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Newspaper

The Progressive Farmer

Location

Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Aug 01, 1893

Page

7

Chats With The Brethren Subscriptions Grow For The Progressive Farmer

Extracts from letters received from club-raisers and friends in North Carolina praise The Progressive Farmer. Subscribers from Transylvania, Mitchell, Warren, Cumberland, McDowell, Henderson, Rockingham, Alamance, Caldwell, Guilford, Bertie, Wake, and other counties send thanks, renewals, and new subscriptions as Dr. C Thompson and local leaders boost the paper’s reach and support.

Q. R. Hurdle Transylvania County J. C. Keener Mitchell County T. P. Paschall Warren County D. J. Bullard Cumberland County Ww. G. Hunter McDowell County C. Thompson J. H. Cantrell Henderson County Mills River Alliance J. T. B. Hoover Hoover A. J. Hudson Rockingham County

Speaking Notices and Horticultural Fair Plans

Notices announce Gen J B Weaver speaking on August 7. address by Cyrus Thompson and state land marks in Wilkes County with August 1 2 dates. North Carolina Horticultural Society to meet August 3 at Southern Pines with rail fare and fruit fair features. Includes business agency details and shipping guides from W H Worth and W H Worth, S B A.

Cyrus Thompson N. C. Farmers’ State Alliance Boonville Zion Wilk State Horticultural Society of North Carolina Southern Pines Moore County N. C Raleigh & Augusta Air Line Raleigh N.C Durham Oxford Henders Am.son Buffalo Lithia Springs Greensboro Winston Salem Salisbury Hickory Asheville Charlotte Florida Atlanta Birmingham Memphis New Orleans Danville Richmond Lynchburg Washington Pullman Selma Goldsboro Bayettes Wilmington Morehead City New Berne Wilson Carolina

Pork Shortage Forces Substitution for J D Mears

A Raleigh meat house explains pork prices have spiked due to a Chicago market corner. They cannot supply mess pork for September delivery and advise J D Mears Elm City to switch to short rib sides, noting meal pork will return when prices ease.

W. H. Worris W. H. Worth Raleigh N. C J. D. Mears Elm City Chicago

Worth Dear Sir and Brother Shoes Adverts and Notices

Holtmans Davie Co North Carolina. W H Worth Dear Sir and Brother. The shoes I ordered recently are well made and fit elegantly. I saved money by ordering. I urge others to follow. Our obligations for your kindness. Printed stationery offer for Brethren Agents. Also bonds notice: banks fail and money market unsettled. Orders require cash remittance. Agencies must sustain credit to secure best prices for brethren.

Holtman’s Davie Co N. C. W. H. Worth U. S. Womack Executive Committee W. H. Worth

Towels Made From Alliance Bagging Earn Praise

Dear sir, Brinkleyville Alliance received a 50 yard roll of Alliance cotton bagging. I bought some and turned it into towels. All who bought it are pleased with it that I have heard. It sold the day it came. It makes cheap, good and lasting towels for our purpose.

Arrulk N. C W. H. Worth Brinkleyville Alliance Alliance T. R. Bowers

Fine stock and seed wheat offered for sale

Sam offers to fill orders for fine Jersey stock Poland China hogs and fine blooded sheep. Brethren with stock or produce for sale may send sale lists and prices for placement. A few hundred bushels of rice wheat to sell. W H Wort 5 S B A offers to assist brethren in selling stock or produce.

Sam Jersey Poland W. H. Wort

Alliance sewing machines praised in letters from brethren

Letters from members praise the Alliance sewing machine as reliable and easy to use. One husband notes it has run smoothly for two years with no trouble, while another buyer says the high arm model is best he ever owned and worth the price. A dealer confirms orders and freight terms.

State Farmers’ Alliance Brethren Alliance Kansas Duran N. C Bro. Worth E. A. Woops E. A. Woops. January 29Th, 1393. Mr. W. H. Worth Raleigh High Arm Alliance C. M. Cress Durham Bedford City Old Virginia Little Shelly N.C Greensboro F.O B. Greensboro F. F F. O. B. Goldsboro Dixie No. c. F Belis Oribin Farmers’ Alliance E. O. Excell D Reid Cox Cotton Foster Burwell Corn Shelter Keystone Corn Smith Victor GODS Sun la Dow Law Cincinnati R. R North Carolina Improven Farmers’ Alliance Bloomsburg Alliance 2 Wersena Soda Smithe Bellows Hee - Clinton Lancaster W.H Alliance Sweet Eureka Globe Ted Cross Senor Reble Prine E. Sna Wilmington Aeeeneeeene

Notice on Payment Rules for Shipments by State Alliance

The State Business Agent cites instruction from the State Executive Committee requiring cash with each order or a legal bond by County and Sub-Business Agents. Orders cannot be shipped C O D or on sight drafts, to avoid delays and disputes. All orders should go through the bonded Business Agent, with any excess credited or returned as directed.

State Executive Committee Executive Committee

Our Price List For Sub Alliance Agents July 29 1893

Raueien North Carolina July 29 1893 edition lists shipping directions and pre pay states for sub alliance agents. It notes 30 day billing bonds to be executed with secretaries of sub alliances and mentions price fluctuations with fertilizer and car load considerations. W H Worth Philadelphia is cited as the source.

Raueien N. C Ecall W.H. Worth Philadelphia

All Who Wear Pants and Coats Ad Offer

W.H. Worts advertises a Boston house contract to furnish suits at low prices. Pants $1.50 to $3, men's suits $10 to $22, boys $7 to $10, children's $4 to $6. Send desired style, price, and color. samples and measurement guidance provided. about ten days for delivery after order.

Boston W.H. Worts

Fruit Shipments Offered In Carload Lots And Smaller Quantities

A note invites shippers to order fruit baskets crates and packs of peaches tomatoes plums cherries grapes and more in carload or smaller quantities. Sample packages are available in the office and customers may request samples by mail if they cannot visit. Orders should be placed promptly with delivery timing specified.

W. H. Worth Barbadoes Fane Porto Rio New & Trop Cuba Pesonte N. O. Bograssa Balto Raligh Raleigh Porto Rico New Orleans N. Y J. C. B. Raligh

Sewing Machine Agents Attack Alliance Device Statewide

Agents in various parts of the state denounce the Alliance sewing machine as unreliable and made of pot iron claiming it cannot perform to expectations at every home. The rhetoric highlights consumer skepticism during the era of competing brands and mass distribution.

Alliance

Agricultural supply and hardware listings from Raleigh sale

A dense Raleigh NC catalog of grain and trading goods lists rice, flour, salted foods, tobacco, nails, plows, farm implements, and farm equipment. It includes freight rates, carload pricing, discounts for Alliance members, and payment terms through December 1893. It notes fertilizer blends, bone meal, acid phosphate, land plaster, and barbed wire with quantities and prices.

N.C. Alliance F. C Richmond Portsmouth Wilmington N.C Durham N. C Imee Est

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