The Monitor-register., 1897-12-10

meetings in a year
The Secretsry's report suo4
for the year to have been 1924 As.
The Executive Committees report
covered the proceedings of the four meet
ings it had held during the year. One OF
it's recommendations was for the adoption
of Professor Voorhees, Text Book of
Agriculture'' for use in the public
schools.
The reports of deputies was of gain in
every county where the grange existed.
Gloucester county probably showed the
greatest interest and had made the
greatest advance. Children's Day
observed in June was with Flora in
charge. The Muilica Hill Grange was
reported to have PAT members in good
standing, doing a large business and
holding weekly literary meetings.
A new feature of this years work was
the reports of masters of subordinate
oranges. This was provided for by
resolution at last years meeting, but
only about one-half were prepared when
called upon at the afternoon session.
The evening session was given mainly
to literary exercises, with the lecturer,
George l.. Dillingham;, as presiding
officer.
The first speaker was Mortimer White
head. the first Lecturer of the first New
Jersey subortionate grange, organized in
Camden twenty-seven years ago. and
later Lecturer for many years of the
State Grange.
After many "reminiscences he old OF
oranges he had visited in different par is
! of the country, and of one in Washington,
where people came fifty miles 10 wagons
to sing together the old songs they had
sung in the grange at home. Asked for
three topics for the lecturers course, he
would name the Sermon on the Mount
for getting the first principles of Chris
tianity; the Declaration of Independence
for the first principles of government, aud
the Declaration of Purposes of the grange
for the first principles of fraternalism,
Thos. Borton and George DeCamp
were re- elected members of the executive
committee.
The session closed at noon yesterday.
, The journal of proceedings, with which
the labors closed, showed the sixth degree
| to lave been conferred upon a class o.
f~orty-one. Following this was giving
! the annual word and the memorial ser
vices for the dead of the year, namely
q Isaac w. Nicholson, Camden, for sever
, wears State Master, and Thomas B
e Moore, Swedesboro.
Resolutions adopted at the morning
session were:
That the existing game laws bt
amended to permit farmers to take gam
on their own grounds in any season, ane
to permit rabbits to be destroyed at an.
t time when it can be proven that they are
doing damage.
!, That the State Grange loan money OF
, first mortgage to subordinate oranges TO
erecting grange halls, providing tn
3 subordinate grange furnishes the lan'
and one-half the cost of the building.
The State Grange continue to use it
!, influence toward securing delivery of thu
mail in rural districts.
The motion that a Legislative Com
n mittee be appointed being unanimousl
approved, Master Cox named the Execu
tive Committee in its entirety, thus plac'
J, ing the work where it was accustome'
to be done, the Executive Commute
having for some years past had charge o
all matters pertaining to legislation.
Tnefinanee Committees report showed
r a cash balance of 1910 So. The recon
1 ~mendations for investment were CON
cured in.