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j c5 northwesterly gales p , he Atlantic cciw-;-- Vol 5- rS NATIONAL FARMERS' AL- UNION. President L. L. Polk, North Carolina. Jdress, 511 9th St, N. VT., Washington, Vico-Fresident B. H. Clover, Cain- nr'd-e Kansas. Secretary J. H. Turner, Georgia. Ad iress, 511 9th St, N. W., Washington, 0 C Treasurer W. H. Hickman, Puxico, Missouri. Lecturer Ben Terrell, Texas. EXECUTIVE BOARD. 0. W. Macune, Washington, D. C. 2onzo Wardall, Huron, South Dakota, j y. Tillman, Palmetto, Tennessee. JUDICIARY. ft. C. Patty, Macon, Mississippi. Isaac McCracken, Ozone, Arkansas. ?&n Jones, Dublin, Texas. -3TH CAROLINA FARMERS STATK ALLIANCE. President Elias Carr, Old Sparta, .0. 7ice-President A. H. Hayes, Bird own, N. C. Secretary E. C. Beddingfield, Raleigh, tf. C. Treasurer J. D. Allen, Falls, N. C. Lecturer Thos. B. Long, Asheville, J. C. Assistant Lecturer R. B. Hunter, Suntersvill?, N. C. Chaplain S. J. Teach, Warsaw, N C. Door Keeper W. H. Tomlinson, Fay--uevilie, N. C. Assistant Door Keeper H. E. King, Peanut, N. C. ergeant-at-Arnis J. S. Holt, Chalk tt;7eCN. C. Stale Business Agent W. H. Worth, h-veigh, N. C. Trustee Business Agency Fund W. A. 'i:abam, Machpelah, N. C. tCUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE NORTH CARO LINA FARMERS' STATE ALLIANCE. 3. B. Alexander, Charlotte, N. CM - "hair i;an; J. M. Mewborne, Kinston l4 ' J. S. Johnston, Rufiin. N. C. STATE ALLIANCE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE. R. J. Powell, Raleigh, N. C; N. C. foolish, Trinity College ; J. J. Young, Polenta; Join Uraham, iuageway. NOTES ON CURRENT EVENTS. The excursion What shall be said of it. 'T would take a book to tell the glorious story. Will not some one of our readers who were among the fort unate and happy number, tell some thing about it through our columns ? The fight of tactions in Ireland waxes notter and hotter. Parneli has taken forcible possession of the office of United Ireland and has been in turn ejected by force. The fight he is making to hold his place and in fltience is most desperate. But he seems to be losing friends every hour. The New York Times thinks it possible that the free coinage of silver may come to the country through the frantic efforts the Republicans are making to secure their position in the present crisis. We most earnestly wish to see the coinage of silver put upon the same footing with that of gold. It seems to us that the dishon onng of silver ha3 brought many evils upon the country, and we can see no good reason why the restoration Oi that metal to its ancient place of honor and usefulness would not work financial good to every interest. The late meeting of the National Alliance was a most enthusiastic affair. We gather this from parties who were at Ocala. The meeting was held and a great amount of very im portant business was transacted, and a third party was not formed. The fact tbat a third party was not formed is one that bears very heavily upon the Prophetic pretensions of some of our esteemed contemporaries. Well, there . e beeu prophets and prophets ever filce the time when records of hu jaan doings and aspirations began to T6 kept; and we commend to our friends of the prophetic press the ad. vtte of the old marksman, "pick your flintandtryit again." The medic il faculty, both of this country and Europe, seems to be much divided over the question as to Aether the discovery of Dr. Koch has any actual value or nt. It seems to iayman that the lymplh has not been ksted to an extent that would make controversy about it to be either Suable or appropriate. The medical THE INDUSTRIAL AND EDUCATIONAL INTERESTS OF OUR PEOPLE faculty is under the necessity of ascer taining the value of remedies by actual trial; and a sufficient trial of the new discovery has not been had, as yet, to enable the learned prac titioners who are discussing it pro and con, to come to any definite conclusion. In the meantime, every lover of man kind must wish most devoutly that the lymph may be found to pos3ess all the virtues i.s discoverer claims for it. " Please send me the amount due you and stop my paper. When I want a Democratic paper, I will sub scribe. You can t make a Demosrat out of me by reading your pretended Alliance paper. I am a Republican Alliance." Whew ! There it goes ! It has been heralded all over the country in flaming headlines and scorching rhetoric, that The Peogressive Farmer is trying to destroy the Demo cratic party, root and branch. And now comes one of our subscribers and accuses us of trying to make a Demo crat of him. We shouldn't wonder if some one accuses us next of being a candidate for the vacant leadership of the Irish party in the English par liament. Jeemes1 Rivers! Will mir vels never cease ! The papers are indulging just now in some most unnecesrary specula lations and conjectures about the fi nancial standing of the parties to a late society wedding in this State. There are some things that are, or ought to be too sacred to be dragged oefore the gaze of the public in sensa tional newspaper articles, and it seems to us that marriage is one of those sacred things. We cull attention to this matter solely for the purpose of