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Calhoun County.

Editor Patron. Not seeing any
thing from Calhoun, in our most
excellent paper, | concluded to con-
tribute few notes
Owing to the long continued
drought corn is not looking so well
as we would have it We are need
ing rain very bad now. Wheat is
a total failure; oats are generally
good; cotton is doing well, and is
forward for the season. Owing to
the high price % of cotton there
has been more planted than is bene-
fetal 10 the welfare of the county.
Our cooperative store at Banner
is doing a thriving business, and our
Grange is looking up. We have 81
members at present. The ladies, a
very important element, are taking
much interest in the Grange. Wor-
thy Master of the State Grange,
Bro. Darden, will visit our county
the 10th and 18TH of August. l
will report the result.
After very interesting discus
sion of the "prohibitory law" the
following preamble and resolutions
were passed:
WHEREAS, We believe there is
no habit so detrimental to the pros
perity of our country and the well
fare of the rising generation as the
use of ardent spirits. Therefore be it
ResOiOed, That Banner Grange,
50, memorialize the State Grange to
petition the Legislature to enact
some stringent law, prohibiting the
manufacture. sale and importation
of the same within the limits of the
State.
I'd. That the Secretary furnish to
the editor of THE PATRON, our
Grange organ, a copy of these reso-
lutions for publication.
Fraternally, H. BAKER,
Banner, July 4. Sec'y.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-07-09
How a Go operative Store Was
Started and the Result.

Editor Patron. About two years
ago the members of Powell Grange,
244, in Lowndes county, Miss, be-
gan to consider the subject of CO.
operation. Some of the memb ers
wanted to do big things. A factory
and big store were literally sub
scribed for by parties who, know
ing the necessary amount would
not be raised, were not afraid to
show off their lberality on paper.
When we got ready to collect, the
amount dwindled down to small
figure and most of us were discour-
aged, but the Master had just come
home from the meeting of the State
Grange and was boiling over with
enthusiasm on co operation, so with
$500, all told, we commenced work
We built house and invested the
balance of the money in goods, and
became a laughing stock for the
knowing ones of the community.
We got on old clod hopper with
one stiff arm to run the concern at
a salary little more than sufficient
to hire darkey to work on his
farm
On the goth of June, we took ac-
count of stock and cash on hand
and found that from a working cap
ital of $2o3, we had sold 1888 worth
of goods in 4 months, made pro-
fit of SI3o, to divide among pur-
chasers after deducting all expenses,
and 10 per cent interest on the
whole capital. We had given a
months notice to have the trade
checks returned, but less than one
half come in. Purchasers had made
all manner of fun of the trade checks,
had thrown them away or given
them to the children to play with,
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-07-09

tape" set aside. For his views on
cooperation. | would refer him to
an article in the same issue with his
letter from Chicago paper, but of
his use of surplus capital | must re-
fer him to his own reference from
Virginia for satisfactory solution,
where the pretended owner had to
take some of the proceeds of some
other business to pay part of the
taxes on that Io8 acre farm. Mr.
Champion, it would seem that
land would not be safe and prof
table investment,
After doubling the honesty or re-
sponsibility of farmers. how can you
refer them to good, responsible
merchants" Is it on record that,
as class, merchants or bankers are
more honest than farmers? | think
not.
Now for the elevation of the Com
missioner of Agriculture to that of a
Cabinet officer. We all know that
as any interest is fostered with a
liberal supply of money and judi
cious management, it will increase
in proportions and power to do
good. Now all the industries, arts,
departments and governments de-
pend on agriculture for their sup
port, yet there is not half the money
given to its use and furtherance that
there is to department whose chief
is Cabinet officer. The War De
partment gets twice as much for
for teaching to kill men as is ex-
pended to feed the world After
your broad sweep of dishonesty,
where will you find the men who
will tighten our taxes? Those al
ready in power? History demou-
strates that they will not do
| can but say, come to the Grange,
Mr.. era mpton, and learn our ritual
more perfectly; then become a
stakeholder in a cooperative store
on the Rochdale plan, and you will
find more good at home, more bust
ness capacity among farmers, more
honest men in the country, and |
think more use for ''red tape" In
the meantime search for an instance
of failure of a CO, operative store
managed on the Rochdale plan.
Cooperation in education, in NOR
ais, in sociabilty, is just as strong as,
and if possible stronger than 6nan-
cial cooperation. Financial coop
Grafton by figures just demonstrates
beyond question what power there
is in it. Come back to the Grange.
You can learn much vet Frater-
nally, w. F. Moore.
Fairfield, July I.
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Colum bus (Miss.) Index. |f
The Assassination of the PreSI-
..s ... u. dent.


