Nash County Meeting Calls Monument Fund for Senator Vance
Citizens of Nash county held a mass meeting at the Nashville court house on May 1 1894 to honor Senator Zebulon Vance and organize fundraising for a Raleigh monument. Dossey Battle chaired the gathering which approved a six member resolutions committee and appointed central and township committees to solicit subscriptions.
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Nash County
Court House
Nashville
Vance
Raleigh
Dossey Battle
B. H Bunn
T. P. Braswell
D. N. Sills
Thos. Westray
G. T. Coley
S. B. Harper
H. G. Connor
Doasey Battle
Wuerens
Zebulon Baird Vance
Rupert
Rocky Mount Argonaut
Phoenix
Nash County Sun
Raleigh News Observer
North Carolinian
Tur
Wilmington Messenger
Star and Goldsboro
Battle
Zeb
R. A. P. Cootry
W. L. Thorp
Jackson County Alliance Growth Note in Wartime Era
In Jackson County Bern North Carolina a report urges support for the Alliance. The movement claims a 33 percent rise in true members over the last year. Countywide good standing membership is about 400 with 11 active subs. Dormant subs have rejoined local groups and most Alliancemen remain in active units. The Sylva Sub is highlighted as lively and well led.
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Bern
N. C
Evitor
Jackson County
Dross
Sylva
Geribbler
Startling Truth On Wealth And Railroads
A 19th century column quotes census wealth data for North Carolina and bank stock prices in New York. It notes twelve northern cities could finance railroad control at current market prices, challenging the idea that government rail purchase would bankrupt the country.
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North Carolina
New York City
United States
Potomac
Ohio
Mississippi Rivers
After the Wrong Man claims in political row
Tom Watson defends his record denying slanders by Savannah News and Atlanta Journal editors. He clarifies not joining the Alliance, not burning law books, and explains quitting law to serve in Congress and reform work. He accuses Stovall and Richardson of spreading falsehoods and urges factual statements.
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P. A Stovall
Savannah News
F. H. Richardson
Atlanta Journal
Alliance
Thos. G. Lawson
Law
John B. Gordon
Senate
Chas. L. Moses
Congress
Tom Watson
Ashland
Kentucky
Kansas
Col. Breckenridge
Blue Grass
Breckenridge
Emma D. Pack
Farmer's Wife
Anna A. Wait
Kansas Equal Suffrage Association
A. G. Lord
Pres
Radical Reform Christian Association
Elizabeth M. Wardall
Sec
Women’s Progressive Political League
Bina A. Otis
State Pres. Women’s Progressive Political League
B. E. Manley
Anna Wardall
Topeka
Kans
Brunswick County Meeting Report and Editorial Notes
A Brunswick County meeting report from Excelsior North Carolina notes Ash Sub Alliance convened on the 13th last month with most Sub representatives present. Bro. Dunn is expected to come on the 15th to help organize more Subs. J J Long spoke against the current administration and urged Alliance action. A Georgia reader praises the reform paper but cannot subscribe due to money shortages while pledging support for the People's party if free ballot and fair count prevail.
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Excelsior
N. C
Epitor
Bro. Dunn
Bro. J. J. Long
W.5s. Milbixen
Old North Carolina
PapEn
Cabarrus County Alliance discusses reforms at quarterly meet
At the Cabarrus County Alliance quarterly meeting, resolutions were sent back to Sub Alliances for open discussion. Proposals seek cheaper judiciary, magistrate election by people, potential repeal or modification of the homestead law, and improved public schools. Secretary Jno A Sims announced publication in The Progressive Farmer and Caucasian.
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Coxcorp
N. C
Eorror
Cabarrus County Alliance
Rocky River Alliance
County Alliance
State Alliance
Jno
Early morning encounter stirs a moral critique in May
A 3 am sidewalk meeting between a police officer and a suspiciously candid man leads to a reflection on marital fidelity and public virtue. The piece expands into an urgent May message urging wealth holders to fund roads, reduce idleness, and promote brotherhood and peace, with a call to social reform and labor justice.
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United States
Jerry Brickhouse
Keep Off The Grass Phrase From Coxey In Star Cartoons
A Wilmington Star cartoon caption mocks Coxey’s protest recall in Washington as a jest about the grass on the Capitol grounds. The item reflects a political quip tying reformers to lawn imagery in a period voice.
