The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-05-18
MECKLENBURG COUNTY MEET.
ING,

with MGDOQalU CE66k AiIAShCO AL GLO
town hall at Huntersville, Saturday,
April "a, 1897.
The Alliance was called to order at
1920 o'clock by President N. Gi6bon.
The Secretary called the roll. 1t was
found that a maj )rity of the County
Subs. were represented. The President
declared the Alliance ready for bust
ness. The movement on foot to ask
the President to call a meeting of the
State Alliance, regarding the starting
of the shoe factory, was the first mat
ter Of business that came up.
Bro. R W. Sossaman, late steno-
grapher and type writer at Alliance
headquarters, being present. vas re
quested to make a talk on the subject
and the general outlook at headquar-
tiers. He gave a full description of the
property, including the tannery and
shoe factory, both of which are paid
for and standing idIe-a monument of
Encouragement or the mistake Of
somebody to the detriment of every
body interested. He gave it as his
opinion, being familiar with all the
surroundings, that it would be a fatal
bl1nder if the State Alliance did not
take such steps as would at once put
the shoe factory to work. At the close
of his talk the following resolutions
were offered and unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That Mecklenburg County
Alliance in session April "a, 1897, jnin
our brethren in other counties of the
State in asking our worthy President,
Bro. John Graham, to convene the
State Alliance at Hiiisboro on or about
the Sd day of May, 1897, for the pur
pose OF devising ways and can for
starting the shoe factory at Hills0Oro.
2. That the Executive Committee be
instructed to take an inventory Of all
property belonging to the State Ali
ance and aECertain what amount OF
money has been paid in by Subs,
County alliances and individuals, now
on hand, for the use of the shoe fac
tory, and make a report to the State
Alliance while in session.
The President ordered the Secretary
to send c2pies Of these resolutions to
Bro. Graham at Ridgeway at once.
Bro. @. f. Alexander of Med DWELL
Greek Alliance, was elected delegate
to said meeting, Il called, with Presi-
dent Gibbon as alternate. Each Sub.
was asked to assist in defraying the
expenses of the delegate.
The County Executive Committee
was instructed TO select the place for
the July meeting. There is a standing
committee on speeches. They were in
structed to secure q speaker for the
July meeting. (We wish to say right
here that Mcdowell Greek Sub, re,
ceived five new members on the morn
ing of tie county meeting, as substan-
tiaI men as the county has. Nothing
dead about that. After some other
routine business the County Alliance
adjourned and assembled around a
nice table filed with good things to
eat. The brethren soon proved that
they were willing to destroy at least a
part Of the overproduction, whether it
raised prices or not. They ate as
though rations were free if silver was
not. We wish 10 say at this juncture
that We are in a position to know that
the condition Of the Alliance to day is
better than ever before, having been in
some uraccountable way elected last
February one OF the National standard
bearers. We receive letters each week
from different States Of the Union. In
the last tsw days We have received let
tiers from Junction, w. Va; Cogan
Station, Pa. Bird Island, Mimi; In
dianapolis, Ind, and, without an ex-
ceptioG, we are informed that the Ali.
ance is taking on new life. West Vir-
ginia Is wanting an organizer to go
from this State to organize and re.
yive sleeping Alliances. q use the
word sleep as they are net dead. Our
own State is calling for lecturers in
several counties. When the Alliance
is sleeping they want to wake up. II
every man in the State and out of it
that believes in Alliance principles
viii Sc to work; do his duty, shun
politicians and political parties as he
would tie wrath to come, and devote
his spare moments to building up the
Alliance and assist in educating his less
informed brethren and intoxicating in
their minds the Alliance principles the
time would not De long in coming
when be would see the creators of the
wealth Of this nation in the front ranks
in the race Of life with the remainder