-. I t I THE PprEESSBgE; f MER,; MJRPE J, ,1889. aid tHe Secretary apply these- num bers - to the next Sub-Alliances or canized. : County - business agents pre instructed'tdHtbTtby the 25th cf each month to the State agent the Sices they are paying for goods, and &e parties from whom purchased Sid the State agent shall, on the first of each month, report to the county lusiness agents prices and parties from yhom purchased. . . ; -President Powell, of Salem Alli mce, No. 665, Rockingham county, kays his Alliance numbers forty mem bers, but there is no jar they are a iinit and all is harmony. The Alliance Tobacco Warehouse in Reidsville has a liberal patronage from others besides members of the Alliance. In. this Section some have been waiting to see I how .the Alliance would, succeed ; ere I they ventured to join. These are now convinced that the ' thing is no myth, but that a real baby has been born and is growing rapidly, and they are now ready to pet it' and give it a stick of candy and a rattle. Before another twelve months they will find that the baby can shake . its rattle; stand alone, and .walk about some. : Some things', which Alpha" Alli anceNo. 1,423,' Rowan county de: sires to see: A more economical State government: It wants our Legisla ture now in .session, to pune-out the different departments of State govern ment and abolish, all necessary offices and expenditures.-;. It wants the pub lic school law revised." It wants all appropriations for normaUsehools and county institutes withdrawn. It -wants the homestead law amended or abol ished. It wants : everybody to Jbe honest and friendly. It wants, no commercial; fertilizer this spring un less it can be bought' for less than it cost last year. ' It wants all hands to plant less cotton and .tobacco, and it wants all other Alliances in the State to agree with it. " ' GENERAL NEWS ITEMS. The old Congress expired yester day at noon. ' -; The 20th century begins with the 1st day of January 1901. A $20,000,000 iron trust has just been organized in New York. March, the first . spring month, stole in quietly without any bluster. See Mr. T. B. Moseley's notice of his withdrawal from the Stronach Warehouse Association. A hundred years ago there were 44, 500 Roman Catholics in America. Now there are 8,000,000. , - Bell Boy sold at Lexington Thursday week at $51,000, the highest price ever, paid for a horse in America. The Terre Haute Express , declares that "faint heart" never dodged "fair lady " if she was determined on capturing it. : " It is a fact that more than five hun dred nominations by President Cleveland, made since the November election, are " hung up " in the Senate. Civilization has so far advanced in the State of Montana that it now costs a citi zen $50.00 to become enthusiastic and fire his gun in a Butte City theatre. Canadian insurance companies an nounce a reduction in premiums upon all vessels which carry a store of oil for the purpose of putting it on the water. CoL E. C. McClure, of South Caro lina, appointment . clerk of the Postofnce Department, died suddenly in Washing ton City, on Thursday morning last officers of the Agricultural Department at Washington amount to $23,000 and the South is not represented on the list 1 The Star says there is no little suffer ing among the poor of Wilmington.' Ap peals -for aid especially, for fuel are constantly being raised at the City HalL, I ' . -The Charlotte , Democrat made this reference to it; " There were snow-ballings and sleigh-bells and yard trees wore the weird statuesqeness of snow-groves." . It is said that a teaspoo'nf ul of salt in each kerosene lamp makes the oil give a clearer and better ' light This is very simple and cheap, and is at least worth a trial. Prof. Ralpli H, Gravesof the Univer sity, has been compelled to take a furlough on account of nervous prostration. His physician thinks he will recover after a little rest iae peopie oi wiuiainston, in Mar tin county, are afflicted by seven plagues mumps, measles, itch, freshets, insur ance agents and lightning rod men. ' go says the Gazette. Those in need of evergreen or hot house plants of any kind . may have their wants supplied by : applying to Mr. A. B. Forest of this city. . See advertisement in another column. The Chronicle boasts that a Charlotte firm-is filling an order for one thousand pairs of pants for a Raleigh "concern." If true, it is a scandle. . "RnWV cV.,,7 make her own breeches. - The Wilmington Star regrets