248 HISTORICAL AND POLITICAL. 



State and Territory of the nation " will become members of this 

 great agricultural organization. 



Virginia. The first Sub-Alliance was organized at Ottobine, 

 Rockingham County, in September, 1887, by J. S. Barbee. The 

 following officers were elected : President, L. T. Beall ; Vice- 

 President, William Ervine ; Secretary, St. Andrew Myers ; 

 Treasurer, Mrs. N. E. Ervine ; Chaplain, G. W. Skelton ; 

 Lecturer, Dr. J. P. Coyner. The first County Alliance was 

 organized November 26, 1887, with the following officers: 

 President, Thomas Bradley ; Vice-President, Isaiah Printz ; Sec- 

 retary, William M. Rosser ; Treasurer, Warfield Yates ; Lec- 

 turer, H. A. W. Holmes. 



Washington. Early in 1891 Brother Ahiva Mannering 

 went from the State of Missouri to Washington as a national 

 organizer. The first Sub-Alliance was organized at Garfield, 

 Whitman County, February 14, 1891, with the following offi- 

 cers : President, A. J. Irwin ; Vice-President, Alvin Manning ; 

 Secretary, L. C. Love ; Treasurer, William Lemon ; Chaplain, 

 E. F. Mason. The work is being pushed with vigor, and is 

 increasing rapidly. 



West Virginia. The Alliance was introduced into this State 

 in the summer of 1887, by Joe S. Barbee. The first Sub- 

 Alliance was organized by him at Franklin, Pendleton County, 

 October 29, 1887, with the following officers: President, S. P. 

 Priest ; Vice-President, John A. Marshall ; Secretary, J. H. 

 Daugherty ; Treasurer, J. T. Harold. The first County Alliance 

 was organized at Franklin, Pendleton County, July 18, 1889, by 

 G. T. Barber. The following officers were chosen : President, 

 Jacob Henkle ; Vice-President, W. C. Miller ; Secretary, J. H. 

 Daugherty ; Treasurer, Solomon Cunningham ; Chaplain, W. 

 C. Keyser. The State Alliance was organized at Charleston, 

 West Virginia, August 17, 1890. 



Wisconsin. The Alliance appeared in this State during the 

 fall of 1890. The first Sub- Alliance was organized under dis- 

 pensation, December 29, 1890, by Haybert Holmes, at River 

 Side, Shawano County, with the following officers : President, 

 Israel L. Pues ; Vice-President, Joseph H. Hillister ; Secre- 

 tary, Lewis Peterson ; Treasurer, John Westgord. There is 

 no County Alliance as yet. 



