The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-03-08
Master: Bros. R. M. Sims, J.s. Richard

coming Patron in the presence Of the
State Grange, at its last annual session,
and in the management of his own
Grange, and Misrepresentation toIneigh-
boring, Oranges. as will appear from the
report. and accompanying papers ,of the
special committee, consisting OF Bros:
Barton, Bowling and Williams, appointed
at the last annual session Of this State
Grange.to Investigate the conduct of said
Livingston; and also from, communiSasv
tions received from, Willow Grange,
No. - D'''!' W. N'". -
On motion, the roll was called, and the
vote foriexpulsion was given4unanimons-
The Finance Committee submitted the
following report: That they have exarni
ined the books and vouchers Of thes6eci
retary and find them correct andisatisfac:
tory. tia.o. ya ,biy .ea57g4 nis
Grange the Secretary was required to dig.
charge the duties of the agent Of TIE
Central Bureau, with his salsryincreased
to, the, amount Of $780, The Secretary
submits "a verbal report, and yeHE; c9nl. e % !.
mittee submit that for the amount of
work done the salary was too large, and
we suggest that the Secretary be relieved
of the duties of this. Bureau. ,igo irr ~
Your committee regret to find; the State
Grange deeply indebted TO the National
Grange, and Recommend that some 'f6g'
,ulation be adopted.requiring the -liel =
DUES TO THE NATIONAL GRANGE q :
to be paid in preference toIall claims! !e3-
cept the necessary expenses incurred dur
ing this annual session Of the State e
Grange. "i'' '' -'''l'i '''s.s ,7'''"o :
Your committee recommend that the
.secretary's report be received as informa-
ton. ;... .,,, ,facft, tno ..,so
the Worthy Master be paid his actual
travelling expenses when discharging the
duties Of his. Office; that the Treasurer
be paid an annual salary of one hundred
and fifty dollars, $3.50, and the Secretary
receive an annual salary Of three hundred
and fifty dollars ($350.} .}r!& 9fi % dir
The report was discussed land. consid-
cred sgiatim, and adopted by sections and ,ll
as q whole. =" !, -,
Bro. Roche offered the following: rs,i
WHEREAS, we deem it for the good of
the Order that Patrons should meet and
exchange views oftener than once q year,
and would be benefited by more frequent
assembling together to discuss agricultd-
raj and kindred subjects, i-'-eE ,92hs
,ResoEued, That a ..meeting,iof Patrons
be, called at some point, to be determined
hereafter, in the upper portion of this
State, at SOME time during, the SUNNI
months. p! 80 3fii i'..'i ik''t'o
Rssozued, That the Worthy Master and
Executive Committee be requested to apr
point time and place, and to select sub
jects for discussion, and request certain
brothers to prepare essays on said SUBJ
iects. IT, .iH lsu 81 ~ - .'yie2At -'g.l.:i
The rules were, suspended, the resoN1
tions were considered and adopted, -.
The special order was aIled for, which
vas the consideration of the amended
by.laws as submitted by the Worthy
Master and Executive Committee 1ie
No. 8 of the, bylaws was SO amended
as to require the State Grange to meet on
the first Tuesday in February, at such
place as may be selected by the previous
annual session, .or in their failure to ,ap-
point place, then at such a PLACE as the
Executive Committee might select.
In'No. 4 the word "thirty" was stricken
out; and gMfifteen" inserted.Hi ma -: t:.
No. IL was so amended as to require al
dues to be paid through the Pomona
Oranges when organized.
"a third section was added to by-law l6,
so las to make the Worthy Master Chair
man of, the Executive, Committee. ,s2iisi
No. :19 was stricken out, SO that appli-
eants are permitted to join any Grange
they may choose, and are not confined,
as heretofore, ito the necessity lof joining
the Grange nearest to them.w ,ilduq ,;it
mo. % was amended by inserting, the
word "then before the word treasurer, so
as to clearly express the idea that there
are two Offices of secretary and treasurer!
No, ,23 was amended by striking, out the
words Subordinate Oranges" and insert inIl et
ing the word Members"
No. "a was amended by inserting the
words tsand Pomona" after the word
''Subordinate,H in the first line, so asito
require reports ofrejections or e1pulsioonllss
from Pomona as well as from Subordinate
Oranges. ;.
THE remaining bylaws" were adopted
without alteration or amendment, and
the entire set then adopted as amended
and as whole.
On motion, the Grange took q recess
for one hour, . ..,,,.,,,,,, ,,u.u
motion, the secretary was instructed to
correct the bylaws rs amended before
sending them to any of the Oranges.
BRO. Aiken offered the following:
| Resolucd, That committee of five be
appointed, of which the Worthy Master
shall be chairman, to prepare and pub
lish rules for the organization Of the Po-
mona Oranges. - - ~ 49,
| Adopted, and the following committee
appointed: Bros. A. M. Aiken, Vim.
Hood, ]. S. Hair and j. E. Roche. NA''
II On motion of Bro Roche the following
resolution was adopted:
Resozyed, That the Executive Commit
| Tee rcGalu III IuciI pooocoslou Vuo couo ". ".
the late Bureau Agent at Columbia until
otherwise ordered by the State Grange. .
INTERNATIONAL Co-oPERATIoN. =
i Bro. Alston offered the following: r;
| Resolued, That committee, consisting
| iof the Worthy Master. and four Others to
| lbe appointed by the chair, shall meet in
Charleston at such time as they may find
suitable, to consider the subject of Inter
national Cooperation as embodied in the
report of the committee of the National
Grange; to correspond and meet with
Iiall similar committees from other. State
Oranges, and to perfect scheme through
which the Patrons of this State may par
| iticipate in the benefits of such co-opera-
ton; and to open books for the subscrip-
Ition of stock under such rules as may be
adopted in conformity with the recon-:
| Imendation of the National Grange, and
report to the next meeting of this State
Grange. ia.L. u. ...:.i .Hi., 81
I On motion the Worthy Master was re-
quested to appoint committee on Inter: