The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-10-29
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/ ing the street carse wagons and men
stand still while he conducted three lit
tie children across the street. 1t was.
he said, fsr better that all the great
traffic OF the great CITY should stop
than that one Of these little lives should
be sacrificed So it was great sight
10 see the policeman OF the order pro-
tecting these little orphans through the
great crowded streets Of the struggling
masses of this life. 1t was a grand
thing 10 see the men who stood when
their country needed them and give
their life blood for the old flag, but ii
was a grander thing to see three humid
red thousand men in the A. O. Z. W.
stand and protect the widows and or
phans, preventing poverty and crime,
men whose 50 bers were never drawn,
whose guns were never leveled except
against the gaunt spector OF hunger,
poverty and despair. But they tell us
they must die 10 win. Well, we must
die; all men must die, and all men who
are in this order will win when they
die. What do we win? 1 have little
flaxen-haired girl at home and a good
wife. Well, I could die for that little
girl Now, what 1 win for her. Pro-
lection from poverty when / am gone,
and possibly from vice, for when power
ty snaps at the heels, hell snaps at vir-
tue. | win a home TO shelter these low
ed ones. Its an institution in which no
man who ever died in 1t lost There
are no blanks in the order; every loss
is paid. They say we can't stand an
epidemic. In 1870 when yellow fever
swept the sunny south land, fraternity
came to its relief. The last widows and
orphans received their help, and no
grave 1.-THE south land was dishonored
by failure to pay the loss.
Fraternity. How grand and potent Is
thy namei In an hour OF great trial I
would rather trust fraternity than all
the millions Of the company whose re-
serve IS near the hands of the receiver.
Grand Master Workman john H.
Order was the next speaker. He said:
There are two lines of insurance. The |
old line and the fraterral insurance. I !
all the good they have done But az q |
business proposition the frsternal insur- |
arce is superior 70 the old line insur- !
ance companies The old line is organ |
lies for class, based upon wealth. |
The greet mass of people must have |
protection and cannot afford the old |
line idea and bence was organized by |
John Jordan Upchurch the fraternal or |
der. That is the basic idea that is GO
ing around among the people today and |
throwing its arms around your family.
p otecting me home and preventing
crime and keeping the young in the
road Of rectitude.
'T1e old lines are beyond the reach of
When have determined that
we viii join the fraternal society, we
begin 10 ask which one snail / join and
then comes the cry from many organ
zatio1s, cheap, cheap, cheap. If you
will add TO that, as found in the A. o. |
L. W., the cry safe, safe, cafe, then you
will realize the true idea. Capital will
pay no attention TO an organization I'M
IL IL gets on its feet and is strong
enough to occupy the field they expect
20 reap from. Then they begin to fight
md sneef at US because we get away
rom the cold business idea. and talk
'f the sweet idea of protection They
gay you are an experiment. Only Hit
IL over one hundred years ago men be-
,an governing themselves. The civil
Zed world stood agast at this expert
nent. While that was an experiment.
: was successful one. So the glorious
history OF TIE A o. L. w, organized
wenty'-nlne years ago, SHOWS il TO be a
experiment. And now the or
Ter that we love SO well is encompass
ng the world. bringing men together
md lifting them higher.
1T only takes per cent OF the money
oliectei in Kansas by the A. O. L. ".
" pay the running expenses of the in
urance of the order. While the old
inc companies collect so per cent more
han is necessary TO carry the insur-
nee taken by them.
They say We VIII die. Suppose we do
lie. IN wat respect are We different
rom them. Out of $50 old line COM
anie5 in this country, $50 only are do
1g business. and You will find as you
ass thu ough the cemeteries OF insur-
nee, mounmers to the memory OF these
nslOriouS companies. We have been
much more successful in living than |
hey"
Mrs. Georgia NateStine OF Hiawarla
ooke briefly rs follows:
In this meeting eye has met eye,
and has graSped hand, and heart has
appended 70 heart. We have come
-om our homes, again we have met in
le anniversary Of our order. come in
ehalf OF the Degree OF Honor. We are :
nited with the parent order; the pro-
sctor Of the children from want. while
iseSSe and death eni our order does
: work, We shall have the commenda-
on OF men. Has there a brother lost
devoted wife? A widow a brother =
one? They snail receive on, comfort :
I'd minist-ation Of mercy and pecuni-
~ aid. So mucn the order helps the :
iother in her daily affairs Here we
eet the rich Snd the poor. We know L
, class among u. There IL such A helm
! fratsrn2i sympathy. Die We must. il |
the fate Of US ali. Then let US leave
paid up policy in the Degree Of Honor '
z the p:otection OF our home Frate-- :
~ viii make Us al better citizens II n
he mission Of the Degree OF H,-1,-
make fnA vxo-,i b-fot-e- avs $780, =