The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1885-07-09
COLUMBIA. s. c., July l, 1885,

COLUMBIA, s. c., July l, 1885.
TO the Editor of the Ne,os and Courier:
As there seems 10 be some misunderstood.
ing about the arrangement for the Joint
Summer meeting, ask to make the fol.
lowing explanation, which would like
to get before our farmers before Monday
next, and through your columns is the
most available source. am daily in
receipt of letters asking if the passes
obtained are to include the Changers, or
if the same courtesy will not be extended
TO the members of the Grange as have
obtained for members of the Agricultural
Society?
Last February / had the pleasure Of
attending the spring meeting of the
Georgia Agricultural Society, held in the
city of Brunswick. I found in attend.
ance some 225 delegates. These dele.
gates, three from each agricultural socie.
ty, had transportation furnished by the
railroads. 1 compared this meeting with
our last meeting, held in the city of
Greenviile, S. O., where, outside Of the
immediate Piedmont section, there was
not two dozen delegates present.
Furthermore was very favorably i'm.
pressed with the fact that our meetings
we're growing into seemingly more favor
with our political friepds than with our
farmers, and that in a measure they we're
failing in their intended mission. So
after learning how the free transportation
plan had built up the Georgia meetings,
how it had been the means of organic.
ing agricultural societies where none
before existed, / determined to make an
effort to obtain the same privilege for
our farmers, and with that vier opened
correspondence with some personal
railroad friends. Mainly through the
assistance of Mr.. Sol. Haas, traffic man
ager of the associate lines of Virginia
and the Carolinas, l obtained the con.
sent of all roads in the State to transport
three delegates from each County to the
Bennettsville meeting.
am asked why 1 did not ask for three
passes for each society. In the frat place
I was fearful of asking for 80 many
passes, and, in fact, at the time | was
only thinking of building up the State
Agricultural Society, for I was we'll aware
that the Grange was most ably presided
over by the present Master, and that
furthermore the subordinate Oranges
paid the expenses of their delegates to
the Spring meeting, whilst our members
paid their own expenses. am also
asked if in county where there is no
agricultural society the Grange Of said
County could use the passes. My ar
raugement is for passes for three delegates
from any agricultural organization prop.
er; no matter, then, if it is called an
agricultural society. club or grange, go
any County that has no agricultural
society or club, but has grange, will
most certainly be entitled to the passes,
and, hope, will send the names in due
time to the secretary.
Now, one word more for fear l may be
misunderstood for remark made above
about our meetings being popular with
the politicians. hope they will contin-
ue to attend; we will be glad to see them
and to hear them talk. Many of them
talk much better than they plant, and
practical farmers get some good ideas
from their theories. But the first motive
1 have is to get full delegation of all
classes of our farmers that they may
reap all the advantages possible to these
meetings; after that we will be most
pleased to see any and all of our friends
who are interested in the material pro
gress aud prosperity of South Carolina.
d. P. DUNCAN, President.