The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-12-25

.. IHdC OCaCo organizations desiring
to avail themselves of this plan, shall
appoint a committee of five to meet in
conference for their mutual benefit
and that each county organization,
white and colored, appoint a like COM
mittee for their mutual benefit.
G. l.. CLARK, Chm'n.
A. F. POPE,
A. COLEMAN LYLEs.
The report Of committee on Nation
al Organ vas received and adopted.
Their report was this proposition:
The undersigned hereby respectfully
present the following plan and pro-
posal for your consideration and adop-
ton:
We will organize a company with
ten shares of one thousand dollars
each, paid up capital composed of good
Alliance men, and will not increase
the number of shareholders, and will
hold all the shares Or any part of them
subject to purchase at full face value
by the farmers and laborers of America
when that body has funds for invest
ment in that enterprise. Said COM
pany shall start and run for a term of
ten years more or less a newspaper to
be not less than four pages, seven
column newspaper issued weekly and
devoted to circulation of official news,
and the interests of agriculture, and
the general dissemination of the true
principles of political economy and
strictly non-partisan in politics and
non-sectarian> in religion. To be a
clean, neat and highly moral toned
paper, that will be a source of true
education to the youth, of emulation
to those in active middle life, and of
congratulation and comfort to the
aged.
The company will execute a bond to
the President of the order and his
successors in Office in the sum of fifty
thousand dollars, that all contracts by
said corporation with members of the
order either for subscription or adver-
Using will be strictly carried out.
Said company will, should you accept
this proposition, locate this paper in
the city of Washington, D. c., and
put in successful operation, on or be-
fore the first day of April, 1889, and
will furnish same to all yearly SUBJ
scribers at one dollar per year.
BEN TERRELL,
R J. SLEDGE,
G. w. MACUNE,
HARRY TRACY.
The committee on lecturing made
report as follows, which was adopted:
Your committee on lecturing sub
NIT the following. Recognizing the
greatest Importance of a uniform sys-
tenn of instruction, we would ask your
body to adopt the following system:
The Lecturers department shall be
under the charge and direction of the
Lecturer of this body. 1t shall be
his duty to thoroughly inform himself
upon the purposes and principles of
the organization. And upon the re-
quest of the executive committee of
any State to visit and lecture the
membership in said State, due notice
of such visit having been given. He
shall upon recommendation of the
executive committee of any State, ap-
point one or more lecturers, who shall
report to him such information, stats
tics, &C., as may be deemed necessary.
For his services as Lecturer, he shall
receive five hundred dollars, and his
travelling expenses shall be paid by
the States visited, and lectured by
him. He shall also instruct the mem
bers' in the secret work We further
recommend that public lectures be
given whenever practicable, and
further he shall visit and lecture each
State, at least once a year.
(Signed) Smith, McRae, Brush,
Adams, Payne, Roberts, and Harwell.
The standing cotton committee pro
vided for by the report of the special
cotton committee was now appointed,
and is composed of the following
named brethren: j. F. Payne, N. c.;
R. J. Sledge, Texas; R., G. Patty, Miss.
The brethren named below were ap-
pointed to receive the secret work,
agreed upon by the joint committee on
secret work, which is to be the secret
work of the Farmers and Laborers'
Union Of America: Bone and Honey
cult, of Alabama; Tanner and Beck,
of Georgia; Stalllngs and. Hatcher, of
Louisiana; Glass and Hearne, of Mis-
sissippi; Alexander and Payne, of
North Carolina; Buchanan and Castles,
of Tennessee; Baggett and Pickett, of
Texas; Roberts, of Indiana, Terrell,