Wilson Times, 18 September 1896.

• The Pops — the Populist Party.
• McKinley — President William McKinley.
• Pritchard — U.S. Senator Jeter Conley Pritchard, lead of the “Lily White” faction of North Carolina’s Republican Party, who later removed Samuel H. Vick from his federally appointed position as Wilson’s postmaster.
• Sim Smith — Simeon A. Smith.
• Sam Vick — Samuel H. Vick.
• Meares — John D. Meares of Elm City, a Republican turned Populist.
• Cherry — Sheriff John N. “Jack” Cherry, a Republican turned Populist.