Extracted from the Beacon Flashes column:
Source: Roanoke Beacon, 31 January 1890. Available online at digitalnc.org.
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Mackey’s Ferry Letter (December 9, 1889)
The following items are excerpted from the Mackey’s Ferry Letter column:
- Mr. Winfield SPRUILL’s little boy has his thigh bone broken while picking up potatoes under the cart last Saturday morning. The cart dumped on him and caused his misfortune.
- The Rev. R.B. COLLIER was on time to fill his appointment at Frasier’s School House yesterday, the second Sunday. He preached, as usual, with great power, to a very respectable congregation. His text was very appropriate : “The barrel of meal wasteth not.” He set forth the unquestionable facts that if we would trust God, though there might be even a famine for three years and six months, that the children of God would be cared for. He also inferred from the text a lesson of self-denial, showing how the poor widow woman was blessed for her willingness to share the last morsel with the old prophet Elijah.
- There was three new comers in the neighborhood recently, W.S. DAVENPORT, J.A.S. DAVENPORT, and W.R. BASNIGHT are the lucky men. Children born in these days will probably be tough.
- Mr. Wiggins CLAGON is having his nets repaired for fishing.
- Mr. L.C. MARRINER has run a part of the walling around his two-acre lot at the Ferry and will begin his house in a few days. He has built one small tenant house for his watchman and is building a drying house to store his lumber.
Source: Roanoke Beacon, 13 December 1889. Available online at DigitalNC.org
Beacon Flashes (October 4, 1889)
The following items are excerpted from the Beacon Flashes column:
- The charming Hope HUNTER, after a most pleasant visit to her mother at Enfield, had returned.
- Mrs. H.T. HASWELL, of Creswell, was the guest of her mother, Mrs. Capt. MIDGETT and others this week.
- Dr. H.P. MURRAY, has moved his family from Main street to the Thompson House on Washington street.
- Miss Fannie MANNING spent several days at Jamesville this week as the guest of her cousin, Miss Lizzie WALTERS.
- Miss Annie, the beautiful and attractive little daughter of Rev. R.B. COLLIER, has been visiting friends in the city this week.
- Mr. T.W. BUTT has again returned to the paint department in the “Old Reliable Carriage Factory,” after a pleasant visit to friends in E. City.
- Mr. C.V.W. AUSBON has accepted a position with R. Schultz & Co., of E. City to which place he went on Monday. Our best wishes go with you brother.
- The many friends of the beautiful and accomplished Miss Mary GENT will rejoice to learn that she has again, after an absence of nearly a year, honored our town with her grace and beauty. She is with Mrs. S.A. BLOUNT, milliner, and we ask our lady friends to call on her when in want of a hat, she can please the most fastedious.
Source: Roanoke Beacon, 4 October 1889. Available online at digitalnc.org.
Commencement (1889)
Of Prof. DUNSTON’s School at Columbia
On Friday night July 19th, Prof. DUNSTON’s Preparatory School held its Commencement exercises.
Long before the hour to commence Columbia was thronged with visitors, anxious to be present and to hear the young gentlemen and girls speak and recite. it were a difficult task to decide which of them excelled – all did well-reflecting very great credit on their most excellent instructor, who is a graduate of the University of North Carolina.
Prof. DUNSTON, as is his custom, offered a gold medal to the young man who should best declaim on that occasion; and appointed as judges the Rev. Mr. EBORNE, Messrs. BUSH, LEE, and R.P. FELTON, who decided that Mr. Joseph ALEXANDER had merited the same. Rev. Mr. EBORNE was requested to present the medal which he did with appropriately remarks.
Two gentlemen friends of the school offered a medal to the girl who had stood highest in her class during the session and who should best recite at the Commencement.
Prof. DUNSTON appointed Messrs. R.P. FELTON, J.C. MEEKINS Jr., and Rev. R.B. COLLIER a committee to decide who was entitled to this reward.
Miss Ella WYNN was the happy recipient of a lovely medal presented her by Rev. R.B. COLLIER. Thus ended a most excellent session of Columbia’s school.
It is the universal desire of patrons and people that the Trustees will increase the Professor’s salary and thus induce him to remain with us another session.
An excellent band of music played at interval, and all left at a late hour, feeling that they had been amply repaid, though the weather was uncomfortably warm and rainy. — Ben
Source: Roanoke Beacon, 9 August 1889. Available online at digitalnc.org.