State News Roundup From Across North Carolina
A Raleigh era recap notes the W L Holt cotton mill near Fayetteville nearing readiness in thirty days. Other items report R A Cobb seeking state librarian post, Chat hain board naming Henry London county attorney, snow variations, Locust post office robbery, Charlotte water works purchase, and a burst of construction spending in High Point. Local accidents, murders, crops, and deaths populate a weathered mosaic of 1890s life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Holt
Fayetteville
Asheville
R. A. Cobb
Morganton
Pittsboro
Board of Commissioners
Chathain
Henery A. London
Laurinburg Exchange
Locust
Stanly
Charlotte
Board of Aldermen
High Point Enterprise
Wilson
Lemuel Sullivan
Frank Farmer
J. H. Hartley
Kendall
Wilkesboro
Alliance Resolution On Shoe Factory Funds Use
Alliance No 1981 urges state executive to circulate a request to grant the State Business Agent authority to draw from Business Agency funds for a reasonable period to operate the Alliance shoe factory. Copy to State Business Agent and Progressive Farmer for publication.
Alliance Resolutions to Restart Shoe Factory in Progress
The Swan Quarter Sub Alliance No. 1399 adopts resolutions urging the State Executive Committee to use Business Agency funds immediately to restart the Alliance shoe factory without impairing the fund. A copy of the resolutions will be sent to the State Business Agent and The Progressive Farmer for publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wuereas
Alliance
Smith's Creek Alliances
Progressive Farmer
J. W. Aldridge
Pres
E. L. McCuersz
Sec’y
Wuaereas
Waereas
Swan Quarter
State Executive Committee
B. J. Caravan
Joseph Hopges
Alamance county politics and fusion in 1890s North Carolina
The author reviews Alamance County as a center of manufacturing and thrift, discusses the 1890s fusion between Republicans and Populists, critiques silver policy and national party shifts, and argues for a principled fusion based on reform. It praises Populists who supported Bryan, condemns bossism, and calls for unified action across party lines to pursue populist reforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Misang
N. C
Alamance
A. White
Kitchen
Mr. Settle
Tommy
Chicago
Maine
Hope
Judge Clarke
Morgan
Alabama
Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Democratic Party
McKinley
Reform Party
Settle
White
Guthrie
Ayer
Hayseeder
North Carolina
Butler
U. S. Senate
Ransom
Vance
Jeter C Pritchard
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Republican Party
Secesh
Jeter C. Pritchard
U. S
B. F. Waits
I Am Candidate for Re election as Principal Clerk
In Ricucanos North Carolina November 30 1896 H E Erxa appeals for support to regain the position of Principal Clerk of the Senate. He cites knowledge of office details and pledges faithful service and reform credentials referencing Dr. Thompson and notable backers.
Lower railroad rates and silver politics in North Carolina
The article argues for railroad rate reductions of two cents per mile for second class and two and a half cents for first class, with freight cuts, to aid both railroads and the people amid falling farm prices. It critiques Populist and silver positions, warns against political betrayals, and cautions that electing a gold standard ally would ruin their cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord Standard
Dave Adams
Boone Democrat
Kinston Free Press
Winston Dispatch
Brown Bros
Monroe
Martin Little
J. W. Little
Lane’s Creek Township
Cy. Thompson
North Carolina
Lenoir
Jones and Onslow
Brevard
Tennessee Mills
Pritchard
U. S
Ransom
Mark Hanna
McKinley
Epoila
Senate
King for Principal Clerk in North Carolina Senate
Cyrus Thompson endorses King for Principal Clerk of the North Carolina Senate, praising his legislative experience, duties understanding, and first rate clerical qualifications. He highlights Kings satisfactory service as chairman of Onslow County Populist Executive Committee and Third District Executive Committee during 1892 1894 and 1896 campaigns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King
Senate of
North Carolina
Onslow County
Cyrus Thompson
Also Mentioned on This Page
State News
Granville
Vin Counties
J. H. Craig
Gastonia
Charlotte News
Braden County
A. J. Perry
Stephen Johnson
Camber
Elizabethtown
Wilington Dispatch
Winston Sentinel
Hall
Joe Carter
Brim
Surry County
Wilkesboro Chronicle
Jacksonville
G. N. Gray
Vernon
Modena
Rocky Mount Phcasix
Dan Parker
Skinner’s
Joe Dancy
Joe
Dan
Jule Carriker
Prospect
Rowan County
Salisbury World
Wedesboro Messenger
Register of Deeds Benton
Greensboro
Western North Carolina
Trinity College
Tarboro Southerner
Nellie Howell
J. R Councils
B. G. Howell
Pat
Mitchell
John Ezgars
Watauga County
Zionville
Johnson City
Democrat
Watauga
Oxford Orphan's Friend
Nathan Winston
J. T. LeGrand
Richmond County
Rockingham
LeGrand
Upper
Richmond End
A. W. Moess
Mt. Preasant
Washington Gazette
Carolina
J. A. Arthur
Evening Messenger
The
Gazette
H. A. Latham
Concord Times
Concord
Rufus L. Patterson
J. W. McCarthy
Moir
Reidsville
Winder
Browning Manufacturing, Railroad and Lumber Company
Skoskie
Norfolk and Carolina Road
Windsor
Clinton
Washington
Dan Overcash
Hart Postflice
the Gazette
Leakeville
Lewis Fork Township
Wilkes County
Nathan Bolden
Will Wyatt
Jordan Wyatt
Wyatt
Alamance County
W. J. Peele
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