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Academy in August, 1888. At this meeting Hatch- 

 kins was elected President and M. M. Gough was re-elected 

 Secretary. The third meeting of the Territorial Alliance 

 was held at Stonewall, in August, 1889. At this meeting 

 H. C. Randolph was elected President and Lyman Friend, 

 Secretary. The Order is in a prosperous condition, the 

 worst obstacle in the way of its more rapid progress being 

 the floating population. 



THE ALLIANCE IN KENTUCKY. 



The first Alliance in Kentucky was organized by F. 

 T. Rogers, in Trigg county, in December, 1886. Mr. 

 Rogers was commissioned in Texas and sent into Ken- 

 tucky as an organizer. The growth of the Order, though 

 not as rapid as in some other State, was of a solid character. 

 On the yth of June, 1888, a State Alliance was organized 

 at Ezel, in Morgan county, by B. F. Davis. On the 29th 

 of August, 1889, the Alliance and Wheel were consolidated 

 into one body under the name of the Farmers' and 

 Laborers' Union. S. B. Krwin was elected President of 

 the consolidated body and B. F. Davis, Secretary. The 

 organization has established a number of co-operative 

 enterprises in different parts of the State, most of which are 

 meeting with marked success and saving the members 

 many thousands of dollars. Organization is progressing 

 rapidly, there being nearly 1,500 Sub- Alliances, with a 

 total membership of about 75,000. 



THE ALLIANCE IN INDIANA. 



In May, 1889, W. W. Wilson, a National Organizer 

 from Texas, began the first work in the State in Martin 

 county. From Martin county the work spread into Green, 

 Montgomery, Lawrence, Orange, Madison, Henry and 

 other counties, but the progress was slow in the beginning, 

 owing to the fact that the F. M. B. A. was strongly organ- 



