The Southern herald., 1893-03-24
TIE sed1l aud Iniellsaual
Features ol tho AIliaaoe.

cur trouoll1 mingaied By The syn
paihy Of friends. Thus meme the
same occupations and ihoss sur
rounded by the same cireumelanees,
as also those who have had similar
experiences and whose aims and
aspirations are the same love to as
sociats together and are a mutual
support to each other. All christians
love all other christians and are
encouraged and strengthened BY
association. Masons and other
societies love their lodge meeting,
and are delighted to meet a brother;
though he be a stranger. The in
habitants Of cities and towns have
their numerous clubs at which they
meet for pleasure and the inter-
change Of ideas; how very import
ant it is then for farmers who are
necessarily isolated, 10 meet for
social enjoyment and mutual in
struetiOn, to eompair experiences,
aninterchange Of ideas and sgener-
alupliftingof social and intellectual
status. 1--WE are allied together to
render the lives Of farmers and
laborers more attractive, country
life less lonely and more social,
and to better our condition. We
aim by cultivating the mind to reach
a higher degree of intelligence,
thereby adding 10 the pleasures,
and relieving the cares and ankle
ties Of llfe." Many warm and last
ing friendships are formed in the
Alliance; we here meet on terms Of
equality and brOtherly regard, where
there is only "that noble emulation
Of who can best work and best
agree" each anxious to be polite,
affable and agreeable, disposed TO
receive and impart knowledge. In
these hard times many -four youths
are unable to get an accomplished
education from want Of means. In
the Alliance a great deal is done 10
supply this want. Business of
various kinds is transacted. Com
mittees are appointed and reported;
Offices are to be filed; parliamenta-
ry rules are observed, and minutes
are kept. All these afford practi-
cable instruction, which is useful
and will elevate its recipients in
their standing in society. There
are always more or less discussions
thatare entertaining and instructive
and 1t is a curious fact that never
heard a buncum speech, in which
a brother took a position just for
arguments sake, but they always
express sincere opinions, and the
discussions are like scientific in
vestigations. The attendance Of
ladies at our meetings on perfectly
equal terms with the male mem.
bers, with all the rights and privi.
leges Of the order, makes our meet
ings refining, elevating and in
structive, and to them we owe much
of the enjoyment of our meetings;
and it is a notable fact that an Al
lance is prosperous just to the de-
gree that the sisters take an interest
in it. The Alliance is then Just
what we make it. II is capable o.
great and inestimable good; it has
done more good than we can con.
ceive of, yet it has not achieved
any thing like what farmers coulC
have made of it and may yet. Thil
is an age of progress, and we Ough
to use all the means in our powei
to keep in the front rank, and
think the Alliance is the means Il
use for that purpose. Now, farmer
Of Amite, will we do ii? If we le
this institution go down, it will de
stroy confidence in farmers ability
to sustain an organization, and AM
future effort will meet with want o
confidence. What Amite count,
wants, to put and keep her in tht
front ranks as an intellectual agri
cultural community, is an active
and aggressive Alliance, an inter
change of ideas on agricultural sub
jects in our county paper, and I
live fair association.
In concluding the subject of tn,
Alliance / thank you, Mr.. Editor
for the space you have allowed me
and will say that though 1 MAJ
have taken more space than wha
l have said is worth, it is not NOR,
than the subject demands, and
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