The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-11-16
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BIG SESSIONS
9yer One Hundred and Fifty
Officers and Representa-
tiVes at the Annual Meet.
ing.
REPORTS AND ELECTIONS

GRAND SCRIBE PARKER GAVE
INTERESTING FIGURES AND
ENcAArPMENT REPRESENTA-
TIyEs TO GRAND LODGE FUR
NISHED STATISTICS.
The Grand Encampment of New Jer-
sey Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
assembled in Masonic Temple, Trenton,
this week with officers and Representa-
tives TO the number of $50 in attendance.
William c. Taylor. of Newark, presided.
His associates were:
Grand senior warden, Oscar y. Falk,
of Paterson; grand jurier warden. Henry
D. Speakman, of Merehantille; grand
scribe, Lewis Parker, of Trenton; grand
treasurer, james G. Robbins, of Hamil-
ton Square; grand Inside sentinel Geryas
H. Stratton of SaleIx and grand outside
sentinel, Ernest ]. Dean. of Rutherford.
Reports of officers for the year esding
June 80 last were read soon after the
encampment had received into member
ship the. new delegates. That of Acting
Grand Patriarch Taylor reported the
death of Grand Patriarch John E. Davies,
of Trenton, on February 10 last. He
then reviewed his own official acts for
the balance of the year. Three new
branches were chartered. as follows:
Passaic No. S62, of Passaic; Faith No. G3,
of Gibbstown, and Schiller No. 81, of
Carlstadt; Mercer No. 80, of Trenton, was
consolidated with with Trenton No. 2,
of the same city, and Mutual No. SO was
revived at Alulliea Hill Five encamp-
ments surrendered their charters-Nt.
Holly No. 8, of Mt. Holly; Clinton No.
Il, of Clinton; Ridgely No. IS, of Colum-
bus; Good Win No. 35, of Cedarwill,
and Hightstown No. 81 of Hightstown.
Grand Scribe Parker reported as fol
lows:@Number of members at last re-
port, 3,272; initiated, 500; admitted by
card, A.; reinstated, 8; withdrawn, IA;
suspended for cause, Z dropped for nom
payment of dues, 265; died, 35; present
! membership, 3,2S6; making a net gain of
IA for the year. During the year the
otal relief paid out amounted to $685..
g., and at the close Of the year the en-
campments were worth a total Of $780,
s99s6s.
Grand Treasurer Robbins reported a
cash balance on hand Of $429.53.
One of the most important reports was
that submitted by Amos B. Pierce, Of
Newark, and Walter s. Blake. of Vine
land, the eneampment's representatives
TO the Sovereign Grand Lodge, which is
the governing body of the order. In part
the report was as follows
As your representative we submit a
statistical report which we think will in
terest our members throughout this State.
The Sovereign Grand Lodge met in Phil
adelphia, and toe grand secretary report
ed an encampment membership of IT.
$50. In 1876 when the body met in that
city, there were only 81, ,45O members.
During the year 1904 the increase in
membership throughout the country was
$500. There were 3.172 subordinate en-
campments in existence. and they paid
out for relief purposes during the year
| S294. .19e. 60. The receipts amounted to
SS74, ,294 2s, and the resources reached
! the sum Of 81, ,eS4 ,O61 .96. During 1904
/ 14.014 members were relieved.
The encampnent branch is represent
ed as follows: Alabama. 1,S36; Arizo-
ma, 1852: Arkansas, 791; British Colum-
| bia $50; California, 7,103; Colorado,
2,12T Connecticut, 3 3, sS444;; Delaware, 25555;
District Of Columbia s27; Florida, 307;
Georgia, 1,7G9; Idaho. ! Jos; Illinois,
| 9,o56; Indiana. 1G, ,299; Indian Territory,
66a; Iowa, 1921; Kansas. 3 ,46s;; Ken
tucky. 2.544; Louisiana, 31s;; Maine,
.4,746; Manitoba, Ts4; maritime prov
inees, 719; Maryland. ! ,134; MassachIt-
n orc. sf.zt. 49, - o-,s !.