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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1891
Page
5
A nostalgic poem recalling milking twilight on a farm. The speaker, a youth, savors scents of milk and evening, compares them to Oriental fragrances, and reflects on a long-ago valley linking past and present.
Rev Thomas Dixon Jr denounces public gambling as a social curse after a March incident at Guttenburg Race Track. He cites crime, embezzlement, and suicides tied to racing, urges government control of telegraphs, and endorses Anthony Comstock’s anti-gambling drive with vivid case examples and calls for action by churches and citizens.
The piece traces the U S postal service origins in 1794 with Samuel Osgood as first Postmaster General. It notes 100 post offices, 2000 miles of routes, and 50 000 dollars first year receipts, with six cent letters and 12 cent 100 mile rate, rising to 5 million receipts in 1837 and 61 million by 1890. It adds 41 global circumnavigations worth of mail routes and 8000 letters per minute.
A report on Dr. Mason of the Inebriate Asylum Fort Hamilton arguing alcoholism passes to offspring via defective nervous systems. He describes alcohol as a disease agent, compares progress in alcoholism to microbial diseases, and notes hereditary transmission of vice and its consequences.
The Alliance Peanut Union of Virginia and North Carolina meets in Suffolk Virginia at 10 a m on April 23 1891. R S Boverm serves as secretary.
There has been no money appropriated to defray the expenses of any meeting of the District Lecturers. The expenses of each County Lecturer to these meetings should be borne by his County Alliance. All appointments made hereafter by any District Lecturer must be confined to the counties composing his district. Signed by Sane ae 8. Barnes, Secy N. C.F. 8. A.
The State Executive Committee appointed district lecturers for the Alliance in North Carolina. Named are Prof. F. S. Blair Mencia, Capt. E. A. Thorne Airlie, Dr. V. N. Seawell Villanow, Rev. P. H. Massey Durham, J. B. Smith Guilford College, R. B. Hunter Huntersville, Augustus Leazer Mooresville, Dr. L. N. Durham, with several districts omitted. Lectures promote The Progressive Farmer and Alliance literature. parties seeking a lecturer should contact their district lecturer. W. S. Barnes, Secretary NCFS.
Notice to the Brethren outlines Polk plan for organizing a lecture system and requires county secretaries, state lecturers, and stewards to study and explain it at next county meetings. It lists local alliance meeting dates and a district lecturer's schedule to promote unity and unwritten work.
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