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DIRECTORY OF FARMERS OR GANIZATIONS. s gOBTH CAROLINA FARMERS' STATS ALLIAJfCK. President S. B. Alexander, Charlotte, N. G. Vice-President T. Ivey.Ashpole, N.C. Secretary L. L. Polk, Raleigh, N. 0. Treasurer J. D. Allen, Falls, N. O. Lecturer Dr. D. Reid Parker, Trinity College, N. C. ' - ' ,r ' Assistant Lecturer D. D. Mclntyre, Laurinburg, N. O. Chaplain Rev. Carr Moore, Towne- ville, N. C. Door Keeper W. H. Tomhnsoo, Fay- etteville, N. C. . Assistant Door Keeper R. T. Kusn, ILL Gilead, N. C. Sergeant-at-Arms J. S. Holt, Chalk Level, N. C. w t ' -' State Business Agent W. A. Daraen. ixBocrrrvE committee or the worth CARO LINA FARMERS' STATE ALLIANCE. Eliaa Carr, Old Sparta, N. CM 'Chair man; Thaddeus Ivey, Ashpole, N. C; J . S. Johnston, Ruffin, N. C. THE HORTH CAROLINA FARMERS' ASSOCIATION. President Elias . Carr, Old 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. Vice-President T. B. Massey, Wash ington, Virginia. ; t Secretary J. J. Silvey, Amisavillq, 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. Serer't-at-Arms C. H. Lillard, Wash ington, Virginia. x State Business Agent S. JP. A. Bru baker, of Luray, Virginia. - ry - EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. E. Brumjback, Jas. E. Comptpn and Geo. H. Chrisman; 'LETTER FROM ONSLOW. RlCHLANDS, N. C, Adam's School House-Alliance, ' No. 176, July 23, '89. Mb. Editor: As I seldom see any thing in your most excellent paper from Onslow, I will undertake to write you for the first time lately. The .Alliance1 in this county, probably, don't stand so high, nor increase in numbers with some other counties, but we mean business just the same. "We had a live county meeting and! considerable business done, notwith standing the weather was very un. favorable, for our county meeting sends Jen dollars to the State business agent. But I am Jiappy to say our lodge will double hat amount. The membership in this county is not in creasing, for the reason that the weak are dropping out, but the strong are continually growing stronger. The Alliance is an order that -will purge itself of worthless material. We have Tracy, hoping to see an appointment for this county. Hope you won't for get us, but will" send him down here, for we consider that such lecturing is essential to the success of the order. At our last meeting the following was endorsed: The action of the Legislature in re gard to the - incorporation, the action of the Birmingham Convention and the consolidation of the Allianoe and Wheel. ' Mr. Editor, we do not pass many resolutions, but our motto, is to fall into ranks and keep step, quietly inarching on as one grand army, meet ing the enemy and resolved to con quer or die. This is. the grandest effort the farmer has ever made to ward organization, and it is very plain for any reasonable person to see that a with long pull, a strong pull and & pull altogether success is urs; espe cially so, if we could have good lec turing in every neighborhood and The Pbogbxssivi Fabmeb placed in every family. We hope that every lodge in North Carolina will respond to the call of the business agency fund, so that business can be done through, that channel to the advantage of every Allianceman, for one of the great troubles in this county is making low priced cotton to pay for provisions at time prices. He who is a year's pro visions behind is likely to remain so wiuuuuu a gxeaii cnange. i ping oi this, my dear friends, and decide for yourselves. Now, a few words in re gard to. farms, and I close. The weather has been quite rainy through this section for the past month or lon ger, but, notwithstanding we have had some very heavy rains, I think the crops in the upper part of the county is a fair average. I would say in con elusion, ju3t as many th?js have said to the farming class of people, plant less cotton and more corn, peas, po tatoes, tice, cane and small grain, and this will enable you to raise more home manure, and the result will" be you will have home pork and beef, home flour, home syrup and home milk and honey, and"our wives will be et couraged and will probably hand you over a pair of home made pant occasionally. -This is what will put an end to mortgages and time prices, but be sure to arm yourself with The Pbogbes8ive Eabmeb for instructions. Yours fraternally," F. D. Shaw. THE PEANUT GROWERS. Somebton, Va., Julyl2, 1889. Mb. Editob: At a meeting of the Farmers' Alliance - for the- county of Nansemond, held in the town of Suf folk, on the 11th day of July, 1889, the following resolution was unani mously adopted : Resolved, " That a vote of thanks be tendered especially to The Pbo gbessive Fabmib, of Raleigh, N. C; the Rural Messenger) of Petersburg, Va., and the Weekly Toiler, of Nash ville, Tenn., for the obliging manner in which they have published the call of a meeting of the peanut growers, to beheld in the town of Suffolk, Va., on the 1st of August proximo, tmd also to any other