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V THE INDUSTRIAL AND EDUCATIONAL INTERESTS OF OUR PEOPLE PARAMOUNT TO ALL OTHER CONSIDERATIONS OF STATE POLICY. Li RALEIGH,. N. 0., JUNE 25, 1889. No. 20 Vol. 4. - 1 OIRECTORY OF FARMERS OR GANIZATIONS. WORTH CAROLINA FARMERS' 8TATK ALLIANCE. President S. B. Alexander, Charlotte, Vice-President T. Ivey, Ashpole, N.C. Secretary L. L. Polk, Kaieign v. D. Allen. Falls, N. 0. Lecturer Dr. D. Reid Parker, Trinity College, N. C. Assistant Lecturer D. D. Mclntyre, Chaplain Rev. Carr Moore, Towns grille, N. C. m . Door Keeper W..H. Tomlinson, Fay ette ville, N. U. Assistant Door Keeper R. T. Rush, Mt Gilead, N. C. - Sergeant-at-Arms J. S. Holt, Chalk Level, N. C. State Business Agent VV. A. Darden. KXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE NORTH CARO LINA FARMERS' STATE ALLIANCE. Elias Carr, Old Sparta, N. C., Chair man; Thaddeus Ivey, Ashpole, N. C; J. S. Johnston, Ruffin, N. C. THE NORTH CAROLINA FARMERS ASSOCIATION. President Elias Carr, Ol(f ' Sparta, Edgecombe county. . B. F. Hester, Oxford, Secretary; S. Otho Wilson, Vineyard, and W. E. Ben bow, Oak Ridge, Assistant Secretaries. VIRGINIA STATE ALLIANCE. President G. T. Barbee, Bridgewatar, Virginia. r , Vice-President T. B. Massey, Wash ington, Virginia. . Secretary-J. J. Silvey, Amissville, Virginia. Treasurer Isaiah Printz, Luray, Vir ginia. . Lecturer G. H. Chrisman, Chrisman, Virginia. Asst. Lecturer J. S. Bradley, Luray, Virginia. Chaplain Wm. M. Rosser, Luray, Virginia. Door Keeper B. Frank Beahm, Kim ball, Virginia. Asst. Door Keeper G. E. Brubaker, Luray, Virginia. Serg't-at-Arms C. H. Lillard, Wash ington, Virginia. State Business Agent S. P. A. Bru baker, of Luray, Virginia. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. E T. Brumback, Jas. E. Compton and Geo. H. Chrisman. HARRY TRACY IN SALISBURY. June 11th, 1889. Col. L. L. Polk. Dear Sir: I write to say only a few words, as know you must be greatly annoyed with unbusinesslike and pointless letters. Harry Tracy spoke iri this town on Saturday last according to appointment, and gave us more tacts and fierures than I ever heard before in one day's speaking. I greatly re- gret that, being in the midst of har vest, and on short notice at that, the crowd in attendance was small. Had we only one lecturer of half his abil ity, his value could not be overesti mated in this section of the State. Can we not, in some way, get up some one in every Congressional, or better still in every Senatorial district, to make addresses and arouse the-people to a sense of their duty. God seed the time when the people may be thoroughly aroused and prepared to act. Inquiring the price of sugar in Salisbury, I was informed of a terri- rie rise in prices, the merchant saying .at the Alliance in the west had run e prices up. I rebuked my in 'ormant for hi a misrepresentations and made him feel very cheap Our Al liance, at its last meeting, ordered $50 to be sent to the State Business Agency Fund. Fraternally, J. A. Fisher. A WORD OF ADMONITION FROM A SISTER. Cedab Fork Alliance, No. 337, Lyman, Duplin Co., N. C, June 8th, '89. Mb. Editor: Please allow me space to say a few words to the sisters in the Farmer's Alliance. Scorn not to receive instruction from the humblest object that offers you its lesson. I greet you as worthy members in our order. Woman is the educator of youth and our co-student through life, and to be this she must acquire knowledge and wisdom. Education adds the greatest charm to woman; it is a companion which no misfortune can depress, no clime destroy, no enemy eliminate, no despotism enslave. An ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity. My friends, of all the instrumentalities for smoothen ing the wrinkled brow of care, tran quilizing the mind of the suffering in valid, for elevating the mind to higher ana nobler purposes, and for making Ufa happy, there is nothing more powerful than a home surrounded with the wealth of nature in perform. ing this 'duty. I must impress upon, your muxu me importance 01 tne dori. tion you hold. You will be foremost -a . . a . in advocating tne principles and car- rying out the objects of our order. To you will not only tnose conaecLeu with your Alliance look for examples, but those outside the gate will dili gently scrutinize each. Let me cau tion you that you keep the eye of the mind open among your members en courage improvement, and remember that nature's motto is onward. She never goes backward. 