The Assassination of the PresI-
s.a ... H. dent.
We give the particulars of the
assassination, or attempted assassi-
nation, of President Garfield, else
where. The terrible crime was com
mitted last Saturday, and at the
time we write we have no doubt
the people of every part of the
country are familiar with all of its
details.
As to the motives of the man
who made the deadly assault upon
the President there are many con
lectures. Some attribute them TO
causes of a political nature. For
the good name of the country we
hope these are in error. Others
put them to the account of inSani-
ty. supeIiuduced by failure to Sc
cure office at the Presidents hands.
The secret of the crime, whatever
it may be, Is for the present at
least, in the keeping of the crimi-
nal. 1t is to he hoped that it will
come to light, and that when it
does it will be found that the man
who dealt the blow was the victim
of monoman1a.
1t seems to us that at a time
like the present, a time when the
country is enjoying profound peace
it is hard to realize that crime
like this would be attempted. OF
blameless private lire, of amiable
character, among the last of men,
indeed, to provoke attack upon his
person, much less 10 inspire the
heart of even desperate criminal
with a thurst for his life-blood,
President Garfield has pursued his
way since he came into public life
and since he became the Chief
Magistrate of this Republic, honest
ly and uprightly, and if any man
has taken offence at bis course it has
been without cause sufficient to iaS-
tity bloody personal revenge.
In presence of the calamity.
which is national-which affects the
whole country, which appeals in
the strongest tones which the voice
of humanity can utter to every citi-
zen of the Republican, stand
utterly abashed and dumbfounded.
We hope the President may re-
cover, but fear the worst results.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-07-09

now" was the reply. And those
of us who have tasted of the bene-
fits of cooperative stores don't
'swant to- follow Mr.. CramPton's
advice. Mr. Champion is afraid of
cooperative store because SO
MANY strong banks have burst. |
suppose that everybody who has
come to wears of discretion is aware
of the fact that as a general rule,
the strongest banks burst when they
can make more money by bursting
than they can by continuing in
business
Mr.. Champion says the farmers
know nothing about stores and we
can not become Successful mer-
chants at will. The Rochdale weav-
ers found somebody TO run their
stores successfully and every neigh
borhood has some clod hopper who
has business sense enough to run a
cooperative store l will show him
in another article how one of these
stores is working in this county.
His remarks on the Alabama Fer
tilizer bill have no point for they
are based entirely upon supposition.
He winds up a long winded OBJ
lection to the proposed change in
the A gricu tural Bureau by referring
TO a farm in Virginia whose pro
ducts pay only one half of its taxes.
He does not pretend that such cases
are common, nor does he give us
any circumstances to assist US IN
forming an opinion, but the farm
probably belongs to some nabob
who has spent a fortune in adorn-
ing the place for his personal pride
and qualification and is taxed a
moderate sum for the protection of
the Government, while the farming
is simply an expensive amusement.
There are many fast trotting
horses kept at great expense which
bring no revenue whatever to their
owners. Tax one of them at the
owners valuation, at Mississippi
rates, and it will take all the annual
product of good farm to pay the
LdA. Out llllS Is no udI uSlilp u LuS
owner, as he knows that if he wants
income without taxation he can in
vest in United States bonds. He
keeps the horse just for the big of
the thing and he ought to pay for it.
| am inclined 70 forgive Mr..
Champion most of his short COM
ings on account of lis closing sug
gestion, that farmers send honest
men to the legislative halls. l know
Of no way to do this but for farm
ers to unite, and | know of no bet
ter bond of union among farmers
than the Grange.
Fraternally, {. w. SHEDD.
Lowndes county, Miss, July 5.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-07-09
The Grange Campaign
in Mississippi.
WORTHY MASTER DARDEN,
OF the State Grange.

Will address the members of the Order
and farmers generally at the following
times and places:
Scott county Tuesday and Wednesday,
July 18th and 18TH.
Newton count, Friday and Saturday,
July 9Th and 10th.
Neshoba county. Tuesday and Wednes-
dav. July 10TH and goth.
Winston. Friday and Saturday, July
Fad and 23d.
Choctaw county, Tuesday and Wed
nesday, July 10Th and 27th. .
Oktibbeha county, Friday and Saturday,
July goth and goth.
Lowndes county, Tuesday and Wednes-
dav, August I'd and sd.
Clay county, Friday and Saturday, Au-
gust 9Th and 9th.
Monroe county, Tuesday and Wednes
day. August 9th and 10th.
CLAY county, Friday and Saturday, Au-
gust 9Th and 9th. " .rn
Monroe county, Tuesday and Wednes-
day, August eth and 10th. -.
Lee county, Friday and Saturday, Au-
gust 18th and 18th.
Union county. Tuesday and Wednes-
dav. August 10th and 18TH.
Pontotoc county. Friday and Saturday.
August 10th and goth. ...s...
Chickasaw county, Tuesday and Wed
nesday. August 23d and cfth,
Calhoun county, Friday and Saturday,
August Goth and 27th.
LAFAYETTE county, Tuesday and We'd
resday, August goth and 3Ist.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-07-09
NEW ORLEANS MARKET.
OFFICE OF
The Southwestern Cooperative
Association. =. of H,
New ORLFAEs Iulv

