The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-08-22
robson COUNTY MEETING.

JULY %, 1898,
I send you below a report Of the last
meeting of Robson County Farmers
Alliance, held July 18th:
This was our first meeting in the
country, having always met al the
county seat, and generally in the court
house. About one hundred delegates
were entitled to seats. Our county is
a large one, SO that those from the
farthest Subs would have to travel 90
to 80 miles, and the meeting was to
convene at IL O'Clock a. m, but by 9
o'clock the spacious grove was being
filled with carts, wagons and buggies,
many of them loaded with edibles suit
able for the occasion, and by meeting
hour at least 500 people were on the
ground and a more jovial, congenial
and clever people never met.
At II o'clock President Hamer called
the Alliance to order, in the Alliance
Hall at Raft Swamp, in his usual grace
full and happy style. The very expires
sion of the c~ountenance Of all present
seemed to say that love and harmony
prevailed. l believe hat the thought
that we had met under our own wine
and fig tree" that is in en- Alliance
hall, vas inspiring to every one.
III pursuance TO a former request of
the president, the secretary treasurer
read a report showing the status of our
County Alliance for the last year or
two, which report shows a decline
numerically and financially for nearly
two years, but the reports for the past
quarter show about As per cent. in
crease.
The election resulted as follows: L
r. Hamer, President; G. M. D. How
ard, Vice President; w. H. Humphrey,
Secretary Treasurer; S. A. Edmund,
Lecturer, J.. H. Mcneil, Business
Agent; (all the above named are the
present incumbents) W. o. Blake AS
sistant Lecturer, L. Humphrey, Chap
lain; F. P. Collins, Door keeper; Joseph
Prevatt, D. Mcleod and L. E. Tyner,
Executive Committee; E G.. Johnson,
Delegate and A. S. Thompson, Alter
nate.
The Query Committee reported as
query for next meeting, Has the Ali
ance asa social organization been a sue
cess2"
At 1870 a recess was given, during
which time all seemed to enjoy them
selves very much. After a bountiful
dinner we had an excellent public lee.
ture by our lecturer and a public dis
cussion, which I was too much engaged
to hear.
After business was resumed a resOIu-
ton was offered (Which I send you for
publication) endorsing Bro. Marion
Buffers course as an Alliance leader,
ETC., which was passed by about two
thirds majority, about eighteen or
twenty votes being cast. Some seemed
to think that although Bro. Butler had
made ar efficient president, it would be
more conciliating to pass no resolution
at all, but all passed off pleasantly and
~ was oNLl1AVGON ny OIL CudU Gn1S was Gu0
best meeting our County Alliance has
ever held and the universal verdict is
that we will hold our meetings in the
country hereafter. The next meeting
goes to Back Swamp.
will close by saying give us Bro. T.
Tvey for President of the State Alliance
and I think we will revive up. I would
recommend him for several reasons.
We would like for Robson, being the
largest and oldest in the State, to have
the honor of having one of her sons SO
highly honored; then he was a charter
member of the first Alliance in the
State. A man of moderate and con-
servatlVe views, well informed, in full
sympathy with our cause and who will
stand by what he c~onceives to be right.
Then another very important consid-
Grafton In which he has the advantage
he does not belong to either of the
political parties that is clamorinp over
the Alllance. He made a very ACCENT
able PRESIDENT of our COUNTY Anianco
Tor Che nrsG W years of her historv
and was the first Vice President of The
North Carolina State Alliance could
say more L commentator of him
but wait Tor some one else to snaak
0 fraternally.
w. H. HUMPHREY.
Secy'Treas. Robson 90. f. A.