to learn that the condition of Dr. Bobbitt, who had a paralytic stroke some days ago, is very serious and that his physicians express but little hope of his recovery. - i i i . - The Washington Gazette makes this startling announcement; "Tom Stilley and Rufe Shelton both have twins.'' t We are acquainted with neither Tom or Rufe, f but they both have our sympathy. ' One-half the coffee , supply of the world is produced in Brazil, and one third of the coffee product of the world is consumed by the United States. The im ports last year foot up 526,109,170 pounds. The Landmark says the electric light and its handsome fixtures, in the dingy, dilapidated Presby terian Church at States ville, "has an effect something . like that of a diamond pin in the bosom of a dirty shirt" . CoL Eugene Morehead, of Durham, died in Savannah, Ga. Feb. 27th ult He was a son of the late Governor Morehead, and a native of Greensboro, but, for the past ten years or more, he has been a resident of the city of Durham. ; Georgetown College signalized the close of its centennial celebration by con ferring, the degree of LL D. . on . Secretary Bayard and others, and complimenting President Cleveland, Cardinal Gibbons and Historian Shea with gold medals.- -Dr. W. H. Bailey, one of the eminent lawyers of Western Carolina, has opened a law school In the city of Charlotte. He has had great experience as a law teacher, having taught with his father, the late Judge Bailey, for. several years before the war. ' - " "' ' ' " 1" " - We learn from the Durham Sun that N. M. ,Wiiliams6ri,' a leaf tobacco- dealer of .Winston, a few days ago shipped four car loads of leaf tobacco, billed through to Europe, v This is said to be ; the . largest foreign shipment ever made from that point ' The Texas Gazette, on Monday the 25th ult, published reports from sixty-five counties on the condition of winter wheat The general condition is good ; 42 counties report increased acreage of from 10 to 40 per cent; 5 the same as last year, and 15 a decrease. .".'..'.. " Mr. Burns, representative from Mis souri, was reported to the Senate, Mon day, Feb. 25th, as dead. The Senate ad journed after adopting a resolution of sympathy for his family. C. F. Booker, Of Missouri, qualified as his successor in the House. The lower house of , the 21st Legisla ture of, Texas is composed of 57 farmers, 25 lawyers, 6 merchants, 5 doctors, 11 editors, 6 stockmen, 2 schoolteachers, 1 civil, engineer, 1 blacksmith, 1 wool grower, .1 land agent, 1 book- keeper and three gentlemen. . , 1 German hard-head cabbage is on sale in the city of Winston, 'according to thel Dailtf. There is no duty on vegetables and the tiller of the soil has no "protec tion." The Greensboro Workman says the next thing will be turnip salad and garlic from Egypt We hope the telegram sent by onejof our Senators to a railroad official at Wash ington, in regard to the new commission bill he thought would be offered Satur day did not hasten his return to Raleigh,' since the gentleman who intended offer ing the bill has changed his mind. The inauguration of President Har rison took place in Washington City yes-; terday at noon, amid a grand display of pageantry. The inevitable "inaugural ball," which took place last night, is said to have been the mosc gigantic thing of the! kind ever witnessed on the American continent : -The new hotel tt- Piedmont Springs' is approaching completion, and Will be in; readiness for -the 'summer visitors. The Post does not think the opening of this hotel will damage the Danbury hotels in the least, but believes that greater hotel accommodations will draw larger crowds to the springs. :','.,''. 'I' .' 'Senator Palmer, from the, committee on agriculture and f orestry,Vnas ; reported favorably an amendment to the agricul tural appropriation bill, giving the secre tary of agriculture $100,000 with which to continue the experiments in the pro duction and manufacture of sugar from sorghum cane and beets. : J The Danbury Reporter mentions the fact that the hotel men of that town put up 'some good ice a few days ago, and says, "although but two inches thick, it was smooth and solid as a brick and had been formed on the clear mountain stream as pure as ice can be." This must be a rare quality of ice. The railroad commission bill as passed to engrossment in the Alabama Legisla ture, provides that the maximum rate per hundred pounds per 100 miles be 30 in stead of 40 cents ; reduces the number of