State News Roundup from North Carolina Robberies and Accidents
State Press-Drops of turpentine in rice grains and grape clusters in the east. tobacco stems in the north. corn and wheat in the west. peanuts and cotton seed in the south. Winston merchants Bell & McKnight assigned. Charlotte, Wilmington and Raleigh to be linked by telephone. Atlantic Coast Line depot at Wilson robbed of 150. A Concord wagon crash killed a horse. Nathan Johnson shot dead in Jasper Florida. James Tomberlin, 19, dies after fall near Weldon. Governor Carr orders Richmond Superior Court term to begin September 28 with twelve murder cases on docket. Stanley Welker’s child in Wilkesboro reportedly has 12 toes and 11 fingers. Spencer, near Salisbury, becomes new town for Southern shops. Qilisbury shops to be abandoned.
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Bell & McKnight
Winston
Charlotte
Wilmington
Raleigh
Atlantic Coast Line
Wilson
Concord
Nathan Johnson
North Carolina
Jasper
Fla
James Tomberlin
Monroe
Weldon
Carr
Richmond Superior Court
Wilkesboro Chronicle
Stanley Welker
Spencer
Salisbury
Qilisbury
Smithfield Herald
P. Jennis
Meadow Township
Elizabeth City
State Issues and Reform Calls in North Carolina
G. Ep. Kester urges Populists and Republicans to unite to defeat the Democrats in North Carolina. He argues for court reform, expanded magistrate powers, free ballot guarantees, and fair election laws, endorsing the 1895 6 percent interest law and calling for a united reform ticket or a union state convention to secure anti-Democratic rule. He highlights Judge Russell and Guthrie as strong reform candidates.
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Concorp
N. C
Democratic Party
C. W. T‘lett
Charlotte Observer
Fant
C. H. Martin
Ed H. Caapin
Congress
Cain
Columbia
North Carolina
Reform
Russell
Guthrie
G. Ep. Kester
A MAN OF THE MASSES: Bryan’s Ohio to Canton Rally Tour
Julian Hawthorne reports on William Jennings Bryan’s campaign reception from Crestline to Canton. He analyzes Bryan’s oratorical power, mass appeal, and the fervent, sometimes devotional demonstrations by tens of thousands of supporters, including women and farmers, who see in Bryan a path to reform and silver for debt relief. The piece notes Bryan’s steadiness, lack of vanity, and the vast, almost inevitable energy driving his movement.
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Charlotte
Charlotte Observer
Fayetteville
Cape Fear
Yadkin Valley
Murchison Fairley
Julian Hawthorne
Pittsburg
Crestline
Mr. Bryan
Chicago
Edwin Booth
John McCullough
Gladstone
Thor
New York
Canton
McKinley
Bryan Favors
Valparaiso
Fort Wayne
Delssire
Moses
Promised Land
Apollo
Julius Caesar
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Tweed
Asheville
Swain County
Wittkowsky
Mecklenburg
Gastonia
Statesville
Arme of Cine
Webster's Weekly
Asheboro
AF. Page
James A. Weston
Hickory
Christchurch
Marshall
Weston
Hickory Times
Morganton
Pink Perry
J. A. Perry
Morganton Depot
Temple of Justice
Vestibal
Shelby Aurora
Scatesville
Alex Brown
Goldsboro Argus
Charles Manly
Superior Court
Manly
Lewis Waleer
Alex
Hairston
Everhart
Walser
Ananias Harrington
Rufus Hackney
Constable Knight
Aberdeen
Florence
Harrington
Carthage Blade
Collettsville
Cranbury
The
Mercury
Rutherford Democrat
Sebe Camp
Saluda
Greenville
Mark Hanna
Jefferson County
Farmer’s Advocate
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J. G. Whittier
People's Hall
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America
Pa. Farmer
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