The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1890-11-04

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duced Grand Overseer Mont Carne
to the audience. Mr.. earn, deliv
er' d short address of zelrome to tn
Writing brethren, after which Prof
Gregg's orchestra played an ent an
ing overture. The Sed4lia Glee clul
consisting of Mint Johns, Georg,
M-nefee, Howard Stryker and j d
MeCarty rendered most beautiful,
4" Rocking on The Billows.
Grand Overse-r Carnes then intro
duc-d to the audience the Hon. Simon
5. Bass. of St. Louis. who delivered ,
most oquent address ON "Our Fra
ternity."
The speaker in his preface said 50
desire to lay that | have b, en- higlly
complimrnted by being called to sc
dalia to address you upon This occas
ion. | am heartily pleased that
came here to be with you. / have
been at many p rades aud professions
of Workmen and 1 can truthiully say
l never before saw ANYTHING to equal
your parade in Sedaiia this evening.
1t wac a crodIt TO our order and "a rrsdir
t. the Queen City of Miss ,uri. Gap
plause.) was surprised at the prog es
the city of Sedalia has m ,de In the
last ten years, and 1 nored tonight
the strength of our order here / W S
not surprised, fer in a city of progress
and beau'y. of wealth and cll ure,
the A. D. u. w. is bound to -four
ish." ID crossing a moment, the
spe ,ker p,id handsome compliment
to John LON rsney and his co-laborers
ON the several committees.
"This is" said The speaker, simply
a meeting of the memb~ rs of one order
to celebra the founding of the A. o.
u. w. t. enty- two years ago in the
granite hi Is of Pennsylvania. John
Jordan Upchurch, t,,iler feeling the
oppression borne by the lab rer of
his lime, gathered arouud hiu hand
full of ca-l borrrs AMI instituted JEFF
fersDn ldge No. 1, A o. U. w.
Traf man Upchurch must have been
Inspired for he founded an institution
which is 10 cay one Of the mob est
orders ON the face of the earth which
is dew ted exclusively to the benefit
of wor kingmen."
"This or er is just twenty-five years
OH and has just relcned its msjorIty.
From the inception of the
order it has been growing
steadily although at its birth it was
not led with a silver sDoon. We
number TO day $50. 00J wurkibgmen.
the pick AM choice of the cities and
towns in which lodges exist. The
A. .. U. w. is a pillar to the state, a
light hand 10 the church, and by the
nigh s'audard OF morality which it |
it assists the church in |
working for the right. You will End
md mechanic all marching for charity |
% mankind"
"New York state has $4,000 men,
,ers of the A. o. u. w., the state OF
Missouri has $4,000. And / wish to |
ay this, if all the lodges 10 this state
would display the same fidelity and
as the lodges of Sedslia,
( would be but a short time until
Missouri would be far ahead of New
and leave them far in the rear
With little trouble"
"The beauty of the A. o. u. w.
s that We have no legal contests no
itigations, we always pay our benefit
n full. There are no Insurance
lodges TO escape payment.
The object of our order which we
herish is to provide for
'ur widows and orphans and not to
cave them to the cold charity of the
World"
In conclusion, after Illustrating the
OF the order in most hap
" manner, the speaker said "To the
nembers of the Sedalia lodges allow
ne to bid you God speed you in your
york. / believe the jurisdiction here
viii show greater development in the
uture, as in the past. than in any
Their portion of the state" |
The musical selections by the Wal
ace family were a delightful feature
f the programme.
Mrs. V. P. Hart and daughters,
,ela and May rendered phantom
footsteps" in beautiful manner, the
no of voices being in most pleasing
ccord. They received their vocifer- {
us encore ami their second number
Calvary" brought forth another
orm of applause.
Prof. Gwilyne Miles, the baritone
,list, has wonderfully strong and
ven voice. He sang 'eThe Bald Jack
ar In a most akmirable manner and
/ response to an encore, doubly
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