The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-09-20
GOING TO ST. LOUIS
Big Delegation to Farm
ers Congress Starts
This Afternoon.

A large number of delegates and
their friends will leave this afternoon
on the Southern Railways personally
conducted train, operated for the ac-
commodation of delegates attending
the Farmers National Congress and
Cotton Growers Convention, which,
meets next week, beginning on Monday
in st. Louis.
Two hundred delegates from North
Carolina have been appointed by Gov
ernor Aycock to the meeting and many
Of these will go from other points
to attend the 24th annual session 81
the Farmers Congress. Among thb
speakers are Col. Benehan Cameron.
the first ViCe-preSident of the Con
gress, and DR.. Geo Il. Winston, presi-
dent of the A. and M. College. The
delegates will make headquarters az
the Hotel Epworth, the session Of the
Congress beginning on Monday, the
Cotton Growers Convention meeting,
during the latter part of the week.
In the party will be Hon. j. j. Laugh
inghouse and wife, Grimesland; j. M
Llnehan and wife, Greystone; Mrs.
l.. c. Weathers. Raleigh; Mrs. M. M.
Smith, Raleigh; joel ID. Whitaker ana
wife, Raleigh; j. b. Exum and wife,
Pikeville; j. E. Person and wife,
Pikeville; J. A. Long, Roxboro; w. L..
McGAee, Franklinton; r. B. White,
FrankIinton; Miss Jennie Joyner,
Franklinton; Miss Eleanor Ballard
Franklinton; Miss Hattie Clegg,
Franklinton; Hugh d. Egerton and
party, Louisburg; j. M. Green and
party. Henderson; Miss M. j. Parish
Raleigh; Miss Daisy Green, Raleigh,
Miss Daisy Green, Raleigh; Mrs. Ar
rington Goldsboro; Col. Benehan
Cameron, Stagsville; j. e. Brooks
Asheville; Mrs. l.. j. Brandt, Greens
boro; j. M. Fleming, Raleigh; Maj,
j. M. Crenshaw. Wake Forest Walter
Wyatt, Raleigh; DR.. II. V. Dunston,
Windsor; Miss Katie Allen, Centralia
Mo-; Miss Sallie Allen, Centraiia, Mo-;
J. II. Robbins, Raleigh William Rob
bins, Raleigh; Fab. a. Whitaker, Raj
eigh; NJ. M. <ittell, Clinton; E. M
Johnson, Willard; b. F. Keith, Will
mington; l.. J. Taylor, New Bern; P.
b. Holland, Concord; r. d. Caldwell
Lumberton; c. S. Royal, Clinton; FL
7. burlington, Clinton; j. NJ. Powell
Clinton; NJ. e. Blalock and wife. Nor
wood; Henry w. Johnson, Winston}
j. A. Brown and party, Chadbourn3
d. r. Davis and wife, New Bern; y
l.. b. Penny, Raleigh; G. j. Aston,
Louisburg; Dr. Geo. T. Winston, Raj
eigh; Prof. w. F. Massey, Raleigh
Prof. w. A. Withers. Raleigh;
w. G.. Briggs. Raleigh; j. S. William
son, Statesville; d. M. Stanton, La
Grange; w. II. Stancil. Selma; Joseph
Privett, Lumberton; j. II. Seawell,
Sunbury; j. w. Pair. Eagle Rock; e..
n. Washburn, Washburn; j. p. Sor-
rell, Cary; A. j. Barton. Clayton; w.
NJ. Long, Nimrod; w. r. Grassland
and wife, Diggs; 4. j. McKimmon,
Maxton Geo. Martin, Wendell; l.. j..
Tyncr, Lowe; G. G. Winkler, Boone;
f. +. McRae. Maxton; II. T. Jones,
Goldsboro: Enoch Bateman, Column
bia n. T. Riddick, Williamston; II. V.
Moulton, Dunn; j. A. Stevens, Colds
boro; II. ID. Matthews. Hamilton; j. F..
Ray, Raleigh; S. G. Hobby, Raleigh I;
A. p. Tucker. Raleigh; Or. n M. Bla-
lock, Raleigh; j. w. Blalock, Raleigh;
j. NJ Eddens. Wakefield; Chas. Pace,
Wakefield; Bennett Wall Clayton; d.
A. Covington, Monroe; II. j. Faison,
Faison; j. o. Loftin Mount Olive; r,
r. Warren, Washington, and others.