The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-07-07
The FINAL
SESSION OF
ODD FELLOWS
Held Yesterday at Which the Reports
of the Various Committees
We're Adopted.
NEXT MEETING AT RED STAR.
A Widows and Orphans Home to
Be Founded-other Business
Transacted.

The second days session OF the Grand
United Order of Odd Fellows was con-
veued at Odd Fellows, hall at 9 o'clock
yesterday morning. The meeting opened
with devotional exercises, led by the
Rev. James Hargrow, district grand
chaplain, OF Anderson. District Grand
Master S. B. Morgan. then appointed
committees on resolutions. insurance,
widows and orphans. auditing and ac-
counts and endowment. They then ad-
journed pending the reports of these
committees.
Upon reassembling. the resolutions
committee. composed of G. w. Holley,
A. P. Straughter, F. W. Wright. Will
lam Howard and G. W. Hughes, recon-
mended that the secretary be given
power to issue special annual return
sheet. with form Of credentials at
tached. same to be furnished to the
subordinate lodges throughout the jur-
isdiction at the cost Of printing; that
any lodge falling to send annual lodge
sheet thirty days prior to the converting
of the grand lodge, shall be fined. that
the district grand lodge meet the last
Thursday in August rather than the
first Thursday In July; that all subor-
dinate lodges entertaining the district
grand lodge charge each OF the officers
and delegates one dollar per day board
expenses. the money to be distributed
among the members of the lodge that
entertained them. They also submit
ted resolutions, thanking the various
railroads for reduced rates. also the
mayor and chief Of police for courtesies
shown them and protection given off,
GERS and delegates along the line OF the
parade Thursday. They also extended
heartfelt thanks to members of Urlca
lodge, for their general hospitality and
royal entertainment. They also re-
solved that the delegates carry home
with them lessons OF courtesy and hos
pitality shown them at the metropolis
OF the state; that they regretted that
1t was impossible for James McHenry
Jones. who will be the fraternal dele
gate to England. to be present at the
sessions; that they wished him much
success on his trip abroad and re-
quested him to meet with the district
grand lodge at their next session, which
will be held in the hall OF the Sons Of
Harvey No. 1910. at Red Star.
The auditing committee. consisting OF
T. H. Jackson. P. ]. Tlnsley, R. A.
Arringtoa. E. S. Peck and G. w.
Hughes. reported that they had audited
the books Of the secretary and treasurer
and found them to be correct in every
detail. on 0nl sh's ~
The committee on widows and2 Or
phans reported they had found forty
five widows and eighty-four orphans in
the state; they had been cared by the
various subordinate lodges In the state.
They recommended that more be done
for the widows and orphans than had
been done In the past and that the dis
trict grand lodge secure home for the
widows and orphans somewhere in the
state.
The committee on Insurance.
after examining the annual re-
turn sheets and finding over two
thirds of the lodges had real and per-
sonal property insured, recommended
that the property OF oil the lodges b.
properly insured. They recommended
that nm insurance plan be adopted and
committee be appointed to have sole
power over all regulations and rules
governing the same.
After receiving and adopting the
various committee. r. A. Arlington
moved that the business OF electIng Of
ficers for the ensuing year be gone into.
The election resulted as follows:
G. W. Holley. of Hinton, district
grand master: John Noel. OF Nutau-
burg, deputy district grand master: G.
w. Hughes, OF Huntington, district
grand secretary; G. W. jackson. OF
Montgomery. district grand treasurer:
F. w. Wright. OF Wheeling. district
grand director.
After the election OF officers the dis
trict grand master made the following
appointments: James Hargrove, OF
Aiedrson. to be district grand chan.
lain; n. T. Walton. OF Charleston, to be
district grand warden. and ]. D. Morris,
OF Fire Creek, to be district grand guar.
dian. Adjournment was then In order.
In the evening the Rev. D. D. Per.
kins. of Huntington. delivered the an
nual sermon, after which the auditing
committee submitted complete re.
port. The business OF the order being
then complete. they adjourned to meet
at Red Star. July 1. 1901.
The various officers and delegates will
depart for their several homes on til.
early trains this morning.