Mecklenburg County Alliance Calls For State Shoe Factory Plan
The Mecklenburg County Alliance met in Huntersville on April 24 1897 voting to urge the state alliance president to convene at Hillsboro around May 3 1897 to devise ways and means to start a Hillsboro shoe factory. They authorized an inventory of all state alliance property and funds and elected delegates while praising local leadership and urging active member involvement.
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CuarorTte
N. C
Mecklenburg
R W. Sossaman
Alliance
State Alliance
Hillsboro
Bro. Graham
Ridgeway
Bro
C. F. Alexander
McDowell Creek Alliance
Gibbon
McDowell Creek
County Alliance
Junction
W. Vs
Cogan Station
Bird Island
Minn
Indianapolis
Ind
West Virginia
Raleigh
Gov
D. L. Russell
Russell
North Carolina
Cyrus Thompson
Central Methodist Sunday School
Z V. Walser
Protestant Methodist Church
Honest William H. Worth
Friends
Quakers
Hal W. Ayer
Baptist Tabernacle
J. M. Mewbourne
Deciple of
Christian Church
J. Y. Hamrick
Baptist Church
C. H. Mebane
German Reform Church
R A. Cobbb
Methodist Church
Biras
Church of the Dec
B.A
Tie Trust War Reshapes Cotton Ties Market
Col. D. P. Duncan, manager of the State Alliance exchange, returns from Washington reporting progress against the tie trust. He notes farmers will face no more trouble as several companies switch to flat ties and offer them at 15 cents cheaper per bundle than wire ties used last season.
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D. P. Duncan
State Alliance Exchange
Washington
Sumter
Col. Duncan
South Carolina
South
Duncan
New York
G.S. Loles
T. Tey. S. B. A. Hiteboro
N. C
Alliance
Flint
Prices fall for cotton ties amid trust fight in South Carolina
The article notes prices dropping so that flat ties can be bought 15 cents cheaper per bundle than crude wire used for the ties. It argues the anti trust battle was effective and predicts rejoicing among South Carolina cotton growers per the Columbia State.
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South Carolina
Columbia State
New River Onslow County Promises and Prospects
J. H. Foy urges Onslow County readers to visit New River and Bay View highlighting oysters trout crabs fish and alligators as local riches. He describes rail access via Wilmington Newbern Norfolk and promotes land sales hotel stays and deer hunting with plans for a new town and wharves to support cargo and oyster gardens.
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New River
Onslow County
N.C
United States of America
Sheba
Solomon
Africa
Central Africa
Moses
Mican
Ounslow
Brown
Atlantic Ocean
Cuba
North Carolina
Wolf Pitt
Onslow
Jacksonville
N. C
Wilmington, Newbern & Norfolk Railroad
Bay View
Westbrook
Dock Porter
Stone’s Bay
Dlama
Bogue
Cero
White Oak River
Boston
Samson
Giddeon
Barack
J. H. Foy
In Memoriam J W Pattillo Resolutions Adopted 1897
A committee drafts memorial resolutions for J W Pattillo of the Alliance noting his generous neighborly acts and integrity. The document records daily morning wear for thirty days, requests copies to family and The Progressive Farmer, and confirms unanimous adoption on April 17, 1897.
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J. W. Pattillo
Bro
Bro. Pattillo
Progressive Farmer
Jno H. Waits
G. H. Fleming
J. F. P. Horton
W. J. Bisnop
Scc'y. Bee
Bride saves ceremony as lamp nearly explodes near Danville
During a marriage ceremony near Danville Virginia a kerosene lamp flamed up and threatened to explode. The bride grabbed the lamp and hurled it through a window allowing the groom to emerge from under the table and the ceremony to continue. Subscriptions renewal note follows.
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Danville
Jamestown Settlement Debate Reveals Earlier Spanish Colony
Fredericksburg Star reports Justice Walter Clark presents evidence of a 600 member Spanish settlement at Jamestown land 60 years before Raleigh and 81 years before John Smith. The San Miguel colony, led by D Ayllon, supposedly predates Augustine by 40 years but was long unknown even to Bancroft.
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Nippur
Walter Clark
Supreme Court
North Carolina
Virginia
John Smith
Jamestown
Justice Clark
Sir Walter Raleigh
Roanoke Island
Alexander Brown
Brown
United States
America
Clark
D’ayllon
San Miguel
Bancroft
Naval Library
Semancas
Spain
Ss. Augustine
Fredericksburg
Star
Young Madison Farmer Sells Crop at Winston Sale
Miss Sue M. Comer of near Madison brought her own tobacco to Winston for sale at Brown's Warehouse. The crop brought a good round price, and Comer supervised the sale herself while warehouse workers wore blackened shoes and middle‑parted hair.
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Sue M. Comer
Madison
Winston
Brown
Winston Journal
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Mecklenburg County Meeting
TIE Trust
Wshippeed
the Man
Trust
Poughkeepsie
Jin
New York Herald
Rhcuwuanos
He Bride
W. H. & B.S. Tucker & CO
W. H. & RS. Tugker & CO
Raleigh, N.C
Alliance Headquarters
Billsboro
M.o
Alliance Tannery
Morocco
Pilgrima Progress
D. H. Tuttle
Beaufort, N.C
Plymouth
Erizes
Jersey
Occoneechee Farm
Durham
Barnes
Bec'y-Treaa N. O. F. Pee
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