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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1889
Page
4
The Advance and Mirror quarrel over Dr. Grissom, Governor Fowle, and the North Carolina asylum affair. The editorial dispute sparks warnings that mob justice and lynch law threaten the state’s legal system and civil order.
The Progressive Farmer argues a vast consolidation of cotton and allied states into a united Southern block, extending toward the Mississippi and beyond. It predicts a 3,000,000 strong federation across the Gulf to the Lakes to influence policy, economy, and governance under divine guidance.
A Chester South Carolina dispatch announces grading contract for sixty miles of the Georgia Carolina and Northern Railway toward Atlanta. General R F Hoke is president. The line from Monroe North Carolina to Atlanta covers 268 miles with many South Carolina towns along the route. It will connect Raleigh via the Carolina Central and Raleigh & Augusta lines and Raleigh & Gaston road, forming a major through line across the South.
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