Henry Blount Praised as Orator at Lumber Bridge Commencement
The Lumber Bridge High School exercises featured Henry Blount of the Wilson Mirror delivering a landmark address. The Lumberton Robesonian Fayetteville Observer and Fayetteville Observer lauded his eloquence, humor, and rich language, noting a captivated audience and high praise from multiple papers.
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Lumber Bridge High School
Ief Cays
Dr. Miller
Psa Seine
Sf Baptist
Methodist
Spence
State Chronicle
Henry Blount
Henry Wee
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Fayetteville
About Handshakes and Enemies in a Pale Mirror
The speaker contrasts two kinds of hand shakers with hostility. One grips tightly and violently, the other offers a limp dead-fish handshake that evokes revulsion. He warns he would slay any man who extends such lifeless contact.
Only Sleeping and the Hereafter in Quiet Mourning
A speaker reflects on a bereaved husband awaiting reunion in heaven. The dead woman lies in dust, her tears and sins a nonissue, as the man grieves then seeks the afterlife with the righteous. The poem rests on sleep, heaven, and eternal reunion.
The Difference and Whim Men Jokes in Car Seat Banter
A humorous dialogue describes a polite seat offer in a crowded car and an old crusty man’s quip about sitting. A second verse jokes that Eve causes wo to Man and Adam calls her woo Man, while modern whim leads to husbands trimming pockets and women labeled as WHIM MEN.
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Adam
Summer blunder leads to a humorous prescription mishap
A light verse notes a man proposing in a letter to his love. He frets when she stays silent as if dead and discovers he sent a prescription instead. The quip praises summer yet laments its tiny flaws like flies.
Mixed News Briefs on Money, Crime, Railways and World Affairs
A wide range of short items cover price trends in meat and wheat, new banking growth in the South, a female footpad in Oakland and a one-legged burglar in St. Louis. Reports note Siam unrest, Sioux cattle theft, pension deficits, and Spain banning American potato imports.
Annual Meeting Notes and Rail Line Gains
The next annual meeting of the Carolina Tobacco Association is set for Morehead. The Lynchburg and Durham Railroad near Durham shows receipts more than doubling since Roxboro, with earnings last month above 10 000. Col Paul Faison aims to make the penitentiary self sustaining and cut state maintenance costs. Governor Fowle has received LL D degrees from Duke University and Princeton College. News includes drownings of Ed Ward Lew Hargett Jr and a Mes. Me TM sicher of sen sory at Morehead city on Tuesday.
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the Maharshah
Mysore
C. T. Parkes
Chicago
Bonanza Mackey
Pacific
New York
Lynchburg and Durham
Durham
Roxboro
Fowle
Dion College
University of North Carolina Law
Princeton College
Fowel
Princeton
Ward
Lew Hargett, Jr
Onslow County
Morehead
The Old Story of a Heart Entangled by Love
A poem speaks of love invading an empty heart without consent and the struggle to keep or release this fair intrusion. The speaker notes the enduring presence of the beloved and the peace found only if they stay, contrasting awakening affection with fear of loss.
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Harrison
McKinley
New England
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Mary Anderson
Will Fawik
Atlanta
Paris
John Ogden Armour
Philip D. Amour
Ingalls
Gettysburg
Pickett
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Seattle
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Racine
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Atlantic
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Blaine
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Sam Small
Methodist University of
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Jos. E. Johnston
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Stonewall Jackson
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