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The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1874-07-18

In a late Farmers Vindicator we
find the following mayims for South-
ern farmers, by David Dickson, oil
Sparta, Geo.:
NV policy has been to make the
most money with the least labor and
capital. even if it appears to be vast
ful.
Save a potion ofyour income eacl
year; and buy every thing for cash.
Keep a cash capital equal to one
years expense.
Make all the supplies on the farm
that can be made.
/ The cotton planter, to be success
full, should make his whole supple
at bome--every thing necessary t
run the farm.
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The Oranges.

We give below the number OF sub
ordinte oranges in the different States
Of the Unicn on tae first day oil
June. as shown by the official records
of the National grange;
Alabama 604; Arkansas AL !;
California 900; Connecticut 3; Del
aware 10; Florida "a; Georgia 64o;
Illinois l,4S1; Indiana 1865; Iowa
1894; Kansas 1888; Kentucky l,loli
Louisiana 12S +; Maine q; Maryland
1O1 Massachusetts, 5S; Michigan
400; Minnesota 532; Mississippi 592
Missouri 1929; Nebraska 5S7; New
Hampshire 81; New Jersey 73i
New York 2I6; N. Carolina 399;
Oregon 164; Pennsylvania 2Sl; OHIO
947; 5. Carolina 293; Tennessee 933
Texas 400, Vermont 100; Ontario 10
Wisconsin 497; Colorado 81; Dakota
55; Dist. Columbia |; Idaho I; Non
tana 10; Washington 3S; Canada 3
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MECHANICS.

If fH4i #a#H maeh4ft ##ks
e. af laaft ft6u Rafs b8lf sol 70
che IsHwsfs 5bIb'86 Ne waa . nod
e maabaHts &c. sBs s8i g8lg =
thorough pgfkmab ai htf trade iHt
wssu leffaft maftaf, h1t Only n hlt
native tiahaw. bat NJ thfea mfe.fn
fsasaa ka1#isIts 1f ebisH Be a.n
lBIbai by sIr4e application f. Hadf
dafinf BE hlalfa hours. ehiIe soft.
la9 biz apprenticeship. II waa q GO .
l3a among tbe Jawf 70 tmei theif sons
sama trade "a custom nos confined
m Size poorer tlatas. bot vas aIso
pfaohaei by dia weilihy aai u vas
a eumm1n pfpverb among them, u q
father dil not teach hIs sou a m1s
ehamell occupation, he taught bin
10 steal. The custom vas wiao one
aud If tho fathers If the present
day would initiate their
example. their wrinklod checks
would not 80 often blush for tic
holplc.sncss, and unrrcqrcutly Grim
nal conduct Of their oifV Ing Even
| il a father intended bis son for Que oi
the professions, 1t would bo N incal'
culable benefit to that son TO in.
strucl him in some branch Of meshan
/ ism. His education would not only
/ be more complete and healthy, but he
might, at some future time, in case
of failure in his profession find his
trade very convenient as a means o
earning his bread and he must nee
essarily he more competent in me-
chanism from bis professional
education. An educated me
cbani. was model mechanic
while an uncducatod mechanic wa
merely a mechanic working uader tn
superintendenco of another man
brain.
Let not the rich and the prou
longer look upon mechanism as de
grading. let him adopt a branch {
it as his calling. 1t is a noble Ca
ing-as noble as the Incidence an
activity of wealth is noble.-Ro'
Dr.. Adams.
The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1874-07-18

We think the following article and
comments, applicable to every South
ern state.
WHY ARE WE PooR.-.The other
day we went into a store in llardln
county, Iowa, and found there tof
sale dried beef, and hams from CHIC
ago canned CORE from Maine; corn
starch from New York cucumber
mckles from Ohio ; common beans
from Michigan pearl barley and
hominy from Chicago ; canned toma'
toes and cherries from Maryland ;
cracked wheat from Illinois cheese
from Ohio, $50 represented) lard In
cans from Chicago, VERY probably
from hogs which died of disease) axe
handles from Michigan, and various
other things of which Iowa sell i;
abundantly prolific, if its population
would earn to raise such things o
home and abandon raising such thing
as have to pay enormous tariffs to rcacI
market. This not intended as any
complaint against the merchant. bu'
a. comment on Iowa's system OF farm
iug.-State Register.
The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1874-07-18

