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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1889
Page
5
The Wilson scene features visits from Miss Lillie Blount and family, Mr. Bert Rountree of Kinston, and photographers Sid Alley. District Conference attendance by Dr. Anderson and Br. Tuttle. Miss Laura McConaughey and Miss Hatlie Churchwell noted for virtue and charm. remarks on the Atlantic Hotel at Morehead and Capt. Sam Aske's return. social rounds include a Black Creek vs Secong Nine game and various town activities.
The writer tours Capt Calvin Barnes's tobacco farm in Wilson County praising a vast, lush opening of tobacco plants. Capt Jack Finch from Vance County oversees cultivation while expressions of pride and ambition accompany the scene. The piece envisions Eastern Carolina rivaling western tobacco lands and urges local farmers to follow Barnes's model.
The obituary notes the burial of Mrs. Sid Alley formerly Annie Hudson from Tarboro in Maple Wood. It recalls a bright courtship and marriage, a sudden illness ending in death, and the sorrow of her devoted husband. It also mentions staff changes at the Son Collegiate Institute and praises Edna H. Turpin and Mary Contin.
A Sunday School was formed at Jerusalem Church in Greene County with about forty pupils and teachers. Officers elected: Ran Smith Superintendent, Bettie Best Assistant Superintendent, Ina W Blount Secretary, Elias Smith Librarian. Mrs Sadie Smith and Miss Letha Sylivant presided at the organ. Mr Jno W Blount gave a speech.
A consoling message urges weary readers to endure hardship as better days come. It speaks of resting by peaceful groves and meadows, of tears drying with time, and of hope blooming from the darkest nights toward a rose of comfort.
The Nashville Argonaut reports Nash county tobacco crops show encouraging results overall. Hilliardston area warns heavy rains may reduce weight but crop quality should stay white. Growers from near Rocky Mount are positive about this year’s prospects, with Bunn claiming the best Nash crop yet and Ricks valuing two acres highly.
The Rev Mr Crisp, long time Methodist itinerant, placed on superannuated list but continues gospel work by contributing weekly cheerful items to The Wilson Mirror. The community is urged to receive him as a Christian gentleman and fellow worker in faith.
An irritable man in Wilson sat for soup on Saturday. Finding a strange item in the dish he complained and the waiter dramatically announced the item as a peculiar modified epidermis. The item proved to be a strand of hair.
Fragmentary note urges visiting a growing institution devoted to care for the destitute and condemns arts and souls as waste in the work of care. The text repeats phrases about this opportunity and visiting the institution.
A bizarre scene by an ice cream saloon sparks a daring request and a surreal reply about bovine milk extracts, effervescence, and chemical phrases describing fermentation and a quirky dessert idea.
The friends of the well known institution greet the management announcement in The Mirror. The school is praised for scholarship and salubrity of location and its young ladies’ culture training and polish reflect the institution’s merit and excellence.
A correspondent praises W. R. Hines of Florence as a perfect type of gentleman. The writer lauds his clearness of character, nobility, and genial spirit, claiming such men would make life a dream and the world a paradise.
Local shop unveils a new assortment of hats including fedoras, caps, and knit beanies. The display highlights affordable prices and a mix of classic and modern styles aimed at attracting year round customers.
Viola Boddie of Nash won a Peabody Normal College scholarship in Nashville Tennessee. North Carolina offers seven scholarships this year from forty applicants chosen by Maj S M Finger after a written competition. Each scholarship provides $200 per session for eight months with tuition and books free.
A humorous exchanges unfold as a postage stamp, a letter, Mr T D Gay, Willie Stallings, and Major engage in a playful dialogue about mail. Each character delivers a quip about peace, tearing envelopes, and the duty of opening mail, ending with the Major walking away in sorrow.
A critic argues that some Christians relish condemning others from the pulpit while lacking true virtues. They claim genuine Christianity yields tenderness, gentleness, kindness, forbearance, charity, and forgiveness and rejects the I am better than you mindset.
The Male School Building Committee has selected and purchased a lot behind Ed Barnes Jr’s residence for a new Wilson Male High School. A street will be opened in front of the Primitive Baptist Church, running parallel to Nash Street to provide access.
The office received a Holt advertised catalogue for the Oak Ridge Institute offering a safe live reliable progressive school for sons preparing for business or college at minimal cost. The notice mentions Holt J A and H M Holt and an unusual line about a small barber being called a strap. Monee Lita.
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