Evening journal., 1914-04-14
ARRANGE FOR
Convention
OF GRANGERS
c. S. StetSOn, of National
Body, inquiries About City'S
Ability TO House All
CONFERS With WORTHY
MASTER F. c. BANCROFT

C. $. Stetson. OF Greene. Maine.
chairman Of the executive committee
Of the National Grange is in this city
today comforting with Frank C. Ban
croft of Wyoming. Del, Worthy
Master of the Delaware State Grange,
regarding arrangements for the an
nual meeting of the National Grange,
which will meet in this city on No
yember II. for a session that will last
about 10 days.
The grange will be the largest or
ganization ever entertained In viii
mington and from the number which
Mr. Stetson stated this morning he
thought would attend the annual
meeting. the houses OF the residents
, OF the city viii have TO be thrown
open to accommodate the army Of
grangers who will come to Whining
ton. When asked how many mem-
bers OF the grange would come TO
Wilmington. Mr.. Stetson replied that
he could only guess at the number.
J Last year. he said, "the grange
met at Manchester n. H., and at that
i meeting we conferred our highest
Z degree on $500 persons and the ses-
sion was attended by about 5000 per-
sons We conferred the degree six
J times within two days, al lroximate-
ly 1000 persons each timee."
When asked 1t he thought Wilmington
fII a. Al Ia VI
with rs hotels Ar. Stetson said the in
vitation 20 come 90 Wilmington had
been accepted conditionallv on this point
and for this reason he was here today
lie and Mr.. Bancroft discussed the situa
tion and then held conference with
Secretary Sinclair ot the Chamber o
commerce. Mr.. Sinclair IT, obtaining
the rates OF the various hotels of th'
city this morning and il they are salts
factory the contract will be signed r,
Mr.. Stot-on this afternoon with IN
Chamber of Commerce, who will max
the individual contrpets Mith thc hotel.
IN speaking of the accommodation o
such ID large crowd, M. Stetson told
reporter OF THE EVENING JOURNAL
this morning that the usual method o
finding accommodations for the grang
ers, Is first 70 hll up the hotels Of th'
city and then TO establish bureau o
information ANY houaekeeper haVinl
vacant room which she Is willing 4
rent for one on two days TO a granger
can send in her name and the location
of the house and the places will b
awarded 10 the praugers a. they apply
for them There viii also be information
concerning the regular boarding house
and restaurants OF the city on hand. il
this way M Stetson said very larg
crowds of people We're taken care Of.
Mr.. Stctson stated that If final ar
rangements were made the Hotel Du
Pont would be the headquarters o
the grange and the meetings woul'
be held in the bali room of the no
tel Degrees will be conferred u
some theatre in the city, probably Tn.
Playhouse If It can be secured fo
the affair. The hall is always pro
, vided by the city or the organiza
, ton. that brings the grange TO tn
city Mr. Stetson stated that he wOulI
guess at 1000 people as tho numbe
/ upon whom the grange would con
fer degrees. He said that with eN
cellent railroad and steamboat facili
[, ties that Wilmington has. that severa
thousand members ought 20 atteni
the meeting.
The siXty-four regular delegate
who will attend the meetings will b
quartered at the Hotel DUPONT