The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1885-07-09
THE JOINT SUMMER MEETING.
Prenideht Duncan Explains About tho
Passes, What they nre for and bow OBJ
tanned.
COLUMBIA, s. c.. Julyl l8s

COLUMBIA, 5. g., July !, 1885.
10 the Editor Of tie Nctcs and Courier
AS there seems 10 be some misunderstood.
ing about the arrangement for the ioint
Summer meeting, I 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. I am daily in
receipt OF letters asking if the passes
obtained are to include the Grangers, 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 tue
city Of Brunswick. I found in attend.
ance some 225 delegates. These dele.
gates, three from each agricultural socie.
ty, hGd transportation furnished by the
railroads. compared this meeting with
our last meeting, held ia the city of
Grceny!iie, 5. O., where, outside Of the
Immediate Piedmont section, there was
not two dozen delegates present.
Furthermore / was very favorably i'm.
pressed with the fac. that our meetings
were growing into seemingly more favor
with our political frepds than with our
farmers, and that in measure they we're
failing i'll their intended mission. So
alter learning how the free transportation
plan had built up the Georgia meetinga
how IL 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 View opened
correspondence with some personal
railroad friends. Mainly through the
assistance of MIR. Sol. Haas, traffic man.
ager of the associate lines of Virginia
and the Carolinas, obtained the con-
sent of oil roads in the State to transport
three delegates from each County to the
Bennettsville meeting.
| AIN asked why did not a.k fur three
passes for each society. In the frat place
was fearful of asking for so many
passes, aud, in fact, at the time was
only thinking of building up The State
Agricultural Society, for was well 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. I am also
asked if in county where there is no
agricultural society the Grange of said
County could use the passes My ar.
rangement 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, 20
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 may be
misunderstood for remark made above
about our meetings being popular with
tho politicians. hope they will contin.
ue to attend; we will bs 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
l have is to get u full delegation Of all
classes of our farmers that they may
reap all tho advantages possible to these
meetings; after that we will be most
pleased to sec any and all of our friends
who nre interested Ia tho material pro
gress aud prosperity of South Carolina.
ID. p. DUNCAN, President.