National Farmers Alliance and Industrial Union Officials Listed
A roster of leaders from the National Farmers Alliance and Industrial Union and the North Carolina Farmers State Alliance includes presidents, secretaries, treasurers, chaplains, door keepers, and officers from multiple NC counties. Names cited include J F Willetts Topeka H O Snavely Seb, J M Mewborne Kinston A C Shuford New Bern J T B Hoover Elm City Dr T T Speight Lewis N C Geo T Lane Greensboro Jan E Lyonham N C J R Hancock Greensboro W H Worth Graham, with committee members Marion Butler Goldsboro J D Long Eoka A F Hileman, and others. The note mentions election results and references the Ocala platform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porta Carolina Farmers’ State Alliance
J. M. Mewborne
Kinston
A. C. Shuford
New N.C
J. T. B. Hoover
Elm City
T. T. Speight
Lewis N.C
Geo. T. Lane
Greensoro
N.C
Jan. E. Lyonham
N. C
J. R. Hancock
Dr. J. . Harrell
Whiteville, N. C
Johnraham
Ridgeway, N. C
Editorial ideas on farm practices and orchard care
A set of farming tips urging pasture division to prevent overgrazing and proper use of manure and fertilizers. Advice covers soil health, heed to avoid waste, careful pruning of trees, drainage for pear trees, and treating orchards as a crop. Ends with a farmer’s claim on feeding wheat versus oats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Commission House
Essay on national peril and church silence in Bertie County
A long address laments incomes and currency woes causing hardship, blames moneyed interests and corrupt governance, and urges pastors to speak out. It criticizes silent ministers, praises reformers, and calls for voting out "rascals" to restore liberty and lands. The piece ends with a regional note on whip-poor-will and night hawk differences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertie County
Brethren and Sisters
Brethren
God
Zion
Money
Jonah
Missionary Baptist
Butler
Skinner
Peffer
Stewart
Weaver
Talmage
Dixon
Speight
Cicero
Florida
West Indies
Tropics
Guilford County
Pensacola Daily Times
People’s Tribune
Congress
Brockton Diamond
Reform
Carlisle
Watch Towers of Liberty
California
Labelle Times Statesman
Senate
House
Buffalo
Helion Tribune
Standard Oil Trust
Chicago Gas Combine
Standard Oil
Chicago University
New York Voice
Washington
Globe Democrat
Missouri World
N. Y
Dream of the Press Reform Era Worthed Read
A collage of editorial excerpts from reform papers urges patriotic duty and education. It quotes Ottawa Journal Brockton Diamond Cretion Plant Imperia Times Cotton Plant Hog Island Bustard Bay and others praising reform, anti ignorance, and monetary critique while noting political divides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Ottawa Journal
Cleveland
Buzsard’s Bay
Brockton
Alliance
Imperia Times
Hog Island
Bustard’s Bay
Garden of Liberty
Resolutions From Sandy Branch Lub Alliance No 775
Resolutions state no fertilizer use unless guano and phosphate for lint cotton are supplied at 300 and 200 pounds per ton, delivered to Richmond freight prepaid. A copy goes to county Alliance and The Progressive Farmer. Also includes a stray animal feed observation about pasture and neighborly fences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandy Branch
Lub Alliance
Chatham County
Progressive Farmer
Ricsxuano
N. C
Richmond
County Alliance
Also Mentioned on This Page
National Farmers’ Alliance and Industrial Union
J. F. Willetts
Topeka
Inn
H O. Snavely
Seb
Col. D. P. Dun
North Carolina
J. L. Haines
Press Ace
Song Oak
Veka
Mrs
Sarah E. Mitchell
GuttFord CoLiecs
South
Carolina
South Carolina
Central
Fred Douglas
Jos Daniels
Dream OF the Press
New York Weekly
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