Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-02-01

was soemnized last night at 8 o'clock
at First Methodist church, the cere-
raony being impressively performed
by the Rev. Paul w. Ellis, one OF
the most distinguished ministers I'M
the south Georgia conference, and wit
messed by a notable assemblage OIL
people, including numerous distin-
guished persons from many parts of
the state.
The scene presented was one of YER
liable enchantment, the striking beau
ty of the elaborate decorations being
enhanced by the splendid gowns worn
by those attending, the bright lights
and attendant brilliance of the whole
occasion, the assemblage being marked
as one of the most striking and notable
ever gathered together in this section
of Georgia. The ceremony was per
formed promptly as nine o'clock, but
an hour before the auditorium of the
edifce had been filled with specta-
tors. guests and others.
The church was prettily decorated,
thousands Of beautiful yellow sunburst
roses being used to make the stately
edifce in which the ceremony was per-
formed unusually beautiful on this
suspicious occasion. The arrangement
OF these decorations was under pers-
onal direction of Mr.. F. Boyd August,
chief decorator for the Idle Nursery,
of Macon. On the raised platform
where the members of the wedding
rarity gathered and where Rev. Paul W.
Ellis pronounced the beautifully SOL
emn words uniting the lives of these
widely popular young people the color
scheme of yellow and white had been
carried out in minutest detail.
Four golden candalabra each holding
seven lighted tapers which cast soft
glow over the whole, were on the plat
form .at the west entrance of the
church. Suspended from the choir
loft and arranged in charming scallops
were a number of wall pockets filled
with daffodils, and the great number
cf beautiful ferns placed in the lott
reached almost to the ceiling, the
whole forming a screen at once beau
tiful and charming. The rose trellis
beneath which the bride and groom
stood as the words that made them
man and wife were pronounced was
decorated attractively with hundreds
Of sunburst roses and a profusion of
Southern smilax, which vine was
also used in great profusion in the
whole of the vast auditorium. The
railing along the verge of the wedding
platform was covered with Southern
SIMILAR intertwined with roses, while
at the four corners were placed huge
baskets of lilies of the valley, these
adding a touch of unusual elegance to
the whole. The ivory prieu-dieu,
where the bride and groom knelt to re-
ceive the blessing of the officiating
minister was covered with a profusion
of yellow roses and valley lilies.
In the rear of the church Southern
smilax was used in profusion, the
walls being covered with the vines,
with clusters of roses here and there
adding to the beauty of the whole.
Candle light in the church was. used
during the ceremony, the scene pre-
scented being one of the most beautiful
ever witnessed in Americas.
Thirty minutes before the wedding
Party arrived Mueches' orchestra,
which had been brought here from
Macon, especially for the occasion,
played soft melody, and as the par
ty grouped in the ante-room of the
church, Il Love You Truly" was beau
tlIully uSlGur the SACdI piPC VI Sdh
blending its notes in perfect harmony
with the music of the orchestra.
The first of the wedding party to
enter were the ushers, Mr.. Warren
Parks, Mr.. Guyton Parks, MIR. ]. A.
Pinkston and Mr.. f. A. Bailey, a SOL
emn hush coming over the assemblageI
of guests as these gentlemen, eacn
faultnessly attired in full evening cos!
tune and wearing bouttoneire Of
valley lilies, threaded their way down
the aisles, forming at the chancel,
where the ivory white gates were
parted for the entrance OF the wedding
party.
The strains of Mendelssohn's we'd
ding march, played softly and with
exquisite skill, filled the edifice as the
bridesmaids and groomsmen entered
from opposite sides of the church,
passing down the white-carpeted aisles
and meeting at the chancel gates,
crossing and taking their places upon
the raised platform, where the we'd