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

prevails among all classes and profes
sions in our county towards the An;
ance. The worst drawback that -,
have had to encounter was the NO.
of a real, live county business aooss
We believe we have now the ri"g'
man in the right place. eu
Bro. VIM. 81. Williams sends
two subscribers and says he is doirIs
all he can to get the members Of *
Alliance to subscribe fer. The pns'
GREssIvE FARMER. He says: ~ ~.
the necessity of it. Those who ra ~
the organ of the Alliance are alw.~
ready to do all they can to promct'a
the cause. Those who do not roaS
are careless even about attending tSa
meetings" ~'
The women are getting to h,
fine workers in our Alliances. NJ
one knows so well as a woman boS
to practice home economy. Men ~,
more extravagant by nature and ofts0
by practice. Where a woman :,
trusted, and feels. that her husba,5
gives her due consideration, there !
no danger of her squandering eitbs
time or money.-So~thern Alliance,
-Winstead Alliance, No. 799, Pa,
son county, has installed the follow
ing officers for the ensuing term:
A. Rogers, President; D. D. Lops
Vice. President; T. S. Clay, SecretarT
N. L. Wagstaff; Treasurer: R. i
Brewer, Doorkeeper; Jas. Chatham
Chaplain; Capt. T. J.. Stephens, Lee
turer, and A. j. Hester, Bushes
Agent. We number sixty-three and
are in good working order.
Bro. J. A. Ellis, of Louisburp
Alliance; writing under date of Aus
l4th, says: eve organized Jan. 3lsft
1888, with only enough members to
fill various. Offices; but we have steadily
moved onward and upward and TO-DAY
we number seventy, all hearty, hale
and strong, and a more determined
set never entered the contest. We
have adopted resolutions indorsiup
the action of the Birmingham Con-
vention in regard to cotton baggiup
and the consolidation of the AllianS
and Wheel. We have ordered enoua
cotton bagging to cover our cottoa.
Much success to The PRoGREssyr
FARMER.
W. G. S., of South Durham Ali
ance, No. $50, says that while his
Alliance as a whole is a noble band of
determined brethren, he is sorry to
say that it has been necessary to ex.
pei some for being dilatory about the
payment Of their quarterly dues. We
have adopted the act incorporating
the Subordinate and State Alliances
and endorsed the consolidation of the
Alliance, Wheel and Union, and will
abide by the decision of the Birming.
ham conference in regard to cotton
bagging. [ think the best plan to
raise the business agency fund would
be to tax every male member of the
Alliance the sum of one dollar to be
paid on or before the first day Of
October next"
Correspondent J. R. Robertson, o.
Cross Roads Alliance, No. 1858, Pitt
county, writes: "Jos. L. Wynn,
young man of fair promise, not yet
out of his teens, but one of the charter
members and Treasurer of our lodge
had been to the depot at EverettsviIe
and loaded upon his cart a barrel Of
molasses and started home, when hG
met a team hauling logs, at which biz
mule took fright and ran away. Ont
of the wheels falling in a ditch threw
the young man from the cart and tb(
barrel on top of him, the rim of the
wheel also striking his head. He was
taken home, but died in about three
hours. His funeral took place on The
23d ult., from the Church of Christ
Elder Ayers preaching the funera
sermon. His aged father has thu
deep sympathy of the entire commun
ity. Crops r spotted and very poor
The great quantity of rain with severe
freshets this year makes the country
look like starvation. The damage to
date, to cotton and corn, cannot fall
short of SO per cent. Wheat yield
was good but a great deal was dam
aged by %sprouting. The potato croE
is promising and so is rice and pea
nuts. We number about 80, witt
about Is of the fair sex.