The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-18
SOCIETY

SOCIETY.
The marriage of Miss Katherine Lydia
MacKnight and Mr.. John Purcell Burke
of Jacksonville will take place this even
ing at the home of the brides parents, Mr..
and Mrs. James Arthur MacKnight in Ca
lera. Miss Beatrice MacKnight, the sister
of the BRIDE will be her only attendant.
Miss MaeKnght of Jacksonville will act
as best man. Miss MacKnight has been
spending the past week in this city, where
she was the guest of Miss Lynda May
Handley.
Another wedding of this evening will be
that of the daughter of Mrs. W. J. Sy-
frett, Miss Joche Syfrett and Mr.. Hor-
ace W. Milan, both of this city The cere-
mony will be performed by the Rev. Mr..
Hendrix of ST. Johns church, and will
take place at the residence of the brides
mother on Avenue G.
Mrs NJ. e. Harper and her daughter,
Miss Nettie Harper. and Mr.. D. e. Harper
of Vicksburg are visiting Mrs R. B. Davis
of Fountain Heights.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Thompson will
leave this week for Asheville, where
they will spend the first weeks of August
later going to Atlantic City, and will
not return until the fall
Col and Mrs. A NJ. Shook and Miss Es-
tele Shook have as their guests at
Tracy City this week Miss Bessie Jemi-
son and Miss Ida Thompson and Miss
Isabelle Williams of Knoxville.
Miss Leonne Cosby has returned from
Mobile
Mr.. and Mrs Felix Drennen have re-
turned from Wrightsville Beach, n. C.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. ]. Strickland have as
their guests Mrs w. A. James and her
son. James, Jr., of Douglasville, Ga.
Mr.. and Mrs. Michael, Clifford, Miss
Ethel Clifford and Mr.. Albert Clifford
will leave in few days for Atlantic
City.
Dr. and Mrs. George Stubs will leave
on Thursday for Savannah. where they
will take the steamer for New York.
Mrs. Lucy Roberts will not return from
Selma for several days.
Mrs e. H. Cabaniss will leave for At
lanta tomorrow.
Miss Mary Kirkpatrick, who has been
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turned to her home in Montgomery
Miss Helen Colbourne has as her guests
Miss Corrie Hood of st. Petersburg. Fla.
and Miss Bessie Thompson of Tuskegee.
She will entertain informally tomorrow
evening in their honor.
Mrs. Edward Smith has as her guest
at Blount Springs Miss Eleanor Mat
thews.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. L. Echols have gone
to Savannah.
Miss Fannie May Mason is in Athens
visiting relatives.
Mrs. W. p. G. Harding and her children
will spend August in Waynesville, N c.,
with Mrs Sydenham Moore and Mrs.
Thomas Struggled
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Lincoln have gone
to Louisville on short visit
Capt. and Mrs Graves and Miss Virginia
Graves leave tomorrow for Blount
Springs, where they will remain several
weeks They will afterwards go north
and will be absent until October l.
Mr.. Ramona Doe formally of Griffin
Ga, but now of New York is visiting
Mr.. Charlie Cleveland on South Highlands
Mr.. Doe enjoys the reputation of being
a very fine pianist.
Mrs Mary o. Sale Of waycross. Ca,
for many years a resident of Birming-
ham, and Mrs. Mary Phelan Watt of
Montgomery, In the city visiting Mrs.
J. C.. n4a's, 1910 North Twelfth street,
Fountain Heights.
A special request concert will be given
at the Southern club next Sunday even
ing by Calmans orchestra. Anyone desir-
ing a special selection played on that oe-
tasion Is requested to make 1t in writing
Ito Roswell Lee Tilghwan, secretary of the
Southern club.
Mrs. T. G. Holt Of Atlanta is the guest
of her daughter, Mrs. Leroy Holt, at
1861 Woodland avenue, North Haven.
Mrs. Mary R. Quarles of Manhattan
Borough, New York city, who has been
visiting her brother. Mr.. John r. Ryan,
in Walker county, spent yesterday in
Birmingham and left in the afternoon on
the Seaboard for the east.
Cloudburst Visits Wheeling.
Wheeling. w. Va. July 17-Rain
amounting to a cloudburst in intensity
swept over Ohio and Belmont counties
for eight hours today causing damage
amounting to many thousands of dol
lars. Water was from two to three feet
deep in the streets of Wheeling and
street traffic was blocked. Crops in the
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