The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-07-29

vile: w. n. Elder, York; ". S. BAN
berg, BarnWell; G. 2. Davis, Clarendon
This committee will make report tC
this meeting and submit an address to
be issued calling this convention, and
the committee will be continued.
The Observation-Disclosures have En-
ished their work. Nothing is given out
for publication except the election OF
nine directors OF the State Exchange.
The board elected at this meeting is
constituted as follows: From the State
at large. A. Sigh, OF Newberry; D.
p. Duncan, OF Union. First Distrlct-G.
w. Younginer, OF Lexington. Second
District-W. II. TimmermaD, Of Edge
field. Third District-J. n. Glenn, Of
Anderson. Fourth District-John r.
Harrison. OF Greenville. Fifth Dis
trict-R. L. uicklin, Of Lancaster.
Sixth District-J. ". Ferguson, Of
Florence. Seventh Distrlct-George J
Graham, of Williamsburg.
at a meeting of the board held to-day
J. a. Sligh was elected president, W. II.
Zimmerman secretary and J, W. Fergu-
son treasurer The board will hold
another meeting TO elect business
agent for the State Exchange, and to
consider the proposition for the re-
moval of the exchange to Columbia,
and to transact such other business as
may come before them.
At the meeting this afternoon it was
decided to hold the next convention at
Columbia.
State Organizer J. r. Jeffries made
his report which showed that the order
was in a fourishing condition.
The following were elected delegates
to the National Alliance: ]. w. Stokes,
u. T. Stackhouse, w. J. Talbert; alter
notes; J. S. Keitt, D. L. Duncan.
\ meeting of the directors OF the State
Exchange was held this afternoon. NJ.
L. Donaldson, of Greenyi!le, was re-elec-
ted State Exchange agent. The consid-
Grafton of the question OF removing the
State Exchange to Columbia was post
poned to the October meeting. An aud
lting committee was appointed to eN-
anime the treasurer'S books and vouch-
ers. The committee is composed Of
three members, with president J. A.
Sigh as chairman eX-otGico. The other
members are: J. Il. Harrison of Green
vile, D. p Duncan OF Union and j. NJ.
Glenn of Anderson.
A committee was appointed at meet
ing held in Columbia April % to pro-
pose formula for the manufacture Of
tertallzer for the use oflhe Alliauce and
authorized to report to the State Alli-
ance at this session. The committee
will recomend the following formula
for consideration by the Alliance: The
fertilizer to be known as the Alliance
Brand; four per cent. Of ammonia, nine
per cent. of acid and two per cent OF
potash. The committee will also Ie-
commend that the State exchange be
authorized to advertise for the manu-
facture of fertilizer upon above form
ula.
Oswald Wilson, OF New York, for
merly of Texas, and secretary OF the n a.
tion4l Association of Business Agents,
composed of The business 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. 1t is
understood that he was here in the in
terest of that ten million dollar scheme
which is supposed to have been formu-
lated at a meeting OF prominent Alll-
apcemen held in New \ ork few weeks
ago. 1t is understood that this meeting
proposed to have cooperative stores es-
tablished in each Of the counties, with
central headquarters in New York. MIR.
Wilson met with the trustees and stock
holders of the board of directors of the
Stale exchange, but they absolutely re-
fuse to give outanything for publication
growing g out of the conference with Mr..
Wilson, or anything about this ten mil
lion dollar scheme for establishing CO.
operatiy. stores. Mr.. Wilson left this
morning for Atlanta, presumably to
hold conference with the Alliance OF
Georgia.