Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-06-16
OWNED THE TOWN.
Maccabees Had Royal Time and a Hot
Convention at Detroit.

feature was an extensive stIcSt parade
participated in by about 1000 Macca-
bees with handsome floats, picturesque
and grotesque costumes and plenty of
music, making carnival which was
hugely enjoyed by the thousands who
lined the streets to witness IL. The pa
rade was followed in the evening by
a magnificent reception rendered the
officers of the supreme camp and SUI
preme hive and the great camp and
great hive of the Maccabees, in the
Light Infantry armory. The delegates
to the great camp Il. O. Il. M. and the
great hive l.. O. L. NJ. of Michigan then
settled down to three days of hard con-
vention business.
At the opening session of the great
camp X. O. Il. NJ. Great Commander
Boyton reported that the order is in
prosperous condition. He recommended
the giving of larger powers to the ex-
ecutive committee in the employment
of district deputies. He also advo-
Gated the division of the state into
districts for the selection of delegates
to the great camp, thus to reduce the
number of delegates and lessen the eX-
pense of the conventions.
Great Record Keeper Watson reported
the total of life benefit members adj
mitted during 1896, as 7,02s, for whom
| certificates were issued amounting To
| 50. 100, 900; social members admitted,
LOGS. The number of life benefit
members admitted during 1897 was
| 9,44S, for whom certificates were issued
amounting to S1l, Asa 900; social mem
bers, 1,373. The net gain in endow-
ment membership for the 1867 rm
is s,347, while the social membership
decreased by 344, leaving net increase
of 5000 During the term the number
of deaths in the order was 73s, or a
death rate of 5.94 per year per 1000
members; and the total amount of
death benefits paid was $1,000, 300 so.
In addition to death benefits, total and
permanent disability and old age bene-
fits were paid TO the amount of S79,-
141.5O, making total amount paid
during the term of S1,l09,4 42. The
total amount paid in death and dis
ability benefits, since the organization
of the order is So, 300, $40 The num-
Der of new tents organized during the
term was 42-23 in 1896, and Is in 1897
with total charter membership of
1,2O4
Great Finance Keeper Whaley reca-
pitulated the endowment and dis
ability and general funds for the past
two wears as follows: Total balance on
hand Dec. 81. 1895. S57,9s0.4S; total re-
ceipts, 81, 4O3, 541.47; total paid out,
81. 1896, 10 Sc; total balance on hand
Dec 81, 1897, S12i.s42. 40 The sick,
funeral and accident benefit funds had
a balance on hand Dec. 81, 1895. OF
S70952 receipts, S6,3o7.s7; paid out
81, 1903. 30; balance on hand Dee. q
camp stirred up little excitement. bu,
not as much as was expected. DeVere
Hall. who had been put forward to run
for great commander against Daddy
Boynton, backed out at the last hour
and Mr.. Boynton had clear track.
There was close contest on the cleo
tlon of great medical examiner and
DIR. Jas. a. Fraser, of Gaylord. was
chosen to succeed DR.. Eaton. The of
commander. n. ;. Boynton, Port HUI
ron; great ieutenant-command De
We're Hall. Bay City; great record
keeper. Thos. Watson, Port Huron:
great finance keeper, Robt. j. Whalev.
of Flint; great medical examiner, Jas.
A. Fraser. Nj. d., Gaylord: great chap
lain. Edwin Reese. Sault Ste. Marie:
great sergeant. w. r. Evans, Pent-
water; great first master of guards
Geo. Lutz, Ann Arbor: second. Lester
Clark. Marquette; great sentinel, j. f.
kleindinst. Coidwater; great picket.
w. M. Binnev, Big Rapids: member
executive committee, Fred Cutler, Ionia.
The Ladies of the Maccabees opened
their session with 625 delegates pres
ent. Great Commander Frances +.
Burns delivered her biennial review of
the great hives work, which, with the
reports of Great Record Keeper Emma
T.. Bower and Great Finance Keeper
Susie Graves, showed the number of
endowment members to be 2G.3sO: So
cial members, 9, ls2; total membership.
$1,000. Increase since 1895, endow-
ment 5,03l: social, 2,4sl: total. 5.4l2
Total number hives. Dee. 81, 1897. 727:
hives instituted during term. 1874: total
charter members, 3.767; death claims
paid during term, 277. amounting TO
$3.50, $50: certificates in force amount To
over $24, O0O. 600. Since 1890. date of
organization. the great hive has paid
S597,250 in death claims. and S7.775 to
disabled members.
The great hive officers were rendered
a splendid reception at Light Guard
armory.
The great hive elected the following
officers Great commander. Frances L.
Burns, st. Louis; great lieutenant com
mander Rachacl \. Bailey. Hastings:
great record keeper, Emma T. Bower.
Ann Arbor: great finance keeper. Susie
;. Graves, Port Huron; great medical
examiner, DR. Emma ID. Cook, Detroit:
great chaplain. Anna Il. Coffin. Bav
CITY: great sergeant. Lena Burch. Mid
land; great mistrcss-at-arms. Anna
Hottie. Muskegon; great sentinel
Alice Daniels. New Buffalo: great
picket. Louisa Harger, Kalamazoo.