Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-11-29
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creating n life insurance department
attached to and centralized by the S G.
L., and to present at the next session
report containing a suggestive plan for
such insurance The 5. G. J.. very
wisely deemed the proposed legislation
inadyisable. 1t was voted that an officer
violates his obligation when he certi-
fies to an outside organization the
amount Of benefits which has been paid
member, unless 1t is done at the
members request or by his consent. A
telegram from the grand master OF
Texas stated that the membership of
the four lodges OF Galveston was 2l5,
and that IA of the number were dead
and missing. Over 200 was the Csti-
| mated loss OF life among the Odd Eel
lows and their families.
Strange as 1t may seem, the emblems
Of the order have never been specifically
| declared to no the adopted and dis
| tinctive emblems OF the order in such
manner that the same could properly
be introduced as evidence Of the fact.
and it was voted and specifically de-
clared that tho words Friendship,
Love and Truth, " the "Three Links, "
and the initials IF. l.. & t." have
| heretofore been, nnw are, and shall be
the adopted emblems and badges OF
the order.
The committee on appeals had sew
eral cases prssented for consideration,
in one of which construction is placed
upon an amendment to the constitution
adopted at Atlantic City in 1895, rela-
tive to hartenders and saloon keepers.
In the case reported brother acted
temporarily for bartender and with.
out pay. The defence was that he was
not q bar keeper under the construction
of the constitution, because he was
temporarily Ia the place, and served
without pay for short time to accom-
mediate q friend. The committee held
that 1t makes no difference In law
whether the brother sells with or with
out pay, and the Length Of time and
quantity of liquor sold is immaterial.
Ii he sells at all he Is bartender or
saloon keeper.
Grand Representative George II.
Taylor, in reporting to the Grand En-.
cRmpment, in addition to the informa-
tion heretofore mentioned, gave the fol-
lowing statistics from the report of the
grand secretary of the Sovereign Grand
Lodge: Our order has kept pace with,
and Its remarkable growth and develop.
menr are the fruit of a progressive
civilization, which, in the century just
closing, has extended it's bene6cent in
fluence to many lands and peoples
scarcely known to exist 100 years ago.
After 81 years of unfalterin9 effort il
has become fixed institution in many
nations, and ~ recognized everywhere
as a powerful ally in the upbuilding Of
society and the relief OF suffering and
distress. As a practical illustration Of
the truth Of our professions, see the
millions of money contributed annually
and recall for a moment the untolc
ministrations to those in distress, which
cannot be computed in the coin of any
realm known to thisworld Our achieve
ments in the past give us encourage
ment, hope and confidence IN the future
! phenomenal. With an increase of owe
81, 900 in the membership in subordinat,
, , lodges, 1900 in Rebekah members
and, hest of all, nearly 2,700 in tn
Patriarchal branch, we find every reason
for congiatulation and hope. From in
dications in some of our most activ
jurisdictions there is encouragement t,
, believe that the figures of 1899 will b.
, exceed in 1900"
: The following statistics show tn
! strength and operations of the orde
throughout the world. from 1880 t
December 3lst, 1899: limitations in sub
! ordinate lodges, 2,346,3o5; member
! relieved, 1856, 100; widowed familie
! relieved, 2i5.726 members deceased
$50, 657 total relief, Ss4, 545. $50. SO tota
revenue, 1918, 7l9, 9s3. 55. The condition
OF the order, December 3lst, 1899, va
:. as follows; Sovereign Grand lodge, |
= quasi independent grand lodges a US
= tralasia, Denmark, Germany, Neither
! lands, Swenden and Switzerland, 6
grand lodges, Sc; grand encampments
!. So; subordinate lodges, Il. 944; subor
= dinate encampments, 2,660; lodge mem
= bers, 800, 965; encampment members
= l30,067; Rebekah lodges, 5,34T; Re
!. bekah lodge men bera, 1926. 1893.
;, During the session there was no leg
. islation transacted directly bearlr
2 upon the encampment branch of th
: order. There were two amendment
!, offered to the constitution to make b
ennial sessions and one requiring
y member to be a past "Chief Patri
~ arch" to be grand representative.
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