The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-07-03

IpuTity you have assured is safely con-
Iided to your honor, valor and gallant
Try.
Receive this cup, and vow in the
name of your lady love that you will
do no act which would tarnish the
ihOnor and integrity of a knight and
gentleman"
z. T. Williams Of the MariOns be-
ing the most successful, having taken
EIGHT rings out of nine, and James a.
McDavid being the successful knight
jOf the St. Johns, were presented with
the club cups by Field Marshal John
f. Dunn in the following chaste little
speech:
Sir knights:
According to the decision of the
Judges, I have the honor Of presenting
to you these beautiful silver cups as
a reward for your chivalrous and mer-
IitOriOus conduct, and the high dis
tinction of honor which you have, by
your superior skill. won for yourselves
in the contest just ended. I trust you
will accept and cherish them as an
Iemblem of that high rank Of distinc-
ton among your brother knights
(which your achievements of today so
|justlyentitled you to"
And We would here say that Mr..
/ Williams was also honored with the
privilege Of growing the queen, and
to Messrs. J. D. Williams, L. c. Vogt
land J. VI. Williams we're accorded the
fright Of wreathing the three maids of
honor, which ceremony was to be
performed at the ball room before the
assembled throng.
After awarding the prizes the
knights filed away to their respective
rendezvous, which was a signal for
the crowd to dispense, and so ended
the famous passage at arms" which
for brilliancy of success stands une-
lqualled in the annals of our county.
And here we would close our efforts
in chronicling this great event, but
are reminded Of the most attractive
Feature of the OccasiOn-the balI-giv-
en- by the MariOns, which finished off
the whole affair with a grace and ell
egance little expected, and in our
detail of what occurred here we prom
Use to be brief.
our invitation requesting us to be
"on hand" at 7:3O o'clock, we were
at first inclined to take the commit
tee at their word and be pmctual TO
the letter, but after a few sober
thoughts We concluded to give them
la margin OF an hour so that we might
the better make a more favorable i'm
Ipressiou on our entrance. and so at
the time settled upon we gently lifted
ourselves into the street, and after
having obtained our reckoning" qui-
city steered in search of mirth and
pleasure.
Arriving at our destination we we're
received by the appropriate commit
Itee in a style that made us feel that
we were welcome. and. encouraged by
such assurances. We launched out
amid the giddy thrOng in search of
lconquest-or rather a seat. After de-
viOus crooks and turns-avOiding
trails and other fashionable appen-
dages-meandering our way through
this beyy of beauties, and elbOwiRg
through that. We at last arrive at
little nook which invites us TO take
possession, which we Immediately do,
and thereupOn become a "IoOker-On in
Venice The spacious hall was filed
to its utmost capacity with the beau
ty and chiyalry of our land. Up this
side promenaded a gallant knight of
St. Johns with a fair flower of the Ma
rions leaning on his arm; while in
that corner. half hidden from the ont
err world. chatted tete a terre in
strains where
Heart meets heart and souls are one
the victorious knight OF Marion 10 the
blushing maid Of St johns. and AL
went merry as a marriage bell"
Now comes the browning of the
queen and her maids of honor. At the
command of the grand field marshal
the knights Of both clubs selected
their fair ladies' and formed in tUo
lines, facing each other, leaving
space for the successful knight &c
conduct his queen and their sovereign
to her throne, who was the beautiful
and accomplished Miss Emma Turn-
ler, one Of Tennessee's fair daughters.