New ORLEANS, July S, 1881.
COTTON-Quiet and firm Sales to
day, 500 bales.
Quotations: Good ordinary. $40; low
middling. 934c; middling, 1896.
Nezv Orleans Failures: July, 1884; Au-
gust, 1898; Sept. 10 "a; Oct 9.94; Nov
o.83; Dec. oS3; Jan. o.os.
Ne5v FORK FhtRress July 1901; Aug
10y; Sept. 1911; Oct. o.o4; Nov o.3S'
Dec. 9.S3, Jan. 9.95.
Ne7v Orleans Cotton Statement:
Net receipts since Sept. Ist, $4,000
bal les; same time last year, I,472, $50.
Receipts at all ports since Sept. Ist
5,63l,336; same time last year, 4,S56,I29.
BAGGING-2 lbs, TIC; ia lbs. r. &c.
81 lbs. II34c Cotton Ties, Arrow tie,
$I.6s per bundle net; Triumph tie, s..
COFFEE-Dull. Prime, IL = 9I254c.:
good, I2@I214c.; far, I1c34.
FLOLR-Fancy, $3.50; choice, 5000;
MESS PORK-$I7 * per bril-
DRY SALT MEATS-Shoulders
61ac., packed.
BACON-Shoulders, 1876; c. r. sides,
lol8c.
HAMS-Choice 114@12Kc. Ham
-ausage, &c per III. Breakfast bacon,
hoice, II &c.
PIG PORK-Hf bbls, 50; bbls. $17.
LARD-Reined, in tierces, &c; in
kegs and hf brls, I2c.; buckets, III &c.
SUGAR-YelIow clarified, 9lac; off
white, o58c.
NOTWITHSTANDING, SIC; choice, 4oc.
RICE-Prime, 515c; choice, 64c.
MACKEREL-No. I, bbls. $6.75, No.
?, $5.75; No. I, half, 1915, No. ,, 1915;
No. 1, qrs., $500, No. :, SI.75; kits, No.
l, 75c., No. 2, zoe.
COD FISH-Per or box. 81.
COW AS-Steady $c75 per bush
at 7ghoIesaie for clay, while smaller lots
bring higher prices. There are no mixed
on the market.
c DRN-Choice white, 62@63c.
CATTLE-Good fat, $2o@35; fair fat,
SIS@25; scalawags. $Io@I2.
COAL OIL-In bbls, 2oc.; cans, 240
25c.
HAY-Prime, $500; choice, $40
p ton.
SALT-Coarse, 81 o5; fine, $r.4s.
SHOES-Men's so k brogans. $I25
pr pair; womens imitation kip polkas. 81
DRY GOODS-Prints Ashland shirt
ings, &C., Harmony, 634c.; Aliens fan
cieS, &c.
Darks: Spragul's fancies, 615c; Amer
lean fancies, 615c.; Simpeon's fancies, &c.
Cottons, bleached: Lonsdale, 60 inches
9H @Ioc.; Rosebud, SO inches, 91ac.; Com
monwealth, "a yard, SC.
Cottons, Brown: Pinewood, 60 inches,
31a @Sc.; Natchez, 60 inches, % @7c.; do
Matches, 6@715c.
Osnaburgs: Prattville, 8 OF o4@915c.;
Lam S OF 914@91ac., Augusta plaids, s
9c.;e, Tuscaloosa plaids, $1,000,
T. J. CARVER,
General Manager
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-07-09
FROM TEXAS.
FreestOne County.

