Resolutions Adopted by the North Carolina Farmers Alliance
The North Carolina Farmers Alliance adopts thanks to retiring President Marion Butler and other officers, endorses the National Alliance platform, censures recent NC charter changes, thanks hospitable hosts, and praises officials who blocked adverse legislation. It sets Polk Memorial Day for fund raising, urges Raleigh meeting for monument ceremonies, and notes the National Economist as no longer their official organ. It also commends Senator Z B Vance on silver, calls for keeping silver position, requests Congress to protect money’s relation to staples, and forwards copies to lawmakers. It expresses sympathy for Maj W A Graham and restricts use of the Trustee fund to business losses, while urging a free ballot and fair count in NC elections and urging press support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Alliance
North Carolina State Farmers’ Alliance
Marion Butler
McAdoo House
N. C. Farmers’ Alliance
Polk Memorial Association
N.C. F.S A
Supreme Council
J. A
Raleigh
Waerens
Z. B. Vance
North Carolina Farmers’ Alliance
Vance
Congress
Reform Papers
North Carolina
Iowa Tribune
Pueblo
Col
Annie Rooney
The
Republic
Hiv Care
Robeson County Farmers Alliance Meeting Report
A July 13 1893 Robeson County Farmers Alliance meeting drew about 500 people to Raft Swamp for a day of speeches and a public lecture. Officers elected included L A Hamer as President and G M D Howard as Vice President, with a resolution endorsing Marion Butler’s leadership passing by a two thirds vote. The writer urges T Ivey for State Alliance president to honor Robeson as the state’s largest and oldest chapter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robeson County
Alliance
L A. Hamer
G. M. D. Howard
W. H. Humphrey
S. A. Edmund
J. H. McNeill
W. O. Blake
L. Humphrey
F. P. Collins
Joseph Prevatt
D. McLeod
L. E. Tyner
E G. Johnson
A. S. Thompson
Bro
Marion Butler
Butler
County Alliance
Back Swamp
Bro. T. Ivey
State Alliance
Robeson
North Carolina
Treas
Ghana
F.’A
Alliance Picnic at Cedar Creek Celebrates Unity and Patriotism
Thousands gathered at Cedar Creek for the Alliance picnic on July 21 with Col. Harry Skinner as featured speaker. The event featured a parade of 158 mounted men, musical performances, a large crowd, and formal resolutions urging Congress to oppose banking laws increasing debt. The Beaufort County Alliance urges NC representatives to support farmers and resist banking power.
Lecturers Report and Duplin County Resolutions
The article covers remarks by Union Alliance figures on nonpartisan aims and education of farmers in political economics, noting fundraising constraints and a history of public speaking in 24 counties since April 13, 1893. It includes praise for J. T. B. Hoover, defense of nonpartisanship, and calls to unite across parties for industry interests amid hard times. Also reports Duplin County resolutions opposing silver act repeal and urging Congressman Grady to oppose changes to the dollar standard.
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Partian
Alliance
Order
People’s
God of Liberty
Wuernas
Grover Cleveland
Congress
Duplin County Alliance
B. F. Grady
Progressive Farmer
Beaufort County Alliance Resolutions on Silver Demonetization
At a Beaufort County Alliance meeting on the 13th, resolutions condemn plans to demonetize silver and to raise government debt through more bond issuance to expand currency. The item notes concern over early Congress reconvening and burdens on taxpayers as manufacturers and bankers favor drastic money policy changes.
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Cuocowinity
N. C
Epitor
Beaufort County Alliance
Congress
United States
Guilford College Catalogue Highlights Early Coeducation
The New Garden Boarding School founded in 1837 by the North Carolina Yearly Meeting of Friends pioneered coeducation in the South. Chartered as Guilford College in 1888, it sits on 260 acres six miles west of Greensboro at about 1,000 feet elevation. Scholarships to Boya Mayr College and Hereford College, a 10‑strong faculty, and ties to Earlham Welcesly Guilford Hereford Johns Hopkins Michigan Ann Arbor Leipsic Strassburg are noted along with healthful winters and strong instructional breadth.
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New Garden Boarding School
North Carolina
Piedmont
Greensboro
Guilford County
Boya Mayr College
Cora E. White
Belvidere
N. C
Guilford College
Ed. M. Nelson
Hereford College
Earlham Welcesly
Guilford
Hereford
Johns Hopkins Michicagin University
Ann Arbor
Leipsic and
Strassburg
Wise Words From Patriotic Py Weekly Observations
A compilation of brief quotes and opinions from various publications urging vigilance, political engagement, and financial cautions. References to Union, reform, banking, coinage, and national stability appear alongside anecdotes about economic troubles and public trust in elected officials.
Also Mentioned on This Page
North Carolina Farmers’ State Alliance
National Alliance
Memphis
Tenn
Wuerras
National Farmers’ Alliance
W. A. Graham
B. A. Fund
N. C. F. S. Alliance
Robeson County Meeting
Cedar Creek
Harry Skinner
Ephor
Cumberland
Bladen
Sampson
Harnett
Duplin
Liless
Cedar Creek Corner
John Dowsing
Fayetteville
Remsburg
Edna Sheetz
Josh Barnes
Parker
America
Col. Skinner
Bro. Downing
Progressive Farmer and Caucasian
T. S. Waters
W. O. Exuts
Sec’y
Georgia
Brimupa
Epior
Jas. N. Snead
Duplin County
Beaufort County
Atlanta
Anty, Duigoney
Weekly Republic
Omaha Bee
Mien Yi
Cleveland
Denver Road
Seymour
Pecatonica
Ilinois
John Serman
Bath
la Junta
United States Senate
Kansas
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