West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1898-10-29

more Inan IouIteen mlllionS repre-
senting more than fifteen billions
of dollars. The fraternal beneficiary
societies have popularized life in
suranCe until it is now the excep-
ton to find home or family not
protected by some form of insur-
ance. He also claimed that these
organizations were mot only pro-
teStive In their nature but that they
were fraternal organizations as we'll
and that in this capacity they cared
for the sick, relieved the distressed,
buried the dead and did all that
any fraternal organization can do
for its members.
They are educational in many
ways. Not least of the lessons
which they teach is that of good
citizenship and patriotism. He
Gained that the Maccabees in this
respect laid special stress upon the
duty of its members to the govern
ment and flag which protects them
and called attention to the position
taken by the order in the way of
continuing its protection to the
members during their service in
war, notwithstanding the laws of
the order would make the members
in such case carry their own pro-
lection. This action on the part of
the order being prompted by the fra
ternal duty which the members owe
to each other. He called attention
to the growth and progress of the
OF the Maccabees, which were or
ganized in 1881 and now have the
combined membership, knights and
ladies, Of three hundred and
TWENTY-FIVE thousand, represented
In more than six thousand terts
and hives in forty.fve states and
provinces of North America. He
claimed the organization had dis
tributed among its members and
the families of deceased members,
more than ten million dollars and
that 1t now has surplus in it's ben
ehciary fund of about FIVE hundred
thousand dollars. The order fur
nishes protection to its members in
case of sickness or accident, also in
case of total and permanent dis
ability and to the families of de-
ceased members to the extent of
from five hundred to three thous-
and dollars, as the member may
direct. The fund from which these
benefits are paid is created by
monthly contributions from the
members. He showed how the
Maccabees differed in its plans
from other beneficiary orders and
claimed that its growth and pro
gress could be attributed to the
advantage of its plans over those
of similar organizations and yet he
was not unmindful of the good
that all similar organizations was
doing in every community and ad-
vlsed his hearers to become mem
bers of some one or more OF these
organizations, saying that they
were all worthy of confidence and
support.
The Maccabees in Iowa have
membership of about 900 and are
growing rapidly. He pointed out
the duty of every husband and
father to make provision for those
dependent upon, him and showed
how valuable certificate of mem.
bership in the Maccabees is-that
it was of more value than a like
amount of money deposited in bank
because the laws of the state held it
solely for the benefit of the bene-
fciary of the member.
The popularity Of the Maccabees
as an organization is attested in the
fact that not more than forty thou
sand members have been admitted
during the first six months Of this
year.
Maccabeeism has become a
household word in every city, vii
lage and hamlet in Michigan, its
home, and has rapidly spread to all
the sister States of the Union. 1t
is an exemplifcation pure and sim
pie of the old saying nothing sue
ceeds like success" One can
scarcely be criticised for wanting
to know the reason for this wonder
growth and IL can be found i. tho