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tague ; Secretary, W. F. T. Bushnell ; and Treasurer, A. D. 

 Chase. The last meeting of the Territorial organization was 

 held at Aberdeen, South Dakota, November 28, 1889. About 

 nine hundred Sub-Alliances were represented. The Territory 

 having been divided into two States, the Alliance of South 

 Dakota was organized, with H. L. Loucks, of Clear Lake, Pres- 

 ident ; First Vice-President, C. V. Gardner, Postville ; Second 

 Vice-President, C. A. Soderberg, Hartford ; Secretary-Treas- 

 urer, Mrs. Sophia M. Harden, Woonsocket. North Dakota 

 elected President, Walter Muir, Hunter ; First Vice-President, 

 Andrew Slotten, Wahpeton ; Second Vice-Presrdent, James 

 Dobie, Tyner ; Treasurer, S. W. Unkenholz, Mandan ; Lecturer, 

 Ira S. Lampman, Valley City; Secretary, M. D. Williams, 

 Jamestown. At the national meeting, at St. Louis, in 1889, 

 both of these States joined the National Farmers' Alliance and 

 Industrial Union. Since that time they have increased in num- 

 bers rapidly. The same officers have been retained. 



Delaware. The Alliance was introduced into this State in 

 the summer of 1889, by Rev. H. G. Cowan. Considerable time 

 was spent in making a start. The first Sub-Alliance was organ- 

 ized in Kent County, in August, 1889, with President, William 

 Johnson, and Secretary, J. W. Mix. Kent was the first county 

 organized, by J. P. Kelley, January 29, 1891, with the following 

 officers : President, J. M. Eisinburg ; Vice-President, Alexander 

 Simpson ; Secretary, F. J. Prettyman ; Treasurer, Robert 

 Raughley; Chaplain, I. W. Poole. A State organization will 

 be formed during the summer of 1891, as the order is spreading 

 rapidly. 



Florida. The State Alliance of Florida was organized in 

 August, 1887. Oswald Wilson was sent there by President C. 

 W. Macune, as national organizer, and did his work so thor- 

 oughly that the State was organized at a rapid rate. The first 

 officers were : President, Oswald Wilson ; Vice-President, Wil- 

 liam Gomne ; Secretary, Thomas A. Hall ; Treasurer, I. W. 

 Pooser ; Chaplain, W. A. Bryan ; Lecturer, I. B. Young ; Assis- 

 tant-Lecturer, W. B. Shephard ; Doorkeeper, W. G. Coxwell. 

 The order has prospered since its organization, and is doing well 

 at this time. 



Georgia. In the spring of 1887, three national organizers 



