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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1894
Page
3
The text outlines charges for cards of thanks resolutions of respect and obituaries under five cents per line when not designated by the editor as news. Notices of church society and other entertainments with revenue are billed at five cents a line.
A Wilson region roundup covers visits by Mrs. Shaw to her father Thomas Gay in Wilson and Mr. Fitzgerald in Ashville, post office electric lights, and various social events. It notes court delays due to Judge Graves illness, Doane Herring marriage to Bridgeman of Washington NC, and remarks from Hon. Walter R. Henry at Saratoga and Stantonburg. Also mentions Woodard Bobbitt Co. tobacco sale, a telegram on sugar tariff costs, and a lengthy obituary tribute to Mrs. Woodard highlighting her church service and charity efforts.
Mrs. Fred Woodard’s remains arrived at Wilson Monday and were met by many family friends at the depot. They escorted her home then to the Methodist church for tender services led by Mrs. Venable at the organ. Her passing ends a notable life marked by musical achievement.
Capt Frank Cunningham of Richmond attended the services and sang two fine solos. The remarks by Rev Mr Ivey and Rev Mr Cole were tender and eloquent. The mortal remains were laid to rest in Maplewood beside myrtle and daisies.
The Wilmington Messenger lauds the Orton Hotel under J. E. Montague for new improvements backed by Col. Murchison. Walter Perdue and Captain Morrison receive praise for service and hospitality, elevating the Orton as a premier Southern hotel of comfort and elegance.
A Sunday morning sermon by Mr Ivey is praised as powerful grand glorious and superb. The writer calls it incomparable in beauty and eloquence and likens the preacher to a divine Vulcan hammering out eternal truths. His English rhetoric and eloquence are described as faultless and unmatched at the Methodist Conference.
A heartfelt tribute by Lizzie Crowell honors Mrs. Fred A Woodard a devout Methodist and missionary worker. The piece lauds her generosity patience and steadfast faith while noting her quiet charity and loyalty to friends and the community. It ends with comforting assurance of her rest in the afterlife.
The passage extols a work as a faultless gem of sublime brilliance, praising the creator for wickedly magnificent diction and the intellect for ornate and opulent phrasing.
Auction will be held Friday October 24 1944 at 11 A M at Wilson Collegiate Institute Wilson North Carolina. The sale includes desks pianos organ blackboards benches stoves clocks chairs tables beds furniture carpets mattresses bedding chandeliers lamps window shades mirrors glassware crockery etc plus a horse cart plows and farming implements and a quantity of corn fodder hay and sweet potatoes.
Advertises estate auctions with high value Nash Plantation and Routine Farm property. Lists Lots 2 3 4 including a four room dwelling, brick stores, and vacant parcels near Wilson with terms requiring cash and deferred payments secured by mortgage. Multiple sale dates December 3 and December 4 for mules corn fodder farming implements engines and machinery.
By decree of the Wilson County Superior Court Bardin Joyner and others will sell at the Wilson courthouse on December 3 1914 the 59 acre Dickerson tract in Black Creek township adjoining PF A Woodard and Ella M Taylor. The sale funds debts of A G Brooks deceased. Tennis Cash ID Bardin Commissioner.
The plaintiffs Norte Carona and others sue Charity Cole Nelson Cole Mary Cole Aaron Cole John Cole heirs of Martha Cole to compel sale of their land in Wilson County North Carolina. Defendants must appear October 22 before Clerk A G Deans at Wilson County Courthouse to answer or demur. Filed September 6. A B Deans Clerk. INC FL BRUTON, attorney for plaintiffs.
Having qualified as Administrator of John T Barnes deceased of Wilson County North Carolina this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate to exhibit them to the undersigned or his attorney on or before the 2th day of October 1895 or this notice will be plead in thar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estitute will please make immacrate settlement. ET Barnes Administrator John F L Beavn Attorney This Isth day of October ISM.
A reader can obtain a sample copy of the SouTHeRn Magazine by writing to its publishers at the Columbia Building Louisville Kentucky. Address Live publishers at the Mikron for 2 copies of the Magazine and this paper.
In Norfolk area listings the event outlines sales and concert plans. references to tickets, venues and offerings appear with various names and dates.
Pursuant to a Superior Court decree the first Monday in December IS, being the 3rd, sale of lots and tracts in Spring Hill Township Wilson County will be at the courthouse door in Wilson. Includes Gaston Watson 100 acres adjoining Bynum B. Davis etc Asa Ward 50 acres adjoining Isaac Evans Dempsy Ward Green Watson etc Wilson Hawley 64 acres adjoining Joseph Hinnant Stephen Barnes etc Jeff Raper home tract adjoining Joseph Hinnant Robert Raper etc Home tract adjoining Dempsey Ward Isaac Evans etc acres and the mill tract 54 acres. Term cash. List TIS04.
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