The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-11-22
Grange Column.
Under the Supervision OF the Executive
Committee of Pomona Grange.
TO nEL!XHyEN GRAM. .NG.Es .,.s.

Again, brother Patrons, it becomes the
duty OF the Secretary of your Pomona
Grange to give you punch by way of
reminder The third quarter is "gone
glimmering among the things that were, y
and some of you have not recognized
your Secretary by the kindly presenta-
tion of your periodical communication.
About one-fourth CT the Oranges of An
derson County have made returns for the
third quarter of the present year. AS
many more will, perhaps, get their re-
ports into the hands of the Secretary
before his report is closed. That report
is legally due within ten days after the
expiration of the quarter, but it is some
times delayed to allow full time for tardy
Oranges to come in and place themselves
square on the books" and consequently
square" in the estimation CT ail true
Patrons.
Masters and Secretaries of Subordinate
Oranges, have you not solemnly pledged
yourselves to your brethren, by your in
stallation VOWS, that you would faithfully
perform the duties imposed on YOU by
the rules and regulations of the National
and State Granges7 and do you not re.
cognize violation of those vows in neg
lecting to make the regular quarterly re-
turns for your Grange? Are you pre-.
serving inviolate those obligations voiun-
taTily taken upon yourselves in behalf of
your Grange, when, by your negligence
or omission, your Grange has been pub
iished as defaulter, and her fair stand
ing among Patrons has been lowered
instead of elevated, and her number is
read out on the list Of delinquents for
two OF more quarters7 Are you surprised
to see your Grange feeble, inefficient and
dwindling away? Are you astonished
that your members are careless, luke
warm and drowsy, under the spasmodic
efforts OF their officers, when they would
rouse them up to duty and to honor? If
your Grange does not occupy such po-
sltlon among the brotherhood Us would
excite your pride TO be recognized as her
officer, it would be well to look around
and endeavor to find where the fault lies.
we have read an appeal by the Secre-
tary OF the Georgia State Grange to
Patrons in his jurisdiction, and we COM
mend 1t to the careful perusal of the
Patrons of Anderson County as an am.
piihoation CT our remarks on this SUBJ
ject:
Fellow Patrons, you cannot afford to
let your Order become a thing of tho
past. We admit her decline. As watch.
men upon your walls we feel it due 10
honesty-due to yourselves-due to the
good of the cause to sound the alarm.
The heritage of usefulness already ho.
queathed to you is too precious to reject
The influence for good exerted hv tho
Grange has been felt from the hpmhlest
cottage to the halls of Congress. Rorn
and Graded in the very lap ofineyorable
n
wives and little ones. end To rn,.- cnnntrv
demands its existence and perpetuitv
ana her mission must be fulfilled. Our
iukewarmness and criminal neglect NAV
blight this beneficient tree. but we tell
you that thousand forms will spring nm
from her withered stem to shelter and
bless the future sons of the soil Pr;ro-
ton and want with their myriad tongues
sound warning notes to our farmers to he
up and doing. In. the Grange, they have
an organization pre-eminently adapted
to their condition. Nc. o.o sTisbia ,f
her teaching bears the impress Of traitor.
ism 70 the best interests OF agriculture or
the good of our common country. The
bitter experiences of the past, the com
mon sense of mankind attest the plausi.
biiity, the feasibility and the stern ius-
tice and wisdom of her every Injunction
and if she must be consigned to the tomb
OF the Capulets, her only fitting epitapb
not" ~" ''
Let us with fraternal remonstrance
thunder in your ears and inspire your
minds and hearts with the one tbine
needed. To do this seems to be the WORT
OF repetition, for it is blazoned ali over
the very corner atones of your temnle
1t Is traced IN characters OF burning lirbt
upon the folds Of your banner. Solemn
yoSs recorded within the inner rato'
demand your fidelity to it. 1t pleads 10
you through the tears and ertrea,ies from
ont of ten thousand imnnrnr;aL4 81 1 ..I ..oHl