The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-07-23
GEORGIA's ALLIANCES.

Mitchell county alliance has elected Rev.
Garrett Parker as its president for the ensu-
ing year, and reelected the veteran secre-
tary, A. j. Akridge
Secretary w. c. Gum of the Randolph
county alliance, after a brief illness is
getting to work in his new position as editor
OF the consolidated Liberal Enterprise of
Cuthbert.
Secretary A. A. Wolf gives notice of the
alliance picnic at Mount Bethel academy,
in Henry county, on Thursday, July 81.
Livingston, Peck and Beck are expected as
alliance speakers.
Quitman county alliance held an inter
estlng and largely attended meeting at
Georgetown and elected w A. Crumbie presi.
dent and II. j. Cross secretary, with ]. J.
| Castellow as county agent
The Shellman correspondent of the Cuth-
bert LIBERAL Enterprise writes that John
Bus has purchased the alliance warehouse
at that place from the board of directors,
and will run it this season.
The Negro World of Knoxville, Tenn.
announces that convention Of colored men
Is called for August at Columbus, Ga,
under the auspices Of the colofed farmers
alliance, the name of J. N. Clark heading
the list.
Fannin county alliance held its annual
meeting at Morgantown. j. A. Moore was
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with j. r. Allen as business manager. Sec
rotary Smith was elected delegate to the
state alliance meeting.
The Clinch county alliance met at Du-
point on July IL. DR.. l.. G.. Mattox was
elected president and w. A. Ecord secre-
tary, with p. NJ. Lee as business agent
President Mattox was unanimously nomi-
mated for the legislature.
There will be great rally of the alliances
DILL Ill
ham counties at Oliver, on the Central
railroad, on Friday. Hon. =. D. Bradwell
state senator and editor of the Hinesville
Gazette, will deliver one of the addresses.
Lowndes county alliance has held its an
nual meeting, and elected J. w. Hogan
| president and o. O. Knight secretary
| Owing to a misleading rumor, resolution
was passed condemning the effort to estab-
lish branches to the state alliance business
| exchange.
| The new alliance cotton warehouse at
| Athens is a commodious, well arranged
| building and the prospect is that 1t will do a
| big business this fail. Mr.. A. r. Houston,
| an experienced and competent man from
| Augusta, has been chosen for manager. and
is already preparing for the opening cotton
/ season.
The colored farmers alliance Of Sumter
county elected j. c. Carter, w. j. Ken
nedy, H. t. Martin, George H. Kennedy
and J. 5. Dowdill TO represent it in the state
alliance meeting at Macon. The Sumter
| county alliance will meet again in the court
house, at Americus, on Aug. 2, to hear re-
ports from these delegates.
There will be big union alliance meet
ing to-day at Pine Log, at which the
alliancemen and their friends of Barlow
and adjoining counties will enjoy them
selves, sandwiching fine basket dinner be-
tween the speeches expected from Gov.
Gordon, President Northern and other el o.
qusnt and prominent citizens.
The Milton county alliance held its July
quarterly meeting at Alpharetta to-day,
and although there was a full attendance,
everything was harmonious s. L. Rucker
was elected president, and d. W. Devore
secretary, with A. S. Norman for business
agent. A big picnic and alliance gather
ing will be held at Warsaw to-day.
The same species of grasshopper that have
been eating vegetables near Rome have
made their appearance in Cobb county, near
Marietta. Mr.. johnson, a farmer living
near there, says he was cutting some millat
last week, and III space about two ward,
square he saw fully 1000, 900 little grass
hoppers They were no larger THAI a pea
at that time and were of a vivid green
color. Mr. Johnson has not since visited
the millet patch, and is consequently unable
to say whether the grasshoppers have done
any damage.