The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-06-11

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The merchants of Sparta, Ca.
stand by the Alliance and refuse to ham
die jute bagging, ,
The Alliance Exchange of Texas,
did a business amounting to $215, 900
during the months of March and
April. @ f:
The delegates of the Sub-Aniances
should be instructed how to vote on
these questions in the County Alliance
and the county delegates should. be
INSTRUCTED how to vote in the State
Alliance when it shall meet in Fay
etteville. ~ .-G
"A brother at South Lowell asks
us to- publishthe amounts of the bonds,
respectively, of our4bonded State off
GERS; State S~ecretary's bond, $4,000;
State Treasurer's bond, $4,000;
State Business Agents bond, $50, 600;
State Trustees bond, $50, 900. Of
course these are justified bonds.
Bro. G.. w. Jones, of Panther
Branch Alliance says: Our Alliance
became SO strong that it was neces-
sary to form a new Alliance at Hol-
lands church, which has been prop
erly done. Notwithstanding so many
dimits are ggranted in our Alliance,
still we will sooD be as. strong as. ever,
for we have from two to three appli-
cations at every meeting. Success to
you and your worthy paper.
Remember that at your meetings
in this month the annual election of
officers takes place. The selection Of
delegates to the quarterly meeting Of
ECounty Alliances. Your County AL
liances are expected to take action in
two important matters-the r~atifica
ton OF the action of che Birmingham
Conference, and the ratification of the
Constitution for the consolidation of
the Wheel and the Union, which will
form the Farmers and Laborers' Union
of America. >
"A word as to Bro. Tracy. His
stay is necessarily limited. Our com
mittee wants him to visit as many
counties as possible. To do this he
must keep well on the lines Of our
railways. The committee appreciates
the need for him to visit all the coun-
ties, if possible to do so, but not being
able to do this, it feels that it must util.
ize the short time he is allowed to
stay with us in the best way possible.
We have no doubt that the State ALI.
ance, when it meets in August, will
see and feel the necessity for lectur:
ers throughout the State and will pro,
vide for them. We ask the brethren
everywhere to note the appointments
for Bro. Tracy, and notify all mem
bers and be sure to meet him. He
will tell you many things which you
will appreciate.
Secretary Freeman, of Bear Wal
low Alliance, says: "Our Alliance
only numbers twenty-eight members,
but it is made up of men who mean
what they say. They have. put their
hands to the Alliance plow and will
never look back or make a crook in
the furrow until they have plowed
under all monopolies and trusts and
chattel mortgages and middle-men and
see farmers sons growing up in a bet.
ter state mentally, morally and finan-
cially. The Alliance is gaining ground
very fast in Henderson county; we
consider it the farmers and laborers'
friend, and that it has come to stay.
I will do all l can for your most valu.
able paper. 1 hope to see the day
when each and every Alliance man in
North Carolina will read The Pro.
GREssIVE FARMER.
We take the liberty of making
the following extract from a private
letter from one Of the leading citizens
of Robeson1county: Iintend as op
portunity offers, to work for The Pro
EGREssIyE FARMER, until its usefulness
to farmers is better known, and it has
only. TO be known, to. be appreciated.
Every Alliance man to keep himself
abreast Of the times, ought to take
their State organ. So you may ex
pect to hear from me, whenever Ihavt
anything substantial to send you-thar
is what you need We thank ;ou1
kind friend for his words of encour
agement, and sincerely wish that al
who have their names enrolled on thu
Alliance records, could feel as he doe
in regard to then. organ,
:. W. P. Little, Secretary OF Pin,
Level Alliance, No. 273, says, the,
have some very good members in thei
Alliance, and there r ONE in tn
, community who are like the man VIII
would not sow clover for fear hi
neighbor's bees would such the bloom
/ thnv will not invest a dollar IN an