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copy be requested for publication.
The Committee on Cooperation
made that following report, which
was adopted:
After listening to the remarks of
the brethren in regard to the condi-
ton of the Order in their respective
counties, your Committee onCo-op-
Grafton are compelled to admit the
fact that wherever we find co-ope-
ration in business, put in practice
by our members, there we find the
Grange on more solid foundation.
Human nature is the same in the
Grange as it is out of it. The peo-
pie must see something of a pacti-
cal, tangible benefit. arising out of
our efforts, before they will take
hold of the Order with that zeal so
necessary to success. Wherever
cooperative stores have been es-
tablished and conducted on the
Rochdale system, recommended to
us some years ago, success has been
the result. This Grange should do
all in its power to encourage the
establishment of CO operative stores,
not only on account of the actual
pecuniary benefit accruing to the
individual members but on account
of the pecuniary les, son it teaches
them in cooperation the vital prin-
ciple of our Order. No. 80 of the
rules recommended to us for the
government of cooperative associ-
ations requires that the number and
names of each association be regis
tered in the office of the Secretary
of State Grange and in the office Of
the Secretary of the National
Grange. We would, therefore. re.
commend that each association If.
this State forward to the Secretary
of the States Grange at once its
name and number and the Secretary
be required to report such list at
each meeting of this State Grange
in order that each association may
know the name and address of the
other assOcia tons and thereby en-
courage correspondence between
the associations. AS much can be
done by cooperative effort among
the various associations in the State
as among the individuals composing
the association. According to the
best information we can gather there
are IS cooperative associations in
this State. Cooperation, however.
is not confined to business princi-
piles alone. 1t is more comprehen
sive and expansive in its nature.
BY cooperation we hope to advance
the moral, social, and intellectual
condition of our membership. We
would recommend that each co
operative association in the State
annually report to this State Grange
its condition and prospects.
G. w. Gill,
BAXTER WILSON,
]. @. KING,
S !. HODGES,
N. NJ. WOODS,
Mrs. M. E. MACARTHUR,
]. G. WOODWARD,
Committee.
The Finance Committee made the
following report.
Your Committee on Finance have
had under consideration that por
Concluded on fourth page.
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Secretary Arkansas State Grange.

GEORGIA.
Campbell and Clayton-J. S. Dodd and L.
D. Lee.
Cobb. ". Orr.
Dade-W. A. Chambers.
nawson-H. S. Jay.
Decatur county-W. Berrie Mcdaniel.
Emanuel-L. B. Bouchelle.
Harris-f. H. Kimbrough.
HART. 0. Maxwell.
Henry-T. E. Brown.
PuIaski-W. S. Lancaster.
Randolph-W. F. Davis.
Terrell-W S. Martin.
Spalding-H. T. Patterson.
Thomas-W. f. Smith.
Walker N. A. Keowu.
Washington-T. o. Wicker.
Montgomery & Telfair-S. H.Clark, McRae
Gordon-O. II. Davis, Sugar Valley.
Lowndes-Wm. Xeigler, VaIdosta.
Madison. B. Eberhart, Point Peter.
Clarke-B. F. O'Kelley, Athens.
Wilkinson-J. NJ. Langford. Gordon.
Banks-J. H. Gunnels, Banksville.
Elbert-H. R. Deadwyler, Doves Creek.
E. TAYLOR,
Secretary State Grange.
TENNESSEE-DIST DEPUTIES.
EAST TENNESSEE.
DR.. J. P. Rhea, Island Mills.
A. F. Naff, Greeneville.
W. G. Wilson, Athens.
MIDDLE TENNESSEE.
Elbu Wells, Oak Hill.
NJ. R. Elliott, Saundersville-
J, 0. Griffith, Nashville.
J. 7. Sparkman, Leiper's Fork.
A. D. Wheeler, Vervilla.
T.G. Noseley, Belle Buckle.
WEST TENNESSEE.
B. NJ. TiIlman, Henderson.
J. S. Longacre, Paris.
R. F. Malone, Capleville-
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Deputy Lecturers
ARKAN SAS.

ARKANSAS.
GENERAL DEPUTIES.
7. v. Scott, Texarkana, Miller county
w. r. Price, Conway, Faulkner county
COUNTY DEPUTIES.
w. w. Pace, Camden, Ouachita county
?. w. Parker, Potts Station, Pope co.
Thomas Orr, Texarkana, Miller county.
B. n. Huffman, Hampton, Calhoun co.
T. !. Rice, Tulip, Dallas county.
Henry SHIRLEY, Van Buren,, Crawford CO
David R. Ford, Batesville.
!. F. Dawson, Smithville, Lawrence CO.
Robert w. Hall, Canton, Fulton county
w. H. Coghill, Cross county.
]. V. SCOTT,
Secretary Arkansas State Grange.
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GRANGE DIRECTORY, 1850.
NATIONAL GRANGE.

