The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-09-19
SOME MORE ABOUT robson co.
ALLIANCE.

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his report from the County Alliance
This meeting being, 1 believe, the hrs6
ever held in the county, was mucn
better attended than usual. we sup
pose there are several attributable
causes. While We (the people OF Ihe
Alliance) have the same privilege or
right to the use of the court house that
anv class or SET Of citizens have, yet
there are many reasons against meet
ing there. One especially is only a few
ladies will go to town, and we miss
them in several particulars. We miss
their presence, their dinner, their help
in the choir, etc. We think our brother
secretary has truly said it was an in,
spiraion to meet at and in an Alliance
hall. It seemed to be much more en-
joyable by all, and more especially the
ladies, and l think there were five
times as many in attendance as l ever
saw before, and when you begin to
multiply ladies you multiply pleasures.
To say everybody seemed as gay and
happy as a people could be under the
circumstances would be only a repeti-
ton of the sentiment Of our secretary's
report. We sometimes hear the ex-
preston spread himself, and we think
our Lecturer spread himself on that
occasion.
The next quarterly meeting will be
at Back Swamp, and we understand
that the good people of that section are
expecting a good crowd and a good
time and are preparing to have it that
way. As we said in the outset that we
agree with u secretary in most of his
report, still we cannot but notice the
cold and disparaging tone or sentiment
given concerning a resolution offered
on that occasion by some n endorsing
retiring President of the State Ali
ance, Hon. Marion Butler. We don't
remember the full wording of the reso-
luton but the sentiment was about
this: That the Alliance membership
have eason to pride themselves in
having q President and leader with
wisdom to judge when and how to act
and sufficient courage and honesty to
do so when the time comes; and we
think the sentiment proper, and we
also think that any one by impartial
reference to his conduct a get plenty
of evidence to thoroughly and very
satisfactorily establish this claim. As
to the vote taken on the resolution we
are not up on the count, but we were
under the impression that it was much
stronger than stated in the report, but
as we were not interested in the defeat
of the resolution as was our Secretary,
perhaps he made pass at q count and
we made none nor do we know posi-,
lively how many voted for or against
the resolution, o do we know of but
two or three who voted against it. If
what we consider a most likely con,
struction or conclusion one would come
to by reading the report on the resolu-
ton correct, we would agree with the
Secretary that it would be more concil-
iating to pass no resolution, but know
ing the sentiment to be so different, we
cannot refrain from attempting to
= set right the sentiment set forth in
the article. We would be ashamed for
other counties over the State to have
the impression that we, the people of
Robson county, are so unappreciative
as not to be able to give a word of com
mendation to a character so deserving
as we think the Hon. Mr.. Butler to be.
We are satisfied that it is a pleasure to
quite a majority of the Alliance people
of Robson county to take advantage
of the opportunity to express their
gratitude to Mr.. Butler for his kind
and efficient work done, and we intend
that Bro. Butler shall know that Robe
o county is not the exception in the
whole State, but that we are willing to
take position in line with the ladies of
Riverdale Sub Alliance, No. 1903, and
show we have appreciation if we have
not the poetry. We want him to know
also that we desist not from the senti-
ment set forth in a resolution adopted
at Greensboro, at the last session of the
State Alliance, in which resolution he is
acknowledged to be faithful, efficient,
able and wise.
We truly hope to have Bro. Butler
to give Robson a treat in the way of a
speech at an early date.
Respectfully,
ALLIANCE MFNRE