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DIRECTORY OF FARMERS OR
GANIZATIONS. RORTH CAROMKA rABUXBS STAT1 ALLIAKCX.
'President Elias Carr, Old Sparta, w.U
Yice-President A. H. Hayes, Bird
town, 0.
Secretary L. IV Polk, Raleigh, N.; O
Treasurer J. D. Allen, Falls, ,N. G.
Tnror 'f hoft. Bs Lonff.
Assistan?Lectorer R. B. Hunter, Char
lotte, N. C. .
T J. RcotL
Door Keeper W. H. . Tomhnson, Fay-
etteville, N. C ' -
Assistant Poor . Keeper H, E. King,
Sergeant-at-Arma J. S. Holt, Cnalk
Level, N. 0.
State Business Agent W. H. Worth,
Raleigh, IN. C. ' .
HEOUTIYE COMMITTEE Or THI K0RTH CARO
LINA FARM EES STATE ALLIANCE.
S.' B. Alexander, Chariot e, N. C.
Chair uan; J. M. Mewborne, Kinston N
C; J. S. Johnston, Ruffin, N. C.
OEPICERS OF THE VIRGINIA STATE ALLIAXCE.
President G. T.Brbee, Bridge water,
Ya. .
Yice-Pres'dent iaj. Marm Page
T?rjmdon. Vfl;'
Secretary J. J. Silvey, Arnissille, Va.
Treasurer Isaian .rnntz, oconyman,
Va. ' " . '
lecturer J. D. Shepperson, Smithville,
Assistant-Lecturer P. H. Strode, Step
hen City, Va.
Chaplain Win. M. Rosser, Luray, Va.
Doorkeeper R Frank Beahen, Kim
ball, Ya. . . .
Assistant-Doorkeeper, G. E. Bnibaker,
Luray, Ya.
Sergeant-at-Arms Milton Pence, For-
' estville, Ya.
State Business Agent S. P. A. Bniba
ker, Luray, Ya.- - ' "
Ch'mn Ex. Com. E. - T. Brumback,
Ida, Ya. . " -
NEWS FROM WAYNE.
Walter, "Wayne Co N. C,
Aug. 19, '89.
Mr. Editor i I feel like I had done
but a part of my duty. I have not
seen anything from this point in your
paper.. I take it for granted that no
one has written anything for !youio
publish.
Since my visit over to Fayetteville
and having met so many, of the good
brethren there, and havings had the
pleasure of shaking the hand of that
great, noble man, President Macune,
and hearing his lecture,4 we have
grown several degrees in self-alliance
estimation. Our visit was not only
pleasant but profitable. "Werhad the
pleasure to tramp over the same
old streets that our grandfathers trod
a century ago.
The old city of Fayetteville where
Presbyterianism was preached two
hundred years ago and where its doc
trines are still taught a Mecca to every
North Carolina Presbyterian. We
wended our way up to Hay Mount,
one mile out of town to the west.
There we saw the remnants of cruel
war. One evening in March, 1865,
Sherman's cannons frowned down
over the city from this point and the
sun of Fayetteville's Confederacy
went down to rise no more - forever.
We stood and "listened and looked
while an old colored man pointed to
where once the different parts of the
old United States Arsenal stood, and
tell how Mr. Sherman scattered things
in a lively way. He told us that, he
was on that same hill when the earth
quake came, and he said that it was
more terrible than Sherman's army.
A good view of Fayetteville to the
east can be had from this point as it
overlooks the whole of the city.
Crops along the line of the railroad
to Fayetteville are very poor, or they
look that way to us. Nearly every
kind of crop has suffered by the con
tinued rains, and are in bad condition,
grass excepted.
Corn crops in . Wayne county are
generally better than they have been
in several years, but not so good as
was expected. On stiff, clay "lands
there is finer crops lof corn; on light,
sandy soil the corn crops are very dif
f erent. The large amount planted
will insure a full -supply for home
iin ,
wusumpuon. w neat - crops were
good: oats (fall seedinerV were fine:
spring seeding, light." Potatoes prom
ise well; the pea crop was never bet-
wjr; ixui nas oeen nearly a loss, - rot
ted by the rains. Cotton, oh kins:,
wiiaw oi. mee. mere is some very
uue neias oi cotton on stiff, clay land,
while that on light, sandy soil is far
below an average. Cotton is fully
three weeks late and shows but little
matured bolls, and has not taken on
a full crop of blooms. The yield de
pends very much on what the next
5? as t0 SettinS a faU crop
Should it rust like last year the crop
will be a very short one.
