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Newspaper
Wilmington Post
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1881
Page
4
The Grand Jury visited the county poor house and jail reporting unsatisfactory food and care. They urge plaster repairs and whitewashing, plus more comfortable bedding for prisoners.
The 1881 column extols Smithville as Brunswick County seat at the Cape Fear mouth and urges money for a hotel and railroad to boost its appeal as a premier southern summer resort. It notes county farming, potatos, and a stable government led by Commissioners Williams Mints Bennett, with plans to reform school vouchers by January 1882. Also mentions the North American Review moving imprint to Lafayette Place.
The message expresses hope for a capable new Board of Commissioners and urges a November election that maintains Brunswick's fair name and credit. It emphasizes replacement by competent officers to reflect well on the county and state of North Carolina.
Beauf ort readers share a weekly update from the state, praising crops and thankful reflections, noting the death of Col. L. E. Rice and the African Zion M. E. Church conference with 300 excursionists. They urge canal dredging, Lighthouse reestablishment, election integrity, and rail shipments from England as ships visit the port.
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