Union and American. [volume] (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1875-1877, 1875-12-16
TIE UNION AID AMERICAN
! no O. sbEes Farm and
Household.
Meeting of the National Grange.

he United States, assembled in the
p~arlors OF the Gait House, Louis
siIle- Ky, mt 1880 n. M, Wedncs-
lay, Nov. 18th. No delegates
rom Canada we're in attendance,
he Dominion Patrons being inde-
pendent Of the order here. The
were called 10 order by
the worthy master, Dudley w.
Adams, of wankon, Iowa. An adj
dress of welcome was delivered by
Worthy Master NJ. ID. Dayie, of the
State Grange, To WHICH
response was made by the grand
master d.. W. Adams. In addition
TO these ~initiatory addresses,
worthy master Adams delivered
the anpual address, which is too
long for publication. LIS replete
with information which cannot
fail to prove of interest to the or
der, coming, as it does, from its
recognized head.
The Grange assembled Mt night
for consideration of the business
OF the day. The secretary, o. H..
Kelly, read his annual report, CON
tatA adeHsed form, the
statistics of the order aud very
many valuable suggestions for con-
sideration OF the Grange.
During the proceedings Of the
evening Mr. 7. a. Thompson,
worthy lecturer, made his report
in which he said he had delivered
ninety one lectures, AMI Instructed
oranges and exemrlifed the IN
written work seventy eight times
since last session Unusual in
terest had been manifested He
thinks the order settling 10 a basis
more permanent aud efficient than
ever before. '
REPORT OF TIE EXECUTIVE COMMIT
TEE OF THE NATIONAL GRANGE.
B'orths MdSter, Brothers and SIS
tsrS Of kheNatiOn0i Grunge
Your committee beg leave TO
submit the following tepnrt:
At the last meeting or the Ma
tional Grange a resolution WAS
adopted donating n certain sum
FROM It's treasury rs a loan TO the
State oranges. To facilitate tn,
execution of this resolution, youl
COMMITTEES issued 10 the masters
and executive committees of thS
state oranges n circular stating
the condition of the loan. and the
forms to be observed before re
ceiving IL. Tie following State:
have applied for and received The
amounts severaliy annexed:
Arkansas, SLATE so; Colorado
$3.50: Geo., S2.7f0 90; Illinois
$3.S32 so; Iowa, $5.OO7 80; Kan.
$3.3s7 so, Missouri, $5.027 so: n
Carolina. $1,2O0 90; s. Carolipa
1922 so: Wisconsin,, $L,274 so
Total, $23, $50 90.
q eDosArIoSs. ~ - II
Your committee ia the exercis,
OF conferred discretionary powers
authorized the following donations
and after having duly considered
the appeals for the same, place.
the blowing amounts ut the dis
posal of the Masters of the rrspec
tive State oranges: Tennessee
$1,000; Missouri, $1,000; Arkansas
$500; Colorado, 5000, and Iowa
$L,O6S Al. -T --1
The committee appointed to k
late the national headquarters re
ported their work of inyestigatio
aud reasons Tor selecting Loui:
willie.
In his report the Secretary says
During the past three years "
have suppted twenty-five thonsan
six hundred aud twenty subord
nate agsanges with their outfit
and issoed n large amountof extr
materials, such AS song book
manuals tracts, &c.
~ TuE LARoEsr NuNBER 7
Of oranges supplied with outfits i
ann one day has boon one hnndre
and -sixty-tve, and the smallest !
one. We have vet to see the wor
fall off when not one applicatio,
will he received in any day, bu
the country being well supplies
with oranges, that day a not b
f.r. distant 80
1t is quite reasonable to suppos
that many of the oranges organ
lied under The excitement Of las
wear snouAl be weak, but our re
cords ut this date show only
SIX HUNDRED AND EiGuTY-sIx,
that have ,heen consolidated, sus
pended. or had their charters re
Yoked since the first introduction
of the order.
State secretaries this year re
port a total paying membership, o
1852, 263 whae the increase of new
oranges Tor the past month Ia:
been 80.
The total amount OF moneys re
cssyed in the s~ecretary's otiiee ant
denosited in the fiscal agency dur
ing she past three years il, in roan'
numbers, about three hundred ant
ff6y thousand dollars.
The accompanying tabulateG
statement shows 2.Ol2 oranges or
Canized from January l To Septem
Der 80 of the current year, Texa:
leading all other States. Indiana
is now tho banner State and Mis-
souri, next. the first having received
s.O36 charles.
RESOLUTIONS.
Among the resolutions offered
at the meeting were the following
Mr.. Allen, n from the eXecu-
tive committee of Missouri. asking
that NIL fonrth-dcgree members be
made eligible TO the National
Grange. 40 Tli Wtt pa.
Mr. Allen, also offered a commu.
uication in regarl to the South
Pass Jetty Company, and also had
y letter read on the same subject
Roth were referred to the Commit
tee on Transportation.
Mr.. Allen Offered a eommunica
uon from n county grange in his
state IN reference To printing the