Frederick NJ.
Smith. We have an actual enrolment
of 10000 to $4,000. with 100000 attend
ants on an average from years end
To years end. We have missionaries
in England. Wales. Scotland. Norway
Sweden. Austria. the Society islands.
the Thousand islands and Canada
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-03-17

The middle section of the United
states finds "a the most fouriShing
The miSsiona ries sent to the Thousand
islands and the Society islands in the
days Of the seer remained there true
and their seed are still carving uy
the work; they are faithful TO the
church among the aborigines.
Il was called To he the head of the
church in April 1859. bv direction of
the seer and by direct word ~ God
had by me in a vision. I have been
az the head NOW almost forty-four
years ANA tie work is Il grand one.
We are preparing for the second com
in" Of CHRIST; it viii be a literal gath
ering together Of his children. We are
preparing stakes here ana nj hide
pendence, Mo, where all true believers
viii assemble for the Ior5'S coming
lie viii come 10 Us here and find Us
ready and waiting for his leadership.
Yes. Christ viii come here: what is
there wonderful in that? Do YOU not
believe in the second coming Of
Christ? We DO and we believe in the
literal gathering together ana here *
where it is 10 be. We do not know
when he viii come. but Nve are gath
eriRg now so aS 10 he ready ana when
the scattered are all together then viii
Christ come and find his Kingdom
waiting, his people having been guard
Ell and guided 10y the prophets of tn,
true church as they were by the
prophets Of the clden days"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-03-17
SECOND Place Possibilities.

The selection of Il candidate for the
second place i'm our government j.
NOW agitating the political leaders Of
the country. lie should be selected
with reference to his capabiiity for
filing the first Office should an emer-
goncy demand it. In medicine, how
ever. there are no second place pos
sibilities. for those who have once
tried Hostetter'S Stomach Bitters are
convinced that il Is the first, last and
only one they need to cure sick head
ache. tiatulency. heartburn, poor APP
petite, Indigestion, dyspepsia and ma
laria. We want every sick man and
woman to try bottle and test it for
their own satisfaction. 1t will please
YOU. In The spring ii is also very bene-
fetal, purifying the blood. toning up
the system and overcoming that tired
feeling. BE sure TO try it.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-03-17

the present prophets brother. Alex
auder X. Smith. counselor TO the
president and prophet. Here also Is
Eishcp T. L. Kelley. third member o.
the first presidency and counselor of
the prophet. To these three men,
plain Iowa farmers or country mer-
chants in appearance. dress, speech
and hampers. all true members OF the
church believe that God. through his
angels, appears ana reveals his VIII
and pleasure concerning his chosen
people.
Have Many AIIssIonarl's
From Lamont 80 out missionaries
to all the countries IF the known
world and islands of the explored seas
to convert the people to Normonism;
to Lamont come or report. all these
missionaries, TO the prophet who con
trolls their destinies. 1t was under
the direction Of the prophet that this
colony was established in Lamont ia
1881. when committee consisting of
David Dancer and Elijah Bauta went
from Plano. H.. where they had gone
after being driven out Of Nauyoo. H..
after virtual civil war. To the prairics
of southern Iowa. where 4 company
was formed to purchase all the land
it cn;ld secure. This same land was
aftcrward sold 10 their brethren who
followed within few years. Forty
seven families went at once. Lamont
was founded and named after IA
miliar character in the book OF Nor
mon. Murmuns then went To Lamont.
within n short time. by the car load
and even by the train load from every
part of the United States and now
there are several thousands living iii
the town and adjacent country.
The settlement is growing and pros
pering. President Smith conducts 4
large publishing business. having his
office ana desk in the large two-story
printing plant known as the Herald
Office Here the Saints Herald Is
published weekly, devoted exclusively
to the propagation Of McrmoniSm.
Here * complete printing and bind
ing plant. the equal of any in the west,
from which only Mormon books and
pamphlets are issued. The prophet is
also president Of college to which
young MormOns from all over the
west go. are taught the classics ana
sciences. with post course i'm Nor
mon theology. At Lamont i also "a
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-03-17

