The Cairo bulletin., 1906-02-03
CAIRO IS GATEWAY
TOGREATERSOUTH
SAID JOHN c. SNYDER AT THE
BEN HUR RALLY HELD LAST
EVENING AT oRPHEuM.
ORDER HAS ITS TRINITY
Said Or. Schell--lts Love Of Home,
Love of Fellowship and Love Of
God--Meeting Small But Au.
dence AppreciatiVe.

The annual convention of The Court
of Ben Hur was held here last even
ing at The Opheum theater The meet.
ing, although a small one owing TO the
many other attractions in the city was
A most apprec.ative one and beyond 4
doubt a most interested one
The speeches by the several repre-
sentatiyes were for the most part short
bur were, each ana everyone most in
leresting and instructive The music
for the occasion, furnished by Miss
Anna Lippitt and the Loeschner Broth
ers was well rendered and most ap.
propriate.
The curtain rose At promptly SIS
O'Clock and Robert A Sickles, the
master of ceremonies for the occa
sion, presented Rev T. J Porter, who
offered an invocation, all members
arising to receive same, with bowed
heads.
Miss Anna Lippitt then rendered an
instrumental selection The Ben Hur
Chariot Race, upon he piano Too
much cannot be said of her rendition
If this selection, is being besides most
appropriate. we'll played
Judge william s. Dewey was pre-
5ented and in his address OF welcome. |
on behalf of the local court spoke of |
the necessity Of an address in a case |
If this kind, of the smallness of the |
audience bur of the warmth with
which that audience welcomed our Wis
TORS I'VE welcome you as citizens OF
The country. as neighbors, with a feel
ng of friendship more than OF strang |
ars. we welcome you as brothers in
I common lodge and as friends and
brothers in common He spoke also
IF the benevolent part of the order and
If the social side Of It; Of the feeling
If the members which brings these
hings out Of the desire 10 help one
another expressed hy the members |
He then spoke of the spirit exhibited
by the members in providing for the
avs to come and closed with a hearty ,
md cordial welcome TO the city 10 the
odge and to the meeting and extend
ID the fraternal greeting in behalf
Of Court III
The Hon. o. J. Page OF Carbonate
vas to respond TO Judge Dewey, bus
or divers reasons was unable to reaca
our city. Mr. Sickles introduced in
his stead, John C. Snyder OF Craw
ordsville, supreme scribe of the Tribe {
II Ben Hur
Mr.. Snyder in hts talk spoke Of the
blindness and welcome extended 10 the
'istors; of the smalIness OF the au.
Hence which he said was not so cool"
rs the stage tit was rather cool there)
The best meetings anywhere" said T.
ir. Snyder, are sometimes held be
ore small audiences" He spoke of
he possibilities Of Cairo for a large {
rider describing this city wherein he
las often visited, as the gateway 70 |
he south and the place for the best
ourt in the state Of Illinois The
peaRer then referred 10 the insurance , |
ompanies. both of the old line and
he fraternal societies. of the interest
hown In Ben Hur policies He spoke
4 the many different policies now
sed by Old line companies which =
e said no one but a man thorough II
acquainted with the business can
as compared with The one
olicy OF the fraternal order. .Frater
al Insurance will iu time De the I'M
urance companies OF the country. He
poke Of the fallacies Of the old line
ompanies compared no the fair &
ess of the fraternal orders and gave 4
eyeral examples OF The promptnoss z
nth which all policies are paid Clos
lg he said, y thank you-its nice 10
ave been here ! hope to see vo1 q
gain"
DR. Edwin A Schell presiding elder
the Charlottesville District OF tho
Iethodist church. was the next speak
r. His subject was THE Book and
le Tribe of Ben Hur" -Crawf.rds.
lie. said he. has given two men 10 a
he gallery Of immortal. One OF -
lem Is General Lew Wallace. dfnio .
ar. soldier and author. o1r first great N
mister TO Turkey. one Of the three Al
'nspicuous volunteer generals Of be| Y
vii war and the writer Of Ben TTur "a
he other b. David w Gerard who 90,
ought The spiritual and christian
Iarity taught by the bool, out Of cloud 3t,
nd. and organized it into The ssno-.
ost practical and most helpful char
o. Of our time I'm
Ben Hur said the speaker. cha. q u
ni'y like an orthodox theology has "
le first point in q. is love of homo
70 Of Your wife and children Ttefi
D." SAYS He that caretb Hat for his
N has denied me faith and is worse ga
~ an inf1rl rh. ono .-t4H4tr. he