The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-01-05
WEDDINGS.
Clark-Bonner.

Ciark-Bonner.
The following invitations were re-
| ceived in Ocala Saturday morning:
Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Bonner
invite you to be present
at the marriage of their daughter
Lillian Browning
MIR. Benjamin Howard Clark
on Thursday evening, January
the eleventh
nineteen hundred and six
at nine o'clock
Mexia, Texas
At Home
after January the twenty fifth
Ocala, Florida.
The announcement of the approach
| ing marriage of Mr.. Clark and Miss
Bonner was a very great surprise to
the host of friends of the groom in
! this city as no intimation of this hap
by event had leaked out.
Mr.. Clark is one of the twin sons
of Mr.. and Mrs w. H. Clark, Of this
city. He is a member of the firm of
Clark, Brothers. proprietOrs of the o.
/ X. grocery and he is very popular
| both in business circles and socially.
Mr.. Clark left on the third
| for Mexia, where his wedding will be
| solemnized at the home of the lovely
/ bride. Mr.. w. E. Bonner, jr., will be
Mr.. Clark's best man and the wedding
will be quite a prominent social event
in that city.
The Ocala Banner joins with Mr..
Clarks many other friends in extend
| ing to him their best wishes and hop
ing that each new year will be as hap
! by one as is the present new year.
| Alexander-Bruce.
A marriage which will be of special
interest to Methodists throughout the
state was solemnized Friday at 1880
| D. M, at the Wolff Mission, Ybor City
Rev. Joseph Norwood officiating The
contracting parties were Rev. w. F.
Alexander, aged 20, a superannuated
member of the Florida Methodist con-
ference, and Miss Mary W. Bruce
aged so, superintendent of the mission
schools of the state for the same
church. The marriage was "a quiet
one, but several friends and we'll wish
ers were present. Mr.. and Mrs. Alex
ander are making their home at the
Ybor City parsonage
ElIis-Taylor.
a large house party was recently
held at the old Halle homestead al
Kanapaha, near Gainesville. Among
the prominent guests present were Mr.
William H. Ellis. attorney general OF
the state of Florida and Miss Ens
Taylor of Tallahassee. At the dinner
that marked the close of very charm
ing gathering Justice r. Femick Tay-
lor made the following announcement;
Fourteen hundred years ago a Gus
tom was adopted in France that haC
in ii so much Of good sense and pro-
priety that it quickly spread To nearly
all of the European states. In the
year A. D. 1900 the great Archbishop
Walter enforced il as an ordinance o.
the church. That grand old Puritan
Oliver Cromwell the Great Pro-Puri.
tan, had his Parliament in 1853 To en-.
act it into law. Our Pilgrim father!
brought it with them to the western
world.
IN conservance with this time-hon
ored custom / now, here in this dea
old home Of her mother. around which
cluster so many sacred. tender memoir
les, proclaim and announce the mar.
riage engagement of my daughter
Ena, TO Hon William H. Ellis, Flori
da's distinguished Attorney General
the marriage to take place in Apri
next, when the roses come again"
General Ellis responded in his ac.
customed happy vein.
The happy and distinguished couple
being present. received the hearties
congratulations Of the entire company
Cord al Reception to Mr.. Poaee.