The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1910-10-26
INTERESTING MEETING OF
KENTUCKY STATE GRANGE
Members Declare Themselves in Favor Of UNFOLDING The Present Local
Option Law And Adopt Resolutions

AT the afternoon session OF lh'
State Grange Tuesday resolution
was unanimously adopted i'll which
the members declare themselves il
favor of upholding the present loo
option l;w and also the election o.
our United States Senators by the
direct vote of the people. The resO-
lutions also set ont the fact thai
they will back the National Grange
in trying to have the Parcels Posi-
law passed. This is Il Grange law
which has been before Congress fol
many years. They also favor the
State Legislature enacting UNIFORM
accounting law.
A large number Of the lodges OF the
State did not send representatives to
this meeting and there is only Few
over n hundred in attendance, but IL
i nronounced the best meeting ever
held.
In the absence of State Master f. +.
Wolcott. Mr.. n. c. Tanner Is presld-
ing over the meeting.
Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. NanDeren
of Harrison county, read her repol /
an "Education of the Farmers Chll-
dren.- The article was quite lengthy
and was pronounced by all delegates
as one of the ablest ever read before
their convention.
Following Mrs. NanDelen, Mr.. W
II. CLAYTON, lecturer, reported
tho Growth of the order DUNG IT,
year and also made suggestions
m how the order could be improve
during the coming year. lie aake'
the members if the Grange fLd ma"
"A II lactory growth during IN
past wear and if it had not, VINO WA
at fault. He slid that 1t behooVe
each member to do all III his powe
10 advance the organization III III
safe. THE Grange" he SAID, ma
always stood for right living an
civic righteousness and square de-;
,md against corporate greed ana III
Lawful combines which seek 20 dt
nrive the producer of falr snare
what the harvest yields. WINE tn
Grange is not Il political orSanlz"
lion il should at all times be prepa
ed to oppose bills which smack
class legislation or which may prov
;o;miccl to agriculture interests
onr State and Nation.
Education has ever been the MOI
- of the Grange. Ii is the touhda
lion Of free government. Inc urahs
~ool,e to develop "a higher and bette
manhood and womanhood among
members and TO enhance the com
forts and attractions OF our nome
end strengthen our attachments
our pursuits. These e1ecl' can
obtained through the education
both mind and heart.
"While we are proud OF our UNI
versitv and colleges IN the Su',e an
While they should receive our hear'.
T.
ern,ort only "A small percent OF on
farm bows and girls get beyond |"
district school 1t behoovea Us Tue
20 see that our district schools "i
kent ND to the highest standard
nerfection and usefulness.
The committee on Good OF the vi
a.. srhmits the following:
We believe when questions oil Wiz
;mnortance come up in the county
state. that if the subordinate Grahg
os world inform themselves on sue
orestions. stand firmly for the llgh
and fight if need be for the eSplpli7h
ment of Justice, that 1t would ca"9'
the order to grow more rapidl! lh"'
does the preaching of Grange doc
t,ine alone. "By their acts we Shai
know them
We believe il 10 be the duty OF th'
1oa,,,ror IN every subordinate Grang'
to see that his or her Grange Is wei
;,formed onthe new school law. II II
- not what our children need thei
fake steps, Is a Grange to procur'
laws and educational facilities ina
will best serve the sons and daugh-
ters Of the rural districts.
We are glad to report that. since
the last meeting of the State Grnage
educational committees have been
amounted in several subordinate
ORANGES to look into the condition
of the schools within their ]uns-
diction and to aid the School I'm
provement League in It's work. Thes'
committees can, if they but do then
duty. very materially change the con
dition Of as many as ten schools II
the county of Harrison. Such
committee should be wisely chosen
of the very best working material II
Hand.
What good can come to the Grang
in our State from our State Maste
having been chairman of the Educa