The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-04-30
MEcKLENBURG COUNTY ALI.
ANCE MEETING.
Correspondence of the Progressive Farmer.
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Correspondence or the Progressive Farmer,
DERITA, N. G.
have just returned from the meet.
ing of Mecklenburg County Alliance.
and am so elated over the meeting and
the prospects of the Alliance in this
county that I am compelled to saw
something about it to the public.
We met with Mcdowell Creek Ali.
ance at Runtersville at 1920. Vice
President John Blythe called the house
to order. Before opening it was an
nounced that Miss Jennie Sapp, of Con-
cord, Yves present, and was prepared to
read an essay on 1.-The Alliance prin-
ciples; the great need of the Alliance
at this time" etc., and that it was the
wish OF the Alliance that it be public.
as many present were not members of
the order. Miss Sapp was introduced
and read an essay that consumed about
thirty minutes. Nothing we can say
would do justice to the article, so we
will simply say that nothing better has
even been heard by Mecklenburg ALI
ance.
The Alliance went into secret ses-
sion. The roll was called and all the
Alliances in the county that have been
at work for two years convened, ex-
cept one and two new n g
Within the past month J.. P. Sossa-
man, organizer for the 18th Alliance
District, has reorganized Polk Alliance
and organized a new Alliance in the
city of Charlotte, with % members.
In this connection we wish to sayt that
Bro. Sossaman is a hustler and means
business. We expect all or at least
the most of our defunct Alliances to be
with us again at the July meeting.
The first work of the Alliance in ses-
sion was to adopt the following resolu-
ton, offered by Bro. J.. K. Rankin, of
Sharon Alliance:
Resolved, By Mecklenburg County
Alliance that we highly appreciate and
enthusiastically commend the prompt
and efficient action with which the
recent Legislature of North Carolina
restored the original Charter of the
State Alliance, and thereby rescued our
organization from the ruthless clutches
of the unjust legislation of 1898.
At this stage dinner was announced.
We will not attempt to describe it.
Those who have been at and taken
part in public dinners at H%untersville,
know what it was. Richard Razar is
the only man in the county that could
do the subject justice in the way of a
write up" and of course he is too
timid to write up his own home.
The afternoon SESSION was taken up
with private business for the good of
the order. Bro. Rankin, County Lee
turer, stated that he held himself ready
to visit any and all the Sub. Alliances
in the county whenever called on, and
that he would go to any part of the
county, if he had to foot it. Now let
the men all over the State who believe
in Alliance principles get that kind of
a spirit in them and you will not have
any trouble to shake this State from
centre to circumference. The Alliance
of every State in the Union have their
eyes on this State now. Show them
you mean business.
By referring to another column in
in this paper (and every n of you
should take i) you will see that Bro.
Sossaman's District CHE 11tb) embraces
Rowan, Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Gas
ton, Lincoln and Iredell counties, and
he holds himself ready to organize new
Alliances or to reorganize old ones at
any time. Success to The PROGRESS.
sIvE FARMER. r. W. ELLIOTT,
Sec'y County Alliance.