The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-02-11
AN ALLIANCE SMASH.
SERIOUS DIFFICULTIES OF THE SPAR
TANBURG STORE.

Curious and Unpleasant Develop.
ments-AppnrantIy Large Def
cheney Which Is Yet to he Explain
ed-Drummers Making MOnrniui
Music About the Streets-IawSers
Hard Mt WOrk-The Sherlh's vain
Watch at the DOOr-SOme state
ments About the Clifton Branch
Attempts so ship Goods Away.
Correspondent Greenrillc News.
SpARTASBURG, Feb. 1.-The alliance store
i'm this city will probably soon be numbeieu
among the things that were Dut are no more.
For sometime the whisper has been going tile
rouudS that the concern was ShnRy, DuL Tile
ruinor was vague and no one seemed 10 nave
authentic information. Yesterday alilance
men were in solemn conciafe IN ,, Lne oPGia .5t,n
huuse the entire day, and the understanding
is that the trouble at the store was under dis'
cusson. Mr.. MeIimmerinan. who htu charge
of the business, had been sumfnonseu 10 ren,
der an account of his stewardship, but iaileu
To upDear ON the scene OF action untll last
night. 1t would be impossible TO say exactly
what is the true condition OF affairs. some
persons, who claim to kno" Whht tneS me Soa are re
be paid by the alliance or SomeDouy else.
Others put 1t from ten 10 ilteen lhousaIu'
Mr.. McZimmerman, when seen lasI nishl,
said this was all stuff and nonsense IL was
true the store owed some ten Thousand
dol lars, but the concern had ample assets with
which To liQudate that amount. vi course
Mr.. Zimmerman speaks as one haVinS au
thority, but Notwithstanding his statement, i,
| the opinion prevails that before many DAYS
the Farmers Alliance here Is gong 10 near
something drop-and IL will probably DC Ihc
bottom out of the store: Inc towm - ,t,'i y, VI
drummers and many Of them are said 10 D'
| looking after goods sold TO the store clotn-
ing man has already taken back II lot OF go3ds
and most people think he was IN iucK. IN
| vestigatiOnS are now on foot which VIII cieaf
the matter up, but until that time The bench
of anxious minded creditors will be pretty
well crowded. ;, ,,, r ;,
we will soon have the biggest sensation Spar
tanburg has witnessed for some years. IN II
former letter gave some account OF liie ru-
mors which were atloat concerning g,,We tme
followed fast and followed faSter IN the E'!'
two days, and it is now settled beyond perau'
venture that the concern has sllllsneu ~
| flinders. During sunday everything was OF
course quiet, but there was an under current
| OF expectant excitement which steaiiiy IN
creased all day Monday. Every boay knew
hat there wee near SloOpO ln Chains ,n,'' n1"
in this city. The legal fraternity was on the
qui uire, during the whole day, anu one or
OF them were 6drs 10 5ne cnrie Ssp Mydrek
Bolnar e. simpson and johnson u Thomas all
held claims and were exceedingly ueSr0ns OF
comforting with Mr.. Zimmerman, the alliance
resent are scattered from Baltimore TO Atlan-
Ia, in which latter city one mouse ,nr - i,i,
yolved to the extent Of S7,OOo. Late yesteoay
evening Johnson d Thomson anu Nlch0i.S
j. Moore issued an injunction against Tue
house and attempted to take possession.
sheriff Nichols and his deputies went down
10 the alliance store with that opJect, Dul
failed to make an entrance, the house pelnS
closed. and they not considering their papers
warran ted them in breaking In. MT. Lln,
norman WIS In the place all the whlie anu
would extingulsh the lishts wheneSer ,.S tseS
stationed guard about the mousse VINO were
TO watch them until late hour at nlght.
This they did, but after they ieiI lne p,arti' pri
Notwithstanding The iact that ~ was nu, Inrce
quantity Of gods TO the Air Line depot Wnere
they were discovered this morning: ~ Is
now understood that he had sold out 70
this morning and papers were served upon
McZimmerinan whilst he was yet In bed, oy
the sheriff and now everybody IS cN-
pecting some startling developments every
hour. .
The executive committee or the alliance
held a meeting here yesterday ana finally de.
termined that they did not held themselves
liable for McXimmerman'S deots. Ihey .alu
that he had no authority from them to con.
duct the business US he had been conducting
IT. and that consequently his creditors must
| look to him for payment Ihe crro'toiS
claim of course that the alliance Is liable. but
in view Of the doubt on the subject q pretty
| lively scuilie for what is In sight Is IN pro-
gress. ., ,
| our correspondent SttW SSoLSi",s HSi
| tieman who had been in charge OF the branch
| store which McZimmernlan has been run.
ming at Clifton. He said that he could not
| imagine how 1t was possible for SO many
debts 10 have been contracted, for he knew
personally that the goods were bought on
| thirty and sixty days time and sold Tor cash.
consequently there should always have been
plenty of funds TO liQuidate all claims. The
| same man said that the store at clifton hau
stock Of Si,OO0, This morning 1t was learned
that McZnmcrman sold II Saturday for 81 QUO
in cash. The tlshy appearance of this trans
action is creating much comment, as Is IKE
| wise the fact that it is known that as far
back as last Friday he was selling out large
quantities OF the Clifton stock ut q price far
below cost, The impression prevails that the
developments from now Oh Will have de.
| nj, nranl. ri tendency