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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1890
Page
5
The Wilson Mirror reports bound for New Bern and January start as the Spring Term of Wilson College will open Monday January th. Various local figures including Miss Helen Morecock draw notice for beauty and charm while others relocate or travel with town updates on residents and businesses.
A reflective New Year piece recalls 1559 as a bygone year and urges readers to seek faith and courage. It contrasts joy and bereavement, laments gloom while offering hope, prayer, and divine mercy for those facing dark times.
Readers express happiness over a memorial speech on Mr. Davis praising its diction and imagery. Letters call the Mirror’s content superb and invite the author to deliver a promised lecture to a large local audience.
The Wilmington Star reports Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley railroad officers led a test trip along a completed section eleven miles beyond Parkersburg. Sixty-two miles of track laid. road expected to reach Fayetteville bridge by month end with traffic opening only after connection completion. The line will span 337 miles across sixteen counties, opening sixty one new business points from Wilmington.
A Christmas holiday visit describes a Fremont home with Dr. Boddie his wife and two grandly described women, Minnie Sherrill and Ivor Boddie. The narrator praises womans beauty and virtue, elevating eternity and the home circle, using ornate language about immortality and splendor.
Ington of Ti ger te hind nod generous ae to say memory volume would be large if all speeches and editorials about President Davis in North Carolina were collected. We have read only a small portion of public prints and would read more if time permitted.
A whispered tale cites Prof Kelley of the Male School disciplining a bright pupil who deflects a planned punishment by quoting Cromwell's exhortation. The professor falters, the rod falls, and the boy avoids the intended consequence, a moment of moral irony.
W P Wootten, president of the Fire Department, orders all members to learn to swim as occasional falls into tanks threaten lives. The precaution aims to reduce danger and protect firefighters during incidents.
The narrator describes a Wilmington stop at the Purcell House noting a neat clean setting and cheerful mood. Sam Westbrook, as chief clerk, is praised for his genial manner and welcoming hospitality, making visitors feel at home with a spirited greeting and friendly warmth.
Sad death notice reports Garry Fulghum dying at his home last Thursday evening. He is described as an honorable citizen much esteemed by the community. He leaves a wife and several young children to grieve his loss, with prayers for God’s comfort.
A punster enters the office with a finger bound in rag and explains a bone felonious injury. He wears a mournful smile, seeming untroubled by the punishment he fears for his atrocious pur and its consequences.
The Wilming ton Messenger lauds Professor James H Horner as a premier educator. It notes Horner has run a classical school at Oxford since 1851 with forty five pupils at the University and several scholars earning high honors at Princeton and Virginia Colleges. He taught before Oxford and is described as a teacher of the highest rank with no superior in the state.
On Sunday night week a fire struck the store of M. Harris & Co. on Tarboro street. The fire company arrived quickly and suppressed the blaze, preserving the adjoining Wiley Corbett building. The fire could have destroyed the entire block without the engine’s efforts.
The writer returns to duties after a long period of festivity and wine savoring. He notes a dull heavy headache of repugnance to work but resolves to begin another hard season of effort.
Mr J W Shephard, who merchandised on Tarboro Street last year, has returned to Pollocksville, his old home. The notice praises his honor and integrity and notes his wife and daughter Annie will be missed.
Police report a man was stabbed in town in a deadly assault. Investigators seek witnesses and describe the incident as a violent act with ongoing inquiries.
A poetic line laments missed timing and beauty, reflecting on a communication deemed flawless yet arriving after its moment. The speaker notes the contradictory grace of words that arrive when reception is past.
The Greenville Reflector reports Dr Harmon, a skilled optician, treated Miss Nancy Moore of Falkland township who had near-total blindness. Williams recounts how an appeal to county officials led to glasses and treatment, restoring sight gradually and earning high praise for the doctor. A separate note mentions a stabbing case in Wilson and a magistrate’s jurisdiction, plus Roll of Honor recipients at Wilson Collegiate Institute for December 7, 1889.
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