The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-01-23
LETTER FROM DAVIDSON.
Bros Hunt and Walser Talk---The ALI
ance--Mean People--We Need
God-Fearing Men.
MICHAEL. N. q

MR. cry 4tOb40 LAS 6NGE
been written from Gravel Hill ALI
ance, No. sol. but we have new gone
down, as some weakened Subs have.
We have a majority of the "hay seed
ers" who are sound and have come to
stay. We are in a prosperous condi-
ton.
On Dec. %, 1898, we had a public
speaking. Rev. Geo. E Hunt, Gather
Walser and others addressed the PEG
pie in an earnest manner. Mr.. Hunt
talked to the people on the general
principles of the Alliance. He said
many people were p~rejudiced against
the Alliance because of its secret work,
but the main object and workings Of
the Alliance is open. There are very
few secrets in the ALLIANCE. It's main
object is to bring men together and
cause them to feel an interest in each
others welfare and for the advance
ment of their country, and to train
them to vote intelligently and forget
party prejudice and support men of
principle-men who regard the COM
mandments of God. Certainly no fair
minded man can say anything against
such doctrine OF the Alliance. This is
what we need. The principles Of the
Alliance are based upon the Bible.
Christ taught the universal brother
hood of man. He knew neither sect or
party.
Mr.. Walser said in his speech that
we muss be patient; we cannot succeed
in everything while we are in u In,
fancy, although the Alliance has been
very successful in it's infancy.
So we will add that the Alliance is a
very large infant when compared to
it's age. 1t is so large that it won't stay
in the cradle any longer. Like Christ,
it has gone into the temple and began
to dispute with the lawyers and doc
tors, and they are surprised at it's I'M
derstanding.
Mr.. Walser said that we did not
wish to be rich, but only wanted a
reasonable chance that we may be able
to go decent and respectable and edu
cate our children. Surely no enemy
could say anything against such doc
.trina as this. When a man is left
alone and sounded upon the Alliance,
he says it is a good thing,SISwhen he
puts on the party collar, he says q
WOn't do!
Mr.. Editor, the writer is a young
minister of the gospel and does not
propose to discuss politics, but please
hear me on a few things:
We very often hear it said that the
education Of the masses is the hope Of
the country. So it ia. but how can
they educated They can't send their
sons and daughters to academies and
colleges when they get six cents for
cotton and three cents for tobacco and
forty cents for wheat. They can't de-
pend upon the public schools so loDg
as we have the shameful amount Of
from ninety cents to n dollar to the
scholar. Let those men who have
been making speeches on the education
of the masses use some sense and talk
to the people right. Let them tell the
people that in order to educate the
masses they must have academies and
high schools in their own neighborhood
and not depend upon the amount ap
propriated to the university and other
schools to educate their children.
The man who is in favor of eppropri-
ating vast sums of money to a few
schools in the State, leaving many
other places without scarcely any
chance for education, has a mean
heart and q soft head. Let such men
open their eyes and know that the sun
shines and the rain falls upon the
masses. Likewise let US have laws
that will light. and water the masses.
We are not opposed to the special
schools of the State, but we do say
that they will never educate the
masses. What we need to educate the
people in general is a better public
school system and more academies in
every neighborhood. If such schools
were more abundant the colleges and
universities would be more prosperous,
for they r dependent upon such
schools for their support. Then let us
have such laws IS will enable every
neighborhood to have their own schools
and educate their own children.
Some of our public men seem to
think that the world should pile itself
together in q few large heaps, and if
those heaps get too large they conclude