The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-10-08
ALLIANCE WORK IN THE EAST.
Bro. D. P MeaCham Has Been On a L &C.
turing Tour.
correspondence of the Progressive Farmer.
RALEIGH N G.

C1 Otu HOFQ, IN WaIClng for ue, with
horse and buggy. After an hours ride
we reached old Ford, seven miles from
Washington. Old Ford is an old set
element. and has a fine academy and a
beautiful church, served this year by
Bro. Mcnamara, very popular and
jealous minister, devoted to the inter
S OF his charge, and true reformer,
contending for justice and brotherly
love IN this world as we'll as in that
which Is to come We found the ALI
ance at Cd Ford in a prosperous con
dition, and well up in all that goes to
make up live Alliance, under the fos
tering care and push of Bro. Edgar
Hodges, who had run ahead of us and
reorganized Cedar Grove Alliance,
eight miles west.
Bro. J. w. Leggett had likewise re-
organized Latham Alliance, at which
we were to speak August 7th, but were
ralned out
After speaking at Cedar Grove Au-
gust 14th, we were conveyed to Wash
ington, on our way to Beaver Dam, by
Bro, Whichard, a new recruit, who we
think will push Cedar Grove to the
front.
We found delightful resting place
in the family of Bro Eourn at Beaver
Dam, and after lecturing that Alliance
we were conveyed to Acresville by Bro
! WOolard. Acresville has lived and
prospered through all the sickly JASON,
having on hand a good fund as back
ing for her Sub Blu mess Agency
Brother T. 1. Waters, County Presi
dent, was happy to announce the fnal
settlement of an old claim for cot
ton bagging purchased some years ago,
and which had given the Alliance no
little trouble.
From here we we're conveyed to
Hunters Bridge, where we found Bro.
Oien and three other faithful brethren
keeping the fire burning on the altar
of truth
Bro. W. w. Campbell here took
charge of Us conveying us to Wood
ards Bath and Yatesville subs. We
reorganized at B ith on S Saturday, Au
gust 245b, and on Monday 265h, met
few brethren at Yatesville, bat this
point we found too Democratic to reor-
ganize, as it was claimed by some that
the Reliance had gone into politics"
concluded to let it stay in politics "
Bro Gerkins was on hand with a
conveyance to move Us to Pantego.
Here we found Bro. M T. Whitley, a
live and true Alliauceman, who had
struggled long and hard again st a
spirit Of indifference which prevailed
among the brethren Of q once strong
and powerful Sub Alliance. In the
bosom Of this good family we nestled
on the alert at all times to see that
nothing should be WantiHg in order to
make our few days sojourn in the fam
lily exceedingly comfortable. Ol Wed
nasday night August 285h, a goodly
number met in their comm0dious acad
emy building, a house and accommo-
dations for an academy that does great
credit to their spirit of enterprise. We
proceeded to reorgapiz9 Pantego ALI
ance with eleven good, true and deter
mined brethren, with bright prospect
of permanent growth.
Head of Pungo being the next objac
tive point, Bro. Whitley, with mule
and buggy, set out with US up through
and over a juniper causewayed road,
which shook the color out of our hat
band, with no worse accident than that
of getting brother Whitley's mule hap
tized in an effort to lead the fool across
a bridge that was under way of repair.
AS no bones were broken, and as i'm
mersion is the favorite mode of baptism
in that locality where there is much
water" we proceeded on our way re-
ioicing, in hope of fiuding a good rest
ing place, which we found with Bro.
Rufus Allen, whose only objection to
the Alliance was that it had gone into
politics.
We sought to get in an hour Of time
somewhere on Saturday, and at some
nlace where we could make our talk,
but found the preachers very skittish
lest we should have a crowd. Seeing
that we had the world, the fish and
the devil" against US, we resolved to
speak at Bro. W. n. Davis at o'clock
a. m, before the preachers could get
out which we did, and reorganized
Head of Pungo, 1873
We were conveyed back to Bro.
Whitley's, at Pantego, in order to sail
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