The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1884-06-10 00:00:00

DORSET FRIENDLY SOCIETY.

The annual gathering of the members of this
society, which Is in a highly uti•factory cooditi .n,
end which will compare favourably, both for eoundnees
and the adviultagen offered to the members, with any
soniterly oonstituted organisation in the coantry,
was held at Faddist iwn. on Thursday, .31 to
weather being floe there wee a terse getherl g.
AI WWII on theme 0001beinno, the mentor.
ocuimenoed their proceedings by attendinc Divine
riervice at the parish church, where an a linirebl,
sermon WM preectied by the E,.. F. E. r'reeineo,
from these word. —" r.e es we hard many
members to one body, ant all me obrre have not the
seine °flint, so we, being OOP, are one 1, itly in
Chriet, an I everyone members of -he enothe,"
The Rev. J. G. Berner reed the leesone v.
and R mans Ili.) during the service, an Mr. .1.
Robfneon, Put. (organist of Si. Feter'e, Dorchceter),
presided at the organ.
After the service the annual meeting of the members
vela held in the schoolroom, ft the parpote of palming
the MX r and ideating officers for the ensuing year.
Lord Ashley (Preeident of the Solely) preei led.
supported by Mr. E. Pearce (1) irchester), Mr. G.
H. Bond, Rev. F. K Freemen, Rev. J. G. Brrh•ri
Rev. H. E. Rsvenhill, Mr. J. Sheppard, and Mr.
Leonard Llainaon (secretary). The minutes id the
last meeting, on the suggestion of the PULiIDINT,
were taken as read.

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Mr. a Pusos, tat tieing to read the report for the
year, it:premed bla regret at the sheen°. of Sir Talbot
Baltic. He (Sir Talbot) or.. at present on the Com
Moult, ant had asked him to do that part of hie dn'y
whlob oonelsted In reading the report. The statement
was as follows :
"The nur.ber of member, on the b iota at the cl .se of the
you eras I 904, and of them 11.9 were mala and 65 1. males
Toe. him been • decrease of 122 —via , 121 in the u ironer of
melee Of this decrease 19 rose in m (lathe .1 from
endowments pail .11, which leave§ 93 as the net decrease.
The number enrolls I during the year v. 31 Yeah .re'
tribal...ma 1933, £3,140 12. t I; .11 10, 16•3 £1,042 IS. 5I [—
being &decree. of Lei 2.3 L A sum ..1 £4O nod hen paid
mi endow Lents, a- d of £53 for death pay in the in.. of ten
deaths Sick ph, h.•beett allows Ito 135 insies f 11,47 S weeks
mod •12 days arnounti•qr to £l,llOO Os 111, and t IS females
for 413 weeks sad four days, amounting to £ll3 17e 3d ;
making a total perial of meanies of 1.147 week. and three
days, and • total amount of sick psy dim ributel £lOl3ll. 441.
The glee. an Increase, ae oompued with DM, of 203 week,
nod four oast' eicknem, but at the gene time • increase of
etch pay of 1:1 96 3i I. •verage rate of 'Odin m Males, 10
weeks, I do'.• 23 hours, for LS 12. 444 each member
idea ; remaN,, 22 weeks, 0 days, 20 hour., for
Let Go tild each member eick ; which oboe. • • light
Increase In duratboa of &chasm in the cam of
nia-es: but an Inc• ease of upwards of nine weals
In the cos of female.. The p.ortion of tick pay for
1.42$ irons and two days to 41 tangier. under the 'Oil
Ru amounts' t £1469, Id Toe numb, of mmbre in
reaept of Nick pay under 'Old Rules on Ist January, 14.1,
•5.39. At the date of the operation of the new rules it was
Si Capital at end of 1013, £19.712 U. 4 I; ditto, Mal,
£19,110 Its 110—being an increase .1 £531 Ile 144. The
average of the general fund, per member on 3lst December,
1983, wee £lO 7. 01 I; at the aid of the your before It War
• flo ltd. The average rate of In.reet receivable on the
batman of th• various foods at the end of the year was
• 124 741 per cent."
...Toe Managing Conitaittn of Me Dona Friendly Society,
in preeenting their repqrt for the year 1833 t thia
of the society, have nothing of erp-cial importan • to roan.
as denting their Interest.. No difSsultbs h ve arisen to int r-
te. with the ordinary woiking of 1b.,. 0017. The Mattagami
Oommittee have bad occasion In the course of the y.ar
to reduce the Usk pay in thio ca.. of Cod-rd
and Cwt. Mullen and South Portland branch.,
In acon.dance with Rule 59. It .dl be obaerte I
With regret that there hate t eon a decrease of 93 tn the
number of benefit members rm. committee see, nevert
assurel that d the claws from eh 'en the benefit mem•
hero are derived ha I • real barreled(' of the position el the
itoelety, and Me • ivantages It &foods, they would remwalse it
as Afering to them the waren maids on§ iu dose of noel, and
would be drawn towards 11 .00 gly. The utriollt c•drarOars
of your committee ale given to r oder 'hi •011e'y oe Arre ivir
trustworthy, m that the yourageit to-mbar who join, will Sod
that his interest, have not been neglectol. and will not have
the misfortune. which .100 oft* • the caa, to exegete:6e Mit,
through I.llure of funds, Mtge haring contributed fir many
)eers. the benefit§ amured for are not 1 rthconlng. The
Weedy Increase of capital of not :ses than £551 13t. 51 in the
past year, sad the i.gream of the avows 000 per meinher
from £9 91. Id. 10 1932 to 3.16 Te, In ICA an eel loners of this
statement, and It may tr, Jed that the grmtost care te
▪ deed In the • immaion of romatteny I. that
I no kppliChlat• of .I..ubt!ul health am o admitted to eves an
, undue drain in future oa the funds of the society. It will
be notice I that there has been salaams., in the pa 1 year of
ao len than nine weeks in the avera;e of *ldioms in the
ease of the female membere still remaining on the books .4
lA. *misty. Your committee would draw the a•tention
of the medical °Moon to this p bit, and requeet t.eee to
use MI vigilance that s‘ck pay may be moat tied vem
both in this nod In MI cases only In strict acz wiz c with the
rules of the society. 111, true that se t inenViers in u et-
lion &mamma thnpeclnt ev3 averted to wII not, 1. 11 in
the meantime. wheth, r from want of strict eupervie.ol or too
lenient • view In osnain oriner bent taken, It. society miler'.
Dependent as we era on the easeful atteauu
oilleen for the well Win: of the • clots.. .0 1, grateful as we
ate to them for the way In whet they perform their duties to
It, we wish Mal to strengthen their bawls by remln ling them
of •hat we may truly call the Judicial functions, w'm •signing
skk-pay earthiest.. they teems, on bob .If of 'h., society.
Some alters.lons of morel a forma character regained by
the Chief Registrar have been made In the b•anch rules, and
• 00p7 00 at... 1 will shortly be imaed to tho n engem in
pace of the ream t branch rules. Our Lettere in ober. vii
hot, wit: sati-fac!ion, as we have arc .dy eta oi, that the
avenge p•r me oh .r Ii t• 41,0 t £lO Ts and the mint al
rock by 0.5/1 19t 7:l'. the pert year, and now amounts to no
1... than £19,712 135 at. The rato of Interest °Maine' is
CS 12, 7,1 per mat."

