Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1874-12-31
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4 GRANGEaAIoVBMENP
Is More than thee hundred member
Il were in attend dance upon Che Indian
state, grange the last week in, November
The secret work OF the ord der emans en- nilat
iarom the Iiiembefs Of the seventh deere
opiy, and not from the matt ional grange
9s ls generally supposed.
The Patrons Of OaIiaud Ion. ND. ND .aidi Inv
I purchased 6aauafS Id that fhriyiIie Iii
d iages on which [ they, have built = fins
3Il business 81 house, ,28x52, with O hall above
/ The fopr leading states in the, grange an
movement are Iowa, Indiana. iNgiSRor,,,,
and ulinoigy having I ;9g9, 81 ;96B. 4 .gpS
!af and J, s asp aorgqniiz ti9ns eapeetiyely.
The; Nebraska state grange holds iti
next gdnnhat Meeting at Lliinc6 6in c5fn
mencing Tuesday, Dec. rs. .Grand
als! Master Adams q vi will be present at itl
~ at Red Oak, Iowa jthe Patrons pro.
pose the organization of o stock com.
pany for establ blishing o linseed.c Gil mil
to consume the large amount off Of flaaxseed
raised in thatyyicinity. 4G.i 4. q. !
The Patrons' Life Assurance Society
has been incorporated in Kansas. The
entrance fee for full membership ia 40
and the assessment on the Death of. a
memEer 81. 10. .s.'.3.. !, b - n. I
The Eaton county, Michigan, grangers
have received q car load OF salt direct
from the pYodu ducer,i and propose TO buy
Kerosene oil by the barrel in the same
way, giving The. merchants The go.by.
The Wisconsin oranges have estab!
lished, forty.one cooperative q associaI
tions for selling goods and manufacture
ing, and twenty nine insurance ,compa.
MES. representing capital to the amount
of 81, 100000. gi. rs !liie.,fl q 81 .
The southern oranges, notably those
Of Hiississippi and Arkansas, are active.
ly bestirring themselves in end deayoring
to attyaet immigration to their states
The English laborers' union is in active
correspondence with the Arkansas state
grange ON the subject. isyS s..s3ls..
The proposed amenament to the COM
stltItlon OF the national grange making
the founders Of the order life members
of its supreme council has been ,r -. = I
Jected ny the state grange OF California,
which followed the. example OF UIinois
and other states. a satl l Ia a
Birds Creek grange, l04, Texas, re.
fused to. tolerate members who loan
money at from three to eix per cent. q
month, and instruets it's representatives
IN the state legislature to use their in
Huence to pass Q law making all interest
over ten per cent. PR annum illegal.
- satrnns of !IlaszI,a !,
secured line of steamboats between
Columbus and Mobile, which will bring
down the rates Of freight 30 low that
there will be saving this winter to the
farmers of the county alone Of from
$50, 900 to $100, 900.
The Arkansas grange warns the me-
groes against an impester who is driv.
ing thriving trade in the way of or
ganlzing new oranges among the colored
people. He makes no restrictions as to
the number OF charter members, and, in
consideration of the hard times, has 1e-
duced the fee to fifty centsia head.
In many oranges an effort is being
made to render their organizations .more
complete and permanent. Some are
building or renting halls, furnishing
them nicely, and ornamenting them
with works of art; some are establish
ing libraries, and some providing read
g.rooms. All this is us it ehould be.
World.
There may be live oranges with dead
members in them. but there can be no
dead oranges with live members in
them. A half dozen live, vigorous,
energetic, persevering Patrons will keep
any grange in the country in q healthy
condition, and are worth hole regf.
ment of cold, luke.warm, half-and- half
Ohio Farmer.
G. e. Quisenherrv having registered
as treasurer of the Missouri state grunge
the executive committee have selected
the Central national bank, of Bonneville.
as the depository for the
money belonging to The state grange.
The president of the bank, Capt. j. Il
Stephens, has given bond OF $50. 600
and will act as their financial agent
under the directions of the execn i've
committee.
One of the grand features of the
orderof Patrons OF Husbandly is that
of temperance. Unless man is tenn.
perate in his habits, he can have no
in the grange. Let him
be temperate in all things eating,
drinking, language and recreation. In
his dealings, he must be honest and
just. So the arrange inculcates temper
ance, sobriety, charity and mercy
Rural World.
In Jues 1872, DR.. Wyatt Aiken, of
South Carolina, speaking of the order
OF the Patrons of Husbandry, said /; "It
proposes to impress upon the farmer
the mournful but potent truth that he
has been the pack. horse for all other
parties that he has rights, which from
ignorance he has never dared maintain.
and that if he has the energy and pa.
tience to labor from seed time 10 har-