protesting against these methods of journalism. Let it be understood that when a woman confides her person and her happiness to the man of her choice it is the duty of the newspapers to turn away and leave her in the enjoyment of all the happiness she can get out of the arrangement. If she makes a mis take in her selection of a husband a manly and chivalrous sympathy should shut the mouth of the gossips and still the hand that holds the pen of an ed itor. The United States Senate is still hammering away at the Force bill. There seems however to be little pros pect of its ever getting upon the stat ute books of the Republic. It seems to us that the measure is dangerous to liberty. It is not safe and cannot be safe to put it within the power of any party to dominate the elections of the country. It looks like the sheerest fully imaginable, to but it mildly, to create machinery that may be easily used to destroy the freedom of elec tions in a measure that is avowedly intended to secure the freedom of elec tions. To make the slavery of the people possible in an attempt to con serve and perpetuate their freedom is a very dangerous, if not a very blind and fatuous sort of statemanship. We think the dangerous character of the Lodge bill is coming to be more dis tinctly seen by the best men of all parties, and if we are right in this, it will not, we suppose, pass the Senate. THE COLORED ALLIANCE. This body met in Ocala on the 3th inst. Its President, Mr. Humphrey, of Texas, in reply to a question as to its membership said: "We have now 1,200,000, of whom 100,000 are adult, males. Our statistics show that seven-eighths of the negroes of the South are engaged in agriculture. We are organized in thirty States. The buli of our membership is in the South Atlan tic and Gulf States, distributed as follows: 100 000 m Alabama, 84,000 iD Georgia, 90,000 in South Carolina, 90 000 in Mis sissippi 90.000 in Texas, 20,000 in Ar-kan-as, 50,000 in Louisiana, 50,000 in Virginia, 25, 00 in Kentucky, 60,000 in Tennessee, 55,000 in North Carolina and the rest scattt red. The contract for water works at Tarboro has been closed, and Mr. Cox 8iya a plant is on the way there. RALEIGH, N. C, DECEMBER 23, 1890, ALLIANCE CORRESPONDENCE. Oak Grove Alliance, No. 112. Mr. Editor: At our last meeting I was appointed to ask, through The Progressive Farmer, our members of the Legislature not to support any man for United States Senator who will not pledge himself to support the Alliance demands, the Sub Treasury bill, without addition or subtraction. Yours fraternally, B. F. Gordon, Sec'y. December 6th 1890. Mr. Editor: At a regular meeting of Ten Mile Alliance held the 6th of December we passed a resolution which I was ordered to send to The Progressive Farmer for publication. Resolved, That we the members of Ten Mile Alliance are opposed to the no fence or stock law, and we protest against the the extension of said law in Robeson county, without first sub mitting to the voters of each town ship at a general election. T. N. Lewis, Sec'y. Hope Mills, N. C, Dec. 6, 1890. Cumberland Alliance, No. 2,130 met at their usual time and place, and among other business resolutions were passed, First, approving the course of Piesidnt Polk. Second, That we work for and defen 1 the principles cf the Farmers' AllUnce. Third, to support no man that is not favorable to the principles of our Ordor. Fourth, That our representatives be. instructed to support good men who are known to oe favorable to the principles of the Farmers' Alliance. Daniel Johnson, Sec'y. Cedar Grove Alliance, No 685, Whereas, As we think that the tax payers should do their voting, therefore be it Resolvfd, That we recommend and ask the legislature of North Carolina to amend the law so that no man shall be allowed to vote unless he can show his tax receipt that he paid his tax the year before, or ha3 become of age between tax listing and the registration or those exempt from poll tax and no property taxes, further, we ask each Sub and county Alliance to bring this before their Alliances and to instruct their Representatives to have the same put into law. L. J. Conrad, Sec'y. Albin, N. C, Dec. 13, 1890. Mr Editor : Sassafras Fork Alii ance, No. 591, desires to cast her mite in support of the fundamental princi ples of the National Farmers Alliance To that end, be it Resolved by its members, that we demand of our legislators to cast their votes for a United States Senator, who favors the aboliti i of national banks, the free coinage of silver and the "Constitutional" SubTreasury bill. Resolved further, that, if our pres ent Senator, to whom we have been heretofore betroathed for so many years, will not endorse our platform, then we ask for a bill of Constitutional divorcement and let us tie to another who will Robt. J. Coen, Pres't. C. C. Heggis, Sec'y. Whereas, The Legislature of North Carolina will assemble at an early day, and a United States Senator be elected by the said Legislature; and whereas, our national demands have been ignored by our United States Senator, and that he claims that all the Representatives of North Carolina are pledged to support him, we would say to our Representatives who in structed you