HISTORY OF THE FARMERS' ALLIANCE. 125 



W. H. Worth was elected Business Agent. The Business 

 Agency has prospered and saved the farmers of the State 

 thousands of dollars. At this meeting arrangements were 

 made to place an able corps of lecturers in the field. The 

 number of Sub-Alliances had increased from 1,018 to 

 1,815, with organizations in eighty-nine counties, repre- 

 senting a membership of 72,000. The consolidation of 

 the Wheel and Alliance on the basis of the agreement at 

 Meridian, Miss. , was ratified and delegates elected to the 

 National meeting at St. Louis. The following named 

 persons were elected: S. B. Alexander, L. L. Polk, Elias 

 Carr, W. A. Graham, E. A. Move and A. J. Dalby. This 

 delegation took an active part in the deliberations of the 

 National body and contributed no little to the success of 

 that meeting. Upon the election of Col. Polk to the posi- 

 tion of President of the National Fanners* cVlliance and 

 Industrial Union he resigned his position as Secretary of 

 the North Carolina State Alliance, and the Executive 

 Committee elected E. C. Beddingfield to fill the unex- 

 pired term. Under his able management the Alliance has 

 continued to prosper. Every county in the State has been 

 organized except two, and they have subordinate Alli- 

 ances. The Alliance in North Carolina is in a prosperous 

 condition and its prosperity is due in a great degree to the 

 able leadership of such men as S. B. Alexander, L,. L. 

 Polk, Thaddeus Ivey, Elias Carr and others, whose ener- 

 gies and patriotism have been directed in the proper 

 channels. 



THE ALLIANCE IN SOUTH CAROLINA. 



The Fanners' Alliance first made its appearance in 

 South Carolina in the Fall of 1887. Green Sea Alliance, 

 Xo. i, was organized in October of that year, by M. T. 

 Seely, of Texas, who was acting under a commission 

 from the National Organizer. This Alliance is in the 



