The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1911-01-19

SArS. NalxTON l.-A-On account or
Mrs. Carroll's Illness, Rev. Carroll
was. unable to 9all his usual Sunday
morning appointment, Rev, j. w.
Essex preaching very creditable
sermon in his stead. The special
revival meetings are being continued
this week. ~
Remains-S Shipped Home.--Samuel
Brioe, for. some time an employee
at Hotel Ruffner, died Tuesday at a
local hospital, The remains We're
shipped to his former home in Vir-
ginia, where the funeral will take
place. The decide mt was member
of Capital City Lodge No. /, knights
of Pythias, and had been i'll a num-
Der of months with neuralgia.
Mason to Lecture-Dr. M. G.. B.
Mason, senior secretary of the
Freedmen's Aid society of the NJ. E.
church, viii deliver his. famous lee
ture ON Africa in America and
Across the Sea- at Simpson church,
February l7th. Dr., Mason is
classed among the most eloquent of
the races orators and usually draws
q large crowd wherever he is billed
to speak. =,
Helping the 'Needy--Mrs. Clara
Flagg led a benefit FOR Mrs: Alice
Powell, Friday night. Mrs. Powell
has been unable for some time, to
work Her daughter, Hattie has
been shut in several weeks On ac-
count Of illness, and her son Harry
has been an invalid for years.
Miss Jeffries Married.-No little
excitement was created Tuesday
afternoon by the receipt here Of an
nouncements of the marriage of
Miss Maria Blanche Jeffries and Mr..
Ullyses Grant Tyler which was vuiet-
ly performed in. Baltimore, Med, De-
,cember 10th. Miss Jeffries has been
principal Of the sWashington school
since it's establishment and is very
prominent in b65af@ educational and
club circles throughout the state
Mr.. Tyler is a >practicing attorney
at the bar.o Baltimore, where they
will reside after Grss. Taylor's school
closes
Intimate, Friends Entertained
Mrs. Cora Campbell entertained
about forty OF her Intimate friends
st the home Of her son, John Camp
bell, Court St.,--Friday from 3 to g.
An excellent lunch was served and
Ia very pleasant time was had by
those present. -
Marriage AnniVersary-Inv
tons have been received here to the
celebration of the twenty-ffth an
niVersary of the marriage Of Mr.. and
Mis-. John H. Washington, of Tuske-
gee Institute, Ala, the event to take
place on the evening Of the twenty
first inst. Both principals are we'll
known to the older. residents of this
city, Mrs. Washington, who was
Miss Susie Ferguson, having been
reared on the South Side, while Mr..
Washington spent his boyhood at
Maiden, to which he makes yearly
visits. ,4."
Celebrates BiFEhday-Chas M.
Preston entertained with a stag
Thursday evening In celebration of
his twenty-eighth birthday. Dr.. J..
B. Brown acted as toastmaster af-
ter the table had been cleared and
cigars had been shghted. Among
those responding with expressions
Of wishes for, many happy returns
for the host were: W. H. Burke,
Chas. Stephenson, Russell Forney,
Millard Ulen, w. Il. Preston, Harry
Preston, Ward ,Radolph, Thomas
Mitchell, George Reayeley, Abner
Smith, Luther Jefferson and Henry
Smith, Jr 1924.
Saunders-Winston NuptiaIss--At
the residence Of her sister, Mrs.
Amanda McGee, 40 Sentz st., Mrs.
Lucy Winston and Mr. Calvin c..
/ Saunders were united lin marriage
by Rev. B. r.. Reed pastor Of the
First Baptist The house was filed
with friends Of the contracting par
ties who were served q light COLA
ton at the conclusion Of the cere-
mony. ,+.l. .>yr
st, Paul Church,---The subject
for discussion at the morning ser
vice at St. Paul 4. M, e. church,
Sunday, is "Dreams and Dreamers,"
Rev r. r. Downs, the pastor, an
nounces. The Sunday School and
evening service will. be held at the
usual hours.
Change Of ManaRement.---Mrs
Willie Peters has charge now Of the
dining room at Hotel Brown. She
makes a >snecialty OF Thursday and
Sunday dinners, serving chicken,
sJaw, cranberries, home made pies,