The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-12-24

man James A. Roberts. Dur.n. n
tary F. A. Howell, Duran,." n Seen
James Morehead. Durant ireasuis
Scott county-Hillsboro r.
Association, No. Io7. Ofscsr' 'persts
man Q. w. McRoy; Secrs,.-
Lyle, Cash, Scott county; Trea.yn.L
G Sessums. 'essurer v +
Newton cornty-Deca.,r
i've association. No. s63. OficerUo,
ness Manager John c. McClinton.. 81
man H. Cooper; Secretary Fuoa Chsr
eton, Decatur; Treasurer N y epe Cal
Pike county-The Farmers, e. narnet
tive Association, No. u. O6cse oPes
rotary ]. A. Burris, Summit On
GERS not given. 'her Of.
Pontotoc county-Toccopolac r.
tive Association, No. re SOo Or
Chairman w. E. Tayler; Secre,.n cers>
Newell, Toccopola. "'yD D.
Carroll county-Try Co-operst;u
ISOLATION, No, 373. Oficers-SsoNe As
ii. {: Holmes, Carrollton. Otbsr os
not given. olcen
Although had the resolution n,,r,
in THE PATRON OF HusRANbpna onshei
are all that have reported to me ueS
1t becomes my sad duty to r4D,.
you the death of Bro. l. R. StiglerP pr,
ter of Sweetwater Grange. No. 81. ~, Mas
mes county; also Bro. d. G. S;SS no.
ter of Rising Star Grange. No. 81, VA
son county. Both were menobaSoTt Jener
body. If the "Fell DESTROYER" has VI !. lAp
work elsewhere among our me,nsol
have not been notified.
have had repeated calls for r.
especially by the reorsanized Law
but had none to send. / found hing
in the office, which supply was exbasIte s
early in the year. l hope some nus ,a1s's
will be made for this drring the nras.
session. P'eSeH
have some documents here fro,r d
Anti Monopoly League that | have !. u'
instructed to distribute woud h. ~
to have the Representatives of those ~ %
ges that have not been supplied c.m
me for them. These have been lust :, .
ceived. ''s' e
The issuing Of subjects for discr,...
in Subordinate Oranges each mon,b !
the Worthy Lecturer of the NJ.
Grange is, believe, universally snnror-s
and the desire is to have them corf,n'g
And now | ask what can be done ,o;e
duce the Secretaries of SubordinatsC,.'-
ges to report at the proper time; H.
are we to know the condition and s,a-,
ing of the Order save through them, A.,
if they do not report promptly. how 70.
the work move smoothly on?
The laws of the National GRANGE .,
very strict on this point, and neceSs,rT,
so. The State Secretaries are reop;r-5, \.
report quarterly, but how can they SEM !,
correct report when some of the SuborS,
nate Secretaries report but twice Yea,
and, worse yet, some only once; On,
State laws are strict enough also. the ors,.
ton is, shall we enforce them; No inst
tuition can be success without effcis-.
officers, and | think delinquent or ana.
tory Secretary can hardly be called s,4
Worthy Masters, / appeal to YOU 10 s..
that your Secretaries do their duty.
One matter more and the fnapr,
transactions of this office will be laid h
fore you.
Have we considered the cause of n.
great prosperity in our Order to-day; 7,
whom, unjer the guidance of the Gres
Master above, do we owe it,
Who, leaving his family, with his hort
| and farm interests to the tender nercie
of hirelings. has ridden day after day i
the broiling heat or the past summers SUI
over large portion of this State at tn
bidding of this body to awaken the farms
from his lethargic sleep ard remind hin
of rights as we'll as duty to himself an
others, and urged them to band togetht
and rise in their might, as Others hag
done before them, and demand but wha
is their due? When we think of the grrs
physical as well as mental effort of trav.
ing overland constantly, and deiverin,
from four to six lectures or talks eac
week, for six months consecutively, is
not wonderful that the human system ca
undergo so much. And in whose inter
est has he cheerfully undertaken and per
formed this great work that has resute
in so much good? Yours and mine. The
while we feel that we can not reward hin
according to hissdeserts, is it not our dut
to see that his home interests have nc
suffered? and if they have do what We cs
to repair the loss? Each one of US her
may have used not only their individui
effort to fulfill the promise contained
the resolution passed BY this State Grang
one year ago, and the Oranges to whic
we belong may have done their part, a
the Oranges in the State NAV have II
sponded to the call for voluntary contr
button, the full amount may have bee
paid. our Worthy Master and his famll
worldly interests prospered, but who's
duty is It to see that this is so? VII
passed this resolution? Was it not III
State Grange? And do we not obliga
ourselves, in becoming a member OF u
Order, to "abide by the rules and reguli
tons, etc, of the State Grange, undt
whose jurisdiction we may at the time De
Then do you not think it becomes u
individual duty of each and every memo'
of the State Grange to see to this? nav
been notified by several small and wea
Oranges that they could do nothing Y
ward the salary, because they were n
able, though they would have liked to ha'
done So And | know of several oth'
Oranges that are fully able, that have n
contributed one iota to this fund. Is %
right? | feel it my duty to bring u
matter before you, because was lnstruc
ed to notify the Oranges Of this resolnuo
and in the correspondence of my once
have been repeatedly asked the question
"Has the Worthy Masters salary oee
paid?'
The receipts of my Office from Deeen
be- 18th, 1880 to December 9th, Iool' d 7,
$I,so3.So. Disbursements, including U
amounts paid the Worthy Treasurer a,
the Secretary's salary, SI,593oo' !: =
itemized account of each is filed here"i.
The actual expenditures Of the Once e., !.
stationery, postage, etc, are 81 8 90 imI
have been heavy. though I have enue"
ored to keep them as low as the deinAl~
of the office would permit. The corrs
pondence has been great, because =
most of the Oranges themselves cio IN
know how they stood on the books
There wac no stationery of any Coi''