The Alliance is booming. It has
.become very popular and is often
consulted by those outside. - Good
Alliance men know how to answer
such inquiries. If yon are friendly to
the Alliance come inside; viU not a
friend just stand from under. The
Alliance has sat down to stay.
Home Alliance, No. 512, has 70
members on its roll, evary one solid
No jute "in ours; not as a gift.
On the 7th of Aritrust, Home Alii
ance held a barbecue ;pinic. Now,
brother, i? you had nevarbeen at one
f these Alliance dinners, we would
tell you . sotnething tttrout it. . You
may rest assured that Home Alliance
does not do things by halves, and
you can guess as ,to tn result, a
success, socially, which means a fulfil
ment of the first part of our order.
We have not said anything about
the State Alliance; we tnougnt inax,
Bro. L. L. Polk would lino w . how to
fix that part of the proceeding in his
happy style, and send it to trie world
through his. paper. When we say
world we mean the -whole earth and
the rest of mankind." If they do not
all read your , valuable . paper they
ought to. May your shadow never
be less until rings and trusts are no
more.' Your3 fraternally,
. - - Ji-H." Caldwell.
JUTE BAGGING IN GREENE.
We, the committee of the different
Alliances of Greene county, having
assembled -together to .consult the best
interests of the farmers of said county
in regard to the trust on jute bagging,
be it -
Resolved, That we reaffirm our de
termination to conform to the resolu
tion of the Birmingham Alliance Con
vention; that we will use no covering
for cotton except the cotton cloth, and
we request all farmers, whether mem
bers of the Alliance or not, to use1 no
jute bagging.
Besolved further. That all merchants
in the county be requested not to buy
any jute bagging for their trade, -and
we urge all members of. the Alliance
to patronize thpgiemerchants who buy
no jute bagging in preference to those
who do, and- we-s Alhancemen will
give the merchants, and farmers who
are not Alliancemen all the aid in our
power to produce the cotton cloth.
PRACTICAL SUBJECTS BY; A
PRACTICAL FARMER.
Wake Forest, N. C, Aug. 2, '89.
Mr. Editor: Will you, or some of
your farmer readers, with practical
experience, give us an essay on the
benefits and utility of annual clover,
more broadly known as crimson clover
or German clover? I have experience
with it of only one year. On last
September I sowed three acres : on
land too poor to grow the common
red clover; the last of April this year
1889 I had an abundance of fine
clover two feet high or higher wbich
was cut and let lay in "the mow one
day and then put into small shocks
and let it stand two or three days
and then put 'four or five of them to-.
gether in larger shocks and let stand
two or three days and then hauled to
the barn. It makes excellent hay
and makes it early enough for the
same land to be planted in corn ori
cotton or tobacco. My opinion is
from a short experience, that it might
be sowed on all our farming-lapd in
September and get off. an abundance
of feed in time to plant the three
crops corn, cotton and tobacco on
the same 'land and have all the
stubble and clover roots as a fertilizer
for the crops. -
The crimson clover seed will come
up if sown over the corn field or clover
field or wheat field or cotton without
plowing. The seed will come up
thrown out on the hard yard; indeed,
think they would come up if sown on
a flat rock, if in a - moist time. Am
satisfied we are not making the most
of it, and would like to learn of those
with more experience, such farmers
as Jesse Taylor, who, I understand,
has several years' experience with it
and is improving his land with it.
I forestalled your chapter of ad
vice on the cultivation of the turnip,
and had broken an acre well, fertil
ized Well, harrowed twice over with
a two-horse harrow, sowed , and then
rolled with a; "hand roller. By July
30th I had a stand (in three days) and
shall -expect to raise turnips enough to
feed eight or ten head of cattle,-hogs
and mules in winter. I have one acre
well prepared and manured and rich
compost enough to broadcast it, and
will, in September, sow in lucerne.
