The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-04-08
Fnrmers' Alliance.

a meeting was held IN the court House
on last Monday for the purpose of forming
a Farmers Alliance for the County of An
| derson. The attendance was small, but the
undertaking was given beginning, and we
trust will develop into useful and improv-
ing association. Col. J. w, Norris, on TAX
ing the chair, made practical and interest
ing address, after which Maj. T. B. Lee was
! elected Secretary, and addresses were made
| by Col E. NJ. Rucker, Hon. B. F. Crayton,
Maj. Lee, Mr.. E. B. Murray, Capt. NJ. B.
| Williams and DR.. T. j. Cook. On motion
| of Capt. Williams, each township was re-
quested to form an auxiliary alliance, and
send three delegates to the County Alliance
at an adjourned meeting, to be fixed by the
President. The Secretary was instructed to
prepare and publish preamble setting
| forth the object of the Alliance, and append
Capt. Williams resolution, and publish the
same for the benefit of the Alliance.
| Ay request of the meeting, Mr.. W. W.
Keys read the following essay from Col. T.
H. Russell, which the meeting requested
after attending to other business, adjourned.
COL. RUssELL's ESSAY.
Fellov- Citizens: Over twelve months ago
! the farmers of Anderson County were con-
vened in mass meeting for the purpose of
| cooperation in united effort to resist what
| was conceived to be an attempted monopoly
! or extortion, in advancing the price of gu
amos at time when farmers were least able
to afford. Enough was achieved by that ef-
fort to convince any one that the farmers
are abundantly able to protect themselves
against all monopolies, if only they can be
i So, af>,f nfhor
| ings have since been held, but the attend
ance has fallen off until scarcely corporars
guard can be found willing to meet together
in consultation for the farmers good. Some
who were very forward in the first move
ment have never since condescended to
honor the meetings with their presence
] On the other hand, others who took but
little interest at first are manifesting consid-
erable zeal now, and this has encouraged US
to hold another farmers meeting, on this,
the first of April the beginning of another
crop season, and subject assigned for dis
cussion, to wit, "The advantages of the
Piedmont belt Of country for immigration
and permanent settlement" and to your
humble servant was appointed the duty OF
opening the subject by lecture or essay.
While we would have desired that more
competent person had been chosen for this
important duty, yet no subject could have
been assigned of more agreeable character
to him who addresses you.
On this soil we were born, and here We
have lived for half century OF our exis'
tence, and experience and observation have
convinced US that no better earthly heritage
was ever conferred upon mortal man than
this of ours. In whatsoever aspect we have
fallen behind other secti ons is not ascrlbable
/ 70 Natural 9pfppfc nf soil
climate as to our crude and improvident
modes of cultivation.
Lying on parallel Of latitude between
"a and IS degrees, we have q climate unsur-
passed for salubrity and uniformity of tenn
perature. Our average annual summer
heat hardly ever reach much above 500, and
the winter cold seldom goes below 2O0:-
Living as we do beneath the shadow of the
Blue Ridge, our fevered brows in summer
are famed by the mountain zephyrs. A
case of yellow fever has never perhaps been
known among US, and cholera never visits
us. Pneumonia and typhoid fever are more
common, but taken in time they are easily
controlled and seldom prove fatal. On the
score of health, therefore, the first conside-
ration with the immigrant, no portion Of
the State offers so great inducements as the
Piedmont belt of counties. Our colleges
and higher schools of learning are gradually
being located in this favored region, hence
our educational advantages will soon be
very superior. Perhaps, and justly so, the
first question with the average Immigrant
is, What are the religious advantages to be
enjoyed by a proposed removal and settle
ment? In this regard we shall speak more
particularly of our own County. The re-
iigious influences pervading our community
! f,,1 ond D,on6inp a Ill
the leading denominations of Christians are
represented, and scarcely neighborhood
can be found in our bounds without its
house of worship.
Crime is sensibly on the decrease, and the
worthy immigrant, whether from the North
South, East or West, is always welcome,
Situated on a parallel of latitude between
81 and 35 degrees, there is no portion of oul
wide national domain that offers such great
inducements to the Northern or Eastern
immigrant as the Piedmont belt of the
Carolinas and Georgia The abundance o.
timber and water, the temperature of the
climate, the capabil; les of our soil, all con-
spire to make ours desirable home for tho
immigrant from the Middle States Of New
York, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Mary
land, or the New England States.
Our soil and climate arc well adapted tt
/ tUC CullltdtlOU VI CIofCt ttHN WV Si"'''S'
and these in their wake bring improved
stock, with plenty of manure to recuperate
exhausted fields. Cotton and rice grow
anywhere south of the Blue Ridge-tht
one clothes the world and the other feeds &
large portion of it. Fruits and vegetables
of almost every kind can be raised in ol!l
midst. The peach and the apple find theil
natural home on the slopes Of our hills, an!
the fig and pomgranate, with a little artiii
cial winter protection, will always yield
variety of tropical fruits for the use OF ou
families.
We have an abundance of water powe
for the propelling of factories and othc
machinery, and the day is not far distan
when the manufacturer and producer of tn
raw material will be near nciglbors ant
friends. Railroads. the great arteries o
trade and commerce, are pcrmcatlng every
section of our country. The Air Line run
the whole length of the Piedmont belt cx
tending from Virginia to Georgia, skirtint
the Blue Ridge Mountains the whole dis
tancc the Spartunburg 4 Union, the Green
Vile and Columbia, aud the Blue Ridge
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