The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-07-08

Guilford Battle Ground Celebration.
Weddings I'm the Cfty-Superfnten-
dent Joyner Improves.

Correspondence OF The Messenger.l
Greensboro, July 3.
The Guilford Battle ground celebra-
splendid ever yet held. Many speakers
OF national prominence will attend, and
there are a large number of interest
ing n valuable new monuments and
memorials 10 be seen for the first
fourth Of July occasion. Mr.. Thomas
NJ. Pittman. OF Henderson, who will be
the principal orator, will arrive on the
noon train, and Congressman Kitchen,
with a party of friends will reach here
tonight. There will be a procession
from b city 20 the grounds, headed
by the Proximity band. the Gate City
guards, and escorted by various pa
triotic and civic organizations. Both OF
the afternoon papers Will suspend dur
ing the day to give their employees an
opportunity TO talk part in the cele-
bration, and all the banks and other
public buildings will be closed.
1t was a surprise to their many
friends here to learn his morning of
the marriage at Oxford yesterday Of
Miss Lottie Miller, of Winston, TO Mr..
Will O'Brien, the travelling representa-
tive Of the Greensboro Commercial
Supply Company.
The Van Lindley Nursery Company
have just given III a contract for the
construction of the largest hot house
structure in h south. 1t will be 34x
BOG feet and will contain nothing but
carnations.
Judge w. P. Bynum left today for
Silver City, where he makes a Fourth
OF July Grafton tomorrow.
There was a beautiful home marriage
at the home of Mrs. Chas. E. Shober
yesterday at Z o'clock. when her daugh-
ter. Miss Vivien and Mr.. Charles Sell
lars. Of Clinton, were united in the
bonds Of wedlock by Rev. DR.. Egbert
Smith.
The condition of Superintendent of
Public instruction Joyner today, while
not satisfactory, his physician says, is
somewhat improved since yesterday.
1t is impossible to say when he will be
able to be out, as the nature of his
fever has not yet been fully ascer.
tanned, though it is only thought now
to be a case of bilious trouble, from
which he should recover in the course
of a week.
The holding of precincts so called pri-
maries, it seems was something entire
ly new in Guilford county, and the
meetings in the county yesterday
were many of them not attended at all,
and in the city but a handful of vot-
erS We're present. AT several precincts,
no one was present at all. At Others
In the country from five to ten were
out, all seeming to have come to vote
for Judge Connor alone, as at each
place a Connor leader from the city
vas present, a vote was taken for him
and no other candidate, all present
voting for hin, and not even the name
of the other two Guilford county state
candidates being mentioned, to wit:
Messrs. Joyner and Micaux. AT two of
the rural precincts heard from a vote
was also taken for Judge Clark, but at
others where Judge Connor's represen-
tativeS from the city were anti-Clark
men, no mention was made of any one
but the candidate for associate justice.
In the city primaries last night, the
majority of the small numbers present
seemed to have no thought except for
Judge Connor, printed tickets for him
being distributed at the door. Quite a
breeze was raised at ward, where
a Conner leader, Major Stedmtan, in
sisted that the issue was between
row and Connor, Major Morehead
~contending that it was not, and that
citizens had a right to vote for any
body they pleased, n he proposed to
vote for both Brown and Conner, as
no man had a right to say they were
running against each other.