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the work of the State Grange.
/ Adopted.
Bro. y. V. Gardner was then
called to the Masters desk.
Bro. {. II. Cooper then submit
ted the report of the Committee on
Constitution and By Laws, as fol
J lows:
Horthr Master Your commit
tee would respectfully report that
in our judgment there are no
changes needed.
c. II COOPER, Chm.
/ Adopted.
J. M. Whe7t then reported for
Committee on Delinquent Granges
as follows:
Dorthy Master and Brother Pa
irons We, your Committee on
Delinquent Oranges, beg leave to
submit the following report:
After some deliberaton we think
! 1t a good plan to do missionary
Work, calling for missionaries
from the several Pomona and Sub
ordinate Oranges, and that they be
gwen necessary instructions.
And we also think that it would
be an excellent plan to have one
/ Lecturer appoin ed to each Con.
/ gressional District, said district to
I defray the expenses of the Lecturer
for their district The State Grange
allowing said amount to be reserved
from the dues Of the several Sub
I ordinate Oranges OF said district.
and that the receipts of the Lee
turer be received as vouchers by the
Secretary of the State Grange.
ID. A. BURLEsON, Chm.
The Secretary moved to amend
by striking out that portion of the
report that provides for the ex
! penses of the Lecturer, and provide
that the Lecturers be allowed as
/ compensation for their services an
amount equal to the amount of
dues paid to the State Grange by
the Oranges Ieorganized by said
Lecturers for twelve months from
the date of their reorganization.
he amendment was adopted.
Bro. Cooper moved to amend, by
adding, that the back dues of all
Dormant Oranges be ,emitted to
date of their reorganization.
Adopted.
1t was then moved ard carried to
lay the report on the table.
The Committee on Finance re
I ported as follows:
Worthy Master and Members of
the alabama State Grange. y our
! Committee on Finance, to whom
was referred the report of the Wor-
thy Secretary, have made careful
/ examination Of the same, and find
! it -Correct.
We find in the hands of the
Treasurer $I5I47.
/ S. II. MORRIs,
e H ROBINSON,
+. SHACKELFORD,
Committee.
I The report was received, and on
motion was adopted.
/ The Committee on Good of the
/ Order reported as follows
Worthy Master and HemberS of
! the Ika6ama State Grange: Sug-
! gestions for the good of the Order
are so numerous that we scarcely
know where to begin. The first
that presents itself to our minds is
that we should keep constantly in
mind the fact that the Grange is
the friend of the poor, the enemy
Of oppression, and the educator of
the ignorant.
1 That the leading thought, the
central idea of our noble Order, is
to elevate mankind, make better
men and women of our members
by cultivating them morally, socially
aud intellectually. AS time rolls on
making It's wonderful developments
in the arts, the sciences, and in the
astonishing ingenuity of man, it is
also proving to the mind of every
thinking man and woman that is
Interested in agriculture, that the
. Grange is the only organization that
ever proposed to raise them above
the capacity of mule or an OK,
All other organization such as tar
mer's clubs and agricultural assocl-
/ ations. have only had for their OBJ
icct the improvement of the soil
and to increase the quality and the
quantity OF its production, leaving
the mind and the heart of the far
mer as crude and uncultivated as
tat of the mule or OK that he plow-
ed. hence these organizations were
not opposed by the sharpers and
tricksters Of the land, for they knew
that the larger and better crops that
was made the greater would be
tleir share. But when the Grange
was organized and it was made
known that it proposed TO Improve
the farmer intellectually and make
him thinker and prominent fac
tar in the political 5eorld and in the
handling of their products then q
zVas that the sharpers concluded
that Mcir crafts, by which they
made their wealth, were in danger,
and we heard the cry, Great is the
Dianna of the Ephesians; and
then we met, and still meet, opPo-
sition on every hand. But we are