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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1893
Page
2
The page promotes The Progressive Farmer's subscription details, rates, and publisher notes from Raleigh in March 1893, urging intelligent correspondents and advertising mentions. It includes a quotation attributed to L. L. Polk about a government of the people, dating from 1890, and asks readers to report address changes.
A long miscellany notes that a North Carolina legislature should adopt a motto. It mocks tariff timing, rail tax, and political shifts. It reports tragedies at Rutherfordton, embezzlement cases, a new Atlanta weekly, and reflections on Cleveland’s presidency with varied social and political commentary.
The Tarboro Southerner defends its previous report on Elisha Cromwell’s 1400 acre Edgecombe county farm sale, noting the mortgage details. It confirms the sale price was $5900, about four dollars per acre, and acknowledges a second mortgage worth several thousand dollars more than the sale. The paper blames broader land declines and financier-linked global market forces, while denying intent to harm Edgecombe county’s reputation.
The article analyzes looming cotton overproduction risks in North Carolina, Texas, and Mississippi, urging diversification and caution against one crop farming. It also reviews tariff changes from 1890 affecting guns nails and aluminium, and calls for orderly April County Alliance meetings with rules to prevent partisan speeches and preserve harmony.
The fourth biennial State Board of Health report highlights lower consumption in North Carolina versus northern states, but rising death rates among Blacks due to living conditions. It notes sporadic cholera in three counties, Asiatic cholera danger not entirely over, meningitis outbreaks in 1890 to 1892, and varying death rates for diseases like diphtheria, malaria, pneumonia, scarlet fever, smallpox absence, and prevalent typhoid across the state.
In 1887 a group of Boston men formed a trust to control the South’s ice business, operating in all states except North Carolina. Initial capital was $125,000, now described as worth about $3,690,000 with profits near thirty times the original investment in five years. Some affected citizens defend the trust, while critics face labels like calamity howler, communist, or socialist.
The article questions large contingency expenditures by the State in 1891 and 1892, noting payments to law firms, Josephus Daniels for public printing, and other items totaling about 62 959 12. It urges readers to explain whether these costs funded genuine needs or partisan purposes, promising publicity for explanations.
A proposed repeal of a church incorporation law in Macon County led to accidentally repealing the state school law. The error was found and a supplementary bill passed days before adjournment, averting a two year gap in public schooling and possible need for a special session.
The Anderson 8. C. Advocate argues the Democracy, now fully in power for the first time in decades, has a rare chance to relieve burdens, reform financial systems, protect the masses, and curb wealth at the expense of the many. It warns misgivings loom if they fail to meet the hour, risking a political shift to another party.
An analysis of General Assembly appropriations notes a $913 total including quarantine station and Penitentiary costs, with 1891 tax receipts $601.24 and a needed 52 percent tax increase to cover deficits. The piece cites Senator Jones and urges readers to study fiscal figures amid warnings about clerical expenditures and farmer hardships.
The W. & W. R. R. Company faces questions of state and county tax liability. The railroad commission issued a certified statement of tax valuation for the property of the corporation. The document outlines which taxes apply and the valuation figures, including a breakdown by towns.
The Greenville and Wilmington papers comment on Grover Cleveland with criticisms and quips about his policies and campaign promises. They note public skepticism toward his stance on energy and government roles amid a harsh winter and political rhetoric.
A fragmented paragraph from the Marsh News and Observer discusses editors and office potential, notes about Dana and Cleveland, and reflects on the North money demand. It comments on editors crying cat howling and a wish for continued stability until people face consequences.
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