Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-12-24

ready and anxious to assist IN the
work of extending the order. We
should use our local papers as med
ium to publish reports of our meetings
and reports of the work we are doing
along Grange lines, also if we have re-
ceived valuable experience along our
several lines of agricultural work
either successes or failures let others
know of it through the press, SO those
who read may profit by our experience
L recommend and urge this meeting to
take some action in reference to hav-
ing used in the local press the Grange
news letter and ready prints edited
by j. w barrow, press correspondent
of the New York State Grange, the i'm
portance of US giving our order more
publicity, is apparent on every hand.
FIELD MEETINGS.
During the past season we have held
more than the usual number of Field
Meetings. The attendance was larger.
and more interest manifested than
ever before. The first week in August
we were honored with the presence of
Governor Batchelder, lecturer of the
National Grange, also Albert Cornell.
lecturer of Pennsylvania State Grange.
both of which addressed large and ap-
preciative audiences, the Governor in
the counties of Gloucester and Hunter
don and Brother Cornell in Burling-
ton. Hunterdon and Gloucester Coun-
ties. On August 18th Brother and Sis
ter Southland of Massachusetts,, Sister
Gaunt and myself had the pleasure
and privilege of meeting the good sis
tiers and brothers of Cumberland
County, at Tumbling Dam Park. This
being the first County Grange picnic
held in over twenty years. There was
large gathering Of farmers and their
families present Sister Southland
and myself did our best to enthuse the
good people there to do more and bet
ter Grange work as result of this
picnic. Cumberland county's Pomona
Grange representative is here at this
meeting, after an absence of nearly
twenty years. bid you a most hearty
welcome Brother and Sister Mickle to
this Thirty-first Annual session. On
August 18th we invaded Mercer Coun-
ty where we were again greeted with
large gathering of stalWart sisters
and brothers who know how to en-
terrain visiting patrons. Here again
we are proud to welcome our good
Brother and Sister Rogers, who are
here representing Mercer County Pc
mona, they, to, have been absent for
number of years. August 9th
found us near the noon hour seated
around heavy laden table OF good
things as the guests of Franklin
Grange, Bergen County. This Grange
by the way, is just a little past ten
months old, but it is giving some oil
its older sisters a lively chase for SUI
premacy as they have more than one
hundred and fifty loyal sisters and
brothers enrolled as members, as evil
dence that we did them no harm an
other Grange has been organized since
we were there. August 18th, in
drenching rain, we pushed still fur
Their northward into Sussex County.
Here we were doomed to disappoint-
ment for it rained all day long and
continued for nearly a week, but not
discouraged the good patrons of Sus-
sex postponed their meeting until they
were assured of good weather. So on
September 18th / arranged to attend
their picnic on account of i'll health /
was not able to fulfil the engagement
very much to my disappointment.
Worthy Deputy Holly informed me
they had a large gathering of farmers
present who were anxious to learn
about the Grange / also attended
meetings in Salem and Camden COun-
ties After attending these field meet
ings | am we'll satisfied they should
be continued the coming year, let each
county begin at once to arrange for
your next years field meetings, give
special attention to having it thorough
ly advertised, knowing from past ex-
periences the necessity of beginning
early to arrange for these meetings
While at the National Grange | ar
ranged with Brother Jones to come to
our State the coming summer, also an
invitation to Brother G. M. Freeman.
secretary of the National Grange and
Brother F. A. Derthick, master OF
Ohio State Grange and members of
executive committee of the National
Grange, with proper management we
can have these three forciful Grange
speakers in each county where the
Grange has been firmly entrenched.
WOMAN'S WORK.
The very efficient committee on Wo-
mans Work of the State Grange have
labOred diligently in their efforts to
present such topics as would be APP
preciated by the membership, their
task is an arduous one and in many
instances somewhat discouraging. In
the first place they request that each
subordinate Grange appoint Wo-
mans Work committee whose duty it
will be to assign the topics sent out by
the State committee. In too many
Oranges this request is unheeded and
the valuable topics which our com
mittee has given their time and best
thought to, have never been presented
to the Grange, because the secretary
or lecturer who received them have in
some instances mislaid them
Masters of subordinate Oranges
here assembled see to it that your sue
cessor in office at the first meeting in
January appoints a Woman's Work
committee, consisting of three earnest
and aggressive sisters and at once