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The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-07-26
REAGAN'S RAILROAD BILL.

Reagan's Bill to prevent discriminatory
charges and combinations by inter State
roailroads, after passing the House, was
pigeon-holed by the Senate Committee.
This bill proposes that there should be
no discrimination in rates and charges of
freights and handling them, and no draw
backs or rebates of any kind in any case.
Pooling of freights between lines that
would otherwise come into competition
with each other, will be prohibited No
railroad will be allowed to charge more
for transporting carload of freight a
short distance than for long distance
on the same haul. Itn1ay charge for half
the length as much as for the whole length,
but not more. Another object is to re-
duoe disproportionate and exorbitant
charges for long-distance haul. Rates
will be required to be put up in conspic-
uous places, and the roads will be expect
ed to live up to them until they are
changed.
The provisions for enforcing these rules
and regulations through the courts, are
ample and rigid
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-07-26
"THE PATRON"

Is making friends BalIove the South, and
is destined soon to have circulation equal
to that of any agricultural or political pa
per published in our section. We give
extracts from a few of many letters re-
.ceived during the past week.
Worthy Master M. Head, a member
of the Executive Committee of the Ten-
-nessee State Grange, writes us:
81 have been reading with pride and
interest your manly and fearless defense OF
our cause. Your financial views are IN
accord with the best interests of the toll
ing masses, and if they could be induced
to read and investigate for themselves, the
time is not far distant when time serving
and hired politicians would have to retire
and given place to honest, practical men.
The Money Power has a grip that VIII
not be loosened until the people rise IN
their might and say, 1--WE have been hew-
ers of wood and drawers of water as long
as we intend, andthe Government must be
administered henceforth for the greatest
good to the greatest number. When a
paper like THE PATRON meets the issue
SO ably and fearlessly, every true Patron
and farmer should come to the rescue and
sustain such an organ"
Past Master E. S. Elam, of Memphis,
Tenn, writes: ~
81 am so delighted with THE PATRON
1t has improved in every way, and is do
ing good and great work not only IN
Mississippi, but in this and other States
1t should be made the organ of every State
Grange in the South, for it is the only pa
per that know of that is battling for the
rights and interests of the farmer. Ii
there ever was a time when the tiliers OF
the soil should stand square up for their
rights and step to the front, that time is
now. Now, or never! Let US have no
more lawyer politicians to represent us IN
the halls of legislation, for their interests
are in direct conflict with ours. If we
could have THE PATRON read by every
Granger and farmer in the country, they
would become so well educated that they
would know their rights and interests, and
demand them in such way as to secure
them Success to our glorious Order and
to THE PATRoN!'
Worthy Secretary Geo. w. Green, OF
Princeton Dallas county, Ark, writes:
81 received a copy of THE PATRON a
few days ago. l have read it carefully
and do not hesitate to say that it is a most
excellent paper, and every Granger and
farmer should take it. At the last meet
ing of my Grange, was instructed to
send for four copies of the Journal Of Agg:
riculturc, but after receiving and reading
The PATRON determined to send fol-
five copies of it instead of the former, and
risk it giving satisfaction. You will find
inclosed Sos"
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-07-26

Our Tennessee Department will be
found interesting to Patrons everywhere,
and to those in Tennessee especially. By
direction of the Executive Committee of
the State Grange of Tennessee, we send
a copy of this number of The PATRON
to every active Grange in that State. We
hope each Grange receiving it will SUBJ
scribe for at least ten copies. The SUBJ
scription price is low and it is SO clearly
to the interest of the cause to give THE
PATRON wide circulation, that we look
confidently for club often or more from,
each of these Oranges. AS number OF
able leaders in Tennessee will contribute
to our columns regularly, the paper will
always be of special interest to the mem
bers of the Order in that State.
We will.publsh portrait and mos
interesting biographical sketch of Worthy
Overseer J. K. Hancher in a week or tw O
and will follow this up with portraits ane
sketches of other prominent leaders il
Tennessee.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-07-26

