Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-05-13
POMONA GRANGE.
Held An Interesting Meeting
Thursday.
Interesting Topics Discussed BY the
Members.

The meeting of Pomona grange al
| Copley on May i was held under ia
vOrable circumstances, fine weather
and good attendance.
+ During the forenoon session the
names of Mr.. and Mrs. o. W. Scott
uf Tallmadge grange, We're recon-
mended for membership in Pomona.
The candidates were duly elected
and instructed in the duties and oblI-
cations of the fifth degree. The sec
retary read several appeals for char
ity in behalf of certain members o1
the order from several oranges in the
state. There is wide difference OF
opinion in regard to giving for char
ity in this particular manner, but
after some discussion Sl.o0 was col
lected from the members present and
the secretary was ordered to forward
the same.
The dinner was IL fine Testimonial
of the culinary skill of the sisters OF
Copley Grange.
The afternoon session was called
promptly at | 80 o'clock by the mas
ter, and the literary program was at
once begun by the lecturer, M. Fl.
Danforth.
The question Of nUXiOuS weeds on
our farms and highways was dis
c1lssed by V. G.. Harris. He thinks
we need not have much fear that our
section of county will become over
run with Canada thistles and other
noXious weeds like parts of n. Y. and
other eastern states. The conditions
are not so favorable for their growth
and maturity.
This question brought out much
diversity of opinion. There is also a
wide difference of opinion as to which
are the most injurious weeds,and the
most difficult 10 eradicate. 1t was
generally agre I'd, however, that our
present laws n regard to noXious
weeds are ample and all right, if they
were only enforced upon careless and
negligent land owners.
1.-THE Effect of Commercial Fertil-
izers upon the Soil was opened by
A. l.. Boughton, who thinks that if
fertilizers are used continuously
without barnyard manure, it will
somewhat exhaust the fertility of the
soil, probably by makingmOre avail
able those elements in the soil faster
than nature would do so, thus having
the tendency to impoverish it. He
has always had beneficial results
from the use of fertilizers, especially
when used with barnyard compost.
He raises more and better wheat by
its use. and so do his neighbors
around him.
What influence did the Civil war
and the Spanish-American war have
upon the moral sentiment of the peo-
pie?" was the topic assigned to H.
w. Howe. People are affected by
the employment they are engaged in.
The growing of fruits and flowers for
instance has refining influence and
on the other hand the pursuits of war,
the butchering of human beings has
no other than demOralizing influ-
ence and it weakenS the moral Senti-
ment. However there is Il feeling of
patriotism, a feeling that it must be
done, for the good of the country.
The venerable |. p. Sperry of Tall
being present was requested
to speak upon this subject. He spoke
in part as follows: II have no apole
opy to offer for war. We should not bt
an independent nation if we had no
had war. Wars have certainly been
a means of civilization.
''If the present war in the Phillip
ines could stop and all the soldiers
come home, every one of us should
want to have it done. but to yield to
the authority of Agunaldo would be
to lose all that we went to war for.
The motive i'm the war is high, and
we will stand higher in the estima-
ton of ourselves, of other nations