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Newspaper

Orange County Observer

Location

Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Aug 18, 1904

Page

3

Accepting Democratic Nomination Judge Parker Enters Campaign

Esopus New York Special Judge Alien B Parker received formal notification of his nomination for the presidency by the Democratic party. Representative Champ Clark presented the communication and delivered Parker a platform of views on campaign issues including tariff reform, trust regulation, and a restrained foreign policy.

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Telegraphic Briefs and World Notes From The Era

A roundup mentions British actions in Tangier and Tibet with Younghusband, a U.S. stance on Haiti, and an ultimatum. Wreck victims total 76 at Holen Colorado. UMW executive board delays strike date in Wyoming and Lackawanna valleys. Vera Cruz and other Mexican yellow fever cases are reported with no new deaths at Tehuantepec. Democratic Committee chairman questions a wages report.

United Mine Workers’ Executive Board Scranton Wyoming Lackawanna Vera Cruz Mexico Coatzaccalcos Tehuantepec

White House declines meeting with engineers group

Secretary Loeb stated at the White House that no letter or authority was used to invite the National Association of Stationary Engineers to a Richmond session. The move aims to avoid giving capital to the Democratic campaign, given the association’s close ties to labor.

White House Loeb National Association of Stationary Engineers Richmond

State Farmers' Alliance backs road extension and convicts use

The North Carolina State Farmers Alliance, meeting in Hillsboro, urged Governor Aycock not to sell or lease the Atlantic & North Carolina Railroad but to extend it with convict labor to Henderson or Norlina. They called for tighter public supervision, opposed convict farming, and favored road-building use. They urged state funding for the Agricultural and Mechanical College and endorsed systematic cotton marketing and warehouses. Delegates were elected to the National Alliance. The Progressive Farmer named as state organ.

State Farmers’ Alliance North Carolina Corporation Commission Beaufort Alliance Edgecombe Alliance Agricultural and Mechanical College State Board of Agriculture National Agricultural and Mechanical Agricultural Department State Alliance R. H. Speight

Eight Men Drowned in Mine Disaster in Stanley County

Special News reports a devastating mine flood at the Whitney Reduction Company Barringer gold mine in Stanley County on Friday afternoon. Nine workers, eight of them Black, attempted to escape rising waters. only superintendent Thomas Moyle survived. Names released so far include Will Camp John McGraw Bob Deberry and Sam Price. A second incident notes a homicide at a marriage feast in Tarboro as Eugene Wilson killed Joe Edwards during a dispute. In Lenoir a fatal accidental shooting occurred on Cotton Mill Hill when John Queen shot his brother Malcolm. Other items mention Drexel Furniture shipments to Sears Roebuck, the death of James N. Conrad of Lexington, and court action naming co-receivers for Juanita Cotton Mill Burlington.

Jefferson The Republic United States Salisbury Barringer Stanley County Whitney Reduction Company Thos. Moyle Will Camp John McGraw Bob Deberry Sam Price Tarboro Old Sparta Eugene Wilson Joe Edwards Edwards Wilson North Carolina Drexel Furniture Company Morganton Burke Sears, Roebuck & Co Chicago James N. Conrad Lexington Allen Ijn Raleigh Claude B. Barbee Frank A. Daniels Juanita Burlington Augustus A. Rosenthal Raleigh

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