Premiums for Field Crops at North Carolina Fair 1892
The North Carolina Agricultural Society lists cash premiums for field crops at the Raleigh State Fair, October 18–27, 1892. Awards cover cotton, corn, wheat, oats, rye, rice, peas, beans, clover seed, grasses, hay, and root crops with certificates required. best yields and specific commodity prizes are described. officials urge farmer participation and note later revisions and entry requirements. Next, Republican State executive committee meets in Raleigh with members listed and J. B. Eaves as chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. C. Agricultural Society
Raleigh
Messrs
R. H. Battle
W. G. Upchurch
R. J. Powell
C. B. Denson
North Carolina
The
North Carolina Agricultural Society
N. C
Republican State Executive Committee
J. ‘Tp. Cheshire
Pasquotank
J. W. Pope
Northampton
A. R. Middleton
Dublin
Stewart Ellison
Rufus Amis
Granville
S. H. Manning
New Hanover
Z. V. Walser
Davidson
W. G. Bogle
Alexander
M. L. Mott
Iredell
John C. Dancy
Rowan
J. H. Hannon
Halifax
Cameron Morrison
Richmond
John H. Williamson
Wake
J. W. Harden
Alamance
John B. Eaves
F. T. Walser
Personal notes reflect travels and deaths in North Carolina
Miss Laura Cordon leaves for Wilson and many local figures are listed with illnesses moves and deaths. Notables include Col Benehan Cameron Stags ville Col Thomas H Sutton family leaving Fayetteville Maj Guthrie and Caleb Green visiting Henderson and Durham. Doctor E F Ashe dies at Wadesboro after illness and a Simmons Liver Regulator ad closes the column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. Benehan Cameron
Stagsville
J. L. Crowell
Concord
Newitt Grant
Garysburg
Sarah A. Taylor
Fayetteville
Spier Whitaker
Graves
Chapel Hill
Thomas H. Sutton
Winston
Maj
W. A. Guthrie
Durham
Caleb B. Green
Durham County
Fannie D. Blanton
Bank of Shelby
J. L. Sproles
Louisville Theological Seminary
Shelby Baptist Church
William C. Cameron
William S. Strudwick
Hillsboro
Joseph Simmons
Coitock
N. B. Cobb
Goldsboro
Nellie Waddell
Smithfield
Alice Jones
Raleigh
A Strange Chapter in North Carolina Political History
The article recalls a heated pre 1835 era in North Carolina when Western demands for representation threatened secession. It highlights Governor Swain’s fiery 1835 Convention speech, the 1824 to 1830 period, and the so called Address of Western men signed by Charles Fisher and David L Swain. It calls for archival research, noting the Address may be in old Raleigh Register files.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Charles Fisher
David L. Swain
Swain
Gaston
Iredell
Joedell
Carolina
Raleigh Register
Mardi Gras Rail Sale From Richmond and Danville
The Richmond and Danville railroad offers round trip first class tickets to New Orleans and Mobile for Mardi Gras. Tickets go on sale February 26 to 29 with return by March 15 1892. Rates apply from listed points with intermediate stations in proportion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond and
Danville
New Orleans
Mobile
North western Mutual Life shows higher surplus and dividends
A Richmond Virginia notice to policy-holders outlines advance figures from the forthcoming annual statement for the North Western Mutual Life Insurance Company. It highlights increased surplus and diminished mortality expected to boost dividends. Data includes ten year tontine policies maturing this year with an average annual dividend of forty percent and figures for policies in force and premiums in 1891.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmont
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company
Also Mentioned on This Page
Best Bushel
Bushel
Laura Cordon
Wilson
Alex. Rosemond
Thomasville
Susan Summers
W. D. Turner
John M. Robinson
Seaboard Air Line
G. C. & N. Railway
W.ti. Manning
U. S
Juneau
Alaska Territory
Henderson
Thad. Manning
Frank B. Manning
Fargo
North Dakota
Joseph P. Caldwell
Charlotte
Caldwell
the Yarboro
KE. M. Brown
Washington, N. C
C. A. Dixon
Frank Wood
Edenton
James H. West
Greensboro
H. M. Shaw
C. L. Pettigrew
Plymouth
C. G. Maynard
Mebane
Stonewall Jackson
Hunter McGuire
Edmund F. Ashe
Wadesboro
Episcopal Church
Simmons Liver Regulator
Mardi Gras
Ely
O. A. Cary
Corning, N.Y
Wilmington
Asheville
Sparr’b’g
Greenville
Columbia
Richmond, Va
Charlottesville
Lynchburg
Sia
Hood
C. L Hood & Co
Marston
L. Midney
Joan B. Cary & Son
Jen
S. Mever
Mae
Hesine
M. S. Clark
Cherzes Moder
Lars
P.O
Rabe
Hevi
Canta
Qynysliiict
Eo Onae
Jas., Johnson
Raleigh, N. C
Gates Desk C Co
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