The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1884-02-14
THE FARmERS IN COUNCIL.
JOINT MEETING OF THE GRANGE AND
TIE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY,

Welcoming Addresses and Responses-rhe
State Fair Discussed Preparing for the
Joint Summer MeetIng- County Ornans-
ERtlon, Etc.
lConde',sedJ from the NcVs and Courier.
AT half-past IL o'clock on tuesday
morning the 9Th inst. tho joint meet
Ing Of the State Grange and the State
Agricultural Society was called TO or
der. by Col. Il. J. Lipscomb in the
main room of the Hibernian Hall
There were from seventy-five to ono
hundred members and delegates pres.
.ent, representing Abbeville, Andor.
son, Aiken, Barnwell, Darlington,
Edgefield, Fairfield, Chester, Collcton,
kershaw, Newberry, Orangcburg,
2s,?a. 32So?nse' vS:;pI!artanburg, Richland,
Charleston counties. rhe stage was
occupied by Col. T.. j. Lipscomb,
Master of the State Grange, Mr.. d. p.
Duncan, President Of the State Agri-
cultural Society, President A. B. Rose
OF the Agricultural Society, President
K. III. Frost Of the Chamber Of Com
merco, Alderman j. B. T.. Sloan of
the municipal reception committee, and
the members of the Executive Commit
tee of the State Agricultural Society.
DR.. A. B. Rose, the president of the
Agricultural Society, delivered brief
address OF welcome to the assembled
representatives of the farmers Of the
State.
Mr.. T.. III. Frost, President of the
Chamber of Commerce, in behalf of
that body welcomed tho visitors. Ho
said only come hero as the rcpresen-
tatives of tho Chamber of Commerce
to say how glad the Chamber is to have
you meet in Charleston, and also to
say that we will be glad to SEQ you at
the reading room. am not an agri.
cultuiist and will not therefore detain
you any further only to say that am
glad to welcome you here, and Tint IL
go saying express tho feelings of the
entire Chamber.
Alderman j. B. Il. Sloan, on behalf
of the Mayor and Aldermen of the city,
invited the members of the two organi.
cations to meet the municipal authori.
ties ut the City Hall at 7 =. M.
The secretary, Col. Holloway, read
letters nom the secretaries Of the Mer.
chants Exchange and the Cotton Ex.
change extending to tho members tho
courtesics of their respective Organiza.
tions.
Mr.. D. p. Duncan replied to these
greetings on behalf of the visitors.
He had listened with pleasure to the
words Of welcome that had been spok-
on, and he was glad to hear them from
representatives of Charleston. He al
luded to the past record Of the city in
peace and In war, and predicted that
her future would be still more abund-
ant in high examples and great achieve
ments. Concluding he said: "Wc all
1eel that Charleston is our metropolis,
mat sne Is our seaport, our outlet to
the sea. We cannot at present make
as much progress in diversifying our
Industries, only for the reason that we
have not the facilities that should be
offered by large city. But Charles
ton will grow. These meetings bring
the up-country and the sea coast in
close communion, and the visitors are
glad to receive the hand of fellowship
extended to them, and to meet these
expressions Of welcome with tho cor
diality which should always mari,
greetings between the sons Of South
Carolina"
Mr.. Duncan stated that the pres.
ent business before the society was the
- question Of extending the duration of
the state Fair over four days. It had
been thought that the success which
had been met with would warrant an
extension of timo.
After considerable debate, the furth.
or consideration of the matter was
postponed till the joint summer meet
ing.
The committee appointed at the last
meeting, to devise some plan to bring
the county societies iii official accord
with the State Agricultural ana Me-
chanical Society, submitted a report
recommending that special meeting
OF the Society be held, and the coun-
Ties DC invited to send delegates to tho
same, for the full consideration of the
plan. The report was adopted.
The president called the attention
OF the society to the Importance of
inaElng q display at the New Orleans
Exposition. He was sorry that Col.
Butler was unavoidably prevented
from being present, but the unestion
was an important one to the State. and
the society should discuss It.
Col. Lipscomb, after almdiuo 70
the recent domestic affiiction that pre-
vented the attendance of Commissioners
Bntler, said that he desired to correct
0 MISREPRESENTATION that had seemed
to prevail in some parts of the State
concerning county exhibits at the ex-
position. 1t had not been proposed to
organize separate county exhibits for
the exposition. The plan was to take all
the contributions that were sent and to
label them with the name ard county
Of the contributor. In the exposition
these wonld be grouped together as
nearly as possible by cOantiss. Tt was.
he said, important that ali the people
of the State should take I'm interest ia
this matter. Each one should first
fully appreciate tho importance Of this
enterprise and then should constitute
himself q committee Of one to arouse
the interest of his neighbor. The $tO,.
600 appropriated by the State would
be inteliigently expended, but money
as money could accomplish nothing
without public spirit and the co-operaS
tion of the citizens.
After some discussion asto the pub.