The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1873-08-27
BARBECUE AT LONG CANE.

On Thursday last the Junior had
the pleasure of attending the bar
becue given by the Grange of Long
Cane neighborhood on the occa-
sion of their first anniversary.
Comfortable seats, and aspeaker's
stand had been previously prepared
in the grove near the church, where
a large number Of ladies and gen
tlemen assembled at the usual hour
to hear speeches from the Orators
of the Day, Messrs. G. G. Bradley
and w, ?. Widemaa. At eleven
o'clock DR.. j. W. Wideman, who
is Master Of the Grange and who
was President Of the Day, called
the meeting to order, when the
Rev. H. T. Sloan, opened the meet
ing with an appropriate prayer.
After which the President intro
duced the speakers who delivered
excellent speecnes on the subject of
"Granges and their Advantages to
the People," These speeches were
we'll delivered and attcntively lis
tened to the whole audience, who
in their applause gave evidence OF
their appreciation of the senti-
ments expressed by the orators.
The first speaker Mr.. G. G. Brad
ley, after aIluding in a handsome
and appropriate manner to the So
cial advantages to be derived from
the Order of the Patrons of Hus-
bandry, spoke Of the unity of SEN
timent and feeling which the friend
ly meetings of the Oranges were
calculated to promote, and exhibit
ted in a clear. and forcibla manner
what might be saved to the indi-
vidual members of the Oranges by
their uniting and buying as Gran
ges by the wholesale, at reduced
prices, from the first dealers, all
their bagging, corn, bacon, flour,
fertilizers, &C., &C., and presented
some interesting calculations of
the facts in support of his opinions
He contended that in unity there
was strength. BY union thrones
and Kingdoms were established
and for the want of unity empires
would crumble to the dust. The
object of the Patrons Of Husband
ry was to benefit it's members fnan-
cially as.wcll as socially, and he
believed that if our people would
enter into this Order with the pro-
per spirit, that the hills and val
leys would TEEN with the fruits Of
the sail, that every man would have
plenty and to spare, while the
whole land would blossom as the
rose. .....-
The second speaker Mr.. W. P.
Widcman, struck out vigorously
for the middlcmen and spectators
generally. He thought they lived
upon the farmer without giving in
return a qasid pro quo, and was in
favor of throwing off this class OF
men WHO had been from time i'm
memorial a heavy incubus upon the
farming interests Of the County.
He advocates the policy of the
planters placing their own price
upon their cotton, :-and urged that
they had as much right to price
their cotton as the merchant had
to price his goods. He thought it
ruinous to allow the speculator to
say to the farmer what price he
should receive for his produce, and
referred to the many millions Of
money out of which The specula-
tors annually fleece the farmers.
The spectators could not subsist
without their organizations, and
he thought it was equally as i'm
portant for the planter to have an
organization as it was for the spec
ulator. The spectators circulars
could not be relied upon. They
were. gotten up with the intention
of deceiving the planter as to the
true condition Of the crops, but the
organization Of the Oranges was
intended to give the planter re-
liable and correct information as to
the prospects of the growing crops
and the probable demand for the
same, so. that the farmer might
form correct opinions for himself,
as to when he should sell, and when
he should hold his crops. 1t was