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

The Csunty Fair and Pomona Grange
Inc PR Of tne week ended and my teem is now at feed
A, write The honely letter to the brother love best
nave mucn tnats new to tell you 50 do not think IL
To learn thts bit OF writing I'm Master of Grange!
Sss this before thc good eo-eperation Ia seen
W We M meet a,s S.ss Rrtnnight now in Pomona Hail.
As ye upper rooms in the house of
souS Farmers, who there can take our u;vc.
We ask each other questions In a social kindly vein
10 whtle down our troubles, to build up for us oys
To Gcautify our farmer honies-educate girls and
look in each others grasp each others hands,
M Mn and as we protect each Others lands
And Patrons vote together while the politician, howl
We agree no more to listen to the grand sprcadcagle
Of the ring and monopoly agent, who takes all in his
We learning to live in harmony flowers from
Grow to omcct the sunlight, we're growing up TO God.
Our home % Is now far happier than eer it was before,
Our house Is better furnished than 1t when you
For cooperation profit left for all of us last year
Our neghbors call socially, when comes the evcnidc
AS AS PIace friendship, prosperity does with abide
ns letter tells the story brother think strange
you soon to visit and then to join the Grange
AS laid down your last issue, containing
notice of meeting of the County Fair Associa-
ton, accidentally took up an old agricultural
paper containing the above poem. There is not
much poetry in it, but is there mot good deal
of truth? 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 we'll aware that you have many and varied
valued correspondents, who keep us posted as to
the various "bits" 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 failings, shortcomings
and ineffciencies Of the many county officials |;
then, again, are we shown how one party can
villify and abuse another and prove to us how
those we always thought good and honest citi.
zens are asses liars and scoundrels; whilst some
regardless of their accustomed modesty and re-
firing natures, conscience stricken are rushing
to the front, tho much against their wills, ex-
claiming, with slight paraphase .on the words
of another, "Woe, is me! IL save not the
country, perish"
- say, withso many valuable interests TO be
thus ventilated, it is asking n good deal of our
for space fora reference to plain every day bust
ness matters. Yet venture to affirm that if
these correspondents of yours will change their
tune-wil 'pick on another string" (this
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 them-words Of en-
couragement, of exhortation, of enquiry, of in-
formation, "pro and con AS to all agricultu-
ral aml mechanical science and art relating to
farmers business, you would see evinced an
nj in hoc>
waking up of our people to try and realize
some of the brilliant possibilities of our noble
calling. kes-~ould witness a most successful
Fair; you would see the old love renewed again
in these Oranges. And why shall we not have
grange or agricultural society an association
for our mutual benefit? l care not what name
you give it, Why, am told. when the Spring
Meeting OF the society was called and an eflor,
made to reorganizc the Pomona Grange--under
whose charter the Fair properly is held--there
was one party present besides President and
Secretary.
The chief Motto of our grange was, ain es-
sentials unity, in non-csscntials liberty, in all
things charity" If / have heart felt wish it
is, that thispoor pen might from this text, upon
this page, trace sermon that would rouse every
sleeping Patron or Farmer from the Iethar.
'gy that now seems to bind him hand and foot
he quietly hpgging the deusive phantom OF
H9pe-Aapis "better 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 q society intended to develope a
better and higher manhood and womanhood
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-
tnal understanding and cooperation to reduce
our expenses, both individual and corporate to
buy less and produce more, in order to make
| our farms scf.sustaining to diversity our crops
| and crop no more than we can cultivate to dis
countenance the credit system, the mort gage
system, the fashion system and every other sys.
TEN tending to prodigality and bankruptcy I;
each taking for his own individual motto npay
as you CO." Meeting together, talking together,
working togetherS buying together, selling to-
gether, 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.
mers and manufacturers into the most direct nm d
friendly relation possible Hence we must dis
pense with a surplus Of middlemcn, not that
we are urfriendy TO them, but we do not need
them, and they might do as we are forced to do.
we did not propose to wage any aggressive war.