The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-11-26

OF 'e C,o+o agency fund, we are dong
the oI ELL we can in behalf of the
what WHAT I''iT We forwarded sl4 One time
sgen S5o at another, making $34, and
ma still at work hoping to soon
W S~ard again. l will not write any
forwS1 now Many good wishes to you
and your valuable paper,
BRO, W. S. snipes. of Nebo Ali
No l,183, writes from Bridge
snSe' to say that his lodge is in good
Wa'9 "Wehave on Jul roll the
cOr 10 Of 80 members. We buy salt
ISrnrgh u county business agent at
ss;ce9ts per sack. We get coffee at
TSI cents per h., and everything else
w nronortion, and we expect soon to
ride the high horse"
DIN order that the readers of The
FARMER may know that
Atlantic Alliance, No. 662, is still
live I write. 1t is a fact that we
are growing daily and at every meet
ing we lnlIlaCe sOW0' "O JuO0
bsoging! Crops on red land are.
sorry-on an average, take them alto
gether, they are as good as usual"
50 writes brother J. W. Joyner.
Bro. j. H. NJ, of White Rock
Alliance, Granville county writes to
saw that the picnic given by that ALI
snce on Thursday, the 10th of .Octo-
Der, was a great and enjoyable success.
The crowd was1alarge and good
humored and the dinner could not
have been excelled. The writer says:
"At.sboutt two O'Clock the lodge was
opened and we had the pleasure of
initiating one male and 36 females.
The Alliance cause in White Rock.
section is in a very prosperous condi-
ton" .
Bro. S. T. Wilson, of Cathey's
Creek Alliance, in obedience to his
brethren, writes to say that said Alli-
ance is still in existence and means to
be on hand at the general roll,call,
when the great battle is to be fought
against the trusts and combines. awe
had the pleasure Of listening to a
thrilling speech delivered by our ex-
cellent State Lecturer, Col. Thos. B.
Long, and, although he was suffering
from a very soar throat, he spoke loud
enough and vigorous enough to arouse
the brethren, and all went away well
pleased" He is the right man in the
right place and is making a noble
fight up here in the Gland of the sky"
Bro. R. M. Skies, of Live Oak
Alliance, No. 316, writes: "I will en-
deavor to give you a few dots from
Live Oak. We have about ninety
five members, but few are true-blue.
We have not done a great deal for
the State Agents fund yet, but /
think we will do something this win
ter. The Alliance has done some
good here; we have saved in guano
and in other goods also. l think we
will do better another year. l joined
the Alliance about two years ago, in
good faith, and my faith is still grow
ing. l will say just here that 1 have
had a great calamity. [ had a
bone fellon on my hand that stopped
me from work six weeks, and just
when | got able to work / had the
misfortune to cut my arm with an
adze which still disables me and has
kept me from work for the past ten
weeks. l appeal to the Alliance to
help me to redeem my stock from a
mortgage of $31. To any one who.
will help me in my extremity I will
refund the amount as soon as / am
able to work. l am a poor man with
large family. My address is Jerome
postofice, N. c."
Brother S., writing from Durant's
Neck, says: Our Alliance is getting
along well, although the crops are
short, not more than half a crop of
cotton, if that; corn is also short.
Several farmers have saved a great
lot of hay, mostly crab grass. The
Alliance is doing a great work with
u.s. though we r very poor. The
farmers r learning to economic
which is a good beginning and was
not thought of before the Alliance
came into existence, but Alliancemen
are not close enough together. Some
are weak, and some thought that all
'ney had to do was to join and riches
would be bound to come to them
whether they ever attended the ALI,
ance or not. We have several of that
sort, but l AN thankful that we are
getting clear of that class. We have
ninety good, substantial men in our
alliance, the best men in our com.
monlty, and as good as anywhere;
they can be relied upon. The Pro,
eREssIvE FARMER is a power for
good all over the State, especially
mere 1t is a great educator. We
read from it in our Alliance and think
We can do no better. I will try to
get you more subscribers. A great