Valedictory of Waxter P Williamson in Carboro Southerner
Waxter P Williamson retires from editorial chair of the Carboro Southerner and endorses successor Dossey Battle Enq a born journalist and versatile writer who will entertain readers and honor Edgecombe county with fifty four years of local newspaper service The notice thanks press brethren and the public for support and wishes continued usefulness and prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southerner
Democrats Ics
Edgecombe Institution
Waxter P. Williamson
Newspaper Preface by Editor Dossey Barrie
Preface announces Dossey Barrie as coproprietor and editor of the Sovta. ERNER. He defends secular editorship, pledges Democratic Conservative stance, rejects radicalism, welcomes criticism, and asserts responsibility and humanity in guiding the paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sovta
Erner
Party of Reform
Repen
Tara
Friends of the Paper
Dossey Barrie
A Distinction Without a Difference in Politics
The commentary criticizes the New York World and Baltimore Gazette for attacking the Ohio platform while calling themselves orthodox Democrats. It cites Chief Justice Pearson on contempt of judges and notes Dill Allen's forthcoming inaugural, claiming bond holders were not consulted in its drafting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N.Y. World
Baltimore Gazette
Ohio
Pearson
Dill Allen
Our Promises and Expectations for the County Paper
The article urges Edgecombe residents to support the SourHeRNeR as a public exponent. It calls for free-hearted assistance to bolster the county paper, promoting its role in showcasing soil fertility, citizen liberality, and county desirability. It appeals to citizens to back the paper as a friend of property sales and local prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgecombe
The Democratic Party and the Colored Race
The Democrats claim true ally status for the colored man, arguing white Republicans exploit him. They say Democratic legislatures advance public schools and race uplift, while Republicans pander to ignorance and bigotry. Noted figures Langston and Douglass warned colored voters against white-led partisan aims. The piece contrasts North and South Republican rhetoric and hints at Southern intimidation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic Party
Union
North Carolina
Langston
Fred. Douglass
Gore
Edgecombe
Catalina
Resopening of University at Chapel Hill Celebrated
The article recalls the resopening of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on the 15th with the reestablishment of the Dialectic and Phi Society. It evokes memories of initiation into the Phi Society, the Richmond Band’s arrival at Guthrie's, and Chester County ties with Edgecombe as a steadfast ally.
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Chapel Hill
Phi Society
Dis
Richmond
Guthrie's
Sam Morphis
Carolina
Dias Dem
North Carolina Constitution Convention Acts and State News
The convention votes to curb judges and cap legislator pay while planning new courts and intermediation. State items report fire protection in Goldsboro, snake killings in Gaston, a Raleigh church meeting, telegraph lines, a large captured shark, and local incidents from Henderson to Lincolnton. Political notes include election dates across states and editorials on reform.
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Convention
Goldsboro
Gaston County
J. Ingram
Montgomery County
J. G. Neiffer
Salisbury
Cone Evangelical Lutheran Church
Cannon accident in Durham injures two men and kills painter
Friday afternoon in Durham during a Conservative victory celebration a cannon exploded injuring Mr Perry W. Austin who died soon after and Mr J B Morris who may lose his left hand and an eye. The Raleigh News notes the tragedy and adds political commentary from the Richmond Enquirer and Raleigh papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh News
Durham
Orange
Perry W. Austin
New York
J. B. Morris
Austin
Morris
The
Richmond Enquirer
University of Virginia
William M. Thornton
Davidson College
N. C
Baeck
Thornton
Prince Edward County
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Carboro’ Southerner
Charles & Battle, Publishers and Propries
Tarboro’, N.C
Dossey Sattle
University of North Carolina
Old Edgecombe
D. L. Swain
N. C. University
Iowa
Virginia
Kansas
Maryland
Massachusetts
Mississippi
Minnesota
Missouri
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Texas
Lancaster
Pennsylvania People’s Party
Grant
State News
Macon
Warren County
Charlotte Observer
North Carolina Railroad
Henderson
A. I. Andrews
G. A. Harc
Rufus Lewis
Rutherford County
Shelby Banner
Wil Smithville
Cape Hatterass
New Berne
Wilmington
Wilmington Star
Masonboro Sound
St. Mary's School
Wilson Plain Dealer
J. Richmond Allen
Lincolnton Progress
Journal of Commercce
New Hanover
Cumberland
Brunswick
Wake
Wayne
Lenoir
Greene
Craven
Pamlico
Beaufort
Pitt
Edgacombe
Martin
Halifax
Northampton
Granville
Warren
Bertie
Hertford
Perjimans
Washington
Pisquotank
Camden
Chowan
Dare
Franklin
Jones
Braden
Statesville
Jackson House
James Davison
Lexington
Davison
Raleigh Sentinel
Ike Young
Windy Billy Henderson
Tom Long
Patterson
Revenue Department
Mail
Republican Party
Samson
Tennys
J. C. Dunlop & CO
Pratt St
Baltimore
R. B. Alsop
Main Street
U. Bor IN
A. F. Adams
Wilson College
A.M
Sylvester Ho
M. Nadal
Mollie A. Southall
Catalorne
Hassell
A. M
Bettie Awcim
Wilson
J. L. M. Newsom
C. West & Sons
Howard Fire Ins. Co
Messrs
C. Weing
Andrew Reese
Lombard
Henry Winborne
Tarboro
Greenstore’ Female College
Greensboro
N.C
T. M N.H.D. Wilson
Board of Trustees
Pender & Jenkins
Wiesenfeld, Stern & Co., Cotton Factors and
Commission
J. B. Coffield
Tarboru
Anos, &Co., &c
Hymans & Dancy
Cotton Commission Merchants
Norfolk, VA
Hall
Rice
Edgecombe Eees
Or Court
Emily J. Jordan
Jas. C. Jordan
Said
Rocky Mount
A. D
H.L. Staton, JR
Edgecombe Co
Edgecombe County
Stummons
State OF North Carolina
James C. Jordan
Superior Court Edgecombe Co
Ole
Sou Tuampon Co
T. H. Gatlin
Ec, &c
Lazarus & Morris
James H. Bell
Taylor Cotton Gin
Nash & CO
M. F. Pender
Rurerraces
J. W. Ganeee
J. Bec
Cheshire
D. Tor
M. Pippen
Ine Sobnston
Ender, Esq
Engelhard
Gen. Pender
Holne
John W. Hinson
Sprunt & Inson
James D. Cumming
Bank of New Hanover
de Tarboro
Hinson & Cumming, Commission Merchants
Chestnut St
Philadelphia
I. B. Grainger
Ver
TAR River Mills
T. & N. O'Berry
ROBT
Lawson & Co., Saddler
ANG Granse
Baltimore Street
Baltimore, MD
Louis Hutuiarp
Maucellus Moore
Greenville
N. C. Hilliard & Moore
Tp General Commission
McPhail’s Wharf
Norfolk
Consantly
Boosey & CO
Rosert J. Corvarweiz
M. D
Chas. J
Cline & CO
Bowery
P. O. Box
A. Whithck
Tarboro’, N. OC
A. Whitlock
Long Branch
Saratoga
A. Whitlock's
Marseilles
Cassimeres
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