NAIIONd u UNA NUE..
MASTER. J.. Woodman. of Michigan.
Overseer-Put. Darden of Mississippi.
Lecturer-H. Eshbaugh, of Missouri.
Steward-A. ]. Vaughan, of Tennessee.
Assistant Steward-Wm. Sims, Kansas.
Chaplain-S H. Ellis, Ohio.
Secretary-W. M. Ireland, Washington
City.
treasurer. M. Mcdowell, N. Y.
Gate Keeper-O. Dinwiddie, Indiana
Ceres-Mrs. H. H. Woodman, Mich.
Pomolla-Mrs. NJ. l.. Darden, Miss.
Flora-Mrs- E. M. Nicholson, n. !.
L. A. S.-Mrs. VIM Sims, Kansas.
Executive Communicative G. Wayne
New Y York; D. Wyatt Aiken, S. Carolina
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M1ssrssIPPI STATE GRANGE

MISSISSIPPI STATE GRANGE.
Master-Put. Darden, Fayette.
Ove1seer-W. II. NJ. Durham, Tippah.
Steward-J. B. Bailey, Lake.
Lecturer-B. B. Boone, Bonneville.
Secretary-W. L. Williams, Rienzi.
Treasurer-H. 0. Dixon, Jackson.
Executive Committee-T. J. Ably, Port Glib
son L. f. Afford, Jackson; DR.. j b. Bailey
Lake,
TENNESSEE STATE GRANGE.
Master--T. B. Harwell, Giles county.
Overseer-D. X. Self, Greene.
Secretary-John H, Currey, Nashville.
Executive Cenmittee-Dr: J. M. Head, Gal
latin; II. II. Norman, Murfreesboro; Isaac
Lytton, Nashville.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-01-08
LOUISIANA STATE GRANGE.

Master-E. K. Branch, Bord .onville.
Secretary-John McGrath, Baton Rouge.
Executive Committee-H. w. L. Lewis, Osy-
ka, Miss; Mckinley Gibson, New Orleans, R.
FL. Day, Baton Rouge.
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TEXAS STATE GRANGE.

Master-A J. Rose, Bell county.
Secretary-R. T. Kennedy, Freestone.
Executive Committee. E. Gray, Wash
ntcn; J. R. Biggs, Marion; A. NJ. Kellar, Bell
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ALABAMA STATE GRANGE.

Master-Ben. C. Harrison, Selma.
Secretary-L. L. McCurdy, Perryville, Per-
ry county.
Executive Committee--A. V. Gardner, Sell
ma; S. A. sparkman, Flint, Morgan county;
7. D. Cory, Mulberry, Autauga county.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-01-08
GEORGIA STATE GRANGE.

Master--T. J. Smith Oconee.
Secretary-E. Taylor, Bolingbroke.
Executive Committee L. F. Livingston,
Gown gtou; B. Rainey, Acworth; c. 7 Zach
ry, McDonough.
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ARKANSAS STATE GRANGE.

Master-E. P. Chandler, Dallas county.
Secretary. V. Scott, Miller.
Executive Committee. S. Williams, Prai-
rie; c. E. Tobey, Pope; John 7. Jones, Phil
lips; Thomas Orr, Miller J. V. Scott, Miller.
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FLORIDA STATE GRANGE

Master-Wm. II. Wilson, Wilson.
Secretary-R. f. Rogers, Welborn.
Executive Committee. G. Waldron, SUI
wannee Shoals; George W. Waldron, Suwanes
Shoals; George Umstead, Houston.
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COLUMBUS BRASS AND ERON
u FOUNDRY AND MACHINE SHOP.
Columbus. Mississippi.

Castings of all kinds cast to order. Gin Gear
ing and Plow Points always on hand. Sins,
mills and machinery repaired. Prices cheaper
than at any other first class machine shop In
the Southwest; the best workmen only are en-
ployed, aud all work guaranteed. References
given. At this establishment IS manufactured
Cummings Cotton Press ana
Cummings Pillow.
TIL. Pillow has an old reputation. Parties using
them say the cannot be excelled. The Cotton
Press is the cheapest and the best iron screw
that is made. Prices the Press, from - ~
20 $3.50. Send for paTtic lars. Address,
CBAS. b. WOOD, Propriesr.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-01-08

