The Florence daily tribune., 1902-10-17

place, ana It's plnce Is III every nome
of moderate circumstances. Frater-
nifty is pure and simpie-just this {;
Love thy neighbor as thyseif. and
let her know il by thine actions, ,"
There, my friends, is just where some
of us miss it We forget the last part
of that.
We may be loving an unfortunate
neighbor just AS hard as we know how,
but unless We do something to help
her ! cant see that it will be any
great help to her, There is where
fraternity comes in. 1t is love ex-
pressed in kindly deeds. Making
another's sorrows our own.
SO much for those who are already
III the great ranks of Woodcraft. 1t
is not TO them, however. that wish
to talk tonight. 1t is to those whom
we have invited here to spend an even
ing with us in the roomy halls of our
loved order. These entertainments
are intended to bring us together for
mutual pleasure and profit. To get
better acquainted Then if You like
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us and we like you we ask you to Join
us in what we consider the two best
orders pn earth Not that we would
dlsparage any other good fraternal
order. far from it, Woodcraft does not
need to tear others down to huild
itself. There is room for us all; III
you don't like us, we beseech you in
the name of your home loved ones to
90 join some other fraternal order aud
protect your family. Not anyone or.
der or any one church can please
everybody.
The Woodmen of Florence have
about $50 members, the Circle have
10 Both pretty big families, aren't
they2 We are peaceable and quiet
kind of folks and few dozen more of
our audience tonight will not crowd
our camp fire. There is room at orr
camp kettle for you il you feel dis
posed to try Woodmanfs luck. Now
let me tell you on the side, Wood
mems luck is pretty good fare. -
do not have any patience with
people who make excuses just to get
others to say nice things about them.
1t reminds me of the story of the far.
mer's wife who when she saw load
of company drive up to her door at / i
o clock exclaimed, Il don't know
what l shall get you for dinner for
Eve only got seventeen kinds Of pie
baked and we were just going to have
plain fried chicken and sweet potatoes
and mashed potatoes and rice pudding
and cocoanut cake and L IN just afraia
you won't get much. May be you
can stand it tho for one meal and
next time If you will let me know you
are coming III get you up good din.
ner, Now If you have well filled
pantry you know it. IL you have not
others know it. So nothing need he
said, the Circle pantry is all right
| don't know so much about the Wood
man pantry. They are pretty still
about that. It's my honest opinion
tho that there is nothing in it but
boxes and boxes of cigars. II they
have anything else in there we Circle
ladies are willing to be convinced.
We give them the advantage of the
doubt. o. the Woodmen are all right
in every way; they are kind, gener.
Gus and good to their members and
good to the Circle We scold them
but we do not allow anybody else to
do So
Fraternal insurance is no humbug;
it is becoming safer and surer each
year. At the close of 1901 there were
nearly a billion of dollars of fraternal
insurance in force. Such enormous
amounts could not be obtained unless
it was good thing.
The W of W. and Women of Wood.
craft are strong, young orders care
fully managed aud particularly good
for western people as We have n west
ern jurisdiction and therefore are not
liable for the death loss in the eastern
and middle states where the conditions
are not aS healthful.
The Woodmen of the World have
over 800, 900 members in the United
States, Canada and Mexico four times
the size of any other fraternal order of
the same age-twelve years. They
have 1000 monuments erected over
graves Of deceased members three
over soldiers graves in Manila; one
over Woodman grave in Dawson
City-the only monument there. No
matter where Woodman of the World