The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1914-06-19
pearl bar pins and the groomsmen and
ushers with silver pencils.
Swiggart-Mayes.

Nohcin WIN oAthCi PcHCli>s
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Swiggart-Mayes.
A marriage OF State wide interest wa
that Wednesday evening at $50 o'clock
Of Miss Katherine Mayes, daughter o.
Mr. and Mrs. w. ]. Mayes, and Hon.
w. H. swiggart, Jr., Assistant Attorney.
General Of Tennessee.
| Owing TO the Methodist Church build
| ing, in which the marriage would have
occurred, being demolished to make
place for the new building, the wedding
took place 10 the Cumberland Presby-
terrain Church building on Church street,
which was most artistically decorated I'M
der the direction Of Miss Nettie Penick
A huge screen OF greenery and white
roses, among which incandescent lights
CLEANED softly, divided the apse from
the chancel. In the arches that led to
the apse on both sides were golden
swinging baskets fIlod with Brides
roses and the same flowers stood ia cut
glass rose tubes on white taborets con-
nected in a semicircle by white chenille
ropes at the rear Of the chancel. Palms
and ferns banked the sides of the chan
Gel and above the open way in front
where the ceremony occurred huge
bridal bell Of white roses and tulle filled
with incandescent lights was swung.
The reserved seats we're tied with tulle
streamers and punches OF white roses
and archways of tulle and roses covered
the approach from the aisles to the
chancel.
Miss Beulah Allen, organist, played
Dvorke's "Humoresque" preceding
the ceremony; Mrs. Jones Griffith, OF
Mayfeld, KY, sang Because l Have
YOU" and Mrs. ]. d. Carlton sang
Give Me Your Hands to Hold and
Beauty's Eyes" During the cere-
mony Miss Allen played shubert's ex-
quisitely sweet 'Serenade.
The ushers, who proceeded the bridal
party to the altar, where they crossed to
opposite sides of the chancel after the
manner OF the maids and groomsmen,
were Messrs. George Gibbs, Harry Har-
per, Louis McAdoo and George Miles.
At the opening notes Of Mendessohn's
March the first two brides
maids, Misses Marguerite KLAUS and
Ruby LittIeton, and the first grooms-
men, Walker Martin and Maurice
Halves, entered down opposite aisles,
meeting before the chancel and cross
ing to opposite sides. The first maids
were dressed in premier frocks of white
lace draped in pink, with collar capes
Of lace. They wore Jdliette caps and
wells OF pink tulle. caught with blue
forget-me-nots, blue satin slippers, and
carried French bouquets of pink sweet
peas bordered with forget-me-nots in
lace holders. The second two maids,
Misses Ruby Mayes and Virginia Swig-
CART, met by the groomsmen, Messrs.
Dudley Hutchinson and Charles Cor
lelius, OF Nashville, wore irocks and
,aps OF the same design but their colors
being blue in place Of pink.
Mrs. James Porter, OF Nashville, a
lister of the groom, acted as matron of
honor. She wore yellow satin, sewed
With pearls, and carried an armful of
'ellow roses. She was followed by the
wo little flower girls, Virginia Mailing
nd Mary Louise Hardy, in white lace
rocks with pink and blue sashes and
arrying pink and blue satin baskets
He'd with sweet peas and forget-me-
OTIS.
The bride entered with her sister,
Iiss Willie Belle Mayes. She wore a
andsome robe of imported Duchesse
zee over white crepe-meteor, her white ]
lie and lace veil falling to the hem OF !,
er full court train. Her only orna-
tent was a diamond and pearl neck
ce, the gift Of the groom, and she
Irried a shower bouquet OF brides =
ses and lilies OF the valley. Her .
aid OF honor wore yellow crepe u
eteor embroidered in pearls and car -
ID yellow roses and Mexican ferns. ~
The groom had as best man Mr.. te