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Newspaper
Wilson News
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1899
Page
4
Marion Butler speaks in the Washington Post defending his stance on the North Carolina constitutional amendment and race question ruling out its efficacy. The piece also discusses rumored tobacco warehouse and cotton mill combines threatening local markets and price stability.
The Raleigh Christian Advocate lauds the statewide educational revival with rising attendance across public church and private schools. It urges continued church and state efforts to eradicate illiteracy and build educated Christian citizenship, predicting further growth as literacy and Protestant church presence expand.
The speaker argues education cannot replace religion but should blend with it. Church and State educational forces and ministers should unite to build an educated Christian civilization. By rising above selfish aims and embracing the Christ Spirit, the future holds hopeful prospects for both church and state.
The weekly paper Enterprise from Williamston North Carolina debuts with editor J Dail described as fearless. The note claims Williamston’s cemetery tells the town’s story and reflects on local burial grounds as a concise portrait of the place.
The Greenville News cites Bakers facing two extremes from burnouts in Lake City and a freeze out in Boston. Miss Jewett and journalists have delivered blows, while readers await one final lay out. The Raleigh Post protests for correct pronunciation in foreign names amid Cuban and Dreyfus era glare.
An advertisement asserts deafness stems from inflammation of the Eustachian tube and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as curative with a $100 reward for any ear deafness due to catarrh not cured. It notes the remedy, price 75 cents, and urges sending for circulars from F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio.
County commissioners drew jurors for the November term of the Superior Court and ordered notices posted in Spring Township and at the courthouse. The first week jurors included Wilson Township Jack Gold and others. second week jurors listed for Wilson Township Haywood Edmundson and more across townships.
The old tobacco year closed in Winston with over 18,000,000 pounds of leaf sold and 1,663,994.4 pounds of manufactured tobacco shipped. Revenue stamps on tobacco totaled 1,996,793.08 dollars, a figure higher than the prior year.
The Filipino representatives intimate they can fight as long as costs are affordable. The Raleigh Times gives two men who oppose the Dewey Wheeler ticket as William McKinley and William Jennings Bryan. Marion Butler denies gubernatorial candidacy amid sharp commentary. A Bertie county jail break and shooting a prisoner on suspicion marks a new lynching method, with concerns over post crime errors.
An English newspaper some months ago offered a prize for the best ten strong words in the English language. After deliberation the committee reported the ten strongest words as Hate blood hungry dawn coming gone love dead alone for ever.
Miss Julia Morrison James, linked to the shooting of actor Leiden during the Mr Plaster of Paris performance in Chattanooga, has been denied bond. The court ruled the act was wilful and deliberate murder.
The Paris arbitral court awarded Venezuela control of the Orinoco River mouth. The ruling recalls former President Harrison who supported Venezuela in this matter.
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