Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-02-07
THE ODD FELLOWS
Of Texas in Ffty-Third Grand
Lodge Assembled.
FIVE HUNDRED DELEGATES,
Representing All the Lodges in the Stale,
in Attendance.
The Order Shown 10 Be in a Most Prosperous
Condition BY The Reports Madc-Ths
Grand Encampmenl- Elections
and Installations.

Dallas, Tex, Feb. Especial 1.-THE
| ffty-third annual session of the Grand
! Lodge of the !. O. o. H. of Texas began
| its yearly deliberations ina Dalns i'm tbe
/ magnificent hail. corner of Main and
/ Lamar streets, the property Of the local
| lodges. Five hundred delegates are in
/ attendance and il Is one Of the greatest
sessions ever held by the Representatives
/ of powerful organization
! The following are the grand officers
| for the past year, many Of whose terms
/ closed today:
K. NJ & oman, grand master. Green
ter. Go, : o. NJ tlasscocE s'G grand and
| warden, 81 IN, g. c. Fahm, grand
secretary, ISH J., ". Porter grand
treasurer, Sh,Tt5 M, Keller, grand
G rep Sc Sda,,,, Il Hrc third Mon
ITgy w IS Stgptem l.o 10, e an Antoni9o;
! G.. L., TO third Monday in september
1894. McKinny; Theo A. Reisncr, grand
messenger, Austin; W A. Buar grand
marshal, Weimar; r. h. Hunter. grand
conductor, l1l Paso; Il. 10. Slipley, grand
guardian, Montague; j. H. Johnson,
grand chaplain. Merchant w. Il. Shook.
grand lodge trustee, Dallas. W. Hing
worth, grand lodge trustee, Dallas: g.
kuhn, grand lodge trustee. Dallas: .M-
Illus Henry, grand lodge trustee. Corpus
christi; w. l.. BlantOn, grand lodge
trustee. Gainesville.
There is scarcely q man i'm the state
prominent In Odd Fellow circles who
Is not In the city attending the Grand
Lodge.
The local lodges have made great
preparations for the reception of visit.
ing brothers. Dallas lodge. No -. has
a committee composed of the following
gentlemen: &. G.. Morgan. chairman:
Charles Kahu. w n. Edwards Hurry
Ecls and Il. W Foster Trinity Ledge,
No. l00-t. q, Hodges, chairman; Will
liam llllngsworth, John n. Witt, w II.
Shook, Harry j Emmins
At 1870 o'clock this afternoon q grand
reception 10 the delegates took place at
Odd Fellows hall. The address OF wei.
come on behalf Of the city of Dallas
was by Mayor W. G. ConnoG and IL
was In keeping with Buds" past-cf-
forts Of high standard
Tho response was by james l.. Autry
grand mnster-elect who made very
pretty talk
An address Of welcome ON behalf u
local lodges WAS made by Past Grand
William Jclingsworth of this city, and IL
was very happy effort
The response 10 the address of welcome
by the past grand brought Grand Muster
II. NJ. Chapman of Grecnvillc 10 his
feet who responded as follows
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Brother Odd Fellows of Dallas Lodges:
The expressions of welcome and brother
ly feeling extended 10 NJ today, and ever
siace we arrived here i'm this great city
of North Texas. make our hearts glad.
We are very sure that sincerity prompts
your words of welcome, and that you are
glad 10 have us here as we are glad 10
be here.
These occasions, the annual coming to-
, gcther Of our grand lodge, are times of
good feeling among Odd Fellows. They
are reunions of those engaged i'm the
same great cause; those enlisted under
the same peaceful banner
Like the scattered remnants Of some
, disbanded army which assemblies as the
, years go by, and with hearty, yet sad.
, dCucd cheer biudlc again the ,mouldoriug
! camphres and fight anew the bloody CON
; hicts of the past, we as Odd Fellows
{ coming from one end of our great stat,
20 the other, leaving the shop, the count
! ing-hOuse. the farm and the office, meet
on these occasions, and with hearts throb
bling in unison one with another, extend
% words Of good cheer and kindly greetings
= and with the magnetic influence from th,
X warm grasp of the hand, the meeting Oi
g the eve, an inspiration takes possession
OF the heart. BY mutual consent W,
gather strength, which enables us {,
, meet more successfully the enemy Wltl
, whom we have engaged TO do buttlc
!. Why should We not look forward TO these
Q meetings with great pleasure
To speak 10 you on this occasion o
the early history of Odd Fellowship &
enumcrate OF to attempt "a do 50, the ob
iects and advantages of our order, woul(
d be 10 tread upon ground made familiar
|. TO you by our literature aud our auni
yersfry on tors; but we desire 10 brief!
- touch upon a few of those points
- Odd Fellow ship, as we know II, \
r no ancient institution only dating bacl
a. TO the commencement OF the preseh
s. century.
IL has no royal lineage TO RECOMMEND
H. hut born into cXisterce M the hunble
G. walks of life. il is peculiarly adaple'
m To the present day ana the class mos
lr i'm need of assistance
"a Today il numbers among us member
10 ship men from every class, yet All NEE
~ upon a common level IN the lodge room
The mechanic, the artisan the prole'
- sional man and the banker all are meas
ured by one universal standard ana AT
H. entitled TO the same privileges
: The man whose daily labor PROVIDE
y his daily bread and that one with III
NJ thousands I'm bank stock are ullke W
1t recipiauts of the same fraternal care az
w. consideration. Silently, yet surely, w
In same sympathy and the same pe'uuia ~
y relief goes out 10 the one as 10 i
other: not as a charity, but as Hgl
which each brother has laid away Il
at himself In times of prosperity.
at III men everywhere were disposed
M do their duty toward their fellow-mf
NJ, then there would be no necessity i'
!" fraternal orders, and doubtless the
ne would be none. but because manhnd
ne selfish. and not disposed 10 exercise th
ed consideration towards his brolh
man that he should is w
our order and various othe
Io- Of similar nature have an existence
ne day.
I'd Born in the hour of necessity a.
TO adapting itself 10 the conditions OF I
his times our order has accomplished
tn work that could not have been acc9i
- plished BIS any other ORDER soitehi
az the selfish nature Of man, raising
:. the fallen, Strengthening the weak
everywhere administering To those 70 q, q
tress There is an Office for Odd reno
shin TO perform, and the world viii ne
rs influence until that day, shall col
Cd. when man shall recognize the fact u
he IS his brothers keeper ana that
Is called upon 20 tighten the burdehs
y his weary fellow; until the coming
md Tint period. 10 which hope looks
us ward with ardent JOY when one ie" "a
,ad hind All nations. tongues aud kinare
.us 49,. 49, ahoU ha If universal ufu