The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-11-13
w. S. Mercer, of Currituck

iiCOoiiS Will Uc uEIQ. dt Guc COuTt
house on the second Saturday in De.
cember. We trust u brethren on
the coast will move steadily forward
in the good work.
Secretaries of SO Sub-Ailiances
to whom State Secretary mailed the
Business Fund notes. of their Alliances
on September 27th, as per instruction
of Nv. A. Graham, Trustee, have so
far failed to acknowledge. receipt of
them. Didn't you receive them ?
Bro. r. H.. Christie, Secretary of
Halifax County Alliance, says that it
now looks as if all the farmers who
are eligible will fall into; line with us.
We hope they will, and that the
deputy organizers will 90. to work at
once and see that a good Alliance is
established in every community where
it is needed.
The Lincoln Courier says Mrj.
VIM. A. Graham delivered an address
at the Haynes school house on Monday
night in the interest of the Farmers
Alliance, after which a lodge was Or
ganized, and adds: "This institution
is becoming a power in this country
and will, no doubt, result in great good
for the farmers.
"A note from Bro. S. G. Jordan,
Caldwell Institute, Orange county,
says his Alliance is prospecting and the
membership is a thorough unit on all
the questions which are O claiming
the attention of the Farmers Alliance.
Organized in August last, this ALI
ance has a membership of twenty-four
true and tried men.
The meeting Of Alliance men in
this city on last Friday to discuss
topics of farm husbandry, was very
interesting and instructive. The
brethren think it can and should be
organized permanently, as an auxiliary
to the Alliance to be conducted under
the general auspices of the Alliance.
We will give the proceedings next
week.
Bro. J. L. Pigford, of Moore's
Creek Alliance writes to say hat their
membership has reached seventy, and
is constantly increasing. He expressed
the belief that if it's affairs are properly
managed the Alliance will be a grand
success and a blessing to the farmers
of the State, and urges the brethren to
subscribe as literally as possible to the
State Business Fund. ~
"A private letter from our National
Secretary, brother Warren says: "Our
Business Exchange is now in fine
shape. Be sure to come to the meet
ing of the National Alliance. 1t will
be an important gathering of the work
ing clans of our South A propo-
sition to consolidate the Alliance and
the Agricultural Wheel, will be con-
sidered and no doubt adopted.
The Secretaries of the Sub-Alli-
ance of Moore county are requested
to meet me in Carthage on the 3Oth
inst, at IL o'clock a. m. The Business
Agent for Moore county authorises me
to say to the Business Agents of the
Sub-Alliances they are requested to
meet him at same time and place on
business pertaining to their Office. J..
B, Watson, Secretary Moore County
Alliance.
Look out Alliance men !! Bro. w.
L. Kivett, of Liberty, writes us that
an agent is going through the country
selling Alsike clover seed at rs cents
per pound, and asks us to warn the
farmers against the fraud. The same
seed are advertised in this paper at Is
cents per pound. He claims to be
from Pennsylvania. Pass him around
gentlemen. Whenever you find a
fraud in your midst write The Pro.
aREss1vE FARMER and expose it.
At a meeting of Ridgville Farm
ers' Alliance, No. 1874, held Nov. 9Th,
it was resolved to use no fertilizer I'M
less put up in cotton bagging. The
following resolution vas also adopted:
&" RESOLVED, That we ask all Sub-Alli-
ances, who wish to secure their fertili-
zers, in whole or in part, at Mebane,
N. c., to send their Business Agents
to Mebane on the first Monday in
December, 1888, to make arrange
ments to store said fertilizers"
"A brother writes to ask "why |
there should be two or more or
ganizers appointed for one county,"
The Constitution (Art. 8, Sec. ~
limits the number to two, but seems
to leave it to the County Alliance and
the Committee on the Good of the
Order as to whether there shall be