The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1879-07-18
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The County Fair and Pomona Grange.

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have much that's new to tell you do not think it
To learn 6y this bl, of writing, Pm Master of Grange
lis true tosecret societies opposed Eve always been,
We w. mss an was ssto5s the god ia seen
AS We cali 212fnished upper rooms in the house of
soc foAyVs farmers who there can take our wives
ANA ny work and conversation harmonze our lives.
we ask each other questions in social, kindly vein;
Learn how to lessen taxes aud increase yield grain
10 whittc down troubles build up for Us lows
10 Gcautiiy our Farmer homcs-cducatc our girls and
We look in each Others faces grasp each hands
s iame and as neighors protect each others lands
we Wa.eh cach others lambs from dogs and wolves that
Aud as Patrons vote together while the politicians howl
we agree no more to listen to the grand sprcadcaslc
OF the ring and monopoly agent takes all in his
We learning to live in harmony and as flowers from
Grow omcct the sunlight SO we're growing up to God
Our home Is now far happier than cer it was before,
AGAIN the poms on lauras check in the days of yorc
Our house better furnished than when you
For cooperation profit left for all of us last year
Our ncighbors call socially when comes the cvcntl
5P T PIaSt rSmdshp prosperity does with nS now abide
IL ask you soon to visit us and then to join the Grange
AS laid down your last issue, containing
notice of a meeting of the County Fair Associa-
tion L accidentally took up an old agricultural
paper contai ming the above poem. There is not
much poetry in it, but is there not n good deal
of truth? l have, therefore, taken the liberty
of forwarding it to you, Mr.. Editor, with the
hope that you may find room for its publication,
together with few remarks herewith appended
am well aware that you have many and varied
valued correspondents, who keep us posted rs to
the various "bs' of County news; some are
busy exposing the many ''bonanza frauds" from
which the County has. is, and will suffer; others
are "showing up the taiiings, shortcomings
and inetficiencics of the many county officials:
then, again, are shown how one party can
villify and abuse another and prove to how
those we always thought good and honest citi
zens arc asses liars and Scoundrcls; whilst some,
regardless of their accustomed modesty and re-
tiring natures, conscience. stricken, arc rushing
to the front, tho much against their wills, cx-
claiming, with a slight paraphase on the words
of another, "Woc, is me! If ! save not the
country, PERISH
say, with so many valuable interests TO he
thus ventilated, it is asking n good deal Of our
for space for reference to plain every day bust
ness matters. Yet venture to affirm that if
these correspondents of yours will change their
tunc-will "pck on another string" Ohis
may be bad slang but it has the meaning) and
then dip their pens in the other ink and then
let good words flow from thcm-words of en-
couragcmcnt, Of exhortaton, of enquiry, of in-
formation, "pro and con AS to all agricultu-
raj and mechanical science and art relating to
n farmers business, you would see cvinccd an
int crest in our matters never before experienced;
n waking up of our people to try and realize
some of the brilliant possibilities of our noble
an .r,,I
Fair you would see the old love renewed again
i'll these Oranges. And why shall not have
a grange or agricultural society an association
for our mutual benefit? | care not what name
you give it. Why, am told. when the Spring
Meeting of the society was called and an effort
made to reorganizc the Pomona Grangc--undcr
whose charter the Fair property is hcli-hcre
was one party present besides President and
Secretary.
The chief Motto Of our grange was, s.Tn es-
scntials unity, in n-cSscntials liberty, in all
things charity" If | have y heartfelt wish it
is. that this poor pen might from this text, upon
this page, trace sermon that would rouse every
sleeping Patron Farmer from the lcthir.
gy that now seems to bind him hand and foot
he quietly huggng the dclusivc phanjUm of
lIopc-hopiaE fsr-a .'bc,tcr time coming" n
better crop, something to ''turn up" instead of
rousing himself up TO will to do, to be some
thing, to be some in his day and generation
and some Advancement to the business of his
life. We have society intended to dcvclopc Il
better and higher manhood and wonllrhood
among ourselves to enhance the comforts and
attractions of our homes, that none might be
more attractive than our own to strengthen our
attachments to our own pursuits to foster mu
tual understanding and cooperation I; to reduce
our expenses. both individual and corporate !; to
buy less and produce more, in order to make
our farms sclt-sustaining to diversity our crops
and crop no more than VIC can cultivate to dis
countcnancc the credit system, the mortgage
system, the fashion system and every other syS-
TEN tending to prodigality and bankruptcy ::
each taking for his own individual motto .pny
you CO. Meeting together, talking together
working together; buying together, selling to-
gcthcr, and. in general, acting together for mu-
tual protection and advancement, as occasion
might require. For our business interest we
desire to bring producers and consumers, far
mcrS and manufacturers into the most direct and
friendly relation possible. Hence we must dis
pensc with surplus Of middlcmcn, not that
are urfrcndly To them, but we do not need
them, and they might do forced to 10.
We did IrOpDSc % ~ Nnr