The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-06-17
AMONG THE ALLIANCES
What the Organization is Dom.
Throughout the Country.

be started at ~Lynchburg, Va, son.
An Alliance warehouse is bejn
built at Alapaha, in Berrien COUNT
Georgia.
The capital of the Alliance Tobacco,
Manufacturing Company, at Oxforl
has been increased.
The Alliance of Navarro count. +.
discussing a cotton seed oil mill, saws
the Southern Mercury.
The South Dakota Alliance met 3,
Huron a few days ago. About 1000
delegates were present.
The Alliances in South CaroI;n,
are going to use cotton bagging this
coming aso without fail.
Alliances are being organized in
the Indian Territory. One hundre4
is the number reported up to tbs
time.
Concordia, Kansas, is to have an
Alliance paper, the Union Neus. A
company has been chartered with
S5O,OOO capital.
The Farmers Alliance of Lincoln
county, South Dakota, have raised
ten thousand dollars with which to
start a newspaper.
We learn from the Southern bur-.
curry thai the cotton yard at Austin
has been a great success and the ALI.
ance is taking steps to enlarge it.
Forsyth County Alliance has a brass
band composed of her W members.
led by DR.. J. A. Parsons. This is the
only brass band owned by the ord 81,
says the Buchanan (Ga.) Messenger.
The Cedar.own, Ca, STANDARD re,
ports that the Alliance cooperative
store at Rockmart is doing a good
business, it's cash receipts fol April
and May being I've SIS, 900, to say
nothing of its book accounts,
The Industrial Go operative Asso,
citation Of Arkansas City has fled its
charter with the Secretary of State.
The directors are D. T. Kitchen, NJ,
L. Stalk, F. w. Stoneking, G. T.
Walter and D. Baxter .-AHloncs
Tribune.
A few days ago the Alliance people
around Lynch0urg, Va, tried to get
the tobacco warehouses to reduce their
charges. They refused and steps
were at once taken to build an Ali,
ance warehouse. About S3, 200 was
subscribed on the spot.
The Farmers Alliance and Indus.
trial Union Milling Company, of
Washington county, Arkansas, has
fled articles Of incorporation with the
Secretary of the State. The capital
stock is S., 500, and the principal
Office will be at Pennington.
The Pittsburg Co operative Associa.
ton of Crawford county will soon be
ready for business. The directors
are W. M. Reed, Cherokee; N. M.
Peavey, D. j. Acklin, James Geller,
w. P. Woughton and Hasel J.. Smith,
P~ittsburg. Capital stock, $4,000
Alliance Tribune.
Oconee Alliance in Washington
county, Ga, has thus resolved: We
will support only such candidates who
come before the people upon their
merits; and for representatives we
will vote only for such men as will
pledge themselves to refuse railroad
passes, and compensation for services
when not on duty.
The Alliance in Texas is going to
work hard for a railroad commission
again this year. The Southern Msr-
cwry is throwing hot shot. 1t says:
can anti commission farmer is as
much out of place as a woman in
hades; but there is no telling the ex
tent of some mems inclination to fol
low their master"
Grove Level Alliance, in Walker
county, Ca, means business. It has
expelled D. D. Cobb for hog stealing
and proposing to commit perjury. 1t
also notifies all members in arrears
for dues that they must pay up at
the next meeting, on SATURDAY, or %
expelled. No rotten or dead wood
allowed in that Alliance.
A member of the Alliance an Lamar,
S. c., reports that the trade agent
saved him$13 on one ton of ammonl-
ated fertilizer and n ton of kainit.
Another farmer reports that his fertili-
zers and his provisions taken together
have not cost him 20 far this year any
more than the fertilizers alone would
have cost him had he bought them as
he had been in the habit of doing in
past years.