Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1888-12-20
...-- A NOTE OF DEFIANCE.
The committee on transportation report
tr ne fniIotpa,

they bes leave 10 suggest and recommend That ihs
executive eomniites of this body 90 rospscttuily
sscure importgut reforms IN tAis great IN ttnI
should not effect ilicacious and radicsl improve.
| iuyinoibl0 ,eirfmiuation to submit - no WRONGS
but allow the Transportation oimpiuies to under:
stand that so long as they keep within the mtg OF
their chartered privileges ws are rebty e. fnlter
ard aid thtn ir il prouer the cXfent OF our
ability. But when they oxceed tho privileges aud
become enemies o. production and destr yars oI
property, thty will had in us an invst9rAte foe.
This report was laid over until the aIter-
noon session, when 1t was unanimously
adopted.
TIE QUESTION OF EDUCATION.
The committee on education made an
elaborate report, Ia which It was stated
thar the public schools Of the Stare, outside
OF Wilmington and some larger towns, have
in many oasss bscome n reproaeh, by rea.
soa OF .helr surroundings and condition.
The report erommended as follows:
"a compulsory school law requiring
every child TO attend for period the dis
trlct school.
"That 1t Is the duty Of tho State to afford
negro children increased facilities for &C.
quiring an education"
COOPERATION URGED.
The report OF the committee on co.opara.
tlon referred at lsrgth to the benefits OF co.
operation and presented the following reso-
lntlons:
RESOLVED, That the thanks of this State Grange
are CuAHn1 hereby tendsfed to tho memhors "
and TSrssyersnce viii which hsy s hgns hsvsi nnder s
great discnnrasemontS and Gifi sulibs pressed for
RSrdad q npshy III IN adiitiSn S to 'I their snslis
oleroua duties, and we hereby cdSat them anew
wnEREAs, The hudGess 0f ths grange work IA de-
pandent on the hearty corporation Of all ths mem.
RESOLVED, That It 10 the imperative duty of
every renretf ntst.ye % his STATE Grange to Eeep
tho Importance Of cooperation not only In tha
purchase q supplies, but that ws take hold N
onlneudsd BY this State Grauge.
The committea5 report was adopted.
THE AFTERNOON s7ssIoY.
The afternoon session ct the grange was
public, and number OF Dover IS citizens, as
well as the grange members, wera present.
Lecturer John O. Higgins presided, and
there was some good singing by the grange
choir.
Dr.. A. N. Raub, president of Delaware
College, was flrst Introduced, and spoke
briefly. he warhnly recommended Della
ware College to the farmers OF the State,
and explained the course OF etudies now In
force there. 10 the curriculum special
attention Is given TO instruction in agrlcul-
tural science. DR., Raub referred TO the COL
lege experimental station, gave an outline
OF the work 1t Is proposed to do, and said
that Dir. Neals, the director OF the station,
was ready to do whatever is best for tba
farming interests OF the State. He asked
the hearty cooperation OF the farmers In
the work Of making the experimental sta
tion success.
Prof. Penny, professor Of chemistry ct
Delaware College, followed with a carefully
prepared and Interesting paper on the rela.
tinn of science to Agriculture.
i. Icviug Hardy, superintendent OF pub.
lla schools for Kent county, was next called
upon. he thanked the grange for the
interest It was taking In the cause of educa-
tion rs evidenced by the report and recon-
mendatlons OF the committee on education,