The Rev. J. G. Bandon moved the adopti in of the
report. No words of his were needed to it, lamer d it
t them. It was • most clear and f ..tbf al .t stemea,,
and be did not see b .w the cry c mid agaiu it. raised
agaiust the society that it was ml in • go at p
when every m-mber c .old get rapes,- le f £lO if it
were dissolved at that to meat (flew, hear.) lie
thought the society was In a very vaporous state,
and he wan sure they woai he all very gist to hear
that the large sum of £18,71.2 was invests I in safe
hand.. The report showed that good work bad been
done by the committee. (Applause.)
Mr. itiaivrato (Gillinghsm) heartily nom led the
adoption of the report. sod expunged hie Amin agree
meat with what Mr. Bryan,' hal said. He era quite
sure the oommittee had endeavoured t the very
utmo-t of their power to make the society safe and
bransiliolal in every reopen to the members. (Applause.)
The increase in the fund. daring the past year was
ample evidence that the society had been carefully
managed, sad be did not think they were lel
• very bad way. (Hear, hear.) He was
sorry to me that Lord Nelson had sp ken in such a
strain as he had done of their society at the meeting
of the Wiltshire Friendly Society. He (Hr. Stitppard)
did not think It was a very kind way t speak of •
,ister • adety, and a younger sister. sepeoially as the
rul.s of the Wiltehire society were taken see the basis
of the rules of their own. .ciety. They th,,,irtet they
mull not follow a better example than th of the Wilt-
shire society, Very ...on after the Wiltaire
was established, however, they found it 0. revery to
oaks an alteration In their rules, cell was fund they
were not getting on so well as they th they
should. Therefore, he thought it not surprising that
their Dorset society should hare to alter their raw
too, seeing that the Wiltshire satiety had had to do so.
The latter society gave an enormous b on. t their
members, and about two years after ward, they found
out they had made • great mistake in their celcula.
tions, and that loaned of hewing motey a give away
they had not enough for themselves. He wee not
quits sure that the Wiltshire society was out of the
wood yet, and be should not be surprised if it were
roused in the worse of a few yean that they had made
• mistake rigida. He did not think that the Dorset
society could be be • very bad way when it was kciown
there had not been • single yeht in their
existence in which they had nut mired
money. (Hear, hoer.) That wart the TOMOS
why they had such a g eel income now. They ought
to oongratubrde themselves upon the enormous some
of money that had been paid to the lab ,uring clues'
out of the society. (Applause.) Soon ol tboa• who
had received Ark pay ought not perhaps to have gone
on the club, and he thought the only (atilt the society
was labouring under ern that some members had gone
on the club a little too soon or stayed on a little too
long. If anything amid be dope towards lessening
the amount of sink pay he was quite sore the society
would bet In a very safe ocedition. lie than proomidei
to rum to the labile of SU Koko, ohowtog ski

