The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1880-03-31


Notwithstanding much unfavora-
BILE and unfriendly prophesylng
concerning it, I most sangulnely
and confidently expect and predict
| that it will be a great and mag
nifcent success annually growing
in strength and symmetry an
nually expanding its sphere and
scope of work and usefulness ;
bringing money, muscle and brain
to aid in redeeming and rebuild
ing our State and developing it's
immense resources, now idle and
useless; furnishing much and va
ried information. useful, benef-
clal and interesting to the entire
agricultural, mechanical, mercan-
tile and professional community
now within our borders, and in
ducing many from without to
come in. Let me bespeak for it
your confidence and support, in
return for which it will prove
blessing to this State and people.
And now having been so hand
somely and literally recognized
as class by our own State Gov
ernment, let us all, as agricultu-
rists and as people, use our right
of petition and our Influence, and
join our voices to so many thou.
sands of others throughout this
broad Union, to induce Congress
to make the Commissioner Of Ag-
riculture Of the United States
Cabinet officer, and raise his de-
partment to equality in dignity
and efficiency with the others.
In view of the immense impor-
tance it could be to, and the un-
told good it could do for, that
great producing class who support
the whole government and people;
the niggardly support given, and
the Indifference shown by Con-
gress to the Department of Ag-
riculture, is an outrage and an in
suit that should no longer be en-
dured BY a civilized and enlight-
ened people. On this subject L
have a letter, urging action, from
Bro. D. Wyatt Aiken, Worthy
Past Master of this Grange, and
now one of the representatives OF
this State in the United States
Congress, which l viii! lay before
you.
Patrons, we are here in council
to devise and determine tor the
good and welfare of our beloved
order, of our wives and little ones,
our people and our State. Let US
think for moment, and then try
to realize the immense power we
can WELD, the immense good we
can do, and the great obligation
resting upon US to fully exert
that power and to do that good.
Then at once to :work utilize
this Order. While you strive
to increase, build up and strength
en- it; at the same time use it;
make it work for you; keep it
bright and smooth by constant
use. Use it how Use it for any
and everything good that any Or
ganization can be used; for any
social, educational, financial or
civic purpose that will benefit or
interest US and ours. All men
have some special order, organl-
zation or association to subser7e
and promote the special interest
of a special class; and to get its
benefits for that single specially,
they expend any amount of time:
thought, toll and money needed
to succeed. This Order, thus used,
and thus treated, will return a
thousand fold for all expended upon
it. Theu sustain it we'll, and use it
we'll. Use it at home, in the neigh
borhood, in the township, in the
county, in the State, in the Union
and with foreign countries. Use
it from the minutest interests and
objects Of the home and family to
the grandest schemes of state
manship and diplomacy. 1t is &C.
tually impossible tor US agrlcul-
turists and farmers to any longer
derive sufficient profits from our
toll and labor to feed and support
our families, without this or some
similar organization by which we
can relieve and protect ourselves
from the ruinous exactions OF State
and Federal legislation, and Gus
toms Of trade, and the unjust and
extortionate determinations OF
corporations and monopolles. The