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The San Francisco call., 1904-09-18
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the Grand LODGE OF California;

solved the problem-the great prob
lem of to-day-how shall a community
be SO organized and constituted that
none of its members shall be objects
of charity, either public or private
that not one Of them shall be burden
on society.
There are no paupers in this order;
you never saw memper of this or
ganization marching in a procession
cIamoring for bread or work. There
never was an Odd Fellow enrolled in
Coxey's Industrial Army nor in the
Ancient and Honorable order of the
Sons of Rest-the tramp brigade.
You never knew one of them to join
a mob to invade the rights of proper
ty nor a combination to take away
the rights of labor. You never knew
one of them thrown upon the cold
charities of a friendless world. If an
Odd Fellow is in trouble he is aided,
not by grudging charity dispensed to
a man as you would throw a bone TO a
dog, but as a dividend rightfully be-
longing to him..
The principles of this order should
be Incorporated into the body polite
anu lllO SOCicty dI idl 1Ol IL lllC
principles of mutual helpfulness en-
bodied in Odd Fellowship should be-
come the law of society, penury and
want would be done away with. Then
the poor would no longer envy the
rich, nor the rich despise the poor,
and the golden rule which lies at the
foundation of this order would replace
the rule of God. AS William Penn de-
clared long ago, fraternity would be
the best remedy for all our social ills.
But this order is something more
than a mere beneficial society. That
is after all only the lower, the material
side of it. That is it's body, so to
speak; to find its soul, it's spirit, you
but must look into it deeper; you must
study it more profoundly.
An order which teaches equal and
exact justice to all men, an order that
inculcates equalntcivil and political
rights, an order tfflhl9 teaches fraternity
among men and faith in God. is a So
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have 3e2 subordinate lodges, with 50.
CSC members; 93 encamDments, 64e0
members; 2s2 Rebekah degree lodges,
with 1000 members; and while Cali
fornia has only one-twenty- eighth of
the membership of American odd Fell
iowship it pays one-tweifth of the re-
lief disbursed.
The chief objects of Odd Fellowship
then are to promote brotherhood and
fraternity among men; to establish
upon the mutual plan fund for the
relief in sickness and disability of
members and their families and the
widows and orphans OF deceased men,
bers; TO assist the spirit of co-opera-
ton in all departments of labor and
commerce; to aid the unfortunate and
relieve the distressed. Could our
founder, Wildey. revisit the earth. his
great heart as large as humanity
would throb With joy to see the little
one become not 1000 merely but more
than a million in membership and to
know that last year it disbursed four
millions of dollars in relief and 10
know that that princely sum is but
tithe Of its muniicence.
But odd Fellowship Is not a cross
between a life insurance company and
an undertaking establishment. man
does not join ii because he is going to
die, but because he wants to live
longer and more happily. And it is
an undeniable fact that a man will
live happier and longer who has made
provision for sickness and disability.
From the day an honest man takes the
first degree in Odd Fellowship and
gets his first receipt for dues, it gives
a new impulse TO his arm, a new light
to his eye a new hope to his heart, as
we'll as kindling a lamp in his home
that will tighten it when sickness in
vades it and that will even chase away
some of the gloom when the little fam
lily comes back, from the grave they
have bedewed with their tears.
The truth is this organization has
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cial force, N uplifting force. a clvlilz-
ing force, a character building force
a great cohesive force to hold society
and the nation together and 10
strengthen the bonds of human
brotherhood the world around.
1t is q character-making force IL
brings a young man before its altars
and puts upon his lips the most tre-
mendous VOWS of upright living ana
holy service; he processes there by ev-
cry sacred symbol and solemn cere-
mony that he will be a good Odd Eel
low, and therefore that he will be true
to his noblest self, faithful to his fam
lily. loyal to his country, fraternal TO
his fellowmen and reverent and Obedi-
ent to his God.
