The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1891-08-06
TIE State ALLIANCE.
TEE ADDRESS OF PRESIDENT ). W.
-. STOKES.

Delivered at the Annual Meeting OF
the Alliance at Spartanburs. s. G.,
July 23, lS9l---A Paper Which
VIII be Renl with Interest by AL.
llaucemen and Non.Alliancemen.
.Orangebnrg Enterprise and Alliance Monitor.
BRETHREN "A year has rolled round since
the head Of the Alliance column in this State
was laid upon me at Greeuvflle. II was high
honor. + can conceive OF none higher than
ing under unequal burdens; and yet, breth.
rem, the elevation, f1Attering as 1t might we'll
be to young man, comparative stranger
at that time TO most OF you personally, lacks
8 very great deal In fact OF being subject for
eiation.
1t is scarcely logical, to say the least, to
speak or think Of elevation cOptemporaneous-
ly with1weighting down.of clevatlnga man
while weighting him down with labor and
responsibility. Yet that is precisely The situ-
alton or the man who Is elevated 10 the pres
tdency OF this great organization In onr State;
the popular mind. with re ference TO all pub
Z lie positions. 1t is especially true. however,
Of the position In question. because there Is
no beaten track. 1t Is new organization
with new purposes and untrled methods. 10
many q man familiar with public duty. these
new paths would have occasioned little study
and anxiety. Given new, untrled paths and
new. man to trace those paths, and yon
!
thought and ceaselcss labor-particularly
when possibilities or veal or woe 70 a numer-
ous and coniding people are wrapped up In
the labyrinth through which those nntried
paths lead.
But however paradoXical, however illogical
the situation. st Is q fact ennnciated long ago
1 by the Great Teacher when he said :"Wh Whoso-
ever OF you will be CD iefest shall (thereby) be
servant OF all.o And SO 1t iS-the chief OF
hcer Of the State Alliance Is the chief ser.
!. want Of the order In the State-he is the ser.
want OF more than 90 600 masters.
great labor hunt in couples. Greatest labor
attends greatest honor; and 1t Is equally true
: that greatest honor attends aud is insepara-
: Bile from greatest labor in an honorable cause
Fullness OF service rather than brilliancy Of
achievement is the supreme test.
These considerations have compensated In
some measure for conscious Inability TO meas
ure up TO my own standard of attainment In
the administration OF my office; aud enable
me to restore to You with good conscience the
Z trust bestowed q year ngo.
claim on ly one qualification for this work
{ as an offset to my many ydisabiilties-itls Is the
s same attributed 10 one Of the 3Israelitish
kings-as the culmnination OF Uzzlahs quail
tiles, II WAS said Of him "for lie loved hus
9 bandry.n This king was "marvelously help
ed" In the discharge OF his public duties, pre-
sumably by this love; nnd certainly youl
: humble servant has been marvelously helped
BY his love for husbandry and It's voraries
Ing Is high calling; profoundly: impressed
that the cause is u just cause, the occasion op
& Fortune. I have discharged the delicate anc
onerous duties OF the presidency with Ger
tain pride and satisfaction. - -, -.
In turning over to you again the trust coin
mitted to INC, premit me TO call your atten
Z tion to the