The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-06-03
ALLIANCE T

Always give the name and number OF
Jour Alliance, your postothce ana four
county, plainly, when you write to the
President, Secretary, Trustee, Business
Agent or Chairman of Executive. Com
nittee of the State Alliance.l
Bro. D. J. Davis, Corresponding
Secretary of Gum Swamp Alliance,
No. ATS, Cumberland county, writes
that they now have % male AMI IL
female members; that they have fully
endorsed the demands of the State
and National Alliances. .
Bro. T. W. McHargue, Secretary
of Back Swamp Alliance, No. IL,
Robson county, writes us that his
Alliance recently endorsed in full the
proceedings of the St. Louis Conven-
ton; that they would do all in their
power to carry out the plans, etc.
Bro. E. P. Meador, Secretary of
To wn Creek Alliance, No. 664, Rock
ingham county, has our thanks for a
club of FIVE subscribers, His Ali
ance has paid SIS to the business
agency fund and has adopted both the
State and National demands of the
Alliance.
Bro. j. G. Butner writes from
Old Richmond Alliance, No. 1924,
Forsythe county, to say that they in
itiated six members on the 10th inst,
and that several more are knocking
at the door for admittance; that they
have endorsed all of the demands of
the Alliance.
Bro. E. G. Cline writes from
Granite Falls, N. c., to say that his
Alliance has about rs members, both
male and female; that a number of
them are reading The PROGRESSIVE
FARMER and he is going to try to get
them all to do so. Bro. Cline is in
earnest about it, for he sen I6 sub
scribers with that letter.
M. B., a lady member of the
Alliance, writes from Rowan Alliance,
No. 1885, and requests thai her name
be withheld. She sends her full
name, however, or we would not
have noticed her letter. She says:
We have "a male and IL female
members, and applications on file.
At a recent meeting of Rocky
Mount Alliance, No. 1909, Anson
county, the members pledged them
selves not to support any man for he
legislature who is opposed to a rail.
road commission and no man for Con
gress who is against the Sub Treasury
plan, and no man for any Office who
opposes the measures demanded 10y
the farmers.
Bro. Oliver A. Lowe, President
Of Oak Shade Alliance, No. I,3l4,
Guilford county, has our thanks for a
club of 8 subscribers. He writes
that they now number 80 male and
II female members. They have rati-
fed the State and National demands,
only two or three being opposed to
any part of either. They have sub.
scribed SIG to the business agency
fund.
* Bro. w. F. Upchurch, of New
Hill, Wake county, writes to ask why
Col. L.. L. Polk, Capt. Elias Carr and
Capt. S. B. Alexander and other
prominent Alliance men do not come
out against drunkenness and that it
should be discussed in the Alliance.
These gentlemen have always con.
demned drunkenness and nearly all
the Alliances in the State have done
much to stop it.
ZBro. Caleb Mizell writes from
Cross Roads Alliance, No. 1858,
Martin county, to say that n of
their members, Bro. Seth Mizell, be-
came unable to work this spring %
of their members, with six teams.
gathered at his house and finished
planting his crop and plowed eight
acres of corn and re,planted it, also
Plowed four acres of cotton and pulled
the weeds out of half an acre of rice
and set out a thousand potato plants
and watered them. They made the
heart of the afflicted brother to he
glad and all went home feeling that it
was the best days work they ever
done.