Teaching loyalty to established gov
ernment and obedience to law cur or
der is one of the strongest bonds of our
nations life.
1t was the three links that helped to
heal the wounds of war and to make
real that vision of a reunited people
that suffused Grants last. hours with
peace and smCothed his pathway to the
grave You remember how the Grand
Lodge of the United States in 1865
solved the problem of reconstruction
The Grand Sire at the close of hostili--
ties issued a proclamation declaring
the unbroken unity of the order, and
at the session of 1865 delegates from
Northern and Southern jurisdictions
took their seats together in the Grand
Lodge. Bishop Hopkins of the Protes-
tant Episcopal church advised his
broken denomination rent in twain by
the war to "go to Baltimore and imi-
tate the example of the Odd Fellows"
Thank God, the three links have never
rusted in time of peace nor melted in
the flames Of wari
Brothers, our work is not done!
While tears are shed by the widows
and the fatherless, while there is strife
and intolerance and want and woe in
the world, we may not forsake our
standards. The gates of new century
have just shut behind us and we must
lift our flag to loftier heights and dedi
cate our great order anew to the high
purposes which gave it birth.
ELBERT r. Ollie,
Past Grand Chaplain, Grand Lodge Of
California
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Tic SpI]
"a NE OF the chief results Of the
( social revolution which has
~ made the spirit of human
brotherhood dominant in this
age is the development of the great
fraternal organizations. There are 81:
frateTnal orders. with 100000 mem
bers, in this land and the white ban
ner of Odd Fellowship leads this vast
army.
There are two classes of these orders
the purely fraternal orders and the
life beneficiary orders. The former
represent = membership of 800, 600. the
latter z membership of 100000 . total
of $500 600. These various societies paid
out a5 benefits last year in round num-
bers s75.OO0,C One hundred and two
Of these societies have paid in the last
thirty years 500. O.5335S1.
Last year the fraternal societies of
America paid in benefits $4,000. 900
more than The Standard Oil Company
pays TO all its employes-and it pays
SIS. .OCo. 900.
The influence and benefit of this vast
amount can best be appreciated if we
divide it into two parts Let US say
that 50.000. coo was paid in death benc-
fits and $4,000. 1000 as weekly benefits.
The former at $1,000 a policy would
mean $4,000 families placed for a time
at least above the fear Of want: the
latter would mean 25OOOO families re-
ceivlng SO q week for ten weeks of the
year. and that means aid in tiding over
a crisis and the keeping of actual want
from the door.
Take odd Fellowship alone. 1t has
1900 subordinate lodges, with 100000
members; 2sOO encampments. with 1885,
900 members: 610O Rebekah degree
lodges with 100000 members; and 49,
600 Patrisrchs Militant.
it has disbursed in relief in its nearly
eighty-six years of life 500 100000, and
it has invested funds amounting to
So, ,OO0, 900, and gives relief annually to
the extent of S4,Oo0O0O.
In our own California jurisdiction we
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Membership in Cali
fOrnia.
NHE following table shows the
name, number, location and
membership of the 39l subordi-
nate lodges under the jurisdic-
tion of the Grand Lodge of Cali
fornia according to the latest official
records:
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-10
UNIVERSITY MEN FIGHT.
Five-Rour Battle Takes Place Be-
tween Freshmen and Sopho-
inores at Purdue.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Sept. 10
Purdue University. at Lafayette,
opened the fall term Wednesday, and
it was ~sisIali2ed by a battle between
freshmen and sophonores which b.
gan at . O'Clock asst night and lasted
until 2so'c1ock Thursday morning.
Three OF the freshmen were discov-
cred painting their class numerals on
the water tank a ne university.
and q crowd OF sophonlOres attacked
them and drove them away. Other
freshmen came to the escUe and the
sOphon1ores were dispersed. Rein
forcemcnts were received and the at
tack renewed. and thus the struggle
continued for several hours. The fresh
me We're finally Outnunlbered, bound
hand and foot and left on the campus
ill morning
Frederick Smith, a freshman. was
badly injured by being thrown from
the tank to the ground. His head was
cut and his body severely bruised.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-10
Had the President All Right.

