The patron of husbandry., 1880-01-31
THE GRANGE IN SOUTH CARO-
LIMA, GEORGIA AND TENNES-

LIMA, GEORGIA AND TENNES-
SEE.
No States in the Union present more
inviting field for the practical operation
OF Grange principles and measures than
these three great States of the South, for
they are emphatically agricultural States,
and the great majority of their population
who till the soil are not only poor, but are
kept in poverty mainly by the injustice of
false business system and the oppres-
slons of private corporations. The Grange
should have taken deep root in these
States; that it has not done so, was the
fault of the leading farmers, who either
failed to enlist under its banner or to make
the necessary efforts to inform the people
of the true meaning of its principles and
purposes, than of any inherent defect in
the organization. The people, the toiling,
ignorant millions, for whose benefit this
grand organization was conceived and
called into being, and upon whose shoul-
ders fall the burdens incident to public
affairs, locked hopefully to this movement
that was to bring relief to them and their
families, and had the leading men met
their expectations, they would have rallied
to it and supported it with an enthusiasm
that would have made it the leading or1
ganization in this country. But we know
how often and how cruelty this hope was
disappointed. Thousands who did not
understand the principles of the Order
and the needs of the farmers, or who were
really opposed to them, rushed in and by
improper means placed themselves at the
head of Subordinate Oranges where they
crowded down the true friends of the
movement and prevented all healthful
progress. But this danger has been safe
ly passed; the enemy and the lukewarm
have been pretty effectually weeded out
and the cause is now in the hands of true
men, who have the capacity, the will and
the courage to stand by the Order and
advocate and support its real principles
and purposes before the world. This is
the case in the above named States. The
officers of these State Oranges are known
to be tried and true, and their services,
which have been marked and frightened
by an unselfsh patriotism, are now tell
ing with splendid effect.
The State Grange of South Carolina
the grand historic State-meets at Charles
ton on Monday next. The noble and gift
ed leader, Bro ]. N. Lipscomb, who mace
National reputation by his patriotic
speech at the recent session of the Ma
tional Grange, has been untiring in his
efforts to upbuild the Order, and he will
carry to that meeting an experience that
will enable it to act wisely and we'll in all
its measures.
Georgia will follow next Worthy
Master Smith, who has won the conf
de1 of the farmers of that great State
by his ability, fidelity and indomitable
spirit, assisted by the talented and patri
otic Secretary, Bro. E. Taylor, has devoted
months of arduous labor to secure a full
attendance at this meeting, and the Order
throughout the country may confidently
look for the most cheering reports of its
work. Georgia is prospering, atileast her
manufacturers are reaping golden har-
vest, but her farmers are not securing their
rightful share of this prosperity, and they
will never secure it until the great princi
Piles of cooperation as taught by the
Grange are acknowledged and practically
enforced.
Tennessee will close the years meetings
of the State Oranges on the nth of Feb
ruary. The scholarly and indefatigable
Worthy Master, Brother Harwell, and his
wide-awake, capable Secretary, Brother
Currey, have fully aroused the Subordinate
Oranges to the Importance of this meeting,
and the indications are that it will be one
of the best and most successful yet held
in the State. This gathering of the rep
resentatives of the farmers of the Volun.
teer State will be made unusually attract
i've and interesting by the presence of sew.
eral distinguished Grange leaders. Wor-