Education the Need of the South in Reconstruction
The piece reviews Dexter A. Hawkins’s essay read before the American Social Science Association in 1877. It highlights illiteracy in nine postwar southern states, cites census data, and argues education as the remedy funded by federal land revenues, urging northern aid and southern action to educate all children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dexter A. Hawkins
New York
Ile
North Carolina
South Carolina
Florida
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas
Arkansas
Rit
Free Common School
South
Virginia
Great Northwest
United States
States
National Commissioner of Education
Southern States
Sewersee
Congress
Debate on Ballot Voting vs Viva Voce in Virginia
A Virginia colored Democrats dispute over voting by ballot or viva voce. The piece defends excluding colored people from primary meetings and conventions while urging white control of the party and warning North Carolina colored voters. It references The Chowan Geoffe and CAPT. OCT CORE for Congress.
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Virginia
Wilmington
Democratic Party
Bourbon Democracy
Democratic
North Carolina
Ex Ku Klux Convict Replies in Raleigh Letter
The National Republican reprints Captain Randolph A Shotwell of Raleigh NC who admits the Ku Klux presence in 1870 72. He describes raids on Cherry Mountain and Island Ford and claims some leaders and even prominent women supported the order while Union Leagues backed it. The piece notes murder and violence while questioning truth and creedions amid political parties and North Carolina Democrats. Captain Harry Ward aged 101 attended the record.
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National Republican
Shotwell
Randolph
Raleigh
N. C
of North State
Albany
Bond
Polk, Cleveland
Ratherfrd
South Carolina
Klan
Rutherford
Rally
Cherry Mountain
Old Pukey Biggerstaff
Island Ford
Jeff
Downey
James Justice
Downey and Biggerstaff
Old Biggerstaff
Biggerstaff
Svar
Cathe
North
North Carolinas
Republican Congressional Committee Holds Initial Meeting
The National Republican committee met last evening for organization. Hon. Eugene Hale of Maine was chosen chairman with William Phillips of Kansas as secretary. Members debated not filling vacancies from states and forming an executive committee. Speakers expressed hope for a Republican House and sought informal talks with the President to ease disputes.
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Republican Congressional Committee
Rollins
Burnside
Spencer
Bruce
Kellogg
Dorsey
Cameron
Wisconsin
Mitchell
Jones
Nevada
Oglesby
Allison
Paddock
Chaffee
Crapo
Joyce
Wait
Bliscock
Sinnickson
Campbell
Jorgensen
Brogden
Rainey
Foster
Thornsburgh
Sexton
Pollard
Hubbell
Bisbee
Pace
Daniell
Phillips
Hale
Romero
Jacobs Kidder
Corlett
Eugene Hale
Maine
William 4. Phillips
Kansas
Thornburg
Congress
Mich
Same
Page
Eugene Halesey
Liscoe
N. Y L
Cal
Ohio
Habbell
House of Representatives
Faste
National Republican
Decline of Democratic Rule Provokes NC Voter Alarm
A late Democratic Address laments seven years of Democratic control in North Carolina, claiming higher taxes and poorer enforcement, while opposing economic decline and debt. It contrasts past prosperity under Democrats with current hardship and calls for accountability from office seekers amid local complaints about coastal fog nuisances and related petitions.
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Democratic Party
North Carolina
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Gur
Oct. Core
Edenton
Wasineten
Cabackers
Snes
Jedge Hest
F Loniaiane
Oras Aan
Doorkee
Nis
Jim Knight
Godden
Harry Ward
Newport
R. L
Is'end
Sia
New Barery
Terere
May Ewan
Iwtreval Revenue
U.S
Green B. Raum
Internal Revenue
Orvice
Ixteanal Revenue
Washingsoo
D.C
City Grocers and
Petteway & Schulkes
Princess and Water Streets
Samuel Nixon
A. D
Maggie Nixon
Hedrick
N. W
N.C
H. D. Gilbert
D. Gilbert
Dee
Moule Front Street
Purcell House
Ian
Tates
WM. Futrell
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