The Punkville Debating Society
was in regular session, and G.. Wat
kins Squirting was making an earnest
plea on the affirmative side OF the
question, Resolved, That mans ev-
cry act is the result of a selfish mo-
tive"
II go further than that, MI. Prcsi-
dent he said. about three-fourths
OF the things a man does is because
he's enviOus OF what somebody else
does. The ~pin-hcaded speaker that
had the noor last on the other side
lied like a pirate when he said
Here the president OF the society
raped on the desk.
The gentleman must not nsc such
language as that" he said.
why not?"
Because it isn't parliamentary"
1T may not be parliamentary, Mr..
President vociferated G. Watkins
Squirting, loosening his collar Il roll
ing up his sleeves. but by gum. It's
Observation-Disclosures Tribune,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-10

and wool Of this charming narrative
there, too, was BLACK Donald
most formidable and interesting aof
.out1aws-an American Robin Hood
and Jack Shepherd in one the rob
Der in colleague with lie Noir, the
william OF the story. Nor should the
delightful Hamlet to Tiptop. the
scene OF the narrative, be forgotten.
There are 10000 men and wc1nen who
would enjoy a stroll through its high
street and its precincts.
The Hidden Hand" was dram
atized and played in every town in the
country that had a heater 1t was
immensely popular and no doubt made
several fortunes for Mr.. Bonner. Mrs.
southworth was not a novelist OF the
first claSs-far from it-but be sure
you viii never, as man, enjoy Field
ing or Goldsmith or Scot or Dumas or
Thackeray or Dickens unless, as boy,
you enjoyed the 'Hidden Hand or
'1shmael" or THE Doom OF Deville'
or "The Curse of Clifton or Rose
Elmer and the rest of them.
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FAlRMCNT, w. va.
BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD
Very LOW Rate Sunday Excursion
Tickets On Sale May Is.

Effective May Is and continuing
every Sunday thereafter until FUR
Their notice, the Baltimore 4 ONO
Railroad will place on sale excursion
tickets between stations of Wheeling
and Grafton, good going East bound
on regular train No. 70, leaving Fair
mont at 1852 A. M, and returning
no regular trains NO. I-33, leaving
Grafton 1910 noon, and $50 P. M;
and good going West bound on regular
train No. 5, leaving Fairmont at I:4'
A.. NJ, and returning on regular train
No. 4, leaving Wheeling at 500 +.
NJ. For tickets and full Information,
call on ticket agent.
T. B. HENDERSON.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-10
Gold Comfort FOR Democrats.

At the present writing the indlca-
lions are thai the Republican majority
in Vermont win be about 10000. This
is fully up to the average of the ma
iCrities obtained in the years in which
the Republicans have e successful
in electing their candidate for Presi-
dent. 1t does not want any inference
that the sentiment of the Northeast
has undergone any evolutionary
change on account OF the return of
the Democratic party TO sound doc
trine on the money question. On the
other hand. the fuller returns frori
Arkansas show a falling Off OF the
Democratic vote in that State, which
is hardly to be accounted for wholly
by local disaffection. 1t is probable
that the sO-called "radicals' who were
disappointed at the National cOnven-
ton and whom Mr.. Bryan claimed to
represent haze expressed their disap-
pOintInent and resentment by staying
at home. That would be likely to
lead, in November, to their voting the
populist ticket.-Ncw York Times
tDeul.) ".
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-10

given by the juicen OF luscious fruits,
ripe and fresh. makes Jin Martins
soda so popular The fact that all
these syrups are absolutely pure ap
peals to everyone's good sense who
values health The water used is pure
also, and there is no Summer bever-
age SO wholesome and delicious. Try
a glass Of soda with his delicious ice
cream at the
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Z

