The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-05-29
THE SWEET GIRL GRADUATES"
Honors and Degrees at Red Springs
Seminary = An Auditorium to be
Built Fayetteville Graded School.
Readable News Bulletin.
Correspondence of The Messenger.)

Correspondence of The Messenger.)
Fayetteville, n. c., May "a
Honors, certificates and degrees were
conferred at the commencement exer-
cises of Red Springs Female seminary
as follows: Senior class, first honor
Misses Mary McArtan and Lula Ar
rowood; second honor, Misses Martina
Mccall and Emma Ritch: Junior class,
first honor, Misses Margaret McIn-
tyre. Lido Law, jamie Patterson, Isa-
belle Robeson; second honor, Misses
Flora Ferguson, LESSEE Jones, Joanna
Clark. Bessie Carmichael, Meta Stew
art: third honor, Miss Bette Gibson;
sophomore class, first honor, Miss Mary
Livermore; second honor, Misses Bessie
Boyd, Jessie Hall, Isabelle Arrowood,
Crawford Sledge, Rose Ellis, Eva
Hayes, Lena Blue, Maybeile Martin;
freshman class, first honor, Misses
Margaretta Gaddy; second honor,
Misses Ida Farley, Nellie Elliott, Ger
trude Rivenbark; certificates, Miss
Kate Robinson, English history and
Bible; Miss Ellen Lytch, English; Miss
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in department Of art, Miss Florence
Pearsall, china; Miss Mary McLauch-
Hn, tapestry, oil, pastelle n crayon;
Miss Lulu Arrowood, china and crayon;
degrees, Misses Mary Nc Artan, BIZ;
Leslie Arrowood, BIS; Mary A Brown,
ABB. ;Nola Mcleod, ABB; jamie Nc
Leod, BIS; Martha Mccall, ABB;
Irene Mcqueen, ABB; Minnie McKin-
non, b.; Emma Ritch, B.S.
The senior class, through its presi-
dent, Miss Martha Mccall, made to
the seminary the handsome endow-
ment of $1,000 in scholarships, which,
after a stirring appeal from Professor
McIver, the audience in a few minutes
carried up to the sum of 1900.
The board of trustees of the SEM
mary has taken action to build during
the summer a handsome brick audi
torium with a seating capacity Of not
less than one thousand people, and
this may be regarded as the first per-
manent structure of the institution, as
the present wooden buildings will be
replaced in the near future by edifices
of brick and stone The board of trus-
tees las also acquired more land, max
ing the whole domain 10Y twenty-five
acres or more.
1t is gratifying to know that Rev.
c.. G.. Vardell, president of the SEM
mary, has declined a remunerative
offer in another educational field, pre-
ferring to remain with the school for
which he has already done much ex-
cellent work.
The city of Fayetteville to
subscribe 1 800 or more to the yearly
operating expenditures of the graded
school, provided it is moved to a CEN
trail position within the city limits.
This increase of the annual income
would admit of a strengthening of the
faculty and an extension of the school
term. One idea is to utilize the Mill
tary academy building, owned by DR..
H. w. Lilly. by increasing the class
rooms on the second floor, which plan
of remodeling would render it an ex-
cellent building for the purpose.
Mr.. w. T. Leak, in compliment to
Misses Rosie Calvert, of Maryland, and
Daisy Smith, of Goldsboro, yesterday
very pleasantly entertained a party Of
friends at Lakewood club, the following
being present besides the guests of
honor: DR.. and Mrs. H. w. Lilly, Miss
Eliza Williams, Messrs. Charles Haigh,
Jr., John MeKethan, H. NJ. PembertOn,
Hyman, of New Bern. At dinner the
star place on the menu was accorded
to broiled perch, just from the lake,
n hot plantation corn bread.
A chapter of the Sons of Veterans"
has been organized for this county,
with the following officers: E. R. Nc
Kethan, commandant; ]. G. Hollings-
worth, first lieutenant c~ommandant;
j. D. Williams, second lieutenant COM
m%andant; N. H. McGeachy, adjutant;
J. NJ. Mcpherson, surgeon; j. A. Nc
Lean, quartermaster; C. G. Jones,
treasurer: t. H. Powers, color SER
sergeant; Herbert Atkinson, historian.
Captain E. r. McKethan, president
of the white supremacy club of this
city, and Mr.. H. L. Cook, chairman of
the democratic county COM
mittee, Yesterday addressed a large
rofhar;or of u-hffa -oar Of Kirn IJiro~
lodge, in this county, making lucid and
forcible ~expositions of the suffrage
amendment. At the conclusion of the
speaking a white supremacy club was
formed of the representative citizens
of that section, with Mr.. w. G. Riddle,
president; Mr.. S. D. Cole, vice preSi-
dent, and Mr.. H. B. Willis, secretary.
The fair and bazaar of Hope Mills
will be held tomorrow. The people of
that flourishing manufacturing town
have been laboring hard on this en-
tertainment, and the Indications are
that their efforts will be crowned with
gratifying success. A large number of
people from this city will attend.
Rev. a w. Hughes, accompanied
by Mrs. Hughes, Rev w. H. Tomlins,
Major 3. r.. Huske and Messrs. F. R.
Rose and w. H. Pope, have gone to
Washington, N. c., as delegates to the
Episcopal convention.
Mr.. Edward J. Fuller, after some
months Of feeble health, departed mis-
life yesterday, in the 62nd year of his
age, at the residence on Person street
of Captain and Mrs. w. A. Robson,
his brother-in-law and sister, whose
devoted care and attention were unre-
hitting in his last illness.
James Ransom, the infant son of
Sheriff and Mrs. George A. Brown, died
yesterday morning.