The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-12-16

| us SeVenLy-IOuTLn annual session on
December 1888, at the Alexander
Hotel, with some of the meetings
moving to st. Johns Lutheran
Church and the Washington Street
! School
On the program Tuesday after
noon, was an address on 'Legisla-
tive Problems in 1949," by the Hon
orable Stanford Hoff, member of the
legislative council, after which there
was a panel discussion on the issues
raised, with Arthur B. Hamilton,
state lecturer, as moderator, This
was followed by a general discus
sion.
The problems discussed were
roads, schools and taxes, and those
taking part in the panel discussion
talked pro and con on these inn
portant subjects. DIR. T. B. Symons
recommended that Department Of
Conservation be provided for in the
incoming budget for extension work
at the University of Maryland He
also suggested that daylight saving
time either be uniform throughout
/ the state or not at all. He also asked
for uniform traffic laws, and the
dog law" DR.. Symons pointed out
the profits that can be had by the
raising of sheep, but said very
definitely that you can't raise sheep
without the dog law" in force
The charter system of govern
ment was also discussed, and it was
learned that every county in the
State of Maryland has the right to
petition for such type of govern
ment, but that so far Montgomery
County is the only one that has done
so.
It was also learned during the
general discussion, that all merchants
are not turning in one hundred per
cent of the State Tax they collect
with almost every purchase-only
about sixty per cent actually are
turning it in conscientiously.
At the conclusion of the general
discussion, Austin Rem, a member
of the grange from Frederick Coun-
ty, read quotation from Jonathan
Swift, as follows: whoever could
make two ears of corn, or two blades
of grass, to grow upon a spot of
ground where only one grew before,
would deserve better of mankind
and do more essential service to this
country, than the whole race OF
politicians put together
The quotation, which was loudly
applauded, brought the Tuesday af-
| ternoon session to close.
; On Wednesday afternoon, follow
ing the luncheon at st. Johns Lu-
; theran Church, splendid program
was given before a capacity audi
: ence, with DIR. Roger B. Corbett as
: POSTMASTER.
Greetings were given by Wash
ington County's Pomona Master
Walter Bromley, and the response
was made by Edward F. Hotter
5 Master of the Maryland State
Grange DR.. H. c. Byrd, head of the
University of Maryland, in brie1
: talk, gave some vital statistics con.
corning the University Dr. Byrc
/. pointed out that the number of stu.
dents enrolled has increased from
5000 to $4,000 in three years; thai
t one million dollars is needed for ex
: tension work in agriculture, includ
7 ing research in artificial insemina
ton, green house growing and rails
I ing poultry. He also stated that the
} University is trying to meet the need:
: of the people of the State of Mary
4 land, and that the education of The
negro is one of the problems to bt
faced today. In closing, DR.. Byrc
stated that grangers are ''the back
bone of America and one of The
solidest groups of American citizen
ship"
Following the introduction o
. guests at the speakers table and alsC
: some in the audience, the principa
e address of the afternoon was givei
Y by DR.. Paul D. Saunders, Master o
the Virginia State Grange and Ed
itor of the Southern Planter.
a Formerly of Mississippi and nov
7 living in Virginia, Doctor Saunder
e opened his address with these words
/ Il believe Maryland is the creates
!. state in the Union" Having obtain
S ed some of his education in Mary
: land and also spending some of hi
j later life in our State, he said h,
: was able to recognize almost as man.
S faces in the audience before hin
), as he would at a meeting of the Vir
+ ginia State Grange.
Doctor Saunders pointed out tina
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