The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-03-12
+ ALLIANCE NOTES.

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Memberspfr the Alliance. when writing to us,
viii greatly favor Us Il they will always give the
seventh pages of our paper to the exclusive use Of
the Alliance. Use them, brethren. For all official
orders, rulings, notices, &c, the brethren will ex
The Alabama State Alliance Ex-
Echangehas been located at Birming.
ham and announces itself ready for
business. ,1 ar
"A correspondent writing from
Haw River, says: "The Alliance is
growing rapidly in Alamance county.
1 think the membership has more than
doubled itself in the past two months"
Alliance brethren wishing to
purchase corn are referred to Bro.
Jno. Roderick, Business Agent of Mt.
Pleasant Alliance, Morganton, N. c.,
who has about 1900 bushels to sell
for his brethren.
/. The Secretaries of all the Sub
Alliances IN FRANKLIN. county will
greatly oblige the County Secretary
by sending in their quarterly reports
on or before, April the first, and not
wait until the county meeting.
p. M. Rhyme, Deputy Organizer,
reports having organized Union ALI
ance in CASTOR county, January 10th,
1873, with R. N. Wilson, President
and JAS: T. Glenn, Secretary. CASTOR
county now has twenty-one Alliances
all in fine working order.
Morning Sun Alliance, No. ISL,
has decided to hold picnic, on Easter
Monday, the5 22d of April, 1885, at
which all Alliance men are invited to
be present. "A number of y.excellent
speakers have been invited to be pres
ent and a pleasant day is anticipated.
Secretary W. H. Worsely reports
Rocky Mount Alliance, No, 1850, in
"a good condition. At the last meet
ing the lodge resolved not to pay more
than ten per cent. difference between.
time and cash prices. Heretofore
they have paid as high q 81 per cent.
Secretary Jones, of Blount's
Greek lodge, No. 1892, Beaufort
county, says his Alliance was organ
lied on the l4th day of last Novem-
Der and now numbers 46 members,
and he believes, before another har.
vest has come it will number one hun
dred.
Our State Agent, Bro. w. A.
Darden, wrote to the Acme Manufac-
turing Company of Wilmington, in
regard to the manufacture of pine
straw bagging the coming season, and
in reply was informed that the COM
panye expected to put up enough fac
tories to supply the whole demand.
President L. F. Livingston, of
the Georgia State Alliance has issued
q call to the. officers of the State ALI
ance and delegates from County Ali
ances in the State to meet in Atlanta
on April 4th next to form some CO.
operative plan for providing them
selves with cotton bagging for the
next. season. u,
Corresponding Secretary Horton
of Smith Greek Alliance, No 35l,
gives us encouraging news. They
have dispensed with the "middle
men" and are buying direct from
factories and are making large savings.
This Alliance has recently purchased
a hall a a permanent place in which
to hold its meetings.
LIE Coute Pear Alliance, in Ca,
proposes to pay out sixty dollars in
premiums on special crops to its mem
bers this year as follows: For the
best acre of corn, $40; best acre of
cotton, $40; best acre of hay, $40;
best half acre of cane, $40; best half
acre of potatoes, $40; and for the most
money made on an acre. $l0..
The Fort Valley, Ga, Alliance
offers to members of said Alliance
premiums. on crops produced without
commercial fertilizers as follows: For
largest yield of corr on one acre, So;
largest yield of seed cotton on one
acre, So; largest yield of sweet pota-
toes on n acre, 81; largest yield of
hay or one acre, So; and for the
largest yield of syrup, any variety, on
one-quarter acre, So.
-HightoWer's Alliance, Caswell
county,. was organized last May and
now has a membership of Al. All
the best farmers in the immediate
neighborhood are members. Have
endorsed the State Alliance demands
upon the Legislature, and declared
against high-priced fertilizers. j, S.
Warren, having withdrawn from the
order, has been succeeded as Score
tary by Bro. G. s. Walker.
Correspondent G. Z. Aycock of
Ferren's Bridge, No. l161, Franklin