The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-08-05

.liiags is truly alarming, and unless
1t be changed quickly and thor
oughly free institutions are doomed
to be substituted by an oligarcbv.
resting upon basis of money and
corporate power, and every farmer
IN the whole country will be bound
hand and foot by the chains of mo-
nopoly. Hence the great necessity
OF organization and cooperation Of
the toiling millions, who are now
engaged in the pursuit of agricul-
ture.
., how long will you suffer your
selves to be thus bound hand and
foot by these chains, which will
ultimately sink you into the pit of
dependency and make you hewers
OF wood and drawers of water?
Come, then, and enlist under the
banner of the Patrons of Husban-
dry, not for the purpose of pulling
down or making war with any
other profession, but solely for the
purpose of obtaining equal rights
and justice with them and sharing
a reasonable'amount of the profits
of our own labor.
But, Mr.. Editor, I hope you will
pardon me for this depression.
started out with the purpose of tel
ling you how the Grange was get
ting along in this part of Georgia
and became SO absorbed in co-ope-
ration that | wandered off upon
that subject. But back to the point
again. We have three live and
prosperous Oranges in this county,
numbering 500 members in the
three Oranges. We also have a
cooperative store at Elberton,
which has proved to be a success,
although we have been assaulted by
foes from every side of the camp
and their shells thrown into our
midst, yet every attack upon us has
only had the effect to strengthen
our Notifications. We expect to
extend our lines this fall by open
ing up branch store with Reho-
both Grange, at the little town OF
Bowman, twelve miles above Ell
berton, on the Elberton Airline
Railroad, and some of the mer-
chants in that little town are now
dreading the appearance of oul
| little band.
We also had the pleasure on the
10th inst. of attending a meeting oil
the Broad River Grange Associa
ton which convened with the
Banksville Grange in Banks county
Now, Mr.. Editor, I wish you
could have been there to have seen
and enjoyed the feasts upon that
occasion, for we had two. One in
the speeches that were delivered and
the other in the dinner given by
those kind and hospital bic members
of the Banksville Grange. Ever
the very tables groaned under the
burden of the richest of everything
that could be desired by hungry
person, and, l think, if any one
there felt like partaking of the rich
viands spread before us it was my
self, after a hard drive of up
wards of twenty miles that NOR
ming to reach the place. Aftel
feeding to their entire satisfaction
a thousand persons or upwards the
table seemed to have very little re
lief The meeting was organized
by re-electing H. R. Deadwyler
Worthy Master of the Georgi;
State Grange, president, and afte
the order of business was gon'
through with and dinner over, thu
President was called to give hi
views upon a query that was pre-
scented on the subject of co-opera
ton, who responded in one of hi
noblest efforts of about one hour
length, and, we think, to the entir'
satisfaction of every farmer ant
Patron present, for during tn
whole time of his speech a PHI
could have been heard to fall upol
the floor of the large and crowded
church, only when drowned out b,
/ the loud and repeated raps of ap
plause. After which our Secretary
| J. d. Gunnels, interested the audi
ence in an able speech. Then GU
State Lecturer, w. Martin, wa
called for, who seemed to infus
new life into the most weary in tn
large and crowded assembly. II
put forth one of his noblest efforts
and at times during his speech GU
ears were almost deafened by tn
loud and continued applause. The
we had other short and interestin
speeches from various member
present, which l will not take u
the space to enumerate. In wore
I think, every member of the Orde1
and most of the farmers who ar
! not Patrons that were there, wer
home with the intention to max
organization and cooperation the
motto, onward and upward the
watch word, and to endeavor
perpetuate the Order of Patrons {
Husbandry until her banner sha
float triumphant throughout tn
land.
Fraternally, J. D. Brown.
Bowman, July 20.
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