The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-11-12

work in hand and is greatly ~stimn,m
by the solid talk of Bro ManuItSEed
Bro. Ray will accept our ~aanon,
thanks for his kind labors IN lnest
of our order. 'eAalt
Secretary A. j. M~oore6o,a
Dan River Alliance, No. 728 Of
ingham county, says: al am dinooek ,
to say that we have adopted tho ea
of Incorporation passed bv tho ACT
Legislature. We are not growin last
merically but those who Joined fos nu'
good of the brotherhood are pron me
in faith. Those who connected tSung
selves with the Alliance just tbropn
curiosity-and I am sorry to
there were several-have fallen say
until now we have only true AlIianos
men at our meetings.
Bro. j. H. Scroggs, of vid.
Alliance. No. 835, Iredell county, saUu
1--WE take three copies of Tn Pss
aREssIvE FARMER in our Allie"
which has been of more benefit ~ W
than anything we hsveiyet done ,
hope that every Alliance man in tba
county will take it,before long. Pleas"
send US a lecturer-we need on0
badly. Theharvest truly is great. Int
the laborers are few. Iappeal unto onr
State Lecturer, an humble represents.
tive of the West, as the cry went m
from Macedonia, to come up and beIn
u.s."
Bro. J. g. Layton, of Whit
Lake Alliance, No. 983, renewing his
subscription to THE PRoGREss1vV
FARMER says: "Would that all NV
brethren and sisters of the order were
blessed with the opportunity of read.
ing The PROGRESSIVE FARMER. t
would enthuse them to a more vigor.
GUS prosecution of the work before us
l admit the times are hard and money
tight, butthe prize in the near f1.
ture should stimulate US all to
emulate the examples of u faith.
ers of l776. Economy, prudence
and perseverance would certainly
enablem any of US to read our
organ; it is an improvement to anv
household to read and study it care.
fully. Ny dear brother, is the bust.
ness agency fund a failure? Nv
lodge never will number over IS
or 40, owing to the locality of the
being between two rivers, but
we have responded every time we
have been called on. Now we have an
efficient business agent and all things
are now ready; we therefore want to
commence reaping the reward of our
labors. You cannot name any swind.
ling machine, from first to last, but
what we have been impatient to get
to u meeting to pass resolutions to
put 1t down. We are doing all we
can to roll the ball.
BRO, John VI Downing, of Lake
Alliance, No. 1873, of Bladen county,
writes as follows: We were organ,
lied about one year ago and we have
been coming slow but sure and we
are now beginning to see day break.
We have about forty members and
we have paid in some to the State
business agency fund and there is
more on the way. We have been op.
pressed and distressed and robbed by
the monopolists and the high tariff
until we were obliged to do something,
and the organization of the Farmers
Alliance will, by and by, bring us out
from under the burdens that we have
so long labored under and which were
about to crush us to the earth. The
farmer and the laborer is the back.
bone of the world and should not be
so sorely oppressed. We can save
ourselves by being united and by no
other means. The monopolists had
some items published in some papers
to try to discourage us; for instance
such as saying that the merchants Of
Liverpool would not buy our cotton
covered with cotton bagging, which
is absolutely false. So do not be dis.
couraged but stand to the rack, and
in less than twelve months we will be
free and will be reaping the benefits
of our labor.
Bro. j. B. Freeman writes as fol-
lows: October 22d was a gala day
for Green Mountain, in Henderson
county, in the land of. the sky. Six
Sub-Alliances met, with their baskets
filled with the luxuries of our noun
tain section. The people came from
the towns, villages, mountains and
mountain gorges, until two Thousand
people stood on the ground. I'm
stand was decorated with beautltu
flowers, and such fine cakes as none
but our own fair Alliance sisters can
make, together with apples, turnlps
potatoes, etc., and last but no:
least, we had pumpkins, n o.
which weighed 142 pounds. At1el
singing and PRAYER, Col. T. B. Long,