126 HISTORY OF THE WHEEL AND ALLIANCE. 



eastern part of the State. The Order rapidly spread 

 through the eastern and northern part of the State until 

 at the organization of the State Alliance, July nth, 1888, 

 there were 153 subordinate Alliances, with a total mem- 

 bership of about three thousand. The State Alliance 

 was organized by L,. L. Polk, of Raleigh, North Carolina. 

 The Order spread rapidly throughout the State, and at 

 the second annual meeting of the State Alliance, held in 

 July, 1889, there were 740 subordinate Alliances. This 

 number has since increased to over one thousand, with a 

 membership of over thirty thousand. 



At the organization of the State Alliance E. T. 

 Stackhouse was elected President, and J. W. Reid Secre- 

 tary. They were both re-elected at the second session, 

 held in 1889. 



The Alliance has built a number of warehouses in 

 different parts of the State, with good prospects of suc- 

 cess. It is fair to state that the Order in South Carolina 

 is fairly started on the road to success and has a bright 

 future before it. With the efficient management, which 

 the present corps of energetic and enterprising officers 

 will give it, the membership should have no fears but 

 that success will crown their efforts. 



THE ALLIANCE IN TENNESSEE. 



The first Alliance in Tennessee was organized in 

 Wilson county, in March, 1887, by J- F. Alsup. He 

 found a great many difficulties in the way, but by perse- 

 verance and hard work he organized nine Sub- Alliances in 

 one county . The Agricultural Wheel having some time pre- 

 vious to this gained quite a hold in the State, the progress 

 of the Alliance was not so rapid as in some of the other 

 States. However, a State Alliance was organized in 

 March, 1888. This meeting " was held in the city of 

 Nashville. Hon. John P. Buchanan, was elected Presi- 

 dent. 



