The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-07-10

anime these pages.l
Bro. V. N. Seawell, Deputy Organ
izer, organized Halifax County Ali.
ance, at the town of Halifax on the
9th inst.
The farmers in the vicinities of
Sutton and Stanhope are contemplate
ing a grand time on the 9th and 18th
insts' Big dinners, big crowds and
big speeches will be the order of the
day.
Randolph County Alliance will be
organized at Asheboro on the goth
inst. by DR.. D. Reid Parker, Deputy
Organizer. Full delegations from each
Sub-Alliance are requested to be
present
Secretaries of County Alliances will
remember the Importance of making
their quarterly reports to this Office at
the earliest practicable moment. Also
to send us nam and postoffice address
of the delegate elected to the State
Alliance.
Cleveland County Alliance will be
organized by Bro, w. J.. Butler,
Deputy Organizer, on the 18th inst.
We learn that the outlook for the
order in both Cleveland and Ruther-
ford counties, is of the most encour
ageing character.
Bro. W. G. Jarman, Whaleys Ali
ance, says: eve are always glad to
get paper, as through it we hear
from the brethren all over the State.
Nothing has ever so united the farm
ers of this section as the Alliance.
Having good seasons, and crops are
improving.
Organizer J. T. Johnson, writing
from Mt. Vernon, encloses subscrip-
tions to the Business Agency, and
also, a list of subscribers to The Pro
GREssIvE FAREER. He organized three
Alliances in Davie coanty as follows:
One at Cana, one at Oak Grove and
one at Center, during the month of
June.
A good brother in Onslow writes:
awe feel when we are working for
The PROGRESSIVE FARMER that we are
working for the Alliance" and that is
the correct view. Those Alliances in
the State who read the organ most
largely are, as a rule, the most active,
jealous and wide-awake. You are
right, brother.
Bro. M. G. Nichols, Secretary of
Holly Springs Alliance, writes a very
interesting letter to that sprightly and
~wide-awake paper, the Cape Fear En-
terprase, in which he says his Alliance
has los members, with 20 ap-
plicants for membership. Verify, old
Wake is wide awake, and such men
as brother Nichols are doing a noble
work.
Bro. Oswald Wilson, President of
the Florida State Alliance and Bust
ness Exchange, expects to be with us
at the meeting of u State Alliance.
1t will be a real pleasure to welcome
this jealous and efficient officer to our
meeting. We shall confidently look
for a number of visiting brethren from
other States, and they will all receive
a genuine North Carolina Alliance
welcome.
In the absence of the Alliance cor
respondent, brother E. E. Tillman, of
Union Alliance, No 80, of Arson
county, writes to say that his Alliance
is improving in all respects, that the
most perfect harmony prevails, and it
is plainly seen that great good has
already been accomplished morally,
socially and financially. A large num-
Der of subscriptions were made to the
Business Agency fund at the last
meeting.
Bro. P. G. Ward, of Carriers Ali
ance, No. 694, writes that his Alliance
is very prosperous and harmonious
and numbers forty-four. The old Off
GERS, who were acceptable in every res
pect, were reelected. Steps have been
taken to secure a lot and erect build
ings for the use of the Alliance, and
he expresses the belief that he will be
able to secure at least five dollars from