The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-12-10
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the aid of Jehovah's omniPotent hand,
By tIe nper shall wave over Coiumbia's bright
l am Gbiiue-tinted vaults of the st~ar-spangled
o,or GEm1' the farmers happy, sweet, happy
home. $50.
Then we'll shout the glad tidings across the
american farmers are happy and free,
~ the breezes of Heaven our banners un
,nd tbe Farmers Alliance is leadil 6 the
'N From No. s29, ROeOan county.
A memorial committee inform us
- the death of Bro J. G. Cox, of
Planters Alliance, No. l,2I7, of Cam
don county. The letter announcing
the death is dated Nov. 23d. His age
is not given.
Bro. VIM. D. White, of Cobb
Alliance, No. 1856, BERTHE county,
informs us Of the killing of Bro.
Lewis Johnson, on the 18th of No
vember, by a railroad accident. Bro.
Johnson was % years of age. Post
Office, Windsor, N. @.
Bro. P. M. Rhyme writes: Dallas
Alliance, No. l,2O6, is on a boom and
still moving along. We raised some
money for the business agents fund
a. our last meeting and expect to
send in more soon. Hope the fund
may soon be raised and the Alliance
up on wheels, rolling on to prosperity.
Bro. J. MGR. Grady, Secretary
of Alliance No. 398, Duplin county,
informs US of the dea'h of Bro. A.
W. Maxwell, of typhoid fever, on the
l4th of November, at Seven Springs,
in Wayne county, aged thirsy-four
years. He was a faithful member of
the Alliance and was highly respected
by all who knew him.
ID. M. Dry, President of Centre
Point Alliance, No. 813, IIedell county,
informs US that a worthy member of
his Alliance, Bro. J. r. Alternately,
met with a serious accident on the
18th of November, by having his left
hand sawed up in his cotton gin.
Every finger is severed from the hand.
The doctors dressed it and left nothing
but the stub of the hand, and we ask
you to call the attention of all the
Alliances to the fact that he must have
help.
Bro. J. A. Guyton writes encour-
agingly from Crawley Alliance, No.
Gil, Baden county, and says it is
thoroughly aroused and pushing for
ward. ave have passed a resolution
offering five dollars as a premium to
the member of our Alliance who
makes the greatest number of bushels
of sweet potatoes on one acre of
ground in 1890. Bro. Tracy sounded
the alarm in Bladen not long since,
and made a lasting impression upon
the minds of his audience. The out
look is good.
In regard to the insurance propo-
sition, Kenly Alliance, No. 500, of
Johnston county, says: Whereas,
the Alliance plant has just been set
out, and, perhaps, in some parts of
the State, it has not taken root deep
enough to stand drouth, we suggest
that each Alliance paw the sum of
nifty cents to the nearest relations of
every brother or sister deceased, in
good standing. This will make seven
or eight hundred dollars to be sent to
the County Secretary. Every county
should pay in to the State Treasurer,
who should pay it over to the de-.
ceased's family and receive S cents on
the dollar for his trouble"
Bro. T. P. Stewart, desiring that
we should know that they have an
Alliance in Vance county, three miles
south of Henderson, by the name of
Oak Grove, No. ll2, with about
thirty-fve members, who pay their
dues, and five or six who do not,
writes: 81 reckon we will forward
some money for the business agency
at our next meeting. I want your
advice about a warehouse man here at
henderson joining the Alliance. One
brother said at our last meeting that
the party referred to wanted to ioin
u Alliance, and said he thought he
was the mar for us. Said he had the
money and the brains, and conse.
quently could do more good than
many such as we are. l know he has
enough of both, but 1 reckon he is
apt to use them for his beneft.
have heard that he said be wonld
give $1,000 to break up the order,
II this is so, I had as leave 90 to a
man who had threatened nv life for
protection as to take him in to helm
US. | also understand that there is q
trust on cutters that agrees not to
give more than 10 cents per pound
Tor them. If the farmers hereabouts
90 not do something I fear they will
hnally be under a trust.
D. AE