The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1896-08-06

mas been the case elsewhere. Mr.. Bar.
Der made splendid impression. Mr.
Barber said that he had been an Al.
iianceman until he became u lawver
pnt that was the only reason ho was
not still one. These were tho onIw
| Two sPeecheS OF the morning hour. and
Itesioent hluer annouaced All inter
| mission OF an hour and u half for din.
ner: There was no regular spread hmt
each family or group had combin
| and had dinner to themselves.
Af.er dinner Mr.. Wilborn made ;,
| short but earnest appeal to farm.
ers to fight the cotton tic trnat
which has put up the price arbitrarily
| from ~ cents u bundle to $l.3O. He
announced that such rise in prices
meant the eXtortion from the cotton
farmers of about Sc, 900. 900, an amount
| which if put in paper money and
stretched end to end would reach near.
| ly to tho moon. He said that Col. ID.
L. Duncan, of the Alliance Exchange,
would be present today with samples
| Of wire tires which were perfectly sat-
! isfactory, and which could be bought
| for much less than the trust tic. He
appealed to farmers to buy this and
thus down the trust, as had been the
case with the bagging trust.
In connection with that it was learned
that the farmers of York generally
have been using tho sugar sack bag
ging which costs one-half what jute
bngging does and which is obtained
from Now York. York County cotton
mills consume nearly all the cotton
raised In the county, and the farmers
nave been buying tho second hand bag
ging from the factories and thus it is
used over and over at u very small cost.
Those who have pursued this plan say
it has proven entirely satisfactory.
MIR. Elder then introduced Mr.. May
held, who spoke for about half an hour
on national issues. Ho has given the
subject Of money a careful study anu
consequently was in Il position to clear
~ point out the evils OF the present
system which he did and the only
remedy is sight-the free and unlimited
coinage Of silver.
Mr.. Robinson spoke next and got off
several good jokes which kept the
crowd IN good humOr. He spoke OF
the necessity Of good roads and what
u great saving they would be to the
people. He touched lightly on nation
al issues, saying that subject had al.
ready been fully discussed.
This concluded the regular speeches
OF the day, but MIR. w. }. Gaines, agent
for the Cotton Plantand the Exchange.
made an important address of forty
five minutes in length. Mr.. Gaines
started of by asking Alliancomcn to
give their solid support to tho Cotton
Plant and the Exchange, and getting
enthusiastic, he gave n good, common
sense Alliance talk, perhaps tho only
genuine one of the day, because it was
9 practical one as to how the order
should go about to accomplish its pri-
mary object. He cautioned members
to pay attention to business first. and
be very suspicious Of oily.tongued poll
tlclans. He scored the bagging and
other trusts and showed how the money
mongers were trying to get possession
OF all lands by loaning money on them.
His advice to them to beware Of all
such schemes was very appropriate and
was convincingl y put. He made good
impression and naturally took in a
largo number Of orders for tho Cotton
Plant, the official organ of the Alli-
anCc.