The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-05-22
COLLEGE STUDENTS MARRIED
Agricultural College Boy and Bap:
fist University Girl Get Married
While on a icnic-Whit supremacy
Clubs Organizing Rapidly -Linney
Spoken of for Federal Judge.
Messenger Bureau,
Raleigh, n. c., May Is.

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Francis D. Winston, who is in charge
of the formation of white supremacy"
clubs in North Carolina, was seen this
morning at democratic headquarters.
Letters announcing the formation of
clubs are rapidly arriving. He says
one county Forsyth, leads, having in
a few days, under the able direction
of County Chairman Andrew Joyner,
| organized a club in every township.
Mr.. Winston say hat two years ago
| there were $50 white supremacy clubs
in the state, but that his year there
will be at least one for each township
in the state. There are 1,600 townships.
Of course in some there will be more
than one club.
The penitentiary officials state that
Adopt May 25th they will send the fifty
convicts now grading the Aberdeen
and Rockish railway and the forty
five at work in the phosphate mines at
Castle Haynes to the state farms on
the Roanoke river, to harvest the
wheat crop, which is estimated at
| II. 900 bushels.
Fol- several days rain has been badly
needed in most parts of the state.
There were showers here yesterday
and today.
! The state charters the Clement-Ross
Veneer Company, capital $50. 600. Yer
mont and North Carolina men being
the stockholders. This is the company
which is establishing a large plant at
Sanford.
! A charter is also granted to the Sum
merfield Gun Club. This is composed
of about thirty rich New Workers, and
it will have a lodge, dog kennels, sta
bles, etc, on an extensive scale at
Summerfield, Guilford county. There
| ~ n,,,oh@r Df r;-nt lya-Da1c Z.
that section, but this one will repre-
sent a number of sportSmen.
The closing exercises at the institu-
ton for the white blind here were held
this evening. The number of pupils
during the term was far larger than
V before. The buildings are now SO
spacious that the superintendent says
they will suffice for the needs of the
next fifty years, but an increased ap-
preparation is needed.
Spencer Blackburn got the republi.
al nomination for ngre in the
Eighth district. Linney wished to re-
nomination, but did not make any
fight for it. This leads to the belief that
Linney may be appointed JUDGE to sue
coed Ewart Again and aEa:l Senator
Pritchard has been urged to take this
appointment. He has declined. Now
the republicans are speaking freely OF
Linney as their ablest lawyer IN ths
Stdle. LlHIley > u6cilldIlOn OIL the nom.
ination for governor, for which he wa.
"slatedS' is perhaps another indication
that things are looking in his direction
in this matter of the judgeship.
Yesterday the Sunday school of the
First Baptist church here pic:nickeC
at "Occoneechee" farm, a mile from
Hillsboro. The students of the Baptis
female university here went. So did
some of the students of the Agricul.
tural and Mechanical college. One o.
these, John Birdsong, who is aking {
postgraduate course walked over [,
Hillsboro with a Miss Sims, one o
the Baptist female university stu
dents, and they were married at tn,
hotel. Another Agricultural and Me
~chanical student had secured tn,
license from the register Of deeds. TIL,
groom is 10 years old, the bride II. He
father is a preacher Of Macon county
She was brought back to the Baptis
female university and her father tel
egraphed for. 1t is said the Baptis
female university trustees are consid
ering the matter of prosecuting botl
student who procured the license an
the register of deeds who issued 1t
There was also talk of a plan by tn,
groom to get his bride by means o
proceedings in the courts; that is {
suit for possession.
Governor Russell remarked a da,
or two g that if he had a three o.
four days more time in the matter OF
Richmond Pearson's contest he would
ave defeated him.