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and W. H. Quayle were again re-elected to their respec- 

 tive offices of Secretary and Treasurer. Delegates were 

 elected to the meeting of the consolidated Order, to be 

 held at St. Louis, Missouri, December 3d, 1889. We will 

 now notice the spread of the Order into other States. 



THE WHEEL IN MISSISSIPPI. 



The first subordinate Wheel organized in Mississippi 

 was at Old Harmony Church, near the historic battle-field 

 of luka. It was organized by N. P. Campbell, of Arkan- 

 sas, on the 6th of August, 1885. Immediately afterward 

 Golden Dawn, No. 2, and Piney Grove, No. 3, were organ- 

 ized by Mr. Campbell. C. W. Baker, a member of No. 

 3, was then made Deputy Organizer for Tishomingo 

 county. He organized ten or twelve Wheels in the 

 spring of 1886. The first County Wheel was organized 

 at Liberty Church, Tishomingo county, in May, 1886. 

 Through the efforts of deputies the Order spread rapidly 

 over Tishomingo, Prentiss, Stawamba, Alcom and Tip- 

 pah counties. On the 4th of November, 1886, a conven- 

 tion of delegates, representing each subordinate Wheel in 

 the State, met with the Tishomingo County Wheel at Mt. 

 Pleasant Church and organized the State Wheel. On the 

 1 8th of November, following, the State Wheel met at 

 Jumpertown and completed its organization. In January, 

 1887, a called meeting of the State Wlieel was held at 

 Highland. A platform of principles, similar to what was 

 afterwards incorporated into the National Wheel Demands, 

 was adopted. The State Wheel was called together at 

 Jacinto, Alcom county, in December, 1887, for the pur- 

 pose of formulating a plan of co-operative trade. The 

 Rochdale plan was recommended. A number of stores 

 have been started in different parts of the State. Mr. 

 Blunt, the efficient Secretary of the State Wheel, in a 

 letter of recent date says: ' ' The Wheel in Mississippi has 