commissioners from five to three and fixes their salary at $3,000 each and provides for a secretary at a salary of $1,000. In the town of Goldsboro, on Thurs day last 27th ult Howard Anderson was hanged by the neck until he was dead, for the murder of W. H. Porter, in July last He was the first white man ever hanged in Wayne county, arid made no confession. The Goldsboro. Rifles were on the ground to preserve order. Gov. Beaver in his recent message to the Pennsylvania Legislature said, under the head of agriculture.' " Farmers are , urged to investigate the culture of the i sorghum plant, in order that it may be ascertained whether or not the three hun dred million pounds of sugar used in the. State each year may not be produced at home." The young1 Emperor of Germany, although receiving an annual salary of 13,250,000 marks besides immense sums from rentals and landed estates, has po litely struck for an increase of salary, arid an addition of 3,500,000 marks have been agreed to. How many of his needy sub jects would this, support? Is such ex travagance honest T ' . The Jonesboro Leader says: "Our cotton mill is here I Ail the cars are being unloaded and the machinery is being rapidly ' set up.HMr. -Webb states that he will have it spinning cotton inside of thirty days. The shut tle block shop will start up with a stock of timber of so good a quality as to sur prise its projectors. A few days ago, in the citj of Man chester, Eng., Mr. E. J. Hale, olFayette ville, who is now U. S. Consul' stationed at the former' city, was banqueted in magnificent style, Lord Edgerton, of the British peerage, presiding. We doubt not the urbarie and accomplished Caro linian was equal to the exigencies of the occasion in all respects-. .- . The Lincoln Courier . is responsible for the following remarkable statement! "One day last Week a negro boy of this place was eating out of a pot, When ariother negro told nim'to 'lick.it like a dog.' He did so, but got his head fast ened in the pot and could riot get it out. He ran all about hollowing and crying, and at last the pot, had to be broken be fore his head could be unfastened." The Daily Sun is the name of a new paper just started at Durham, by Mr. Jas. A; Robinson, formerly of the Winston Leader, the Charlotte Chronicle, and the Durham Recorder. The paper is nicely printed, contains more matter than ought to be expected, for the price charged, is edited, with Mr. R's usual ability, and Durham will stand very much in its own light if it fails to give it a liberal support Evangelist Pearson will commence his Greensboro meeting May next, under a tent The tent idea has never taken well in the South. It is too suggestive of 'a circus and nearly all such attempts haVtJ been failures in consequence of the danVpeT thrown over them by the surroundings'. It would, indeed, seem that even in the matter of revival meetings there should be some regard for the " eternal fitness of things." The editor of the New York Graphic, who laughs at the king, or whomsoever else - he pleases,' and whenever he pleases, asks,' "What's in an executive name?" and then proceeds to say : " The Governor of Illinois is a Fifer; of California a Water man ; of Arkansas, an Eagle ; of Colorado, a Booper, and New Jersey has a Green executive. A Fowle cackles over. North; Carolina, and a Beaver works for Perini sylvania." j 3 The "Baptist Year Book"; says that twelve years ago the Modoc Indians were uncivilized heathens. Now they are a comriiunity of industrious farmers, with half their number professing Christians. It cost the United States Government $1,848,000 to care for 2,200 Dakota In dians seven years, while they were sav ages. After they were Christianized it cost for seven years $120,000, a saving of $1,728,000. ! The distinguished platform orator, Rev. Thomas Dixon, of the city of Boston, a former pastor of the Baptist Tabernacle of this city, will deliver a lecture in Met ropolitan Hall on the nigh of the 7th inst.,! on then subject of "Backbone." Just what he will say on this suggestive subject, and his manner of! sayirig it,; is -exciting the! curiosity of the average Ralelghite, and he will have ' a packed audience. Gf o early, in order to get a good seat u -r-The ." stock-law " question is agitata ing: the people of Stokes. The Danbury Reporter says: "We learn that it is a say ing among some of the more savage half civilized, lawless children of the devil, that if the stock law fence is built at certain