The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-02-20
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The following south Carolina
=. -. has pcv" ~---,a sbip OF
The Is,t ys", timber in the th."st o. te,t
,ri. .es. Every at 10 the severt,Sv between
8 ate has os.a t.s ben cs'sEh , has been
The sNNsS sNss.. 1u, IN WY ~ monopoly;
the oNH p' Sc, uecn o,9, upon the e;a
o,rassis -. Laid unboly I'm ,aso one bend and HSs
~h,s" ~." organisations on n."e-~...----~-yotv&r ."e
Ps";.,smxfHehsscee hsscesJie mark wherever ii
laid It's hand, and its hand seems to have
been we'll nigh omniprcsen'.
Not that the organization entered actively
spd jissinctivsly into the political arena;
for this IL not true. Its potency becamo
sctu~l and expressed itself in the min
through the old patty organ nn'i' ms hut 1t
was none the less tho work Of the Al lance
as a great educat'r. The lea"en stimnntcj
by the work Of the Order, like oil true
lcascn, work ed up md worked outward. -
Even the lordly Senate, tho least scnsit We
branch Of the Government, has passed ne
OF the most radical measures demanded by
the Alliance, and those mcnbcrs who stood
out most stoutiy against crt,in ether meas
urss demanded by the Aii'nce, upon
grounds that involved fundam entail aud ran
cal principles, are much less clear M to
their duty since the people have spoken
Does any Alliance man f,lter in his faith,
in view of these facts? Does amy Alliance
man in South Carolina permit his z"nl TO
grow cold at the very moment when the con
1fs 1ssasr 4fe at in ia ~ of rs issplla Slss
tin, and the future is inviting. Let us
rouse ourselves, an grid our loins for tho
crises that a,c surely coming.
Az ono Of the frat nnd most Lcces:nry
Qtc in III ,tr.c lat nd
purge our rolls. Those who are net eligible
20 mcmb. rship shoull be dropped from the
rolls and notified by the secretary. Read
over carefully the eligibility clause, anl
apply il faithfully. by the action Of the
recent Supreme unci, the word country
when IL occurs i'm this connection means
those who live Ia rural Districts aud unin-
corr pora'ed Villages. This excludes workers
In factories and all cdit'rs Of papers that are
not agricultural strictly, and that do not
support NIL the demands of the Al inucc.
Al who have been received heretofore
who ar. ineligible sh ull DO dropped from
tho roll, AMI notified hy the secretary "f the
f'ct. Let ~ get our forces together in com
pact and homogeneous mass, aud then hc
ready to pre-. = our d mands ciiectualy. Put
your lecturers to wrrS in every county
Let The c unity Alliances provide for the
T~ymore OF -fccfurcfr~,- MUD -fre ~csoss- s.sS-
hHihhCc put us lecturer to studying ma
working. As neccs-nry step to h's equip.
ment for his work he should have the fotfon
/9dn and the Nniionai Ecomomi,i. Let the
Alliance supply thee papers TO him if need
be, and then require of him some work
Let all hands thea srbscr he for the
Cotton /1am nt least, so thnt they may know
whether hs is talking The right doctrinc--
Brethren. let us get together and get to
work. The prospect before ny is limitlcss
IL really begins to look like the farmer l.,
going TO have 'his inning now after all
these years. Let us use wisely our oppor.
fun'Iics. But to use thcm wisely we must
educate ourselves. aud there is no .ttc~
school than the Alliance fer farmers
Brethren, take courage and lead II han'l
j. WM. STOKES,
President S. e.. :. +. A.