The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-05

bringing the country together, but h,
 contended that the friendships that grey between men of the North and men o
 the South on account of being Odd Eel
 lows was decidedly mere potent.
 fatherhood of God and the brotherhood l Of man and the everlasting maxim. Fl l Is better to give than to receive" Its
 meinpers are bound to each other by ever,
 lasting Ff1endship, Love and Truth. 1, rol co-operations in all relations of life | anu seeks to enfold within its arms alj of the human white race.
 The benetit system of the Odd Fellow slip. Mir Goodwin said Is the most com p;ete Of all secret orders Not only are l the subordinate lodges required to ma ' SICK ana funeral benefits but the Odd Fellows support homes and educational members and maintain comfortable homes foi the inuigent and aged members, and their wives.
 1t Is the only fratarnal order, he said, that recognizes woman as CO., worker in it's mission for relief of suf- fering humanity. The Grand Sire here made the declaration that the members
 Of the Rckekah degree did much to
 keep up the charitable institutions of
 Paid Y1oo, ,ooo, 900 in Benefits.
 The founders, he said, were plain. earnest men. but they comprehended the
 great need of such an organization to
 succor fallen humanity. The order had
 grown, but as 1t had grown. so its good
 and its power for good had increased
 Benevolence had grown with numbers and in 1903 over $4,000,000 was paid for benefits and in the history of Odd
 Fellowship the benefits amounted to
 He then described the offices of the
 several branches of the order, the work done by the subordinate lodge. the work
 done by the patriarchal branch, where
 more mo minutedw followed. the Rebekah degree and the militant branch or
 showy part of the order.
 Odd Fellowship had just completed
 It's most successful year. he said. In list, but in 1903, S5,000 were added and the total number was raised to nearly one million and a half souls. These
 members are in every corner of the lodge of odd Fellows. and although the speaker considered it an inappropriate ooasion to disuss the future of the Philippines. he said that the Anglo time eternal and Odd Fellowship will help solve many of the problems with which they are confronted. Mir. Goodwin closed with a brilliant appeal for harder work on the part of the members of the order.
 The meeting was dismissed by Rev Frank Seay in a short prayer. The committees from the Montgom- cry Lodges who had charge of the oc. casion were
 Committee on Arrangements-Jacot Pepperman, chairman; B. c. Tarver Henry Englehardt, c. H. Roquemore O. F. Warner. E. w. Stay N B. Burks s. B. Sightler, Rev. Frank Seay. Committee on Reception-A; e Forbes, chairman; Bibb Graves, J. F worswick, Dr. c. A. Dennis, A. l.. Ty. son. H. A. Cook. M. B. King. D. W. Hurlbut J. W. Smith, Dr. Olin Kirkland W. J. Proctor, Frank Tennilre. At the conclusion of the speaking, the | audience dispersed and reassembled 1T | the Odd Fellows Hall. on Court Square
 where an informal reception was ten | dered the Grand Sire
 i At 2 o'clock this afternoon, the Odd | Fellows of Montgomery will tender
 Mir. Goodwin a banquet, at the conclu
 sion of which he will leave for his hom' | in Atlanta.
 The Montgomery lodges participat ing in the entertainment of the Gran, Sire are. Capital City, No, 12o, c. C | Bird. Noble Grand; Lomax, No. 1856. H l F. Fretwell, Noble Grand; Montgomery
 No. 200. Morris E. Pepperman, Nobf Grand.