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Newspaper

The Progressive Farmer

Location

Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Aug 21, 1894

Page

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North Carolina Farmers Alliance and State Leaders Listed

A readable list of officers and committee members for the National and North Carolina Farmers Alliance and Industrial Union. Names include Marion Butler of Goldsboro president, J free as vice, W H Worth state agent, and J.T. Hoover lecturer, with judiciary and committee assignments across North Carolina and nearby states.

J. S. Bridges Cassbs N.C W. 8 tat-Arms J. R. Hancock Greensboro N. C W. H. Worth Busi Fund Graham, Mach Co North Carolina Farmers’ State Alliance Marion Butler Goldsboro J. I Long Koka A. F. Hileman Concord Wart Alliance N.M North Carolina Reform Press Association Oficera J. L. Ramsey W. S. Sarnes

Editorial Suggestions on Turnips Crops and Farm Practices

This brief notes August sowing for turnips, recommends one pound per acre, and urges farmers to keep bees for orchard and pasture honey. It covers corn husk removal, daily currying for cows, clean stalls, and fly management, with region-specific references to Minnesota Montana and the Dakotas. It mentions horses cattle and dogs, warns about kerosene emulsion as a sheep dip, and promotes mixed grasses and Schinach sowing for pasture and crop yields. It references Ontario trials on ring turnips and notes a Northwest shift from grain to mixed farming amid livestock and dairy prominence.

Minnesota Montana Dakotas Ontario Canada

Letter reveals alleged tax fraud in Wilmington & Weldon case

A 1894 letter exchange with Hon. D. L. Russell claims the Wilmington & Weldon Railroad dodged state and local taxes, aided by a compromised 60 to 70 thousand dollar settlement. The Caucasian publishes Judge Russell's reply detailing alleged corporate plunder, misaccounting, and political complicity in North Carolina.

D. L. Russell North Carolina Gotossoro N. C Wilmington N.C Wilmington & Weldon Railroad Russell Goldsboro Wilmington & Weldon Railroad Company Potomac Sherman Halifax Robeson Cumberland Harnett Johnson Wilson Pender Duplin Wayne Edgecombe Petersburg and Weldon Railroad Company Atlantic Coast Line Wilmington & Weldon Petersburg and Weldon Coast Line Robespere Revolutionary Tribunal Seine Weldon Connecticut Wilmington & Weldon Riroad Clive of Hastings Railroad Company D. L. Russe

For Better Roads Promotes North Carolina Highway Drive

State Geologist Holmes writes on road improvement and the North Carolina Road Improvement Association outlines a Raleigh conference on August 23 and 24 to discuss methods and convict labor use. Mecklen burg and Wake counties lead a wave of local efforts, with several others following in state-wide conferences.

Asbury Park N. J North Carolina Mecklenburg Wake Alamane Guilford Cabarrus Durham Granville Chatham Wayne Edgecombe Chapel Hill Raleigh Middle Caroline Friends of Good Roads Friends of Education State Road Improvement Association Charlotte J. A. Holmes North Carolina Road Improvement Association

People's party Senatorial Convention Set for Aug 28 1894

The People's party holds its 8th Senatorial District convention in New Berne on Tuesday August 28 1894. Dr Cyrus Thompson and others will address the gathering. All are invited regardless of party. G L Harrison Chin n. Toads in gardens bring profit to gardeners by controlling pests. A gardener opened a live toad to count 24 bugs including rose bugs potato beetles flies and ants and now shelters toads with boards turf and other cover.

Wilmington and Weldon Bennett Dobbin Atlantic Coast Line Southern Magazine North Carolina G. French Wilmington French Rocky Point Pender County Wilmington & Weldon Road Goldsboro Faison’s Mount Olive James A. Westbrook Westbrook North South Carolina Florida J. O. Loftin N. C America H. Walters J. R Kenly T. M. Emerson Eeee People’s Party New Berne Cyrus Thompson G. L. Harrison Chin’n

Harnett County Primary Meetings Call for Delegates

In Harnett County Progressive Farmer notice, the People’s Party Executive Committee orders primary meetings on Saturday August 25 to elect 15 delegates per township for the county convention on Monday August 27 at Lillington. All parties urged to participate and nominate good honest men. Scarlet clover seed guidance explains annual life and two possible crops when sowed in spring and kept through winter.

Progressive Farmer People’s Party Harnett County Lillington Harnett Z. T. Krvurt P. P

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