Editor Patron: In THE PATRON
of June 25th l notice letter from
w. B. Champion, of Alabama, with
the spirit of which | cannot agree.
First, he says he is a Granger in prin-
ciple, and further states that he conf
IDENTIFY believes that nine tenthsof the
agricultural class agree with him in
wanting the "ritual" abolished. Now
l would ask him what there is in the
ritual SO at variance with Grange
principles, to which he subscribes
so readily. I am thinking that his
Grange died for want of informa-
ton, and he now contemns the sri
tual' simply because he is ignorant
of its teachings or because he is di-
rectly interested in the death of the
Order. To what he alludes by cred
tape" | do not know, but suppose
it is the "regalia." and right here |
will say that most of our enemies
want all the distinctive features of
the Grange destroyed quite as heart.
lily as Mr. Champion wants the ared
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-07-09
GUITEAU'S CAREER IN WASHrg-
TON CITY.

Washington, July 2.-The ass,ss-
has BEEN hanging around here q,
nearly two months, and was seva,
days ago turned out Of a board-
house at 922 Fourteenth street h
cause he did not pay his board AL
owes fifty dollars for board, and In,
saying he would get a big f0ras.
mission in a few days, when he v'l
pay up. He dressed shabby and o.
ted strangely, so the landlady and II
boarders say, and some of them io,
ed the opinion he was crazy. { /
made his appearance at the S-atPDe
partment q few weeks after Garis
was inaugurated, aud made an syEE
cation for an appointment as United
States Minister TO Austria Ahs,
ward he applied for Council-Genen
at Paris without having withdraw
the first application. He had no re-
commendation or endorsement vhg.
ever. He filed no paper with h
application except a copy OF a speed
which he claimed he had made in th
Presidential canvass last year. Il
sold he accompanied Grant and C1.
king on their canvassing tour la
fall, and was a Stalwart of Stalvms
In bis application he gave his nan
as Charles /. Guiteau, OF treeW|
Illinois, and his age 30 years 4.
says Director-of-the Mint Burchr.
knows all his family. Many thl1i
that the fellow was naturally light
headed, and that he brooded over b
disappointment at not getting
foreign appointment until he beean
wild and crazy. He had evident.
planned the assassination betorehani
but does not seem to have mediate
escape, and his chief desire seemed
be to get to General Sherman, VT
the idea that he could convince She
man he had done right.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-07-09
T. ]. CARVER,
General NJ anager

The second quarterly report of
the Cooperative Association in this
county makes a favorable showing,
and the shareholders are highly Ella
ted at the prospects of their store
The results of practical cooperation
as presented in this county have
more than met the expectations of
tie farmers who are engaged in it,
and, what is equally pleasing and
encouraging, it is having a good in
fluence in behalf of the Grange in
this entire section. The President of
the Association, Worthy Master c
w. Shedd, the Directors, Bros
Gabriel Shirley, E. M. Franks, A.
P. Leech, M. A. J. Evans and 9TH
ers, and the Manager, Worthy Sec
rotary L. H. Wood, all of Powell
Grange, are solid men and enjoy the
confidence of the community: they
will make their store one Of the most
successful in the State. Read the let
ter of Bro Shedd in another column.
The next move of the members of
the Grange in this county should be
to establish cooperative store and
Grange warehouse in this city in
time for the approaching business
season. Such enterprises would pay
handsomely.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-07-09

the door was just turning u.
OF seat when the assassin '4e eor,e
standing on the left of the A.. WHO y.
the ball struck the PresidaUoo f Sr4
back, and he fell forward. MI
the depot, and Just then the r ran h
again, while the President VA. o.
ing. The moment the Prs.; %a'
a policeman, who had been y, ,sni
at the deDot door keeping ,laod'
clear for the President and b;a ne y
grabbed the assassin by the neil 9T'
as he pulled him out of ~ Ie'A
another po Ice man came to Nv a-l
anc". Just after firing the !, ']
assassin exclaimed: Il bar ouI,
Garfield. Arthur Presid4nt u
Stalwart.' While the Pa n
was lying on the floor in tho ~
rOom he was surrounded bv y ~
taries Window, Jane, and D p
Mrs. Hunt Mrs. Wiu,lom an . "
lanes We're also standing pss. 40
Presiden'. In three TO FIVE ~ ~ ~
after the shooting, DR.. Bliss o.:
The President was then put On /. - ,
and carried up stairs, wbar. =
animation was made by N, a. i
General Seerman then can. '.'
called an ambulance to carr,
President to the White House. ''
A spectator hus described Il,
moval of the President to the ".
House: The President Law j.
ambulance. propped up with piT'
and with his right arm thrown =
his head. His face was asbv x
but bore a calm, placid look. n
seemed perfectly conscious, and M.
I'd his eyes frequently to view !.
surroundings. While he WAS h.
carried up stairs he smiled SADLY ],
waved his hand in recognitnD
friends. His suffprings must l.,
been intense, bnt he gave no sor
it, and was as gentle and subes;s,,
as a child"
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-07-09

