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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1894
Page
6
A comic exchange centers on losing a political party or oneself. Betsy composes a reward notice for the lost party, noting features and political positions, while the narrator contemplates guardianship and potential endorsements. The dialogue touches on Democratic politics, free coinage, and Wall Street figures like Vance and Ransom, ending with a Raleigh-Observer note on negro politics and Populists.
Washington report notes North Carolina Senators Jarvis and colleagues in the Senate chamber forming a united front. Jarvis, described as a machine man, declared support for cooperative party efforts, a stance anticipated by observers weeks earlier. The exchange highlights intra party strategy and alignment among NC senators.
The Executive Committee issues five discussion questions for May covering money circulation methods with a 2 percent tax front end, whether farmers should itemize purchases and sales, and which livestock breeds yield the greatest profit. The monthly close should be open to Alliance and non Alliance participants to educate and uplift, signed by Secretary Thos Garngs. North Carolina urged to follow.
Alliance progress reported in Laurens county Georgia and Woodbury county Iowa with three dormant Alliances reorganized. Arkansas Farmer notes two new Alliances and one reorganized. Kansas Morris county report shows growing hold. The Order expands statewide with hundreds enrolling and lodges reorganized. Easly South Carolina Democrat notes nationwide boom.
Fragmentary advertisement text promotes a tonic for malaria biliousness liver complaints and neuralgia aimed at women and children. The snippet hints at a general health cure with unclear dosage or brand details.
A landslide near St. Albans, Port Neufegunty, Quebec, slid six square miles into the St Anne river after a forested slope failed. The disaster destroyed farms, bridges, and at least one home occupants of four Gaulhire family perished. Losses are placed around $500,000 as wreckage blocks river traffic and extends through the Laurentian region.
The Farmers' Advocate notes the Baltimore Sun declines to comment on Senator John T. Morgan's speech and Cleveland's Chicago nomination, questioning claims that Cleveland is the candidate of the people and decrying political opposition by other politicians.
North Carolina Central Committee convened in Raleigh on April 25 1894 to authorize a bronze statue of Zebulon B Vance in Capitol Square Raleigh. A five member committee with Governor Elias Carr as chairman was appointed to oversee fundraising and construction.
A Raleigh central committee urges county and township groups to raise funds for a statue honoring a prominent figure. A State Association, the Vance Memorial Association, would select a site, erect the statue, and manage funds. Counties to nominate members to meet May 21 in Raleigh.
A Bertie County Farmers' Alliance session on April 12, 1894 at Lone Star Alliance calls for Congress to back a bill favoring silver over gold in government payments and demands foreclosure of railroad bonds. The group opposes any extension of debt payments, warns of generational bondage, and pledges to vote against Congress members who won’t support foreclosure. A pledge to back candidates who favor foreclosure is urged.
The North Carolina Weather Service reports a very favorable farming week though cool nights slowed crop growth. Rain is needed nationwide with sunshine above normal. Eastern District notes cool dry conditions. cotton planting near completion, corn up, tobacco plants ready to set out. Central District reports rapid planting but slow germination, corn acreage up, wheat and oats variable. rainfall needed. Western District records cooler dry weather with some showers, crops generally favorable, oats improving, worms and bug damage noted. rainfall totals small across several towns.
The item recounts cotton’s early U.S. history with figures from 1789 to 1795, noting a 1793 crop of five million pounds and prices from 1790 to 1795. It cites Whitney’s cotton gin patent in 1794, SC buying in 1801, NC in 1802, and Georgia soon after, with SC later repudiating the deal.
Notices extend memorial resolutions for deceased members across multiple alliances and counties. Key figures include B F Headen of Chapel Church and Alliances No 447, Sister E Long and Sister Elizabeth Barrow of Moffitts Grove alliance, with tributes noting zeal, citizenship, and high esteem.
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