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Coxey
Congress
Washington
Capitol
Wilmington Star
Give Us Some Corn Georgia Populist Leader Speech
Hon T E Watson was elected chair of the Georgia Populist State Convention in Atlanta. The Atlanta Journal quotes his address criticizing Democrats for abandoning bimetallism and spending state funds. He recalls Reed and Sherman, mocks free silver, and ends with a joke about keeping off the grass.
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T. E Watson
Atlanta
Atlanta Journal
Mr. Watson
Thos. B. Reed
John Sherman
Thos. B. Reid
Onslow County Alliance Meets With Peanut Union
The Onslow County Alliance and Peanut Alliance convened on April 12, 1894. The group unanimously reaffirmed the NFA and IAA platform from Topeka Kansas February 1894. The meeting adjourned to Jacksonville in July with reports showing about a 20 percent membership gain.
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Mr. Enprror
Onslow County Alliance
Peanut Alliance
Brothers and Sisters of Peanut
N. F. A. and
I. A
Topeka
Kansas
County Alliance
Brothers and Sisters and Friends of Peanut Alliance
Jacksonville
EL. Francks, Jr
E. J. Lanier
Sec’y
Our Bad Rulers and The Call for Principles in Politics
A boy writes to advocate voting for men of principle, criticizing concentrated wealth and corrupt leaders. He cites Grover Cleveland’s cost to farmers, warns against nefarious laws, and laments inequality under wicked rulers, urging citizens to think independently and act for liberty and justice.
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Orton
N. C
Epiot
Grover Cleveland
Congress
The College Appropriation Question Debate Energizes Henderson
A Henderson reader objects to church leaders tying state college funding to the electoral campaign. He urges papers to avoid partisan church controversies and notes past attempts to polarize voters over Catholic school funding.
Church leaders urged to avoid split among people
D H Guy argues in a citizen letter that the state should let the people settle disputes, avoid church campaigns that divide voters, and focus on enacting laws against usury and extortion. He urges moderates to form a solid front, back school funding without taxes, and keep churches out of sectional fights.
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Henderson
N. C
EpiTor
Baptist Church
Yi Ple
Iti Ben
D. H. Guy
Alliance organizers and district governors listed for North Carolina
A fragmented list names Alliance organizers and district organizers across North Carolina. It includes Jas H Wright Carlton and Elijah W Flake as regional organizers, with districts spanning Cumberland Robeson Bladen Durham and counties like Harnett Moore Richmond Anson Union Stanly Montgomery Guilford Stokes Forsyth Davidson Davie Yadkin Surry Rowan Cabarrus Mecklenburg Gaston Lincoln Iredell Currituck Camden Perquimans Chowan Gates Pasquotank Dare and others.
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Jas. H. Wright
Carlton
Orea
Reg Congo
Johnston
Eee
Vanceake
Durham
A - Dunn
Populi
Izer
Dieterah
Ste
Cumberland
Robeson
Bladen
Bus
Brunswick
Elijah W. Flake
Rockingham
N C
Highth
Harnett
Moore
Richmond
Anson
Union
Stanly
Montgomery
Geo. E Hunt
Michael
Gav
Allehany
Ashe
Watauga
Mitchell
Urry
J. W. Cox
Edwardsville
N. C
George WW. Hahn
Tuscola
Haywood Jackson
Swain
Macon
Graham
Clsy
Cherokee
Demands Adopted by Topeka Farmers Alliance and Union
The Farmers Alliance and Industria Union at Topeka Kansas adopt a platform calling for a government issued national currency with full legal tender, free coinage of silver and gold at 16 to 1, and a minimum $50 per capita money supply. It also urges land reform ending monopolies, railroads reclaimed for settlers, and post office control of communications and savings deposits.
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Farmers’ Alliance and Industria Union
Topeka
Kan
Ublic
Bis
Tiras
Ted
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Vance Memorial
Nash
True Blue
Brunswick County Meeting
Georgia
Cabarrus County Meeting
Guardian of the Peace
Mr. Ephor
Vanderbilts
Goulds
Carnegies
Onslow County Meeting
Alliance Organizers
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