places, their stock injured in honest men's enclosures, etc., that the "Red Cow" will be turned loose,- meaning by that that the fire brand, or torch, will be applied to lick up fences,1 buildings, or anything else that may furnish food for flames." State Librarian, J. C. Birdsong's second biennial report has been received. It says " only about two hundred volumes have been purchased during the past two years, and these largely relate to the Collonial History of the State." " There have been added from purchases, dona tions and ex'change 1,465 books and pamphlets." There are twelve magazines and seventy-two newspapers . received regularly, which are preserved and bound as the volumes are completed. He reports a steady growth of interest by the people in the Library. The American Agriculturist warns the public against the too free use of cot ton seed meal, as feed for cows and young cattle. It warns against feeding it to pigs in any quantity at all. It says it should never be fed to cows in greater quantity than two pounds per day, and not that much when the cow is approaching the time of dropping a calf, as by its great strength and high nitrogenous quality, it mayr'cause -abortion, or bring on a fatal disease of the kidneys. Its cheapness is 'a 'temptation to too free use of it, in which case much harm may be done. . The Winston Daily is glad to learn that the Mt Airy bank suspension was only, a temporary matter, and was the result of unnecessary excitement about its stability. It is true its doors were closed for a few days on account of a heavy run made by its depositors, but -this was only teinporary. On Wednesday the bank re sumed business, announcing its ability to meet all obligations. There has been a slight change in its officials. Mri W. Fulton has been elected President "upon the resignation of Mr. Mathews. '.. Mr. J. M. Nelms is still retained as Cashier, ; ' 7The Elizabeth City iafcon sees poer to make this ' complimentary allusion-to our paper: We did not recognize' The Progressive Farmer jet its new dress, it was so enlarged and improved. The farm-! era of this State are - to he congratulated upon having such an excellent . paper We ; wish: the paper and the farmers suocessjn their efforts to build up their interests. We have" always worked for the advancement of the agricultural interests of our section i fand State, arid rejoice to see the ' farmers prosper. May our County' Alliance be all that its warmerst adherents hope and ex pect it to be. .The United States Senate, by procla? mation of the- President, convened in extra session yesterday for the1 purpose of participating in the' "inauguration cere monies. The wording of the proclama tion 4s as f olio ws : " Now, therefore, I Grbver Cleveland, President of the United States, do hereby proclaim and declare that , an extraordinary occasion requires the Senate of the United States to con vene at the Capitol, in the city of Wash ington, on the 4th day of March next, at 12 o'clock noon, of which all persons Who shall at that time be entitled to act as members of that body are hereby required to take notice." -The people of Fayetteville are pre paring the "cotton platform" and other wise arranging for the Pearson revival meetings which are to be held there this spring. It is a strange fact that in this day of Christian enlightenment, when every city 'and town has its spacious houses of worship, no regularly established, place can be found large enough to at all accommodate the great crowds who flock to hear this wonderful preacher. And yetj in a day's travel you Will not find a more unprepossessing man, in appearance. But of one thing be assured if you hear him xn you -will hear him again. ' Mr. George W. Hinshaw tells a repre sentative of Winston Republican that there is now one thousand hands at work on the Wilkesboro and Mocks ville extensions. Track laying has been completed to Rural Hall and extended at present date one and one-half miles beyond. It is the intention of the Richmond & Danville Company, to transfer the High Point & Asheboro force to the Wilkesboro line at an early day and to complete the Road to! Wilkesboro by Februarv, 1890. These are encouraging facts and will be good news to all along the line. The company can; complete the road if they feel so disposed! and it certainly seems as if this is their in-: tention. We are informed that there is a man in Anson county giving his name as J ohn J. Williamson and stating that