The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-07-26
ALLIANCES ON A PICNIC.
OVER 1000 PEOPLE AT THE
RALLY AT OLIVER

The Weather Unpropitious But the
Crowd in Good Spirits Until the
Shooting Occurred - Capt Cooper
Starts the Talking-Rev. J. NJ. Cross
Pitted Against a Locomotive.
HALCYoNDALE, GA, July 25.-Over
1000 people. representing four or five coun-
ties, with dark showery skies above them,
and splendid dinner spread under two long
rows of ancient oaks TO cheer and refresh,
and IN the way Of intellectual food four
pleasant speakers to entertain and instruct
them.
That was the scene at Oliver, on the Cen
tral railroad, to-day.
twas bad day for picnicking, but despite
the dearth of sunshine the alliancemen
turned out in good force with their wives
and daughters, and well filled baskets.
AT 10 o'clock Capt. J. r. Cooper, prom
inent alliancsman of this district. intro
duced Hon. Morgan Rawls of Effingham
county, who made good speech. dwelling
mainly on the evils of the national banking
system. Mr.. Rawls' peroration, as usual,
was graceful tribute to the ladies, from
whose hands, he said. should they ever
obtain the right of suffrage, he would be
sure to get some big Office.
TALKING AGAINST A LOCOMOTIVE.
Rev. j. NJ. Cross, also of Effingham, was
the next orator. He spoke mainly on the
aims and purposes of the alliance. While
Mr.. Cross was talking a locomotive was
drilling up and down by the stand, to the
annoyance of the speaker and audience.
Unable to make himself heard, he at last
told them that be could talk against talk,
could talk against wind and time, but it
was impossible TO talk against a moving
locomotive. Finally the engine went away
and Capt. Cooper told the crowd that the
opposition, like all others to the alliance,
had vanished. The speaker then finished
The elements considerably held up at -
o'clock, SO that the ladies could pile up bas-
ketfuls OF good things on the long table
under the oaks, and there everybody was
royalty entertained and went away in a
splendid humor.
HUNNIcUTT's SPEECH.
In the afternoon a crowd assembled in a
house on account of the rain, and DR.. j. B.
Hunnicutt of Coweta county, a candidate
for commissioner of agriculture, was intro
duced. Mr.. Hunnicutt captured his audi
ence and delivered a delightful and entertain
ing address. The burden Of his speech was
upon the idea that we needed an institution
in Georgia where her young sons could be
taught agriculture as well as to be taught
Latin and Greek, for, said he, farming is
or ought TO be a science as much as any of
the other professions. Speaking Of himself
and Judge Henderson as regards personal
appearance, he said that the judge was a
good specimen of latter taking" and he
himself of before taking Commissioner
Henderson had enjoyed the shady side of
farming, he said, for ten years, and he had
had the sunny side, and ne would like to
swap. Mr. Hunnlcutt's address was a |
masterful one, aud he made good impress
sion on the alliancemen who heard him.
CAPT. BRADWELL'S SPEECH. |
Capt s. D. Bradwell of Liberty county |
was the last speaker He mad just warmed |
up to his theme-aud his rhetorical fights |
were eloquent and stirring-when the shoot
ing, an account of which is given elsewhere, |
broke up the programme of the day and |
dispersed the picnickers
Save for its unfortunate ending the picnic
was pleasant one to all who attended.