The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-09-17
TALLAHASSEE
AFTER ALLEGED
BLIND TIGERS
EIGHT DEFENDANTS TRIED AND
CONVICTED IN MAYORS COURT
AND FINES AGGREeATINe $3.50
IMPOSED.

court has been busy the past few days
with cases of parties tried for illegal
sale of liquor in the city. Eight cases
were disposed of with as many con-
victions. The fines totaled $3.50. Some
| of the offenders have already cases
pending in the county and circuit
| courts, from similar charges. These
cases Will also be taken UP by the
county solicitor and state solicitor.
The Florida State College for Wom-
en- viii open this year with the greatest
| initial enrolment in its history. Al
ready requests for room reservations
to the number of 245 have been re-
ceived at the Office of the president
and secretary of the college This is
| a greater number than the college dor
mitories now completed will accommo-
date and Secretary Kellum has been
busy renting rooms near the college to
take care of the ov srfiow until the
new dormitory is complete, which will
be in November. The opening Of the
college is announced for next Wednes-
day, September 18th.
1t is understood here that no ap-
pointment of a successor to Chief
Drainage Engineer Wright will be
made Just yet. Existing conditions
seem to make it the wiser course to
make a very careful selection and that
no rush in making this appointment
seems to be the part of wisdom.
Gwynn- Brown Wedding.
Tallahassee society exhibited its old
time splendor and briIliancy Wednes
day evening upon the occasion Of the
wedding of Miss Alice Brevard Gwynn,
a beautiful young daughter of one of
FTorida's oldest and most distinguished
families, to Mr.. Edgar N. Brown, of
Nashville, Tennessee, says the ITALIA
hassee True Democrat.
Old Saint Johns Episcopal church
was never more deliberately or taste
fully decorated, nor was there ever a
more notable gathering of society folk
within it's stately walls. The one dis
appointing feature was the Indictment
weather; but nothing could lessen the
lively interest with which the marriage
of this dashing Tallahassee belle had
been anticipated for weeks past.
The bride was exceedingly lovely.
She is striking and most graceful
brunette; and, as was appropriate, her
beauty was never more impressive than
on the happy occasion of her marriage.
Grace and beauty were personifled, too,
in the charming girls who were her at
tendants.
The church was gorgeously decorated
with southern smilax, Tallahassee pink
vine and pink roses. The altar was
banked with beautiful white lilies and
plumosa ferns, while a profusion of
handsome palms and ferns placed In
the chancel gave a most pleasing effect
to the scene.
The betrothal and marriage cere-
monies prescribed by the impressive
Episcopal ritual were pronounced by
the Rev. J. H. Davet, rector of Saint
Johns. Before the bridal party en-
tered the church, Mrs. Henry E.
Palmer, whose violin rendftions are so
much appreciated here, accompanied
by Miss Mary Talbot Whitfield, as or
ganist, played Simple Confessions. -
Mrs. Francis Bayard Winthrop sang
20 Perfect Love" with singular sweet
ness.
To the strains Of Mende1ssohn's we'd
ding march, the bridal party entered in
the following order: Messrs. Frank
Cochran and Fred Hardee, ushers; Mr.
Humphrey Gwynn and Miss Thelma
Miss Clifton Byrd; Mr.. Lucius Yates
and Miss Agnes Floyd; Mr.. George
Gwynn and Miss Hilda Bale; Mr.. NJ.
E. PeIot and Miss Alene Morgan:
Miss Mary Gwynn, maid of honor, in
Nile green crepe de ehene, with lace
and pearl trimmings, carrying white
bride roses and asparagus ferns, fol-
lowed. The bride entered with her
foAl, q 49,
beautiful gown being of crepe meteor
over white messaline with a tunic of
real lace with pearl trimmings. Her
bouquet consisted Of bride roses and
lilies of the valley, and her veil was
draped with a wreath of valley lilies.
She was met at the altar by the groom
and his best man, Mr.. Benjamin Up
shaw, of Atlanta, Georgia.
Mrs. Gwynn, mother of the bride,
who Is noted as one of Flortda's hand
soonest and most graceful young ma
irons, was exQuisitely gowned in white
charmeuse with lace and pearl trim
mings. The bridesmaids wore white
lace over chiffon, and carried arm bou-
ouets Of Killarney roses and plumcsa
fern
During the ceremony Miss Whitfield
softly played Schubert's "Serenade,"
which harmonized perfectly with the
sweetness OF the ceremony.
After leaving the church, small re-
ception to the immediate bridal party
and relatives was held 81 the Calhoun
street residence CO she brides parents
TalIakassee's wide reputation for beau
tiful flowers YVES fully sustained by the
elaborate floral decorations placed on
every hand in tho house. The hail was
aglow with yellow, and in the drawing
room pink reoes were banked on the
mantel and piano. with southern srnilax
and plumosa and roses in greatest pro-
fusion A white wedding bell draped
with pink vine was suspended in an
alcove, under which the bridal couple
flanked by their attendants, received
congratulations.
In the dining room white and greer
prevailed. The chandelier was grace
fully entwined with smilax, and a
graceful bell Of smilax was suspended
over the table. which was beautifully
decorated with massive eandelabra
with white rose shades. The brides
cake in the center was decorated with
tiny pink roses and smilax- White
Inies and plumOsa ferns with dresgtag