The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-06-05

for Alexander and WILL give him our
hearty support.
F~raternally,
j. w. HESTER.
SANDY PLAIN Alliance, May &c, '88.
EDITOR FARMER Il have only read
one letter from old Duplin county,
and so l will drop a few lines for pub
LEGATION. We organized in February
with SO members, and now we num-
Der SO. I think we are prospecting
very well. May 26th we had a very
nice meeting. We have some appli-
cants every meeting. 1 am sorry to
say that we have had to expell two
from our Alliance for disclosing the
secret work. Glad to get them out of
our order, but sorry to say we have
such men and women in our section
of the State. Our Alliance is made
of the best men in our section; our
President is a minister of the Gospel
and we all believe a very good a
The Vice-President is the best farmer
we have in our Alliance, and the
Treasurer is a good old steady-headed
member of the church. The Secretary
I will not recommend, though our
Alliance is made up of the very
best material and a just what
they are doing, though we need
some instruction on the subject; some
writer said something about trade
houses being established. That is the
very thing we want done in old Duplin.
We want some way fixed to get the
worth of u produce, and not give it
to merchants at their WI price. They
do not care so much about our trade,
so they a get our turpentine and
cotton at their price. think it would
be a good idea for two or more ALI
ances to join together and get them a
turpentine still or a cotton gin and do
their own work. Then they can ship
it and get the top market price for
their produce.
Success to THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER
and to the Farmers Alliance. We
are working for you; hope you will do
the same for us.
F~raternally, I. T. B.
DAVIDSON COLLEGE, N. c., May 81, 'SS.
Mr.. EDITORIALS our Alliance has
never been spoken of through your
valuable columns, 1 will take upon
myself the task of writing a few lines.
Bethel Alliance was organized the
10th of last February with II charter
members. Since then we have been
growing slowly but surely with the
very best men in our neighborhood.
We have now on our roll Is mem.
bers, and four more applicants for the
next meeting. Brother farmers let us
hold on to our organization, for if we
fail this time, the farmers doom is
fixed, the merchants will her have us
where they will hold us forever. The
merchants are laughing now but it is
only from their lips out, it don't come
from the heart at all. Brethren, have
you thought of it; when we farmers
are in the fields working hard in the
summer, with the drops of sweat fall
ing from u brow; 60 to the village
aud see the merchants sitting around
the store doors with their linen shirts
and black e ties on, waiting for us
to bring in our first bale of cotton.
See how anxious they are to cut our
cotton, and wanting to know how
much we can pay them out of this
bale, how many bales do you think
you will make, and soon let each and
every members try to get some other
good man. Hold on and work it up
and make something out of it.
Iwant to hear more on the road-law.
I am in favor of working the roads by
taxation, but haven't time to say any
thing on the matter this time.
There is but little said in this Sec
ton about our next Governor, but I
heard a merchant say the other day
that the man who was for the farmer,
was the man that would be the next
Governor of North Carolina. The
business men seem to be wide awake