The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-07-30
THE STATE ALLIANCE.

ing this week, and III Its absence VIII
give some notes Of the session.
The sessions were secret and only sucn
matters as the order desired to give out
were furnished for publication.
Every county in the State was rep
resented, each county having one dele
gate, except three which had more
Barnwell two, Orangeburg two and
Spartanburg three-they being entitled
to that number on account Of member
ship.
The present officers were reelected as
follows: President, J. William Stokes,
of Orangeburg; vice-president, w. D.
Evans, of Marlboro; secretary, J. w.
Reid, of Spartanburg; treasurer, F. ?.
Taylor, Of Chesterfield, chaplain, Rev.
James Douglass. of Fairfield; lecturer,
w. Jasper Talbert, of Edgetield;
steward, H. M,Rae, of Marion; door
keeper, J. W. Kennedy, of Williams
burg; assistant eloorkeeper, A. r. Wal
ter, Of Horny; sergeant-at-arms, J. l..
Jarnigan, of Marion.
Executive committee: Lucas Mcln-
tosh, of Darlington; T. P. Mitchell, of
Fairfield; S. T. D. Lancaster, of Spar
tarburg.
During the session Lecturer Talbert
resigned and J. r. Jefiries, of Union,
was chosen bis successor. Mr.. Taibert's
reason for resigning was that as under
the new constitution the office of lect-
urer was now salaried one, it would
not be proper to retain it and at the
same time hold salaried office under
the State.
Newberry County was represented by
Mr.. J. a. Sigh III the Alliance and
also in the meeting of the Trustee
Stockholders. Col. L. S. Keitt, Mr..
J. L. Keitt and Mr.. Ruff, of Newberry,
were also in attendance upon the
meeting.
President Polk, Of the National Alli-
ance, was present and delivered public
address. He is good speaker and pre-
sents his side of the case and the de-
mands of the Alliance in pleasing and
forcible manner. He theories well,
and. on his speech l will have some
thing to say hereafter, when I can pu ID
lish in the same connection what he
said.
The great debate between Gov. Till
man and Col. Terrell on the sub-treas-
ury was had before the Alliance IN
secret, and they were scrupulously care
full to have none but Alliance men
present and newspaper men were all eX-
cluded. A report that purports to set
forth what the debaters said has been
published, and if it is correct, it was no
doubt furnished by Gov. Tillman him
self, as the reporter was not in the meet
ing.
= The general opinion among Alliance
men was that rom all Alliance stand
point Mr.. Terrell got the best of the
discussion. There is no doubt that he
had the sympathy of the Alliancemen
with him.
The Alliance made mistake in hav-
ing this discussion in secret. 4 good
many who favored secrecy admitted
this fact after it was over. a question
of such moment!to all the people should
have the fullest and freest discussion
and not be held behind closed doors IN
secret. -----
The Ocala platform including the
sub-treasury scheme was endorsed
without opposition after the debate.
A formula for an Alliance fertilizer
to be known as the Alliance brand was
adopted and bids for its manufacture
will be advertised for. The following
is the formula: Four per cent. OF am
monia, nine per cent. of phosphorlc
acid and two per cent. of potash.
1t was decided to hold convention
of representatives from all the cotton
growing States in Atlanta on the first
Wednesday in September to discuss
the cotton problem. The following
are the commissioners frc II the ALI
ance in South Corolina: D. P. Dun
can, Union, chairman; f. r. Walters,
Orangeburg; J. r. Harrison, Green
vile; w. n. Elder, York; W. 5: Bam-
berg, Barnwell; G. P. Davis, Claren-
don.
The following delegates to the Ma
tional Alliance were elected: J. W.
Stokes, z. T. Stackhouse, w. J. Tai
bert;,alternates, J. L. keitt, D. 2. Dun
can.
Columbia was selected as the place to
hold the next annual session.
STATE EXCHANGE.
Several meetings of the trustee
stockholders were held. They elected
the following board of directors:
From the State at large-J. \. Sigh,
of fNewberry; D. ?. Duncan. of Union,
First Distrlct-G. w. Younginer, Of
Lexington. Second District-W. II.
Zimmerman, Of Edgefield. Third Dis
trict-J. N. Glenn, Of Anderson.
Fourth District-John r. Harrison, of
Greenvilie. Fifth DiStrict-R. l.. Rick-
lin. of Lancaster sixth District-J.
w. Ferguson, Of Florence. Seventh
District-George J. Graham, Of Will
liamsburg.
The board elected J. 4. Sigh, Of
Newberry, president; W. H. Trimmer
man, ofEdgefeld, secretary; and J. W.
Ferguson, of Florence, treasurer.
NJ. L. Donaldson, Of Greenville, was
reelected business agent Of the State
Exchange and for the present the En-
change will remain at Greenville.
1t was said that Mr.. Oswald Wilson,
Of New York, was before the trustee
stockholders in the interest Of that pro-
posed ten million dollar scheme for the
establishment of cooperative stores by
the Alliance, and that the proposition
was favorably received by the trustee
stockholders, but the mem bers refused
to give out anything at all, except that
Mr.. Wilson was present.
The members Of the Alliance treated
me with great courtesy and kindness,
and 1 have no word to say against
them. The order, l think, is good
one and can accomplish much good to
the farmers. do notsendorse all the
ds,,,asaSSssgzhot Hhen the men,