The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-12-24
ALLIANCE NOTES.

ALWAYS give the name and number of
your Alliance, your p~ostofice and your
county, plainly, when you write TO the
President, Secretary, Trustee, Business
Agent or Chairman of Executive Com
mittee of the State Alliance.]
"A Farmers Alliance was organ
lied at the Agricultural and Mechani-
cal College last Wednesday night.
Prof. Holiday, president of the COL
lege, was elected president Of the ALI
ance. The body was addressed by
Mr.. D. H. Rittenhouse, ("Old Fogym
on the new plans and principles an
nounced by the Alliance at its great
meeting in St Louis.
Bro. L. II. Wilson, Secretary of
Eden Alliance, No. 1,744, Forsyth
county, informs US of the death of
Bro. A. J. Snider, which occurred on
the 18th day of Decemb Der, 1889, in
the 10th year of his age. In his
death the Alliance has lost one Of it's
best and most useful members and
the neighborhood one of its best and
most charitable citszens, who was
aver ready to help those in distress.
"A brother writing from Colds
boro under date of Dec. 10Th, 1889,
says: Expressive of their gratifca-
ton, Salem Alliance, No. 5I3, of
which l am a member, send you a
list of ten subscribers accompanied
with the cash. The premium copy
we ask you to send to Bro. j. T.
Smith, who got badly crippled by a
runaway team some time ago, and has
not been able to do any work since.
| Bro. W. A. Darden lectures here on
the 28th inst, and we expect to have
a large crowd of farmers to hear
him.
A Memorial Committee of Raft
Swamp Alliance, No. A, informs US
of the death of Bro. John A. Powell,
at his home near Lumber Bridge, n.
c., on November 5th, 1889, of typhoid
fever, in the 9th year of his age. He
leaves a wife and four children, two
sons and two daughters, to mourn the
loss of an affectionate husband and
father. Besides a good and energetic
member of Raft Swamp Farmers
Alliance, he had been a consistent
member of Saddle Tree Baptist
Church for the term of eighteen years
prior to his death. 20
Bro. J. r.. Robertson, writing
under date of Nov. 25th, says: "We
had a find time at Oak Grove, Pitt
county, last Saturday. Bro, 2. A.
Moye, of Greenville, who is Superior
Court Clerk and County Secretary OF
Pitt Alliance, delivered a fine address
at IL o'clock, after Elder H. Winfield
had preached an able sermon; and
later, there was spread on a table
about forty yards long a sumptuous
Alliance dinner. The day was as
lovely as could be. Fully 400 persons
partook thereof, and a great deal was
gathered up to carry home. Not
jar or discord of any kind occurred
during the whole proceeding"
y Bro. R. S. Barnett, Secretary O.
Hopewell Farmers Alliance, No. 33I
M~ecklenburg county, writes as fol
lows: cat regular meeting of Hope
well Alliance, 33l, the following pa
per, introduced by Bro. E. G. David
son, was unanimously adopted anG
ordered to be forwarded to TIL
PROGRESSIVE FARMER, for publication
viz: This Alliance is in complete
harmony with Wake County Alliance
in extending her congratulations tt
President L. L. Polk, for the distin
guished honor conferred on him a
the late St. Louis convention. in elect
ing him President of National Farm
ers' and Laborers' Union. Ever,
true North Carolinian ought to appre
ciate this preferment, to which the re
cipient is so justly entitled; we know
that all Alliancemen will. Hopewel
Alliance will not yield the palm O