The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1890-10-16

ALLIANCE DEPARTMENT.
Under the Supervision OF the County Alliance.
May our aims be always high and our

May our aims be always high and our
purposes noble.
Thursday of each week is Alliance
day for selling cotton.
The Garmany Alliance will meet
next Saturday at $50 O'Clock p. m. in
stead of at 2 o'clock.
After some little delay the Garmany
Alliance has received the 2,400 yards
of hemp bagging sent for.
In the death of Mr.. G. rnts Ridlehu-
Der the Camp Ground Alliance lost an
active member.
The Alliance is fast becoming a
power in the land, and its influence is
being felt by all classes.
Why is it that the Alliance cotton
platform in the town Of Newberry has
not been completed? We trust the
committee will see to this matter at
cnce.
Why compel the people to pay inter
est on government credit through the
bank, when said credit could be ex-
tended direct to the people without
interest.-Calhoun.
Coming events cast their shadows be-
fore, and sometimes they knock the
everlasting daylight out of fellow.
That is how the Alliance is doing and
going to continue to do 10 some fellows.
We learn that the Alliance cotton
sold in the town of Newberry last
Thursday brought 92c. Pretty good
price. We hope the cotton selling
committee will continue to work.
The financial policy which enriches
a few uuproductive drones at the ex-
pense Of the great hive Of human in-
dustry, is not only unjust, but criminal,
and surely fatal to national progress,
and even national life.
Recently there have been organized
two new Alliances IN the county. One
at Fairview, ia the lower edge of No. 8
Township, and the other at Utopia,
No. Township. We have not learned
the officers of the o1e at FalrvleW.
The following are those elected at
Utopia. President. J. R. Perdew;
vice president, J. S. Buckley; secretary,
John w. Reagin; treasurer, II. L.
Nichols; chaplain, ]. c. Dominick.
This Alliance is made up Of good men
and we hope to hear good reports from
it.
1.-THE farmer who says he has not
time to read a paper that is laboring to
support the cause in which be is most
interested makes the acknowledgment
at once that be has turned too much of
his business over to other fellows. This
position is grand mistake of the farm
er. He should endeavor to conduct
his business so that he can have time
to read, and by so doing he can post
himself on questions wherein he will
be able to cope with the other fellows
who are speculating at his expense"
At the recent meeting Of the county
Alliance, a resolution was adopted EN-
dorsing the Cotton Plant, published in
this State, and the National Econo-
mist, published at Washington, D. G..
The former of these papers is the Alli-
ance's State paper, aud the latter is the
organ for the National Alliance. Both
papers have done much good for the
Alliance. In the resolution adopted,
the members of the Alliance are urged
to subscribe for and read them. They
can be got at reduced rates by clubs.
"The agricultural industries of the
country are confronted by great COM
binations of corporate and individual
interests under the indefinite and ire
sponsible name of 'tru is" which have
for their objects the ]: ;litation of all
other production except agricultural
production. The effect of this is to en-
nance the cost of everything the farmer
has to buy. On the G her hand this
industry is assailed by combinations of
capital, organized to come between the
producer and the consumer, and fix the
price for both, so as to levy tribute upon
both the producer and the consumer"
Oh! that the time may soon come when
the Alliance will work the much need
ed reform in this whole matter.