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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1895
Page
2
A Raleigh North Carolina 1895 page notes subscription details for The Progressive Farmer. It urges renewals and comments from readers, highlights editorials, and includes political opinions on elections, taxes, education, and reforms plus a call for funds for the Polk monument cornerstone ceremony on February 7 with speaker Mann Page of Virginia.
A NC Supreme Court discussion questions where a murder across the state line in Tennessee can be tried. It notes defendants were arrested in North Carolina but the death occurred in Tennessee, calling for future provisions for cross border crimes. The piece touches tariff debates, silver vs gold standards, and commentary from The Globe Democrat and The American Stockman. It closes with a brief local anecdote about Populist Senators and a Fayetteville street scene.
The National Bankers Association warned bankers to curb press influence especially religious and agricultural papers. The Farm and Fireside argues currency inflation schemes in Congress would ruin the country and that business leaders doubted any inflation plan would pass.
A collage of cartoonish quips from various papers and a biting critique of Democratic papers. The piece mocks early jokes about inventors and pocketbooks, then shifts to a curmudgeonly blast against the Democratic press for lies and slander in campaigns.
A fragment from a 19th century column discusses price declines as military retreats, linking money supply to prices and taxes. It cites Tom Watson and the Richmond Star, critiquing labor strikes, media bias, and student rioting while defending teachers and parents against blanket blame.
The piece profiles two of North Carolina's youngest U.S. Senate appointees, Senator Marion Butler and Senator J C Pritchard, outlining Butler's background from Sampson County to the Senate and Pritchard's rise from Jonesboro to the U S Senate. It notes Butler's family, education, work as a farmer and school administrator, and leadership roles in the State Alliance and Railroad Commission era, while tracing Pritchard from printer’s apprentice to political prominence.
Fragments recount Batchelor era figures including J. Pritchard and W. H. Worth, noting Pritchard’s roles from editor to Republican nominee and Worth’s Guilford upbringing, schooling, and political ascent. Mentions of Union flag suspension, 1880s campaigns, and local farm work accompany scattered biographical hints from North Carolina history.
A Progressive Farmer correspondent calls for prohibiting whiskey sales outside incorporated towns, argues village stores harm morality, and urges election timing change from November to August. He also proposes splitting large townships, repealing the Halifax Warren stock law, and tightening election fraud safeguards amid rural chatter and local concerns.
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