The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1889-01-17
FARMERS Att1AscE mArTEKs.

official Report of the Meeting of The
County Allfanc..
The Forsyth county Alliance No
923 met at Spanish Grove on the
first Friday In Jan'y The house was
called to order by the president.
The door-keeper secured the door and
the assistant door-keeper took up
the word. The Alliance was opened
in regular form The following dele
gates were present, to-wit:
Cedar Grove-E A. ketner, A. C.
Vogler.
Mt. Tabor-I. N. Petree, Jas. Grim,
S. A. Hauser.
Pleasant RIDGE. E. Pfaff. j T.
Leinbach, r. l.. Marlborough.
Spanish Grove-J, w. Conrad, V. T.
Beck, E. M-Conrad, P. G. Pfaff
Lewisville-J. N. S. Doub, ii. ID.
Simpson, j. r. Hauser.
Warners-Jones Binkley.
Oak Grove-J. w. Spease.
Moved by A. f, Conrad that the
county business agency be taken up
first.
1t was decided that SC Hine was
not eligible to the Office.
John F. Griffith was elected to that
Office. He accepted the office and
gave the required bond.
The tobacco question was then
taken up and discussed in allits bear
ings, but was laid over until the next
day.
On motion to adjourn until night
the motion was carried.
The Alliance met at night. The
house was called to order by the vice
president. The door-keeper not be-
ing present, Henry AlgOod was APP
pointed door-keeper. E. M. Conrad
acted as assistant dOOr-keeper.
The first thing in order was a re-
port from the miscellaneous commit
tee on resolutions.
The following resolutions were re-
ported and adopted:
Resolved, /. That n. c. F, S. ALI
ance hereby enters its earnest protest
against the policy of giving away the
labor of our convicts and demands of
our Legislature, the enactment of
such laws as will hereafter prevent
this outrage on the rights of the tax
payers of our State.
Resolved, 2, That we demand such
changes in our laws as will reduce the
cost in litigation in minorcauses and
shall enlarge the jurisdiction of our
justices of the peace.
Resolved, 3. That we demand that
laws shall be enacted to prohibit our
public officials from receiving or US
ing free passes or free tickets on our
railroads.
Resolved, 4. That we demand our
legislature to establish a commits
sion for the regulation of freights and
tariff on the railroads of our State.
Resolved, 5. That in all cases of
litigation or suits brought against
railroads be brought in the name of
the State.
Resolved, 6. That we demand our
legislature to regulate our rate of in
terest to 6 per cent and no more as a
legal tender and no more as a special
contract.
Resolved, T. That this Alliance use
it's influence with the General. Assem-
bly, to have our public roads in For
syth county worked entirely by
taxation.
Resolved, 8. That the county Ali
ance, accept the space offered by the
editors of the WESTERN SENTINEL
and Union Republican in their papers
to correspond with different Alliances.
Resolved, 9. That a copy of these
resolutions be sent to the editors of
these papers for publication.
Resolved, 10. That the county AL
lance recommend to each of the sub
Alliances in the county to subscribe
through their secretary for one of the
daily papers in the city of Raleigh,
containing the proceeding of the leg
| islature and that such proceedings be
read in open Alliance and that such
papers be kept on file by the secretary.
On motion to adjourn until to-mor-
| row the motion was carried.
The Alliance met again. The presi-
dent being present, called the house
to order The door-keeper being alb
sent, j. p Conrad was appointed
door-keeper, E. NJ Conrad assistant.
F. N. Pfaff moved that the dele
gates and officers of the county ALI
ance be seated together for to-day.
V. A. Wilson ammended that the sub
Alliances furnish their delegates with
a badge, when they are sent to the
county Alliance.
Resolved, That We favor reduc-
ton of the homestead law to $500
real estate, $3.50 personal property
There were several other resolutions
passed, but this is all we deem neces-
sary for publication.
Our next county meeting will be
held at Pfafftown on the first Friday
in April, 1889.
Fraternally submitted,
C. A. PRATT,
i Sec. Forsyth Co. Alliance.