The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-05-15
the warmth of the heart of a true Odd

he warmth of the heart of a true ODD
Fellow
4 have found this same warm well
come on our eastern shores, from the
coast of Maine TO the home Of Brother
Weatherly on the ~Pasquotank.
"In the hustling, bustling cities Of the
wild and woody west, I have been
the subject of tender attentions, be
cause was an Odd Fellow. No matter
how much the rush and hurry; whether
on the street. or in the lodge room.
in the hotel or gilded mansion, the open
hand Of an Odd Fellow was always
kindly extended to a brother, who was
an Apparent stranger in their midst.
Speaking Of the west, reminds me that
while visiting a lodge in the great city
Of Chicago some time ago, l vas IN
reduced to a brother by the name OF
Jacob, and / was told that IN that
lodge. as it is in Cape Fear No. >. and
as It is in this grand lodge, the name
of jacob was a synonym for all hat
is wise and good and pure and noble
and-pretty.
But many and kind as have been
the attentions shown me as an Odd Fell
low. 1 declare to you, that none of them
nave tuudlCu NAACI y" 10 ~
the Odd Fellows of Wilmington.
But those Of us, who are so fortu.
nate as to number among our friends,
| some Of the progressive citizens and
| Odd Fellows, of this, the first city. IN
the great commonwealth of North Car
DINA. knew that we need expect moth
ing else.
"It is claimed, that the initials B. P.
D. E, being interpreted, mean Best
People On Earth and well and truly
| could this 'epithet' be applied to the
people Of this up-to-date city. Since
rhe days of Sir John Yeamans, who
layed the foundation for the construc.
ton of this city in 1865, to the later day
| reconstruction Mayor, Hon. \. NJ.
| Waddell. this is true. This is true,
| from The time of Spencer Compton, the
| Earl of Wilmington, after whom your
| city takes it's name, to the time of our
own beloved Past Grand Master and
| Congressman, Hon. John D. Bellarny,
| who has so elO~quently welcomed US to
your charming city. This is true from
the time of John Godfrey, the author Of
the first drama, ever written in Amer
lea. to the time of the later day drama
fist. Grand Scribe, Joe T. King. OF
course, Brother King never plays his
compositions before a mixed audience.
they are written for ladies only.
1--WE are told that it is possible that
men should combine for the common
good. This is q, day of combination and
economics. 1t is necessary, in order that
we should carry to a successful issue
one of the great points Of our orders
b~enevolence.
ct is necessary in order that we
should carry out that systematic benif-
cence, tina has become one of our car
| dinal principles and has been copied
SO largely by nearly every secret order
in existence, that the Odd Fellows of this
commonwealth, that the Odd Fellows
of these United States, that the Ode
Fellows Of the world, should combine
for the common good. The great stee
companies and steamship lines, ant
railroads find that in order 70 have
power and practice economy they mus
combine ard recently the cotton mil
men said we must combine. and they
said we will form a cotton mill merger
Wilmington true to her reputation t.
keep close up to the front, said We viii
go you one better, and We Will form
1 DdTTOOlu llleISeI- bul II dSlubO 49,
council ]soliloquized thereby: In civiliz
ed countries we no longer have gate:
used as entrances to our cities, but W.
use bars instead, and our entrance Il
a great seaport town like Wilmington
is not enough. The water in the Cap
Fear is deep enough to float anything
bur it shall not float a barrocan merger.
and it didn't. The great God. who's
we are and whom we serve has gIvel
us . lesson on economies. nothing i
lost in nature The rain fails upon tn
earth. runs off by the brooks n inlet
and rivers into the sea, anu is picked
up by the suns rays and carried bdcl
up to the heavens and ~spriukled again
upon the earth in dew drop and i,
rain. We feed wood and coal into gu
furnaces, combustion takes place. hea
is produced and We warm our louses o
cook our food or turn the wheels o
our lightning express and the man.
other wheels o. industry. But the fue
is not destroyed or lOst-but the atom
that go to compose the fue enter int
different relation with each other AM
with other atoms and still exist
The committee on home Tor the age
and infirm and their wives and widow
will hereby recommend that this hom
be established in connection with tn
orphan home and on the same property
so then we car ecOnomize by havfn!
one and the same set of officers to gov
ern both homes and SO the Odd Eel
loves of Wilmington hase prepared t
elegantly entertain US; Cney Will win
US and dine US and feed Us on the IA