The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-05-26 00:00:00

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STE VPONEY BEOIIEII. CLUB.

The fo-ty odtth "Anton ol moetin tf t'o3 SteWneilev
ne.the- CI hw oo tk••id on Tueslay. i t'wp'n.
.lecortErig to elistom there Iva,: a special servi,e ott;
Kinver t.hurch in 'he naornine, and the s-rmon
-Naa preaohed by the 1-I.>v. F. R. Laws-w, iltr of
Cleet, who poi ttel out the Talmo of provident
t.abi's. and dwelt •n o her connected topics. liven
th metrh-r Luosine. Awe), they pron eded ?Iv,
S'ewponey 11 'to , necore !tried tv a haod, and tho
atronal hio-in,•ss or the club was traniacted on tte-•
gre a I ocot 144ttelton, president of thei eluh, was
in tae (.ttair nud arnotog•st those pr-sent were the
It •v. J. Flo 'von, Rev. W. C Gi'ha, Rev F. it
LaAtyyn, Me.ss. H. W. Foley. W. 11. King. P.
Fo! y. S Nash (secreterr,
T.e Chairman 2alled on Mr. Nash to read the
re2o t. whith bhowe I that the nu nter of benefit
ibembe-s at th.o end of 1847 wte 257. with 21 hon
metnb.T.. The payments of the year in benefit
;nein ed £62. 88. for sickness, £4.. for deaths, and
Ss. for annuities. There Wrlg a bliance due
to the auxiliary (tied (extending over several years)
~f £lsi. tip. 94!.; and the balance in hand on henefi
oe• onnt was £9,412. 8a 741., of which .£9.269. 154.
41 wag invested in Government rock. The total
r.-ceeved ie interest since the commsneement of the
ellth 1,44.27 05.1. Is. 61 A supplementary report
to the date et toe m•eting show d an increase et
six be lAA no-mhers, awl the &yids a:ood at £9 429.
Vele