The Order is on rising ground wherev-
er THE PATRON circulates. The letters
we publish every week from the hardy
sons of toll, in which they give expression
to their impotence, their hatred OF
oppression and to their aspirations, are
having splendid effect wherever the pa
per goes, Who can calculate the good
that The PATRON could accomplish with
circulation of fifty thousand? Patrons
farmers, bend your energies to this work,
and make The PATRON the leading and
most powerful weekly journal in our
section.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-07-26

AUGUSTA GA, July I6.-There has
been no rain in this section to do any good
to crops for months. Corn in many places
is literally burnt up, and will not average
quarter of crop. Cotton is very much
behind. The weed is very small, yet it is
fruiting very we'll for the size of the stalk
This has been the hottest and dryest
weather since 1890.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-07-26

Worthy Lecturer Boone, of the Missis-
sippi State Grange, has put the ball in
motion in this county, and the true men of
the Order are determined that it shall keep
rolling. We are on the eve of glorious
revival in the Grange in this State. Let
the County Deputy Lecturers now step to
the front and do their full duty, and we
will have grand forward movement all
along the line.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-07-26
GRANGE REVIVAL.

1t has long Deen the DodSl VI 'AiS ~iN
mics of the Order that the Grange in Mis-
sippi is dead A distinguished lawyer IN
his address before the Literary Societies
of the University of this State. few
weeks ago, solemnly declared that the
Grange is dead, and gave as the cause OF
its death that it had separated our
great interest, and was in spirit mil
liant" In other words, that when
farmers organize to protect themselves
rom the robberies and expressions
of other classes, and give their attention
to the intelligent disposal of their crops
instead of combining themselves simply to
their production, they get on dangerous
ground and their failure is inevitable.
Many who were once members OF the
Order have lost hope, and we have heard
some of them remark that, as an organiza-
ton, the Grange in this section is dead
But the Grange is not only not dead in
this immediate section, but it is springing
into new lie, and the members are engag
ing in the work with all the zeal and Wig
or that gave the movement such a won
derful momentum in its early days. The
work and progress will be more steady and
healthful now because the Order is in bet
ter hands, it has got rid Of an element that
was hostile to its real purposes, anu
which defeated every legitimate effort OF
the true members to carry those purposes
into practical effect.
The meetings in this county on the 18th
and 18th inst, which were addressed by
Worthy Lecturer Boone, of the State
Grange, developed a sentiment that is
stronger and more far-reaching than even
the most earnest and faithful members
supposed existed in this county. No pub
lie speaker was ever listened to with closer
attention, and no expounder of Grange
principles and purposes ever found more
appreciative and interested audiences, than
did our Worthy State Lecturer on the
above occasions. His speeches were ex-
actly suited to the time and to the people,
plain. practical, forcible, and delivered in
manner SO impressive and attractive
that every intelligent farmer present must
have been convinced of the necessity OF
the Grange and its capacity for the great
work for which it was established and
inspired with a resolution to rally once
more to its support
The immediate effect of the speeches
of Worthy Lecturer Boone, was the re-
organization of Powell Grange, that had
been dormant several years, with a mem
bership Of some thirty earnest Patrons
The offers elected have experience, and
will carry the work through with the ut,
most zeal.
But the good effects of these meetings will
will not stop here. New Hope Grange
which has maintained its organization, and
which the Worthy Lecturer addressed or
the 18TH, will take fresh start and push for
ward with greater zeal, and other Oranges
in the country that have long been dor
mani will be revived. The Order in thi
county will gather strength from the i'm
petus given it by these meetings, and be
fore the close of the year it will be strong
er and more efficient than ever.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-07-26