'Sisters, speak not evil one to another; bo kind to one another. Let us hold fast the profession of our faith. May woman be taught to be good managers par ticularly in rural pursuits, that when left without a protector she may not be entirely dependent upon the bounty of others; also remember, my -sisters, that favor is deceitful and beauty is vain, but a woman that feareth the Lord shall be prai sed. Many daughters have done virtuously; may you excel 'them all, be, therefore, free from selSshness. . If thine enemies hunger, feed them; do good, hoping for nothing again, and your reward shall be great. Love one another; be charitable, and impress upon your heart the teaching of this lesson. As for the first time have attempted to write, I will close. S. Ellen Sanderson, Assistant Lecturer. Monbo, N. C, June 12, '89. Mr. Editor: A line or two from Alliance, No. 431 (Shawnee) may in terest your readers. We are still living and working with unabated in- terest. Our Sub-Alliance numbers thirty in good standing, and we read, weekly, about one dozen or more copies of The Progbessive Fabmeb. And right here I will say, every mem ber ought to read it. Our Alliance endorsed the decision of the Bir mingham Convention in the exclusive use of cotton instead of jute bagging to wrap our cotton up in, and we ex pect to stick to it, if the jute were furnished to us for nothing. And I can say this much for the Catawbians, when they firmly plant themselves, it takes considerable lever-power to up set them. We believe in our motto: Un-things . essential, unity," And now, my brother farmer, when any man tells you that you " won t stick, tell him he insults you. It is said by the use of cotton bagging in place of jute, we'll have the advantage of over $6,000,000 back here for circulation. Now, armers, that is averyimportantf item in money matters, when we take into consideration that just after the close of the war there were $52 per capita in circulation against $5 per capita now. Our great need is some of the money, now in the hands of heartless speculators, who are letting it out on usurious and ruinous terms to those who are compelled to have it. Further, my brother farmer, I say beware of the itinerant agents in. festing the country at this season ot the year, with their smooth tongue inducing you, before you have time to think, to give them your orders, when you will regret in less than an hour afterwards that you gave your name, just as he would say for "its influence." Some of our women folks have to keep the front door thut and stay in the kitchen or back yard to evade them; some days there are three a day. I hear of one of our Alliance men, who has posted in large lletters on his front gate: "No agents admitted here." Pretty good for " Tommie ! " Brother, when he comes, tell him he hasn't found the man he was hunting for. And when he says, " just let me have your name for its influence, " say emphatically, no ! Catawba wheat crop is good most farmers say as good as they ever saw. The straw is short but the grain is fine, very fine. The wheat is mostly cut and in the shock. Fall sowing of oats are generally good spring sow ing short but stretching up consider ably from recent fine rains. Cotton small, but growing well now; some planted over, some replanted with peas, and some have a very good stand from first planting. Success to The -Fbogbessive Fabmeb. M. A. A., Cor. bnawnee Alliance, No. 331. The Southwest says: Another effort is being made to revive interest in the movement for a national bankrupt law. In view of the - fact that Con gress has been so successful in devis ing laws to make bankrupts, it is no more than right that it should bring its wonderful brain-power to bear on the subject of devising the most scientific and least painful luckuwu wi v4.101jus1.ii it ul mem. as a bankrupt manufacturer it has proved a magnificent success, and it is not possible that all of its talent runs in that direction, because it has turned out some mammoth specimens of arti ficial millionaires. ACTION OF MARTIN COUNTY AL LIANCE MEN. RoBEESONVILLE, N. C. Resolved. By X Roads Alliance, No. 1,058, Martin county, in regular session Saturday, June 1st, 1889, that we do hereby indorse and pledge our selves to stand bv tne action oi our national meeting held in Birmingham, Ala.. Mav 15 th. in adopting cotton covering - for cotton. Also, the ar rangements for books and advice as to cotton seed: and if any member of this Lodge refuses to stand by this resolution he or she shall be expelled as an unworthy member. Resolved 2d, That we urge upon all of onr members the necessity of tak ing stock as liberally as circumstances will allow to Dut up a cotton seed oil mill at as early a time as practicable, and that we ask all the Alliances, at our county meeting, to join us in this enterprise. Resolved 3d, That this Alliance offer a premium of $2.00 each to any one of - its members that may raise the most hay from crab grass on one acre this year: also, from grass and peas together. Resolved 4th, That this Alliance hereby accepts and adopts the act of issembly, entitled An Act to Incorpo rate the Farmers' State Alliance of N. C. and Sub-Alliance as its charter of incorporation, and the constitution by-laws, rules and regulation which may be prescribed by the properly constituted authorities