My experience With all the grass
family, rye, oats, clover , and all
grasses, sow in September," it gives it
a better crop by putting-ahead of
weeds in spring. '
. -: ' "S. M. Stone.
FROM FORSYTHE.
LawisTiLLB"'ALLiAjrCE; No. 943,
: ; ; ; Aug. 12, '89.
Mr. Editor: As I have not seen
anything ii your most excellent paper
from our. Alliance, . 1 will undertake
to give you a few dots. We had
quite an - interesting county ' meeting
and considerable business , was done
notwithstanding " the weather was
very" unfavorable. We endorse the
action, of the legislature in regard to
the incorporation and also the action
of the Birmingham convention, the
consolidation - of . the Alliance and
Wheel. We do not believe in many
resolutions but keep steadily march
ing on to rneet the enemy and resolve
to conquer or die. This is. the grand
est effort the farmers have ever made.
Organize, I say, and let us plan for
ourselves and - stop having so-called
sharpers to dictate .for U3. " Let us
pull together; pull -long and steady
and we will reach the top before
a great while. - We heed more good
lecturers in every - community and
The Progressive Farmer t in every
family would -be conducive of much
good in turning men from their evil
ways. Our lodge numbers 49 mem
bers. We have contributed $3(1 to
the business agency fund and sent it
to Bro. Graham sometime ago, but
have not . received our certificates
Will try and do more in the future;
would like to see the State Exchange
established and in , good . working
orders ' : ?'?
We have had rain, rain. Water
courses have been higher than they
have been for years. Great damage
to crops, mill property and bridges.
With much .success to Tps Progres
sive Fabmer,'! am, .
' - Fraternally yours," o -
. J. R. Hacser.
GRANVILLE RESOLUTIONS.
Ridgeway Alliance, No. 132,
..t, Aug. 17, 1889.; ..i
Mb. Editor: I take up my pen as
Corresponding Secretary, of our Alli
ance to let your numerous readers
know that we are not' dormant, but
alive to. all the. important interests of
our noble order. We concur with
the action of our conventions and pri
mary assemblages that have so firmly
made known their sentiments in con
demning the various .trusts and com
bines of the moneyed power, and do
earnestly request each member of our
numerous order to undergo some
sacrifices to unite and .refuse to pat
ronize them by using the articles so
greatly and unnecessarily advanced in
price as the best means of defeating
them." - - ...
At our last meeting the following
preamble and resolutions were unani
mously, passed and ordered to be pub
lished in The Progressive Farmer:
Whereas, We learn from different
sources of a large combine or trust,
entered into by wealthy manufactur:
ers of tobacco, which we consider
detrimental to the interests of both
producer and consumer of- tobacco.
and a flagrant violation of our decla
ration of principles and the spirit of
our free government, as it gives the
few power to control the -many, and
thereby increase their power and
strengthen their cords of anarchy and
oppression. Therefore be it.
Besolved. That'we as farmers and
producers will not calmly submit to
such gross, violation of our rights; that
we. will use all honorable means to'
subdue the monster : before he binds
us - tight by. the strong arm of his
moneyed power..
Resolvedy That we consider the inter
nal tax on manufactured tobacco and
the tariff on merchandise shipped to
us by foreign powers the first items
that require . our best efforts to have
repealed or greatly modified. v
nesoivea. l nat we insist ana ear
nestly request our representatives in
the" Congress of the . United States
from this State, at its ensuing session,
to renew their attacts and use their
best efforts to consumate this import
ant object, and- greatly relieve the
oppressed and diminish the great
source from which the oppressors re
ceive their power.' ;
Besolved. That we pledge ourselves
as members' of the Farmers Alliance,-
and earnestly request that all of our
order in this State and all oppressed
by these combines refuse to patronize
these mammoth factories in any re
spect ; that we discard their manufac-'
ured articles and urge our order to
he importance of establishing and
maintaining as many factories as pos
sible, and the consumers of tobacco to
sustain them by using their " article:
Be united, my brethren, and success
will crown our eflorts.
