Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1874-08-27
THE alsANaERs !,


tho oranges on the coast are the most
hourishing in the order, and similar
claim ia put forward by organs OF the,
order in the South
Pettis county grange offers to relieve
the Missouri state grange. which ia to-
meet in October, al hall rent and other
expenses attending the transaction, il
Sedalia be acceptedas the place Of meet
ing. :, a 8 -
There is talk of organizing q farmers
savings bank IN Bowling Green, Pike
county, No.; with capital stock of
$50, 900. The farmers are to take $780,
0C0 of the stock and elect q majority of
tho directors. ~ ~ ~
Savoy Grange, 652, CHAMPAIGN
county, Ills, has resolved that, Savoy
grange looks with distrust, and most
emphatically disapproyes of the course
taken by some offhe CHANGES in send
ing delegates to political nominating
conventions.
Bourbon Grange, NO., resolved that
to carry out fully the object and de.
sign Of our order, we should have ca.
tablished banking institution at our
center of trade and believing it should
be in sEcceSssul operation, we ask the
state. -
Much depends on the master in the
grange. He, should be q progressive.
reading, thinking, active man. He
should lead rs an officer, and have his
suggestion matured and sound, and
then he will have Che! conf ID ense of The
members. Let the masters wake up to
the importance of their position, and
be prepared for any emergency.-
Soutte1saa. Ag'sotss. .r,'a,
In discussing the financial question at
a.grange picnic, ct Old Shawnee Mis-.
sion. Kansas, Mr.. Alfred Taylor, of
Gardner said there would be o financial,
panic every ten years, as the result of
the disproportion between the natural
increaee of wealth fromlabor and ind ns-
try and the high rate of interest fixed
upon money. No people could afford to
pay more than 3t to per cent. per
The Patrons of Husbandry in Ohio
have availed themselves of the general
corporation laws ofthe state, and stand
on the recordsas aregularly incorpora-
ted bedyi.gT The Ohio State Grange of
the Patrons ofHusbandry, for the pro.
motion OF Agriculture and the mutual
benefit ofthose engaged in the purchase
and. sale of stock, commodities and
artlcles pertaining thereto, including
household luxuries" Tn1s places the
State Order on the business footing of
other corporate bodies. $E
Daniel w. Adams, Master of the Ma
tlonal Grange, taye saThe history of
the world and its present condition has
established this faot-that all countrie
are poor which export crude, raw mate.
rial, and import the manufactured arti-
cie; and the tendency Of tho people is
ali Ile e,tlme towards q oeonditiOneof 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-agricui-
eure and manufactures equally de
veloped, the general prosperity is as
J.J. in the Arkansas Grange. saws: j
This 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 could not
get lbs cotton picked, the proceeds of
which ne eadly needed. SO, as grdngers
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, }, es before, we turned ont
and prepared the ground for PLANTING
and planted his cotton and some of his
corn. I'VE sworked with O will. This ia
the way to assist each other, and show
to the world that We appreciate tie ben.
etits OF the order, and will assist each
other when nece cessary through life."e
TheEpatrons in some portions, of New
York have adopted the plan of keeping
blackboard always inreadiness Mt Their
meetings, on which are entered, by the
members as they come in, stock and
other property for sale 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. Mony of the score
taries in the subordinate oranges in
Kentucky keep two books in ono of
which the members record what thew
have to sell, and in the other articles
they wish to.purchase.
DR.. A. q. Stevenson, at a grange
picnic in Hendricks county, Indiana,
said !: "S Still there is much to be done.
If you do not accomplish all at once,
be patient. Perfect your order and
have many things to right in it il is
not human to be perfect. The greatest
trouble with you, probably, is that you
have 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