Milford chronicle., 1913-12-12
STATE GRANGE IN THIRTY-NINTH
ANNUAL Meeting AT MILFORD

them remedied. Reports were made
that the Grangers had worked unceas-
ingly for the passage of the bill creating
an Affiliated College for women, W hich
is TO be erected at Newark that ap
preparations favoring Delaware College
have faithfully been aided and pushed
toward to passage that the Grange
committees have favored appropriations
providing monies for the paying of
teachers for the summer school for
teachers now being held at Newark each
year. The passage of bills tending to
aid the State Board of Education have
also been aid by the Grangers.
The Grangers heard from the com
mittee on Insurance that over 50, 600, 600
worth of insurance on Grangers property
has been carried during the past year
by the State Grange Insurance Com
pany. at a cost to the insurers of 81. 50
on the 1000 insured. Reports from
the Temperance Committee expressed
pleasure at the passage and upholding
of the Webb-KenyOn bill, and of the
Hazel Law. The Municipal Judge of
of Wilmington was commended for the
manner in which he is dealing with the
drunken persons who come into his
court.
Wednesday afternoon the meeting
was an open one, and was presided over
by Worthy Master, f. c. Bancroft. The
principal speeker of the session was
Governor Charles r Miller, who address,
ed the Grangers. The Governor spoke
of his high regards for the Grange. and
of his desire to further the good work
being done by that organization in any
manner possible to him. Following his
address. Governor Miller went to Har-
rington in an automobile and took the
train for his home. Prof. Harry Hay
ward also made an interesting address
to the Grangers, expressing forcibly
the advantages to be derived by the
farmer boys of today from the use Of
! the Experimental Station and Delaware
College.
Wednesday evenings session was
given over to the comforting of the
Sixth Degree, a class of over seventy
five persons taking that degree. This
degree is given only at the State Grange
aud is the next highest obtainable in
that organization. The Seventh De-
gree, is given only at the National
Oranges, and the majority of the grang-
ers who took the 1egree last evening,
expect TO go to Wilmington next year
when the National Grange meets there
to receive the Seventh. Following the
conferring of the degrees, the Grang-
ers held a large dance which lasted well
after midnight.
Yesterday morning the Changers
again went into secret session and act
ed upon important matters
The GrGugers left for their homes
Yesterday afternoon and last evening
all of them expressing much pleasure
at the manner in which they had been
entertained while in Milford.
One thing however, which was strlk-
inglv noticeable, was the small amount
of decorations and open handedness eX-
tended the Grangers by the stores in
general. OF the large number Of stores
here. but two had decorated for the
occasion. One used a large American
flag. while the other had decorated in
the Grange colors. This was remarked
about by some of the visiting Changers,
who had expected much more at the
hands of the merchants. The State
Grange was an important thing Tor
Milford to have in its midst, and the
+ Grangers, in many instances, felt that
more welcome was do them from the
public in general
Owing to the crowded condition of
our paper this week. we We're unable
at the last minute to get in the Grange
reports which we had intended to pub
lish in full. The address of Master
Bancroft and the other officials will be
given in full in the next weeks issue
of the Chronicle.
Invitations were received by the State
Grangers to meet in Wilmington and
also Dover next year. The meeting die
not decide which of the towns would b.
honored with the meeting, and left the
final selection with the Executive Com
mittee which will make the selection
later.