Farmers' State Alliance headquarters (Hillsborough)

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1. by January 7, 1896 The Alliance Weekly is published at Hillsborough for the Farmers' State Alliance The Alliance Weekly, the paper of the North Carolina Farmers' State Alliance and the National Alliance Aid, was being published at Hillsborough, where the State Alliance had moved its office from Raleigh. Its January 7, 1896 issue was volume 1, number 4. The Alliance Weekly (Hillsborough), January 7, 1896, p. 2
2. May 1896 The State Alliance builds a tannery at its Hillsborough headquarters Through May the Farmers' State Alliance was laying vats and placing machinery for a tannery at its Hillsborough headquarters, slowed by late lumber and a well being bored through solid rock, and it began quoting the prices it would pay for hides delivered there. The Alliance Weekly (Hillsborough), May 29, 1896, p. 2
3. May 23, 1896 The State Alliance buys a shoe factory plant for its Hillsborough headquarters Meeting in special session, the executive committee of the North Carolina Farmers' State Alliance accepted an offer of a fully equipped shoe manufacturing plant and bought it, to be set up at headquarters in Hillsborough under an experienced shoe manufacturer. The next day it adopted certificates of deposit and due bills, payable in Alliance goods with a share of the profits, for members who put money into the Alliance's manufacturing. The Alliance Weekly (Hillsborough), May 29, 1896, p. 5
4. mid-August 1896 The Farmers' State Alliance meets at Hillsborough and denounces the North Carolina Railroad lease The North Carolina Farmers' State Alliance held its state session at its Hillsborough headquarters, re-elected its officers and passed a resolution denouncing the lease of the North Carolina Railroad to the Southern Railway Company. Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), August 20, 1896, p. 3
5. mid-August 1896 The Farmers' State Alliance shoe factory at Hillsborough shuts down After the Farmers' State Alliance ordered a loan on its Hillsborough shoe factory so it could run, the factory was stopped within two days and its workers sent home, with about $12,000 already invested. Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), September 24, 1896, p. 3
6. by September 10, 1896 The Alliance Weekly, published at Hillsborough, stops The Alliance Weekly, published at the Farmers' State Alliance headquarters in Hillsborough, was discontinued; its editor said it had run at a loss since the first of the year. Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), September 10, 1896, p. 3
7. August 10-12, 1897 The Farmers' State Alliance meets at Hillsborough and elects John Graham president The Farmers' State Alliance held its annual session at its headquarters near Hillsborough, with forty-nine counties represented. It elected John Graham of Warren County president, cut its officers' salaries, enlarged its executive committee to five and set aside money to restart its Hillsborough shoe factory. People: Thomas J. Oldham Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), August 19, 1897, p. 3
8. October 22, 1897 The Farmers' State Alliance votes to reopen its Hillsborough shoe factory under W. O. Roberts Meeting in the State Treasurer's office in Raleigh, the Alliance leaders decided to start up their idle shoe factory at Hillsborough at once and engaged W. O. Roberts of Abbeville as superintendent and manager; a committee then went to Hillsborough to look over the plant. Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), October 28, 1897, p. 3
9. early August 1899 The State Farmers' Alliance meets at its Hillsborough headquarters and merges two offices The Farmers' State Alliance held its annual session at Alliance Headquarters near Hillsborough. Its officers reported the shoe factory's debt paid off and money in the bank; the delegates combined the offices of secretary-treasurer and business manager to free money for a state lecturer, and tabled a motion to move the business agency to Raleigh. Fewer than fifty delegates attended. Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), August 17, 1899, p. 2
10. by November 30, 1899 The Alliance shoe factory near Hillsborough turns out about forty pairs a day The Farmers' Alliance shoe factory near Hillsborough was making about forty pairs of shoes a day, according to the Alliance's Progressive Farmer. Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), November 30, 1899, p. 3
11. by August 16, 1900 The Alliance sells part of its shoe factory machinery and shuts the plant The Farmers' State Alliance reported at its annual meeting that part of the machinery in its shoe factory near Hillsborough had been sold and that the factory would not reopen, for some time at least. Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), August 23, 1900, p. 3
12. August 14-16, 1900 The State Farmers' Alliance, meeting near Hillsborough, asks for four-month schools and a child labor ban Meeting at its headquarters near Hillsborough with its largest attendance in two years, the North Carolina Farmers' State Alliance petitioned the legislature for a special tax to keep public schools open four months, permanent support and free tuition at the state colleges, compulsory school attendance, a ban on employing young children in manufacturing, and reformatories for young offenders. Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), August 23, 1900, p. 3

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