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Elias Carr

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15926
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Abstract:
Elias Carr, a well-known planter, leader of the North Carolina State Farmers' Alliance, and Governor, was born in Edgecombe County in 1839. Among his concerns were compulsory education, better rural schools, a more just tax system, lease of the North Carolina Railroad, and improvement of the state's roads.
Source:
The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 3 Issue 49, May 1936, p6
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