The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-01-15
Bro. w. R. r r Of No 675

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Wayne county, says: 81 notice in
your issue of December 25th, a
writer asks the question which will
pay the best, to spend $500 for a
ton of guano, or the same amount in
making homemade fertilizers. I an
swer that, in my opinion, it will pay
better to spend $500 in preparing
ashes, cottons seed, muck, mold, &C.,
for a compost that will improve the
land than to spend it for a ton of
guano which will only answer for the
present crop.
Deputy Organizer, w. J. Butler,
Of Buncombe county, reports lodges
established as follows: Nov. 9th, Nor
gan Hall Alliance, with G. G. Hopson
as Secretary; on Nov. 18th, Flat Creek
Alliance, J.. P. Jones, Secretary; on
Nov. 10Th, Antioch Alliance, J. R.
Brown, Secretary; on Nov. 18th, Oak
Grove Alliance, N. B. Mclean, Secre-
tary; on Nov. 9th, Gill School House
Alliance, G. P. Weaver, Secretary; on
Dec. I'd, Big Ivey, J. B. Hyden, Sec
rotary; on Dec. 18th, Himphi1l ALI
ance, S. L. Ballard, Secretary; on Dec.
18th, Swannannoa Alliance, at Cooper
Station, J.. L. Sheriff., Secretary, on
Dec. 18th, Gap Creek Alliance, M. B..
Spivy, Secretary. There are nine ALI
ances in the county and the interest is
spreading.
Bro. J. M. Cotton writing from
Washington, N. c., furnishes this in
teresting item: Bro. Francis Joyner,
County Organizer, Dec. 29th, organ
lied a Farmers Alliance at Bunyan
p~ostofice, Beaufort county, with Rev.
Jno. B. Respass its President. After
organizing that Alliance, he attended
the meeting Of Woodlands Alliance in
the afternoon, assisted in initiating
30 new members, which swelled the
number of Woodlands Alliance to lO4,
and then delivered a lecture filled with
sound logic, during which he stated
that he had organized in Beaufort
county 20 Alliances and her member
ship now numbers about 1000. How
will that do for four months work in
Beaufort, which had no Alliance up
to the OTTO of last September 2"
Secretary A. l.. Bright, informs
us that Mcdowell county Farmers
Alliance held an interesting meeting
on Friday, January 4th, at which dele
gates present from all the Sub
Alliances Of the county. Such topics
as the mental and moral training of
the rising generation, agricultural
economy, the evil of trusts and the
Importance of guarding against them
by fully equipping our State Agent for
business, &c. A proposition was made
and urged looking to the securing of a
visit and a speech from Capt. Alexan-
der or Col. Polk, at or before the next
county meeting. The meeting also
endorsed and recommended Rev.
John G. Brown and Rev. James /.
Mofitt, to the State Secretary, as
suitable persons to aid in organizing
the balance of the State.
j. H. Stancil, Deputy Organizer
for Rowan county, has organized
lodges as follows: On Nov. 9th, Trad
ing Ford Alliance, with Maj. N. R.
Winsor, President, and w. M. Sapp,
Secretary; Smiths School House ALI
ance, Dec. 9Th, with G. W. Kimball,
President, and w. T. A. Klutts, Sec
rotary; Ellis Alliance, Dec. 18th, with
Julius Earnhardt, President, and R.
j. Haultum, Secretary; South River
Alliance, Dec. 18th, with Wilson
Trott, President, and H. A. Fisher,
Secretary; Alpha Alliance, Dec. 18th,
with B. w. Pipin, President, and G.
A. Gufy, Secretary. The work of
organizing Rowan county is about
finished, there beingo only two or three
neighborhoods to organize. There
are now thirty-three lodges in the
county, and the next thing in order is
" business The next county meeting
will be one of great Importance to the
farmers of Rowan. The writer says:
+" We propose to take some steps soon
to manufacture our own tobacco.
Also, to establish a cotton seed oil
mill and fertilizer manufacturing con
pany."
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