The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-10-21
GEoRGIA's ALLIANCES.
Notes From Meeting Room and Field
of Interest to Farmers


The Quitman alliance meets in the court
house on Wednesday, when business " i'll be
transacted.
Nov has been appointed as cotton sales
day for the alliance men of Oconee county.
Athens Is the place chosen.
The alliancemen are said to have forfeit
OF S25 per day from the contractors on their
warehouse at Athens after Sept TO-
The members of Evergreen Alliance, the
Oldest sub-alliance in the state, are building
a lodge house. Ii is to be two stories high,
the lower story to be used for an academy.
G. H. Alley, one OF Lee county's best
farmers, comes to the front with home
raised Auditor colt 5 years old, sixteen
hands high, and weighs ESQ pounds. He
has two other well-bred colts on which he
banks heavy.
The Lumpkin county alliance has passed
the following resolutions: Whereas the
present road laws of Georgia are nearly one
hundred years old, and were framed under
the institution of slavery with view to
that peculiar institution and with view of
working slaves on the public roads: and
whereas during the existence of the insti-
tuition of slavery the working of slaves on
the public roads was taxatiol on property:
and whereas since the emancipation of
the slaves property in this state has been
exempt from taxation for read purposes,
the burden of making and repairing the
| roads put exclusively upon the laboring men,
white and black, just as though they were
all slaves : and whereas it is just and
equitable that property bear its part of the
burden of making and repairing roads as it
did IN the days Of slavery, under the present
state code read laws of Georgia enacted to
snlt the institution of slavery, but still per-
ml5ied to stand of force twenty-five years
since slavery was abolished; and whereas
this Discrimination since slave labor was
abolished in fayor'of property and against
the poor laborers, white or black, by MAX
ing the laboring man bear all the burden of
road working, is unjust and oppressive to
the poor man, white or black, and ought
not to BE- longer submitted to by freemen of
| any nativity or color; and whereas a con-
| vention of the people of Georgia assembled
In the city of Atlanta last May to inaugurate
| q revolution for the overthrow OF these unjust
and oppressive road laws and memorialized
| the legislature thereupon: and whereas
our senator from this district, Hon. Wier
| Boyd, in obedience to the will of the people
introduced bill in the Senate providing
some relief from the present unjust laws,
ana passed the same through the Senate
with but three dissenting votes; and
whereas, for'tcauses unknown to thi; body"
our immediate representative, Hon +. w.
Hall, failed to pass the same through the
House Of Representatives therefore be it
resolved, that the thanks of all
laboring men are due our senator
Hon, Wier Boyd, for his efforts in
their behalf in passing said bill SO hand
| somely through the Senate, and we with
hold comment as to our representative until
we learn the causes of his failure to pass it
in the House. That we thank all senator's
( and representatives WHO supported said bill,
wherever they reside, and stand ready to
aid them in all laudable undertakings, and
we hereby direct the president of this
alliance to appoint com nittee of three to
take in hand the work of promoting unit
on the road question throughout North
Georgia.