he lived in' Raleigh some years, was County School Examiner, &c. He professes now to be collecting money, from the English Gov ernment for the descendants of the people of North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia, whose ancestors in England hare died. We have received inquiries about him, in answer to which we have to say, we know nothing about him, and cannot find out anything about him in Raleigh,' except that no man by that name; was ever County School Examiner of Wake county. Make him show his cre dentials before you trust him. ; The New York Indepen dent gives this1 unique picture of Amelie Rives, the author' of " The Quick or the Dead ": " The face ancf head are small and well shaped, the nose a high, straight line, coming down to. meet a mouth and chin full of character,; the lips well shapen, and the chin firm and square. The eyes are the great beauty of the face, dark, and long, almond shaped enough to remind one of Eastern eye3, and with long, dark lashesr and finely marked dark brows. The forehead was shaded by a curly mass of golden-brown hair, the rest of it was irawn back and knotted, although that could not be seen, as the face was a full face, turned a hair's breadth at the chin, so as not to stare squarely at one. The throat rose in clear lines above fair shoulders, and one arm lay at her side while the other held a fan. It was a very pleasant picture of a beauti ful woman." A correspondent of the Statesville Landmark gives the following caution concerning electric light wires : As we now have the electric lights would it not be well to remind the people, and espe cially the children, thai danger lurks in an electric light wire? The wire is covered ; with cotton or' thread that works all right when dry, but that, when saturated with i water, ceases to insulate. It is .death to touch an electric light wire in wet weather when the current is on. This cannot be too strongly impressed on the minds" of the people. vNot long ago an electric light wire of the electric railway in Mont gomery, Ala., dropped in front of Gov. Seay's carriage. It fell on the horses and they were instantly killed. A little dog ran up to see what was the matter and smelled the end of the. wire ; as soon as his nose touched it he was dead. It is very important that chil dren should know the danger and be warned in time." . . John Powell's "squib" factory at Plymouth, a mining town near Wilksbarre, Pa," was blown up on the 25th ult, and many lives were lost. A "squib" is a sort of sniair cartridge used by the miners in looseriing coal. In this y squib u factory there were employed $4 girls, aged from 12 to 20 years, 'and several male workmen. While the ma jority were absent , at dinner, at noon, about twenty remained in the building eating their lunch, when a terrific explo sion startled the neighborhood., People ran to the' factory and found it half de molished, in the flames, and the bodies of several girls were visible in some4 of the rooms. A number of miners rushed to the aid of the girls but a second explosion at that moment caused the building, to collapse.' "The miners .were staggered for a moment, but they. s,oori had everybody, living and, dead, oujtof the wreck. Ten girls are dead so tfar and one man, killed and one. badly - injured. - The latter .was Powell, proprietor of the factory. Several kegs of powder exploded, but there is no Explanation as to ; what set them off. The Truckers' Association of Clinton, Sampson county, N. C, is making an effort to procure the organization o a State Truckers' Association, andjit is to be hoped the' iriovement will .-be - successful. Such an association would-be of great advant age to the vegetable and fruit growers of our State. The circular letter before us, concerning the movement, says "the ad vantages to be derived from such an or ganization, with a central bureau of cor respondence, are threefold: 1st. We could be informed as to the reliability of con sigriees to whom shipments were made. 2d. We could advantageously diversify the trucking crops by knowing what other sections were planting, and also be in formed as to the prospective market for the various crops. 