In writing about the Southern Farmers Alliance, W.F. Holmes said: “The agency would obtain loans from local banks at 6 percent interest and then loan money at 8 percent interest to groups consisting of at least three members each.” Thus, the risk of loss was very small.
Alliances become politically powerful in state, Bulloch
Bulloch History
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