The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-07-18
Business Man Takes
Teacher as his Bride
PROMINENT Virginians Are Weeded at
State Capitol.-DeIegates to st.
Luke Juvenile Convention
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Richmond, Va, July 15-One of
the most fashionable of the many
marriages of the present summer,
was solemnized in st. Philips P. E.
Church, last Tuesday at noon,
when Mr.. Ed Stanley Clarke, of
Farmvllle, led to the altar Miss
Jeanette l.. FORESTER, one of Rich
mond s most popular school-teach-
ers. The chancel of the church was
artlstlcally decorated with palms.,
ferns and flowers. TO the strains
OF the Mendelssohn wedding march,
the bridal party entered the church
as follows: Mr.. Ed j. Cook and
Mr.. Walter d. Jones, Mr.. r. B.
Sampson and Mr.. A. Mosely, Mr..
James Frazier and Mr.. j. G.. Eason
Miss Omega Vaughan, bridesmaid ::
Miss Pearl l.. Smith, Maid of honor
Little Miss Geneva Tinsley, ring
bearer. The bride and her Uncle
MIR. Lee S. Forester, were met at
the chancel by the groom and his
best man, DR.. A. w. Mason, woh
entered through the vestry room.
During the service, which was
read by the rector, the Rev. Chas
il. Somers, the orchestra played
softly the wedding march. Follow
ing the marriage, a luncheon was
rendered the bridal party by Mr..
and Mrs. w. @. Scott at their home
on North Third st. Mr.. and Mrs
Clarke left later in the afternoon
Tor Farmville, Va, their future
home. MIR. Clarke is a prominent
business man of Farmville.
In the Law and Equity Court
July 3, Judge Beverly Tucker
Crump granted an absolute divorce
to Geo. W. Bragg from his wife,
Lula Pearl Bragg, upon statutory
grounds. BY terms of the decree,
MIR. Bragg is given the entire Gus
tody and control Of their son, and
Mrs. Bragg is debarred from any
property rights she acquired by
her marriage. No defense was
made to the suit. ---,-----
Endon Jones, elder son of Pro-
lessor and Mrs: Joseph F.. Jones,
IS quite sick at the home of his
parents in this city. Mr.. jones'
illness is the outcome of an injury
which ne received nine years ago
IN a football game between Vir-
glnla Union University and Shaw
University, when he had several
1lbs broken penetrating his lungs
Richmond delegates who attend
ed the Sixth Biennial Convention
OF the Juvenile Department of the
Independent Order of st. Lukes
held in Atlantic City last week,
have returned to the city. Those
who made the trip were Mrs. Mag
gle l.. Walker, Mrs. Emeline John
son, Mrs. Rosa +. Watson, Misses
Julia |. Stevens, Lula Watkins,
Matte Dawson, Mrs. Matte Ora
ham, Mrs. Mary Griffin, Miss Julia
a. Deane, Mrs. Fannie f. Brown,
Mrs. Estelle Bagby Anderson and
Mrs. Leila Williams.
j. G. Carter, Esq, of Houston,
Most Worshipful Grand Master of
the Grand Lodge Of Virginia, A.
f. and A. NJ, was in the city last
week on business.
Miss Maudc Mundin who is TAX
ing a course in professional nurs-
ing at Freedman s Hospital, is
visiting relatives here.
The Rev. j. B. Pharr, b. D., A.
NJ, Of Virginia University, who
with his bride is on their honey
moon at Asbury Park, N. j., has
received 81 call to the pastorate of
the Second Baptist Church of Ann
Arbor, Mich.
The Rev, DR.. w. IT. johnson will
leave the city next Monday for
Saginaw Beach, Mass, to attend
meeting Of the Executive Board
Of the International Christian En-
deavor Convention.