Be PRorHERs INDEED. not your
neighbor and fellow Patron "Brother
unless yon are ready to meet him as
brother in fact. Let not the generous
and gentle terms that your Order renders
it your duty to use in your intercourse
with your friends. be words OF Here
mockery without meaning. DE
true to your words and your professions
and thus make the people who are not oil
your Order admire it-admire and love
you.-Ex.
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In addition to the grand reunion
of the Patrons OF Husbandry, on
Monday, there will be given, in the
evening, a grand concert, by the
Enterprise Musical Association, as
sisted by the accomplished musicians
embracing tho Enterprise string
Bane.-[C Courier, 1Ith.
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fha A. Louis Timss u ne 2sib
alG. tals in sofy dmdg aBj tn'
faIligaat terms shy couaffa haf
failed tg atfee o8 ang decisive pfie
deal aott1a Ia ouf bahtn
40 tbs Rgpia Ut t4a Wet ahd
south iaaw Why tha NJ L.
lIpp River has not laan aFguri
The reason l. elrar Every afHa n
shsai corn or barley that God itf
way out of tie country through iho
moaIb 1f G.o hissimjpw i 20 muHb
#busIuoa taken from New fmb,
Boston or some N0ftbe1storu dItgf
hence their objection Thls tbil1.
eura against lho Improvement oi lha
+ Mississippi originated long before
tho Inauguration Of railroads aud
row that the nhlagonim Of interest
Of these vast corporations is sel
against the work, its chances arc still
more reduced.
Whatever Congress has done II
The wayof clearing the mouth, or re
moving obs,ruction.,' as it Is phrascd
in the appropriation bill, has heeh
done in the way Of protensc to keep
ouiet tic interest that las 70 long
been proyed upon-a sort OF tub to
The agricultural whale, whose grain
is utterly eaten up by freight tariffs
before it reaches New York or any
other Eastern seaport. 1t has new
er been tue intention of the North
eastern ring to permit tie mouth OF
the great river to be cleared out so
that a depth of water OF sixteen
feet could be replied on. Less than
that depth, with the prevailing uncer'
tainty of the channels, they can al
ford to ignore less than that would
make the protest troublesome, and
your Northeast monopolist ia a
quiet sort Of bug. lie would rather
not take the whole pie, if there i
to be fuss about it.
Now, if tie Oranges Of the Ai8.l5
sippi Valley want to direct their ei
) forts against a combination that /
yearly taking money from their pocb
cts and bread out Of their chlltreh
mouths. here is work for them. Thi
is not politics it is plain demant
of tribute nade upon rural by al
urban district. Boston, New 1or
{. and Philadelphia demand that tn
: die West shall send its grain to then
and let the profits OF producuo
90 to the traflickers and transporterS
} they have the power to-and do
] prevent the deepening OF the MlsSl'
e sippi's mouth, so that this grain, al
: ter being literally aoated down til
i river at slight expense compare
!, with the cost of railroad carriage t
r New York, can get to sea, and irol
# New Orleans the cost to Europe
II no greater than from New 4orI
n Let the Grangers OF the great Va
= lev act on this hint, and they can hay
If millions of dollars poured into ii
If the lap of the West that is no
le eariching their oprresSors al
ct strengthening the bond which b'l
10 them tributary to the greed OF ii
st lake region and the Northeast
0. Picayune.
The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1874-07-18

The following are few Of the leading
features of the proceedings OF the State
Grange ut its last annual session. They
speak for themselves
REFORM, RETRENCrNGENT AND &c NoMY.
WHEREAS, The moral, social aud finan-
cjal objects for which the Patrons Of Hus-
bandry are striving, cannot be attained
without first achieving the independeL %
of the furmer and
WHEREAS, That independence can only
be secured by apolicy of relrenchment,
reform and economy, and the overthrow
of the present credit system therefore,
be it
Resolved, BY the State Grange of Mis-
sissippi, That the Lecturer of each sub
ordinate Grange in this jurisdiction is
hereby required to submit To the Grange
of which he is Lecturer, the following
pltdge of economy, to-wit: Each member
Of tLls Grange is hereby pledged to the
strictest economy in the management oil
bis farming and other business, until he
places them on cash basis.
Resolved, That the Ii cturer OF each
subordinate Grange is hereby n qnired to
keep constantly beIore the m mbers OF
his Grange, by lectures and otherwise,
the great d. Inference between cash AID
credit prices, and the imto ,sibIlity oi
carrying out the objects of the OfdeI
without the practice oi the strictest econ
omy, until the farming interests Era pu'
on cash basit.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON IMMIGRATION
AND LABOR,
We recommend that the Subordinate
Oranges form immigration associations
the members of which to give In 'fet
simple" definite portion, say ten PEI
cent, of their lands to white families
agreeing to settle thereon for five year -
the said lands to be in tracts OF ten
twenty, forty or eighty acres, and II lei
by The settlers before the five years expire
to revert to the donors.
We further 1T commend that definite
portion of land be sold at low prizes an'
on long time to actual white settlers, an(
other portions leased for term OF yeal
at moderate rent.
In regard to labor, we recommend eac
Association to avail itself OF some txistin
agency or send their own agents to pre-
cure labor.
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- Things Whiob The Pat
'' roua Propose n DO

