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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1897
Page
6
A noisy exchange discusses cheaper rail and telegraph costs, parity with farm prices, and goldbug influence. Col. Caldwell and Col. Joe Caldwell are named. debate centers on currency, debt, and reform, ending with community notes from Goldsboro and a schedule of educational events.
The Outlook is excellent for a large gathering of prominent educators at Morehead City on June 15. Special trains run on the 15th 16th and 19th with a programme including a concert opening class announcements and talks by Dr. Curry Edwin Sheppe James Dinwiddie E P Mangum and Minnie Slo. The event aims to boost local school efficiency via taxation and features a grand rally August township elections discussio.
A June 4 1897 report notes a May 28 1897 State Board of Education vote authorizing a loan from the School fund to cover the 50000 appropriation if the general State fund falls short. It urges a united campaign for education ahead of the August election plus a Teachers Assembly plan to place advocates in every county and raise funds.
A committee of reformists from the National Reform Press Association requests a National delegate conference of the People's party to be held in Nashville on July 4, 1897. They propose one delegate for every 2,500 actual Populist votes cast since 1892, urge prompt action, and warn that proxies and officeholders must be excluded from delegate eligibility. Signed by Milton Park, W. S. Moreau, Jas Ferris, Abe Steinberger, F. W. D. Mays, Jo. A. Parker, J. S. Coxey, Frank Burkitt.
The Fourteenth Annual Session of the North Carolina Teachers Assembly at Morehead City June 15 to 25, 1897 offers greatly reduced travel by Southern Railway, with a round trip fare below first class, plus a $1 per day rate at the Atlantic Hotel under new management. Special through coaches on June 15-16 connect at Goldsboro with A&NCRR. large crowd anticipated. Atlantic Hotel described as first class. Frank J. Cheney sworn as senior partner of Cheney & Co. of Toledo. firm offers $100 for each uncured case of catarrh via Hall's Catarrh Cure. product claims to act on blood and mucous surfaces.
Emma A. Strope of Cleveland testifies that Dr Williams Pink Pills cured her irregular heartbeats and numbness after two months. She says the pills restored circulation, reduced nerve distress, and eased fatigue. The ad claims the pills aid heart and nervous disorders and offers purchase details from Dr Williams Medicine Co.
The 1897 University Catalogue lists 47 professors and instructors teaching 549 students across 14 departments and three schools. It notes women admitted to all graduate courses, pharmacy ready next session, free tuition for teachers and ministry candidates, and 76 endowed scholarships. Also records the death of Hattie Green on May 25, with funeral notices from Mrs. T. L. Green.
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