A. M. YKAZKy Sec'y. ;
CONVICT LAHOX.
Some months e'to, in . an article I
wrote tor The Progressive Farmer,
I undertook - to show how convict
labor could be jnadftvaluable to us.
I then stated that if the Convicts were
divided pro rata " among the counties,
and the County Commissioners, direct
the labor, and hare . them jrcpsir: our
roads and build? embankments ;long
our rivers and" creeks. andi,deepen
them, the value of such 'abor could
not be estimated in dollars and cental
- I shall not go ; over the- Atguments,
maae toenj ; not submit ? the data? or
statistics ! then gave ;but in thus .last
six weeks, I . h$ve been as. far west as
Morgan tonir as far.east as the Atlantic,
and from the' northern border as far
south as Fayetteville. and I have seen
.the lands along the -rivers and creeks
flood ed ; . the crops :in many places en
tirely destroyed in others so badly
damaged .- that: i the-yir crops ti are
abandoned v ii-i o'w- ?ri!.t'i-w?
J The real l .ss is ) hard v to estimate.
Time, labor, capital. all goneV and corn
will have to be bought and shipped to
us irora other btates.;i.i qtqe. t ;
This, buying; abroad- -impoverishes
us. Suppose for the sake, qf:: illustra
tion s that only 100,000 acres of our"
pest land has been overflowed.; i -At
a low estimate that means 3,
0 0 0, 0 0 Qi bushels of corn, : and you all
know what that aa worth We are
not, only poorer by . not having the
crop, but all the time bestowed on. the
crops, the feed andnseed, all! .this i is
gone, worth.; the ? crops. In ; other.
word3 we.aroi pooreri by , 4,000,00 (jf
for every .100,000 crea ; of ubottom
lands so overuowecL-u ?t :$ ttr2piM
I- think it is - about time twquj$
donating oonvict labor torailroadicor,?
porations. ;;TheyJare : growing rich, t
Lour expense htfenw iui.-n,t'i
;. We donate the j right of way, wo
contribute of ;pur; means to -buildthe
road 4 and, furnish the laboi: and:Pifter.
we have done all this they, -' charges you
two prces rf or brineins corn into the
State.viien" w& are almost on the vcrg
of starvation. . If the Mississippi river
can be banked successfully 1 cam sure
our little rivers and creeks can be.
It has been suggested that we use
our convict labor to -make guano.
That looks like a railroad "scheme to
nift. Who is to make it ? The State.
We ?ave had enough of State work
mdividuals then what benefit will
accrue to us ? - About the same that
comes to us from letting them work
for railroad companies. Besides no
one will contend that if work cost
nothing, that guano4 could be made
cheaper than it can be made now.
Steam-power beats convict labor, even
when you pay nothing for the labor,
only having to Jeed and clothe it. "
Besides the hard labor on a ton of
guano is less than $2 per ton, so that
at the best it would amount to $125,
000 for our State annually.
It would only be necessary to re
claim 4,000 acres of bottom land to
amount to as great a saving as to
manufacture all the guanos "used 4 in
our state. .
Let me illustrate ihe idea further:
If our rivers were banked as the Mis
sissippi Riyer is, the bottoms that are
now comparatively worthies 3 would
grow more corn yearly than we ever
have to bring into the Stated Thou
sands of other acres that are cultivated
yearly, but frequently at a great loss,
would raise hundreds of thousands of
bushels of wheat,- oats and com and
supply us with all the nay we need. r
If you will thin of the. vast amount
of J; money that yearly is sent outside
the State for wheat or flour, for seed
oats, for corn or meal, and for hay,
you. can readily see why we are kept
poor. .1 have said so much about im
porting mea that I am almost ashamed
to mention u again. . v ;
Is not this of sufficient importance
to arrest our. attention ? ' ': ;.
I would make the following sugges
tions, and' hope that our influential
politicians, who love the dear people
so much, will act on them, but I have
but little faith m them:
Let our Congaessmen and our Sena
tors (who it was said could get appro
priations so easily) ' instructed to
ask of -Congress an appropriation for
levees" instead of having dredges to
move out sand-bars. -
Build the Ievees"ahd the rivers will
clean themselves. - ;v
Take your ditches where they are
confined they cut deeper and deeper;
when they are shallow and overflow,
he water runs more sluggishly and
fills up quickly 3 ; ; r .