For information as to Rates Routes,
Schedules, etc, apply TO b. :. ROboON'
Passenger Agent, Corinth, Miss, JAM
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-01-08

On motion the Grange took re-
cess till 7 O'Clock, P. NJ.
NIGHT SESSION.
The Grange was called to order
by the Worthy Master.
A communication from Sister
Annie M E. Buck, Secretary of
Lexington Grange, $50, was read.
II evinced such earnestness and zeal
in our noble cause that, on mo-
ton, it was ordered that its recep-
ton be noted in the proceedings.
Letters were also read from n. n.
Brown, Sec'y of Providence Grange,
I46, and Bro. J. A. Peace, Master Of
Clarksdale Grange, CO.., of which
favorable mention was ordered to
be made in these proceedings.
Bro. Baxter Wilson, OF Holmes,
offered the following resolution,
which was adopted: That this
Grange tender to Bro. B B. Boone
sincere thanks for the able address
delivered this morning, and that a
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-01-08

ut was a sad funeral to me, "
said the speaker, "the saddest |
have attended for many years"
THAT of Edmonson?'
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wholely regardless of party ties, po
litical associations, or personal con
nection, to carry out the spirit of
the foregoing resolutions, and that
we earnestly call attention to, and
a CAREFUL perusal of, the comments
of the Worthy Master on the above
subject. All of which is respect
fully submitted.
II. F. AFFORD,
W. B. J. BARNETT,
w. T. STONE,
Committee.
The regular order of business was
again taken up, towit.: The cleo
ton OF officers:
The result of the first ballot, for
Worthy Master Of tie State Grange
for the ensuing two years, was the
unanimous reelection of our Wor
tn
Master-Put. Darden, Jefferson county.
Overseer-J. q. Macarthur, Lauderdale
The Grange then took a recess
till 3 P. NJ.
The Grange went in body TO
the Methodist Church to hear the
annual address of the Worthy Lee
turer. B. B. Boone. whose argu,
ments were forcible and eloquently
presented, and listened to with pro-
found attention.
EVENING SESSION.
Recess having expired the Grange
was called to order by Worthy
Master Darden.
The Order of business taken up,
which was the election of officers,
and resulted as follows:
Iecturer-Baxter Wilson, Holmes.
Stewa.d-J. B. Bailey, Newton
$ Assistant Steward-N. w. Woods, Y al
Chanlai.-E. P. Douglass, Lincoln.
Secretary Mrs. Helen A. Aby' Olal-
.Treasurer-H. O. Dixon, Kinds.
Cate Keeper-C. Netterville, Wilkinson.
Ceres-NIrs Mary Lou. Darden' JJetfer-
'0i Pomona-Mrs. M. E. Macarthur, Lau-
derdale. !, ro,,
l. A. S.-Mrs. Lou. Robertson, scout
Elk. Cont. F. Afford and J I. NC
Leod.
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THE RIV Err PR $.

jury always stands out against the other
eleven. II he ever has to leave his native
town, he will fetch up in Salt Lake in the
Mormon church to a dead certainty. He
embraces the faith, content to know that
1889 out Of 10, 600 look upon it as the
grandest sham of the century. The super
sltlous class lave faces Of an other type en-
tlrely. There is strength in the stubborn
face, but none in the superstitious. Their
under lip retreats; their chins are hardly
discernible, and, sitting with dilated eyes
and open mouth, they drink in the flood of
bosh and driyel from the preachers, abso-
lutely believing that the meaningless
language is the divine inspiration of God
Then comes the vast array Of ignorant faces
whole rows Of men who look like CHM
panzees from jungles Of central Africa; men
with little diminutive noses, big mouths,
cunning, t%winkling eyes and protruding
teeth. The fringe Of neck whiskers about
the lower part of the face complete the
general resemblance to the baboon, which
is never lost when viewed from any direction
front, side or oblique.
These faces only belong to the congrega-
ton, the 1.-THE payers. The tithe-eaters whit
sit up and do the talking, are Of q different
order. Their faces are stamped with 8 sleek,
plausible cunning, and they maintain their
gravity and decorum with q goodly show of
naturalness as they face the poor devils
whom they have robbed and duped for half
a century. Cannon is a fair type of the
sleek-faced apostle Of fraud and robbery.
To the congregation Of piety and purity
the cut Of his jib, the perfect crush of his
hair, and the mild and gentle look of his eye
al indicate the man whose sleek exterior
is but a mask to cover his real characteristics.
The wretches to whom his hypocritical
sermons are directed drink in his platitudes
is like water.
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II reckon | wont bet any more" said the
stranger timid]y-s'Who beats z" and he laid
down four aces.
Il beat you" said the managing editor,
and he laid down . straight flush.
"You owe me fifteen dollars"
The stranger looked at the cards some
time, and then he dashed his fist On the table.
s'You played far, did yer p
81 did, replied the editor.
Slowly the stranger pulled out a greasy
wallet and laid down a twenty dollar bill.
The editor gave him the change, and the
man went out, still running over the cards
and wondering how it happened.
II thought he was a sharp and he was
Only a fat said the editor, explaining the
circumstances later to the cashier, as he
handed il the twenty for change.
Like to oblige you, old boy" smiled the
cashier, ssbut that twenty is q counterfeit"
Parties having business for q week or two
will please come armed.
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RECOMPENSE.

