Editorial Notes From Alliance State and Public Affairs
The note outlines broad state reports on Alliance activity and business trends, praising progress while blasting corruption. It mentions a tragic English steamship disaster with 334 drownings and notes legislative moves to publish a World Fair report. It also covers a Populist doctor’s death and the State Alliance president deferring political ties with the organization.
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Committee On Printing
Congress
Chicago
A. Williams
Ellerbee
Erning
Williams
Warren County Iday
Ite Alliance
National Alliance
Alliance
State Alliance
Alliance Improvement Expands Across Counties
News from Forsyth Mecklenburg Randolph Rockingham Wake and Robeson notes growth in Alliance chapters and organized efforts. Nine new members added in Randolph. statewide reorganization planned. Democratic officers in Robeson counties to vacate October first after a fraud admission and settlement.
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Robeson County
Save Our Forests and Plant Cedar Trees
The article urges reforestation noting a German pencil firm planting 1300 acres in cedars due to cedar scarcity. It highlights North Carolina's rich woods, forest fires harming pines, and advocates expanding cultivation while planting walnut or cedar trees on poor lands to build future wealth.
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Germany
Holmes
North Carolina
THAT STATE LINE DECISION
The piece reviews the State vs Hall ruling where a North Carolina shooter who killed a man in Tennessee could not be convicted or surrendered. It notes Judge Avery's opinion joined by Shepperd and Burwell, with Judge Clark in dissent and McRae agreeing with Clark. The national press largely supports the dissenters.
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Supreme Court
Hall
North Carolina
Tennessee
Avery
Shepperd
Burwell
Clark
McRae
Canal Improvements Boost Dismal Swamps Navigation
The Dismal Swamps canal links Deep Creek Virginia to South Mills North Carolina. It runs 22 miles long 60 feet wide and 8 feet deep. The canal saves travel from Norfolk Bay to Pasquotank River and Albemarle Sound and the company plans further spending to improve it.
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New York State
North Carolina
South
Deep Creek
Norfolk
South Mills
N. C
Virginia
Norfolk Bay
Elizabeth River
Pasquotank River
Albemarle Sound
Canal enlargement project to deepen and widen waterway
A $5,000,009 investment will enlarge the canal to 10 feet deep and add two locks at each end. The work covers 250 feet in length and 40 feet in width, extending to the Albemarle and Chesapeake canal and allowing large ships to pass through the entire system.
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Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal
Monozite Referred to as New Mineral by Reader
A reader asks about monozite a rare cerium family phosphate. It forms brown crystals and is used to boost gas lamp brightness reducing gas use. The writer notes uncertainty about details and suggests state geologist input. Cleveland county reportedly sold 50000 dollars worth in a year and neighboring counties may yield more.
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Yadkin County
Cleveland County
Yadkin
Holmes
A Congressional Fight Over Hawaiian Inquiry
In Congress Friday a clash occurred during a vote on probing Hawaii. Breckinridge struck Heard after an exchange of insults. Pence and others intervened as the sergeant at arms seized the mace and separated them. They later apologized and shook hands. Breckinridge’s reputation as a fighter is noted amid past state headlines.
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Congress
Heard
Missouri
Breckinridge
Kentucky
Pence
Colorado
Hawaii
Calhoun on Government Paper and North Carolina Currency
In 1837 8 Senate remarks John C Calhoun argued government issued paper money could form a stable circulation if redeemable in gold and silver. He cited North Carolina post revolution notes that circulated at par with gold and silver for over twenty years, supported by revenue receipts.
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United States Senate
John C. Calhoun
South Carolina
North Carolina
The Davis Fund Seeks Shoe Factory Support
A Williamsboro resident W H Davis offers to join ten thousand Alliancemen donating a dollar each for a shoe factory fund. N A McNiell of Richmond County steps forward as the second contributor. The fund totals include W H Davis and N A McNiell with one dollar each. Contributions are arriving but slowly, with County Alliance having taken twenty five dollars worth of stock.
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W. H. Davis
Williamsboro
North Carolina Farmers' State Alliance insights and aims
A letter from W. S. Barnes, secretary of the North Carolina Farmers' State Alliance, extols the Alliance as nonpartisan, teaching hard work and economy, fighting trusts, and boosting farmer prosperity. It notes recent dues savings, price reductions in fertilizers, and a growing social and business impact with NC leadership honored by the National Alliance.
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N. C
R. B. Lacy
Commission Labor Statistics
Raleigh
N.C
Alliance
North Carolina
Greensboro
National Alliance
Bro. L. L. Polk
Marion Butler
W.S. Barnes
Sec’y Treas
Should There or State County Uniform Text Books
A Progressive stance argues against state or central book monopolies and urges local boards to choose among several textbooks. It warns centralized lists empower publishers, threaten intellectual development, and reduce true education to uniformity.
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Ephor
Tenesia
Q. Whig
Ga Assembly
Cigif Cers
Virginia Auton
Sta
Virginia
Pully
Board of Education
Russia
Turkey
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