The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-03-13

PATRON, and from Maine to Texas -,
Florida to Michigan the members of o ~"a IRON
army of progress and reform have bsos grand
OF our doings, and have derived encourar1'sed
from the information thus obtained tba, cement
der in Mississippi is full of life and ac,; me Or.
must rally to the support of our organ ~ We
it such support as, with the co-opePat;, ""u give
brethren in the other Southwestern Ca. OIL Our
place it in the front rank of Southern ;o.rn,W VIII
CONCLUSION ~ n
The work Of the State Grange lies 81
and there is no doubt of its Important 'e you
cerely hope members have thought ser;o.. 1 SIN
the situation, and are prepared to makesy Of
tons and devise means for the upbu;Id;,u eyes
Order during the coming year. NV eyns, :. hs
the present year conyinces me that the tce,Iehce
spirit was never better in this State. This sn
needs now to be given direction and g. punt
thoroughly informed, for them to rany ieS
Grange as they did in the early DAYS Oft ~ ~ Tie
We need an accession of membership n
the bounds of Influence, and should Ie lend
and labor TO the accomplishment of -tb;sSe
There is nothing to fear as to the permanence an
efficiency of the Grange. 1t stands upon aug aug
foundation, and is well adapted to our MI, urn
that its work needs but to be pressed forw.sI@
bring great and satisfactory results. Al
should not rest Satisfied until we obtain reeve
ton of all the rights and privileges to whirh SUI
as class, are justly entitled. r.
Bro. B. F. Fitzpatrick, Agent at Mob;,.
presented his sixth annual report wb;S
was read, received and referred to en-
cial committee of three: Baxter Wilspo
6, M. Cain, NJ. J.sMcLean, committee
The following resolution was offefedbn
L.F. Afford and adopted: That thew!
THY Master sladdress bereferred to a CON
mittee of threeifor superintendent
Boone, J. F. Mcleod, w. H. Ker, com
The Committee on Suggestions for ao
| Good of the Order submitted the follow
ing report:
+ WortAy Master Jour COMMITTEE :,
whom was referred the matter of colec,
ing and publishing tabulated reports .,
the condition and yield of farm sroduct,
in this State, would report that in onr
opinion any attempt.of the kind by thi,
Grange must necessarily be so Imperfect
as to be of no value as statistical repor,
| We think, however, the plan would be
good one for each Subordinate Grange 10
| adopt, both for the information it would
furnish about its condition and progress
and the emulation it would excite amongs
| its members, but as State Grange meas1r.
we recommend that no further proceed
G- MARY Lou DARDEy
| .l Committee.
The committee on apportionment of the
Masters address submitted the following
report, which was adopted:
Your committee to whom was referred
the matter of apportionipe The Masters
address to appropriate committees. lc
spectfully suggest the reference eE-
That portion of the address which re.
lates to Subordinate Oranges to the Com.
mittee on Suggestions for the Good of the
Order; ,-I--, @25f'f@
That portion in regard to Co-operafon
to the Committee on Cooperation;
That portion which refers to the Grange
Press, to the Committee on Suggestions
for the Good of the Order;
That portion which refers to snew pro
cess" cotton factories to special commit
tee of three. B. B. BOONE, Chm.
Grange called off until p o'clock.
AFTERNOON SESSION. O'CLOCK.
The Grange was called to order by
Worthy Master Darden. es..
The Executive Committee submitted
the following report which was referredt to
COMMITTEE on complaints and grievances
to- wit:
Worthy Master and Patrons: Your Ex
ecutive Committee beg leave to make the
following report.
AT your last meeting of this State
Grange, resolutions from special Com.
mittee on Grange Agencies were adopted
referring certain matters therein to this
co nmittee, viz: That the Secretary ofths
State Grange be authorized and directed
to demand the amounts due from the
Agents and pay the same into the Treas
ury of the State Grange and upon failure
of the Agents to pay said assessment the
facts shall be reported to the Executive
Committee, who shall take such action
thereon as the nature of the case and the
good of the Order may demand" ..
33HResolved, That the complaints laid
before this Committee against the Agen.
cy at New Orleans be referred to the Ex.
ecutiye Committee who are Instructed to
fully investigate the same and take such
action in the premises as in, their wisdom
shall be deemed just and necessary to pro
tect the interests of our members com
planning, if found just" - =
In view of the fact that our treasury
was empty and the State Grange in debt
your Executive Committee was opposed
20 putting the State Grange to any expense
that could be avoided; thei efore at meet
ing of the Committee Immediately after
your adjournment at Okolona, it was
thought best to empower the Worthy Mas
ter to act for the Committee in the matters
referred to it; as they felt assured the inter
ests of the Order would be thereby as
fully served as if the whole COMMITTEE
were called together. .8,,..--...-
r The Worthy Secretary was INSTRUCTED
to make the demand of the assessment
against the various Agents; which he did
repeatedly. The Agent at ST. LOUIS
Brother Hardin, arranged with him his
assessment, amounting to $--being
20 per cent. on the business of Patrons Oh
our State. The Agent at Mobile, Brother
Fitzpatrick has not paid his 2seestnleDI