The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-06-20
CORRESPONDENCE.
The Editor are not responsible for the views
II Correspondents.
TO The INDIVIDUAL ALLIANCE
MAN.

Correspondence of The Progressive Farmer.
The time il fast approaching for an
other meeting of the State Alliance.
Every member of the Alliance should
feel a special interest in this meeting.
Much depends, to the organization, on
the delegates whom they send as rep
resentatives from the county meetings,
which in turn are dependent on the
delegates from the Sub, Alliance. 80
in its last analysis the State meeting is
dependent on the Sub Alliances, for the
character of the men who are to man
age the Alliance and direct it's affairs
for the next year. Therefore l trust
that each member Of the Order will
realiz the responsibilities that are rest
ing on him, and that he will determine
TO meet them like q true A~tlianceman.
To DO this he needs to attend his Sub
Alliance meetings, lay aside personal
preferences and select the very best
men to represent his Alliance in the
county meeting. Let the same prin
ciple be carried out In the county meet.
ings and all will be we'll. Let there be
no cliques, nor rings, nor axes TO grind.
Such Things have no places in Alliance
meetings. They belong TO assemblages
that do not occupy the high and exalted
positions Of fraterpal fellowship and
brotherly love that the Alliance should.
This word Of caution may be entirely
unnecessary. But there are times
when we need to watch ourselves so
that our zeal may not lead US astray.
1t would be a good idea if each
County Secretary would at once send
to The Progressive Farmer, the place
and date o. his county meeting SO as
to give them publicity. Endeavor to
make these meetings attractive. A
committee of arrangements from the
Sub Alliance, with which the County
Alliance meets, to look after the com
fort Of the visiting members and dele
gates of the County Alliance, will add
materially to the enjoyment Of the
day. Let the County Secretary act as
a committee Of one, unless a committee
has otherwise been appointed, to eecure
one or more speakers for the occasion
and advertise it throughout the c0uoty.
A speaker from another county viii be
preferable to home talent alone. Your
man can go to some other county
where he will have a new audience
and do more coed than he car at home.
OF course there are some exceptions to
this rule; but in the main, these sug
g~estions hold good. Leave cares and
anxiety at home. Take with you only
your family and q well filled basket.
Invite your neighbors to i'll you and
make it q day Of real pIeasure-one
that you can look back to with pleas
ant men cries.
D)n't go to those meetings with an
air of tiuiiity and shame facedoess as
though you are ashamed to let people
know where you are going. Neither
meet IN an ou5 OF the wey place, where
only the near neighbors can fad IT;
UuA hb GLO uOSG dNdAlbOlC psaSB SCu
have where there is water and shade in
abundance, with a house in which to
transact business. If you are a true
AlliaEcGman, your mission is q noble
one and you should be as a city SET on
a bill and not like a cantle under a
bushel. Let your light shine, and IL
that way attract others to the prin-
cipIes OF the Order. If you are ashamed
OF the alliance, you have good grounds
for suspecIiDg that you have not lived
up to your privileges and duties as an
Ailiauc man. Therefore determine
thai tran now on you will b true to
yoUrseIt, trua to our family and true
to your Alliance, in your own life,
showing 70 the world It's noble pur
poses
Fraternally,
n p PApKEP