Smyrna times., 1886-11-24
Odd Fellows Meet.
INTERESTING STATISTICS OF THE PAST
YEAR.
officers Elected and Installed for the
Ensuing Year-Secretuyy HGlLGm
Gets Cake.

The Grand Lodge of Delaware, I. o.
o. F., opened its session in Odd Eel
lows Hall, Wilmington, Wednesday
last. AbOnt 200 members were present
and abont 40 new ones were admitted
after the opening ofth Lodge.
Amity Lodge, through Past Grand
Master E. W. Cooper, presented the
Grand Lodge with a crayon portrait of
the late John w. Sharp, G. M. 1t was
accepted on behalf of the Grand Lodge
by p. G. NJ Joseph Pyle. A crayOn
portrait of 2. G.. NJ E. w. Cooper was
also presented to the Grand Lodge by
p. G. r. John T. Jakes. At II o'clock
an adjournment was had until 1.3O
Pm.
Upon reassembling the transaction of
routine business was resumed. The
following grand officers were elected
for the ensuing year: Samuel T.
Smith, of Laurel, grand master; John
NJ. Whitford, Wilmington, deputy
grand master; George Hughs, Will
mington, grand warden; Isaac w.
Hallam, Wilmington, grand secretary
A. G. Robinson, Wilmington, grand
treasurer; Hiram Reedy, Dover, grand
representative to the Sovereign Grand
Lodge; David Downs, janitor. The
use of the hall was granted to the I'm
proved Order of Red Men, for the pur-
pose of holding their annual council in
September, 1887. A resolution was
adopted authorizing the grand master
to ask subordinate lodges for voluntary
contributions for sufferers in Charles
ton, S. G.
A mammoth cake was presented by
the Grand Lodge to Grand Secretary
Isaac w. Hallam, as a token of their
appreciation of the efficient administra-
ton of the duties of his office. Brother
Hallam responded in a happy vein, and
at the conclusion of the evening session
carried his prize away, feeling that he
had been greatly honored. Brother
Hallam seemed rather undecided as to
whether the cake was filled with cot
ton, saw dust or jam.
The following interesting case ot
| appeal was, after considerable discus.
sion, adjudicated against the appel.
liant.
Fairfax Lodge, No. s, having de.
clined the further payment of sick ben.
elits to Alexander Morton, one of its
members, he took an appeal from their
action, filing his papers on December
10Th, 1856 On March 14th the com.
mittee of appeals decided in favor o.
Fairfax Lodge. An appeal was ther
made from the deductions and cOnclu.
sions of the appeal committee, and in
| due course the matter came up before
the Grand Lodge for final adjudication
Grand Secretary Isaac w. Hallam, in
his report of membership, gave the fol-
lowing figures: Reported last term
2,491 initiated this year, Sc; admitted
by card, l reinstated, 8; number
withdrawn, &; suspended, 1874; ex
! PEELED, 3 died 81. This shows a loss
in membership of 6S. The number o.
lodges is 80. For weekly benefits the
total sum paid out was $1O,677.75; re
! lief of widowed families, $256. 96; buria
of the dead, S3,89948; charitable pur
poses, $211 46.
The excess of receipts over expen
ses if appOrtiOned equally among the
whole number of lodges would indicate
that each one had gained $96 during
the year. Analysis develops the fac
that twenty-One lodges have received
more than they have paid out, but ter
of this number have a margin of gair
amounting to less than 800 each. Ii
eleven lodges the expenses were
greater than the receipts"
The financial statement is as follows
Balance in bank at last report, 81 ,215,
65; received from grand secretary. 50,
2O2.3O; total, S3,4l795. The present
balance in bank is 81 ,251.63.
After the installation of the granC
Oflicers-elect the grand master ap
pointed George w. Pyle, grand mar
shall Edgar c. Pierce, grand guard
ian J. E. Dutton, grand conductor
w. T. Grooves, grand chaplain; S.
Benson, grand herald. The hall com
mittee was authorized to make i'm
portant changes in the rooms used b,
the lodges.
After a general discussion regarding
the good and welfare of the order tn
session of 1886 came to q pleasant con
cluSiOn