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Vice-President, Curtis S. Clark, Crawford ; Lecturer, J. S. Potts, 

 Indiana County ; Secretary, Henry C. Demming, Dauphin 

 County ; Treasurer, Valentine Hay, Somerset County. 



South Carolina. The first Sub- Alliance in this State was 

 organized by M. T. Seely, an organizer from Texas, in October, 

 1887. The order grew rapidly, so that, in July, 1888, a State 

 Alliance was perfected, with over one hundred and fifty Sub- 

 Alliances and a membership exceeding three thousand. E. T. 

 Stackhouse was elected President, and J. W. Reid, Secretary. 

 The order has had a substantial and steady increase up to the 

 present time, and its success is assured. 



Tennessee. J. T. Alsup, a national organizer of the Farmers' 

 Alliance, began work in this State in the winter of 1887. The 

 first Sub-Alliance was organized in Wilson County, in March 

 following. At that time the Agricultural Wheel was also seek- 

 ing to establish itself in the State ; but by hard work and perse- 

 verance, a State Alliance was organized in March, 1888, with 

 I. P. Buchanan, President. Both orders continued to grow, and 

 at a joint meeting at Nashville, in July, 1889, the two organiza- 

 tions consolidated under the name of National Farmers and 

 Laborers' Union, with I. P. Buchanan, President, and E. B. 

 Wade, Secretary. Since then the order has grown rapidly, and 

 is now reckoned among the best. 



Texas. The history of this State will be found in the general 

 history of the Alliance. The first Alliance having been formed 

 in Texas, a detailed statement of the organization must contain 

 a full history of the Alliance in the State. 



Utah and Arizona. Organizers have been sent into these 

 Territories during the present month (March, 1891), who report 

 that success is absolutely certain ; that the people are ready for 

 organization, and eager to join the Alliance movement. 



Vermont. One organizer has been sent to this State, who 

 reports the farmers anxious to organize for common defence. 

 Applications have been received for organizers in the States of 

 Maine, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire, which will doubtless 

 be met during the present year (1891). The growth of the order 

 has been, and doubtless will be, slow in the New England States. 

 Yet the spirit of agricultural unrest is felt there, as in other 

 parts of the country, and the time is " close at hand when every 



