The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-10-15
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ton Of a more thorough agricultural
and mechanical organisation il: attract.
ing ATTENTION, the Executive Committee
having recently met and adopted the
following resolutions: & II y 3
Resoipea, That the sectional ..gricnltu.
1 raj and mechanic societies of the State
| be invited to send delegates to the an
nual meeting Of this society, to be held
on 3lst October. to consider and adopt
the wisest and mbst. efficient method Of
enlisting the practical oo.operation OF
these societies, and tie farmers and
mechanics Of the State, in the promo
ton OF the true Interests OF agriculture
and the mechanic arts, through the in
strumentality of State organization.
Resolued, Where the annual meetin2s
OF the sectional societies have already
been held, the Presidents thereof be re-
speotful'y requested to appoint such
delegates.
Resolued. That an invitation be hereby
| cordially ex. onded to the Presidents Of
all local agricultural and mechanic snoie-
ties, to attend our annual meeting. and
take part in the consultation above sug-
gested.
We regard this an admirable move,
and beg leave to commend these resolu-
tions to the Executive Committee of our
State Agricultural and Mechanical So
ciety. We have, in fact, already made
similar suggestion. We have now in
South. Carolina a number of County
Agricultural and Mechanical Societies.
These societies should be, we think.
linked with the State or central society.
The whole should be harrlonized 80 as
to secure the thorough development and
full organization Of our industrial inter-
ests. The Presidents OF the County So
cieties might be made er obicio Vice
Presidents Of the State Society, and in
other respects an aooord might.be esta-
blished between the two.',{We hope,
therefore, that our Executive Committee
will issue just such call as that which
the Virginia Committee have rinde,
Next November, at theIFair, let us have
such q representation as will enable the
State Agricultural and Mechanical s5oci-
ETY. to plant itself upon an improved
basis. Let the joint stock plan be con.
summated, and such measures adopted
as will secure thorough industrial or
ganization. This is our great need.
TIE FOREST FIRRs.-The oyerwhelm-
ing calamity in Chicago, and the de-
spatohes which have been constantly
coming in, fraught with the latest intel
liEence from that ill.fated city, have
withdrawn the attention of the public
from the extraordinary ravages of the
same fiory element in Michigan, Mime
sofa, Wisconsin, Iowa, Indiana and olse-
where. Immense fires have been raging
i'll the Western forests for the last two
weeks. It is said that in Wisconsin the
6res have had no parallel since the settle
ment of the country. 2,O0) square
miles are reported to be swept by the
flames. In Michigan, it is stated that
Eve villages have been entirely and two
partially destroyed. All that portion of
the State East Of Saginaw Bay, and
North of point forty miles above Port
Huron, has boen burnt over and nun
bers of persons have perished. Scarcely
County in the State but has suffered
more or less. The damage to the pine
lands is incalculable. There was q light
rain on Wednesday, which seemed to
have checked the progress of the fires
through the State. The fires haye
burned fiercely in the immense woods
in some portions of Minnesota. Wood
and prairie fires, as published in our
latest dispatches, are also reported to
be raging along the line of the Louis
vile, New Albany and Chicago Railroad,
between New Albany, Ind, aud La
Fayette, on the North End Road, de-
stroying miles OF fences, hay, grain in
stack, corn in the field, houses, barns
and cattle pens. There had been long
and protracted drought in the West,
and the flames went over the @sntry as
if 1t we're tinder. It is feared that the
losses will prove enormous.
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