The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-08-21

by a broad and noble Splrlt-Gne true
Alliance spirit; it was great in that
wise and judicious plans were made
/ for the work. of reorganization that
we think all will call great it was
great in that it dealt the death blow
to the prejudice against our Order
that has been decaying so rapidly
during the past year. 1t was a truly
great meeting and all felt that 1T was
good to be there,
Like soldiers eager for battle, we
have been for a year i~mpatiently
awaiting the work of re-organiza-
ton. Now, we have the order to
charge-to work-and we commence
with the consciousness that our
leaders-the State Alliance delegates
have planned so ably and wisely !;
that our cause is SO just; that our
officers are so in sympathy with our
aims and purposes, that we cannot
know failure. And that was the
belief of the farmers who gathered
at Headquarters" near Hills
boro, last week. They knew the
state of feeling in their respective
localities they were determined and
enthusiastic. Perhaps tits we'll that
we did not actively begin re-Organi-
zation last fall. Certainly the con-
ditions were not so favorable as now
and the campaign of education that
has been conducted by the Alliance
has brought thousands into full
sympathy with it who were doubtful
or lukewarm a year ago. But now
the fields are ripe for the harvest,
The result will be told at the State
meeting a year hence.
And the delegates were confident
that our strength will be more than
doubled by that time. In fact, judg-
ing from what we have heard from
all sections of the State, we should
not be in the least surprised to find
it five times as great as 10Y All
that is needed is a thoroughly wide
awake membership, feeling the neces-
sity for personal work, realizing the
broad purposes of the Order and the
folly and harmfulness of all preju-
dice, and the duty of doing all things
in a spirit of determination, charity
and friendliness. Let every member
resolve now to work during the next
year for the upbuilding of the Order
more earnestly and increasingly than
ever before. ''The mill cannot grind
with the water that has passed" We
must seize opportunities as they
come. The opportunity for re-or-
ganizatiOn is now ours, and this is
the time to work-not next year or
the year after. You must harvest
your grain at once when it ripens,
and we must reap the Alliance har-
vest at once. if wise.
The most important work of the
meeting is given elsewhere in this
issue, in the shape of resolutions and
reports adopted. Good work was
done all along the line.
The attendance was better than
last year. The delegates were thor
Ough-going Alliance gentlemen, mel
who have adopted progressive meth
DDS of farming, earnestly in favor of
education, anxious to destroy the
prejudice against the Order, and
ready to sacrifice personal ambition
for it's good. Alliance gentlemen, we
we went early and stayed late,
being constantly with the delegates,
and we did not hear an oath, a pro-
fame expression, a smutty joke, nor
did we smell the odor of liquor while
there.
The officers elected for the ensuing
year are as follows:
President-W. A. Graham, MachpeIah, Lin
coin Co, N c..
Yiee-Presidept[. T. Pasehal, Fittsboro,
Secretary Treasurer and State Business Agent
T. E. Parker, HillsbOrO, Orange Co., n. @.
LECTURER. G. Balm, Wade, Cumberland Co,
Co., NC.
Assistant Lecturer or Steward-JnO. NJ. Nit
chell, Wayne Co., N. c..
ChaPlain-Rev. w. s.. Mercer, Moyock, Currt-
tuck Co., N. @.
DOOrkeeper-Geo. T. Lane. Greensboro, Gull
ford Co., n. c.,
sergeantat-Arms-R. H. Lane, Aurora, Beau
fort Co., n. c.. .-.
Prof. John Graham and J. w.
yer reelected on the
Evoo7+iuo TO~-i4Eoo
-.r NOTES. .5...-.
The utmost harmony and good
will prevailed. Only once was there
a difference worthy of the name.
This was in regard to the report of