06 Aug 1882
Page 1
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Newspaper
Wilmington Post
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1882
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR reads of a dated notice describe turning assets to preferred creditors and mention a vineyard now dry, with reference to melancholy days of November. The garbled text names Soun Gnares and Po ahthet ae Yours troly.
The school committee at Masenbore met in August with the chairman directed to obtain land for a schoolhouse by gift or purchase. Miss Kennedy was appointed teacher for the whites school and Leona Nixon for the colored eastern division. A tense incident between white man Weeks and a colored man named Kelly was noted with promises of future justice and public disclosure of all facts.
Rates list 8 line right nonpareil type as a square. Fifty cents per line for the first insertion and twenty five cents per line for each additional insertion. Special contracts may vary. Subscription to Wilmington Post is $2.00 yearly, $1.09 for six months. All business communications to Wilmington Post, Wilmington, N C.
The item lists candidates for local offices including Clerk of the Superior Court Stacey Vansamringe and Register of Deeds Joseph E Sampson among others. It discusses campaign rhetoric about Governor Jarvis and aristocratic influence, mentions speeches in Smithville and Fayetteville, and notes support for Col. Green’s perspective and for Col. Price’s fundraising trip abroad.
Wa A Guthrie accepts Liberal nomination for Fourth Judicial District judge at Raleigh convention. Reports from Morehead City and Fayetteville cover crowd size, tariff debate, and Dockery Bennett clashes, with remarks on state rail improvements and local poor relief concerns.
A brief reader notice requests city subscribers to be ready for a future group call and to save the post after leather. The message references The Post and a person named Maiohe with unclear affiliations.
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