Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-07-19
OFF FOR FAIRM0NT.
TEE JUNIOR ORDER OF AMERICAN MECHANICS
THAT LEFT LAST NIGHT.
The STATE Convention 10 Be Held in that City To-
Day-A Banquet rendered Last Night
to the Departing Members.

The State Council OF the Junior Or
derof American Mechanics will convene
in Fairmont to-day, aud just prior to
the departure Of the delegates last
night, there was a pleasant occasion
at Hibberd's Hall, the affair being In
the nature Of an informal banquet ten
dered by Mr.. j. d. Hall, proprietor OF
the Vest ViTgini0 American, the only
secret society paper published In the
State devoted exclusively TO this order'
In the early evening the representa-
tiyes began TO gather at the hall, ana
pleasant social Interchange relgned LOT
some time. There was considerable
Prospecting as TO the outcome OF the
convention, there being several candl-
dates in the assembly. Shortly after
ten o'clock Mr.. c. w. Jones mounted
the pIatform. called the meeting 10 or
der. and delivered the following adj
dress Of welcome:
ADDRESS or WELCOME.
I have the honor in behalf Of the West
/ VirOiuid American the Official organ OF the
In. %. u. A. NJ. in this State, paper that
vancing our order throughout the state ana
+ building up the membership Of our organ
Z izatiOu as nothing else has done, 10 welcome
: YOU TO its second annual banquet and re-
B ception given ia honor of the representa-
B tives Of this State. We will not promise
? YOU avery elaborate banquet, but we Will
promise YOU a rOuSiDg reception before
morning We have met here on our way 70
the fourth annual session OF the state
D Trs
Virginia, which win meet at FAR
mont on the morrow, where the
representatives of seventy Councils
will represent g, 900 members OF one OF the
grandest aud greatest secret orders IN a
grand and growing state. Our order Is
vet in its infancy. We have not yet oeen
! in existence seven years in the state OF
West Virginia. We are but fairly started
upon the road leading 70 success Al the
next annual session let there De representa-
tives Of one hundred and forty councils,
representing 5000 members. But TO do
this we must work, 1or Goa IN
His infinite wisdom only knows
what the future shall Orlng
Us, and which we, as an order, snail
MI in the future. I believe the time Will
come when at every cross roads there snail
be a school house, and that emblem OF LID
erty, the Stars and Stripes, hOaung ABOVE
il. and the Holy Bible read and lessons OF
patriotism taught within 1t, all placed their
through the efforts Of the Jr. .. U. A. NJ.
But l again welcome you IN behalf OF the
West Virginia American TO its second an
nu2l banquet
At the conclusion Of Mr.. Jones re-
marks all adjourned TO one of the ante
rooms where the tables were well laden
with appetizing viands. After the inner
man was we'll filed came few post
prapdial exercises over which State
Treasurer II. f. Amick, Of Wellsburg,
presided. The first speaker called up
on was Abe Montgomery, who spoke
but briefly, after which State vice
Councillor Ed. Lappert, of New Mart
insvile, took the floor, and talked for
aconsiderable length upon the benefits
and advantages OF the order. Last year
we had forty councils in the State; this
year there are sixty and next year
hone to see the number
increased 20 the figure one with two
6Dbers Mr.. LapperJ is evidently well
-kersed III the detailed dOings OF the Or
der both here and elsewhere, as he call
ed 10 the attentions Of the guest many
of the current movements and COM
mented upon them.
The members left this morning at
1925 for Fairmont. Among those who
left we're: State Secretary j. d. Hall,
Deputy State Councillor ). K.
Graves; C. w. Jones, Lew Burrell,
from Council No. 1; John L. Reed, from
Council No. 5; j. l.. DECENT, from
Friendship, No. 81; J. G.. LeaSure and
George X. Leasure, Of Richie Council,
No. %; Joseph b. Hall and Harry Full
lerton, OF Lincoln Council, No. Is.
Others who left with the party are;
State Councillor A. A. Eskey, Of Sis
tersville; State Vice Councillor Ed LAT
fert, OF New Martinsylle; State Treas
urer T. L. Amick, OF Wellsburg; State
Warden Il. A. Green, of New Cumber-
land; National Representative Abe
Montgomery, Of WelIsburg.