~ assss ~ themselves, ihfassb
o,,sss, ssisi sat 'dasailaaai ~
go aat stbefWisa aiisiasli'e, col ~
,.al, shlie imptosife 'i'eif s'aaiiiaa
10, sahaltia farm h'a, ahd nbiff u
'amet,,s sbd itsitsbls.
b. aga inii pfsaflesl sffett " NE
,.,s.l d. wtieb Haitss ii' n, h helping
- otbet 10 ease u sesasaa, befeavs
at paeaalnty misfortune, ahd Waot
'@i danger u every kiod
a. make themselves better and
,s sgseeasitit fsfmsfs abd planters, Nv
s,,ss ef lbe kaowledso gaihed. the
4 s,ia,. n Industry aud method established.
\ IA DE aaiekening Of tbougbs induced
/, intercourse aud discussion.
Ta saenrs economies IN The buying
Il lmplements, fertilizers, aud Family snp
sgss and IN transportation, as veil ~ III
s,ssasd pfohts in the sale Of The products
a tbaf labor, without enhancing theft
n ~ w.
cost 10 the consumer
5 10 entirely abolish the credit sys
tm. Ia their ordinary ifahsactions, nj
vays buying and selling on cash btsis
latb among themselves and Ia tboii
dealings with the outside world,
G. 10 encourage cooperation In trsie
in farming, aud in other branches Of In
dnsty, especially those most intimately
connected With agriculture.
7. 10 promote the true unity Of thu
Republic, by drawing the best men snc
women Of ali parts Of the country togeth
et in an organization which knows M
sectiopal bounds or pr iudices, or owe
10 party allegiance. - Rural Chrolinian.
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In THE GRANeE,-While religious-tha'
is to say sectarian-topics are, as they
should be, excluded from discussion IN
the Order, the Grange will ever be found
ready to espouss any movement that
tends to make a people happier ard
better. The Grange should also keep free
from all party entangiements, and c'r'
tainlv il true to itself will keep out OF oil
church controversies.
The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1874-07-18

TalIedega county, Ala, makes the
nroud boast that DO corn has been
purchasedthis year by her farmers,
but that, on the contrary, her farm
ers are selling corn at SO cents a
hnshel.
The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1874-07-18

The Wilson Shuttle Sewing, Is PAR Ex
cEIIEScE THE Mpchine, which every
family should have. We have used one
in onr family for nearly one year to our
entire satisfaction.
we have an order FOR one. TO dispose OF,
5abverable pt New Orleans. tnew from the
manufactor,) and any one desiring to pur-
ch.,se will find il to his or her inteiest 70
address the STAR OFFICE u
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WHO TAKE PART IN IT.

This Farmers Movement seized
upon such existing organizations oil
the agricultural classes as seemeu
most adapted to meet its new wants
1t passed by for the most part the ag-
ricultural societies, the boards o! ag-
riculture, the organizations generally
that were devoted to holding lalrs
and the like, but these organizations
often contained more or less men tha'
we're neither farmers nor IN sympathy
with farmers. But the farmers g clubs
organized for discussion and mutual
improyement in the art oil agricul'
ture, and the grangers, whose oHIecl
was mutual help, co operation an'
social intercourse, came nearer VIVA
was needed, and they were concen
ha,ed upon the new work. In
loose organization of the clubs an
The secresy and prohibition ofpolltic
in the oranges were drawbacks t
their efficiency but these diflicul'le
have been to some extent corrected
Now the farmers being a large clas
their interest is very nearly the CON
, mon interest of the people of IL
, whole country. Hence the iniectio
spreads or reacts. The trade OF
eauizations are strengthened, o
. what is better, become fused togeth'
, in a class organization of mechani
and operatives, with broader an
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COMING SoUTH.-The reports from
the great West give us every rea-
son to hope that thousands OF Agri-
onlturists from that region will move
South next fall.
In Iowa, Wisconsin and Michigan
tho Southern fever is hot and the
latter State is being actively can
yassed by Hyatt and other well ln-
formed agents, and will doubtless
ore long contribute largely to the pop
nlation of this standardization
Examiner.
The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1874-07-18

