The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-09-10
ALLIANCE NOTES.

President, Secretary, Trustee, Business
Agent or Chairman Of Executive Com
mittee of the State Aniance.l
-Suggsville Farmers Alliance, of
Greene county, meets every I'd and
4th Saturday at 2 o'clock.
The editor of THE PRoeREssrvE
FARMER will speak at Rock Bridge,
WiIso county, on next Thursday, the
18th, and at Fremont on Friday, the
18th, at IL o'clock a. M
B. F. McGregor, Secretary of
Alliance No. SO, informs US of the
death of Bro. Geo. Hall Graham,
which occurred suddenly on August
30th, of heart disease, In the ffty-ffth
yearuof his age. His postofice was
L~aurinburg, Richmond county.
The County Secretaries willplease
furnish me with the name of. the
County Business Agents and their
postofice address. Please give this
your immediate attention, as it is very
important that I have a correct list Of
them at once. w. 81 Worth, State
Business Agent.
In accordance with Art IL Sec.
5, of the Constitution, Bro. J. M.
Dennis, Secretary of Emo Alliance,
No. IT'S, reports the death of Bro.
William Fl. OVERLY, who died of con-
sumption, July 18th, 1889, in the
sixty-sixth year of his age. His post
Office address was Holly Springs,
N. G. ~,
The Alliance of Rowan county
will hold a Fair at Millbridge on the
26th and 9th insts.; the first Alliance
FAIR ever held in our State. The
editor of this paper will deliver an
address on the grounds on the Goth.
Hon. A. Leazer, Hon. g. W. Sander
lin,1R. B. Hunter and others will also
be present and speak. We wish the
brethren all manner of success.
To Business Agents and Score,
taries: want to call your attention
to the Importance of using your official
seal on all your communications with
this Office. That is the only way I
have to know that orders are genuine,
and to those who have no seals, I in
sist on your getting them at once. Let
the above receive your prompt atten-
ton. w. H.-Worth, S. B. A.
We are informed that Bro. Jas.
S. Cook succeeds Bro. S. III. Goolsby
as Secretary ofTaf's Greek Alliance,
No. 1870, Richmond county, Stokes
dale, postofice. This Alliance was
organized the goth of April, with nine
members and now numbers twenty
six, with additions at every meeting.
We are raising afund for the business
agency which we win send forward
by the first of October.
Bro. w. J. Rogers, under the
direction of representatives men of
the Alliance of the northeastern Sec
ton, has issued a call the Alliance
in those counties tributary to Norfolk,
to send delegates to Norfolk on the
18th inst. TO consider plains for hand.
ling the cotton and other crops of
those counties. It is a very impor-
tant step and it to be hoped that the
counties will be well and strongly
represented.
-Dutchman Alliance, Wake county,
had a most enjoyable time on last
Thursday. Plenty of good things to
eat, plenty of people, plenty of pretty
girl and gallant blaux, plenty of
speeches and a plentiful supply of
everything to make up . good, social,
enjoyable occasion. We are gratified
to see the Alliance encouraging these
occasions all over the State. No
people are more clearly entitled to
social enjoyment and none can better
appreciate it han the farmers and their
families.
q. w. Leonard, Corresponding
Secretary of Pisgah Alliance, Bruins
wick county, says we n getting
along tolerably well considering all
things. We have passed but few
resolutions, but at last meeting
the following were passed. "Resotved,
That we, the Farmers Alliance of
Pisgah, mo. 400, do agree not to sell
any more beef hides to spectators,
but will keep them for home purposes.
RESOLVED, That the Secretary be re-
quired to send the books of this ALI.
ance to the meetings when he cannot
come himself.
AT the last meeting Of Johnston
County Alliance it was ordered that
the President of each Sub.AIliance in
the county be requested to appoint
one suitable member whose duty il
shall be to solicit exhibits to the mex
State Fair. In response to this action
of the County Alliance the following
appointments have been made Pine
Level, Gibson Fitzgeral Princeton, J
4 T Gtoffo~1, Co1ron &C.,