The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-07-23
TILLMAN VERSUS TALBeRT.
II L""is Like Drawn Battle at Edge.
field.


ering of the Edgelield County Alliance
to-day took the shape OF a protracted
meeting and Il love-feast. 1t Il ,sembled
at l y. NJ. and adiourncl at $50 - Nj
Mr.. ). l.. Recdy presided. with Mr.. ). b
Mays as secretary.
! The business of the meeting WAS dis
patched promptly. The election OF Of
iicors resulted rs follows: President,
). i. Reed: vice-preSldcnt. |. Il. Jones;
secretary. ). B. May s; treasurer, DR.. w
IL. Thinner nan: county lecturer, James
i. Bean; assistant lecturer, Il. ID. QUITS;
chaplain, the Rev. j. ID. Parish. Exec.
utlve committee, ID. u. I.agront W. =.
Allen and J. w. Alton. Delegate to
State Convent III, :. l.. Reely; altern.
ate, w. W. IIolson.
After the elections aS above speeches
were made 10y District lecturer Gas.
ton, Col. W. }. Talbrrt and Governor
Tillman.
Mr.. GaSton's speech was on the fol-
lowing points: punctual attend ince,
> unity of action, education, ab ,lition OF
national banks and free and unlimited
coinage of silver.
Col. Talbert spoke Of the policy of
the Alliance and followed the line gen
orally of his speeches heretofore pub
liShed.
Governor Tillman also spoke on Ali
ancc principles and the course of The
Alliance to insure its success us an or
ganlZatiOn.
After the speeches several rrsolu-
tiOnS were offered, as follows:
Resolved, That the endorsement of
the sub.trrasury scheme haS Il tendrn-
cy TO disrupt the Democratic party.
This resolution was tablet.
RpSoINp1 'Ihat hn E,IptliplI tonnt 4
Alliance adopt the OIalt pl ufurm,
with the omission of the Subtrrasury
= plank.
The third and last resolution was Of
ferrd by Mr. Williams, Of Grey Town
5 ship. 1t was
Resolved, That the Ehgelirld ALI
! ance do adopt the Ocala platform.
This resolution was not pressed nor
put to the house ard was therefore not
=, carried.
: Col. Talbert spoke fer two hours and
Il half, and is said 10y his friends to
have made the best speech of his ST.
rlrS. He was very frequently applaud
. ed
= Governor rillman was very wacmlS
= received 10y his Edgplield friends, an,
i his speech WAS characteristic. earnest
Il fOrcihlr, and 1T times humorous. Will,
y he wHs speaking inside Il large crOwt
q | vi II NlluS llOlil lIt CbulllN tllN lo"
# outside We're patiently awaiting TIN
v close OF the meeting to call him out
y lie declined, however, to make anotmr
speech.
> 1t was expected before the mcetin
this morning that there would be
Dr conflict between G",rrnUr TillmHm an
ia C)l. Talbcrt.
o Outside Of criticisms. however, hic
s. have been repeatedly referred to, tn
l. meeting was quiet and harmonious
is the delegates in au excellent humo
- with themselves and everybody else Il
l. the close OF the six hours session.
Those who oppose " are negative ol
- the Sub-trtaSury business say that they
desire mole enlightenment before they
commit themStlvei TO it, and the prom
=. inent Sub-treaSury men say the passage
i of the Williams resolution endorsing
; the Ocala platform was not necessary
r as the st. Louis platform had been rn
t dorsed and that Alliance men by Il grea,
o majority endorse it, whether formally
or not.
{ The sub-trcasury men at the meeting
4 claim that, although no resolutions Of
, Instructions were passed, State Dee
. gat" Rrrdy IS IL Sub-trcasury man and
:, also the district delegates. The fact i!
. both sides in the meeting to day claim
Il victory of peace. Those who diifrl
with either side can read over the rr
cord. News and Courier.
), America Must Feed the World.
n WASiIINGToN, July l3.~-A rcpor; or
i. the harvest prospects in France ant
{, EurOl e has been received at the state
t. department from Commercial Agcn
5. Griffin. of Limoges. France. The Ma
tiOnal AIillcrs Association of France, The
e report says. has Just issued an estimate
= founded on very carefully collected data
e of the probable wheat harvest OF France
o and Europe for 1881. The cslimatct
!, II yrld OF wheat for 1881 will bc S2.1II9,
y - 600 hcctolltcrs. This IS the maximum
~ estimate. 1t will be 81 per cent. less
% than the harvest OF lS9U.
r Russia. Tunis, Egypt and some OF the
Z Danubian provinces with have Il lall
q harvest, and in llunguray il will be be
+ low the average tins year.
T. The estimates given by the mlllcrs
@ the report say, are optimistic. Iht
Is desire to create an impression THAT there
Il is better supply than really exists Is
all coma with Il purpose; they wrnt t.
buy grain as chrapll a. r"ssihlc in those
y fortuna countries uNaL have an abund
s. ancc To export
tr III tt DCluS ON, lIit ltlhpl FH1N
IL not only France. hut all Europe, is look
+. iny lOngInyly to the "lNaL fields ot tho
e United states. Last year many hOpct
IL that SOutc America would help suppl,
!. the deficit. especially the Argentine Re
n public; bat today II" mention ID made
|. of those countries. The fact. as recently
g stated. IL that the hrca OF Europe mus
l. come lr IN America.
I Shot Dead In EIeld.
BhTESEl RG, July 10 News reache(
- heie TINS afternoon that one Pres
! Wise, Il notorious negro tough, who hat
u be II working at Prattr'S Mill, IN Edge
II field County, was killed TO day in field
1t seems that one day last week Wis
had difficulty with Il White man an
dealt him u severe blow on the hea
n with hook. Since that time there ha
) been bad blood among the whites, or
Il part Of the whites aud blacks, in ,ha
d neighborhood. Wise and his con
|. panions. 1T is said, have been waSlayin
| hn Ujth Innlla h., al