The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-08-04

the way as at Salisbury-too much
rain. Thursday the OH we met a good
sized crowd at Taylorsville. We dis
cussed the Alliance demands and pre-
scented the business features of the
Alliance to the brethren. By special
invitation we lodged Thursday night
with Hon. R z Linney and his happy
family. There is no putting on sty lie
with Mr.. Linney at his home. He says
he does not believe in cramping hts
back and feet when about the house
with coat, vest and shoes, and he acts
it out.
Friday the 10th we met Catawba
County Alliance at Hickory. Owing
to heavy rains that day, the crowd was
not as large as was expected, but a rep
resentative crowd from different parts
of the county. We broke bread Friday
night with the only original j. f. Click,
editor of that wide awake middle Of
the-road paper known as the Hickory
Mercury.
Saturday the 18th we met the breth-
rem at the court house in Morgantop.
We found many of the brethren blocked
out on account of high water. We
spent Sunday in Morg 'nton.
Monday Is h we met quite a number
of the brethren at Marion, in Mcdowell
county. We found the Alliance or
ganjz4 alton weak, but the outlook for
its being stronger is good. The breth-
rem in those sections where they have
become careless and allowed their
SUBS to go down, have only to be re
minded Of their duty, and they will at
once revive their Subs, and that can
only be done by or through the lecture
system and we hope to see the State
Alliance devise a plan by which the
lecture system can be kept up, and by
all means the western counties that
have become SO weak should have at
tention first. The State Alliance is
now getting into such shape that they
can help their members. Now they
should get all the members back into
line The more members we have the
easy it will be to help them.
In our travels over the State we find
the brethren ready to get into line if
you will send them a leader.
Tuesday the 145h we met Rutherford
County Alliance at the county seat.
We found it numerically weak, but
strong in the faith. We were glad to
fed the court house officials in that
town to be members of the Alliance.
They did notride into Cfice on the back
Of the Farmers Alliance, and then
kick out of it and GU, 8 it for going into
politics, as they did in some counties
we know of.
Wednesday the 18th we met CIeve
land County Alliance at Shelby. There
is nothing weak about Cleveland Coun
ty Alliance. They are both strong in
the faith and numerically. We met
quite a crowd of live Alliancemen and
found them in ranks.
Thursday the 10Th we met the breth-
rem at LlncOlnton, not go strong Gs at
Shelby in numbers, but in faith ell
right. Those who are in are in to stey.
Friday the 17,h found us bright aud
early in the town Of Gastonia, and we
will eide-track and say that Gastonia
is the Invest town we struck in the can
vaes. The citizans of that town are
not laying their money up in napkins,
but when they get a few dollars ahead
they build another cotton mill or a few
more brick stores. This continual i'm
provement shows two things: first that
they have a good county and a goahead
people in the county to patronize the
town, and that the town people are
progressive and have faith in their
town and are not afraid to put their
money out in improvement. They
nave several cotton mills, furniture and
cofti0 manufactures, -four roller mill,
tanery, shoe and harnCs SO manufactures.
good hotels and good boarding houses.
fine horses, good looking married ladies
and the boys say the girls are all pretty,
and we b lieve it's SO.
We'll, we got off the track; we were
talking Alliance. When we struck
Gastonia we stopped for the night with
Bro. McLaughn; had a pleasant time.
Will cay to the tire d traveller when he
gets to Gastonia and wa is to get a
good nights rest il a quiet place end
something good to eat, stop at Bro. M;
Leughn's boarding house.
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