3d. We could ship so as to realize a better profit by knowing to what points on a certain day other places were shipping. Through the want of such information and a system of co-operation,. fully .orie-half of the trucking crop is lost is that the truckers of the different Iocali ties of the State hold meetings and estab lish local organizations, that will send delegates to a meeting which is proposed to be held at Clinton on the 6th day of April next, with a view to establishing a State Association. ALLIANCE RESOLUTIONS. - Ellis Alliance, No. 1,408; Rowan county," by resolution, requires each mem ber to devote three days in the moiflh of February to making compost on his farm.: At a regular meeting of , Bladenboro Alliance, Bladen county, it was " Re solved, That we will buy no fertilizer, of any kind, unless we get it through the regular authorized agency of the Alli ance. ; ; ; - Resolved, That '-Goldston Alliance, No. 342, of Chatham' county, N. C, con demns the act of the present Legislature, in appropriating public funds to defray the expenses of the inauguration and in augural ball, and that we endorse Senator Payne's bill to amend article nine, section two, of the Constitution. '' Winslow Alliance, of Harnett county,' on, the 1st inst., passed the following:; Resolved, That we will keep the business of Alliance to ourselves, in order that our( enemies may not deteat our purposes., And, second, that we will not trade with any house or firm who refuses to sell directly to Alliance Agents. At a meeting of Town Creek Alli ance, , Rockingham county, held on the 23rd inst, the following resolution was adopted: Resolved, That we of Town Creek Alliance, No. 664, request The Pro gressive Farmer to ask all Sub-Alliances in the State of North Carolina to make out a list of guanos to be used by-them this season, and forward the same to our State Agent at once, that he may be bet-' ter able to show to the guano companies the magnitude of our purchases for this season. , ' ' The Business Agent of Franklin county having tried the manufacturers of Stonewall castings to purchase a bill of plows, castings, &cM was refused by thefr agents, who charged more for casting in lots of from $35 to $75 worth, than Alli ance men have been buying at from retail merchants, whereupon the , following resolution was adopted: Resolved, That we, the members of Poplar Spring Alli ance, No. 292, pledge ourselves not to buy a single Stonewall plow during the year 1889, nor Until the manufacturers agree to sell direct to the Alliance from foundry at wholesale prices. . Jackson Alliance, No. 1,272, of Union county, at a recent meeting passed the following preamble and resolutions : Whereas, The farmers of the State of North Carolina are, and have been, de frauded by the manufacturing and selling of shoes, partly constructed of paste-board and other worthless substances ; therefore be it Resolved l$t: That said business be denounced as a fraud upon the people. 2d. That a general petition be sent to the General Assembly requesting that a law be passed to protect the people. 3rd. That a copy of these resolutions be sent to The Prooresstw T? tion, and request all Alliances throughout the State to join in said petition. Vf HiUs Chapel Fanners' Alliance, Nou 852, Lincoln county, at its last meeting,1 passed the following resolutions : r. solved, That we ascertain through Tmfc Progressive Farmer if there is a law ia existence for the punishment of persons forming trusts, pools and all sorts of com binations against the prosperity and wel fare of the farmer. 2nd. That if such law does not exist, that we ask the Legisla ture of North Carolina to pass some law for the protection of the farmer against such conspiracies. Yes, the bill has just passed. Editor. , Resolved by Oak Dale Alliance, No. 332, that a letter published in the Atlanta Constitution, February 12th, 1889, and writteii by, John P. Fort of the State ot Georgia, is hereby acknowledged as an able explanation on the question of fertilizers and this Alliance desires.THE Progressive Farmer, our State organ, and the Smith field Herald, our county paper, to re-publish, the same, and our Secretary is hereby asked to send to Mr. Fort an acknowledge- ' ment of our appreciation of his efforts ia behalf of the farmers, of this county, with a copy of these resolutions. Rockfish Alliance, No.846, of Duplin county, at a late meeting passed the fol lowing : Resolved, That., r we., would b& -glad to hear from other Alliances in the State on the feasibility of starting a fei tilizer factory by the State and Countj Alliances, so as to be independent of trusty combines and the insatiable greed of specr ulators, and on. the great question of keeping up and improving the fertility of . the