newspaper that may have copied therefrom." , Fraternally, Fbed. W. Hunteb,. " Sec'y Nansemond Co. F. A. THE SOUTH CAROLINA STATE ALLIANCE. This body met ki the city of Columbia, on the 23 d, and trans acted much business of importance to the order. The order was well represented, but in the absence of any official report of the proceedings we are unable to give the memjber ship. The discussion of the bagging question shows a determination among the brethren over the border to stand loyally and faithfully by their interests, by adhering to the action of the Birmingham Conference. Most of the counties had already placed orders for cotton bagging for their crops. President Stockhouse advised a . practical, - sensible address. The proposed consolidation of the Alli ance, "Wheel and Union was endorsed. The body adopted a State Exchange similar to that of the State of Texas. The following is the list officers elect ed lor the year: President, A; T. Stackhouse, of Marion. Vice-President, the Hon. D. P. So journer, of Barnwell. Secretary, J. W. Reidville, of Reid ville, Spartanburg ceunty. Treasurer, B.'T. Taylor, of Chester field. " Chaplain, the Rev. James Douglass, of Fairfield. Lecturer, W. J. Talbert, Edgefield. Assistant Lecturer, H. McRae, Marion. . - - Doorkeeper, J. W. Kennedy, Wil liamsburg. . Assistant Doorkeeper, A. R. Walter, Horry. Sergeant-at-Arms, J. E. Jarnigan, of Marion." Member, of Executive Committee for the next three years, . T. D. Lancaster, of Spartanburg. Delegates to . the meeting at St Louis, Mo., were: J. Talbert, D. K. Morris, T. P. Mitchell, and J. E. Jar nigan and A. P. Sutler alternates. Bro. Ben Terrell, of Texas, was present and addressed the meeting. The Charleston News and Courier, commenting on the meeting and its -ciion, says: The sessions of the State. Alliance in Columbia on Thursday and Friday were marked by a spirit of harmony and industry which is rare in the pro ceedings of so large gatherings, and which enabled the assembled repre sentatives of the farmers to transact in an unusually short time a consider able amount of business of the first importance to their order. . There were honest difference of opinion about some of the questions discussed, but they were discussed freely and temperately; there was no idle wrang ling over any point, and the decision of the body was cheerfully accepted by all its members. This speaks well for the discipline of the organization, which could only be effected, of course, through the devotion and singleness of purpose of its members, and promises well for its success in the several endeavors upon which it has entered. The determined attitude of the State Alliance on the question of the permanent use, of cotton covering for cotton bales is encouraging, but it is evident that some of the Sub-Alliances are still strangely neglectful of T their own interests in this important mat ter. About 750,000 yards of the cot ton covering have been ordered for use in South Carolina, : but no orders have yet been sent forward from, a number of- the counties. The repre sentatives of the ; Sub-Alliances in these counties say, indeed, that they will send in their requisitions rapidly from this time forward; but there should -have been no delay that could be avoided, and every day of further delay is at the farmers' risk. Repeat ed assurances have been given that cotton bagging mills can , furnish all the cotton covering that is needed, and the full force of the National Alli ance .will be brought to bear to secure an eqitable "adjustment of the tare. The appeal of the State Alliance that every Sirb-Alliance shall endeavor to secure the use of the cotton bagging ought to be heeded, and acted on promptly. The cotton farmers must break the Jute Trust this year;, or ac cept its mastership hereafter. m . NEWS FROM BLADEN. v. Pine Lto Alliance, No. 910, Rosindale, N. C, July 1889. Mb. Editob: If you will alio w me space in your columns, I will write a few lines for publication. Our Alli ance was organized in June, 1888, with 16 charter members,, and we have never numbered but 25. "We have lost two members, one by death and one by suspension, which leaves us only 23 strong. We are moving slow, but all things considered, I think that we are doing pretty well. We are a poor community, not yet having our. farms in a condition to make them self -sustaining, but we are slowly gaining ground, and you may set us down as being in full accord with all the reat Alliance work. "We are fully aware of the necessity of co operation in all of our undertakings. We are having plenty of rain now and crops are looking very well at this time, more promising 'than for several years. - ' ' - . At bur annual election in June the following officers were elected to serve for the ensuing year: President, H. P. Clark,; Vice-President, JrH. Preest; Secretary, D. T. Perry; Treasurer, S. T. Buie; Chaplain, L. S. Perry; Lec