-. 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county institutes withdrawn.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