The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-08-28
THE CHANGERS.

claim is put forward by organs of tn,
order in the South.
Pettis county grange offers to reliev,
the Missouri state grange, which is Il
meet in October, af hall rent and othel
expenses attending the transaction, il
Sedalia be accepted as the place of meet
ing.
There is talk of organizing farmers
savings bank in Bowling Green, Pike
county, No, with a capital stock Of
$4,000. The farmers are to take $780,.
600 of the stock and elect a majority Of
the directors.
Savoy Grange, 652, Champaign
county, His, has resolved that Savoy
grange looks with distrust, and most
emphatically disapproves of the course
taken by some of the oranges in send.
ing delegates to political nominating
conventions.
Bourbon Grange, Mo-, resolved that
g to carry out fully the object and de-
sign of our order, we should have es-
tablished banking institution at our
center of trade, and believing it should
be IN successful operation, we ask the
cooperation of all the oranges in the
state.
Much depends on the master in the
grange. He should be a progressive,
reading, thinking, active man. He
should lead as an officer, and have his
suggestion matUred and sound. and
then he will have the confidence of the
members. Let the masters wake ND To
the Importance of their position. and
be prepared for any emergency
Southern Agricul
In discussing the financial question al
grange picnic, at Old Shawnee Mis-.
sion, Kansas, Mr.. Alfred TAYLOR. OF
Gardner said there would be financial
panic every ten years, as the result oil
the dispropOrtion between the natural
increase of wealth from labor and indus.
try and the high rate of interest fixed
upon money. No people could afford to
pay more than 81 to 4 per cent. per
annum.
The Patrons of Husbandry in Ohio
have availed themselves of the general
corporation laws of the state, and stand
on the records as a regularly incorpora-
ted body, "The Ohio State Grange of
the Patrons of Husbandry, for the pro.
motion of agriculture and the mutual
benefit of those engaged in the purchase
and sale of stock, commodities and
articles pertaining thereto, including
household luxuries." This places the
State Order on the business footing of
other corporate bodies.
Daniel w. Adams, Master of the Ma
tlOnal Grange, tags: "The history of
the world and its present condition has
established this fact-that all countrie 8
are poor which export crude, raw mate
rial, and import the manufactured arti-
Gle; and the tendency of the people is
all the time towards a condition of de-
pendence. To this there have been no
exceptions, and we would do we'll to
heed the warning and escape the doom.
Where the great industries-agricul-
ture and manufactures-are equally de.
Veloped, the general prosperity is as
sured."
J. J. F., in the Arkansas Grange, saws:
''Ihls is what we do at Oakland Grange.
Faulkner county, Ark, in case of sick
ness: One of our members had SO much
sickness in his family that he couId NOT
get his cotton picked, the proceeds of
which he sadly needed. So, as grangers
should do, we turned out and assisted
In getting it out When the spring
came he and some of his family were
still sick, and, as before, we turned out
and prepared the ground for planting
and planted his cotton and some of his
corn. We worked with will. This is
the way to assist each other, and show
to the world that we appreciate the ben
etlts OF the order, and will assist each
other when necessary through life"
The patrons in some portions of New
York have adopted the plan of keeping
a blackboard always in readiness at their
meetings, on which are entered, bv the
members as they come in, stock and
other property for sIle or exchange.
stock strayed or stolen, and such other
information as they desire to bring be-
fore the members. This is said to work
admirably, and many sales and other
transactions grow out of this mode of
advertising. As meetings are generally
held IN schOol-houses, it is easy to make
this plan available, and we advise its
general adoption. hIOny of the secre-
tarIes 10 the subordinate oranges in
Kentucky keep two books in one of
which the members record what thev
have to sell, and in the other articles
they wish to purchase.
DIR. A. q. Stevenson, at a grange
picnic IN Hendricks county, Indiana,
said: "StiIl there is much to be done,
II You do not accomplish all at once,
be patient. Perfect your order and
have many things to right in it it is
not human to be perfect. The greatest
trouble with You, probably, is that you
nave grown too fast. You are like some
numerous family; you have more chill
dren than you have house room for. and
some of them have to be bedded under
1t instead of upon it. To those who
object to oranges let me say, do not
stand idly by and make ugly faces at
those who are trying to do something.
There are ne persons who accomplish
so little as those who find fault with
everything and do nothing themselves.
SEINE other way would have been bet.
ter. If so, point it out and be doing
II, and do not mouth and complain and
find fault until the country goes to ruin,
and you with il.
The oranges are making great head
way IN Virginia, and it gives us pleasure
10 record the fact, for we deem it to be
the torerunner of prosperity to the
farmers OF our State. We do not look
upon TINS move as IN any way opposed
20 the great interest of Virginia. but
DelleVe that to our farmers, who are in
telllgent men, 1t viii prove protection
against monopoly and extortion, and at
the same time be of great service in the
interchange of ideas and practical expe-
rlence, thus doing more in year to adj
vance the interest of agriculture than
could otherwise be ACCOMPLISHED in fen.
As a social club, the grange presents |
the very best possible form that can be |
found, for there is the hallowed infiu- |
ence OF woman, and wherever woman is.
her benign Influence tends to elevate |
and advance mans moral character in
9I9er societies where women are exclu- |
ded, We may find pleasure, profit, and |
ENJOY ment, but here we find elevation |
for our morals and manners, as well as
protection for our prosperity and the
advancement of husbands. We were
doubtful at first of the propriety of ad-
uniting ladies to the oranges, but, after
mature deliberation, have concluded
that as many of our ladies are deeply
interested IN farming pursuits-in fact,
we can point to instances where ladies
are excellent and most successful farm
ers IN many branches of the farm the
hand Of woman is Indispensable; then if