turer, C. M. Eason; Asst. Lecturer, Alex. Patterson; Doorkeeper, J. A. Perry; Asst. Doorkeeper, J. J. Clark; Serg't-at-Arms, J. D. Thomas; Busi ness Agent, your humble servant. The selections all round I think very good except the last, which I think rather a poor chance. At our June meeting we passed a resolution requiring me to send $5 out of the funds belonging to our treasury to our brother trustee for the" business agency fund, -which I have done. . Our Alliance has paid by individual subscriptions $16.50 aid donated out of the treasury $5, mak ing a total of $2l.50. Very small amount, but the best that .we have been able to do as yet, but will do mor soon as we can. With good wishes - for yourself and The Pbo gbessive Fabmeb, I am, Yours fraternally, G. W. Benson. FROM COLUMBUS COUNTY. Macedonia, Alliance, No. 42, Cerro Gordo, N. C;, July 20, '89. ' Mb. Editob: -Having been ap pointed correspondent to your excel lent paper, and .seeing nothing in your paper from this" section, I will write to let our brother farmers know that we are looking to the interest of the Alliance. Our Alliance is over 66 strong in numbers, but our de-. termination that the Alliance shall succeed and the farmers be benefitted morally, socially and financially, is ten fold stronger. Mr. Editor, .1 am happy to say that the prospects for corn, cotton and, in general, all crops in the county of Columbus is much better than usual at this season of the year. .-God bless our brother farmers. Bro. Harry Tracy filled his appoint ment at White ville, in Columbus county, on the 16th inst. He spoke to a large crowd. He spoke , two hours or over, and I consider it one of the best speeches I ever heard. It was a regular revival of Alliance men. The general cry is send us Bro. Tracy again. Number 42 endorses the con solidation of the Alliance, Wheel and Union. Also adopts cotton cloth aa a covering for our cotton. With our best regards for the success of the Alliance and Col. Polk and his paper, I am, Fraternally, L. R. Williamson, Sec'yf Published by Bequest. THE UNIVERSITY. Prof. Alex. Mclver Writes of it Under ; Reconstruction. , Special f Tor. Stat Chronicle.-, Pittsboro, N. C, June 10, 1889. In your note of the centennial pro ceedings of the University published June 6th, you quote that part of the address of Hon. Paul C. Cameron de livered in Memorial. Hall, June 3, 1885, which purports to give the his tory of the University under recon struction. This extract was published byjthe TJ. S. Bureau of Education in circular of Information, No. 2, 1888. I may add that it contains in a con densed and mild jiorra statements made by the public press for the last twenty years or more, and it will, therefore probably be accepted as part of the history of the University. I must beg you, however, to give. ' THE OTttER SIDE A' IfEARING- was connected with the Univer sity during the greater - part of the period referred to; first, as Professor of Mathematics," second, as Secretary of the Board of Tiu3tees and of the State Board of Education by virtue of the office 6f State Superintendent of Public Instruction, which I then held. I had possession of the seal and all the. records of the University. I "attended all the meetings of the Board of Trustees and know every thing that was done - relating 'to the University and the intent with-which it was done. l ean therefore - speak that which I do know and testify to that which I have seen. . When the Trustees who were elected under the constitution of 1868 took possession of the University they found that its funds were lost, that its patronage was gone, that its most popular professors had resigned and sought other employments; that the remaining ; members of the faculty, conscious of their loss of patronage and want of funds, had tendered their .resignation to the former trustees, a mortgage had been given upon all the property of the University, including its 'oiiifdings arid : ground sfo secure the payment of large debts improvi dently made to the amount of ninety thousand dollars or more; the land scrip which had betm- transferred to the University by the Legislature had been sold at half its value fifty cents an acre, while in the other States it had been sold at a dollar an acre, or more, and ten per cent, of the ' price" received had been used. What coujd lhe trustees do? They could do nothing unless they could first undo what the former board had done. They first decided to set aside the sale of the land scrip. In this they failed. They next attempted to set aside the mortgage. They em ployed Mr. Ed. Graham Haywood to bring suit in the Federal Court, for this purpose. This suit remained on the docket four or five yeais. Mr. B. F. Moorej -trustee for the-creditors undeV the mortgage, brought suit to foreclose. "Well do I remember when by the order of the Board of Truseees, I employed Judge Fowle to resist the order of sale. , The order, however, was made and an appeal was taken to the Supreme Court of the United States. Treasurer Jenkins and my self giving the- appeal