The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-10-29

and ten minutes had the aS1en
nouro n that great multitude Al the
1o.o If the morning exercises dlnneI !
CO announced The chief. marsnai
wSs bo head of the, &C! undn with an !ele-
a. aap in his hand, gave the order
march to tables, hundreds ana
Snndreds of feet long, laden WITH a
fot of thesland, with the very nnesI
10. nrdor all. went. and partOok OF this
o;ft made by the farmers OF the neign'
snrhood to all that would partake:
Alter dinner Mr.. Starnes, Superin-
tondent Public Instruction o tins
county, delivered aeshort Ou' eAceilen'
speech on education
He was followed by brother Jerome
Freeman, of Henderson county, late
delegate to Fayetteville. 1 will not
do him the injustice to attempt to re-
mort his speech. 1t was h~rst-elasa
p1arv wavLno better man every way
than he lives anywhere.
He was followed by Hon. I'D.
Johnston. late member from this, dis
tT;ct, on agriculture in q fine effort.
That closed the exercises of the
dav The word success does not be.
oin to. do in describing the day for
our order. All irst-clsss except my
part of it. =,
On the next day / travelled thirty
miles and on Monday addressed q fine
audience at Brevsrd, TransylHanis
county. Just like they are every.
where, good and true men, and hst'
ened to me throughout my entire
speech, paying great attention and
marked respect.raf Cc9 ~
On next day, the 18th, I spoke 81
Calhoun, TransylEania county, tc
about n hundred. The day was
cold, accompanied with high winds.
A highly respectable audience. was
impressed with their zeal and fidelity
to the cause.
On the 10th l addressed q small
but select audience of frst.class PEG.
pie at. Fletchers, Henderson county;
intelligent officers and the lay mem
bers al good and true. Nota large
but frst-class Sub-Alliance. .
As late in the night as it is I dis
like to enter into the work of half de,
scribing our meeting at Alexanders,
in this county, on yesterday. This
is near the home of our County Presi'
dent, Vice-P President and District
Lecturer, Gen. Vance, and knew there
would be a large crowd. 1 had fears
| would not have the aid Of Gen.
Vance, but to my surprise and great
pleasure, he was there ready for the
battle. He took the rostrum and de-
livered q first. class speech about one
and a half hours long. Bro. Tracy
or Polk or hunter or Parker may beat
him but 1 cannot, that is just the
truth of it. AS to the character and
size of the audience I have but this to
say: There was at least one thousand
people present, perhaps twelve hun:
dred, and I have never in my life met
one of more real worth anywhere in
or out of the State. The dinner could
not be surpassed. The barbecue was
beyond question simply elegant.
The cause, where l have travelled,
is beyond question on the rise-extra
prudent men, that watch and wait
class, that want to see things tried, are
now satisfied that the order is all
right; are docking to the standard. |
am greatly encouraged. l have in
structed all district lecturers and do
hope county lecturers will observe the
same thing. Never, never open the
speaking at any place without the
Chaplain or some God-serving brother
invoking the blessings of Almighty
God upon our efforts in this noble,
yes sublime work. l believe God is
with US, but we mistake His help, with
that and then added the aid of the
noble women of the State who, too,
are focking to us, giving all the aid
they can, then the honest, neglected
tax-paying farmers and the hard.
worked, half-paid lsborers. With
this combination we can whip, destroy,
yes, annihilate every combine, mono,
poly and trust in the land.
l 60 tomorrow to Henderson,
then to Polk, thence to Rutherford.
Do pardon me for this lengthy re-
port, but I could not do justice to the
work in a world less.
Brethren, let US all stand firm,
shoulder to shoulder, relying on the
justice of our cause, and all will be
well. May heavens richest, rarest,
choicest blessings be with you all.
F~raternally yours,
THOMAS B. LONG.