The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-07-25
DIR. THOMPSON AT MOVES
SCHOOL-HOUSE.

Mr.. EDITOR Thompson was ad-
vertised to speak at Farmville on July
4th, but Farmville Alliance concluded
to have p C mic that day at Moye's
| School house.
Very early in the morning buggies
| began to arrive upon the ground and
they continued to arrive, along with
road carts and wagons, until II o'clock.
Some people, soon after the election,
said that the Alliance was dead, but
we gave them a living demonstration
that it was not So Right now will
say that Alliancemen and non Alliance
men, Democrats and Republicans, Pop
ulists and all were present and all
spread dinner and ate with us. A good
deal of prejudice against the Order is
melting away here at last. Most peo-
pie are beginning to conclude that we
were about right after all.
We had nice day and big crowd,
probably as many as seven hundred in
all-men, women and children were
present. In fact we had about as many
as the grove would accommodate.
There was only one drawback and that
was that we had neglected to prepare
seats for the people.
We had music by Farmville string
band and vocal music by Bro. j. T.
Phillips music class, after which Bro.
E. A. Moye, in a neat little speech of
five minutes, introduced the speaker
of the occasion, DR.. Cyrus Thompson.
The doctor by his witty introduction
led us to understand that his subject
was SO large and so may sided that he
could not do Justice to it in a short
speech. The doctor spoke so well that
very few in the audience realized that
he had spoken an hour and half when
he announced that as he was only about
half through that now would be good
time to eat dinner.
An hour having been spent at dinner
and rest, Bro. Phillips again summoned
us to the stand by the class singing for
US some beautiful Sunday school music,
after which DR.. Thompson finished his
admirable lecture. I cannot begin to
describe the doctors speech, but suffice
to say it was both wise and witty and
at times pathetic. We are glad the
doctor came; he did us good and feel
sure all Alliancemen who heard him
went away more determined to do val
iant service for the cause than he had
ever done. We expect to gain several
members from the effects of this talk
After the doctor had finished, Col
Harry Skinner was called upon, and
by the way the people crowded around
the stand any one could see that the
colonel's home people wanted to hear
him speak and wanted to hear him
bad, but the position of the stand being
such that the sun shone directly upon
him, we were denied the pleasure of
hearing much of speech from him,
but what he did say had the true ring
about it. The colonel is as surely
| welded to reform as any Of us, and we
honor him the more because so few
lawyers-have come out on the side of
the people.
After the speaking a meeting of the
members Of the various lodges repre-
sented was called together in the
school house and a union meeting of
these Alliances established, which will
meet once a quarter, have dinner and
a speech to the public. The next union
meets at Ormondsville on the 18th of
September when we expect to secure
good speaker and we feel sure we shall
have dinner plenty for all who will
come out and hear the issues of the day
discussed.
Thus closed one Of the pleasantest
Fourths of July it has been the good
peoples fortune to have in the memory
of our correspondent. Long live the
Alliance to agitate for the reform the
people so greatly need. If this effort
proves failure, sad indeed will be the
condition of the farmers and laborets
of our land.
Respectfully, A, J, M.