The Russian grain crops are suffering
from the ravages of a small coieopterous
insect, which propagate with great rapid
lty. One third of the wheat crop in
Southern Russia is threatened. Very lit.
tie is yet known of the habits or customs
of the insect.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-07-26

where the white and more intelligent Ia
Dor predominates, and where works can
be carried on for goo days in the year,
d. L. S. in Atlanta Constitution.
We take the following from the Colatna-
bus Democrat. These questions should
be propounded to candidates for the Leg
islature in every county in the State
TO CANDIDATES FOR THE LEG
ISLATURE.
The good people of Lowndes county
would doubtless like to have an expression
from you in regard to various matters
which will engage the attention of the
Legislature, as you, no doubt, in case you
are chosen to represent them, would like
to know the views of the people on the
same subjects A few of these subjects
we will suggest to you in the form OF
questions?
: I. Do you favor the call of a convention
to frame a new constitution? +el
2. Do you favor the law which author
ICES the mortgage of crop not made?
2. Doyou favor a law forbidding the
mortgage of property exempt from execti-
ton? s-rEFE Egs1
4. Do you favor the abolition ofprivi-
lege licenses?
s. Do you favor specific tax on pistols,
dirks, bowie knives, and dogs?
6. Do you favor tax on incomes aris-
ing from interest on credits, notes, bonds
and other securities, and from profits arts
ing from spcculations in stocks, and cotton
and grain futures?
7. Do you favor the regulation of rail
road charges by law to the full extent OF
the power of theilegislature as determined
by the decisions of the Federal Supreme
Court What would be your plan to reg
ulate these charges?
s. In any railroad charter that the Leg
islatnre may grant, will you favor the re-
servation of full power in this regard anc
the perpetual right of the State to tax sucf
railroad?
9. Are you in favor ofexempting from
taxation capital employed in manufactur
| ing?
10. Are you in favor of State aid t.
railroads, or county aid in the shape o
county bonds ISSUED at the behest of two
thirds of the voters?
II. Are you in favor of a general incor
poration law, to which all shall be requir
ed to look, who desire corporate rights
and powers?
II. Are you opposed to special legisla
ton, and to local legislation-the enact
ment of laws that shall apply only to Ger
tain counties?
Is. How do you stand on our local law
particularly the seed cotton law, and tn
cotton seed law?
II. Do you favor the exemption from
State and county taxes of the lease lots il
the city of Columbus?
IS. Who is your choice for Unite,
States Senator? +
IS. Are you in favor of abolishing tn
penitentiary lease system, and of punish
ing simple larceny by stripes, shavingth
head, cropping, or branding, with perpet
ual disfranchisement?
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-07-26

tits amazing that SO many sensible pa
Pers should entertain Senator Burnside's
absurd theory of the. Monroe doctrine as
affecting the Darien- Canal project The
Monroe doctrine never meant to warn
foreign capital out of this country-Reg-
| fsfex
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-07-26

Powell Grange in this county, was or
ganized on Friday, the 18th, at the close
of the splendid address of Worthy Lee.
turer Boone, of the State Grange, with
some thirty members. The following of
fcers, who were to be installed yesterday
were elected:
Master-John A. Nelson.
Overseer-E. S. Lanier.
Lecturer-A. p. Leech.
Steward-J A. Cooper.
Assistant Steward-P. O. Lofts.
Chaplain-M. A. ]. Evans.
Secretary-L. H. Wood.
Treasurer-Dr. Quin.
Gate Keeper-~E, NJ. Franks
Ceres--Mrs. P. n. Woods.
Pomona-Mrs. Quin.
Flora-Mrs. S. L. Lanier.
L. A. S.-Miss Mollie Leech.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-07-26

Mount Hood, Oregon, has lately been
giving our volumes of smoke from long
extinct crater, where ordinarily smell Of
sulphur and slight warmth only indicate
inward fire.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-07-26

All that is necessary to revive the Or
der where it may be languishing, is for an
earnest, capable Lecturer to go out and
talk to the farmers, and explain the power
of organization and its necessity to them
as a class. The farmers are ready to or.
ganize and go to work, if the leaders will
only open the way and get them started
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-07-26

The young farmers should be encour-
aged to speak and take an active part at
all meetings of the Grange. At the meet
ing in this county on the 18th, Mr. Payne,
who is quite young farmer, was invited
to address the audience, which he did
briefly but very creditably. He gave ex-
preston to sentiments that should animate
every young farmer in the land
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-07-26

