The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-09-15
THE ALLIANCE PEANUT UNION
OF VIRGINIA AND NORTH
CAROLINA.

session.
The meeting was called to order at
II o'clock q. m, by President j. O.
Thomas.
The Union was opened in due form
with prayer by the Chaplain.
Brother John d. Owen and G. S.
Parsons were appointed the Committee
on Credentials, who reported the fol-
lowing officers and members present:
PRESIDENT. O. Thomas.
Fice-President-R. 5. Majette.
Secretary-R. S. BOykin.
Treasurer-C. S. Parsons.
Chaplain-J. w. Johnson.
Lecturer-p. t.-W. w. White.
DOOrkeeper-J. L. Yates.
Assistant DoOrkeeper-W. J. Oliver,
Teller-JOhn D. Owen.
The Alliances are designated by their
charter numbers.
DELEGATES.
c. NJ. Cox, Cabin Point, No. 243; D.
S. Booth, Carsley's No. PIG; E. w. Raj
ford, Round Hill, No. So; w. w.
White, CORTLAND, No. rs; T. J. Pret-
low, CORTLAND, No. us; Z. E. Stall
ings, BuckhOrn, No. IS; S. p. Brinkley.
Liberty Springs, No. 81; John D. Owen,
"Cl1 NIONC. w. I-O, -. ' COlllISOL,
Midway, No. 1893; H. T. Scott, Black
SmithfeId, No. 1S9; j. r. Chapel,
Carr, Colosse, No. -; O. /. BatGen,
Sycamore Lawn. No. 211; Z. P. Davis,
JOhnsOnville, No. 1SS; j. L. Yates,
Merry Oaks, No. 1877; r. J. Bartlett,
Providence, No. 1855; J.. NJ. Howell,
UnO, No. 81; G.. w. Jakeman, Mag
nOlia, No. 139; r. A. Edwards, Bethel,
No. 1913; J. G. Council, Carrsville, No.
11S; r, $. Majette, JO~ynersville, No.
121;W. T. Griffin, Black Creek, No. 81;
J. r. Porter, NewSOm'S, No. III; r. S,
BOykin, IvOr, No. 172.
The report was received, and the
committee discharged.
The Secretary read letters from sew
eraI brethren in North Carolina, re
GREETING their inability to attend the
meeting Of the Union on account of the
time Of Ii meeting conflicting with
the meeting of the North Carolina State
Alliance.
The minutes of the last meeting was
read and approved,
The President presented the follow
ing annual address:
To ZUiuuce PeuJiut Jui0u:
BRETHREN ! return t yOu my heart
felt thanks for the honor you conferred
upon me when | was made your Presi-
ding officer. and am indebted to you for
the kindness and brOtherly feeling
evinced in all our meetings.
1t is my pleasure to return thanks
to your other officers for the fidelity
and promptness with which they have
discharged their several duties. | feel
now as | did then-my weakness to fill
50 important an office. Your cOnSti-
tuition makes it obligatory on your
President at the close of his term of Of
flee to make an address. That to me is
a Herculean task, for what few talents
| may possess have been given to bread
winning and not to speech making. But
with a heart and a Will to do my duty
as best | can wherever it leads me,
though in a body like this, of represen-
tative men from twenty-five counties
of Virginia and North Carolina, Dor
dering on the tidewater, [ throw my
self and my cause in your charitable
hands.
"Gentlemen, the question very nat
urally presents itSelftO my mind, what
T you doing here ? What means this
gathering af business men who would
reflect honor or any assemblage
DO You complain Of your profess
ion Nay, verify, it is God-given and
the frSt-nOne more honorable. DOyOu
complain Of locality Rather let the
sons forget their mother. Do you find
fault with your soil ! Rather let the
OK forget its owner and the ass it smas-
ter's crib. Does not the climate suit ?
Then seek the tOrrid zone, where your
skin would soon be in keeping with
your manhood.
Nay, brethren, it is not our profes-
sion MOI locality, nor soil, o climate;
neither IS it our manhood.
1--WE may well be proud Of our her
itage and ancestry, descended from a
race second to none, and all nations do
us honor,
THE paps Of the fOcks have not
gone dry, nor does the soil refuse to re-
spOnd to the sun and the rain; neither
does the heavens withhold the dew.
THE beautiful arch, with all its pris-
matte cOlOrS, must retire, and our God
forget his promise Of the seed and the
harvest time before we SuCcumb.
1t has been well said by ne: After
the war there was nothing left of the
Southern COnfederacy but bankruptcy
and pluck But see how wonderfully
they have pulled themselves together.
IF we had our choice we could not
better ourselves; with a diversity Of
soil, a diversity of crops, many rail
roads and many rivers, put us of easy
access to all the markets.
%'Then what means this gathering of
intelligent, honorable and law-abiding
men On you [ can see the signs of
hard toll, the burning of the sun, and
faces Indicative of honest hearts.
THE third article of your constitu-
ton answers this question:
The objects Of this Union shall be
concert Of action between all peanut
growers as to the method Of handling
and selling the crop, and mutual pro
lection AGAINST trusts. combines. pools,