Lerd Lytte.ltou moved the adovion uf the report
,nd id he war gad there was .ome elteht inorers
ii th • nueoer of heeefit memle rs--'-enreigh to
he tide win turning. He Ineked f lward with
ve-y great confid,nce to the future of th. (tie°.
W he lo died mutt and saw the societ'es which
hid competed, and comeeted suceetsfully, wit!:
tn in, h. could not hitt ask wily they were able to
Coll" e wi•h tiers at all f
,In his opinien. the
Bs he (iut wae the best benefit 'moiety in that
riett u: hood; but there was in reasieg c ~cepet:tioe
in et. On the cue aide they bed the ereat
socie,. es, such as the Foreatets. tte 0 ldfellowe the
Heirs of Oak, the Druids, and other hie societies.
Fie wis net going to say a word against them, and
w uld do herrn if there wee wi 3espread opinion
hit ttese were
met a e.n:itsafe. But there was too muc
em o t
teiv me of the %yid spread societies
with which they were acquainted were not curried
on tveoe j iN. moue principles, while there were
soci, tea weich were undoubtedly in an unsound
-tate. They trust come to grief unless; they
reduced the benefits they offered or increased their
rates of payment. it ails a pi,s, that them..
societies got a lot of twitseriminete support from
young men who heli ved that societics whom names
viesre in everyone's mouth were good ones to jo n
Tiers were many of these tocietit: which men had
bete- Ova a very wide Noll to iedeed Another
bedy wnich competed sei•h them was the gre,
seal, ty called the P udentiel, and one or two
companies which were realty ieseranco aocieties
Th. y w-re no doubt sound enntiol ;,b,,t woul
ILA hat they gave back f.ir what their naemhi.rs.
gat e th-m ? It weal eurprise them to ehso ye ho
much of the m• ney given on the h in" to the ge-t
Fudenti 1 S oie.y came back to the bench-
in eub i's. in oomperis n with the money which the
member, of the :Becher Club put iuto that soci, t s
cairn back to them, They would be surnrktd that
the Prndelitiel unizr their system, which took so
had been *We to i.eueil tete-Mtn of the total
population of England and Wake An iintnense a.
neunt af their funds had to go in manaeement and
in the pee meat of oricials, and the payment of
dividend* to sha,e`old: re In the 13e-her Clue
they had ou,y a trifling sum for management ex.
penses, whion wt-re kept as low as they cut I be.
Besides their secretary and one or teo oolleetor,
they had not ing to p-y, and th re was no hungry
body of sharehol lets to eati•tft. Tirol there were
the bogus ried pahlichouse benefit societies, if he
gadget (all them benefit soceetiee at all. These were
the •,e,c eiies which did the mischief. A young man
invited to join weld not be expected to make the
n-fcessery calenOitions, and he did not know that
nine tenths of t'oeie clubs w re as rotten as tey
could he. He was taken by the advautages whi.h
tiles,: clubs so recklessly ffsre I, and was actuated
hi the ta al feeline that the club would :act lais time.
V ry often they did not lset his time, and when a
men a as once tet in by one of these clubs he rarely
n•tere 1 his name in anolti.l socitey, or tl,oneht it
worth wh le to lay up money azaine a rai y day.
A man's downward course. morally and othe•wiee,
reigett, befe'n with ore of th se bogus societies. It
as one of the strong at reasons w.y they should
continue to suppert that Beet er Club, that their
eeinh,rs %ere teerety induced not to join one if
th miec,,,ievous ore.,n'setions. He should, while
t wee the ease. stiek tn the ship, and give them
all the assistance he coeld. He was sorry they were
unable to sta e treat •he bonus would be that year
to tine • members of the society; but -though the
*eluvial report was not received set he hoped they
would have as substantial a bonne as lest time. He
urged the members to nbtain r emits, amid said,
ooesid.-rig the benefits of the society, he eished
tb y e uld coent the members by thousands instead
of Lundreds. If the me tuners would do their part in
ohtainieg new benefit members he would undertake
to ebt tin some new honorary members. (Applause.)
Mr. P Ike 8111.nded theAtiotion, which waa sup.
ported he Mr. H. W. Foley and carried.
It was agreed that the toeetiog should stand
adjourned to July 23 to declare a bonus.
The Chairman said tne vacancy in the list of
vic eeeesidents hy the death of the Rev. R P.
Turc,e could he fide up at the a journed meeting.
Mr, Turner was one of the beat fren is. if not the
hiet fritiad, the aeciety had ever had, and though
un ibis for several sears to take an active part in
its meeagetnent, he was interested in it to t'ess last.
Alter `ll,l election ef officers for the year, the
Chairman proposed a tote ot thanks to the preacher
of the day. Which .was carried. The Rev. F. R
leiwsoe. in responding. suggested that the best
recruiting sergeants the eleh could have were young
wo nen, who senuld not marry til there was pro-
s ision made for a time if sickness and distress.
No-Iting could be more wretched, after a man's
mu rriawe, for there to he nothing for himself and
ft ily to fall back upon in ewe of sickness.
proc-eiliegs closed with a veto of thanks to
the cheirman.

A large numbfr of people Glyn] th-ir war ;o the
S:ewpone, in tbe afternoon an i eveni.,g, arti the' e
were dancing and other a,eueem..ets.

DRTTNIUNNEBs.—At the Police Court yesterrifiy,
tte magi.trdt-.er presetit were Colon& F etcher,
Colonel coehrane, T. D. Thom s, Esq., and E.
Webb. Esq., the tollowine pre sons were -nnunoned
for drunkennes rvid fired n War, 2i 6d and
c:osre, Elisha Pearson is and cos's, Jo-epti White-
b-e I and cows. Samuel Drettle 2s 6d and costs,
Harry Mills 5s and nnsts, Wallin Foulkes 2s 6d
sod cost s. William 'Vac n2s6l an costa, Jeremiah
J, tap i.e 58 and C 0..,, ll,:nry Priest 2.1 6d and cos
Janus Si illsbury 5. end CO3 P. In tt.i. case tbe
offiekr raid he ch se -I defeedant three tni!es to serve
the rummone on him, and then lost hi
OnsceNerv. Thomas Hall was charge-I with
using ohscene langna;e on the 14th indent, in
Coeent7 Stra t. P.O Ilough,on pr, vsi the cs•e,
and d4enciant -Was fined 6-4 and costs —Mary An
0411aghae wee summoned tor a riteilar off,•puu and
tin,ql 10s and COB s; in default Im. o tb. PC. ft ll
proved tee case. James Car:icrigh•, of thk Lye.
was also fined 1- a d c. its for a like oit new at t.
L3e. P C Jonek. proved the came.
OssTsuarzom.—Mithael Gavan was charged wida
ot struction by leaving his Nioakey and cart to the
•treet for 25 minutes. P.C. Paynt r proved ..he
case, and defendant was fined 21 6.1. including
to tn.