ootottoto to be co4dbulotby stombeee is oche/ to
ootitio them to sio ; ply aid ma wog aloe otter too
ate of 63. Ho a 1... et,oill istioreerd ..a yowl< moo
the iwp,rl4.oce of
ad
Lsitypoo Aloy •Jl wowed by WO 411i154
YAM Dore. g lb.. ent•ty, ..ott omits; forth
be • Iv.

Mr. E. Peahrn Vt 4 ve y
Shopper i W 044 0101114104 .1,,' •••
beer 004 Nit.
full adieu". .ct. It roim agOit unoortakt thd the
-uager members •1 iold understaml tbe • iinaidari•
that be I bees p meted out. lie !motel upon tis
regent •• • faroM44a one, Widens* idthough this sick
pay was 'till h-oriy, set. ',Mier siti t. Lb' "I "'"
toe &tars not the fam it. IP inhere, who woul I soon
came to bet ing to thy society, they ware only &hoot
2i per cent. eel the rate of s cc.... It or a •.1.17
require I them to here sod be tnought tout as their
o.d and (mode m nucsi.dto.psd the moiety would
.B(Nwil.il isnot ir• ote 4.t.c....1iu bs impremed oil
them toe great Deed Tf.rilanfal on the ps.t of every
analhat of We ”Cloty. 'tidy oared • great debt of
gratito let. their tactic ol Abeam aud they ought to
eel very grateful ti them for ttlig way in milieu they
•.rked for the inters. sof the *moiety. flt. grea.ed.
Mormons was requirel ou in. part of the medical
idfi ere in dating with the memoors. It was •
ditliadt thing, perticularly if ai mos we. • tittle
tender•heerted. to svoid girio4 the sins pity IS 01007
cotes, but, in justice t . the society, be thought
little hardness! ought to be az ercised. It often
happened that the lather was to, 10 outgo .1 t hoe
chairs., when • little firma.. an I dectslou would
be id use to them after ; au ino it wee. ha w"
afraid, ia 51101 of its brim.me• .if toeir society—a
lades to • guitar indo.giLo • ••••120 0.1 L 1 •omo. aod
after stow years the weakoem wee a,,pa.eht, aud
look pay had t be meowed. Too. toe stud mad
lndulgant mane who mignt have been a little more
firm, vies found, after a I, not to It .vs been the true
I.leu lul the ...diet,. Heferring to the modigal wen,
no ii ul I no: pope tiVer too LIMIIO if Dr. LIII, WOO
atten is Isot regularly at the mmtioge iu paClMeter,
Cal WOOM advice had ofteo been Most valuer'. Ii tie.
,i,1•4011 or rejoctio of inenlolirli A anoint.-, am
1. 'poet not ni ago, ace everything eppreseed ••
thoirgh he mig .1 be acoept.ol, but the Cal hairier
been totem d to Dr. Limn, lie at uoce told
Ougagglittem the men w•el ge..l
eaudolate, soil thud he moot ',dilly sere I toe
society loom mune 1... The speaker wi-hod to imp....
upon the members that there Wm u...t OO of them who
imolai not aid them an the' dorecti /J. Nad iutoa some
of IMAM epee the 0 line, of geitia•ge• WI., W• 10 geiugeose..l
1.., sdmimiou, lied had • pretty surwl Idea whether
they were like.y to U. gonad an . good members of the
society ;so i wbooemir they heel any doubt, toey
should use their j odgmeot cod a..• aue app ication
of Uwe. who woull likely be • Jr•ite no Mos eociety.
He heal not smut toe remarks of L.rd Nsheola *kb
regard to um society, and he tit mght it we. quite
Inteliimblii how his lordship we. led to woke them.
When the Met published valuation wee mil, by toe
registrar, it appeared the D.Hrollt Friendly Soule y bat
• very lar,go deficiency, but same then they ha I
/..valued and to- irmanged the society, ant were 004
In • May altiOh bettcr politico, Loral Selo in lied
probably only Mon the pUbilabial repot of the regietrar,
and not being ooganogit of whet ha I taken pi icl for
bettering the society, bed moods the rem. ke .ii had
beta Meolimd to. He ()It Pearte) believed it • new
valuation were made it wouli be toned the eociaty
occupied a much sounder position, and he woe con-
fi lent L Nola,. would be one -I the tint to pat
theta oh the back awl sey " Artsi &MO D ,i• t.''
(Applause). Mr. Peace Clam p aol oh roller tots
condition of other friendly on:idles, cod read an
extract from the Timm of ths registrar.e rt port ii.
Diego:oh r la.t, iu which i. sem stated toot morn • tenet
moo than one out of 11:11 of the gaieties wets 004 12
a eatiefactory financial posit-on. Grouping all the
soei-tie• together, Inel an-I tail, it wai seen their
