The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-02-14
GEORGIA ALLIANCES.

The boom in grapes and peaches Is spread
ing in Spalding county.
Richmond county has seven sub-lodges,
aud all are working very harmo liously.
The farmers of Troup county have started
this year in better shape than ever before.
Mrs. Nancy Woodruff is the manager of
an ALLIANCE store" located one and half
miles southwest of Cedar shoals, in Newton
county.
The Central Alliance of Macon has been
organized for another years campaign, and
is already making advances to the members
of the order. Everything is reported to be
moving along all right.
About a week ago James Bolton, a farmer
living in the Pan Handle of Oglethorpe
county and near the Madison line, lost his
house, furniture and years. supply of pro-
vision by fire. The alliance men of the
vicinity have made good his loss.
In Columbia county the order is in qnite
prosperous condition, but has to depend
on stores outside of the order for supplies,
there being no alliance store In the county.
There are ten sub-lodges in the county.
numbering 600 members, male and female.
The alliance of Sumter county are begin
ming to push the cotton bagging factory.
Subscription lists to the capital stock will
be placed in circulation in a short time
They hope to have the building erected,
and the machinery in operation by Dec. l.
In the opinion of the NetU South of Doug
lasville, Ga, what the farmer wants is a
home market for his farm products. The
nearer the market the better the price for
any product. By building up manufact-
ures at home, we create a market in our own
midst.
There is strong movement all along
the line" to have the study Of agriculture
introduced into the public schools of the
districts Hon p T Rarcln1 me of
Augusta, Ga, and Hon. Daniel bennett of
Mississippi are pushing the matter before
the public.
The Nelu South of Douglasville, Ca, de-
clareS that if the aliiancemen of Douglas
county would unite and build a cotton fac
tory, an oil mill and a guano factory, it
would be worth much more to them in the
long run than all the cooperative stores in
| the country.
The alliance at Elberton, has not
boycotted the merchants WAC failed to
promptly accept the alliance scale of prices,
but the members are free to trade where
ever they choose. The report of the boy
colt grew out of a misunderstanding of the
matter by outside parties.
Presi dent Z. I. Stockhouse of the South
Carolin State Alliance has been to Charles
ton to organize sub-alliance in tnat
county, and now there is only one county in
the state, Beaufort, that has no alliance.
The total membership now amounts to
over $1,000, with a steady increase every
month.
Dirt was broken last week for the alli-
ance warelN otlse at Covington, and the ALI
ancemen al o happy. President Henry L.
Graves announces that the Newton county
alliance has determined to have jubilee in
the near futulE, and he has selected strong
committee to re, port programme, etc., at
the April QuarteA 'ly meeting.
The Macon Tei. graph states that at re-
cent meeting of the stockholders of the
alliance warehouse in that city, which was
largely attended a r, solution was adopted
indorsng and encoura glng the farmers and
fruit growers exchang> recently establls ned
in Macon. The alliance men know what is
TO their interest and hav We acted wisely in
this matter.
State Lecturer j. w. Beck will speak in
Bibb, at Macon, Feb. 10; in Dodge, at East
man, Feb. Is; in Appling, at Baxley, Feb,
10; in Wayne, at Jesup, Feb. 20; in Ware,
| at Waycross, Feb. 81; in c Office, at Kirk
land, Feb. %; in Berrien, at Brook6eld,
Feb "a; in Worth, at Isabel la, Feb. rs; in
| Dougherty, at Albany, Feb. 2 8; in Thomas,
| ct brownsville, Feb. 81.
The alliances in the Augusta district are
| agitating the advisability of est ,blishing an
| alliance warehouse, and the Soul n Carolina
| alliances adjacent to Augusta are going to
| aid in the work. The alliance cl aims that
| the cotton factors show too muc1 discrimi-
nation between them and the mer, ,hants in
the disposition of their cotton, charging
| them 81 so per bale, and the merch ants only
| rs cents. 1t is for this reason that he ware
house movement is being agitated.
The Farmers alliances in Nc Duffie,
| Columbia, and Richmond counties are we'll
organized and moving along very 81 no othly,
| but in McDui1le the order seems 60 ioe DONG
better than in any place visited. At hom.
| son the alliance has established a 1 rade
store, conducted exclusively by the Ii en-
bers. The prices for dry goods, groce les,
and fertilizers have somewhat conf1h tied
with the prices formerly asked by the II ier-
chants of that town; in fact, the all Ia nee
store is getting all it can do. There are
fifteen sub-lodges in that county, and all
are thoroughly alive TO the interest of the
| order.