The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-07-01

The Wedding at Guilford College We'd
nesday-Preparation for the two
State Conventions.

Greensboro. -. g., June &c
Rev. r 3. John. of Wilmington. and
Miss Florence G. Worth. Of Guilford
College were married at GuiIscri Col
lege yesterday afternoon al $3.50 O'Clock.
The ceremony was performed by Rev.
y. u. Watson. pastor of the First
Methodist church, of Chapel Hill. as
sited by Rev. J. II. Peele. Of the Friends
church, of his city. A large gathering
OF friends and relatives assembled in
Memorial hall which had been appro-
priateIy and most beautifully dec
GRATED for the occasion. While the
wedding party were assembling vocal
selections IF / but Knew" and Thine
Eyes" were rendered by DIR. j. s. Belts,
Of this city, with Mrs. Myra Albright
as accompanist.
The wedding party preceded by now-
er girls, cushion bearers and ring bear
ct, entered the hall TO the strains of
Mendelssohn's wedding march, rem
dered by Mrs. nyra Albright.
The maid of nonor was Miss Laura
d. Worth. cousin OF the bride, and Mr..
Thomas John. brother of the groom,
acted as best man The ushers We're
Mr.. JOIN Blair and Mr.. C. c. Coving-
ton, of Wilmington, Mr.. NJ. L. John, of
Laurinburg, and Mr.. E. NJ. wilson, of
Philadelphia. Pa. AT the conclusion Of
the ceremony an informal reception
was held in the parlors at Founders
hall.
In the evening the wedding party
was entertained at dinner at the Ben
bow in this city. Mr.. and MIS-. John
left on a later train for a months stay
in the mountains of North Carolina.
They will be at home at 40S Grace
street, Wilmington, N. c., after August
1st.
Asked about the coming of the re-
publican state convention to be held in
Greensboro on the 18th of August,
Judge pence said that from all he
could learn, it was going to he the
largest attended ever held in tht state.
In a few days he says the proper COM
mittees will be appointed to begin
making arrangements for the enter
ment of the convention, and In some
particulars, such as making provision
for a comparable hall. ETC., this COM
mittee he presumed woul cooperate
with those appointed for that purpose
by the city officials and also by the
democratic executive committee in be-
half of the approaching democratic
convention. A considerable portion of
the expense in some respect can be
shared by both headquarters here, es-
pecially that of providing additional
seats, electric fans, etc, and this no
doubt will be amicably arranged.
State GeologIst Holmes passed
through today going to Raleigh from
Washington, where he has peen help
ing in securing the passage of the APP
p~alachian park bill, to which he was
warmly attached.
DR.. Z. E. Richardson, of LeakSville,
was married yesterday at High Point
to Miss F1oy Lyles Richardson.
w. ]. Barbee who lives up in the
Pomona section about three miles from
Greensboro was shot through the left
wrist yesterday afternoon about our
o'clock by a woman named Myrtle May
living in the lower part of WarneSviiie,
the woman says Barbee was drunk and
undertood to enter her house by force
when she shot him, h was locked up
and will have a hearing before Justice
Pritchard this afternoon.
General Julian 5. Carr spent the
night here, leaving on the morning
train for the south.
Buena Vista Lodge, No. q, I. ,. Q.
F., elected officers last night for the
ensuing year
Professor Geo. S. Willis of the "a
Guilty of the Western Maryland uni
versity, at Westminster, arrived in the
city last night to spend the summer
here with relatives.
DR.. D. w. G. Benbow and n. Gaugh-
ter, Miss Mamie Crawford, left today
to spend the summer at Atlantic City.
Mrs. r. M. Phillips, of Raleigh. has
arrived to visit her friend. Mr.. Robert
Elliott on Asheboro street.
DR.. r. T. Vann, president of the
Baptist university at Raleigh, was mere
a short while this morning returning
to Raleigh from a trip west in the in
terest of the fund to pay off the debt
on the university.
Street cars began to make regular
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day.
The Guilford County Teaches Insti-
tute will begin on Monday, July 2Sth,
DR.. w. T.. Whitsett will have charge Of
it and will be aided by other promi-
nent educators.
DIR. and Mrs. w. A. Lash have gone
to Walnut Cove, their old home, to
spend a fortnight, recuperatins. Pro-
fessor A. ]. Howell, of Wilmington,
passed through today from attendance
on the summer schoo at Chapel Hill,
and goes to Winston to spend the sum-
mer. Professor John J.. Blair, super1n-
tendent of the Wilmington graded
schools, was here a short while today
en- route to the wedding of his relative.
Miss Florina Worth, and Dr.. John at
Guilford college. DR.. Hume, of the
university stopped over a short while,
and was on his way to his summer
home in Waynesboro, Va.
Judge Boyd and ~ex-Judge Spence
Adams are in Washington City.
Mr.. D. A. Blair, of Winston. returned
this morning from Washington, where
he has been nursing the Winston pub
lie building appropriation. He avs az
hope of it's passage this session has
been abandoned, but that he has every
assurance that it will go through early
in December, congress re-as-
sembles. Mr.. Blair said he had the
pleasure of seeing the Appalachian
park ten million dollar bill voted on in
the senate yesterday and is happy over
its almost unanimous passage. He is
also warm in his praises of Senator
Pritchard for his successful conduct OF
the bill, and declares that it is a splen-
did testimonial to his great influence
among leading senator's.