The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-08-09
FARMERS ALLIANCE
Annual Session Begins at
HiIIsboro Today.
General Public Meeting Wednesday
Will be Addressed by Governor
Aycock and Other Pro-
minent Speakers.

AT HillSboro today the North Caro-
lima State Farmers Alliance will begin
it's annual session. Many delegates
were here yesterday on their way and
others go today
The Alliance will be in session to-
day, Wednesday and Thursday and
the sessions promise to be unusually
interesting and profitable, with a large
attendance. In addition to the general
business sessions today and Thursday
there will be general public meeting
on Wednesday, to which everyone is
invited. A great crowd is expected on
that day.
The speakers for the day will be
Governor Charles B. Aycock, who
speaks on his favorite subject, "Edu-
cation; Hon. j. Y. Joyner, Superin-
tendent of Public instruction, will
speak on 1.-The Needs of Our Country
Schools; Dr. TAFT Butler, the State
Veterinarian, will talk on agriculture
and Stock Raising; Rev. Charles e.
Maddry will deliver an address on
Opportunities for the Orange County
Boy" and Lecturer II. M. Gates will
tell about the Importance of the ALI
ance in his own interesting way and
will interject some humorous talk into
his address.
The officers of the Alliance at pres
ent are:
PreSident-JOhn Graham, warren
ton, Warren county.
Vice President-Hugh d. Edgerton
Ingleside, Franklin county.
Observation-Disclosures and State Bus
mess Agent-T. b. Parker, Raleigh
Wake county.
Lecturer-H. M. Gates. Swepsonville
Alamance county.
Assistant Lecturer or Steward.
C. Balm Wade, Cumberland county.
Chaplain-A. p. Gates, Rock Spring,
Orange county.
Characterization T. Lane, Green's
boro, Guilford county.
observation-disclosures r. Lane, Au-
rora, Beaufort county.
Trustees Business Agency Fund-W.
A. Graham, Machpelah, Lincoln cOun-
ty.
The Alliance is just closing a most
prosperous year, for many new sub
alliances have been organized. 1t is
now a body of farmers interested N
the business and social side Of the
farmers life, dealing not with politics.
The interest in it grows because OF
this. and there will be at the meeting
delegates from all over the State.
There will be discussions on many
important topics of Alliance life: the
growth of the business agency will
be discussed; the matter of properly
dealing with the price in the cotton
business will be considered; the pro-
posed sale of the building formerly
used as the Alliance shoe factory and
many others.
In the discussion of these matters ut
the Alliance meeting there Will be con-
sidered a number of resolutions from
the Edgecombe county Alliance, which
will be presented by Dr. r. II. Speight,
of Edgecombe. as follows:
Resolved, That Edgecombe County
Alliance earnestly urges the State
Farmers Alliance to take such action
with respect to the cotton situation as
will enable the farmers of this State
to market their cotton crop In an or
derby and systematic manner to the
end that the best prices may be Cd
tanned for the product. And we turth-
CT urge that the State Alliance invite
the cooperation of all farmers or
CARNATIONS in the South in this mat
ter, which so vitality concerns their
welfare, as it is very necessary TO pre-
vent the producers of the South S most
valuable staple product from rushing
the same into market. thereby enabling
the spectators to lower the price
A second resolution is as follows:
Whereas, the convict labor of the
state mas TOT years Dcen e1HplOSeu III
conflict with the agricultural inter-
estS in the production of cotton ana
other products, therefore be 1T
Resolved, That the Edgecombe
County Alliance urges the members
from this county of the General AS
sembly to formulate some plan or
method whereby the State conVicts
may be employed in the manufacture
of commercial fertilizers to the end
that ALL farmers may be benefited
thereby and that the North Carolina
State Alliance at it's annual meeting
be requested to unite with our county
Alliance in it's efforts to secure action
thereon by the next General Assembly.
A third resolution requesting the
members of the General Assembly to
support a bill for the repeal of the
crop lien law.
A number of delegates and visitors
| from Raleigh leave for Hillsborn TO-
day and tomorrow, among these being
the speakers mentioned, DR.. G. w.
Burkett Col. ]. Bryan Grimes, Mr..
c.. H. Poe and DR.. F. l.. Stevens. Mr..
T. B. Parker and Mr.. j. w. Denmark
have already gone to attend the meet
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