sons. the eldest of whom was 4 boy
II years of age. Joseph. .Ir-. b. name.
By he faith which j. one Of the chief
charms of the Mormon religion the
seer bequeathed TO his son the divine
right to perpetuate the Mormon
church and become q Cphet of God.
in ranking similar To Joseph Abra-
ham ana John the Baptist and second
only TO Jesus Christ. This boy IF y
lived with his mother, the legal and
original Mrs. Joseph Smith. until she
had inculcated in him the teachings
of his martyred father. Then he as
stunned the leadership, announced him
self rs a prophet OF God. headed the
true Mormon church and 20 years
ago. established himself In Lamont.
Ia. there 10 gather the elect and
saints about him. there to await the
second coming OF Christ.
Hale at Seyenty-one.
Joseph Smith, Jr.. prophet, is now
a man If Il. hale and hearty yet. with
absolute authority over n strong
church ana rearing q son, TO whom
the title cf prophet and head of the
church goes by right II birth. This
prophet leads the life of am ordinary
business man OF IN ordinary country
town in the middle west. Every
morning al 6 O'Clock he rises aud
after a hearty breakfast. walks from
his home 10 the Office Of the Saints
Herald. the paper ofthc church. dis
lance Of over mile. and there he
works all day. He dresses plainly.
almost coarsely. and looks ike well
to-do farmer. and always has an opeE
book Of Mormon On the desk as he
works, debating his CORES ondence
and attending to the spiritual affair
Of the 25G.OOO COMMITMENTS Of his
faith. Yet this is the man who i
looked upon a Il prophet of God in
direct line with Moses and Abraham
and who * gathering the MCrmons
together i'm one great stake. where
Jesus viii have mo- difficulty in finding
them when he comes.
The little town OF Lamont. with it,
1000 inhabitants. is "a sacred place to
the Ncrmons or commandments Of the
Recognized Church Of Jesus Chris;
of Latter Day Saints. as the fail title
goes. The Mormon settlement there
was founGed 20 years ago. In thi,.
Iitllc out-of-thc-way village dwell the
heads of the church. Here also X
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-03-17

They were attended by j. w. Graham,
Jr.. and Miss Estelia Graham, broth
er and sister of the groom. The cou-
pie vii! make their home ON Ei%h-
teenth avenue. in South Heights.
All the news all The time The
Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-03-17
SMITH IS PROPHET
Colony at Lamont, Iowa, Head
quarters of Nom PoIyga-
NOUS Mornons.
BEEN so FROM BEGINNING
People Waiting for Second Comi ] g
of Community
Prosperous.

Des NOines. Ia. March 17.-While
President Joseph Smith. Of Utah, testi-
fir9 before the United States senate
10 practicing polygamy and and hay
ing five yyiyes. excusiug himself for
his acts by the claim that he j. the
head IF the Mormon church. which
teaches polygamy as direct reyeia-
ton from God. the son IL the original
Joscph Smith. founder of the Nor
nI,n church and the real head Of the
church today. lives in a little Iowa
village and j. giving his life 10 pro-
pagating Hormcnism AM Genouncin9
Fo,ygamy. The novel spectacle Is pre-
scented of Joseph Smith. Of Utah, and
Joseph Smith. of Iowa. both claiming
to be the head of the church. one
teaching and practicing polygamy. the
other denouncing with every breath
tie pc!ygaIaous practice.
Ia the little town If Lamont. Ia
there live, today the son of hat Io-
seIh Smith who was shot To death in
Carthage. H.. generation ago. This
same son Is preaching the religion Of
his father and training the son who
has been chosen by divine revelation
to sEcr"c3 the father and "ranCfathei
a. ire bend cr The faith. The story of
the real Smiths. WHO look upon the
Utah Smith aS an iuterlOpcr and a
false teacher. Is interesting ana ro-
mantle in the extreme.
Two Sons Left.
When Tie original Joseph Smith.
through whom the book Of Mormon
was brought out. was shot to death
hy an Infatuated mob If Ilin"isans at
Carthage back la 1Sff he left two
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-03-17
ANTHONY PARDON AND
MISS CLARA GRAHAM WED

Rev II. Z. Williams. at the parson-
age of the First Methodist church, at
o'clock yesterday afternoon oflicia-
ted at the marriage cf Anthony Par
iIon ana Miss Clara Graham. a we'll
known youngeouple of South Heights.