The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-09-11
ODD FELLOWS, EXCURSION.
Many Roswell Members Participate
in Festivities at Carlsbad.

III FGSStNttiCS dA Val iSPdas
The Odd Fellows and Rebekahs
who journeyed to Jericho by special
train Sunday are convinced that the
Good Samaritans have nearly all NOV
ed to Carlsbad and hat there is no
danger of falling among thieves any
where along the route.
The travellers found Rebekan at
the we'll and the tents of hospitality
open to the stranger. To partake OF
a pinch of salt, eat a bit of bread,
and drink a cup of sweet water IN
with the Arabs of Carlsbad
and cement with them an eternal
friendship was the lesson of the day.
In plain newspaper talk, however.
the various branches of the L. o. y.
F. went from Roswell to Carlsbad
Sunday to participate in the ceremo-
MES of laying h corner stone Oh
the first Odd Fellows temple in the
Pecos Valley. Grand Master w. w.
Ogle's presence vas necessary as a
law OF the order, and the local lodge
being proud of having a grand mas
ter in its membership naturally de-
sired to give him as imposing an es-
cort a. possible. Accordingly the Pa
triarcns Militant, or uniformed Chev
alters, accompanied him in full force.
Carlsbad Odd Fellows also had spe-
cial reasons for desiring Mr.. Ogle
to dedicate their new temple, he hav-
ing been a charter member of the
Eddy lodge Inc for many years en-
gagged in business at Carlsbad. Be
sides the Chevaliers there were about
thirty representatives OF other de-
grees from Roswell who attended
the dedication and enjoyed the hospi-
tality of the Carlsbad inns The
Roswell band, whose leader and
several of the oldest players are Odd
Fellows, accompanied the excursion
at the expense of Eddy Lodge No.
21; and Elder C. C. Hill, of Roswell.
jurisdiction as orator of the day did
not have to be shown the way-in
fact he went down the day before
and had become so we'll %acquaint-
ed owe night that the Carlsbad bre-
thren had put him on the reception
committee, and he was the first man
to greet the Roswell members as
they left the train. Along the route
eighteen members were picked up
at Hagerman, twenty-five at Artesia,
and a few at some of the smaller
towns, SO that the total number of
visiting members of the order was
about one hundred and fifty.
DR.. Bearup. of Carlsbad, Grand Mar
shal of the Territorial Grand Lodge,
had met the special train at Hager-
man, provided the excursionists with
guest badges and explained the pro-
gram to them, so hat there should
be no confusion or delay in the pro-
ceedings.
Upon the arrival of the train, the
entire membership of Eddy Lodge
No. 81 as a reception committee greet
ed the brethren, and with the plumed
Chevaliers and the band as escort for
the Grand officers, followed by mem
bers of the -Encampment, the Subor-
dinate Lodge and Rebekah degree,
marched to Grace Episcopal church.
where a special religious service was
conducted by Rev. Mr.. Marshall, the
rector. The sermon placed the great
~fraternal orders, Masons and Odd
Fellows, in the position of auxiliaries
of the church in doing works of be-
n~eyolence and charity, n not as com
petitors nor as opponents of Chris
tianity. The text was, 81 appeal to you
men, because you are strong" This
is a slight variation from the Script
ural text,-and the minister's SER.
mon was a decided variation from
the stereotyped homily that n some
times nears when the preacher is too
tired to put req earnest thought in
to his work-or is too lazy, or incapa-,
Bile, or has not the courage to speak
upon themes of manhood and good
citizenship. The minister referred to
the fact that a man could not be an
Odd Fellow or q Mason n a drunk
ard or a gambler man must be
decent to belong to any of the great
fraternal orders. He congratulated the
strong men present upon the Iacl
that many of them were from a town
that had cleaned out the green cloth
fraternity,"-not that he had any
thing to say against the men engag
ed In legalized gambling, but that
the business was immoral, degrading
and destructive to the very founda-
of civilized society and he
appealed to strong men to stand for
the protection OF the homes of their
as wen as their own, UNI