Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1903-02-09
SESSION CLOSED.
District Grange Has Completed
its Labors.

MthlUeTs 20 HOlut-Iney Enjoyed the
Meeting -BarracksviIle Selected as
Next Meeting Place New Building
For Agricultural Purposes at the
University.
The last session of the District
Grange met at p. m. Saturday and
the lively interest of the former ses.
sion was still kept up. All seemed
to ENJOY the privilege of being pres.
ent.
The committee on Publication was
instructed to send report of the
whole session to each of the news
papers in the four counties com
posing the district The secretary
was also instructed to send report
of the session to the w. Va. Farm
Reyiewdor publication.
DR.. S..W. Fletcher, chairman of
the Education committee read a re.
port which every farmer in our state
should have heard.
Professor 7. G. Atkeson then gave
an address on Farmers Mutual
Fire and Lightning Insurance Com
panies.''
Briefly stated it means tie banding
together of number OF farmers ir
company, but having no salaried
officials and paving no annual or
other dues on their poll clos except
from twenty -five to fifty conts on
each one hundred dollars of the
policies when they are written.
When member suffers loss nv
either cause, committee of the com
pany ascertains the extent of the
same which is then paid by the
members of the company in proper
ton TO the amount of tie policies
they carry on their own property.
THESE companies are proving very
popular wherever they have been
organized They are founded on the
principle of Bear We one another's
burdens
There is one of these companies
in West Va, which now has policies
written to near the amount of $780,
600 and this amount has nearly all
been secured with almost no effort.
The company was organized about
year ago.
Dr. S. W. Fletcher then gave
short address en- 'Frhe Power of Per-
sonality" One special point he
made was that nine times out of ten
when man fails in business, wheth-
er he be farmer or man ofsome
other occupation, that the cause may
directly traceable to the lack of per-
sonalitv- or the lack of application
OF forethought and good business
principles to his work. Many men
blame "fate and luck" with their
misfortunes and troubles when the
fault is simply with themselves.
a resolution was next passed re
questing the secretary to send a
personal letter to each memb Der of
the Ho Sc OF Delegates asking
for an appropriation for the purpose
of the erection of suitably equip
ped building for the Agricultural
Department of the University. This
is a very important matter as the
present buildings and equipments
are very inadequate even for present
needs.
After some discussion the place
for the next meeting was decided to
be at Barraeksville, Marion Co. and
will be held on Friday and Saturday
OF the last week in May.
DR.. S. w. Fletcher and a local
committee of three were appointed
to make all arrangements for the
meeting.
The session was then closed AMI
The delegates were then escorted
through the Experiment Station by
DR.. Fletcher.
The verdict Of all in attendance
was that the meeting was complete
success, but allbelieve that TIA ere will
be a better one at Barraeksyille 10
Nay.