The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-06-30
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The WOOdmen of the World Carry Ont
Impressive Services in dwelling IL
Monument to MIR. s. HI. Penny

The WOOdmen of the World Carry Ont
Impressive Services in dwelling II
Monument to Mr. s. HI. Penny
| At 6 o'clock Sunday afternoon several
hundred people assembled at Oakdale
cemetery to witness the unwilling of
a monument to Mr.. S. H. Penny by
! Live Oak Camp No. 6, Woodmen of the
World. g
The custom of the Woodmen of the
World is to erect a 500 monument to
| each of it's deceased members, and pre-
vious to the erection Of the one to Mr..
Penny, Live Oak Camp has erected
monuments to Messrs. C. B. Allen and
George w. Carter.
On Sunday afternoon at 5 o'clock,
Live Oak Camp assembled at it's hall
in the MacRae building and marched
to Oakda1e cemetery. There the camp
assembled around the grave OF Mr..
Penny, and carried out the unwilling
ceremonies. A male quartette consist
ing of Messrs. c. H. Cooper, r. F. Fow-
Ter, G. H. Robinson. Jr., and H.. X.
Holden, sang on the occasion. The ex-
81 1oS oPSLASA VAIL AhS I'll
Nearer My God to Thee" the Camp
joining in the singing. The quartette
then san "It is the Lords Own Day."
Consul Commander J. j. Fowler read
from the ritual, referring to the custom
of erecting a monument to dead mem
berS of the order as the fulfillment of
an obligation which all Woodmen have
taken to protect the good name of each
other while living and mark we'll their
graves when dead. Mr. Geo. C. Jackson,
the clerk, then placed the pike pole
M treamecs on the front of the grave,
and Watchman w. w. King and San
try A. J. Yopp laid branches Of palm
upon the grave. AS this impressive GER
emory was concluded the quartette
tenderly sang Lead, Kindly Light"
Reader J. Wallace Carmichael e
from the ritual the hymn, "Oh, Why
Should the Spirit of Mortal be Proud"
and at it's conclusion Consul Command
er Fowler read from the ritual, "Re-
move the veil and let Gods sunlight
shine upon this tribute to our fallen
sovereign" AS this was said, Mr.. j..
H. Hinton, master of ceremonies, I'M
yelled h monument, after which the
quartette sang NOW the Day is Over"
The concluding ceremonies were then
gone through with by Consul Com
mander Fowler, Banker w. H. How
ell, Adviser Lieutenant w. l.. Holden
and Clerk George G.. Jackson.
B. G. Empie, Esq, who a been in
vited ito deliver the Grafton, then de-
livered a beautiful address. Among
other things he said:
I'm response to your invitation 1 ap-
ear this afternoon to say a few words
commemorative of the life and deeds
of n Of (your members, and inciden-
tally, to refer to h great charity that
you have established in this section,
and whose ever widening influence
will in a few. years be bounded only by
the confines OF this country.
"a clause in your constitution ex-
plains h scope n object of your fra
ternal order. It's aim is high; its ideals
are lofty; it's object, to benefits man
reserved the honor Of marking with ap-
prOpriate memorial the last resting
places of it's members. Over the wide
stretch Of this country WE see the
white stones pointing upwards, at once
a testimony of your generosity n re-
membrance. They are dotting the hill
sides and the valleys, and marking
the graves of your members wherever
a grave pillows itself above the sur
face of the earth. You care for the
sick; provide for the disabled; you
a X those poor creatures whose minds
have been touched by Gods own hand
and give them attention, raiment, food:
a hospital and an asylum. You gather
at the bedside Of the dying and smooth
his path to the grave gou give him
sepulture, and when to darkened
homes the widow and children return,
you irradiate it with YOU benefac-
tions and pushing your arms of beneh-
cence into the future provide for the
needs by bestowing upon them an in
a fund that keeps want from
the door and gives them the means OF
livelihood; thus, though death has de-
prived them of the arms Of support
you supply new forces to supplant
those which death has denied. :
Time will not permit a 1engthier ref
erence to your order and I approach
reverently the duty assigned and be-
gin at once the discussion Of the char
acter Of Samue III. Penny.
Born in u midst and working
daily in our sight, we, who knew him,
recognize the sterling qualities Of h
mar and the high character he bore.
1t was not his privilege to rule over
men or wear the honors Of exalted sta
ton, but in the walk OF life he chose
and in the prosecution OF the profes-
sion he adopted he diligently and !
.ageously performed hic duty"
After the GRAFTON the camp honors