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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1890
Page
4
A reader at Wilson, N C, recalls a Saturday afternoon sunset as a grand, transformative display of color. Descriptions compare clouds to amethyst rocks, molten gold lakes, topaz islets, and diamonds, ending with night and stars spreading a calming silver light.
The Execu tive Committee of Nash County chose Capt. J. H. Exum to fill the late Kt. F. Drake’s Democratic ticket position for Register of Deeds. Exum is praised as a prominent, influential citizen, Alliance member, practical farmer and capable businessman. The committee urges Democrats to unite for the ticket’s success.
The notice reports Hon Frances D Winston severing ties with the Republican party and publishing a letter to the party chairman explaining his reasons. The State Chronicle endorses his move as evidence of growing discontent among younger Republicans over policies seen as favoring the few against the many and sectional.
An advertisement urges subscriptions funding fall needs and promotes RADAMS MICROBE KILLER as the most wonderful medicine with claimed universal efficacy from leprosy to minor diseases, supported by contemporary scientific claim.
W J Rodgers who was named by the Democratic Convention for Congress in the Second District resigned due to ill health. A nominating meeting in Wilson was postponed after only three committee members attended. The panel accepted Rodgers resignation but declined to nominate a replacement, citing insufficient time for a full canvass.
The accomplished editor of the News-Observer endorses our views praising Senator Ransom as a superb orator. The editor states in strong terms that our opinion aligns with theirs, calling him possibly the finest orator in the United States.
Note announces the loss on September 1 of a Mrs Polly Moore and a Miss Louisa Thigpen with unspecified details.
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