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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1891
Page
4
The notice lists subscription price for one year and advance payment terms. It identifies editor and proprietor as Wilson, N.C. Gray with reference code 27.165.
The piece argues that cotton can become a true money crop if the South diversifies farming, uses self produced supplies, and shifts processing to domestic mills. It cites growth in cotton manufacture, from 180,000 to 500,000 bales over twenty years, and predicts continued expansion and greater regional profits.
The Wilmington Review and others criticize John James Ingalls of Kansas for leaving public life with little regret. He was long a prominent Senate figure but feared for his sincerity and intellect. Some papers claim his speeches were mere words and question his principle. The Hartford Courant cites concerns over his attacks on editors as a sign of decline.
The Star reports the Cincinnati convention third party movement, started in opposition to Ocala and Washington alliances, had little national backing. Colonel Rice of Kansas led it, with Western delegates shaping the effort, while Southern states like North Carolina sent few or none. Texas and Kentucky sent small representations, showing weak overall Southern participation.
A committee of the Southern Press Association issues an address urging all Southern counties to raise funds for a monument to Jefferson Davis. June 18 is set for a unified fundraising day with mass meetings, newspaper hosts, voluntary collections, and possible concerts to secure the needed money.
A Massacott resident praises a single undeveloped water power on the Roanoke River in North Carolina. He argues it surpasses Holyoke Lawrence and Lowell in employment impact and would spur cotton production, farming value, and regional prosperity with a Lowell‑like industrial revival when developed.
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