03 Jun 1891
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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1891
Page
1
A patchwork of aphorisms and sentimental reflections on love desire and virtue. Witty quips on affection drunkenness and conscience mix with playful images of goats and rocking chairs, conveying a Victorian conversational mood and gentle moralizing tone.
The narrator recalls a Friday evening spent in a home presided over by refined womanhood where charming maidens captivated with beauty grace, music, and perfume, creating a memory like an oasis in life. He praises a standout beauty among Faisons' daughters, calling her crowning glory of loveliness and imagining Edenic reveries inspired by the night.
Mount Olive High School hosts commencement with Prof Britton and wife guiding a high merit program. Joe Robinson of the Argus delivers the annual address before the Henry E Shepherd Literary Society. Hon E M Kerr of Clinton speaks Thursday at 10am, followed by a concert led by Mrs E E Britton. Gold medals awarded afterward.
Eureka M E Sunday School celebrated Children’s Day with a decorated church, a welcoming banner reading God is our Shield and Eureka M E Sunday School, a processional march led by John Yelverton and Edwina Barnes, choir performances, recitations by Walter and Maude Yelverton, and an address by Pastor W W Rose. The program included hymns, prayers, offertory, and a Benediction, all described as a perfect success.
A large Wilson crowd heard Walter Henry of Henderson deliver a dazzling lecture praised as eloquent and imaginative. John E. Woodard lauded the speech’s beauty while noting the late hour and promising a top-tier annual concert led by Miss Lily Gay, famed for her musical talent.
A high honor was paid at the Goshen High School closing exercises in Sampson County. J D Ezzell was praised for building a strong institution and imparting appreciation for education. The event featured debates on Free Trade and Protection, admired by attendees for the students' reading, research, and eloquence. The Goshen community was described as thriving and welcoming, with remarks to the charm of local maidens adding a note of warmth to the visit.
A tersely paraphrased plea to patrons about debts to a printer. It urges readers to acknowledge indebtedness and pay promptly, insisting only nonpayers should step aside. The speaker questions loyalty of nonpayers and stresses contracts for work and subscriptions while accusing those who avoid payment.
A praise filled note from the Sunny South extols Mrs Hugh F Murray of this place for an essay titled Flusser and the Bacon. The piece is described as graphic elegant and daring with promise of a brilliant literary future for the author in a top Southern journal.
A moral exhortation detailing intemperance as a source of ruin for individuals and communities. It links drinking to crime, poverty, broken families, corrupt elections, and national dishonor, portraying it as a pervasive evil that wrecks souls and societies.
A large Sunday congregation welcomed Bishop Lyman for the ordination of Fenner Stickney as a Deacon. Community figures Bronson and Horner participated as services and sermon drew praise for Stickney’s character and potential.
A classical tribute praises the New Berne Journal for its compliment to an upcoming Athens of North Carolina visit. Henry Blount, famed orator, will appear at the Opera House on June 5th presenting a gold medal to the top music student at New Berne Collegiate Institute.
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