The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-07-29

this pSUnirS, ~tEii, on INC arrival Dl li!c
lo'cloct train. Col Terrell stepped ont Ol th'
sleeper on the platform and into the Mcr
chants Hotel 'bnS, with "conqucrlnG nero
smile" on his face.
The convention will assemble Tomorrow
promptly Mt . o'cluc!i, and it. IS understood
that The great LTcrrel-Tilman debate on th'
ISub-,reaSury will be the first thing brough
before the meeting. it hcins the general desire
OF the members iO dispose oI that uls''iISS!Nl
before they 90 into routin" work. In Fact. u
Is understood that the resolution To he PRO
posed indurSiug the Oraia platform. witch IN
clntlrS the Sub-trraSury, is held back until af
ter the mcmbers have Ecard this discussion
between these two distinguished mcmherS q
the order holding opposite views on tins
Question.
| bia.
State Organizer ]. r. Jrnrlcs made his re-
port, which showed that the order was III q
touiiShng condition.
| The following were elected delegates ia tho
National Alliance: J. w. Stokes. +. /. stack
house, W. !. Talbcrt; altcrnatc>: j. y. kcitt
| ID. p. duncan.
During the session. Ben Terrell entered the
| hall and was received with great enlhnsiaSin.
| The remainder Of the time Of the afternoon
meeting was devoted To considerations ol
amendments to the contribution.
THE STATE EXCHANGE.
A meeting of the directors Of the State EN-
change was held this afternoon. NJ. L.. Don
nldsnn. OF Grcenville, was reelected State FIX
change agent. The consideration OF the queS-
tion of removing the State Exchange TO tol-
unbia was postponed 10 the October meeting.
An auditing committee was appointed 10 en-
anime the trrasuferS hooks AMI voncherS.
rhe committee Is composed or three men,
berS. with president J. y. Sigh as chairman
cX -officio. The other members are: }. II. ar
rison, of Greenvllc, u. L. duncan, of Union,
and j. VI. Glenn, OF Anderson.
ALLIANCE FERTILIZER.
4 committee was appointed at n meeting
held in Columbia April 23 10 propose II fornu.
In for the manufacture nf f.rtitzer for the use
of the Alliance and authorized to report to
the State Alliance ut This session. That COM
mittec will recommend the following formula
for consideration by the Alliance: The fcrtii.
Zer 10 be known as the Alliance Brand; four
and two per cent. Ut potash. The committee
will also recommend that the Stat Exchange
be authorized To advertise for the manuiac.
ture of fertilizer upon above formula.
THAT TEN MILLION DOLLAR SCHEME.
Oswald Wilson. Of New York, formerly Of
Texas, and secretary OF the National ASSocia.
tion of Business Agents, composed of the bus
mess agents Of the several States in which
there are State exchanges, dropped in here
Tuesday night without any one outside Of
the Alliance seeming to know that he was
here, or the object Of his visit. H. is under
stood that he was here in the interest of that
Ten million dollar scheme which Is supposed
to have been formulated nj 4 meeting oi
prominent Alliancemcn held in New York
few weeks ago. 1t Is understood that this
meeting proposed to have cooperative stores
established in each of the counties. with CEN
trail headquarters in New York. Mr.. Wilson
met with the trustees and stockholders OF the
board of directors of the State Exchange, but
they absolutely refuse to give out anything
for publication growing out OF the conference
with Mr.. Wilson, or anything about this ten
million dollar scheme for establishing co .op.
erativc stores. Mr.. Wilson left this morning
for Atlanta, presumably to hold Il conference
with the Alliance of Georgia.
A NEWSPAPER MAN "EoUNcEn."
Something of sensation was occasloned
tonight, when newspaper man got hold OF
the password and went into the Alliance
meeting, claiming TO belong to the order.
They had already decided that such an one
was Ineligible; but this one was unknown To
the doorkeepcr, and, having the password, Sc
cured entrance. lie was soon recognized, and
the question to his right 10 n seat within the
body was raised. He declined to retire, and
forced the A liance 10 q vote on his right to
be inside. The vote was taken. and hc was
unanimously excluded. AS this matter has
been somewhat talked about by Alllanccmcn.
and there are other newspaper men here, IL Is
proper to state that reference is had IN Mr..
w. j. Shelton, representing the Charleston
World. A man from Georgia, and having the
password, secured admiss ion laSt night To the
meeting Of the State Exchange. He was un.
known To any of the members. and, rather
than embarraSS them, retired.
After his expulsion, Mr.. Shelton came on
the street and publicly proclaimed the pass
word by which he secured admitiancr. The
Alliance had taken the precauti0n 10 have
one OF its members follow Mr.. Shelton out of
the ha II, and he heard this public unnouncc-
ment of the password. He reported this facl
to the executive committee, and they imme.
dlately changed the password for tomorrow
and passed the same around among the MEM
berS. The action of Mr.. Shelton caused great
Indignation among the members Of the ALL
ancc.
THE DISCUSSION WILL BE PRIVATE.
1t was reported here tonight that there was
q disposition on the part of some of the MEM
hers Of the Alliance to suppress the debate be-
tween Terrell aud Tillman, bub the arrange
nlent will stand as heretofore announced, and
the discussion will he the first order at the
meeting tomorrow morning, and will be pri-
vate.
Immediately after the discussion another
business meeting will he held and continue in
session until final adjournment, which will
take place tomorrow afternoon.
The committee OH legislative board made
their special report tonight, which was
adopted with n few amendments. Quite
discussion was had on the new constitution,
which was finally accepted as whole. The
session lasted until II o'clock Tonight The
above Is all that can be secured for publcu-
ton.