thereunder. Resolved 5th, That these resolutions be spread upon the record in our minute book, and a copy be sent to The Pbogbessive Fabmeb for publica tion. Offored by J. R. Roberson, Business Agent. Smith's Alliance, No. 1,397. June 4, 1889. Mb. Editob: Having returned home after an absence of ten months, I had the pleasure of annexing my self to the honorable body above mentioned, which was organized during my absence.' I got to hear of it; the good it was doing, and the manner in which the people took hold of it, and I came to the conclusion that it was a good thing and there fore the first opportunity presented itself I joined. Our Alliance has been organized about seven or eight months. It was organized with 17 member and has kept increasing until it numbers about fifty, most of whom are male members; good, honest, hard-working, energetic men, who mean exactly what they say when they go into anything. The Alliance is gradually gaining ground every day, and the day does not seem to be very far distant when all the material in the vicinity will be taken into the Alii ance. We intend to make it a success by all putting our" shoulders to the wheel and moving thing3 right square on. It has been predicted that it will only last a few months or years and then it will die out, out we are going to prove such prophecy to be false. We farmers have been in need of something now for a long time to ameliorate our condition, and the Alliance seems to be the very thing we need. The farmers are looked down upon as belonging to an inferior class of beings, and those who have it, in their power treat them with contempt, This ought not to be; it is time that the farmers are having a showing, and if they don't take care of them selves no one else will look after their welfare. It seems as if they afe now fully aroused to a true sense of their duty, as well as necessity, and are determined to take care of "No. One." The farmers are determined that they will no longer bow in submission to the tyrant's command and wear the cruel yoke that has been dragging them down for many long and years. They intend to accomplish all this by working smoothly on, placing the strokes where they will count the most, with the Alliance banner raised high above their heads. There is a family in the above named Alliance , which is sick and unable to attend to their affairs on the farm, so at the last meeting a com mittee was appointed to see after the individuals and secure aid for them during their illness. This has been attended to and will be looked after until they shall have sufficiently "re cuperated to take charge of affairs again. At the last meeting of our lodge we had an election of officers which resulted as follows: President, Charlie Kimball. He was our former Presi- aent, out we did not thmk we could do better than to put him into the sanle office again, a3 he is wide-awake in everything pertaining to the wel fare of the Alliance. Vice President A. W. Foil. Secretary Wm. T. A. Kluttz. Treasurer Chas. A. Gobble. 'Lecturer Jno. D. Ketchie. Assistant Lecturer Jno. M. Free man. Chaplain Michael Beaver. Doorkeeper Jno. A. Ritchie. Assistant Doorkeeper D. A. Kluttz. Sergeant at Arms Jno. H. Gobble. Business Agent Jno. Beard. several or the omcers were re elected at our last meeting, but as was said of the President, we did not think we icould do better than put them back again. Respectfully, J. D. K., Cor. Sec'y and Lect'r. THE ORDER IN GASTON. Belmont, N. C, June 1, '89 - Mb. jlditob: Having been ap pointed Corresponding Secretary for Belmont Alliance, No. 1,341, 1 wil try and give you a few items from this place Belmont Alliance was organized in October, 1883, with ten charter mem bers, and has steadily increased to seventy-three members. We number among our ranks some of the best practical farmers in the county or State. Nearly all of the available materia in the community has been worked into it. We have made very good trade ar rangements with our local merchants, and have secured many other ad van tages in trading through the organi zation. Our members are fast waking up to the importance of raising the State Business Agency Fund. We have raised about $60 by cash and sub scription, which amount will be in- creased to more than a hundred. We were well pleased with the way the the Irmingharnr; Convention, handled the""" Jute Bagging Trust.'4 It now rests with the . meai bers of the Alliance whether their decision to. use no " Trust .nagging win oe a success or a failure. We would urge every Alliance in the State to take prompt action in this matter and stand firmly by the de cision of the Birmingham Convention Use no trust bagging if the bottom falls clear out of the trust and the top falls in after it. Shake off the shackles of monopo lies and trusts, i ou nave it in your power if you will but use it. Remember that voluntary serfdom is the most contemptible condition on earth, and