bond. Well do I "remember also when, at the fall term, 1874, of the Federal Court in Raleigh, Chief Justice Waite rendered the decision in the case brought by Mr. Haywood and made a decree set ting aside the mortgage. This decree was the first light that dawned upon the University after the dark night brought upon it by the management of the former Trustees. If, as Mr. Cameron so eloquently expresses it, the shadows of a dark night were falling around President Swain and his faculty, and tlje object of their care, and preparing for them a painful exile from homes, honors, offices and altars, the shadows. of that night fell from Mr. Cameron and his management and not from that of the new Board of Trustees. But who constituted the new board? If you examine the list you will find in it the names of Chief Justice Pear son, Justices Reade, Rodman, Dick, Settle, Buxton, Tod R. Caldwell, By num, Barringer and others of no less honor in North Carolina. These are the men that rescued the property of the University from the grasp of its creditors. These are the men that Mr. Cameron, in his address, has been pleased to call " unknown men." These are the men from .whose control the University was taken in 1874 by an amendment of the State Constitution, and returned to Mr. Cameron and his. present Board- of Trustees, called in the address referred . to, " the true sons of Nojth Carolina." No tablet I. in Memorial Hall perpetuates the memory of their services. No cup of honorwaa pourM for them at the re-, cent centennial. But they are all go' d and true men as true to the best interests of North Carolina as ever drew the breath of life. It may not be proper for . me to allude to the faculty elected in 1869, as I was one of them. I -will, how ever, say that they were good men and trueK as well qualified for their respective positions as gentlemen usually are who ' are elected to fill similar positions. It was not their want of the proper qualifications that kept patronage from them. They be lieved with the trustees who appointed them, that it was wisest and best for the people of North Carolina, to con form themselves to .the policy of the general government as set forth in the Constitution of the United States and the reconstruction acts .of Con gress. Their offending hath this ex tent, no more. : " In conclutionj l may ask if it would not be better for the University and for the whole State if the spirit of toleration and justice toward all men and malace toward none should be taught and practiced-- more in the future than it has been in the past ? Alex. McIveb. FROM MADISON COUNTY. N July 13th, 1889. Mb. Editor: I will give the broth erhood a few dots from French Broad Alliance, No. 410, Madison county. N. C, to let them know that we are alive though very young. "We were organized February 18 th, '89, with 18 members; now we number between 60 and 70 members, male and female, and we have as good material as Madi son c,an afford. We have passed no resolutions for the public. I think we should keep our resolutions until we accomplish our object, then it will be time for the world to know what vre aim to do. We have subscribed twenty dollars the State agency fund, though orry to say there has not been any aid in yet. Money is scarce m our settlement, but it will come, every cent of it, and more too. I see. that there are some Alliance bacjid warehouses in operation m State and are doing a good feusi- ness. wny can t we nave one in Asheville ? Tobacco is the staple ofv estern North Carolina and Asheville ia tne market, uretnren, let us near om you on this question. LETTER FROM THE EAST. Windsor," N. C, July 25, '89. . Mr. Editor: -I have been waiting since November last for some brother who could wield a more fluent pen than myself to inf6rm .our sister-Alliances of the existence of Lone Star Alliance, No. 1,352. But being true sons of the Old North State, they seem loth to begin. We organized November 24th, T888, with 14 mem bers, and since then have'" continued to increase incumber until we now have nearly every man a our imme diate vicinity, who deserves the name of a farmer, a member "of our order. We now number '32 gentlemen and 14 ladies, and I sincerely hope and believe that the most of us are truly in earnest and are determined to stand by our batteries, especially The Pbo GRESsrvE 'F abu sb, as long as there is a shell to fire into the ranks of the enemy. I am sorry, though, to say that we have a few good men in our midst who either do not realize the importance and justice of our cause, or who fear to wound the tender feel ings of those who charge us exorbitant prices for such articles as they have for sale, and pay us the least pbssible price their elastic consciences will permit for produce we haveto dispose of, thereby Binking us deeper and deeper whenever an exchange is made either way. I hope the day is not far distant when the people of every occupation will have an' equal privilege with all others in pricing