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acquisition of an education under very trying circumstances 

 is suggestive of the men who, in the earlier days of the 

 Republic made it powerful and famous, and his patriotism 

 and love for his fellow-men increases the similarity between 

 him and the pioneers of our civilization and greatness. As a 

 Legislator, he was thoughtful, consciencious and painstaking. 

 The daily walk and conversation of but few men more 

 pleasingly typify the grand principles of the Alliance than 

 does that of Mr. Adams. And it is doubtful whether there 

 is a member of the Order in Alabama who is more earnest, 

 untiring and unselfish in his efforts to promote its welfare. 

 His election at Auburn for the third time as President of 

 the State Alliance was a just recognition of his fidelity and 

 labor in behalf of the Order. And the brotherhood may 

 rest assured that if he commits any errors in the discharge 

 of his great trust, they will be of the head and not of the 

 heart. To have been President of the Alabama State 

 Alliance from its inception, and to have been a potent 

 factor in enabling the Order to servive all the dangers that 

 beset it, is an honor of which any man might feel proud. 



ELIAS CARR. 



Elias Carr, President of North Carolina State Alliance, 

 was born in Edgecombe county, North Carolina, on the 

 25th day of February, 1839. He was raised upon a farm, 

 has always followed that occupation, and is considered 

 one of the largest as well as one of the most suc- 

 cessful farmers in the South. He attended the 

 University of North Carolina; joined the Alliance in 

 1887, and was elected Chairman of the Executive Com- 

 mittee of the North Carolina State Farmers' Alliance at 

 its first organization; was re-elected in 1888, and, in 1889, 

 was elected President of the State Alliance by acclama- 

 tion. Brother Carr refused to have his photograph taken 



