St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-01-07
SECRET SOCIETIES.
Red Men.

There Is no room in true Red Man.
heart for envy of a brothers success.
Great as was the progress of the In
proved Order of Red Men last Grea
sun, the record for the current Great
sun promises to exceed it.
The secret work of the order is com.
prlsed OF four degrees, emblematic OF
indian character, virtue and history
teaching precepts of morality and broth.
| erly love. An expressive vocabulary OF
! Indian words is used in the work, which
| is translated and used at present ia
| French and German.
| There are II tribes in New York city.
! of which 4 work in French.
The membership July was 1872 ,314 in
LARA tribes and 80 great councils. Dur
lug the year ending the same date nearly
$4,000 was dlsbnrsed Tor the relief Of
the sick and burial of the dead.
- Knights of St. John.
In the days Of the Crusades there were
several chivalric orders. The most Gel
ebrated were the knights of St. John
and the Knights Templars. The order
OF st. John was established as a hospi-
taller order a Jerusalem in 1913. About
Ills the order was reorganized on mil
ltary basis. Driven from Jerusalem at
the end OF the erusades in 1881, it mi
grated to Cyprus, from thence to
Rhodes, where it sustained two celebra-
ted sleges; sojourned at Castro, Amalfii
and Rome from 1922 to 1880, and passed
to the Isle OF Man from 1880 to 1893. The
order was divided into eight languages
or natlonaiities. The order came to
America in 1870, when the FIRST encamp-
nient III America was Instituted,
Royal Arcanum
The objects of the order are fraternal
union; aid to members and their de-
pendents; education of its members, as
siStance OF widows and orphans of de-
ceased members; relief of sick and dis
tressed members, payment of death ben
efit OF 5000 to full and 81 5000 to half
rate members.
Supreme Regent Miller reports pro-
gress everywhere. HarmonT and growth
is the word from all points. Success as
never before is inevitable:
10. 0. F,
The third Monday in September. 1893
will be Odd Fellows Day at Chicago.
The lot on which the Odd Fellows hall
at San Francisco stands cost the order
Brooklyn is to have French speak
ing lodge,
Ia Missouri all odd Follows halls are
exempt from state and county taxes.
knights of Pythias.
At the close OF the fiscal year, March |
Il, the organization and membership of |
lie uniformed rank stood as follows
Total divisions, 997 membership, 81 $3.50. |
rom March 81 to July !, 90 additional |
DIVISIONS have been Instituted. incrcas
ne the membership TO the grand total
III July i, $3.50.
The American Legion OF Hoaar
The American Legion Of Homer DAYS
eatIl benefits, $1,000 to $1,000, pays
weekly sick benefits, $500 to go. 90, and
as AL Emergency Fund Of S57G,O15 AZ,
The total membership of the state of
Jew York on June 30 was 1927.
lhc order is growing in all the states.
,eW councils are being instituted, and
Ia councils are being increased in NUM-
trs.
a. O. U. w.
Since its organization the order has
AID over so 900 to the widows and or
hans or deceased members without de-
~.
Net increase i'll membership for last
ear was 23,S01, nearly 1000 mouth.
The sum of $780,, 5SS.54 was paid in
cath claims during the year 1891.
Grand medical examiners rejected {
nllng last year 2,5OG applicants {
lOush to form another jurisdiction. !