The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-11-26
ENCOURAGING ALLIANCE NEWS
FROM GATES COUNTY.
CORRESPONDENCE of the Progressive Farmer.
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GATEsvILLE, N. Q.
The Gates County Farmers Alliance
held it's Ali quarterly meeting with
G~atesville Sub Alliance, on the 9Th
day of November. The attendance of
Alliancemen was much larger than
usual. The Alliance in Gates is gain
ing in numbers. R3v. T. w. Babb,
district lecturer and organizer has re
organized two defunct Alliances, and
will reorganize another in a few days.
Brother Babb is an earnest worker in
the Alliance cause, and is destined to
accomplish great good in building up
the organization. We hope every
Alliancaman will render Bro. Babo
every assistance in the good work.
Bro. Babb is a man of marked ability
and untiring energy in everything he
takes hold of. Let US help him in
every possible way. Several days be,
fore the meeting printed notices were
circulated throughout the county that
there would be a basket picnic and
public speaking. By invitation, Hon
w. Fl KItchin, of Halifax county, was
with us for the purpose Of speaking.
By II o'clock quite a large crowd had
gathered to hear Capt. Kltchin. He
was introduced by Rev. Mr.. Babb in a
few we'll chosen remarks. Capt.
Kitchin spoke two and a half hours.
He made of the most instructive
speeches it has ever been my pleasure
to hear. He said this was an Alliance
meeting, and while he never belonged
to the Alliance, he thought that it had
done more to educate and instruct the
people than any organization that
ever existed, or words to that effect;
that we made a mistake in TIE begin
ming by not making it a political or
g~an'zAtion. He devoted one and a half
hours to the question of the free coin,
age of silver and the functions of
money. 1t was the most elaborate ex-
PLANTATION of the financial question
ever made by any n in this county,
or anywhere in this section of the
State. he showed to the satisfaction
Of ali who heard him; he showed be
yond contradiction that the dem0ne5i-
cation of silver, and the banking sys
tenn was the prime cause of the de
pressed condition Of the country. He
showed conclusively that the demoni.
tlzation of silver doubled the value of
gold, and said demonitiz9 hogs and you
double the value of meat. TWo-thirds
of the voters of the town call them
selves Democrats, but strange to say
but two of the town Democrats went
to hear him, and they could not do
otherwise. One of them is the Clerk
of the Court and the other is the Reg
lister of D6eds. The speakers stand
was in front of the court house door,
and they were bound to hear him or
leave the court house. I have been
informed that these officials said that
1t was n of the fairesT speeches they
had heard for many years. We only
wish that Capt. Kitchin could 90 to
every county in the State and make
the same speech. II he could there
would not be Sd much division among
the people. We hope to be able to have
MIN with us again during the cam
paign in 1896 Capt. Kitchen said
while he was a Democrat n executive
C mmittee always sent him to the
vest, and after he joined the Populists
he was sent to the west. We hope
that the executive committee will send
him to the east IN the next campaign.
Should he never come among us again
our people will long remember him.
JOHN BRADY.