The Caucasian. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1874-1875, 1874-07-04
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From the Louisville. Courier -.Jonrnal.
Oven puntEss KY, ba,tE94ta-
seven GraaRes. With 3 m!embersAla'
GAbpnt ~! piAe hundla1 1a.coo sts,2 ss-
The Alabama State Grange is,
preparing to cooperate with tho
Georgia Grange III the matter OF
direct traile with Europe: sai14;5
f. OH. Kelley, Secretary if nh
National Hrango wasfn 164T = asiss-
ment Of MuseetH,s,e I0wAi l,exine
been sent there TO opea its trststel-
egraph Office: t,: -
Some .of'the Iowa oranges haze
adopted the practice of dppointfng
one of their. Hamber' al, edftSS,
whose duty it isTtoipfepare = paper
for the succeeding u.setinG, srr..
Iowa has six special deputies,
whose. entire duty i is to visit eaci.
grange in the State, control th.,
work, an,l sees th&t' perfect system,
in in tlD6,soel into tho councils .Of
AL, ~ ~- '--t.. xssls !. slJa ~9@ =
"a lis proposed to-. haNaia conxeu,
tion Of patrons ip the, CITY 81; Ee,|1Q-
bus, Miss, on the, 4th of July next.
Delegates from every grange il,
Mississippi aud West Alabama will
be invited to Attend. Questions Of
much Importance will be discussed.
Tht-Tatrons aH>wofk under the
same charter, the! safls cdnssitd-
tions:alid bylaws pesceabllhndsin
order, and they work systepatic;h-
y and harinQniously, and with, ].
unity Of purpose that mak akes It t1lfe
most powerful Organization III Tie
WORLD 10 52ofQ !. .T8s1ssl af3j bfss
/ A MissMsippi. Gran ger is offering
fwenty- five dollars fortbe hest corr.
and the largest nualbeT at bushels
from one acre Of land :; fifteen dol
lars for the largest number, Of gal
lons .fsoilt 0Besacre ofscasst., hn,r ten
dollars fohtkealtaresSst and apst.hoe
OF any age, raised in1 WINSTON
county. Z batsjsa 40, ss.slg1s sal q.
The Patrons 60 operative store at
Wilton,- Iowa, was commenced ;in
March, 1872, with acapital Of $500.
During the balance ofsthat year
they sold; $24, 4,Olio .wortb" of goods.
In eleven months Of 1873 they SOLD
531, ,000-1wortl,. All goods wer,
sold at ten per GENT. ahoxs cost,
and everything is satisfactory with
those who invested.
The Reformner Pres,,,yter teri, sy,,-
Udof Phifadefphia decfafeI them.
selves, a 'set:of asses by resolving
taking into the mem hers'iip
Of .theiischurch Patrons of sHlls-
bandry Or any person belonging. to
i secret. order. Were the fool killer
to stop awhile, at Philadelphia. the
nndertakers there ,wot1l@t be %kepc
busy iu putting from sight a,Eraec
of bigots.[ Farmer and Mechanic
Hopkinsvi)le New Era:-st. seve-
raj Of our exchanges, the Courier
Journal and Paducah Kentuckian
among them. have stated that. Mr..
NJ. Dh fDavie, the Master of the
State Grauge,i isa candidate for
Congress in this district. It ia Col.
Winston J. DAyic, State Deputy,
and brother of'tlie Grand Masters
who lisa candidate for Gon gress.
Mr.. NJ. D. Davie is deroting him
self exclusively to the interests ofe
the great farmers moveWent; and,
we believe, has no political aspira
tions whatever: We hope the pa-
pers named will do hi,h the Justice
to correct the error indicated"t
=. Hon; y ". Adams, Master of
the Narioh:if Grange, says: Con
all questions involving points of on
der, tire grange may appeal from,
the Master to3tIle house, but oBsall
questions Unconstitutional law tn"
Masters decision is tinai, subject,
howevs',' to an appeal to tic. Mas
terAoi tI3 State dfiitlte National
'drange. ,Inthe subordinate gran,
gcs,ss q notiOlf to adjourn -.is not il,
order, but. the Master should pro
ceeu to close as soon as the time
has arrived, or the business 1inisI.
ed. The grange should fix a irdl.
never to l,oh armeeting,etter IL
O'clock. ,The grange may close, ~
ter initiation in amy degree Of any
kind at. ono meeting. Tt should
e'ith tilt first and mi,
shfsug gh tothe fourth .andeolhne4,sf,
again. No. business except fnitia
tions can, be leiQlse at atber than reg,
ular meetings, and regular meet
ings arc those specified in the by.
laws as SucF.' There shonld be :.
short recess at every meeting. A
tie. vote aeefr.es a question lost.
10 inemher should be allowed t,
atftnr ar Inaya Lx. fha c.,n,r.rI ~.