The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-11-05

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to those entitled to it. Read his proc
lamation. AL
The brethren of Burke county
are moving for the establishment Of q
Roller -four mill. Success to the enter
prise. They have established Coun.
ty Farmers Institute.
We are informed otfthe death of
Mary Jane Bass, of Bluff Alliance, No.
SIT, postofice Hobton, Sampson
county. She died on the 18th day of
October, of typhoid fever.
Secretary c.. P Weaver, of Eu-
reka Alliance, No. 1870, Buncombe
county, reports the death of Capt. A.
M. Alexander, a faithful and much
beloved member Of his Alliance. >
Secretary J.. A. Stewart, Of Mi,
randa Alliance, No. 38l, Rowan
county, notifies US of the death of
Bro. NJ. p. Wagner which occurred
on the I'd Of October, in the. 55th
year of his age.
The Secretary of Little River
Alliance, .Transylvania county, writes
that on, the 18th inst State Lecturer
Thos. B. Long, met the. farmers at
Little River church and delivered a
most valuable and entaining address,
with which everyone was pleased.
The new Secretary, Bro, c. NJ.
.Gonger, of. Oak Grove Alliance, No.
338, of Tredell county, informs US of
the death Of Bro. W. A. Honeycutt,
which occurred Oct 18th, in the 3Oth
year of his age. Mt. Mourne was his
postof1ce, and he died of typhoid
fever. $1,000 e
Quite a number of County Sec.
retaries are behind with their reports
for last quarter. Brethren, let them.
come at once. Your State Secretary
cannot get ready to- settle with the
National authorities until these. re-;
ports are made, and remember that
the time is short.
s.. T. Pike, Chaplain of Oak
Spring Alliance, No. 517, Chatham
county, says they have rectifed things
in their Alliance, and now have a
lodge as strong as a stone wall, and
it has come to stay, Notwithstanding
trusts and monopolies. The Alliance
now numbers thirty,two members who
are thoroughly loyal to the cause.
The editor attended a mass meet
ing of the Franklin county brethren
on last Thursday, at Louisburg. 1t is
refreshing to meet and mingle with
such men as compose the Alliance in
that good old county, and we greatly
enjoyed the communion with them.
We thank them warmly for their cor
dial greeting and many kindnesses.
]. W. S. Miller Secretary of
Goshen Alliance, No. 1902, Duplin
county, rotifes this Office of the
death of two of the members of his
Alliance. On Oct. I'd Mrs. Nancy K.
Sweeny, in the 49th year of her age,
died of dropsy; and, on the 10th of
October, David s. Williamson acct
dentally shot himself by dropping his
gun as he was returning from a deer
hunt, aged 80 years. The postofice
of each was Kenansville, N. G.
President E. D. Ramsour, of
Towards Greek, Lincoln county,
sends the following for publication:
RESOLVED, That Howard Greek Farm
ers' Alliance, No. l,67l, reafirm in
the face Of the American Manufac-
turing Company, that for the year
1890 and aver thereafter we shall use
none but cotton bagging, and, if the
Southern mills for any cause cease to
manufacture the article, our wives
propose to each card, spin and weave
enough to sack their husbands crop,
rather than that we shall be bull
dozed by the sharpers.
Bro. J. ". Lawrence, of FORBADE
Alliance, No. 1913, says his Alliance
is doing all it can for the promotion
of the Alliance cause. He says:
awe are solid on the bagging ques-
ton. I don't believe there has been
a bale of cotton put up in this section
in trust bagging this season. Our
Alliance has a live membership of
sixty-eight, with the right kind of
grit in their gizzards. They place
confidence in the Alliance and in the
men who are running it, and all that
is necessary is to let them know what
such men as Alexander, Carr and
Polk think is best for them, and you
may depend upon them to come to
the scratch every time.
Bro. B. F. Barnes, of Monticello,
Florida, writing under date of Oct.
26th, says he desires to address a few
lines to the good brethren of the cold
North State" his native State. He
says: at makes my heart leap with