The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-06-04
- note from Bro. wv. y. Kistler,

r,1ined. He thinks that Wood Grove
Alliance, No. 4O4, alone, lost 5000 to
1000 bushels of wheat. all their fruit,
bats. &c. He says that many of them
are left in a needy condition, and any
aid for such would be gratefully ap-
%preciated. \
BRO, w. M. Martin, Secretary,
send Ms the following: Resolved, That
the Aurelian Springs Farmers ALI,
ance, No. 897, hereby accepts and
adonts the act of assembly, entitled an
act to incorporate the Farmers State
Alliance Of North Carolina and Sub
Alliances, as it's charter OF incorpora-
ton and the constitution, bylaws,
rules and regulations which may be
prescribed, by the properly constituted
authorities Hereunder.
We would urge the Subordinate
Alliance Secretaries to have their
quarterly reports ready by the first OF
july to render to their County Secre-
tary. Do not wait until the meeting
of the County Alliance to make your
report. 1t is impossible for the County
Secretary to attend to you that day
and do his duty to that meeting.
Hence the law requires that your re-
port should be made to him by the
first of the month. Remember that
the Semi-Annual Word will be given
to the Secretary and President of the
: Sub Alliances on that day and you
will fail to get it if your report IS not
made. Brethren, be prompt.
Bro. j. F. Murray, of Ray
Alliance, says the Alliances publish
tool many resolutions about their bust
ness. That such information should
be disseminated among the brethren
by means of circulars and he hopes
the State Alliance will look after this
important matter. You are right,
Bro. Murray. AS the official organ
we are often greatly embarrassed as
to our duty in this matter and have
more than once offended good breth-
rem because we declined to publish
matter which, in our judgment, would
be hurtful to the order. The resolu-
lions and demands Of 1900 Alliances
are varied and voluminous, and we
have constantly to keep our hand on
the breaks"
"A correspondent writes as fol-
lows: On Friday, the 18th of May,
the brethren of Piney Grove Alliance,
Durham county, gave a picnic in the
beautiful grove of L. M. Howard, in
connection with Bro. Massey's school.
Speeches were made by j. W. Cam
eron, II. D. Mason and Rev. P. Fl.
Massey. Bro. Mason advised the
farmers to stand firm, for the race was
not to him who runs, but to him who
holds out. Bro. P. II. Massey gave
wholesale wholesome advice to all
present. A synopsis would be useless.
The gathering was a grand affair, and
that neighborhood is thrice blessed in
having such a teacher as Bro. Massey.
All hearts were made happy on the
occasion. Fraternally,. "ToM."
Caldwell County Alliance was
organized at Lenoir on last Tuesday
with the following officers: President,
N. II. Gwyn; Vice-President, G.. w.
Goforth; Secretary, E. W. F~aucette;
Treasurer, J. P. Puett; Lecturer, J.J.
Harshaw; Asst. Lecturer, G. W.
Smith; Chaplain, Rev. W. A. Pool;
D~oor-keeper, E. o. Steele. 1t was
our good fortune to be with the Cald.
well brethren and to meet Bro. Ora
ham, our jealous and efficient State
Trustee. Only six Sub-Alliances have
as yet been organized, but the solid
material in.these, is a splendid base on
which to build. It was a good meet
ing, full Of spirit and hope and better
than all, full of devotion to the noble
principles of our order. The Caldwell
brethren will be heard from. =
Bro. w. L. Kistler. of Rowan,
complains that certain mail matter
sent from this Office to the various
Sub-Alliances of the State has moi
reached him. These complaints are
becoming annoyingly frequent and
point to the conclusion that some OF
u mail agents OF postmasters are
grossly remiss in their duties. We
shall look for the remedy if there is
n to be found. He also most wisely
suggests to the brethren that they
cease passing and publishing SO many
resolutions. He agrees with us in
the opinion that most of the resolu-
tons passed by Alliances should be
known only to the order, and that we
should do like all other people who
succeed-we should keep our business
to ourselves. Bro. Kistler is one of
our most Jealous and faithful workers
II. B. L., of Deep Springs ALI
ance, No. 1928, Rockingham county.
says: I write to let you know we have
fallen into line and want to keep pace