The professional politicians in this
State are making a determined eff
forts to defeat the denomination of
Gov. Stone. The old hero was nom
mated by the farmers four years ago,
and he has been true and faithful to
their interests There is nothing of
the demagogue in Gov. Stone, and
he has made one of the best Cover
nors the State ever had. We learn
that the farmers in this section of
the State are solid for his renomina-
Sinp
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-07-09

1t is reported now to be the in
teution of Mr.. James TO put his civil
service ideas in practice in the
Post-office Department by placing
the bureau work in charge ofyoung
men. He believes with many busi-
ness men that for the supervisions
of subordinate work young men ale
more serviceable than any others,
for the reason that they are vigOr-
ons, active, and are more likely
than veterans to do what they are
told without asking questions.
Mr.. James does not intend TO dis
charge those who have been long in
the service, but to give them other
and lighter work, IN which their
experience will be quite as valuable
As nov,
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-07-09
THE ASSASSINATION.


NARRATIVE BY. AN EYEWITNESS.
Washington, July "A gentle
man who was an eyewitness of the
attempted assassination gives the fol-
lowing statement of the occurrence:
6 | was coming down Pennsylvania
avenue when saw carriage coming
up the avenue; the horses were run
ming SO fast that l thought they were
running away; just as the carriage ar
rived in front of me man put his
head out of the window and said:
Faster, faster, damn it,, At er hear
ing this remark / thought there was
something wrong and ran after the
carriage. When 1t reached the depot
a man jumped out, entered the ladies'
room; he had not been there more
than / ree minutes when the Presi-
dent arrived, stepped out of his car
riage, and entered the ladies' room,
The President after passing through
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-07-09
FROM MFSSESSEPpE.
Gown ieS County.

Editor Patrou' | crave the priv
ilege of saying few words in reply
to ex-Bro Champion of Alabama.
| like to come in contact with men
like him-men of culture and intel
ligence who do theh own thinking.
But such men frequently become
self-opinionated and take the con-
trary side of every thing for the
sake of argument and then the
world is apt to estimate them too
low, while their own estimate of
themselves is too high. II is not
surprising that Grange containing
too much of that kind of material
should die. | have witnessed sew
eral instances. 1t is said that one
of the most hourishing Oranges of
this county died because every
member could not be Master at one
and the same time.
In order to prevent such results,
Let nothing be done through strife
or vain glory, but in lowliness of
mind; let each esteem other better
than themselves" Mr. Champion
objects to the Grange ritual and
red tape" Outside of this foolish
ness he is Granger. have known
men who assented to all the doc
trines of the Bible but objected to
church organizations for the same
reasons. They were Christians all
but the ritual and red tape. Some
would sneer at the absurdity of
pouring or. sprinkling water on a
person, and others were equally
Disguised at the ceremony of sous
ing person all over in the water
Even Christ, and Him crucifed,
was 'sto the Jews a stumbling block
and to the Greeks foolishness.
have known blatant patriots
who would not help to drive an in:
vading enemy from the soil because
they disliked military tactics, drills,
countersigns, &c.
Now these Objectionable features
are partly to enable the initiated to
distinguish friends from enemies,
and partly to unite men together so
that by concerted action they can
accomplish more than they could
do singly. Hereafter let every
Christian, soldier, and Granger,
fight on his own hook like Mr..
Champion.
l agree with Mr.. Champion that
1.-The mutual and cooperative idea
is the true one, it is brotherly, it is
Christian" but | believe in it in
practice while he seems to believe
in it in the abstract only.
An idea not put in practice is not
worth fig. Il is faith without
works, "dead. deader! %
What would be the present con-
dition of the civilized world if a
few score of geniuses like Watt,
Stephenson, Blanchard, Roebling,
Fulton, Eads, &C., had never put
their ideas in practice?
But Mr.. Champion tells US exact
ly how far and no farther we may
practice practical cooperation.
Some of US who "want to- may
unite and patronize some reliable
merchant. Why, he wants US to
TO throw away all we have learned
in ten years. Does he think that
the great army of Patrons will sub
NIT to be advised and dictated to by
a deserter from our ranks?
Those of us who have stood by
the Order from first to last, through
evil report and good report, are of
course greatly obliged to Mr.. Cramp-
ton for his advice and suggestions
A loafer was Boosting to his com
panions of his wonderful physical
epdowments. Said he, 4 can
sneeze whenever / want to-" sLet
ne hear you sneeze, ao7v, said A fell
low loafer, 20 | don't want to,