that voluntary submis sion to wrong and injustice is the most degrading, and that all men or classes who knowingly submit to wrong and injustice without using their influence to correct it are un worthy of sympathy or assistance In conclusion, brethren, let us go to work in earnest and with a will "No fearing, nodoubtlns. oar order should know When nere stands our rights and yonder our ioea. Fraternally, S. IN UNITY THERE IS STRENGTH. Scalesville Alliance, No. 1,522. Mb. Editob: As vou have never heard anything from our Alliance, I beo srace to write von. We are vet o i. - - - j . r alive, (and as one brother said,) we are living at nome, ma King our own bread and hominy. Crops in this section are looking fine; wheat and oats, especially. Farmers are usemg less commercial fertilizer and more home-made manure for tobacco and corn, and are planting less tobacco. While talking with one of our country merchants on the subject of the Alliance he said it had about done its do; that it would turn out just like the Farmer's Club. He will fine out that we will not be clubbed out quite so easy this time. We (the Alliance) have come to stay. On one occasion, when a father wished to teach his boys an impor tant lesson, he took a number of small sticks and bound them together 'and asked the boys to break them, but not one could do it; but when he took one single stick they could break it very easy, xience tne lesson was taugni that if they would work together they were strong, but separate they were weak. In unity we are strong. So let us join in one common cause and wnrk to keeD down trusts and monopolies, improve our farms, beau tify our homes and bring this grand Old North State of ours to the front. that she may blossom as the rose. j Fraternally, Seoy. BROTHER- Justice Alliance. No. 1,063. Franklin Co., N. C, June 11th, '89. Mk. Editob: Dear Sir On June 7th, Bro. J. H. Medlin had the mis fortune to lose, by fire, his dwelling, kitchen and smoke-house with nearly all of their contents, which leaves him and his family in a very deplorable condition. He lost all his provisions, clothiDg, etc. ; saved only his beds and no bed clothing. Bro. Medlin is a hard working, honest and upright man and is a worthy member of the Farmers' Alliance. He is now thrown upon the charity of the Order and the people. He needs help and needs it now. Any aid or assistance your Lodge or any member can give him will be highly appreciated and thank fully received by him and his Alli ance. We have appointed a commit tee of three from this Alliance to re ceive and forward to him anything which may be contributed in his pres ent distressed conditio Those de siring to help him can leave what ever they give with either of the committee who are J. O. B. Alford, at Jackson's Mill; Sam. Faulk, at Bowden's Mill, and W. B. Bowden, near Cedar Rock. Those wishing to give money can send it to W. H. Stallings, Justice, N. C. By order of the Alliance. James Qualls, Pres. W. H. Stallings, Sec'ty. FROM ROWAN COUNTY. Mill Bbidqe, N. C Mb. Editob: At a recent meeting of Mill Bridge Alliance, No. 424, Rowan county, the incorporation of the Alliance was ratified, the consoli dation of the Wheel and Alliance was opposed and the following resolution: was adopted : J Whebeas, There is a combination now known as the jute bagging trust, which proposes to control the entiri trade of jute bagging at the expense of the cotton growers; and, whereaCJ we, the farmers of Mill Bridge Alli ance, think such combination injuri ous and unjust to the farmers of the land; therefore be it Rtsolved, That we use some substi tute for jute bagging, and that we do not buy a single yard of jute nor patronize the trust in any way until they reduce their prices to or below their former standpoint. F. W. Lingle, Cor. Sec'y. FROM HYDE COUNTY. Sladesville Alliance, No. 1,398. Hyde County, June 8th, 1S89. ' Mb. Editob: By request of my Alliance, I write you a short letter for The Pkoouessive Fabmeb. Our Alliance is situated near Sladesville, embracing the best and most fertile lands in the county. What I mean by best it is the most sure land. Our principal crops are corn and cotton, but I hope the day is not far distant when the farmers of this county, as well as others will plant more small gram ana raise more siock. snow 1 - A 1 Oil me a man that raises cotton and neglects other grain with the inten tion ot buying tne necessary grains which he may need, and I will show you a man who is struggling under mortgages and other difficulties. Our farmers use but very little guano. As a general thing they make their own manures. Our greatest trouble are, we don't spend time and make enough of it. Our Alliance numbers about 46, We still keep receiving them. We have dismissed several by dimit, among the number was our beloved brother, O. T. Credle, who moved to Lake Comfort, Hyde county. We not only miss him as our Vice-Presi dent but as a neighbor and a citi zen. JNOt many oi our Dremren nave ,T 1 . 