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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1888
Page
5
Town meeting to discuss local issues prompts lively chatter while Wilson notes report weather farming plans auctions visits and marriages. Local figures include postmaster Nathan Boyett and photographer F M Winstead as well as church talk by Epper Gore and social notes on Miss Nannie Price and Miss Hattie Kincaid.
A vivid tribute to Scotland Neck praising its culture hospitality and refined residents. The author honors Dr Husham Hilliard Biggs Lee Shields and Dunn for gracious reception and laments leaving with fond memories and gratitude for the town’s warmth.
Preliminary work on the Cape Fear and Yankin Valley extension advances with two months to locate the route. Construction should start at Wilmington by the 15th or by June first, with plans for a through train from Wilmington to Mt Airy once complete. Depot and wharf sites in Wilmington undecided. Potential river crossing options include the Northeast river bridges or a route above Hilton to a Cape Fear front near the Clarendon Iron Works. The company seeks Wilmington water frontage on reasonable terms for terminals.
The primary election for delegates to the county convention will be held Saturday May 19. The county convention to select delegates to the State convention will be held Saturday May 26.
A Sunday filled with praise across Disciples, Methodist and Baptist churches. Mr Cutlar of Richmond delivered eloquent sermons praising hospitality and divine truth. Converts joined several churches with three at the Baptists, thirty at the Methodists, and two at the Primitive Baptists, marking a blessed day.
An ironic note praises collected contributions placed in church envelopes for editors in need. The piece jokes about editors no longer fearing detection as deacons pass the basket, claiming relief and newfound serenity in giving. It uses playful imagery of ducks and sunlight to lampoon secret charitable privacy.
Mrs Geo W Blount, a fine art connoisseur, lauds specimens sent by J Palmer Gordon Florist Ashland Va. She notes northern plants hold value but long transport harms vitality and growth. She praises Ashland nurseries for plants and shrubs and James Vick seeds and bulbs.
The Mirror notes a flourish describing a blaze that seized control of a building and consumed it in a crimson baptism of fire. It comments that Anglice means English, citing the phrase from a contemporary review.
In Edmondon Hall on the 16th, the Scotland Neck Temperance Association celebrated its first anniversary with Henry Blount as speaker. W A Dunn introduced Blount, praising his oratory and printing press powers, and the audience enjoyed forty minutes of vivid discourse and humor on temperance, ending with new members joining the order.
The News-Observer praises Henry Blount of Wilson Mirror for an outstanding annual oration at the Scotland Neck Temperance Club. Described as brilliant, eloquent, humorous, and captivating, the speech drew enthusiastic approval and labeled Blount among the state's greatest speakers.
Bishop Lyman preached at the Episcopal church on Friday night on the doctrine of the resurrection. The sermon was described as forceful and impressive with rich, sonorous delivery. Afterward a confirmation class of six was formed, five ladies and one gentleman.
Illness kept the writer from Friday's Davis Military School athletic events and medal ceremony. Mr. C S Wooten filled in as speaker with noted fluency and charm, delivering a refined address while guests enjoyed a fine repast from the interchange of speakers.
Poetic reminiscence recalls a meeting and a radiantly pure smile that seemed to lift earthly cares, making Heaven feel near and unforgettable.
Sheriff Crowell investigated a negro house after a report of foul play. Sarah Lutt admitted to delivering a male child by abortive means and concealing it in a basket under the bed before fleeing. She was arrested, arraigned before Judge Lancaster, and jailed without bond to await Superior court action.
Notes from Weldon recall Captain Jesse Scott as the familiar handsome former W.X.N.I.W. conductor admired by local women. The item then shifts to ads touting Shiloh’s Cure and Shiloh’s Vitalizer for coughs dyspepsia liver issues and catarrh with local sale info.
S Edwards renowned for low priced fancy goods will display a large stock of ladies dress fabrics laces edgings and trimmings at his old Wilson stand next Friday the 27th for a brief visit. ladies urged to come early and place orders for pickup on arrival.
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