Turpentine and Rice From East to North News Across State
State news reports bound Tom Shedreck over to court for highway robbery. J P Rimer of Rowan county aged 82. Williams and local residents describe various local incidents including fires, cattle, hogs, and a wave of small town mishaps across several counties.
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Coughenour
Salisbury
Tom Shedreck
J. P. Rimer
Rowan County
Carlotte News
J. P. Hunter
Ita
E. Hendrick
Beam’s Mills
Hats Off Protest Spreads at Broadway Hall Night
The brief clash over hats ends with one man removing his hat and spectators cheering. Women in the fourth row resist, then join in removing hats as the audience chants Hats off there and applauds each face uncovered.
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Broadway Music Hall
New York Sun
State Treasurer Worth drafts two year expense forecast
State Treasurer Worth completed his biennial report to the Governor detailing a sinking fund balance of 10374041, bond redemptions, and estimated state expenses of 821850 per year for the next two years. He recommends higher appropriations for the State Normal School, University, and other agencies, notes tax rate dependence on appropriations, discusses bond collateral, bank protections, penitentiary costs, oyster revenues, and criticizes the Lillie steamer’s cost as wasteful.
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Worth
General Assembly
State Normal and Industrial School
University
Guilford Battle Ground
Boa
Eastern Hapital
North Carolina Insane Asylum
State Guard
State Library
Roanoke
of Jers
Senatorial Battle Echoes Silver and Debt Plans
Col Tyson urges pledge from Mr Pritchard on silver coinage and treasury notes to restore confidence and prosperity. He argues for restoring pre 1873 coinage laws and expanding per capita currency, plus limits on interest bearing bonds, with reader’s race to stay in or exit. The letter ends with a call for an Orange County meeting notice.
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Monroe Enquirer
Darling Rushig
Union County
Cumberland
Fayetteville
Townsend A. Tayor
York
Fayette Observer
Monroe
J. RM Wright
Elkin
N.C
Raleigh Preas
N. Y. Gully
Wake Forest
Gulley
Astonia Gazette
Robert L Abery
River Bend
The
Rocky Mountain News
North
Colina
John C. Mallonee
Ewe
Charlotte
Jotte
A. Hege
Silent Ironorks
Mexico
Maine
Bledsoe
Rocky Mount
Wade
Dunn Union
Col. Tyson
Caroline
U. S Senate
Carthage Blade
Tom Progressive Farmer
Pritchard
Progressive Farmer
News and Observer
Scme
North Carolina
St. Louis
McKinley
Raleigh
China
Japan
Hess
Republican Party
Rpublican Party
U.S Senate
Pri
U .S. Treasury
Bryan Tyson
The Old Guard Subscriptions and Renewals Notes
Subscriptions and renewals pour in from many counties as readers express thanks for The Progressive Farmer. Recipients include H Bright in Lenoir, L J Cathey in Gaston, J P Bezemore in Bertie, W H Chitty in Hertford, G M D Langley in Nash, and many others across Guilford, Beaufort, Craven, and more with praise for the paper.
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H. Bright
Lenoir County
L J. Cathey
Gaston County
J. P. Bezemore
Bertie County
W. H. Chitty
Hertford County
G. M. D. Langley
Nash County
D. A. Montgomery
Guilford County
J. 8. Eis
Cumberland County
W. A. Roberson
Martin County
M. J. Whitley
Beaufort County
John H. Knight
G. H. Parker
J. W. Allred
Tom Progressive Farmer
D. A Fulton
W. H Pope
Columbus County
A Lineberry
Wayne County
G Dick
Stanly
ST Flake
Anson
J F Smith
Chatham
L Barnes
Halifax
Edward Stokes
Pitt
John M Flippin
Surry
Lewis
Nash
W S Murray
Suncombe
Andrew J Green
Cleveland
Beddingfield
A Patterson
Alamance
T Boye
J. Wayne
J D Hart
Swain
H Griffin
Northampton
J Corbett
Gates
Cook
Cumberland
Parish
Davidson
Cutler
John
Clark
Coatham
Oxford
Alexander
T Wilson
Mitchell
Friar
Wilson
O A Horn
Kearney
Miss
A J Barham
Guilford
Levi T Oglesby
Carteret
J L Whitehead
J Russ
Ruth
S&s. C
J A M. Rie
J G Harris
J B Baum
Hyde
R H W Barker
Lincoln
Geo Cole
Moore
J M Winston
Wake
Jas H Sherrill
Catawba
Jas W White
J M Early
G W Early
Bertie
J A Gill
Vance
A Casey
J T Eaton
Beaufort
F D Koonce
Onslow
W N Straughan
L J Dark
Samuel Harris
G W Sloan
J L Watson
H M Leasar
W M Sapp
F S Morgan
Rowan
A R Elis
J A Price
Union
W Farmer
Staats
P Wilson
Paquotank
A VEXED QUESTION A SOLUTION
A Raleigh letter from North Carolina on December 18 1896 expresses relief at a general awakening to free education and urges continued agitation until every child in the state benefits.
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Raeich
N. C
North Carolina
State Text Books Fight Promises Low-Cost Public Books
Wilson argues against the state reliance on private publishers for school books, claiming profits keep prices high. He urges the general assembly to study public provision of books at cost to serve 600,000+ children and curb private domination. He attributes this to the Caucasian article.
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Bi Ern
General Assembly
Wilson
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No 9
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Honeycutt
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George Fisher
Huntersville
Cheese Johnston
Joe Strange
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Hicks
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Mount Airy
Col
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T. A. Nichol
Beaver Dam Township
J. W. Denmark
Ollie, N. C
Sossaman
Orange County
Bro. Ramsey
OLD Guard
T. L. Tarkenton
Washington County
Riddick Hefler
J. A. Kimsey
Cherokee County
J. 0. Thompson
Chaity
D. D. Moore
Edgecombe County
T. J. Candler
Buncombe County
J R. Woodsides
Iredell County
Mr. Woodsides
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