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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1924
Page
4
The Wilson to Farmville highway is described as hazardous due to narrow lanes deep embankments and lack of guard rails. Fast driving and hostile sentiment toward the WCTU are cited. A motorcycle policeman stationed at Wilson helps slow traffic and may reduce wrecks. Drivers urged to proceed with caution on this stretch.
A Raleigh report highlights more than five thousand autos in Wilson County and over three hundred thousand in the state. The estimated annual upkeep runs from half a million to two million dollars as car ownership and travel expand, contrasting with older bicycle pants holders and piano-box buggies from twenty five years ago.
The notice cautions about dangers of fireworks and child injuries while endorsing safety campaigns. It notes Kinston’s invitation to join two leagues the Eastern Carolina and the Virginia and weighs Kinston entering a serious baseball society.
The account describes a late night drive to Wilson where the narrator meets a stranded man who claims to be a pastor and asks for a tithe. The conversation leads to a strange detour involving several churches and an increasingly odd sequence of events.
W A Mitchner sues Martha Watkins Griffin for 45 dollars by account. Rex L Farmer, Justice of the Peace, Wilson County, NC issued the summons November 3 1924. Returnable December 21 1924. Griffin must answer or demur. Notice dated November 20 1924.
In Salem a man suffered hiccoughs for three days drawing comment about the 9 Democratic administration.
By power of sale in a 1923 mortgage deed W D Bissette and Savannah Bissette grant R F Bissette the right to sell at public auction the 20 acre tract in Old Fields Township Wilson NC. Sale at Wilson courthouse door January 5 1925 between 12 and 1 PM to highest bidder for cash.
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