The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1894-08-09
LARRY CAN'T HITS BACK
lCCNTINUED FROM PAGE FIRsrl

lts columns 50 long as the present ed,.
cor remains at It's helm. It ia n niena
OF DraZen impertinence on tho mart of
| Chat committee to designto middle Win
Ghls paper, while cOndoning, by silence.
IN their own organ Just what the
Headlight is charged with.
Inc proceedings OF the State ALI.
amce s1n convention plainly show that it
mHf5. was captured In the interest Of certain
SGotnc,ciaus, Go1, and was used to defeat
,E3oVetnor Ililman for the Uuited States
Senate aid to crush every man who ia
us friend and supporter. This was
proven ny the great interest that the
Ga ring and Haskellite organs mani
rested In the proceedings, and when
Ghese papers were given out news be.
iore our own members we're Informed,
And we are also told that "more than
tour.iifths of the delegates were Ellerbe
ihen! wen, this accounts for the in
justice done the editor Of the Headlight.
and the attempt to pull him down. But
we accept tho gauntlet cast at our feet
ana intend to take up the work where
that SO called Investigating" commit.
tee left Off, and lay before the people
the Facts and the testimony. Our Al.
l1ancemen will then see whether or not
we have made any charges against
Manager Duncan but that can be sub.
stantiated by reliable witnesses.
Ihe money to start the EXCHANGE
was taken from the farmers, aud they
nave right to know just how every
collar has has been expended. The
All1ancemen Of Georgia invested over
$71, 1,OC0 in an Exchange, under the
charge Of as honest board of directors
as ever lived; and yet their manager in
three years time had cotton away with
M ore than half Of their entire capital
and only 81 500 In cash were found in
the treasury when the expose was made
NOW, with this lesson before our ALI,
ancemep, we do not believe that they
VIII rest content with any such white.
washing reports as that made by the
committee. We do not charge Mana
ger Duncan with appropriating money
tnaC does not belong to him; but we do
assert, ana can prove, too, that as the
State Exchange Is now. operated our
Alliance members must use outside
competition to batter down it's prices.
There are now $4,000 in this Exchange
belonging to the farmers, and we learn
that about $4,000 of this sum is due
Spartanburg county. Several of our
county Alliances have asked their
share of this fund returned to them,
as they feel that they can use 1t to bet
ter advantage than Manager Duncan Is
aoihS' 'ue InlS claim, so we are COlu
has been refused. Then we do say, If
our peoples money must be kept back
from them and against their wishes,
and they petitioning for 1t, then it Ia
right and fair that report be made so
that each Allianceman can know lust
how every cent received by the Ex-
change, under its present management,
has been expended.
SO far as the principles of the Alli-
ance are concerned, they are firmly
implanted in our bosom, and we shall
uphold and defend them as long as life
lasts. But when we see our movement
turned over to politicians. and the most
palpable acts OF injustice done a Nom.
Der, then shall we expose the outrage
and shame Our principles cannot be.
tray or mislead US, but men can, and
only too often do, betray and mislead
us.