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.