1 il 1 as yet subscribed to The Pbogbessive Fabmeb, but, by the fall I don t think there is a member but what will. It is a necessity for the welfare and prosperity of all Alliances to have it. Why? Because in the Alliance work it is a lamp unto our feet and light unto' our path. It is impossi ble for us to be true, good, working, successful members without a good guide to knowledge; and in this paper we nave It. oo x say, uremreu, n it will do us good in our homes, and promote the cause of the Farmers Alliance, the fir3t dollar we get we can spare, less put it into . the editor's hands for The Pbogbessive Fabmeb. Respectfully E. A. Fobtsscue, Cor. Sec'y. P. S. At the meeting of the Sladesville Alliance, No. 1,398, held June 8th, the following preamble and resolutions were adopted and ordered AN APPEAL TO THE HOOD. sent to The Progbessive Fabmeb for publication, viz: . That inasmuch as the manufacturers of jute bagging are more fully prepared, than ever before to extort from the down trodden toil ers high and unjust prices for. their article; and as we believe it our duty, and as we desire and intend, by the help of God, to cut loose as quickly as possible from trusts and monopo lies, and as the use of cotton for bagging will tend to advance the price of cotton ; be it therefore Resolved 1st, That for next season we will use cotton bagging, and no other kind, provided it can be ob tained.. - Rtsolv9d 2d, That we earnestly invite the attention of our cotton brethren throughout the State to this important matter, so that we may, make a move in time and in the right direction to secure cotton cloth bag-ging- E. A..F. AN APPEAL FOR HELP. Wood Gbove Alliance, No. 404, Bear Poplar, N. C. Mb. Editob: Almighty God, in His mysterious ways, has seen proper to visit a large portion of the meiriBers of this Alliance, on May 26th, with an exceedingly violent and destructive hail storm, thereby almost totally de stroying their wheat, winter oats, cot ton and fruit crop3, together with their gardens and truck patches and badly damaging other crops. By this calamity, many who had to go in debt to provide for their fami lies and stock, until wheat and -oat harvest, are now left almost destitute and greatly need your aid and charity as well as your sympathy. Now, dear and fortunate brethren, come to our assistance. Give money, I wheat, cats or whatever else you can M divide with us; and be assured that whatever you contribute in this, our time 61 need, will be gratefully re ceived and acknowledged. Open your neart& purses, garners, ate, and Help us all you conscientiously can. Ssnd money by registered letter to J.' W. Miller, President Bear Ponlar. Rowan county, N. C; and grain and other freight to same at Cleveland, a station on the Western N. C. Railroad at the same time notifying him at his postoffice, as above named. W. L. Kistleb, H. S. Petbae, J. F. Stansill, Committee. The President or Secretary of each Sub-Alliance will please read or have read to their Alliances this appeal and take donations and subscriptions and forward as in appeal directed. W. L. Kistleb, Ch'n. While many of our citizens are laudably contributing to the. Johns- town or Conemaugh river flood suffer ers, we do hope that they will also lend help to those nearer home who have suffered and are suffering from the most violent and destructive hail storm ever known for the last of May. We pray that our more fortunate citi zens will remember and aid us in this, our time of great need and affliction, and the great God will surely bless them. W. L. Kistleb, Sec'y No. 404. FROM OLD CURRITUCK. May 29th, 1889. Mb. Editob : Our AllUnce, No. 1,249, at Coinjock, Currituck county, N. C, now numbers thirty-eight male members. We have not gained as fa3t as we should have done up to this time, but we are about through with our preparatory work and intend to roll up our sleeves and go at it in good earnest. Some few of our mem bers, I am compelled to say, are a lit tle careless in attending at our regu lar meetings, but they are all good and true men, and can be counted on any emergency. We have $20 raised for the Busi ness Agency and will send it as soon as we get $10 more. Money is a lit tle tight just now, but we think to . send in ours in July., I notice the snake-killing proposit on to begin at the head is a gook one, and when we put our money in manufactories and run them ourselves. We are certainly at the head. And when we start an insurance in our Alliance, on the plan I shall hereafter propose, we shall strike another blow at the money suckers that will, do away with many swindlers in our State and protect our wives and children when we are dead. I will write out my plan and send to you in a few days. x ours truly, J. F. Gabbenton. Salt and water clean willow furni- ture.
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