The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-02-06

Christ shall disbard all your sorrows
and crown you queen unto God and
the Lamb forever! O! aged men and
women, fed by His love and warmed
by His grace for three score years and
ten! will not your dccrepitudo change
| for the leap Of hart when you come to
look face to face upon Him whom, hay
ing not seen, you love? O, that will
be the good shepard, not out in the
night and Watching to keep of the
wolves, bu: with the lambs reclining
on the sun liz hill. That will be the
! captain Of our salvation, not amid the
rnHr, and crash, "ud boom of battle,
bul amid his disbanded troops keeping
| victorious lestivi Y. That will be the
| bridegroom of the church coming from
afar, the bride leaning uron his arm
| while he looks down into her face and
SAYS: Behold thou art fair, my love.
Behold thou ART fair"
THE STATE ALLIANCE EXCHANGE.
Pat Into Practical Working Shupe--Huy
the Businers III Conductcd--i big Trade
Alrendy Developed.
Grccnville News.
a reporter for IT,. News yesterday vis-
tied the office at ';,% State Alliance Ex
change, which Is iCcntcd in thus cItv,
over the store nl Wiik:ns, Yoc II Go. on
Main street. il. l.. Donaldson. the State
business Agent, &Dd his assistant, Thos
Nj. Berry, formerly Of Ch"rAw, were III
the office.
The exchange has been open for three
weeks. Over haIf this ,irau wAs de
voted 20 correspondence, the furnishing
., pliGr lists, &c, and the tlrst ur.:cr
toi gHuiS was received something over a
wock ago. Now the ti.cIs come in con-
tlnuuuslY aud A.:. DJua.us i. sad tu the
reporter thar IlA u.incss IN tnat short
time had h cI highly satisfactory to
himself aAd 10 Col. J. 4. Cir. IF Nnc-
raw. the President ol the Exch,ugc,
who was here Il few days ago.
The Office is Li,iCh up comfortably and
many visitors have called since business
was begun. The business agent has two
desks and chairs "nG tic ilJrl is Carpet
cd. Samples Of flour and other uc,ic,es
are to be seen lying around.
MIR. Donaldson stated, ia answer to
the question on what plan the business
was managed, that it was conducted
somewhat on the principle Of general
brokerage busincss aRd that tic money
winch was necessary 10 rho luIniny OK
p2noe' OF the exchange was' paiI b. the
hFma winch sold goods bh1ough he cx-
change, the same as broker gcts his
pay from the firm which he REPRESENTS
MIR. Donaldson said that only those firms
that were known to be strictly honest
and trustworthy were dealt with and if
their goods do nor come up to .hcir rep
rcsentntion In the price Isis further bus,
lncSa with them is stopped immediately
VI obtain price Hste,' said Mr.. Don.
a'dson, from manufacturing establish
ments aud concerns all over the Union,
representing every product that the far
mcr has any use for. The lowest prices
are quoted These lists are constantly
coming t" me. prepare from these a
prce list which | send At intervals or
when wanted to the business agents of
the COnnty Alliances. In turn the bust
ness agents send them to the respective
SUD Alliances In their county. Then
when goods are wanted. the sub. Al
llances ind out how much and what
each member wants. The price list is
b&ioTc them and the member takes out
his pocket book and puts up the money
lor what he wants. The others do like.
Wise. An order foi ccrtsin amount of
goods IS made and the money and order
sent to the county agent. lie forwards
1t to me aud | send the order to the firm
, or firms which handle the goods and put
the money in the bank. The goods are
! stripped direct to the county agent Of the
| c"urty which orders the goods and if
they are received and found to meet the
requirements the money is then forward
| ia to the firm.
"Ihus, it will be seen, everything is
| done on strictly cash basis and the
members Of the Alliuncu get advantage
of the lowest Wholesale prices. The
| beauty Of the plan is that a cash business
~ encouraged and the farmcrs
will find themselves falling into
a cash System instead OF the credit bust
ness. 1t will be the means" said the
business agent, "of landing our people
out OF the mud on the solid rock"
81 have received orders from ncarl,
every county, from Horny - PicKens
and many Of them are for large sums
| Some orders are for AZ many rs 100 tons
Of guano.
"lt the exchange gets onc-twcntietl
OF the cash trade of the farmers of the
State 1t will do an enormous business.
Mr. Donaldson was asked how tn;
poor farmers would get money to patron
nc the exchange. He said that mattc
Is regulated by the sub Alliances. Some
times members Of the sub Alliances, VIII,
are able to q" 30, furnish the money t,
their poor brother members and take SC
curity. The loans are made at small in
tercst and there is no charge for papers
Additional clerical assistance Will b
needed as the business Of the cxchang