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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1894
Page
7
The Wake county People's party convention met in Raleigh to elect officers and delegates to state, congressional, and judicial conventions. Delegates were named for multiple committees amid routine proceedings, with adjournment after final business and a notes page thanking subscribers and contributors.
The Southern Railroad advises rates to the People’s party Convention in Raleigh on tariff 2. From points in North Carolina tickets on sale July 30 to August 1, valid through August 4. Other roads likely offer same tariff and tickets at every station.
State agency announces completed arrangements to supply undertakers with linings, caskets in cloth-covered and metallic styles, raised top and plain coffins, and burial robes for men women and children in rural counties.
Special attention to a forthcoming price list from the Business Agency offering dry goods shoes pants and more shipped from Raleigh. Includes 49 pants patterns 75 cents to 250 dollars, Raleigh stock shoes, monthly price updates, and member-only access with two copies mailed to each Sub Alliance secretary Raleigh May 3 1894.
A dealer states that orders must bear the Alliance seal or incur a $22.50 charge. He claims to have sold about fifteen hundred items and doubts another seller has produced similar satisfaction. Signed W. H. Wora, B. A.
Advertisement from W. H. Worris of the Agricultural Department promotes July shipment of Crimson Clover seed cleaned at seven cents per pound f o b Richmond and three cents per pound rough f o b Raleigh Wake County grown, advising early purchase before possible price rise and inviting requests for full description.
The Alliance Produce Exchange announces it will sell farm products for farmers rather than buy them. Eggs are priced higher locally than New York with demand for poultry rising. They offer shipping coops on rent or sale and can handle eggs, poultry, bacon, lard, fish, and grains. warns not to ship eggs north unless rates are low. W. H. Worris signs.
The Durham Fertilizer Company appeals to Alliance members with unpaid notes and accounts. It notes leniency during hard times and urges immediate payment to enable spring shipments. W. H. Wort and B. A. sign as advocates for prompt settlement to maintain credit and continue high grade fertilizer supply.
Instructions for killing and dressing poultry for Boston Market emphasize removing crop contents to avoid souring and poor appearance. It advises keeping poultry from food for twelve hours to ensure better weight and presentation.
Instructions for slaughtering, dressing, and packing poultry. Emphasizes neck killing, warm picking, avoid scalding, removing heads, trimming, drawing, and leaving gizzards. Differentiates undrawn meat, cold storage, stock classifications, and box packing with paper lining and tight, shift-free stowage in 100 to 200 pound boxes.
The Office of Barnes Bros announces The Progressive Farmer as an advertising medium. It notes responses from North Carolina and others including Mississippi New Hampshire and Pennsylvania, stating the advertisement was inserted only three times.
Des Moines reader asks why voters turned against Republicans after thirty years and endorses the People's party as the path to change. He criticizes both major parties, notes a dry spell swelling crop damage, and signs as a dedicated reader seeking publication of his plea.
A July 18 1892 letter from Ratezias North Carolina reports ten replies to a single ad placed in THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER versus far fewer from four other state papers. Signed EpWAkvs Brroughton Business Manager.
Assistant Lecturer J. T. B. Hoover will address Wake County residents at multiple venues from July 24 to August 31 on the advantages and principles of the Farmers' Alliances. The schedule lists dates and times in Green Level Apex New Hill Enno Holly Springs Griffith School House Gulley's Mill Rand's Mills Garner Stony Creek Inwood Church Piney Plains Pleasant Springs A and M College with J. J. Penny as Chairman Executive Committee.
Italian residents of Lyons file civil suits against the French government seeking about 2 million dollars for personal violence and property losses during anti Italian riots following President Carnot’s assassination. Many shops and homes were destroyed but government action helped quell the mobs.
A garbled 19th century notice lists alliance organizers with mis-spellings and scattered county groupings. It names Jas H Wright Carlton organizer for Sixth district. C McG Dunn Populi for Seventh. Elijah W Flake for Eighth. Geo E Hunt Michael for Tenth. J P Sossaman for Eleventh. T V W Babb for Ninth. Don C Lane Burgaw for Fourth. and A W Parker Sylva for Fifteenth, with counties from Currituck to Transylvania.
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