The earth gives US treasure four-fold for all that we
give to its bosom;
The care we bestow on the plant comes back IN the
bud and the blossom.
The sun draws the sea to the sky, o, stillest and
strangest of powers,
And returns to the hills and the meadows the gladness
of bountiful showers.
The mother regains her lost youth in the beauty and
youth of her daughters,
We are fed after many long days by the bread that we
cast on the waters.
Never a joy do we cause but we for that JOY are the
gladder,
Never a heart do we grieve but we for the grieving are
sadder.
Never a SANDER SO vile as the lips of The Willing re-
heareer,
And curses, though long, loud and deep, come home
to abide with the cursor.
He who doth give Of his best, of that best is the GER
tainest user,
And he who withholds finds himself of his gaining the
pitiful loser.
The flowers that are gtrewn for the dead bloom first in
the heart of the living,
And this is the truest of truths, that the best of the
gift is the giving.
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a. GeOd IA ON General EARLY.

Tom Evans, editor of tho Reidsville (Va.
Times, is responsible for the following:
We all know that our solid ''old Jube'
likes to talk about the war. Well, the other
day at FRANKLIN courthouse, an old friend
with q spice Of humor in his eye, told the
General there was q young officer in town he
would like to introduce to him, and they
could talk over the war together.
Jubal said be would be pleased to know
him.
No sooner said than done.
General Early, = said the friend, ssallow
me 10 introduce you TO Captain JONES'" and
the old friend walked off.
The handwriting was hardly over before
the General asked in his fine squeaking
voice:
"What command in the army do you be-
long to, Captain ?"
"Oh, pshaW! General" said the young
man, II wasn't al officer in the army. I'm
just the Captain Of q baseball club"
sob, ~" cried old Jubal.
That broke up the wal chat.
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Politics REaI Cotton.
is like water
(WgsbingtOn Star. J


"Staristics show that it cost the southern
cotton manufacturers 10 per cent. less for
his raw material than it does his northern
competitor, and that the profit of manufac-
turing cotton in the South is larger than in
the North; hence the number of factories in
the South is rapidly increasing. Millions of
dollars are now being expended in the
erection of extensive factories In that
section. The average profit Of southern
factories last year was az per cent. These
are figure s which tempt northern capital.
This growth of the manufacturing interest
III the sorthern states ID rapidly overcoming
the free-trade sentiment of that section and
and developing in its stead q sentiment
favorable TO protective tariff. It will
probably not be4sa vary long time before
Georgia will stand alongside of Pennsyl-
vania in support of a protective tariff. AS
the natural resources of the South develop,
conflicting interests will divide the people
politically. IEdoes not require prescienoe
to foretell that a solid South will never
figure in another national campaign.
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MORMON FACES
Not q very Attractive Picture.

The Salt Lake Tribune, published in the
Mormon country, says. There are three
distinct..types Of faces, denleing stubborn
ness, ignorance and superstition. The stub
born face first strikes the observer. 4 fore
head like the end Of q flbert, 9 crooked
nose, and q protruding lip. Such faces be-
long to men who will take the minority side
Of any question and stick to it clean 20 the
grave. Every town has some odd, cranky
character who is willing to bet w dollars
and q hall that the world is fat; who denies
that water will seek its level, and if on 9
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"a Good Game.
rBrooklYn EAGLE. ]

