The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-01-25
FRATERNAL SOCIETIES
Growth and Membership
Local Orders.

century VIcTe NtIc hoo w
5000 members of secret societies In
the United States, and five sixths OF
these were Masons, the balance be-
ing members of local secret societies,
organized for patriotic purposes.
Today there are in this country
more than 800 secret societies, as
active factors exerting a powerful
inaueaee socially, politically and
otherwise, and embracing as mem
bers over half the adult male popu-
lation of the United States.
Since the war there has been
gre at growth to such fraternal or
carnations as the Woodman,
Workman, etc., their total member
ship now reaching 100000, and
the aggregate insurance they main
tain amounts to $14, 900 900, 900.
They have paid cut an aggregate
OF oyer 500, 100000 on deaths o.
members.
But aside from the insurance fea-
lures tbereiis a strong incentive to
secret society membership in the so
cial and fraternal features. The old
orthodox religious preiuGices
against secret societies has given
way tt a more enlightened knowl-
edge, and the church no longer OPP
poses them-as i'm fact and in truth
lodge principles and obligations are
based upon the highest OF Divine
laws. Properly conducted they are
the agents of charity and broth erly
love, encouraging the highest de-
gree OF rectitude and morality.
These societies have their repre-.
sentationin every community, in
city and ham!et-a homogeneous
membership distinguished by no de-
gree of wealth or position. by no
sect or religion, by no division of
state craft.
Miller has goodly representation
of these societies and organizations,
governed by the selection OF officers
each year. At present they are rep
resented as follows;
MASONIC.
w. III. Lane, w. Nj; S. v. Christ.
S. w; Chas. Miller, J. w; j. L. Reyes,
Sec'v; j. w. Coquilette, treas. The
lodge membership numbers 45.
Eastern Star is an auxiliary order,
differed as follows:
Mrs. q. {. Briggs, w. NJ; Mrs. j.
p. Morrill,, A. NJ; John Campbell,
w. p; Mrs. s. V. Christ. G; Mrs. +.
w. Gerhard. A. C; Miss Lois Talbot,
Sec'y: Mrs. j. W. Coquillette, treas.
The membership is %.
MODERN wooDMEN.
Z. HI. Coquillette, VIC; p. J. Dunn,
w. A. n. Johnson. B; j. w. CO.
quillette, clerk; b. NJ. Dunn, E; j.
Pusey, S. j H. Baldwin, w; W. H.
Lane, physician; F. Beasom, NJ.
Membership 53.
GRANG ARMY.
Candy Post, e. A. II. has for it's
officers G. W. Rudd, Commander; ID.
G. Butts, S. V; John Danburg, j. V;
b. +, Barnes, @. NJ; r. S. Willett,
adit; Vim. Bates, Chaplain, with
memb rship Of 20.
UNITED woRKMEN.
The A. O. Z. w. order contains 81
members, and is differed by J. NJ.
Schmidt, NJ. W; +. NJ. Dunn, f; Fl. p.
Nelson, Oh. W. Coquillette, r; F. f.
Beasom, f; w. H. Waters, Il; J. G.
Cummings, g; T. J. Robinson, |. G,
ii. r. Gleeves, o. q.
ODD FELLOWS.
The |. o. q. F., the first lodge or
gained in Miller, contains 10 mem
bers, now differed by HI. A. Miller,
n. 6; s. Nicholas, V. G; N. johnson,
X s; j. d. Fitzgerald, p. S; S. Pauly,
treasurer.
Auxiliary to this order are the Re.
bakahs, with Miss Edith Campbell,
N. G; Mrs. n. Johnson, V. G.; Mrs,
Geo. Hubbard, Secy; N. johnson,
treas, and contains on the rolls 20
members
MODERN BRoTHERHo. D.
This newer order is very ST, Iilar to
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