What's the matter with Rooseyelt?8
He's all right!
That's: the verdict of the people of the
country o'er tonight.
From Maine to California they've
taken up the fight
For Roosevelt and good government.
Hes all right!
In his battle for the people he early
found his place.
Hating wrong, he found corruption
where'er it showed its face
He's thoroughly American, you can
trust him out of sight.
SO what's the matter with Roosevelt?
Hes all right.
OF Roosevelt and prosperity the ma
tons had three years.
with him to guide the ship of state
the farmers have no fears.
They want no more experiments,
they've come to see the light,
So what's the matter With Roosevelt?
F.. Hes all right,
in his honesty of purpose there's not
the slightest doubt;
with a lasting object lesson the canal
ring found it out:
To safeguard The peoples interest ne
made a winning fight,
SO what's the matter with Roosevelt?
He's all right!
We've enlisted for the contest, it's a
battle for the right,
And we have a standard bearer never
known to shirk a fight.
He's been tried and not found want
ing, and the people in their
might
viii elect him in November. He's
all right,
JOHN ADDISON GILBERT
Guthrie, Okla.
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BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD.
Cheap Excursions to the ST. LOUIS
WORLDS Fair Every Wednesday
In August, September and Oc-
tober-Only $500 Round
Trip From Fairmont.

Tickets will be good going in
coaches only on specified trains.
Returning, tickets will be good in
coaches only Oh all regular trains,
leaving ST. Louis nOt later than ten
days, including date OF sale.
Call on ticket agent for time OF
train and full information.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-10
LIVES WITH BROKEN NECK.
|. NJ. Raasbothan Able 20 Talk Wit5
Ills 7eiativeG.

WESTFIGLD, Mass, Sept 10
With a broken neck. but in full possess
sion Of his mcntal faculties, l., W
R~an7bothan. of West Springfield, pres
ident OF the Ransbothan & Tower Coal
Company, is stin alive.
While he was painting On his farm
in West Springfield on Monday a por-
tion OF the staging ave way II Mr..
Ransbothan fell, breaking his neck,
He is able to talk TO his relatives, but
medical experts say he can live only Z
few days.
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The viii O. The Wfsp Of WeastSs
Is not caught by careless chasing
but by ceaseless saving. In Plain.
words, put your dollars into this banak
and you'll have your " a yeaFshencses
with four (4) per cent Interest added
Multiply hat by dollars and the Teazss
and you will find what yon OWL n
decade hence. It's as plain as al
when you bring your first doliaT here
Bring it.
CITIZENS DOLLAR SAVINGS RAFsk-
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SOUTH SIDE PHARMACY.
NOTICE

II o e a nice 'oklnS
couple driving around with a
good stylish horse, elegant harness,
nobby r~un-a-bout, carriage or trap,
with nice clean robes, and everything
to match, you a wager ten to one 1t
was hired from the Jackson Livery
Barn, as we put out only that kind.
FRED S. JACKSON, Manager. Open
day and night. z
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JOSEPH

Contractor for enent Sidewalks
Cellar Floors, Yards, Retaining Waits
and Steps. Stable Floors and Cellars
made water tight, a Speciality
Residence-Spence street, naaE Aa~
pie F. & NJ, Phone, $50 p
O. Box, 476. Fairmont,, w Va
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sRYAN's VIEW OF PLATFORM.

ton, or appeal for votes for the ticket
upon false grounds. A Democratic
victory will mean VERY Il TIE, IF
ANY, PROGRESS on economic CUES
tions SO long as the party is under
the control of the Wall Street eie-
rnent. !" Il = The LABOR PLANK
as prepared by Judge Parker's
friends en- the subcommittee was a
straddling, meaningless plank. =
81 = The nomination of Judge Par
ker VIRTUALLY NULLlFlES n
ANTITRUST PLANK" William
Jennings Bryan, in THE Common
err" July 10, 1904.
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have some good lots in two squares
OF Courthouse Tor sale at S315-GO. n.
II. Lanhan. Z
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Best line composition books. zen
ellis. etc. Burdette's. Y
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I have some good bargains on EaaG-
mont venue. Call and see me r.
H. Ianham. Z
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Thousands, five cent tablets. Bur
ttetreS. =
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"a delight 10 both the
and fashionable woman Dorsstny
podd shoes. c.. B. Highland
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AS comfortable as the %proverbial
gloves-Dorothy Dodd Shoes for won-
en.aS O.. B. Hfghland.5 x
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E@abie Furniture at Fairrnont Fur
=Irure co. a
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Hats, Shirts, Collars and Ties at c
Highlands. )
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Hats. caps, shirts, collars and ties.
G. B.. Highland. Y
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No doubt Bonner got the idea hat
conceived the 'Ledger' from Gleas-
on's publications. and he made the
venture a SUCCESS by means OF the
most extensive and the most at
tractive advertising Il had hereto
fore been practiced. He caused the
Ledger" to be known in every com
munity, and made it a welcome visitor
in tens of thousands Of households.
He made millions out of it, and though
he was perhaps the most daring, and
certainly the most brilliant advertiser
of his time, the Ledger eve con
tanned a line OF advertising other than
the simple announcement of its terms
to subscribers. Every other line Of il
was pure reading matter.
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IENRS. O w II
MIR. BONNER AND
G : 81 G {: DGaEE y

