The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1908-10-15
FAIR COLLEGE CIR.
ENTERS MATRIMONY
MISS MADGE GATHINGS, PRETTY
STUDENT OF INDUSTRIAL
COLLEGE, MARRIES
MR.. ;. l.. PAkE-
Wedding Took Place at Parsonage OF
First Methodist Church Satur-
day Evening-Was Sur
prise to Authorities.

Miss Madge Gathings, pretty and
popular student of the Industrial In
stitute and College, and Mr.. j. c.
Pake, a travelling man who resides
at Tupelo, were married about $50
O'Clock last Saturday evening, the
wedding having taken place at the
parsonage of the First Methodist
church on South Third street, and
having been solemnized by the pas
tor, Rev. j. W Shoaff, D. D. The
young people had succeeded in keep
ing their intentions secret, and the
marriage was quite surprise both
to the friends of the young lady and
the college authorities.
The bride is a daughter of DR.. ].
C. Gathings of Prairie, Miss, a mem
Industrial Institute and College, and
a sister of Miss Natalie Gathings,
president of the senior class at the
college She shared her sisters room
in the dormitory, and late Saturday
afternoon told the young lady that
she was going to take supper IN the
room of a classmate who had receiv-
ed a box of edibles from home. When
several hours had elapsed without
bringing the return of the young lady
the elder Miss Gathings became
alarmed, and began to make inqui-
ries concerning the whereabouts OF
the missing student. A call at the
room of the young lady mentioned
as having received a box from home
revealed the fact that she had not
been there, and the president of the
senior class continued to grow more
and more anxious until she finally
received telephone call which al
layed her suspense. Upon Fastening
to the phone she found her sister at
the other end of the line, and the
young lady. told her in a few words
that she was married and was then
with her husband at Hotel Gilmer.
=. AS soon as the elder Miss Gathings
learned that her sister had been mar
ried she communicated the intelli-
gence to President Whitfield, and the
two hastened to the Hotel Gilmer.
After having learned beyond all
doubt that the marriage had taken
place, President Whitfield called up
the young lady's father over the long
distance telephone and acquainted
him with the facts in the case DR..
Gathings received the news philo-
osophically, saying that he would
have interposed no objection to his
daughters marriage to Mr.. Pake, but
would have preferred to have the
ceremony take place at his home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pake will make their
home in Tueplo.
DIR. Gathings was in Columbus last
Saturday, and his daughters took
dinner with him at the Hotel Gilmer.
Mr. Pake was a member of the party,
and it seems that he was the butt
of numerous quips and good natured
gibes, it being generally understood
that he was very much in love with
the younger Miss Gathings. Their
deriders had no idea, however, that
ere another day dawned the two
would be husband and wife. DR..
Shoaff, who performed the wedding
ceremony, says he did not know that
the young lady was a student Of the
Industrial institute and College. Dr.
Shoaff states that Mr.. Pake called on
him about five O'Clock on Saturday
afternoon and made arrangements
for the wedding, saying that he and
his bride would reach the parsonage
about seven O'Clock. They arrived
before the appointed hour. however,
and said they desired to have the
ceremony performed at once, as they
wished to catch an outgoing train.