South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1890-09-19

and Lecturer Fisher Deliver
Addresses.
The Farmers Alliance and Knights
OF Labor Association, held for the pur-
pose Of aising money to repair Eb.
enezer church, took place as per an
nouncement on Friday last and was
largely attended. though the enjoy.
ment OF the occasion and its finan.
cial success we're TO a considerable
extent impaired by the unfavorsblc
weather that prevailed, the dav being
cloudy, and a heavy rain falling in
the afternoon. State Lecturer K 81.
Fisher, OF the Farmers Alliance. arr
rived on Thursday night, and Con-
gresssman II. p. Bland, OF Missouri,
came up from Washington on The
morning train Friday. Both these
gentlemen delivered addresses at
Camp Moorehead. where the Associa-
ti'n was held. that were listened to
with close attention and many man.
ifestations OF interest and approval
by the large audience present, com
posed principally OF farmers and la
boring men. Congressman Bland,
the father of the Bland dollar is
known throughout the length and
breadth of the land as a man OF un.
swerving devotion to democratic prin.
ciples, Of excellent standing as a pol
itician, and OF genuine and superior
craftsmanship. He is practical
farmer, and hence did not speak of
agricultural matters as a blind man
does OF colors, or indulge in glitter
ing gentrait es.' His speech was
earnest, practical, aud full OF mfr
nation and entertainment for tho Sc
who heard bin.
Lecturer Fisher is talented
young man Of pleasing address. and
lives at Berkeley Springs. He is
County Superintendent of Morgan
county, for which office he beat the
regular republican nominee-the first
time such thing was ever done there.
lie was thor oughly at home in dis.
eus'ing topics OF interest TO farmers
ana workinemeD, used good language.
ana showed that he has the elements
oil an orator in him. He is evidently
well qualified for the somewhat diff
cult Office which he holds in the or
ganlzation of which he is a member.
by Invitation Of our citizens.
Congressman Bland spoke in the
courthouse Friday night to an audi
ence which, while il filed the room
comfortably, would doubtless have
been much larger had not a driving
rain been falling at the time. We
took hrs speech in shorthand, secur-
Ing every word OF it that we heard |;
and We think we heard as much of It
as any other person in tie houae.
we doubt whether we missed alto.
gether $50 words. After he GOT
through he kindly repeated for US, at
hls notei' his address at Camp Moore.
head, and Lecturer Fisher did US the
same favor with respect to his re-
marks at the Association. Neither
gentleman had, or furnished us. a
line oil notes, and for every word we
got we had to depend on phonoera-
phy. 40 some this statement NAV
appear unnecessary. or, at best, some.
what egotist'c. We would remind
such persons That the great and COOL
Windy Wilson once publicly pro,
claimed in this place that he that
bloweth not bis own horn, that same
shall not be blown We learned wis.
dom from him, and have been pursu.
ing his policy ever since and always
snail, Tor that matter. The fact that
new paper can be relied upon to
give full reports OF public meetings.
interesting court trials, etc. is a DOW,
eriul factor in building up any jour.
nal and one of the principal reasons
Why we haze received over 80 new
subscribers in the last few weeks.
we have faith In advertising, or we
would not be doing IL now.
Neither Mr.. Bland nor Mr.. Fisher
made any particular reference TO 10.
cal politics, except that the former
called attention to the fact that.
though Mr.. George Harmon, republi.
can congressional nominee, Is a far.
mer, be was not nominated by the
Farmers Alliance, and does not even
belong to hat society. Moreover, he
is a republican, and as such alto
gether unfit TO represent the demo-
cratic farmers OF this district on the
floor of the House.
While we have all the speeches
ready Tor publication, they will not
appear until next week, because we
want to print large number OF ex-
ira copies containing them, which
can not be done now, as the outside
ps9es OF this Issue wcro distributed
on Saturday. Those Who want copies
OF the next issue can get them for 3
cents apiece, and mist order them
before hand.