1950, October 5 - Cleveland County Early Days

Authors

Mamie Jones

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Description

This article examines the intense 1894 political conflict in Cleveland County between Democrats and Populist-Republicans. It describes disputed election results, lawsuits over vote counts, and eventual victory of Jacob H. Quinn for clerk of court. The piece explains the origins of the Populist Party in the Farmers Alliance, economic hardships facing farmers, and broader state/national politics of the time.

Publication Date

10-5-1950

City

Shelby, NC

Keywords

Jacob Hugh Quinn, Thomas D. Lattimore, James B. Byers, John S. Wray, Frank S. Fortenberry, Capt. E. D. Dickson, Populist Party, Republican Party, Democratic Party, Farmers Alliance, Alliance Democrats, Progressive Farmer, Blanton’s Hall

Contributors

Fay Webb Gardner Collection in the Gardner-Webb University Archives

Recommended Citation

Jones, Mamie, "1950, October 5 - Cleveland County Early Days" (1950). Cleveland County Early Days Newspaper Column. 25.
https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/fay-webb-gardner-cleveland-county-early-days-newspaper-column/25