The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-05-28

L f0SluCHL5 C6cfGLdFy, trustee, DuSIL0SS
Agent or Chairman of Executive Com
mittee of the State Alliance. .
Isle Alliances to date.
Stokes County Alliance was or:
gained May22d by Bro. S. A. Hauser,
with II Sub.Alliances.
Thanks to Bro. Hevener, of Mt.
Zion Alliance, West Virginia, for a
nice club of subscribers.
Cherokee County Alliance was
organized May goth by Bro. ". J..
Butler, with nine Sub-Alliances.
alliances making changes IN their
Secretaries waU please Inform the State
Secretary AT ONCE. THIS is exceedingly
important.
Bro. Patterson Reece, of French
Broad Alliance, of Madison county,
says the cause is prospecting and the
county will soon be thoroughly organ
lied.
The city of Birmingham, on the
18th inst, gave to the State Alliance
of Alabama $780, 900 in property and
money, to locate it's Business Exchange
in that city.
A brother writing for our paper
from Macon county, Mo, says the
Alliance is spreading like wild fire
in that State and they send greetings
to all the North Carolina brethren.
w. F. Kirkman, Secretary of
Hollingsworth Alliance, No. 116, in
forms us that his Alliance, has passed
resolutions declaring against the use
of Trust bagging and high priced
guauo.
John W. Gibson, Secretary,
says: Our Alliance, No. 1874, is on
the increase, in membership, and [ am
glad to state that the wheel Of pro
gress is beginning to turn, and, we
hope, for our good.
Washington County Alliance was
organized on the 18th inst. by Bro.
T. E. McCaskey, with Bro. I. T. Has
sell, President, and Bro. F. R. John
ston, Secretary. The outlook for the
order in Washington is bright and
hopeful.
Bro. Lorenzo Fl. Yancey, of Heb
ron Alliance, No. 125, of Mecklenburg
county, Va, writes encouragingly of
the work in Virginia. We r glad
to know that the cause is rapidly
gaining ground and that old Virginia
will soon be in the front line.
Rocky Point Alliance compli-
ments it's efficient Secretary, Bro. J..
A. Hocutt, by presenting him with
The PROGRESSIVE FARMER and National
Economist for one year. We know a
number of other Alliances that would
be benefited by doing the same thing.
Bro. w. H. Worsley, of Juvenile
Alliance, Edgecombe county, writes
that his Alliance now has SO members
of good pluck and spirit. On the 18th
they had a violent storm of wind and
hail which almost completely destroyed
their gardens, fruit crops and cotton.
At the last meeting of Live
Oak Alliance, Carteret county, an
opportunity was given and a mum
Der of the brethren went forward to
the S~ecretary's desk and subscribed
to the Business Agency Fund, quite
a sum being raised in a few min
utes.
Union Springs Alliance, Cleve-
land county, simply gives u~tterance to
the sentiment of all Alliances SO far as
we learn, when they say they will not
use jute bagging at any price. Breth-
rem, stand firmly by the action of the
| National Alliance and Wheel at Biz
mingham and all will be well.
"A brother of Union Alliance,
P~asquotank county, asks us to state
whether there is a clause in our Con-
stitution prohibiting females from
joining our order. There is not. On
the contrary they are on terms of per-
feet equality with males as to eligibil-
ity, and after being initiated are en-
titled to all the rights and privileges
of males. We have eve known an
Alliance or any other organization to
be damaged by good women.