al tato,/ Call, 61 Wm £8,310,84, ef lull than it should
be by El 270,431 i-r about 50 per cont. Hilininating
the g ,-..1 soil t .king the bad °illy, it was found their
editing ca P, tat oa• &tidiest to Lb* est at of • eine 118
per cent. It woe clear that lilies out of six of the
(charily s addles. to Het/laud were is that state Is jr
(4. we. sealed. out by and bye their members w mid
be in • very positioo from what Use member..
if the Doreet Filially Society ae. nol be bd. lie
quote I iron Mr. Aheell, •i.e of the yobbo minerde,
to the eff -ct that only 31 of tie 200 friendly
societes wet. it. a sound c eudition. 11. also gnitted
the (-Bowing exir met from • statement made by Mr.
Bleckloy in t!ao fairenighi/V /t0.:1011 for April,
sta. t t 4 few of sub e ce ie• Were at ,rt
on • auflioleat bast., sot that many •.10plet1
IoW Ce•itriletia•ll t shies to nt r.. an inhere.
He c nitro...lll the Dorset 3o,ioty with tOe. 4tl-1
referred a i the t. in. expciences thr,ugh which toy
ha I p deed. Th lu poet hel been a merchiug on-, so
he dl loot deipair of h .viog some relaxation in die
rules after another valuation. He oh .ul I be heartily
glad, as one if too oldest members of the
society, wh.n that day mime. (Applause.) To-re
was ono thing they most bear 1., mho I, oiol that we,
In 001110nrimo with other s ViOtie•. b .ror very axial'
a proportion of the expenses of the societp came
from the funds c -nttibuted by the lie,,, fit members.
.me yews ago the eXpelll.l were needy sli pall out
of the honorary subscriptiolle, bus • large preleortion
of them euhecripti me hail 'ince been diverted ti the
broach liln. mod that being the c tee • larger Min
warn I,.guir•-1 from t. ,e benefit than was th
case in tones past. The am milt taker, fran bewail
members fir that purp es wai is a year each. If
&ipso their Fri ends we iol Ito their utin eat in bt
an Mere,' the number of houorary toeuibere.
(Applans•-.) lie w iold like to see the would of the
normal crime... of the exist,' (veered by the 11,111/ cry
eobecriptlons, so that every farthing cootrihutel by
the benefit mmoriere, with the interest they cull
maks op do it, ehoul I(a back to them. IL, thought
when they . °sediment the increased fund. of the
smiety, the goo-I rate of interest tiny were ,iting,
and the fret that. eie lithe et the benefit co dribu.oun,
went totem. Is the .x:mitees, tbey might forty
their mociety bore upon it the 'tamp of bounty, mid
he W 44 sure it deserved their support. (Applause.)
P4r. WaLuaxs, a working was, sail he enteral the
ele!, at the age tif 15. an I be b •re 1114tiM00v
to the goo I with d ins by Mr. Kindenley In the
int 'rest. if the society. As • working man, be
thought there was not a better mos:tidy 'bin the Dorset
Friendly Society. lii that society they hail to deal
with gontlemeo, which was not the cam with some,
so I he did not think working men could possibly .1.1
better than by potting their mine, I•ito the fund, of
that eociety. (Applause.)
'rhe Rev. J. G. WU NCR eaCi iNt year at Shroton it
was decided that a movement ghoul I be made to
establieh • juveuile brsoch of the ...clay. He took
a great deal of interest, in Um na,renient, and hoped
sannetbiag had been done towards it. Ile tmu
referred to the rol••, end edit ohs of th-mi otioulated
that boys tinder 16 might j the applio aim of
their parents, and subJimt to • mediae' tifioate being
obtained. He ghoul I like to have the gilled no
set.led WI Le Wbato,r they 'howl hero younger
:Leathers or 0.0. He knew the ume of • Istber who
was anxioue to enter his chid Iron, cod • TGIF (omit
relit in (Mimi by lie father WM that if the cuild
became • mem'ar he w.ulal be very likely to 0.0.0040
hid iialllllMlts whet, he grow up. He thought • groat
no ay teamed would try to bop up the ...misty, bet: •LLIMI
n-p knew they would loam a g oini legacy ha their
c'd. Iron. It well also II the letterset of the Iv-tieing
•II that their chil.lioo should emir as well as thinu-
selona. lie theesi ire wished to know whether 'wept
ini4ht enter under th i age of 16 in any brooch for
w hifli they might apply.

