The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-09-27
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rbs Celored Farmsrs' Alliance and the
Knights Of Labor.

Tia Celored Farmers Alliance and the
knights Of Labor.
Mr.. EprroR.-will you allow me space
In YOUR paper to give m account OF tue .
condition Of the organization OF the Coiored
Farmers Alliance.
We have the county very weli organlaed :
sxespt in Drsytonyille aud Gowdeysville.
7 made several appointments to those town.
ships, for the purpose Of beginning the
ORGANIZATION in those sections. MY hrst
aSI,o;utmeut was at Jerusalem, near Grin
dai shoals. I was met there BY band Of
meu who called themselves knights Of
Labor. They took possession OF the meet
ing aud allowed me ten minutes TO speak,
and asked iast I leave in ten: 1 told them
7 dstermined to stny and SEQ and hear.
| There were two shabby looking white men
| In the crowd Of Knights, who laid down In
| the back end Of the house and had crowd
| of colored men around them, VINO seemea
to be receiving orders from the white
knights.
colored mon, Eliphus Dawkins and dies
Patterson. Dawkins charged that was
hired by the White Alliance to fool the
| colored people into the Democratic party.
| 7 told them there was NO politics in tho
| Colored Alliance aud that politics was not
it's object. The following is part OF DsW-
kins' remarks:
81 represent the Knights Of Labor. tits
o political order. We expect to take charge
! of the Government, local and national, ana
| lesislste so as to have the land OF this
country sold, so that every Knight Of Labor
! can get some"
asked him where he expected to get the
money to pay for it!
"He said the Knights Of Labor expected
to take charge of the U. s. Treasury, and
wanted to see every colored man IN 'ts
ranks. We have men enough now for it to
take them 6 hours to pass one corner. We
are preparing in time Of peace for war, and
old North Pacolet is solid. We want to
march tho colored men of South Pacolet
into line also, SO that whom Mr.. Powderly,
our commander calls for US We will be
ready to march at their command. Flames
, and foods are in our view"
Giles Patterson said: "Gentlemcn, we arc
\ living here among the white rebels and they
are our enemies. We must cling TO the
peoplo of the North. The white people Of
hi, section will do anything in the world
To damage the negro. His interest is moi
ours"
Mr.. Editor, l thiak these men surely
must be misrepresonting the Intention o'
a the Knights Of Labor; but IL they have
y, given the true sentiments of tho Order 1t i:
a dangerous organization for the coioreo
men cf .h;s sountJ 10 join.
From tho very bPlVIt VI thooo o"
/. | speeches it means violence, ..and when II
:. comes it will be the colored men to suffer
Many good colored men may be led to joil
the order through ignorance, at the thought
1t Of getting land and money; but let me say
ia to the ooiored men, once for oil, II you go'
= any land in this country you will pay 70
~ it by tho sweat of your brow, and ough
~ not to think otherwise.
s. Those two triaiug white men that set u
= the corner of that house WAS the fountain
=, from which all the devilment that gets Int
% 1.-THE colored men flow. Whenever whit
to man comes among us to teach US how to live
how to get along, and how to raiso oui
is selves to q higher standard, we thank hin
:, and respect him for it but when he step
10 out to teach us more meanness than whs
d. We know, he ought to be pointed at by ever
Id decent man, white aud colored, with o huge
of scorn.
~ The Knights Of Labor gave me to unde
stand that rc"st make ny aPFoin; ntun
~ North Of Pacolet in day time, Of which
C. will respectfully take heed
n, shall make another ATTEMPT to ergani7
4: | the CoIoreu runners Alliance In DrayLoI
vile and Gowdeysville.
=" JOHN D. NORRIS.
IL County Supt. Colored F. A., Union Co.
SITS GIBBS, S. G..