RUE WILSON MIRROR LAYS OUT LOCAL NOTES AND EVENTS
In Wilson North Carolina March 1th 1590 a mixed page lists light witticisms events and notices. Swiss Bell Ringers visit Mamona Hall tonight and tomorrow. Elder Jones preaches at Primitive Baptist church next Sunday. Dr Raffin recuperating from illness. Dr King attends a Board of Directors meeting in Goldsboro. Miss Fannie Moodie bound for Henderson leaving today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elder Jones
Primitive Baptist Church
Enjoyable Evening at the Literary Society Meeting
A Friday gathering of the Literary Society at Prof. Kelley’s school featured Paul Anderson presiding with polished parliamentary skill. Ernest Nadal served as secretary as Mrs. Hill delivered a refined rendition of Coming Through the Rye, inspiring praise and a festive, snowbound departure.
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Apollo
Ernest Nadal
Hill
Beloved Pastor Read to Leave for Charleston WV
The popular Baptist pastor Mr Read announces he will leave his Eastern North Carolina charge at month end to accept a call to the Baptist church in Charleston West Virginia. The church vows to fill the vacancy and continues plans for a new edifice, praising his character and noting his wife and daughter Clara share in the community’s regard.
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Read
The
Baptist Church
Baptist Church of
Charleston
West Virginia
North Carolina
Board of Deacon
Baptists
Clara
Sermons by Elders Woodard and Woodard Inspire Devout Worship
A Sunday service by Primitive Baptists featured Elder James S Woodard delivering a forceful sermon on Gods sovereignty with clear English and fervor. Elder William Woodard followed, praising Gods love and Christian charity in eloquent reflections that conveyed tenderness and spiritual beauty.
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Primitive Baptists
James S. Woodard
William Woodard
Eastern Carolina Farmers Grow Bright Tobacco Prospect
A reader from Wilson County reports on Eastern Carolina farmers in Nash Wilson and Pitt counties producing bright tobacco. He notes per acre earnings from 400 to 600 dollars, land prices 5 to 10 dollars per acre, longer growing seasons, and keys figures Captain E M Pace and Ned Pace shaping Wilson tobacco affairs. He cites Calvin Barnes with ninety acres last year and a possible twenty thousand dollars from the crop, praising bright tobacco as the new king over cotton.
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Wilson
Carolina
Nash
Pitt
Northen
Alamance
Caswell
E. M. Pace
Danville
Golden Tobacco Belt
Ned” Pace
Wilson Tobacco Warehouse
Calvin Barnes
Belva Lockwood and the Comprehensive Term
A satirical critique notes Belva Lockwood’s claim that man is a comprehensive term embracing woman. The writer mocks politics and suffrage views, arguing men act from instinct and claim no credit for their actions.
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Belva Lockwood
New York
Belva
Washington City
Chronicle Promises Witty Editorials and Wide State Reach
A lively prose note hails the Daily Chronicle for its sharp wit and broad transmission across the state. It lauds the paper's editorials, sage reflections, and well filled columns as a charm and benediction to readers.
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The
Daily Chronicle
To Tebaceco Planters Plan for Tobacco Seed Planting
The article advises planters in Tebaceco to continue tobacco cultivation despite a cold snap. Plant beds should be warm and sunny with heavy fertilizer and canvas cover, with seeds sown by March 26 and plants ready to transplant by late April. It notes others north and west suffered from freezing and disease symptoms.
Ed Barnes Sells High Grade Bone Fertilizer
Local merchant Ed Barnes advertises H. S. Millers High Grade Bone Fertilizer as an excellent guano and notes a farmer’s endorsement. The item is highlighted on his page alongside a piece titled Prize Cotton.
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Ed Barnes
H. S. Miller
Important Decision Affects Taxation of Property Statewide
Judge Shepherd delivers a ruling overturning a prior Supreme Court stance from 1873 in Pullen vs Raleigh. The decision holds the constitution allows a uniform tax on all property, stocks bonds money and credits, impacting city and town revenue. It marks a major change in municipal funding authority and charter limitations.
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Enheding
Shepherd
Supreme Court
Pullen
Raleigh
New Ow Dress Our Excellent Democratic Advocate
A damaged clipping praises the editor Sam Ashe for his party loyalty and vigorous advocacy. It commends his polished editorship and hopes for patronage due to merit and devotion to Democratic principles.
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Democratic Party
Sam Ashe
Fitzpatrick Merry Makers and Arion Bell Ringers Tonight
The Fitzpatrick family and Arion's Swiss Bell Ringers present an entertainment at Mamona Hall tonight and tomorrow night. Music songs wit and laughter promise comicality. Reserved seats cost fifty cents and can be secured at Rowland's Drug Store.
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Fitzpatrick
Merry Makers
Arion
Mamona Hall
Rowland
Larceny warning for unpaid newspapers under new postal law
A notice warns that under the new postal law it is larceny to take a paper without paying. It cautions readers who read years then leave without settling dues may face indictment for larceny.
Tribute to Ene business leader Frank Barnes
An eloquent tribute highlights the management and popularity of Frank Barnes as a sagacious liberal minded president, praising the Ene business and its capacity, while noting its table and cine shier as part of the affection for his era.
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Paleo
Ea i
Ene
Table and Cine
Frank Barnes
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rue Wilson Mirror
Henry Blount
N. C
Johnny
Charles Gross
Hing
Dr. Raffin
Ulder Gore
Dr. King
Insane Sera
Goldsboro
Fannie Moodie
Henderson
J. R. Allen
Oxford
Johnny D Ona
Dave Pearsall
Sena
Pach
Asheville Daily Citizen
Nus
Cameron
Foy
Winston
Charlotte Chronicle
Georgia
Tebaceco Planters
Oes
J E. Brothers
Weelson
N. F
Ormer
Elankg
Nevier
Eee Pee
State of North Carolina
A. B. Dea
F. A. Wooparp
C. A. Youna
Virture Dantet
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