The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-10-23

seventh pages of our paper to the exclusive use of
orders, rulings, notices, &C., the brethren will ex-
anime these pages.1 - .,s5f .a-5 j. ;.f-E
The organized Alliances are grow
ing all over the State and the best of
spirit prevails in the order.
Bro. D. S. Lovelace, of Cleve-
land county, will accept our grateful
thanks for a clubof fourteen subscrib-
ers and his kindly interest in behalf of
The PRoGREssIvE FARMER. --e
President S. B. Alexander will
address the farmers Of Cumberland
and adjoining counties at Fayetteville
on the oath inst. Let all the farmers
and Alliance men come and hear him.
Secretary S. P. league informs
us that. seventeen Alliances of. Chat
ham county have resolved not to pat
ronize any guano company that re-
fuses to sell direct to their Business
Agent. .aa ,... ,
Mr.. S. E. Bos tic, Business Agent
of Cleveland County Alliance, has
already bought one hundred and fifty
nine tons of wheat fertilizer for the
use of the brethren in that county,
and they get it at very satisfactory
prices. H. 49, al'
An enthusiastic Alliance letter
from Bro. A. L. Parker, of. Mt! Pleas
ant, No. 269, is crowded out of this
issue. He is in full accord with the
State and Sub Alliances on the bag
ging questions, both as to cotton and
guano. i
The Secretary of South River
Alliance, No. S3l, writes to say that
the membership most heartily endorses
the action of the State Alliance and Of
the Sub-Alliances, generally, in con
demning the cotton bagging trust,
and expect to fight it to the bitter end.
VIII will get our ton of Raleigh
Standard Fertilizer? Who will get
the ten dollars in. gold? Who will
get the five dollars in gold? See our
offer of premiums On another page.
They are valuable and you ought to
have one OF them.
The President, Vice-President
and Executive Committee of the State
Alliance of Texas, issue an address
to the membership of that State urg-
ing it to support the Mercury, the Off
cial organ of the Alliance. This is
right. Let the officers encourage and
sustain all departments of Alliance
work.
Remember the Alliance Institute
to be held in this city on Friday,
November the 9th, and let every
member in Wake come who can.
Questions of great Importance to our
farmers are to be considered. Brethren
from other counties cordially invited.
See programme on another page.
Come
Bro. W. A. Humphrey, Secretary
of Robson County Farmers Alliance,
most respectfully requests that the
Secretary of each Sub-Alliance in said
county will send to him at Rowland,
N. c., the name and number of ALI
dICO duo IdL1IO VI DCSIOIdI dIl lilS
postofice of their Respective Sub
Alliances. .
We make our profoundest acknowl-
edgements to the good brethren of
Beaufort County Alliance for their
kind and complimentary resolutions in
regard to The PROGRESSIVE FARMER
and it's editor. They are gratefully
appreciated and we will do our best to
be worthy of all that is said of us.
Thanks brethren.
ALL the COUNTY BUSINESS AGENTS
of the State are urgently requested to
be in Raleigh on the 26th inst. to con-
fer with our State Business Agent and
our President and Executive Commit
tee. 1t is very important that all should
be present. The County Alliances
should of course pay their expenses
Let every Agent be present.
Bro. B. F. Stonestreet, County
Organizer of Davie county, organized
the following Alliances during the
month Of September: On the 18th,
Kappa Alliance was organized with
R. F. Garwood, President, and W. R,
Ketchie, Secretary; on the 2sth, Fork
Alliance was organized with W. f.
Merrill, President, and l.. C. Pack,
Secretary. f.
At the last meeting of Yadkin
County Alliance, it was requested that
every Sub-Alliance discuss the ques-