The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-08-28
STATE ALLIANCE MEETING.

GREAT in that it was dominated
va" broad and noble spirit-the true
y r:,nce spirit it was great in that
Lss and judicious plans we're made
tbe work of reorganization that
think all will call great it was
in that it dealt the death blow
4bo prejudice against our Order
has been decaying so rapidly
,Dring the past year. 1t was a truly
"aa+ meeting and all felt that it was
sood to be there.
like soldiers eager for battle, we
been for a year im~patiently
~oi+ing the work of re-organiza-
On Now, we have the order to
Sarge-to work-and we commence
[+b the consciousness that our
,,,dprs-the State Alliance delegates
have planned so ably and wisely !;
hat our cause is so just that our
sHcers are so in sympathy with our
ms and purposes, that we cannot
,,ow failure. And that was the
,.liof of the farmers who gathered
= Headquarters" near Hills
boro. last week. They knew the
s+ste of feeling in their respective
localities they were determined and
enthusiastic. Perhaps it is well that
20 did not actively begin re-organi-
,stion last fall. Certainly the con-
5itions we're not so favorable Is now
and the campaign of education that
has been conducted by the Alliance
has brought thousands into full
sympathy with it who were doubtful
ar 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-
NO from what we have heard from
al sections of the State, we should
not be in the least surprised to find
it five times as great as now. All
that is needed is d thoroughly wide
awake membership, feeling the neces-
sty 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-
ganlzatiOn 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
%o1gh-going Alliance gentlemen, men
VINO have adopted progressive meth
ols OF farming, earnestly in favor of
7lQcation, anxious to destroy the
Prejudice against the Order, and
ready to sacrifice personal ambition
'f Its good. Alliance gentlemen, we
Ny: We went early and stayed late,
eng constantly with the delegates,
Ql We did not hear an oath, a pro-
.ane expression, a smutty joke, nor
Ua We smell the odor of liquor while
here.
The officers elected for the ensuing
''aF are as follows:
an 56STs, :. \. Graham, Machpelah, Lin
q sT lfe,,r'n.>,dent-J. I. Paschal, P~tttsboro,
S1'E To-, y. &.
T5r5lr " Treasurer and State Business Agent
- L"rN-r, HillsbOrO, Orange Co, n. c.
Co. VVII.''-i.C {. Balm, Wade, Cumberland Co,
f aAT>'Slanr Lecturer or Steward-Jno. NJ. Nit
frr "ayHy CO., y. c.
ee;@ w. S. Mercer, MoyOck, Curri-
aS S'2 or pur-Geo. T. Lane. Greensboro, Gull
aTGEa Arms-R. H. Lane, Aurora, Beau
Pfot. John Graham and J. w.
Uunark were reelected on the
>1sc0tive Committee.
NOTES.
,1 rUe utmost harmony and good
prevailed. Only once was there
"IIersNCp v-Or+b- Of tho name