The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-02-10
FOUND OUT YESTERDAY
MISS M'LENDON LEFT FOR HOME
LAST NIGHT.
VIII Be REMARKED TO Mr.. REDFEARh
Though One Ct the Youngest Students in the
University Miss McLendon Was One Of
the Brightest and Most Popular.
How it All Happened.


sensation yesterday.
1t was the publication of the secret
marriage of one of its students.
This in itself was enough TO cause 81
mighty flutter in female school: but
when you add to it the fact that the
young woman concerned was one of the
brightest and most popular students In
the institution, and the further facts
that she had been married about eigh-
teen months, and her husband was n
student in Il college in another State,
why you have all the elements of a sure
enough genuine sensation.
Three persons in the institution heard
the news simultaneously; and of course.
that means it was not long before every
body else in and out of the institution,
knew it too.
Miss Rosa McLendon. of Wadesboro.
was the first person TO hear it. But as
she was the lady concerned, why natul>
ally the secret was safe with her She
received ii letter from her father asking
if it was really true that she was mar.
ried and telling her to come home Ut
once.
The next person to hear it was DIR.
Blasingame, the president of the institu-
ton. OF course he was not going 10
tell it-eXcept to the young lady. He
too had a letter from DR.. McLendon.
The third person 10 hear Of it was an
other student from Wadesboro; and
that's how the secret got out. A friend
in Wadesboro had written her all about
it,
Here are the facts as told TO News
and Observer reporter by President
Blasingame, after long talk with Miss
McLendon:
During the summer of 1897 Miss
Rosalind McLendon. daughter Of DR.. w.
j. McLendon, of Wadesboro, met Mr..
Coyt Redfearn. son of Mr.. ID. T. Red
fearn, of Chesterfield, S. G. Miss Nc
Tendon was at the time visiting her
aunt in Arson county, near the South
Carolina line. She was II and he was II.
They seem to have fallen in love. and
Notwithstanding their tender ages corr
responded until the next summer, when
Miss McLendon again visited her aunt
and there frequently saw Mr.. Redfearn.
A protracted meeting then going on ia
the neighborhood and which both at
tended, afforded them an opportunity OF
being much in each others company.
One evening-AIiss McLendon says il
was Monday--while they We're out driv-
ing. Mr.. Redfearn suggested a secret mar
rage; not to be made public till both
had finished school. for he was then 1T
Clemson College s. c.. and she study
ing in Wadesboro To this the girl
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the time fixed for the wedding.
The services of Mr.. Hugh Jackson. OF
Chesterfield and Rev Joe Bennett. Who
was conducting the protracted meeting.
were procured and on the appointed day
the marriage vows were taken by the
young couple. To prevent detection
Mr.. Redfearn took Miss McLendon driv-
ing and Mr.. Jackson took the minister
in his buggy. They met in South Caro-
lima, where the ceremony was performed.
\ pledge of secrecy was taken by all
parties present, the marriage not to be
disclosed until after the expiration OF
three years. Miss McLendon returned to
her home at WadeshOro and Mr. Red
fearn to Clemson College.
Since them they have regularly CORE
sponded and Mr.. Redfearn has several
times visited Miss McLendon at her
home. The last time he saw her Was
during he Christmas holidays. Even then
Miss McLendon says it began to be
whispered around that they We're mar
rjed. but no one took the matter Sc
riOusly
The parents of the bride We're first
advised on last Tuesday morning of the
dn1 o,,I Az,
followed, resulting in a veritication OF
the marriage. Immediately they wrote
for their daughter, student here in
the Baptist Female University, to come
home. She left last night on the PIG
train, and it iS understood that the mar
riage will there be Te-solemnized.
Miss McLendon is n daughter of DIR.
w J. McLendon and is a young lady or
very brilliant intellect, and of unusual
attractions. Mr.. Redfearn is a son or
Mr.. ID. r. Redfearn. Of Chesterfield
county, and is a young man of culture
and high social standing.
Miss McLendon is very devoted to her
studies, and had hoped to graduate be-
fore her marriage was made public.
Speaking of her last night President
Blasingame said:
II regret 70 see her leave, and | sin
cerely hope she may return. She is one
of the brightest and most intellectual
young women in the University. In
Greek she is especially fine, and only
the other day she told me her ambition
was to prepare herself to teach that Ian
guage"
She is very popular with her fellow
students Her brightness of intellect. her
attractive face and pleasant disposition
have won for her here many friends,
who now wish her every JOY and good
thing in life.
Cheapest thing on the market now is
has the best and plenty