Alumwater and p'astcr ofparis we'll
mixed with water, and used in o
LIQUID state, will from very useful
cement. 1t will be found quite handy
for many purposes. II forms very
hard composition. and for fixirg the
brasses, etc., on lamps nothing could
o. better.
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The Patrons of Husbandry have
gained a victory over another mo-
nopoIv. to wit: the sewing machine
ring. which failed TO obtain an ex-
tension Of the Wheeler patent.
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White men in Indiana are cut
down to fifty six cents day and find
themselves, or fourteen dollars a
month without board or lodging.
Our town people and farmers cannot
oct the negroes to work for anything
like these figures, and would greatly
prerer white labor. 1t eau only be a
few years yet till the crowded whites
Of the North appreciate the inviting
wealth and opportunities of this
sontbern region, so blessed by boun
tcOus nature.-[Sayannah Rep.
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One writer says THE word grange Is
Roman by birth, English by association,
and American by adoption. 1t signihed
n .corn-farm where tithes and rents due
religious houses were kcpt."
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The Rice planters Of Georgia are
experimenting with Chinese labor,
and are much pleased with the result
thus far.
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Cu1rRcu ORGAN OR Piano. .-Partie
desiring TO purchase a Piano or Churci,
Organ will find it to their interest to al
dress the Star Office NJ we are willing TO
make liberal discount on the Agents pub
ished prices.
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LEARNING FARMlNG.-The New
York World says Again and again
and especially at this season of the
year do young men ask advice oil
agricultural editors as to tie best
way to learn farming. The answer IN
all cases is simple and brief: Go to
work on the best farm and under tie
direction of the best farmer you can
find who will accept your services.
There is another way-no schools
nor system of study that will SO
quickly make a farmer of a young
man but he should not neglect to
study. Every agency that he can
employ to give him better insight
into the scientific features OF hus"
bandry should he employed ; even
when his bones ache with labor oI
the day, his mind may work and two
hours daily given to wise reading OF
study will enable him to accumulate
a vast amount of theoretical as well
as practical information from the
recorded experience of others.
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There are 6G0 chartered Changers
of the Patrons of Husbandry In Mis-
sissippi, numbering $4,000 members.
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10 paf cent of fo topuIafrb pfnm
iss 70 bia band aad eua.aua in put
tiag down whaievof seems IN BE- ~
con .lHant viii tba faaiauebttl doe.
tfinas If e1r fepubIid H. tIH lley
will without ii aIit receive lta sllm
hir men nj a.l cIawss, a8i etIl be-
opposed only " tHa more seIHah oI
t4a p.igIlaaa riuara. wbg at Size eS'
paaso N other cilsct baye grown
wealth, from Ieatl advantages f1r.
nisbod By improper Legislation Tau
tbgmoyem ut which bagin With tIe
agricultural class ro.acis upon other
eI4sses and bg8Hua general and hos
tile to existing parties dceadeni OF
triumphant
The discussion which results 10
ferrotiug out the causes Of known
oyih, Is most valuable in reforming
abuses anu ,"','''''s Wv ~ ,a
10 more r"',''' "'' '',..'.,.,a..,oJ ',',a
opinions ''''" ''''1 ~ NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. D',I'
" 'a' country O'' '"''''"7 49,
oi hal'ona' ''A'''o"' "',,oo' c,,. Wv
consumer pays wv ''N , - Wv,
uon' WI'ch IlaNe' wv '"' NV ~,
great taxpayers q '''' 'o'"''
lnconVert Oio currency "'1'0 W
preclAuoh Is u ''"'! O'' '..'.. 49, :, -
upon iarIhof'' heA' "i'0' ''''',''''sg
ana IoOoFeF.' anu '''a"! W." - ''.1 ,,.
engaged IN ieg''Imu'o o'3'''o'' -
transportation p'a0'u " '''
hands oil mohoPoie9 our p"''" "
laws, whereby tue many "'0 ''''
nateIy taxed 10 'ii'N' " -" na.
rally fch-a'l 'no'0 ""N
abuses discussed III 'llo iS"' -
more inteIIlgeht anu p'o,0u'''SN
pubIlcanlSm, 'ehu 10 ou',u up
political organization "nion 'ppO"'
ing to the hrst PrlhcIp'c' o' '"0 wv
laration, goes lorWafa 10 war 'S"'"'
class privilege ana a'S''oc',o''
1t seems to be the IA" Oh Alie'''"'
politics that Socce'S'u' ''l ''1' ''''
organize on rau'cai p''"o'l'S' ea' ",',
light their way 10 s"',0''' N"SoS
brings qulescence ana CONSERVATISM u.
porpetuauon ana defense o' eAl'''ns
facts, good and bad AhoVnor parry
more radical ana progressive "''Se
aud attacks abuses, and mafcNe' o'
to more advanced prac'lce'' "0'A
at least, has been the experience !
the two great paF'leS o' '"' 'o0N'''
The Democratic party ucno0"oe'
and feared in its lnc1puon as fe'o'o
tionary and agra"lan, rose rapl''y t
power, held 1t long, ao"'en ~ r rn
sinks to dishonest grave u
Republican party, uerl''ng It's mop
ration IRON the prInclple o' un''o! d
equality Iaid down Id our u0o al "''''
could not be Keot do"h oy '"'0"'' '
gibcs. 1t became the great P'i'y
the country. But 10 uay' S'a'ou
the high places OF power, i o'
hardly keep Its sk'r'S clcar "a oL'Ui
ton, Or meet the farther uehaho'
radicaliSm. 1t 1t does not, 'Il' 'i0'
future will show a party oulIt on u
same cornerstone oil equa' a"u eA'
| Justice, whose fight shall be war
the kDife, with the legal but uHJu
! privileges of chartered monopo''s''
The Farmers Movement mean
r then, primarily an advancement
the intelligence ana aolli'y Vi !
soil and unusual ieellng 0I , oppr' :,
! sion and distress resulting 'O,
If '"'a'"N = ~ oaort ,o rofo,m t
I
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THE FARMERS MOVEMENT.
4 psrfs stat ~ tss #ssiai @fisafs faHs
attss ~ ~ tiaaa ~ titissls

