Wilson Daily Times, 25 August 1899.

• Spencer Barnes — Barnes was newly returned to Wilson after service in the Spanish-American war.
• Ward McAllister — McAllister was the tastemaker and social arbiter of Gilded Age New York City.
• Jim Ottis
• Colored Odd Fellows Hall
• Miss Brinkley –– probably, one of the daughters of Dick and Charlotte Brinkley. In the 1900 census of Wilson, Wilson County: Dick Brinkley, 65; wife Charolott, 49, cook; son Hilliard, 29; and daughters Nancy, 27, school teacher, and Bettie, 23, nurse.
• Miss Rountree