The writer had the pleasure or be
ing with CapC Eads at Granny, where
ihe Captain was interested in raining
galena, and was told by Capt. Kads
hat he had gotten his ideas of deep
ening streams by noticing the -action
of theat-cuttiB
Granbyi' Houccessf ally carried out
the idea in tho jetties "ih'the Missis
sippi Rivef.: r?yy&: -
' Ikt : us have? an appropriation for
levees if iTfcnner leaves any thing rin
the Treasury, r and ' when our Legisla
ture meets, let us put pur , convicts ,to
work reclaiming the wast places, n 5;;
"Sr rl iv -;,;-.:. -.;. r-Old Foot.
v"t.'-i;;:--' 1 !;;, -. ;-:'.; -
; Mr , Editor: My letter in The
Pb6g r essi ve .Farmer - of July 30th
has drawn out considerable comments
on the same and some contradictions..
Two peanut buyers told me that there
wasf profit 'enough on : peanuts atj the
present, prices. Another trust peanut
buyer said three, cents per pound was
the value i of pound of peanuts & and
all they ought to briDg. r - , : ;
; So with your. ind ulgence, I thought
I would give the cost of planting and
housing janjacrojqf jjeanuts as near as.
lcar from my, own personal : expert
en ce.: r. I thave pui the la'bqrjlpw, even
onClthe? Pauper labor; veiof. these
parts, and I have the average prod uc,
tion as high, as possible and higher
than the present, average production,
t have not iratih for, ploughing the
)urid hxi once and most , aU good
farmers treat it twice; have . said
nothing about roplanting ;which often
is one-half a inucbr touble ;as" the
plangjNeUhehare said br
madec ahyjallowance f or -oxtra trouble
and ;lbor,off
nor have 1 1 allowed anJtMgor;v lim
ing the lah'd tmd'ail peanut knd must
limed neither; rhay e' w'af'en in
cphsiertB6n that.'
but teams 'ail; tiier Jamd extra
teirKsr'&s lietf'ihef'lr for
thmto wortJffieo;
gone over once evey:to xveeks.
So you can see that peanuts at three
cents per- pound - meahs I6s?"to the
farmer everyitimeH And peanuts at
4. cents y per pound: means about pay
for his i work "nd that is alL And
'evenrthese prices-are more-thaDths
aristocratic monopolies are willing
that we should make. : r
The Southampton County Farmers'
Alliance at i a call meeting held at
Courtland on Aug. 16th, decided by
a unanimous vote to put them up a
steam peanut cleaner, and took steps
to. put the resolution into immediate
action. Fraternally, .,
A
r'. :;'" . R. M. Stennett.
NOTES FROM LENOIR.
Charity Alliance, No. 449,
Institute, Ni C, Aug. 19,"89.
-Mr. Editor: It seems .to me that
it is a reproach to our . members of
this lodge to read the number : of
glowing letters from other sections of
our grand old State, but .ne ver see
anything from home. - l ' ; -
We are. holding our? own pretty
well, I think, but, brethren, don't you
know, that . you cannot attend your
meetings in the fall and winter only
and be .good Alliance men ? . No, m
deed, you can not. -
And again don t expect when you
join the order to carry your ug and
mealsack; we havn't got any "Alli
ance'" molasses or meal on hand to
furnish you with at the'present.
I admonish you, brethren, pay your
quarterly dues promptly. How can
you expect your Secretary to make a
good report when you' have so signal-
ly failed to do your duty ?.A : y ;
Do you not Know, mat li. you piant
your crops and say that is an " Alli
ance " . crop it will never arrive at
goal for which you intended it. Be
cause .. - ' "''
: He that by the plovr would thrive,
; ' Himself must either hold or drive.
Brethren the taxes are indeed very
heavy, and if those laid on by the gov
ernment were the only ones we had to
pay we might more easily discharge
them, but we have many, otners, and
much more grievous to some of us.
