The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1892-01-20
THE COUNTY ALLIANCE.
A Bad Day But Full Meeting Nothing
for Publication.

The County Alliance met in the
Court House last Friday. There are
now seventeen sub Alliances IN the
county. Fourteen of these had dele
gates present at the meeting last Fri
day. The sub AlllauceS that were not
represented are SaluGa, Fairview and
Liberty Hall. The last named is the
only sub Alliance in the upper part of
the county, unless Beth Eden Is con-
sidered in the upper section. In the
lower part of the county the interest IS
kept Up and some OF the delegates
came as far as fifteen or sixteen miles
10 be present.
President J. a. Sigh Was not able to
attend the meeting on account of sick
ness, and Eice-P President r. I. {. Hun
ter presided.
There are said to have been some
fifty or sixty Ailiancemen present, but
We saw but few of them. The day was
bad and as they arrived they went TO
the Court House and when the meet
ing adjourned they did not tarry. The
Secretary says nothing but routine
business was transacted and he would
not even give out the routine for publ
cation. In fact he is averse to giving
US anything for publication, as 1t seems
some Of the members charge him with
giving out tie proceedings OF former
meeting. This reporter desires to state
here and now that the proceedings OF
that meeting were not obtained from
the secretary. And in addition it is
not our purpose to publish any of the
the secrets Of the Alliance that relate
nd
if they were in our possession, but
when the Alliance deals with politics,
and takes action that affects others, and
in fact the public generally, then we
will furnish such information as news
to our readers. Just how we obtain
that information is nobody's business
but our own, and the report to which
exception is taken is admitted to be
correct. We shall do nothing dishon-
orable to get the news, but 1T is the
business Of newspaper to publish the
news and as long as we run news
paper we shall continue to give our
subscribers the news.
At the meeting on Friday Lecturer
Pope in his lecture called to the atten-
ton Of the Alliance the fact that some
member had given out the proceedings
of the last meeting, and that party
should be summarily dealt with. This
isa little queer, as our information was
that Lecturer Pope had characterized
that report as uDtrue, and if it were, no
notice should have been taken of 1t.
But then we may be mistaken. Dis
trict Lecturer keitt also gave the Alll-
ance talk.
The Executive Committee examined
the treasurer's books, and reported that
Mr.. Boyd had kept everything in good
order, and that he had proper vouchers.
The following committee, who are
looking afte: and securing guano for
the Alliance, was appointed: h. I. Z.
Hunter, John +. Banks and J. S. Hair.
A called meeting is to be held on the
first Friday in February. This meet
ing is to consider a recommendation
contained in the report of President
Sligh. This recommendation is that
a mass meeting of the farmers of the
county be held TO consider what crops
shall be planted this year. We pre-
sumo the main thing intended to be
considered is the reduction of the acre
age of the cotton crop. It was thought
best to submit this matter to the sub
Alliances for action first, and hence the
necessity for called meeting.
We want to say here that The Herald
and News is entirely friendly to the
Alliance and is willing and ready to
give any aid in its power to build up
the order, but that does not keep us
from critizising its demands or the pub
l;o Nf nf niolc 1n0D.
ment may be necessary.