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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1890
Page
5
A collage of brief notes and observations from a North Carolina community page. The items mention local figures like Miss Addie Winstead and J. T. Wiggins, travelers such as Sam Earl, and visits to Richmond and Aiken. The column lauds education and morality, with aphorisms on knowledge, repentance, and love, plus snippets about local editors, merchants, and the Young Men’s Christian Association.
A playful ode extols visiting maidens who captivate Wilson youths with their charms. The writer likens the effect to warm fires and sunlit memories, praising the lingering perfume of the flowers and the dreams inspired in the town’s young men.
A Friday Mamona Hall concert features celebrated vocalists and the tenor Monserieux Henricussi Biountietellnoire in a charity event for the Presbyterian Church. Admission is twenty five cents, with proceeds supporting church needs and a urged full hall attendance.
Henry Blount, editor of the Wilson Morro, has accepted an invitation to give the annual literary address at Lumber Bridge High School’s commencement on June 12. The Daily State Chronicle offers high praise for Blount’s oratory and poetry and anticipates a memorable event.
The Kinston Free Press marks eight years of operation under editor Herbert, praised for its entertaining and useful content. The paper is described as a comfort to teachers and a blessing to its circulation area, with influence extending far and wide and commitment to its cause recognized.
The Public Ledger cites T. B. Kingsbury asserting fifty North Carolina farmers surpass others in tobacco income. He claims three consecutive years with an average of 300 to the acre and 600 to each worker, with some hands earning equal to 1,000 and more, noting North Carolina as hard to excel.
The Argo naut praises Wilson resident J E Woodard Esq for solicitor of the Inferior Court, noting six years’ experience and a strong reputation. It credits his political work on the Cleveland ticket and his magnetism as an orator, predicting he would be an efficient and aggressive prosecuting attorney if elected.
Papers from Durham report a major fundraising meeting yielding about 120000 in pledges and gifts. W Duke contributed 85000 and J S Carr donated part of Bakckwell Park property bought for 20000. total contributions near 3000 to 4000 then. Committees will solicit more funds as two substantial gifts totaling 120000 and 20000 are directed to the college.
The Roanoke News cheers the canal project for Weldon as eighty workmen start dredging a basin at the site. The canal will be 35 feet wide along most of its length, widen to 76 feet near Railroad crossing, and expand into a 200 foot basin before the rails.
The Raleigh Correspondent notes 2,163 sub Alliances statewide with 95 counties having county Alliances except New Hanover. No county Alliance formed there yet. The State Alliance office has expanded into the entire building shared with the Cali.
In a March issue the piece profiles a youth with exceptional phosphorus in his brain and red blood cells, described as an oarsman from a recent crew. The feature references Frank Howard Howe, son of the late postmaster Timothy F. Howe of Wisconsin.
The Wilson Cotton Mills gains reputation for skilled management by Mr Mc Donad and business leadership by Mr Al Branch. The Scot land Democrat notes local merchants increasingly buy yarns from the mill, praising home enterprise as the South aims to manufacture more of its needs.
An advertisement by J. Ford & Co successors to Joseph Williams extols Old Nick whiskey as pure and wholesome. The copy claims over a century of distilling tradition and urges direct orders from distilleries to ensure first class, unadulterated goods known to Log Town law students.
An unclear note references a warning tied to a case with the phrase pepe fuse out of the o e2, lacking additional readable details or identifiable parties.
A promotion highlights a gold watch as a desirable ornament for ladies. Participants pay one dollar down and one dollar weekly to purchase the watch, with K. B. Evans as the manager recruiting members for the class.
General order from the Adjutant General accepts the Wilson Light Infantry under Captain John F. Bruton after compliance with admission rules and assigns the unit to the 2nd Regiment.
In the wake of the Rocky Mount fire Thomas J. Hackney will relocate to Wilson joining George and Doug to run what is described as the largest carriage manufacturing concern in the state. The move is viewed as a valuable addition to the town and reflects the family’s longstanding reputation for honesty and integrity.
W. T. Taylor formerly of this county, later of Florida, died there a few days ago. He was known in Whitakers for a large sash and blind factory he operated locally before moving to Florida where he passed away, leaving a legacy as an enterprising citizen.
A friend wonders why a teacher carefully brushes the chair seat before sitting. The writer jokes that it stems from fearing mischievous pupils and the chair becoming a tool for their schemes.
The Roanoke Union of the Tar River Association will meet with the Baptist church this Thursday the 27th. A number of prominent gentlemen and eminent ministers will be present for what is expected to be an unusually interesting gathering.
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