soilj which, in this country,, is para mount in importance to 'all others and ha who impedes'this great' object, to satiafe-' selfish greed, is no patriot, but an enemjr to the best interests of the country. Let us hear through The Progressive Farmer. At the last meeting of Cokesburjr Alliance, No. 134, Harnett county, the -following preamble and resolutions werev unanimously adopted : Whereas, Guana is claimed by the merchants to be higher than it was last year, and whereas, then is a constant forming of trusts and monop- , olies to' bear down on the farmer and rob him of his hard-earned living; therefore-, be it Resolved 1st, That we will notuso any standard guano that costs more than .-. 300 pounds of cotton, or any acid that 4 costs more than 200 pounds of cottonper -ton, to be paid in the fall. 2nd. That rather than pay more than above men- -tioned, we will not use a pound during ; the year 1889. 3r& That we will stand to and abide by the rules and resolutions -passed by this Alliance. At a meeting of Little River Alliance; No. 1,074, Orange county, held February . 23d, the following preamble and resolu tions were unanimously adopted : Where as, The fundamental principles of the Farmers' Alliance are united action, co operation and combination against middle men, trusts, rings and monopolies; there fore be it Resolved, That we this day,, in Alliance assembled, do individually and . collectively, without abridging our per sonal liberties or restricting our private . rights, pledge our support and patronage to the warehouse in the town of Durham, N. C, known as the Farmers' Alliance Warehouse, for the sale of leaf tobacco, established for the protection of our in terests and thei nterests of all farm ers and laboring men. 2nd. That we will use our honest sndeavors to persuade all of our brother farmers $o patronize the same, and that we will turn a deaf ear to the beguiling inducements Cf other houses to tempt us to divert our trade to them and by so doing thereby break down our institutions. 3rd.' That it shall be our chief end and aim to zeal ously and watchfully guard, protect, and uphold all our institutions, and that we will ' not give countenance or support to any organization, public or private, that by word or deed shall endeavor to damage or injure our calling as a body, and in the ' words of the Constitution, "granting honesty of purpose and good intentions to others, protect the principles of the Alii -ance unto death." DEATHS IN THE ALLIANCE. Secretaries of Sub-Alliances have re- -ported deaths among the membership, during the past four months as follows. In each instance, resolutions of respect .were adopted by the Alliance to which the deceased belonged and the same were spread upon the minutes : ' . - Bro. Malcom' Nicholson, of Underwood ; Alliance, No. 104, died near Jonesboro, , N. C, on Jan. 22d, in the 76th year of hia' age. ; Sister Ella Caviness, Villanow Alliance, died Jan. 1st, 1889. - j Bro. J. R. Barnes, !haplain. of Cleve land County Alliance, died on the night ' of Nov, 30th, .aged 34 years. ? Bro. Amos Evans, of Greenville Alii- -ance, No. 708, died on the 17th' day ' df - November,. 1888, at the age of 65 years, 5 - months and 13 days. '., : Bro. John D. McNeill, .of vNashvjllo . Aljiance, No. 103, Moore county, died November the 14th, 1888. ' ; Bro. Allen Manly, of Thunder Swamp ' Alliance, No. 444, died in Brogden town ship, Wayne county, on Dec. 1st, 1888, in j his 78th year. Sister Martha Johnson, of Cedar Creek Alliance, died on Dec. 23dj 1888. . Col. John Ashford, President of Clinton Alliance, No. 579, Sampson county, died "', Jan. 6th, 1889. Bro.'J. Q. Stevenson, of Elgin Alliance, No. 812, Iredell county, died on the 10th of January, 1889, in the 30th year of hia age. ' , Bro. Geo. W. Sykes, of Chestnut Oak Ridge, Orange county, died on the 21st day of November, 1888. Bro. Josiah Powell, of Gumberry Alli ance, No. 940, Northampton county, died February last Bro. Jacob T. Toung, of Rockfish Alii- ance, No. 846, Duplin county, died on the 27th day of Jan., 1889, in the 78th year.v of his age. Sister Julia E. Simpson, wife of Bro; Geo. W. Simpson, Salem Farmers Alli ance, No. 418, died Jan. 6th, 18S9, after an illness of only a few days. Also sister ; Laura J. Baucom, wife of Bro. Hiram. T. Baucom, died Feb. 6th, 1889. : ? Bro. D. J. Heigh, of Wightman Alli ance, No. 263, died Feb 21st, 1889, after an illness of three weeks, from pneu- . monia. ' . . ' '.' ' ' ' . I 1