We are taxed twice as much by our
idleness, three times as much by - our
pride and four'times as much by our
folly; and from these taxes the com
missioners Cannot ease - or deliver us
by alio wins an abatement. If .we are
industrious we shall never starve, for
at the - working man's house hunger
ooks m but dares not enter.
Into this our ereat undertaking my
friends some of the beat talent in our
land has been employed not only by
he men alone has pur success been
achieved thus far, but noble women
have taken hold with us as every per-
son should know. -
There a is -, in ! -every true woman's
heart a spark of heavenly fire which
les dormant in. the daylight of pros
perity, but which kindles vup and
blaze3 in the dark hours of adversity..
More anon. " 6,13,8.
1$.? FARMERS .AND THE DAG-
UIX1G TRUST.
Special to the AteocUred Prew.1
- Raleigh. N. C.. A no-.
k1
- Coj. L. L. Poik, President of he
Inter-State Farmers Association, re
turned, here to-day from the meeting
of that body at Montgomery. ' Jn an
swer to an inquiry as to the status of
the fight between the farmers and the
jute bagging trasy the Colonel said:
"It is approaching a crisis. The Alii
ance is encouraged- by the friendly .
action of the American -Cotton Ex-"changes--by
a constant accession of "
mills that are going to manufacture
the cotton' bagging and by the una
nimity and determination of the farm- -ers
throaghout the South to fight it
out to the bitter end. The Inter-State
Association, not an Alliance brgaoiza
tion, is solidly against the jute - trust
which has an active, shrewd, and
zealous ally ;in the cotton speculators
or gamblers in futures. They have
sold large quantities of cotton to be -delivered
in the early fall,, and they
m.dreadfuUy..
being, held back by . farmers and the
price is advancing,; and to-day, it is a
singular fact thatjhe spot. cottons are
actually selling at higher figures than
their , contract prices. These men
must have cotton or they are hope-;
lessly, wrecked. , They have sold and
they .must deliver; hence they are put;
ting forth 1 powerful efforts : to force
cotton onVthe . market, v; It' is. ludicrous;
ibreadftfe
bogus - letters, , now - crQwding- the
CojmWofthe daily papers. 7 They!'
magnify .th; growing j Grop f' and hold
up presehf prices, and claim, that theyi
must decline! v They parade the non
action ot the Liverpool Exchange and"
positively assert, that it will not recog-!
nize the cotton . bagging. If the Liver
pool xchangejhasjso declared, I have
failed if see the bjEcial announcement
We : da not "expect the co operation of,
Xiiyerpool until it is f orced, ; English;
capital,' English shipping and English
manufactures -im
tors,- of course, are all interested in"
the perpetual use of jute; but all this
commotion in the cotton circles in
Amerfca; is the work of gamblers in -futures,
who have millions at stake
Lalid who are now standing face to
face with financial ruin. They donot
care how cotton is wrapped, for the
terrible Teality stares them in the face,
that they must have sufficient cotton .
to fill their contracts and they must
have it quick So desperate have the
speculators become, that they already
have sgents travelling from farm to.
farm in jsome Southern States, offer
ing to buy cotton, and advance money.'
This.isa struggle, not for a temporary
triumph, over the bagging trust, but
one for a great principle, and we will
not relinquish the fight."
FROM OLi) GASTON.
Pleasant Ridge, N. C, Aug. 26, ,'39.
Mr. Editor: I write tct, inform
you that Pleasant Ridge Alliance, No.
1,207, is moving along with the faith
fufr We began September, 1888, "with
five members; we have now thirty
two of the best of ' members. We
have .all contributed liberally to the
State agency fund. We have a seal
and are doing business in a business
like manner. We are establishing a
Farmers' Alliance store and expect to
hire a business man to run it for us.
We are also establishing a cotton, ex
change and hope to elevate the price
of cotton this fall. We had a grand
Farmers' Alliance picnic on August
24th, and speeches from the following
gentlemen r Dr.. W. H. Wilson Milt,
O. Arrowood, Beaty Smith and Jonas '
Stroup. Music for the occasion by the
Clover Cornet Band. The speakers
addressed the audience wi th great
power and effect. The audience con
sisted of about five . hundred , men,
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