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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1892
Page
3
The North Carolina Alliance urges restraint on partisan politics within the order. Brethren are warned that mixing politics with lodge affairs risks breaking the organization and surrendering reform gains. Officers appeal for unity, faithfulness to principles, and voter independence while demanding candidates publicly state support for the Alliance demands.
Our readers will be interested in the address of our delegates to the St Louis Conference. The Democratic State Convention called for May 18. The Georgia State Convention is set for the same day. It is claimed D B Hill has strong support among party officials in both states.
A humorously edited dialogue features Zeke Bilkins pressing Dr. Caldwell of the Statesville Landmark and Charlotte Chronicle on partisan politics. They clash over Alliance influence, Democratic papers, reform funds, and the pace of Congress, with Betsy and Mrs. Bilkins joining in.
A fragment notes Capt. S. B. Alexander endorsing a St Louis platform backed by speakers urging broad support. The brief hints at a political gathering and a call to unify party voters behind the plan.
A collage of regional notes from Marion to Wilson reports deaths, new church plans, court house milestones, farm outputs, rail and road developments, criminal cases, and local industry updates. Highlights include Flemming death from Bright's disease, Oxford Baptist church efforts, Wilmington court house foundation, and railroad terminal news.
Halting miscellany reports from Loxpor and cities across the U S and Europe note Halifax sealers death toll, Bridgeport population, Pittsburg resident die, English miners laid off, U S lumber production, New York City census, U S House vote on direct senator election, New Jersey storm damage, socialists warned over dynamite, Hillsville fire, Chicago glass roof plans, lumber duty protests, influenza death in Vienna, Milwaukee fire losses, Van Tassele and other burnings, a Tennessee leader dies in Rome, a Georgia accident, a young girl burned in Alabama, whisky trust arrest in Peoria, Russian cotton import duty refund, Bering Sea arbitration talk, and Birmingham wage cuts amid low furnace prices.
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