The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-09-04

lion You have all read the
's rts of the different officers and
rep the financial conditions of the
n9or you know it if you read
~ progressive Farmer, the State
organ; and no Alliance family can
~ e happy and well up with the pro
sion without it,.
There was not as many Of the fair
70 grace the occasion rs we have
- on many occasions before that
Us regretted by the widowers and
,,bn1ors and one editor, and espe-
.:.rlv by some of us good-1ooking
orried men, who don't believe any
.+bering is much of a meeting if
.Sore is not a fair representation of
tbo fair sex. They help to stimu-
,,taus to do our duty. And at the
s,b1a if there are ladies present, we
. more apt to use our knife and
s,rk and not stick our fingers in the
neat plate. We hope we will not
have to complain about this matter
At our next meeting. Al Of.us who
.rp married have good-leoking wives
and some of you have g~ood-looking
5srghters. Now it would be a nice
,oting for them. Let US see to it
tbst we take them with us next Au-
INST. Let US see to it that at least
x counties in the State will have
delegates at the next meeting, and
that each delegate take a lady, his
wife. daughter or sweetheart. If he
is of manageable age and goes with
ont either, put a fine on him. And
if he kicks about it, put two fines on
him, one for not taking someone and
4 fine for not having a wife to take.
And compel him to eat at the second
table. Nothing wrong about that.
There appeared to be a determine
ton on the part of all hands to build
I'D the waste places of the Alliance
inside of the next II months, and we
hope it will be carried out. We will
show our faith by our works. We
will give two days of our time each
month for the next - months assist
ing in re-organizing the Alliance, and
only ask that our expenses be paid.
One of the most encouraging signs
in the late meeting was the absence
of partisan politics. Among the
delegates and the State officers
elected were Populists, Democrats,
Republicans and Prohibitionists, but
they were not of the snide, pie-hunt-
ing variety. They were on hand be-
cause they were Alliancemen. In
fact, the man that attempts to ride
into office on the backs of the Farm
Iers' Alliance of North Carolina here
after, no matter what his politics is,
will find himself walking and the
horse gone before he gets the saddle
warm. We have had all of that we
want or will submit to.
We hope to see 100 delegates at the
next State Alliance. We hope the
editor of The Progressive Farmer
will be there with his young wife
and report Is, 900 paid-up subscribers
to his paper. We hope Bro. T. B.
Parker's report will show that he
has done $500, 900 worth of business.
We hope there will be 100 ladies
there, and they will all be members
Of the Order. We hope we may all
live to visit Alliance Headquarters
next August and see the largest
crowd hat ever gathered solely In
the interest of the soil tillers of the
State. And if you will all take off
your coat, get a hustle on yourself,
DO your duty, we will see it. Our
prayer is that a kind Providence
may smile on each and every tiller
Of the soil during the II months.
J. P. SOssAMAN.
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