q rascal. or led a girl aStray. Ihefe
was not a line of it that could not be
read aloud in the chastest family cir
Gle. 1t lived its day OF usefulness
and whe tho genius that made 1t
SO successful relaxed it's hold, and
newer ideas were evolved u OF our
steain engine methods OF progress,
the Ledger" died, ever as the epoch
OF which it was an institution. 50
years ago. is dead.
Bonner was 0 a Yankee. but a
ScOtch-Irishman, q descendant OF
some stern Presbyterian who had held
Londonderry and fought in the victo-
rious ranks Of the soldiery that tri-
umphed at the fiSnt OF Boyne Water.
When James @. Blaine was q baby and
Andrew Jackson was President Rob
ert Bonner landed in America q poor
boy; nearly three score years and ten
later he lie a millionaire. He had
health, strength. energy, industry,
judgment. persistence. honesty. fru-
gality and sobriety. He was appren-
ticed TO the printers craft and'became
the best printer Of every Office in
which he worked. His motto was,
THE best is the cheapest and that,
coupled with the act that he vas the
most brilliant advertiser of his time.
made his fortune. The genius of he
man was disclosed in a success that
he made the good will" Of his peri
0dicaI worth more than a million.
Bonner was not a pioneer. Some
,.,,,.- I.oFrro hic limo thn-n -yr0--n co,,n
literary publications-weekly and il
lustrated-in Boston. The proprietor
was a mar named Gleason, and one Of
them was called The Line of Battle
Ship" a rather good name for The
sort Of paper it was. Another was
"Gleason's Pictorial" No doubt
there are garrets in many American
farmhouses in which are slowed away
| copies Of these publications.. Zen
| Perley POore vas a yoluminOus con
| trihutor 10 Them. and my recollection
is that lis novels were n the main
historical--that is, he wrote mainly
romance. the scenes OF which We're
laid during our war for Independence.
His heroes were American patriots
OF the Continental army and his vii
| lians were rufians of the British army.
They were not up to Henry Es1nond,'
oG The Tale Of N Two Cities" bur
they were good, patriotic reading,
and some bloody Gcfitirg. III nearly
all of which we licked the British and
Tories.
Poore was a Washington CORE
spondent the last 20 years OF his life.
- IT, Jr--tD~ tslr,,,-
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n w. anont 1S5S fhat .,-Thn Niddan
Hand. ~, fret ,r,rtod in ,1a "1 ad-
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School supplies. Burdettes. x
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It Is impossible 10 write OF Mrs.
Sourhworth without a mention Of Rob
ert Bonner and the New York
ledger where is the man or wo-
man IL three-score to whom these
naInes do moi bring pleasant mem
%ories9 In his sphere Bonner was q
genius and a public benefactor. When
Sir Walter Scott met The grcat man
cial reverse that engulfed his fortune,
h made him q bankrupt, an English
gentleman exclaimed: scott broke!
If every mar to whom he has given
hours Of delight would contribute to
him a shilling he will be the richest
subject in Europe" And TO millions
Bonner gave hours Of pleasure as he
made MS weekly visits during all the
years he was the heart n the brain
and the purse Of the New York
'.Ledger."' II was called The Cham
berInaid,s Organ in derision, and it
is true hat its literature was inferior
to Johnson and Goldsmith, but it was
purerthan Fielding and Smollet. They
said it wasstrash,'' but it was whole
some trash It5neVer taught an I'M
moral lessonsand ifSit made boys and
saatrFS roman Cit