We predict that the Order in Florida,
Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas and
Texas, will soon be stronger and more ef-
ficient than it has ever been, and that our
brethren in Alabama and Louisiana will
take courage and join in the onward
movement. In the former States, the Off
GERS of the State Oranges are not only eff
ficient but thoroughly imbued with the
true Grange spirit, and are adopting
measures for vigorous campaigns this sum
mer and fall. THE PATRON will keep
well up with them in their great and pa
triotic work
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-07-26

The able and dignifed reply of Worthy
Master Darden to the assertion of Hon. w
P. Harris, in his recent address before the
students of the University of Mississippi,
that the Grange is dead, will attract gen
eral attention. The Patrons of our State
may well be proud of their leader, who is
able and always ready to defend their
cause whenever and wherever assailed by
;fc enen1ieS
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-07-26

Middle Tennessee has 600 brandy dis
tilleries in operation.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-07-26

A severe storm swept across Wisconsin,
Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Ma,
ryland on the 10th inst.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-07-26

Worthy Lecturer Boone, of the Missis-
sippi State Grange, will fill several ap-
pointments in Alcorn county this month,
and will address the Patrons and farmers of
Clay county at Palo Alto on the 10th prox.
We would suggest to the Deputy Lee
turers of'Clay, Bros. D. B. Hill and w. H.
Dukeminier, to make arrangements for
several meeting in that county, SO all the
Oranges may enjoy the benefit of his visit
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-07-26
Net profit

Net Pront------- $4,000
1. That it will do away with the GIN
house, cotton press, bagging and ties and
much hauling.
2. That it will dispense with the many
clippings of the middlemen, such as spec
ulators, weighing and marking, storage,
insurance, commissions, etc.
s.. The great margin (between the raw
material and the fabricst, which has en-
riched the north will be saved and spent
at home.
4. That it will employ large number
of women and children whose labor other
wise is valueless.
$. That 1t will increase largely the pop
ulation OF this country as well as the
| amount OF money in circulation in our
| midst, and afford better school and church
facilities.
3. That 1t will enhance the value of real
| estate and increase the demand for the
products of the country.
T. That it will draw capital and machin-
cry from the north to this section.
8. That the new process can be run pro-
| htably on small scale, and still more SC
| If the business is enlarged
9. That it will build up the stations and
small towns along the railways as well as
where the water power can be found, and
| where fuel is cheap for. making steam
these places will spin the yarn from the
cotton IN the seed and ship to the market
cities where more costly machines will be
erected for manufacturing the more com.
| plieated fabrics.
| 10. That the cotton states, no longer
hewers OF wood and drawers of water fol-
others, viii use the means which God has
blessed them, and enter into a new era o,
prosperity unequaled before in this or any
other country.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-07-26

The health of Mississippi now is better
than it was in the Spring.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-07-26

10000 lbs.seed cotton, 2334c $4,12s,oo
Operation and contingent ex-
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-07-26
They claim all this and much more that

They claim all this and much more that
time NOR room in The Constitution does
not suffice me now to teH.n = e1.
Whowill disproye the statements IN the
article are facts; the claims, are. they not
reasonable, are they not tangible to the
people of the cotton states, especially to
the more elevated and healthy regions
where the white and more Intelligent Ia
Dor predominates, and where works can
be carried on for goo days in the YEAR,
d. Il. S. in Atlanta Constitution.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-07-26

RESOURCES.
10000 lbs. yarn at Isc-$6,ooooo
$500 lbs. waste, at &C. I44 90
5000 bush. cotton seed at 15c Asooo-$7.Aoa oc
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-07-26

We take the following from the Coiatns-
bus Democrat. These questions should
be propounded to candidates for the Leg
islature in every county in the State
TO CANDIDATES FOR THE LEG
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-08-20
A Greenback Nominee.