Hr. Hoy:cm the e,con'arv) reple tii ies i.n
c. 14. hr. the Alan ening 0441113 i Ii A Ago.. oe•t„
an 1 it was decided that the branches should at WM
,nake arrangements with their surgeons for the ol-
.hi-sion of buys, in aocerdance with the tables. It
a. also decided that the goestion should be left
ent•rely with the branch °emulates& to carry out.
Mr. (Mows BOND sail at Wareham one of the
members of the L ,tutnittee took a very great
tat lewd lath. juveuile br onh, and they fouad they
cot 1 gal all the objects of a jovende branch uoder
the present rules, sal 00211 &wore 3 .61. p,r week in
Alain s. by payment of • sus euin. The doctors
weic quite reedy to admit b ,ys at the same ado AI
they did in conneetion with the 01.1 fellows. The
IN /MOWS at Virarehaen were
.fuly w. re of the
Inc i.e.,if red f,r the a iini.ll.ol of by. whenever
th y felt inclined t take • iv.ent a;ts of them. He hat
a .uip wed the paym .nte wi h those of the Oddlall.are
sal F.., satire, and they compered fay .nrably ; the
at ciente In their e. teddy w .1 be :NO $0
mere than In the owe of t lbws aol F r:.-
bre.

The Rev. H. E. Rarstattt th mat when holy, at-
taped the age of 16 .t &eighth* neeeteary ta have Aftcah
media vl

The CLUBMAN eMd it appears I to him there wail
nothing ia the rub. thet prevented euy man from
having lila by ia the chi', If under 1.3 yews of age.
lb. nnly queitiou for the s clot 7 t determine wag
▪ beh•r titer 'mull IC'* • coo .•cl me noel 'mulls i-
d its ; but perhaps that w rt'd be • q seetiou for the
• ml ii...

Tb—e—taThfion that the rep,rt be adopted was than
put aud carri...l unanimously.
Mr. E. Pasace proposed that Sir Talbot Esker he
elseed chairmen of the c nominee, remarking he was
one of the oldest member, of the soolety. and bad
been the means of eulargind the committas to ite
present extent ; be bad also given them help for
whioll they coal In it tor to, th.nkfal.
The motion was carried unanimously.
The folloyalua amine/urn were re.slected members
of the omen ...nos —Hr. K. In Hr. 0. B.
Eliot. Hr. Li. 11. B.J, Ron H. E. asvenhlll, U.
J. Willisms•Bill. Hr. If. S. Bower. Mr. H. Manwsli,
Attrrooll, Mr. T. Hervey, Me. J. Shapna-d. hify.
J. lisobtm. Mr. 3, F ot. eel Mr. J. Coombe; Mr.
H. N. illidileton, Mr. Freel.ni /Pinker, M. Q. J.
E lola Burnett, sad the Rev.
H. Ereret were realrcted arbitrator,. ; Ileetee .1. St.
Laski, J. Sheppard, and T. R. Cr... wet., re-oireted
wafture ; M. R. I). Tooruton, treseurer ; end Mr.
Leonard R dm.oo, ascret.ry.—Thie c nciu led the
bodges' of the animal in :etiog.