the product of their labor, and then those who are halting between two opinions and those who haye shouldered the burden but have grown weak and can no longer carry it, will be able to decide and be so strengthened by our success that they will join us, and be in anks at the final surrender of the mighty but de tested combines and trusts." We are all pure J eff ersonian Demo crats and shall so continue to be; but don't propose ever to give our sup port to any man lor the Legislature who is opposed to the railroad com mission, nor do we see how any one can, unless they have the promise of a dose of railroad pap. I think if the articles by Jas. F. Hudson were more 1, w vrjvAijr uisseuiiuaiea mere would De railroad commission in every State of the Union at the termination of the next session of the different Le-islal tures. ; We reioice to know- tw brethren of Indiana downed the twine trust, and purchased their twine 5 per lb. less than. those outside of tha order. K 4 We have determined to use no jute bagging if there is any substitute ob tainable; but owing to a scarcity of money and-a very poor prospect for the gro'wing crop, ain afraid that some of us will neither need nor be able ta obtain but little bierfriner of anv kind. A part of our members have paid $30 to the business agency fund and hope to send more in the fall, and con tinue to do so until it is established on a firm basis. May every pillar of the Alliance from the National Economist down continue to grow "in wisdom and bril liancy until their rays shall so illu mine our beloved country that one and ail may plainly see the path of duty, and with steady step and "firm determination, pursue the course thus mapped out until the great object of our order has been accomplished and we can at last feel and exclaim that our children are no longer in danger oi ine gainng yoKe or serfdom being placed upon them by a set of vile and unprincipled monopolists. Fraternally yours, Nottus B. Siwei LETTER FROM ROWAN. Elm Gbove Alliance, No. 966, July, 1889. Mb. Editob: Although I was re quested quite a while previous to thif writing to send you a few notes con cerning our lodge, I have neglected to do so," sickness haviner prevented. but will now endeavor to comply, and can say tnat we, as a Dana ot orotnen rifT? fori Yxr the t.ia nf tVio Alli'nfo nnA V W J W W W pB A- A A JL V V Mk - for the interest of the farmers and farm " laborers, are all on .board the same shippulling for the same shore, expect to do more and more until the principle involved Is carried out to the letter, which means the rights of the honest farmer will be adhered to and our demands for 'justice and modera tion acceeded to. ' Justice and modera- and happiness means moderate taxa tion and an economical administration something that the laboring masses, who are the farmers, have long been deprived of, and are now, but have'arisen to speak for justice. Every -farmer in these United States should say amen to this grand and . manly utterance. They should, unite their every effort be as one family. The younger men should seek the advice of their older and more experienced brothers, study economy, read more agricultural literature, keep pace with the tfmes, use improved machinery for lessening labor, cultivate less acreage, strive to terrace tneir nmsiaes, maKe a suni ciency of provender to supply their farms and tenants, steer clear of the one hundred and fifty per cent mer chant, live at home, let cotton be a surplus crop, and you will get just as 1. a - a a . i & .1 1 "11 1 1 v muca monev lor a two anu a nan million crop as seven and a half mil lion bales now bring, since this is a season of trusts and all .trusts are against the farmer and his interest Form a grand and never-ending trust, with every iarmer a member thereof with but one aim and determination to make the farmer's home a paradise, full to overflowing with a super abundance of all that is needed and useful m maintaining a farm and filling its owner's coffer with a suffi ciency of this world's goods, thereby destroying the foundation to the many trusts springing up" daily to keep the hard-ridden farmer submerged in debt and dependent upon the mer chant and usurious money-lender, who charge unreasonable profits or in terest. - Such a grand old country this will be when Me farmers do unite their energies and pull together until this end is attained and trusts are known only as a thing of tEe past. I can also state that we heartily en dorse the action taken in Birminghaci concerning the ' bagging trust, and hope they will sink beneath the waves of oblivion, never to rise again. J UI lU.V2.it iUi Ai tOUd n; liV, iUi UiT cussion now is the policy of a State Exchange, and also one for the county.- But I will give you fuller 'details of this in the future, when the sabiect has been mere thcr- oughly discussed and investigated. . : ' Sam'l Rotheock, Jr., ' : " ;a ' v . : Cor. Sec'y.
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