The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-10-16
WILL NOT TURN BACH.

The Alliance Will Have a Shoe Fac
tory, Butthe Location Has Not Been
Fixed--Some Still Favor Cary.
The Alliancemen are still at sea re
garding the location of their general
offices, headquarters and shoe factory.
Some of them still think Cary is the best
place for the location Of these enter
prises, both on account of it's location
and its friendliness toward the Alliance.
1t will be remembered that the last
meeting of the State Alliance was held at
Cary, and the members of the order we're
more than pleased with the place. The
citizens welcomed them with arms wide
open, and entertained the delegates in
their homes. Both tie citizens of Cary
and the Alliance adopted resolutions
congratulating each other on the APP
preaching consummation of the alliance
between the order ana the town.
The executive committee met there
little later, and took formal action look
ing to the location of the Alliance shoe
factory at Cary. and authorized the re-
moval of the offices of the Secretary and
Treasurer and the State Business Agent
to that place.
1t was even said that tie Progress ive
Farmer, the official organ of the Alliance
in this State, would be removed to Cary
and issued from that place.
Up to short while ago all was Sc
rene, and the prospect of removal seemed
to be rolling along on well oiled wheels.
The Alliance officials thought everything
was lovely up to Monday at noon, when
the raise on their bid came like than
der clap from clear sky.
But the buying of the property by the
Gary Lumber Company was hot an off
hand deal. From what some of the citi
zens of Cary say, the Alliance people
wanted to form a trust in the town,
and boycott the .Lon-Alliauc men in the
place. 1t is said that Alliance stores
were to be established, and the other
mercf ants would be compelled to sell out
or have their tade taken away. HoV
this idea got abroad is not known.
1t may have been founded entirely on
conjecture. But. anyway, it has ex-
listed for several weeks.
But the Alliancemen who believe that
Major Angler bid in the Yates property
simply to keep them from getting it are
badly mistaken. Some of the wealthiest
men in the State are behind him, and a
manufacturing enterprise even larger
than the proposed shoe factory will be
operated in the Yates building.
Manager Sossamap, Of the Progressive
Farmer, said yesterday that he under
stood that the members of the State ex-
ecutive committee had been telegraphed
for, and that the committee would prob
ably meet here today. But he was
laboring under a misapprehension, for
no meeting was held here yesterday.
State Business Agent Ivey was seen by
a representative yesterday. mr. Sos
saman was mistaken in saying that the
members of the executive committee
have been telegraphed for, me said. "Ny.
Hileman Is the chairman, and he may ca
a meeting of the committee at any time
But, so far as / know, he has not yet
done so.
81 understand that some one has
stated that the Alliance factory would
not go TO Cary. This is not settled yet,
and | cannot forec1st the action of the
executive committee, who have the mat
ter IN charge. Mr.. Hileman is chairman
of this committee, and Mr. w. s. Barnes
is secretary. The other members are
Prof. N. f Eoglish, of Trinity Col
lege, and Ex-Pr9sident Mewborne, of
Lenoir county.
"The location has not yet been per
manently fixed. But We are going to
have a shoe factory, that is certain. We
have put our hands to the pillow, and
will not turn back