The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1891-07-28
LAURENs, S. O., TUESDAY J IY %, 1891.

berg, Barnwell; G.. p. Davis, Clarend or
This committee will make report Il
this meeting and submit an address 3,
be issued calling this convention, ant
the committee will be continued.
The Observation-Disclosures have I'm
Ilshed theirwork. Nothingis given oui
for publication except the election o.
nine directors of the State Exchange
The board elected at this meeting Ii
CONSTITUTED as follows: From the State
at large-J. a. Sigh, of Newberry; ID
p. Duncan. of Union. First District---G
w. Yonnginer, of Lexington. Second
DistrictW. III. Zimmerman, of Edge
field. Third District-J. M. Glenn, III
Anderson. Fourth District-John II
Harrison, OF Greenville. Fifth Dis
trict-R. l.. Hicklin, of Lancaster
Sixth Distrtct-J. w. Ferguson, oil
Florence. Seventh District--G George j
Graham, of Williamsburg.
at a meeting Of the board held to day
j. a. Sigh was elected president, w II
zimmerman secretary and j. w. Fer Ju
son treasurer. The beard will hold
another meeting to elect a 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
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 fiourishing condition..
The following were elected delegates
to the National Alliance: j. w. Stokes
E.iT. Stackhouse, w. j. Talbert; alter.
notes; j. S. Keitt, ID. L. Duncan.
"a meeting of the directors Of the State
Exchange was held this afternoon. NJ
J.. Donaldson, of Greenville, was re-elec-
Ted State Exchange agent. The consid-
Grafton of the question Of removing the
Estate Exchange to Columbia was post
poned to the October meeting. An aud
lung committee was appointed to eX-
anime the treasurers books and vuuch-
ers. The committee is composed of
three members, with president j. A.
Sligh as chairman eX-oilico. The other
members are: j. r.. Harrison of Green
vile, ID. L. Duncan of Union and j. NJ.
Glenn of Anderson.
a committee was appointed at meet
ing held in Columbia April go to pro-
pose q formula for the manufacture of
fertallZer for the use of the Alliauce and
authorized to report to the State ALI
ance'at this session. The committee
Will recomend the following formula
Tor consideration by the Alliance: The
fertilizer to he 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 re.
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.
tionil 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 ls supposed to have been formu-
lated at a meeting of prominent Alli-
ancemen held in New York a few weeks
ago. 1t Is understood that this meeting
proposed to have cooperative stores es-
taDllShed in each of the counties, with
central headquarters in New York Mr.
Wilson met with the trustees and stock.
holders of the board of directors OF the
State exchange, but they absolutely re-
fuse to give out anything for publication
growing out of the conference with Mr..
Wilson, or anything about this ten mil
lion dollar scheme for establishing co.
operatiV3 stores. Mr.. Wilson left this
morning Tor Atlanta, presumably to
hold a conference WITH the Alliance Of
Georgia. -------0