The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-11-08
FERGUSON SESSIONS
NUPTIALS PRETTY Event
HOME WEDDING OF POPULAR
YOUNG PEOPLE SoLEMNIZED
SATURDAY NIGHT.

ne marriage OIL MISS Jessie Lou
Use Ferguson to Mr.. George Purdee
Sessions on Saturday evening at the
pretty country home of the brides
parents in the presence of large
company, was characterized by I'M
usual beauty and originality of detail
and centered the interest of wide
circle of friends, both young people
being personally well known and pop
ular.
The home was beautiful in it's ar
tistic decorations, the spacious We
randa being transformed into a bow
er of beauty, featuring pink and
white chrysanthemums and potted
plants, where punch was served the
guests as they entered by Misses
Mary Jolley and Nellie Breedlove,
who wore dainty organdie dresses and
pink ribbons.
In the living rooms opposite the par
lor wealth of yellow chrysanthe-
NUNS were used in every conceivable
place as a pretty setting for the dis
play of elegant wedding presents that
attested the popularity of these young
people. There also Miss Lily Dis
nuke presided over the brides book.
The bridal gift was an Oldsmobile
touring car.
The wedding scene was laid in the
parlor, which was transformed into a
place of rare beauty by the lavish
use of palms, ferns and Southern
smilax, with pedestals wreathed with
smilax and surmounted by baskets of
pink and white chrysanthemums on
each side of the altar, showing in eff
fective contrast against the mass of
green to form an elaborate decora-
tive scheme.
Mrs. Cynthia Cauthen, sister of the
groom, sang very sweetly Beautiful
Night" preceding the ceremony, and
at the close the benediction "The Life
Road" words by Sidney Lanier),
accompanied by Miss Clementine
Marlin, who also played the we'd
ding march. The party entered
through the reception hall. The maid
of honor, Miss Allie Dean Ferguson,
an attractive sister of the lovely
bride, her blonde beauty showing up
unusually handsome in an exquisite
toilet of tulle over satin, carrying a
great bouquet of pink roses tied with
tulle, entered alone, being followed
by the little flower girls, Louise and
Alice Jennings, nieces of the bride,
wearing the daintiest of organizes
trimmed in lace with pink ribbons and
carrying baskets of pink rosebuds.
The bride entered with her brother,
Mr.. Lloyd James Ferguson, who gave
her away, and was met at the altar
by the groom and his best man, Mr.. |
Gus B. Dudley, of Columbus. Rev. /.
M. Galloway, in an impressive man
ner, performed the ceremony.
The bride was becomingly gowned
in a going away suit of burgundy |
cloth with trimmings of Hudson seal, !,
and wore a. black velvet hat with pink |
facing, which blended beautifully |
with her corsage bouquet of deep |
pink roses shaded to the light
At the reception which followed |
the ceremony delicious salad course |
was served, repeating the dainty mo-
tiff. Mrs. Ferguson was assisted IN i,
serving by Mesdames Whitchard,
Jennings, Harper, Jolley, Halliday |
and Misses Ruth Smith and Beulah |
Breedlove.
Immediately after the reception
the bride and groom left for Char
lotte, N. c., Atlanta, Milledgeville
and other points of interest.
The bride is the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. J. A. Ferguson, of near |
Dawson, and is young woman of
rare personal attraction, while Mr..
Sessions, who is secretary and treas
urer of the Dawson Consolidate Gro
Gerry Co., is a young man of excep-
tional business qualifications. The
couple begin their life's duties to-
gether with the best wishes of hosts
of friends.
Among the out of town guests were
Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. Hammonds of
Enigma, Mr.. and Mrs. w. F. Sessions
of Cuthbert, Miss Connie Chambless
of Springvale, Mr.. and Mrs. J. o.
McFather of Edison, Mrs. Cynthia
Cauthen of Charlotte, N. c., Mr.: Gus
B. Dudley of Columbus, and Mr.. S.