The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-03-05
THE ALLIANCE IN Gu1LFoRD.
A Thorough Lecture System and How It
10 Conducted.

Glme In your valuable paper about the
Alliance in Guilford, thought that
would write you few lines to let you
know that the Alliance in old Gu1lford
is not dead. The Alliance in Guilford
is divided into five districts. This is
done so we may have a more thorough
lecture system. Each district has it's
own lecturer, and all the subs. in that
district meet together as often as they
please. Your correspondent lives in
the first district, and on the morning
of the 9th of December, when the
timber was bending with a very heavy
load of sleet, we drove thirteen miles to
meet with the District Alliance, which
met with Oceola Sub, Alliance. Oceola
Sub Alliance is the banner Sub Alliance
in GuilfoTd county. 1t has never lost
a member since it's organization, but
has kept up a steady increase in its
membership. II every Sub Alliance in
the State were as active and as full of
life and energy and enthusiasm as this
Sub Alliance is, North Carolina would
carry the banner at the National ALI
ance.
On arriving at Oceola we found
goodly number of the brethren already
on the ground, considering the inclem-
ency of the weather; and it has never
been my pleasure to meet with more
enthusiastic set of AlliAncemen than
was there.
The meeting was called to order
by the President, Bro. z. Christ
man. The roll was called and all the
Subs. in the district answered when
their names were called except one.
At those meetings we bring up diff
ferent subjects for discussion. At this
meeting the discussion was opened by
Bro T. Christman, who made short,
pointed speech in behalf of the Alliance.
He was followed by the Assistant Lee
turer and Chaplain, both of them max
ing very timely and appropriate
speeches for the upbuilding of our
noble Order.
Bros Fields, Boone and others made
short spee eeches on the educational fea-
ture of the Alliance. We also had
very interesting talks on the cultiva
ton and growing of wheat, cowpeas,
clover, grasses and so on.
The Alliance, during the campaign
of 1892 lost quite number Of it's mem
bers in Guilford, but the actual strength
of the organization is but little weak
ened. The campaign of 1892 was moth
ing more than a testing cruciable,
which separated the pure silver from
the dross. The brethren who are in
our organization to day are those who
went into it from principle, and not for
the loaves and fishes that were In it.
Those who did not vote as the bosses
said, had il hurled at them that the
Alliance had gone into politics. Those
that put party aboV principle, left the
Alliance. We have no. fight to make
with them for their difference of opin-
ion in politics. Men always have diff
fered In their opinion In politics, and
always will, as long as time lasts. We
entertain the best of feeling toward
them, and will at any time extend to
them again the right hand of fellow
ship in our noble Order.
There is no better time than now to
work to build up the Alliance. We
have just passed through very heated
political campaign without even the
smell of politics on our noble Order.
Therefore it behooves every Alliance
man, when he considers again, the fact
that there was an actual gain made of
Sc per cent. all over the United States,
during the last election by the political
party that endorsed the demands of
this organization, to bestir himself to
double activity for the upbuilding of
this organization.
This is an age OF progress; there is no
such thing as standing STILL. We have
got to go to work to build up the Alli-
ance, or the brethren in the Old North
State who have labored so Eealously in
behalf Of the Alliance are destined to
see its destruction in the near future.
1t seems passing strange that the basil
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upon as of so little, and the people who
till the soil as class of little or no inn
portance at all, even by their own
class. As long as this is true what can
we expect of the farmers, did they
exert the power of which they are
capable3 They would command more
respect than all other classes combined,
and WELD a greater influence for the
good of all concerned. Now the ques-
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