The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-12-04

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outstanding crops are short. The
farmers are sowing an unusually large
quantity of wheat this fall, which is
an indication that less attention will
be given tobacco.
Bro. j. W. Dawson, Sheriff Of
Pamlico county, gave us a pleasant
call last week. His Alliance, Triumph,
although young, numbers over 100,
and is still growing. Bro. Dawson
has been appointed Organizer for his
county, and we are confident we will
hear a good report from little Pamlico.
There will be, a meeting of the
Lenoir County Alliance on Friday,
December 7th, at the court house in
Kinston, to consider business plans
and examine manufacturers goods
exhibited by their Agents. Business
Agents of Sub-Alliances are requested
to meet County Agent at 10 o'clock
a.. m. w. Fl. Worth, Co. Business
Agent.
The Editor, as First Vice Presi-
| of the National Alliance, is in attend
ance at it's annual meeting which is in
session this week in Meridian, Miss.
Our readers may expect to be promptly
and fully advised through these
columns as to the proceedings of this
great body of Southern farmers. Its
action is looked to with deep interest
throughout the whole country.
| Halifax County Alliance met in
Halifax on the 9th ult., in called
session, and transacted much impor-
tant business. The compensation of
the Business Agent and Secretary and
bonds were fixed. The Halifax
brethren are fully alive to the prin-
| ciples and aims Of the Alliance, and
will always be found abreast with the
very foremost in all good works.
The Business Agents of all the
Sub-Alliances in CASTOR county, N.
c., are earnestly requested to meet
their County Business Agent, E. L.
Wilson, and their County Executive
Committee in Gastonia on Saturday,
December 9Th, 1888, at 10 o'clock
sharp. Agents, don't fail to attend,
as important business demands your
attention. E. L. Wilson, G. B. A.
Since the renewal of his commits
sion, Deputy Organizer J. H. Ander-
sol has established three Alliances, in
Rockingham county, as follows: Rock
House Alliance, Midway Alliance and
Bason Alliance. He also reports hay
ing made preliminary arrangements
for the organization Of six other Ali
ances: There are now eighteen organ
izations in the county, and there is
yet room for six or eight more.
Bro. v. N. SeawelI, Deputy Or
g~anizer for BERTHE, is a magnificent
worker. He has organized nearly 200
Alliances in the State. He has just
sent in reports of eleven Alliances
organized by him in seven days, with
an aggregate membership of 1876, and
also a handsome list of subscribers for
the organ. He organized BERTHE
County Alliance on the 26th inst. with
II Sub-Alliances. We welcome this
grand old county to one of the front
seats.
Brethren, on all matters relating
to the Business Agency, please address
W. A. Darden, Business Agent, Raj
eigh, N. @. Do not write to the State
Secretary on these matters, because it
only delays an answer, as he is not
authorized to attend to anything relat-
ing to that department. Besides, he
has hundreds of letters per week on
matters relating to his own depart
ment, and he is crowded day and
night. Please give attention to this
request.
AT the last meeting of Alpha
Lodge, Farmers Mutual Benefit Asso
citation, of Beaufort county, the fol-
lowing resolution was adopted and
ordered to be printed in The Pro
GREssIvE FARMER: Resolved, That
Alpha Lodge, of the Farmers Mutual
Benefit Association, do heartily endorse
the demands of the North Carolina
Farmers State Alliance, and pledge
ourselves to stand by our brethren Of
the Alliance in their efforts to promote
b eprosperity of our State and country.
Secretary Beattie, of Beaver Dam
Alliance, Cleveland county, says, in a
note to the editor, that his Lodge,
which was organized in June last,
now numbers seventy male and nine
female members. Farmers are behind
In catherine their cropc and cowinp