State News Highlights From North Carolina Ledger
The infant son of Prof. Dred Peacock dies at Trinity College while Grand Sire Busbee remains critically ill. A $75,000 cooperative spinning mill project is planned for High Point. Various local notes include crop prospects, births, marriages, and public notices. Notable items mention Wake Forest missionary Geo. W. Greene to China, a Greensboro girls school project, and regional weather and market updates.
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Dred Peacock
Trinity College
Grand Sire Busbee
High Point
the Recorder
Coast
Walter Davis
Thompson
Charlotte
Oxford
T. W. Winston
Greensboro North
Tranby Croft
J. W. Flanagan
Rob’t Burwell
Armistead
W. R. Burwell
Charlotte Chronicle
Walter P. Stradley
Vanderbilt University
Chronicle
Weldon
Geo. W. Greene
Wake Forest College
China
Baptist Foreign Mission Board
Moravian Falls
Canton
Myra Alderman
W. F. Alderman
Greensboro
E. G. Albright
B. F. Aycock
Girl's Industrial School
South
Jefferson Davis
T. M. Shaw
Mecklenburg
Blanche Bumgarten
New York
Chicago
Wilmington Messenger
Ed. A. Alderman
Bellringer
Lenoir
Wilmington
Red Springs
N. C
The Mortgage Millstone Around the Necks of the People
The article exposes the mortgage burden on American homeowners revealing 9,000,000 mortgages on homes held by 63,000,000 people while noting an uncounted interest mortgage. It criticizes old party leaders and calls for awareness as census data and Allied press silence hide the alarming facts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. W. Ayer
Reform Press News, Association
Mississippi River
Rocky Mountains
Arkansas
Indian Territory
Alabama
Iowa
Maryland
Revolts by Farmers Reflect Historic Ballot Shortfall
The article discusses farmer uprisings in England and France, noting lack of ballots forced forceful action, and compares past revolutions to contemporary movements in the United States. It credits the ballot with peaceful reform and highlights leaders and events from the English 1381 revolt, the French eighteenth century upheavals, and modern appeals within the Alliance. It covers Monopolies, tax oppression, and calls for unity, concerted action, and women’s participation alongside speakers like Bro. Smith and Bro. Peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Wat Tyler
London
France
Europe
United Farmers
Atlanta Constitution
Bro. Smith
Wall Street
Bethel Chorus
W. Patterson
Bro A. T. Peace
Peace
Fairport Lodge
Smith
Fairport
Oak Grove
Kittrell
Tabbs Creek
Bethel Church hosts Alliance lecturer in Granville
On Saturday April 25 Granville County residents gathered at Bethel church grove to hear Alliance lecturer Bro. J. B. Smith from the Fifth Congressional District. The day was favorable and attendees enjoyed the event.
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Mr. Epior
Surry
Forsythe
Old North State
Richmond
Liberty Hill
Poplar Springs
Stoney Ridge
Tmen
McBoyd
State Alliance
Bro. Boyd
Pilot Mountain
Boy
Pfafftown
Forsythe County
Virgil A. Wilson
Green Bay
New Philadelphia
People’s Party
Boonville
Yadkin County
Ee Hour 2
Nena
C. Wright
Oak Grove Lower
Granville Co
Borror
Granville
Bethel Church
Alliance
Fifth Congressional District
J. B. Smith
State Executive Committee Notice on Speaker Expenses
The State Alliance states it will not cover travel or speaking costs for anyone visiting or addressing Alliances except the State President or Lecturers. Any Alliances inviting speakers should expect to pay their expenses. Committee members S. B. Alexander J. Mewborne J. Johnston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. B. Alexander
J. M. Mewborne
Johnston
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Rattler
Whitaker
North Carolina
Nuff
Pittsboro
Raleigh & Gaston Railroad Company
Whitaker's
Baptist Church
Henry Edmonds
Jim Bell
Edmonds
Bell
The
Steel and Iron Company
Patriot
J. van Lindley
Guilford
American Association of Nurserymen
Mineapolis
Minn
Lindley
Addison Coffin
Indiana
Hillsboro
E. C. Thompson
Moore County
Catharine Whitener
Daniel B. Whitener
Frank
Jacob’s Fork
Catawba County
Hickory Press
Concord Standard
Ireland
John Harris
Eleanor Renalds
Thos. Clark
Lancaster County
York County
S. C
Harrises
Griers
Youngs
Robinsons
Peoples
Chalmers
Spratt
McKee
Cannon
South Carolina
Leonard Harris
Chester
Hugh Garris
Isabella Harris Caldwell
Fines
Anew
Harris Davison College
Washington
Economist
Avon
Man
Reform Press Bureau
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