to pledge yourselves to support Mr. Vance at the next Gen eral Assembly of North Carolina, was it ninety thousand laborers of North Carolina, or wasit a few uninstructed delegates to the Democratic County Convention, led by a few politicians ? A word to the wise is sufficient. Be it Resolved, By Prosperity Alliance, PARAMOUNT TO ALL OTHEH CONSIDERATIONS OF STATE POLICY. No. 533, that our Secretary is hereby directed to request, through The Pro gressive Farmer, all Sub-Allianses throughout the State of North Caro lina, at their next meeting, to pass resolutions requesting their Represen tatives to the General Assembly not to support any man for United States Senator who will not pledge himself to support our national demands. S. C. Fisher, Sec'y. Godwin, N. C, Nov. 22, 1890. Whereas, Bro. C. F. Cope, a mem ber of this Alliance has sustained a very heavy damage in the loss of his barn by fire, loosing everything nec essary on a farm, including five bags of seed cotton and two buggies and other valuable property to the amount of from $600 to $1000. Therefore, be it Resolved That this Alliance pay to the brother ten dollars out of the Treasury. ResoTved, That a copy of these reso lutions be sent to The Progressive Farmer with the request to publish, and also to the Sub-Alliances of this 3 "..ate, each to contribte the small sum of fifty cents or whatever amount they in their charity may feel willing to contrioute, All contributions to be sent to C. Hawly, Sec'y, Godwin Al liance No. 131," Godwin, N. C. Resolved, That we the members of Godwin Farmers' Alliance tender to Bro, Cape our heartfelt sympathies in this his very heavy blow. C Hawley, Sect'y. Warren County, N. C. At a meeting of S Jiith Greek Alli ance, No. 351, held on Saturday, the 130. of December, 1890, we were appointed a committee to express, by resolution, the views of said Alliance in regard to the re election o; Z. B. Vance to the U. 3. Senate. Resolved, Th at w 3 d es j e the elec tion of a Senator who is in strict accord with the Alliance demands. Resolved, That all 3ub Alliances in the State be requested to express themselves on this subject by or be fore the 1st day of January next through The Progressive Farmer. J. H. White, W. L Baxter, Jno. L. Robinson, J. W. Pattills, Committee. Unanimously adopted. Jno. Robinson, Sec'y. Edwards' Mills, N. C. The Commissioners of the town re cently met and designated by name, the streets for legal conveyance pur poses. One of the prettiest has been called Warren, in compliment of Hon. C. P. Warren, who is doing so much for the laboring classes of this sur rounding community, and who is one of the largest planters on the South Side, Another street has been called Al exander, I think complimentary to another prominent Attorney, who has the confidence of the good people of this section. This name seems to be popular with us as over two years ago, Dr. Stilley dubbed our academy "xllexander" in honor of S. B. Alexander, Esq , Con gressman elect of the 6 th district of North Carolina, and who will proba bly be invited to deliver the literary address at the next Commencement. You 3ee we are not opposed to men because they are lawyers, we simply expect from them honor and justice. We cordially endorse Tom Sutton, of Cumberland for Speaker of the next North Carolina House. Some of our best men know him and say he is superb. Let the Alliance cling to gether and support no man not in sym pathy with them. Everything is progress in Edwards Mills. The fine academy just ereced is quite an accession and a Disciples Church is sure to be built. In addi tion to all this, rumor says that a 1 u rE?ffii AWwm newspaper will be issued from this little burg at an early day, edited by Dr. Stilley, assisted by a corpse of able Alliancemen. We cannot vouch for the certainty of this enterprise, but can say safely that if such an in stitution springs into life those little sheets antagonistic to the farmers and their cause may prepare for a re fur nishing of fur for their present crop will fly. The outlook is that whoever ca'ls Colonel Polk our National President a demagogue is subject to a large re. duction of subscription names. 'A word to the wise is sufficient." Miss B. L. E., Sec'y of Alliance No. 1596. Marble Alliance, No. 1,613, Dec 6, 1890. Whereas, Many of the political pa pers of the day have of late assailed our much-esteemed and worthy Na tional President, Col. L. L Pols, ooth his public and private character; an i whereas, many individual men have falsely attacked (and tried to) slander him for selfisi motives. Therefore Resolved, That we take pleasure in denouncing all such p jpers, and claim they are no greater nor less than the working tools of Wall street, whose corruption is as black as outer dark ness. Resolved, That we will not support nor allow to be read in our fanilies any of the papers of such a character. Resolved, That we believe that Qol. Polk has done more to harmonize she war prejudice tian any mm or set of men, and shoull be waisjd while living for his noble acts. Resolved, That the salvation of the Farmers' Alliance depends upon the passage of the Sub Treasury or some better bill, and that tre demand of our Senator nd Representative