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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1889
Page
5
Modesty quotes and reflections mix with social updates from Wilson. Notices include visits by Miss Bettie Moore and Miss Nannie King, Paul Branch as University Ball manager, and John Drake’s auctioneering. Special church services, a death in Memphis, and praise for local business and rail lines appear alongside town pride and advertising exhortations.
The Mirror highlights Hackney Brothers of this town for skilled workmanship and town pride. London orders for one of their best vehicles have arrived, shipping soon, with praise for Cal Brownly Evan Thomas George Purvis Dick Taylor and Will Manning as leading mechanics and exemplary citizens.
The article celebrates Wilson joining Read's refined family at the Baptist church. It notes the cultured wife and pretty daughter Miss Clara, and introduces Miss Fannie Carr whose charms and virtue align with Christian ideals.
A Raleigh church pastor, Reverend J J Boyle of the Sacred Heart, was accused of assaulting a fifteen year old organist in his study after luring her from the church. He was jailed awaiting trial amid mob tension and calls for swift punishment.
The letter from Col. Wharton J. Green invites Jefferson Davis to Fayetteville in November. It pleads acceptance despite age or infirmity and urges Davis to visit to discuss the Constitution and to comfort veterans with a public appearance, signaling strong reverence from supporters.
Jefferson Davis praises North Carolina at Fayetteville during the Centennial Celebration of the Constitution adoption. He lauds the state for defending unalienable rights, resisting Crown encroachment, upholding the Declaration of Independence, and safeguarding community rights and sovereignty.
Miss Lena M Hudgins will lead a class of orphans from the Oxford Orphan Asylum in a Monday night performance at Mamona Hall. The event aims to raise funds for the asylum with people urged to attend and give generously. Cousin Jack Simms manages the program as the orphans’ friend expects a warm reception.
The Baptist church ladies announce a lawn party on the Court House green next Friday evening serving strawberries and cream lemonade soda cake barbecue and ham chicken salad and proceeds go to a benevolent object. At church Miss Hattie Churchwell played organ and Miss Effie Taylor sang, earning praise for the choir and efforts to improve it. A note mentions a cotton build and Wadesboro plans for an early day.
The piece celebrates J. Y. Joyner as the chosen head of the Goldsboro Graded Schools, praising him as a Christian scholar of brains, judgment, and personal magnetism. It compares him with Prof. W. A. Blair and likens the appointment to Elijah passing the mantle to Elisha.
A Sunday excursion to Fayetteville was a big success with praise for Arch Campbell the engineer and Capt Muse for courteous attention to travelers. Dan Galloway received thanks for his gallantries while passengers enjoyed evangelist Pearson and a fine choir before returning home safely.
A narrator recalls a scene where two combative goats lock horns amid a tense attempt to separate them. He describes a brief remark about unbuttoning the horns, provoking shock and sorrow in an elder figure named Mr Blount as the youth reflects on youth’s preciousness.
An edited fragment from a local report presents a personal note praising a figure described as highly esteemed. The text lacks clear event or context but signals respect and courtesy toward the subject. Further details are unavailable in the readable excerpt.
Durham Sun columnist praises W H Blount of The Willsos Mirror as a brilliant writer and thrilling orator. Blount has been invited to deliver the commencement address at Horner's School in Oxford next June, a choice praised as wise and captivat ing for the audience.
At the annual election of Mt. Lebanon Royal Arch Chapter on Monday night companions chosen include S. C. Wells as High Priest F. M. More as King E. M. Nadal as Scribe David Oettinger as Captain of Host R. G. Briggs as Principal Sojourner E. H. Adams as R. A. Captain Lat Williams as Treasurer J. D. Bullock as Secretary F. F. Winstead as Master of 3 Veils L. W. Hays as Master of 2 Veils R. W. King as Master of 1 Veil and W. P Snakenberg as Master of Guard.
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