The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1901-11-20
1,,;;;,;,., Es:j;l|j,AMPMENT
CT DELAWARE, |. 0. 0. F.
I;ily.ScconJ Arnual Communication of the Grand
ln.C:,pAleni Held in THIS City
Interesting Figures Given

TIL. Past Grand Masters Asso-
cial on oil the |. O. q. #. head a
Ecri:n% IN t"is ,'ty yesterday al
ternacn and elected the lol owing
officers, which were Installed last
evening. President. j. \. r'oult. OF
M,llorI; vice. presidents: Ed gar {,
Pierce. OF Wilmin.tor; secretary.
Il. +. s,iaHes sclrt: historian. I'd
win Hlrst. y coMmitleeto arrange
for the entertainments o. the con-
ing winter was appointed as .o..
lows: Gold NTH G. NAyor, f. n.
Jester, Is. f. ohakespeare, J. H.
App!eoY.
Last evea.ns in the Odd Fellows
Hall. Third AMI King. the sd an.
nual communication OF the Grand
Encampmcn. OF Delaware, |. O. o.
e, was held. Reports were re.
ceived and officers elected tor the
coming year
In his report Grand Patriarch
Joshua b. Carpenter sa'l:
''Patriarcns: Another year has
passed away. and in the provI-
deuce OF Almighty God. NC are
again permitted 10 meet IN annual
session, to give AN account "i our
work
Il cheerIuliy greet YOU, reprcscn-
tatiyes. and extend to you cor.
dial welcome. trusting that in our
coming together tins time we may
so legislate tn at it may bring abou
Il greater prosperity to the Patr'-
archal Branch OF on order in the
future.
Representatives, it is with re-
gret that herein record the TACT
that our worthy patriarch. Edwin
Hirst, p. {. r., has been compelled
i'll health and bodily inhrmiics t"
give up the active duties Of grand
scribe For over IS years he has
performed the duties of said Office
faithfully aud punctua'ly, ever rea-
dy to give council and advice to all
who might call upon him.
In referring to himself, Grand
Scribe Edwin Hrst SAID:
"patriarckS; Since we iast as
sembled in annual communication,
another year has passed into eier-
nifty. and many solemn changes
have passed before US,
Let US invoke the Blessing Of the
Grand Patriarch above as we, III
the spirit OF fraternity, renew the
work which has been done. and, If
errors OF Judgment OF execution
have been committed, 10 ascertain,
if possible. and apply the best
means OF correcting the same, as
well as to so leg lalaic tor the future
as shall advance The best interests
OF our beloved order.
The time viii come 10 each and
al! of us, when we must submt &c
the inevitable and lay down our ar.
NOR, which VIII be taten up 10y
others and the good work wj'lbl
continued, for the world vii! SO
on even after the best and the Las
OF us shall have passed the dark
river, as none OF us are lndlspeusl
tle factors in the good work
lowing to circumstances DeyonI
nv control, it became necessary
Tor me TO remove my personal el
tects during the earlier part OF thi'
year. The last removal occurre,
during the intensely hot period o
the summer. and, being unavoId
ably exposed, was Frustrated b,
the heat. and this misfortune, com
/ bined with the inevitable confusion
incident to all removals, rendered
i! Impossible for me TO perform amy
Of my duties with promptncss.
when my unfortunate condition
became known to our worthy ass
,stant grand scribe, Patriarch ]
II. Applcby, Z. &. Rep, he, with
his Characteristic promptness, gen
erously and noblv came To my re
lief, and volunteered to assume The
active duties deyolvlng upon th'
grand scribe Tor the remainder 0
the wear, which kindly offer
gratefully accepted, aud as soon a
was able 10 do SO. | arranged T.
place in his possession the seal
books and other properties belong
~ to the Grand Encampment