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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1894
Page
3
The notice charges include five cents per line for cards of thanks, expressions of respect, obituary notices, and similar items not edited as news. Church and society notices and other revenue generating entertainments will also be billed at five cents per line.
Warm conditions continue this week with a slight cool down later in the week. Scattered showers are expected in the middle of the week.
To our subscribers we announce a price reduction and request that all renewals be paid in advance for the coming year. The publisher pledges a first class paper and hopes for a liberal response.
A notice urges readers to subscribe to the Mirror for one year and promises a lively paper. The Greene County Superior Court will convene in Snow Hill on May 21 for civil action trials, with a lengthy calendar and several weeks of sessions likely. John Green, returning from Nashville with prominent locals, spilled into a ditch in a phaeton but escaped serious harm.
Maggie Moss daughter of Vernon F. Moss died Monday at five o clock after a prolonged illness. She was eight years old and deeply loved by her parents and siblings. The bereaved family finds comfort in the belief she enters life eternal with Jesus. The notice also mentions visitors and locals, including Miss Nannie Roberts and Miss Lizzie Hargrave, plus movements of Judge Barksdale and Dr. E K Wright among Wilson residents.
The Town Election passed with a very small vote and no opposition. The aldermen chosen are J. D. Bullock in the first ward, P. B. Deans in the second, Ernest Deans in the third, George Hackney in the fourth, and W. F. Woodard in the fifth. They will elect the new mayor on the first Monday in June. It is uncertain who will be selected.
C E Ballou faced Judge Jas W Lancaster on a charge of obtaining money by false representation from Branch Co Bank. After testimony a recess and import, the prosecution withdrew the charge and Ballou was discharged. Ballou had intended to settle the bank claim with a draft they previously refused to honor. He arrived with Virginia attorneys to explain the matter to the bank but absence of key officials delayed the proceeding until the discharge.
Judge Bynum presided a busy Nash County docket with many civil cases and lengthy criminal matters. L N B Battle received four months for assault with a deadly weapon. Garvis fled on bail after breaking a town lockup. Ambrose Benton was acquitted in a key affray. Collins and Long received two and four months respectively before adjournment.
On Friday Julia Day, a cook for Arch Copeland, was fined ten dollars and costs for cursing and disturbing the peace. Ernest Deans was acquitted while Bud Peacock was convicted and fined for disturbing the peace. On Saturday Robt Best paid 2.50 court costs after turning a hose nozzle on Louis Cohen, causing no serious damage.
A dialogue on smoking notes a preference for pipes over cigarettes and cigars. It praises Yale Mixture tobacco and highlights Hargrave’s store offering a wide array of pipes in French briar meerschaum and exotic woods with gold and silver filigree. The piece touts Hargrave's as the finest pipe selection seen in Wilson.
Reports indicate negotiations to establish a military academy at Finch's Mill. Names of parties are withheld for now, but the project is hoped to succeed. The site is described as healthy and attractive for a school, with potential later addition of a hotel to draw visitors.
Riots in Cleveland on May Day and a 9000 strong Labor Day parade in New York reflect unrest. Senator Walsh pushes repeal of a ten percent tax on state banks while New York Constitutional Convention meets through September 15. Public debt rises April to $8,950,599 with cash down to $790,826,760 and gold reserve at $100,000,000. Washington Post praises Senator Ransom for a tender Senate tribute to a late colleague.
Short notices for rent sale lost and found and misc items will appear here at ten cents per line including business locators and local want ads.
A house and lot on Greene Street and half an acre of land offered for sale on May first to the high bidder. The dwelling has seven rooms and the terms are cash.
An old advertisement promotes a 60 day trial book keeping course from Croughon’s Practical Business College in Nashville Tennessee. It touts rapid learning four weeks equals twelve, job placement guarantees, and cash incentives for reporting vacancies.
For 23 years we have fought these consumers of life with life’s own weapon, the air we breathe, strengthened by modern science. Disease ties his hands and deprives him of power and resistance, while worry and overwork exhaust the body.
A brief local note promoting John Gaston offering expert help and skilled assistants with a call to contact him near the post office.
By decree of the Superior Court in the case Rountree et al v Cas Lewis et al I will sell at the Court House door Wilson North Carolina on Tuesday the sun day of June 1894 near the Wilson Nash line three land tracts totaling 63 43 and 75 acres described as part of Old Fields township with references to High Allison and Scott parcels and land bought from E A High Terms cash. May 9 1894. 4 MO. F BRUTON Commissioner.
A 1994 Virginia Publishing Co advertisement offers a hard rubber fountain pen with a $200 pattern feed and no leakage, urging readers to pay 25 cents for a half year Virginia magazine subscription. The vendor promises tested ink and swift delivery to homes in Virginia.
By virtue of a power of sale in a deed of trust to R McBrayar by B J Tyson and wife W K Tyson the property in Wilson county will be sold at the Court House door in Wilson on June 7 1894. The lot fronts Godsboro Street and adjoins Barnes Farmer A Branch and Tyson and wife with two brick stores. Reference to the trust deed is in Book 31 pages 33 34 36. Trustee A Rankin. Attorneys F A & S A Wooparn.
An assortment of promotions features Hargrave's Drug Store offering French blacking at five cents a box and Hargrave's tea, plus Wallace Batchelor's saloon and restaurant praised for good drinks, meals, and private dining. Advertisements also showcase music lessons by Mrs W B Hill and portrait services by C O Brown at Winstead's gallery with bartered payment options due to money scarcity.
On January 9 1894 notice advertises class lessons for men and boys Tuesday and Friday evenings from to 9 o clock and for girls Tuesday and Friday afternoons from 3 to 4 with vocal culture and instrumental lessons. Terms apply to Mrs W B Hill Green Street.
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