'Say, mister!" said a tall, sun-burned
man in a wide-brimmed hat, as he edged his
way into the editors room yesterday morn
ing. 'Say, mister, do you know anything
about keards ?"
swell, yes" responded the editor, II
know how to play 'eYerlasting'and old maid'
and things Of that kind why %
"That's just what want to ask about.
Now in playing old maid, suppose the man
who holds the antes, and passes on the draw
whose bet is it e.
"That isn't the way I play it," said the
editor. In my game the editor who has q
queen after the other cards are played is the
old maid"
"Perhaps it's everlasting that I'm think
ing of, unused the stranger. Suppose in
everlasting you should catch an old maid on
the draw and when the rest Of the keards
was played you found you hadn't filled.
What then 2"
II don't see how that question could arise
in that game" said the editor. "Maybe,
you are thinking Of the game called poker"
"Poker what's that ?" asked the stranger,
looking up ia innocent surprise.
"That's where they have ages and fulls
and that sort of thing
s.lDo you know how to play It, stranger f.
asked the tall man, drawing out 9 pack OF
cards. "Will you show me how 2"
The editor ran over the cards and dealt
two hands rapidly.
Now he explained, 1.-TWO pairs beat
one pair. three of a kind beat two pairs, @
flush beats three's, and four Of q kind beats q
flush. What have you got !"
The stranger laid down a mixed hand and
the editor explained that It was Worthless, as
his own hand held 4 pair.
Lemme deal EN- once said the stranger:
running them off clumsily. Give each p
sYea,' replied the editor, seeing hat b
had gotten hold Of q sharper, and making al
his mind to teach him a lesson. 1FIv
each"
.sNoW what do we do r. asked the sharpe
t'If we were betting, ] have to ante q dol
lar and you'd cover it with two. Then, II
wanted to come in, Id plank down anothe
dollar, and then-'
ssHold on ! hold on don't go SO fast. 70
nut up two dollars at different times, and
put up two all at once. That it Z"
Eyes, then we draw"
Lets try it once for fun, if you don
mind" said the sharper, with unnatural q
gerness.
.sAll right" said the editor, and he p'
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she Gave Arthur the Mldten.
Troy Times.

Troy Times.
Our lively Little Falls correspondent
writes: "A lady once moving 10 the best
society in New York now resides at Little
Falls, and knows the meaning of might
have been When President Arthur was 9
poor young man and fifteen years younger
than this lady he proposed and was rejected.
The lady is well known here and does not
refrain from mentioning her lost oppnE-
tunity' as mistress Of the white house.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-05-26
THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR.
Twenty-Eighth Annual Conclave.

TWonty-E1Shth Annual COncI0vo.
The twenty-eighth annual conclave OF
the Grand COmmandery of Pennsylvania
takes place III the city of Scranton on May
81 and June 1 and 2. Lancaster Com
mandery, No. 13, will attend the conclavc.
The committee of arrangements of Lam
caster Commandcry have had printed for
the use of the Sir Knights a very beautiful
circular containing a programme of
the pilgrimage to Scranton. From this
circular we learn that the time of depart
ure will be Wednesday, June list ; tho Sir
Knights to assemble in full uniform at
their asylum at 0 o'clock, a. m., and pro-
ceed direct to Scranton their headquar-
tcrs to be at the Scranton house. The fare
for the round trip will be IS and board
SO per day. The Sir Knights will
have special cars, and will be met at Pitts
ton by band of music which will accom-
pany them thence to Scranton. Sir
Knights who intend to participate should
hand in their names to II. s. Cara, that
quarters may be secured for them. The
annual parade and review will take place
on Thursday morning June 2, and the
installation of Grand officers ON Thursday
afternoon. The commandary will leave
Scranton, on the return, Friday MORN
ing, June Sd. Extensive preparations
have been made by the Sir Knights of
Scranton for the entertainment Of their
guests.
Further information relative to the pro
gramme may be had on application to the
committee of arrangements composed of
the following Sir Knights !: Messrs. B.
Frank Breneman, chairman VIM. A..
Morton, D. II. Wylie, George Il. Wei
chans, E. Dram Lyte.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-05-26
Page Anniversary.

The anniversary entertainment Of the
Page literary society of the state normal
school at Millersville will take place to-
morrow evening in the chapel building Of
the school and bids fair to be Of an es-
pecially high order of merit. The
honorary orator is Rev. Chas. T. Steck, Of
Homer City, Pa, whom the Boston Post de-
clares to be ga man of extraordinary ora
tOrical powers, an elocutiOnist of the first
merit for effectiveness and perfection of
art, and a writer of great force and
beauty" Concerning the power Of
the elocutiODist, Miss Elizabeth Lyman,
who is on the programme for several READ
ings, another newspaper says {: Her lines
and sentences were genre pictures that fas-
cinated you, and her theme held her cap
tive and swayed her like an aspen." The
Page grafton will be by VIM. NJ. Hayes,
esq.,, of West Chester and the salutatory
by District Attorney Hollinger, of Har-
risburg, famous for his active part in the
of the riot bill bribers he
will preside over the proceedings. In ad-
dition to these literary features there will
be vocal and instrumental music, and al
together a most enjoyable affair may be
safely anticipated.