Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-12-24
STATE GRANGE MEETlG.
ADDRESS OF MASTER GAUNT BEFORE
STATE BODY MOST PROS PERoJs
YEAR IN ITS HISTORY

S6y OldlG GIduS6.
It seems but very short time ince
we parted at the close of the las an
nual session; yet we are reminded by
the ever true time-keepers that the
four seasons have gone their rounds;
spring, with it's life and beauty; sum
mer, with its heat; autumn, wit its
golden variety of beauty, and now
again winter with its cold blast re-
minds me that within its trb of
months is December, the time fo me
to render my annual report for the
year now near it's close Giving tlere-
in an account of my official acts and
the condition of the order Throughout
the State at this time
Our order with its grand PRINCIPALS
of "GOd-given Truth and Fratenal
Love to Man and Woman" is aves
paramount. We, as individuals, Der
form our mission and retire from ac-
tive duty or pass from the stage of
life, but the order still lives in .he
grand record of its past achievements
and the fulflments of those high and
lofty purposes which are, alike, its
foundation principals and its crown
ing glory.
Should not our pulses thrill as We
review the past and its accomplish
ments, and see before us, as the -e-
suits, the vast army of nearly 600
brothers and sisters reaching cut
their hands to succor humanity? Cur
order is like a tree with it's deep
reaching roots and far spreading
branches, beneath whose ample and
glorious shade all people may rest
and refresh themselves.
Let not it's motto and watchwordlbe
meaningless, but let us all address
ourselves, in the future as in the past,
to the upbuilding of this proud fabric
of human brotherhood until it indeed
shall be in comparison (however fee
ble) like the tree of life" for tie
helpfulness and the healing of tie
nations" When the compromised day
AkhaaIIll Genre at last, the swords Il
strife and discord shall be beaten intd
pl0wshares of serviceability that shall
break up the fallow ground of human
greed, passion and Indifference, i
should be our aim to keep our order
foremost in the mind and thought of
the public.
Good work has been done in the
past, and we give all honor to those
active and noble hearted men and
women who have labored and placed
our order in the position which it oc
cupies to-day in this jurisdiction. Our
order is the equal of any other in the
world, and we should not permit it to
take a step backward. earnestly
and urgentlyas the officers of al
Oranges subo nate and pomona to
increase their 4 crest and zeal, thtt
their meetings me- be better atteni-
ed, their members n. sye active in tae
work and thereby contribute a splet-
did harvest of additional membership
NATIONAL GRANGE
The thirty-seventh annual session ef
this body was held in the city If
Rochester, New York, November 18th
to goth. Twenty-Five States were rep
resented also the representative
from the Dominion Grange, Brother
label Robinson. The State of Massa-
chusetts not being represented on ac-
count of the serious illness of State
Sister Ladd, wife of the State Master
We also missed from our councils
Brother and Siste rJudson, of Iowa,
who were with us one year ago. This
great agricultural State is about to
start a vigorous Grange campaign and
no doubt we will have the representa-
tives at our next annual session. This
was the most enthusiastic meeting it
has ever been our privilege to attend
1t was business from start to finish,
being held in the greatest Grange
State in the Union, with its 10000
members; naturally you would expect
a good meeting. Words as well as
space are inadequate to express the
generosity of the reception given us.
Brother Norris, of the New York State
Grange, and his able corps of assist
ants, spared no pains to make our
stay in the Empire State pleasant, a
public meeting on November 10th was
the first event
Addresses of welcome were deliver
ed by the Mayor of Rochester and
Judge Benton, which were ably re-
sponded to by Worthy Master Jones
and Governor Batchelder, Of New
Hampshire.
The beautiful and impressive degree
of Ceres was conferred, Thursday and
Friday evenings, on class of about
600. On Friday afternoon the first
four degrees were exemplified by two
nearby subordinate Oranges, IN man.
ner that was very impressive. / wish
each Grange in New Jersey could
have been present at this meeting to
receive an inspiration to make the
work more impressive.
On Saturday we were the guests of
the New York State Grange on an ex-
cursion to Niagara Falls, which was a
rare treat to many of the members of
the National Grange | will not at
tempt to describe this wonderful work
Of nature. Sunday afternoon was de-
voted to memorial exercises in mems
ory of the past members of the Ne
tional Grange. who had crossed ovef
to the other shore During the year
six, including our beloved Brother
Trimble, have laid down their imple.
ments here on earth and have enter
ed into that paradise not made by