@ H w
place before sb AtIaui Budleuog "
thougbtuI men aud w1maa tho gthaf
side Df tIir controversy Which. what.
over W. origin anI plfppas, I baIioge
is e. cod in another ufwafj move.
mfhf 1f t.l mlssrs 1f humanity to
eafI more complete realization gt
tbe Democratic idea 10 our govgfBs
mcat IN alI q 1t ages the azrioh.
tufpl olas4 lIko tho o llcr Industrial
classes ba ~ force, Cuui or GINNING
b1ru prevented from gaining more
tlmg subsistence by ils IaJpfa The
r0b0or bIron, themolIuylI merchant,
the royal taz.galherer, aad the rail.
way mon1poIIsl, have tfriyen hut
the men who, Ia rain and sun, toiIcd
carly and late, priufuIIy aud pcuurt'
ously, have seldom il NJ oil received
due reward for their labor Agd.
culture has been a system oil spoIiation.
| The landlord, the transporter and the
middle man rob the farmer, the iarmcr
robs the lend, aJd worn.out lands re-
main to tell the story Of bad hu5.
bandry and worse political economy.
And yet, in the great discussion that
has arisen concerning labor and cap
ital, work and wages, in these latter
DAYS, the men who do most Of the
labor and constitute more than halt
the race, have by some strange mad,
verience hccn hardly thought oil by
our labor reformers. Hamlet in
this Nineteenth century tragedy OF
ours, has been left out, and did not
force himself into notice until 1872, in
the Farm Lahore erS' movement in Eng
land and the Farmers Movement in
our Western States. As the intelli.
gcnce, the ability, and lie will to as
sociate for the common good become
developed, resistance to oppression
begins, and positive efforts are made
10 promote the general wcliaIe.. II
is notable that the farmers aud farm
laborcrs Of the civilized world are
among the last to combine-a result
dre not 50 much to lack of intelIl
gcnce as to isolation. suspicion an(
unwieldy numbers. Resistance be
giae where oppression is most felt
and where there is the creates
ability to resist it.
Hence, The Farmers Movemen
fist showed its strength in the Yves
tern States. There cheap lands ant
a f.rtile soil att acted large body
of emigrants-it is safe to say men o
more than average intelligence an
education. These men, in that re
4 zion. comprise more than hall tn
8 population, instead of 30 per cent OIL
as in all New England except Rhod
Island, where il is. only Il per cen
They produce far in excess OF tn
consumption, and the large 8uFpIt
g flom their farms, seeking TIE seaboar'
y must pass through the hands of deaIe
5. and transporter. The farmers want
e when not supplied by local produ'
a lion. must be met by purchase
- goods that have gone through I'll
same hands. The result is hlg
cost of produc ion and low price
I'd products, that has rendered, even
" favorable seasons, their business u
ID remunerative, and made them poor
i in the midst of plenty.
WHO TAKE PART IN 1T.
e. This Farmers Movement selz
+ % upon such existing organizations
-
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Wesson has a Broom and Mat
tress factory, in addition TO her ex-
,eusjye cotton and wool mills.
"a 49, - --Ias ease