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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1924
Page
2
A Hallowe en and Pie Party is set for Friday October 31 at 7 30 PM at New Hope School. The public is invited with admission of ten cents. Various amusements and entertainment will be provided.
Tickets are selling slowly for the special train planned to run between Wilson and Aliga on Sunday to hear the Ham Ramsay evangelistic services. All who wish to travel are urged to purchase tickets at Mayo's Hardware Store before night.
The Wilson paving project is progressing, with several blocks completed and concrete poured on others including the street leading to Stantonsburg road. Local officials note steady advancement and anticipate continued work.
Cobbo Moss says Moss & Co. is kept busy almost constantly after Indon. and cites their slogan Treats People Right as resonating with customers, noting the firm’s improved demand and upbeat outlook for the season.
A popular firm signals rising business as the holiday season nears inviting customers to visit for ready to wear dry goods notions shoes and millinery selections.
Police report deputies Barnes and Flowers and Meathershy returning late yesterday with a forty five Big Sinks find two miles from Wilbanks. They saw about two and a half play ous key and eleven barrels of beer. The operator of the site was seen some Gitaves away. If he is going at the same rate now there is no telling where he may be. The whiskey and beer were destroyed on the spot and the still brought into town.
Much cotton moved yesterday with more on the market than any day this season. The average price was twenty three cents and the street lined with buyers at nine am was cleared by noon.
Local lodge will honor Past Grand Masters of Enterprise Hodge with an interesting program Friday night. All members are urged to attend. Refreshments will be served.
Box office opens for next Friday and Saturday shows of 7th Heaven, a John Golden production fresh from a two year New York Booth Theatre run. The drama blends wholesome humor with poignant tragedy and reversals, promising a standout stage experience.
The Traffic Bureau should work with the Commission to reduce freight rates and aid state growth. Commissioner Eastman of the Interstate Commerce Commission shows sympathy for North Carolina and notes rate disparities between southeastern gateways and northern states.
Washington reports extensive experiments to destroy foggy clouds using electrified sand. Army planes equipped with devices developed by Dr Frances Warren of Strward University will fly daily for six weeks to determine locations and military value. Two aviators completed tests at great height with moderate success.
Fragmentary text references locations near the Ohio River and Kentucky with names such as Mrs Fred Sauls and Jim Woodall in a San d Chapel context.
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