The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-08-27

I'M Ekn AUIDso;
full long, white beard, sunken eyes,
complexion similar to a piece ofschim-
ney-corner bacon, a little dried up old
man, and asnatural born crank.
Bro J. F. Payne is a ready debater,
active in the cause, and has taken a
strong post on in reference to rail
roads, and we doubt not his people
will stand by him. Would that every
county would pledge its members to
support a Railroad Commission.
!. Our Trustee, Bro. Graham, is a
live, energetic man. He has enough
energy to run a camp meeting and
have as much left as ordinary mortals
have. Brim-full of life, his joyousness
of spirit permeates all, around him.
His reports show him to be careful
and painstaking.
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Why is it that we~do not send such
men to the Legislature as was sent up
to the State Alliance z I would like
to place in. nomination Bro. V. S.
Wilson for the Senate. Our assistant
lecturer well said that when he spoke,
in every sentence there were chunks
Of wisdom. @s,*> - s9f:@ "a Sss~
Our retiring Lecturer, Dr., D. Reid
Parker, is tall and slenderly built, of
good address and he has done good
work. 1t is said that he still
dreams" We think if he could
lecture all over the State, the ".dry-
ing process" would not have TO be
continued. r. - rS". @cs
Bro. J. M. Mewborne was elected
to fill Bro. T. Ivey's place as a mem
Der of the Executive Committee. He
is a hard worker and is ever ready to
defend the faith. The convention
was very fortunate in the selection of
it's officers, and Bro. Mewborne
will not take second rank.
Bro. - Long, our Lecturer, is,
we should think, about So years of
age. He is a very distinguished look.
ing, high forehead, clear eye, and
said to be a very forceful talker. He
was quite unwell and we were denied
the pleasure of hearing him. We
predict that he will do our cause
great good.
Col. L. L.. Polk. Everybody knows
the Colonel, and it would be a USE
less task to picture the most polite
and afable man in North Carolina,
and at the same time the hardest
worker in, and most eloquent de-
fender of, the Farmers Alliance.
The Colonel is a broad national man,
and ere long will prove it.
Our Treasurer, Bro. J. D.. Allen,
illustrates a very important truth
that the farmers of North Carolina
have men in their midst that can and
do know how to do business correct
ly. He has no ambition to go to
Canada, and when in our vernacular
he "toted" in the shekels, he looked
every inch a model treasurer
Brother Thad. Ivey, our Past Vice
President, is a young man of much
force of character, the original ALI
ance man of North Carolina, and
just IS devoted to the cause as any
brother can be. He will take a COL
lege course and had it not been for his
refusing on the grounds just mentioned
he would have been re -elected.
There are many others that Old
Fogy would like to write about, some
of them we became acquainted with
and enjoyed their company more than
we a tell; others, we were not intro
duced to, but this article is already
too lengthy, and to these brethren [
would say read the 18th and l4th
verses of the Sd Epistle of John.
DID you ever nave Ine pleasure Oh
meeting our Past President, Hon. S.
B. Alexander ? If not, that is your
loss. He is above 6 feet in height,
we'll formed, fine physique, forehead
broad and high, his reflective facul-
ties large, quite cautions, and the
ladies say he is very handsome. We
Gre sure he enjoys the confidence of
the brotherhood, and deservedly so.
Who has not heard of the ubiqui-
tous Julian Allen? He was there in
person. His circumference equals his
altitude, and he is aver ready and
willing to give to the brotherhood his
ideas for the good of the cause.
Whether it is the great subject of i'm.
migration which he has at heart, or