AthiAIILT ON A MOTIIEP. Alice O'Boyle mil
o',arged with comut ging an agwravatod assault on
r mother, Mary O'Boyle, by striking her on tin
head With a poker, on tus Zlst inp.tant. COmplaia-
*at DNA se niul a uarrid wLtla has dangtiter ant

tried to t tko the poker from her, hut denied the
het datiz'Ater track her with it. .„,John Drew and
Sainnel both swore that they saw defendant
str:ke complainant on the head with the poker. and
D. FAST ir ,Aid he examined complainant and found
a lart,Te br tise on the right side of the heal, ani a
ii all h!ood ve9sel we severed. Tue injury would
be cu u' I with a weapon like the poker produced.
Defend 1,-, t, who denied the offence. WSJ fined Ss and
costs in i. Cel, in leceult one month.

VtATE Cass, E. Drury. of London, was
surnmogel for n-n payment of town rates amount-
ing; to X 2 15s 101. Mr. Harry Mill* appeared to
prosecute. Mr. fill:Odell, collector, sail the rates
had been denistriei end not paid Defendan
denied his lintilty, and mild liellad never receive
any money from the property, and he was not
the owner. The else wti ,urnei for 11 days
for the production t-f further evidence.

THar.ropLast). James Timmins, jai.. and
Cieor.re Harris. a ins etirley, were chtre.e,l with
atealina 2,4 lhi, of feat% the property of Charlee
T.verpSwinfl-11 on he 22a1 iost, from ein
e ocennat'on of Robert Pinter, at Oblewinford.
'rho eviden-e ahowed that V.() lead was stolea (tom
the doorway of .he hone and the two prient.er4
--Yere hy PC Hares near the Labour in Vain
Inn. Oldgwin!erd, wi h the lead 7n their potte,stdon
in 4 beg, sc-hi‘h t,,ev dropped on seeing. Hun en i
,an sway. Pli=onets were apprehended hr
Serent flordwi. The defen,!.e w•is that the.
f00,,,d the tinti,r a hedee R 4 elk',we e
'rotn Chi), Th re w!.re a nnmher of preyionqo.
end Mr. Wheeler add
ther were tvo rrell-ko wn thiev‘.e. Harria wl*l4
C ,Wilittan for rhrP. m he and Timmins for tut
month' her? lah,nr.

CHAROP AGATLIPT A PrilLietNT Gf'orSi.3
Ine,a;li. Reran iron denier. Cr:l,4.y. wig plotre.
vu Ii Lei" unk "n Tire"w*i nriqn F;,A the Pi
Tnn. C ,ventry tr ot, and Eliztheth Alletoirch, t's
I ineilxi v. woe ebarze with yvir:ri•,inr firink:inn P •
I?::ftemnd7l?: Ser tfra t
Bo 4.nn Gu&ant., N..-- kir. P. ParAp'er preg7le3:
4t 111 Ise .Iclv cntein of ti 4 Bo4rit
Alinitt,fl ;nto the bongs 'hiriog. the week 5 (lig-
char.?Pi: 3. torn 0 riPad I. remaining 490 sga,'ne. 554
in rho en-r.a;) ndinte we -k I.tgt yen. Out-ill,if
-plief : Kim:twinf ri di4triet ZIG 16q 21, St-ur.
ntiign €39 7e Oicl, TralPsoirpn £35 74 41d, non-rPs'-
,le-t a.O 'Pry 13i 6,1, total £123 4s Id, a;aitist
£ll2 54 Oid.

THE UNIONIST SPLIT IN BRADFORD
A letter has been received at Bradford
from Mr. Mitchell Henry, who is at present
in Algiers' asking that his name as Unionist
candid Lte for the Central Division of Brad •
ford slp)ald be withdraw, on the want of
collegial between the to sections of the
Unioniit party.