The Kinds county Greenbackers have
nominated NJ. NJ. Mcleod, Slightly
colored), for Circuit Clerk He i'm
ported himself from somewhere into
Mississippi soon after the war, and has
fourished ike a green bay tree as a
first-class offieeholding carpet Dagger
ever since; in fact, he has lived and lit
orally fattened upon office. He was in
the Secretary of States office under the
late James Lynch. He tcas chief IN the
Ste,it's office under " H. Harmey, the
defaulfing Sheriff Of the county, and proba-
bly, could tell as much about that unfortu-
nate administration of the Sheriffalty as
any other man in the county. He was
deputy in the office of the Internal Rev
enue Collector under Ex-Governor Il. G.
Powers; but when Hon. James Hill, a
Republican but genuine Mississippian,
was appointed Collector, Mcleod was
summarily dismissed. He has accu-
mulated property by means of these
various OFFICIAL positions, building
handsome residence in West
Jackson and is reported to be a
"bloated bondholder, as who might not,
with the same opportunities .? Why the
Greenbackers have put this nondescript
who has feasted and fattened upon his
fine salaries wrung out of the sweat and
toll of the people, for the last nine
years, on their ticket, we are at lost
to know. He is in no sense represent
tative of the colored race; and they
will not so recognize him. He don't
represent Mississippians Of any class
and his nomination is really an affront
to the people of the county. He made
a remarkable harrangue in the City
Hall, as reported to us few nights ago,
and as his nomination has been made in
the face of it, we will have occasion to
refer to it again.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-08-20
Hon. G. A. Wilson.
JACKSON

EDITORS CLARION In these DAYS oil primaa
ry Elections, Conventions and party nomiua-
tons, resulting in many disappointmeuts tU
defeated candidates, it were well TO note the
patriotic and manly course of the gentleman
whose name graces this communication. I'M the
canvass just closed in the 9TH District Tor
District Attorney. Though there were five
asplrants Tor this responsible position. vet.
owing to circumstances which developed
during the canvass the issue for the past two
months was confined to Mcssrs. Brantev and
Wilson, and between the friends of these
gentlemen, excitement ran high, and some
times nearly boiled over. The mass meeting.
Conventions and primaries in the various
counties in the District showed prjma jycis lhat
Mr.. BFantley had carried the District ou tine
majority rule by t'ro-g1hs OF sote,
yet at the Convention held ut Walden, the ! fth
and 18th inst, there were two sets of delegate
from Attala, the one contending THAT iu as
much as Mr.. Brantley had received q piolaifJ
OF the votes cast at their primary. Inc
should receive the full vote of that county Ion
the Convention, the other insisting that ul-
der certain resolutions adopted by their mass
meeting instructing the delegates 10 carry out
the wishes Of Alfalfa, as expressed in prima-
ry election, that Mr. Wilson should receive
vote in the Convention in proportion 10 lhe
vote received at said primary, viz: 7S1 uut of
2lO3 which would have been sufficient to have
elected him, by greater majority than was
claimed by Mr.. Brantley. And so strong WIS
this feeling in the Convention that the friends
Of Mr.. Wilson elected the temporary Chair
man and Secretary, and succeeded in holding
possession till the second night when Mr. VIII
son magnanimously determined, that rather
than hold dead lock" in the Convention,
and thereby prevent a nomination and di-ur-
ganize the party in the district to withdraw
his name from the nomination, which he did
in language ringing with patriotism, pride of
manhood, and party love- asking nothing for
himself, and everything for the party. Such
nobility OF soul, such exalted patriotism, such
sacrifice of personal ambition to party feaItv is
rarely witnessed in these days of inordiuate
office seeking The writer has never expert
enced canvass more fercely fought than tIi5
one has been by the friends of the respective
candidates. Yet through it all Mr.. Wilson
has ever conducted himself with that
dignity, manliness and loftiness of character
which 50 endears him to his friends. com
mands the respect and admiration Of his
opponents, and entities him to the gratitude of
the Democratic party throughout the State.
Tor thus furnishing such a wholesome and
beautiful lesson of sacrifice of person 10 ,0yt5
Mr.. Brantley is entitled to and will receive
the earnest and hearty support OF the party.
and will be elected, and prove an efficient
oncer "PRoXY"