The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1892-08-04

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Kershaw j. r.. Magil.
Lancaster-J. &. Elliott.
Iaurcns-J. w. Ycarein.
Lex ngton-J. l.. Shuler.
Marion-J. E. Stevenson.
Marlboro-J. J. Lane.
Newberry-JnO. +. Banks.
Oconee-M. +. Whitaker.
Orangeburg-E. II. Walters,
Pickens-C. III. Carpenter.
Richland-B. &. DuPre.
span tanbury-Geo. b. Dean and T..
&. Allen.
Sumter-E. M. Cooper.
Union j. S. Welsh.
Willamsburg-J. ID. Daniel.
York;. G.. Wilburn.
The following officers were present:
j. VIM. Stokes, Oran.eburg, presi-
dent,
w. ID. Evans, Bennettsville, vice.
president.
j. w. Reid, Reidvillc, secretary.
+. l.. Taylor, Mt. Croghan. treasurer.
Rev. James Douglass, Blackstock,
chaplain.
John Il. Jeaeries, Star Farm, lectur-
CT and organizer.
J. w. Kennedy, Sandy Grove, door,
keeper.
"A: r.. Walker, Fair Bluff, assistant
doorkeepcr.
j. f. Jarnigan, Columbia, sergeant
alarms.
Lucas Mcintosh, Dovcsvillc. r. Il.
Mitchell, Woodward, 5. II. ID. Lancas-
ter, Glenn SPRINGS, executive commit.
teemen.
w. N. Elder, GuLhricsvilie, ID. X
| Nonls and j. l.. Keitt, Judiciary com.
miLtecMen.
District Lecturers present.
First dlstrict-J. II. Price, Orange.
burg.
Second dis.rict--John &. CASTOR,
Aiken.
Third district-Joc l.. Keilt, New
berry.
Fifth diatrict-W. n. Elder, York.
Sixth distlict--II. G.. Burn, Darliug-
ton.
Alter the organization had been et-
fected in the usual order, the body be-
ing called together at | | o'clock, Presi-
dent j. VIM. Stokes, who has stood at
the helm OF The Alliance ship for two
years past, delivered his annual addre So .
The main portion of it had particular
bearing on the political situation and ls
gwen below. State Lecturer Jetl'rles
also made hls annual report az did the
other officials, and these with the Pres.
ldeut's address, were all referred to q
special committee 18th instructions to
report on them. The Alliance then
took recess till p. m.
In opening his address President
Stokes stated that the organization was
lace TO tacc with new epoch. They
had achieved much in the one Just
closed. Proceeding he SAID in ptr.:
'ENtraordinary, almost cXtravagant, as
the promise seemed at its beginning;
entlclng as was the "outlOok" pictured
in my last annual address, achievement
has kept even pace with promise, and
prophecy has been translated into his
tory. The visions Of our old men and
the dreams Of our young men arc rapid.
ly approaching Il full iruition in crystal
Wed fact. The speaker dwelt upon the
movement which began five years ngo
and had been carried Oil by the bread
vii ncrs against the ''brains and respect
ability" OF the country. Th, cmanci-
patton of labor and industry from the
oppression ofmonopoly. applied through
iniquitous legislation, had been their
fight.
There is not today in the nation a
more potent moral, social or political
factor Than the Farmers Alliance and
Industrial Union. AS an educator of
the people lis influence Is unprecedented
| III thc history OF the race. Not only
are the members Of the order more unit
ed in sentiment, but the leaven has per-
mcated the entire social and political
lump. The average small merchant
and small business man in every line
has been reduced into mere collecting
agent for the big combines, taking his
chance Of getting a precarious living for
himself and family by handling goods
Tor these souilcss aggregatlons of greed.
| And whenever it becomes necessary to
cut wages in order to swell the gains OF
the combine, the small merchant is So
romorselcssly squeezed as ls the wage
worker. Today there are ten merchants
aud nall capitalists in sympa .hy with
US where there was one several years
ago. Men Of acknowledged ability and
| honesty have openly joined our fight.
Thinking people, already imprcsstd d by
our very insistGnce, have seen our de-
nuncatOrs challenged to the platform
and in the press. They have seen them
met, answered and in turn arraigned,
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES arguments battered
down, their sophistry exposed, thier du-
pliclty laid bare. There is no question
in the minds of many more today as to
the justice OF these complaints, and
when an honest mind reaches the ques-
tionlng stage OF our demands our case is
won. Even the unrcsponslve American
House OF Lords has not been insensible
! TO the spirit Of the day. The intolerant