in the next legislature not to vote for any Senator for Congress who opposes said bill, that their record will be matched by us and woe be unto him who thus deceives us. Resolved, That we heartily indorse the course of The Progressive Farmer in regard to our Senator in Congress and urge that every Allianceman stand by our organ, as it is the expo nent of right and the herald of truth Resolved, That these resolutions be sent to The Progressive Farmer for publication and that the Murphy But letin and Cherokee Scout copy. J. W. Kinsay, Pres't. W. B. Parker, Sec'y. Panther Crej&k, N. C, Dec. 8, 1890. Mr. Editor : Please allow "me space in your valuable paper for a few lines, to let the brethren know what we are doing up here in the Bend ol the big Yadkin. About two years ago we organized an Alliance on the county line between Forsythe and Yadkin with eight charter members, and was called Lewisville Alliance, No. 943. Our number increased rap idly, and in twelve months we re ceived over one hundred members, male and female along the line of the two counties. And for convenience sake and also for the good of the or der we thought it best to divide and form a new lodge which was effected recently, and on the 6th inst. we or ganized West Bend Alliance ' in Yad kin county, with twenty male and six female memoers, a majority of whom read The Progressive Farmer, and are educated on the great principles of the Order. We don't want to abandon the Sub Treasury bill nor any of the Alliance demands for the sake of one man or set of men, be cause if they are not for us they are against us and should be cast over board. In view of this fact our Alli ance adopted the following resolu tions. Resolved That we endorse the criticism of The Progressive Farmer on the action of Hon. Z. B. Vance in regard to theSub-Treasury bill and recognize in it a bold and fearless No. 43 chimpion for the principles advocated by the Alliance. Resolved, That we request the Alli ance members of the legislature to consider well this malter and vote for no man unless he is sound on the Al liance demands. Resolved, That we request every Sub Alliance in the State to pass sim ilar resolutions. Resolved, That a copy of these res olution be sent to The Progressive Farmer for publication and request all other State papers friendly to the cause to please copy. L. J. Strups, Sec'y. Halifax, N. 0. Much has been said and written on the subject of who 3hoi)d be our Sen ator, and I do not hope to produce anything new; but only to review, hurr'edly, wha his been said. First as to the position of the present in cumoent as regards the demands of the Farmers' Alliance. He has de clared the Sub Treasury bill unconsti tutional with a fiat that precludes the ilea o? argument, for he advanced none, but demands that the promo rs thereof demonstrate its constitution ality, thus ;hrowing or attempting to throw the burden of proof on the de fendents, which is unfair, unreason able ind wanting in generosi y. He expresses a willingness to support the measures if by a lecision of the Su preme Court it is proved to conform to the Constitution. Tha absurdity of this proposition ha3 been pointed, out by others, for of course ;he coutt cannot decide to be a law a bill that is asleep in the committee room. J Much more might' be said, but your readers are alreadyj familiar with the subject and your sp3e is valuable. One more quotation. Did not the Senator say if the people would risk its pract cability, he would risk its constitutionality ? Is not this a posi tive pledge of his support ? Or does he decide for them that they deem it impractisable ? It would seem the latter, for in answer to the question of how about the Sub-Treasury bill, he said the majority of the farmers in North Carolina are opposed to the bill. Where did he get his information ? It must have been from tie profes sional politicians or partisan press, for almost if not quite a larger majority of the farmers of this State belong to the Alliance and the Alliance demands its passage. Many voted thinking the Senator pledged to the bill and no doubt can didates were pledged under this im pression, and are they to bo held to the pledge if this be so ? Assuredly no. Does not the breaking of a compact by one of the parties annul it as to the other ? But what are we to do ? Are we not bound to "Our Zeb." by every tie that binds a people to a public man ? Has he not been the "bravest of the brave " in defense of his peop e and their rights ? All this and more must be ackno pl edged, but shall we love Caesar more than Rome and exalt a man above a principle ? In a word, do we want a servant who vsri.II itLcri; to do what his peo ple demand and who regards public office as a public trust, or oae who considers it "largely a private affair?'' North Carolina and Democracy can better do without Senator Vance than he can without them. C. H. Whitakkb. The fishermen are having big luck at Morehead. Last Saturday they caught about 20,000 trout with hook and line, averaging about 700 to each boat, with three or four men in each One boat at the Cape with five men caught 1,600 trout. Kinston Fret Press.
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