The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-08-21

Great Meetmg-They Tell the Good
Deeds Done by the Order-Never Saw a
Widow or Orphan of a Member of the
Order in Poor House--Grand Master
Wallace Tells Story About a Wichita
Man-Some Fine Music
The Ancient Order of United Work
men heid a meeting in the auditorium
last night that must have made friends
Tor the organization in the city.
After the meeting had closed the re-
mark was more than once heard, THE
A o. o. w. is a better order than l
thought it was"
The members of the local lodge and
visiting members met at the lodge
room on North Main street and pre-
ceded by the Second Regiment band
marched to the auditorium. The line
Of march was on Main street to Doug
las thence east on Douglas avenue TO
Fourth avenue and on Fourth TO the
auditorium.
The auditorium was comfortably fill
ed and while some persisted in standing
all could have had seats by a little
effort to find them.
The meeting al the auditorium was
presided over by Captain Shields The
band gave some excellent music of
which the crowd showed its appre-
CATION by cheering all the selections.
song by Z. b. Walden, From the
Desert" with piano accomplishment
by Miss Edith Walden captured the
audience and the floor was nearly
pounded through and the people clap
ped their hands sore in a vain effort
to call the singers back. At the close
of the meeting Miss Wilson favored
the audience with a piano solo.
Joseph Rigg of Lawrence supreme
master workman, was the first speaker
introduced by Captain Shields. His
effort was in the direction of showing
the Importance of the order and his
remarks were we'll received and fire.
quently applduded Nothing more
than synopsis of the speech can be
given at this time. Mr.. Riggs said:
When the traveller in the desert
pitches his tent at the close of the day
and prepares his meal and spreads his
viands he sees in the distance a white
object. 1t is another land traveller
with his white camel. He draws near
and is greeted with the salution,
Peace to thee, my brother" Then
another on his white camel draws near
and is greeted by the two, Peace to
tnee oh. my brother. God alone is
supreme"
are friends and brothers. I want to
KNOW what is my relation to God and
10 my fellow men. When l study this
order of ours l conceive the idea that
when old Father Upchurch ordained 1t
he looked forward to more complete
brotherhood or men,
ouly little more than twenty years
nave elapsed since our order was or
ganized and We are amazed at the re- |
suits Cpchurch's idea was to bring |
employer and the employed into closer |
ED IONS That they might cooperate |
tor the good of both
Coupled with that was another idea.
lie was mechanic and found himself |
sometimes in Strengthened circumstan- |
ces. He saw his fellow workmen |
struck down with death and their fam |
lies left destitute.
HE thought there is that something
In the hearts of men which, when |
aroused. would formulate and carry |
out some plan to relieve this suffering
Some remedy must be provided for the
care of the suffering widow and or
phan children. Ii was a small begin |
ming and the first widow to receive the |
DEMENT'S of the order ouly got about
Sos.
Then the order toook hold in adjoin-
ing states and now it is a succession of |
trees from the bleak hills OF Canada |
to the everglades of Florida updar
whose grateful shade thousands of |
weary. souls have rested We are nov,
100000 men banded together to protect |
the homes of America
We sometimes hear men say Il
joined the Ancient Order of United
Workmen because it is cheap jns,Ir-
ance company" The man who has no |
higher conception of the order than
that ought 10 withdraw from it. He
does not appreciate the grandest of its
charity.
IF you are the holder of life in
surance policy You have a propertv |
which the lay recognizes. You NAV
put 1t IN The bank for coilatte and
deprive your wife and children of its
beheEt, but You cannot do that with a
peneilclary certificate in our order It
STANDS TOR the person named and has !
no property value while you live.
on may have named your wife in
your certificate, but if she proves un- !
true to You and deserts You and her
chlIdfen You can without appealing to
any state law change the name and put |
IN us place that Of your children.
The order 10 which we belong per-
forms many acts Of charity | attend
ed lodge meeting here when an order
was cheerfully made 10 assist brother .
! enquired what it was for and found !
that a sick brother had been sent to Z
Hot Springs to recover lost health. and
this last order was to bring him home
~ us idiliIN "A well man.
Do you know Of any insurance COM
pany that would do that? Out in west
ern Kansas and Nebraska a few years
ago there was suffering because of crop
failure. We postponed our grand lodge
meeting and sent the S6. 600 ii would |
have cost TO our suffering brothers.
and from other states came $50. coo TO |
help save the home Of our brethren. :
Did YOU ever know an insurance i
company to do a thing like that?
When YOU take the oath that we (
have taken before the altar the tails
manic word will be charity. We recog- |
nize the fatherhood of God. and the /
brotherhood of man and when YOU e
study our order in that light YOU will
loose all conception Of the idea that | c
the beneficiary certificate which You h
may hold is nothing more than cheap | {
Insurance company. f
Did you ever think what II is - 0
eave the home. Some one once said
that the home is the unit n
Of civilization. II that be true the |,
most civilized people Will best protect 0
the homes of their country. I
We have all followed the father OF
a family 10 his last resting place-the v
city of the dead. Some of us have
gone back to the desolated home. We
have seen the widow with no ray OF
light ahead for her and her little ones
We have seen the mortgage closed and | I
The sheriff set that family cut i'm the
road. and turn the key in the door and
-hen pass X over to a stranger.
You may have seen the bright-eyed | a
ittle boy of that family go out on the
streets TO sell papers or peanuts to help
mother when he ought to have been in b
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