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Newspaper
The State Chronicle
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1891
Page
2
Josernus Daniels H. B. Harpy and Gro P Pell are listed as directors in the report. The item identifies these individuals as part of a governance slate and notes their positions within the organization.
Fragmentary text shows dairy related terms and time references such as one year six months one month and weekly. Mentions liberal commission for all agents and sample copies with a payment amounts and a wed to club phrase.
The note urges prompt reporting if papers are not delivered or delayed with doorsteps by six in the morning. It asks subscribers to mail their address and complaint for swift attention. The quote includes Ben Tillman declaring allegiance to the Democratic Party and opposition to third party efforts in the South.
A Chronicle correspondent argues against third party schemes within alliances. He criticizes independent factions as harmful and urges mutual concessions. He warns against ostracism or proscription of members who disagree on issues like Railroad Commission reforms and the Ocala platform.
Field and Farm disputes claims by so called rain scientists noting large and costly equipment including balloons kites gas and explosives. It argues that Texas success is not proof and artificial rainfall remains experimental and unlikely against nature.
The Atlanta Constitution and Hon. Tuos E Watson clash over Crisp as Speaker candidate. Watson, a strong Alliance man, opposed any nominee not standing on Ocala platform. The dispute widens as Crisp supporters and Alliance Georgia congressmen weigh in.
The Chronicle prints Prof W L Poreat of Wake Forest College on The People and Science. The piece urges editors to divert energy from vice details to promoting broader scientific understanding and urges more scholarly contributions to raise appreciation of science as common sense.
The Atlanta Constitution commented on a prominent Georgian, warning that even the state’s greatest man risks destroying his influence if he speaks carelessly, letting his thoughts spill out like a swarm of gnats.
The Statesville Chronicle reports the most fatal railroad accident in North Carolina with details of a train plunging eighty feet into a foaming stream. It describes the deathly scene, the shock to survivors, and conveys condolences to those mourning lost friends and loved ones. Tomorrow's Chronicle promises further particulars.
Mr Howard Burton Shaw has been named assistant in civil engineering and mathematics at the University. Mr Smaw, a native of Edgecombe county and University graduate, is a post graduate student in mathematics and engineering and described as exceptionally talented. Prof Wu Cary leads the department. both professors are full blooded North Carolinians as the department moves forward.
The Chronicle promises tomorrow an article by Polaski Cow rer on Riccard J. Garcia, inventor of the Garine gun, plus a portrait of the distinguished North Carolinian. The Consul at Port an Price comments that Hyrorire is not as black as painted.
A 1891 State Chronicle commentary argues that aggressive Alliance pressure could drive some Democrats to form a third party. It warns continued attacks on the third party risk motivating independent voters to organize to oppose what it calls Alliance domination and new leadership.
A fragment argues radical reforms may force a third party to preserve the enduring conservative elite who have governed the state for 25 years and were credited with averting postwar bankruptcy, framing the issue as a clash of reform and stability.
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