The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-25
ALABAMA .. ODD FELLOWS
THEY GATHERED YESTERDAY IN z GREAT NUMBERS.
After Taking Tn the Fair They Met At Night At . ReceptiOa Given By Local
 Lodges.

Yesterday was Odd FelIoWS Uay at the Fair and from all over the State they came. Odd Fellows with their wives and daughters-members of the Rebecca Degree.
 A committee composed of R. S. Wha- ley, I. H. Brown. c. F. Riggs and J. H. Cox. were at the union railway sta tion early yesterday morning to meet all incoming odd Fellows and welcome them to Montgomery and pin on q badge which had been prepared TOT the occasion
 At the Fair grounds. J. R. Wing, l.. , D. Holiway c. Parker and 8. B. Sight 1 Ter met the visitors, wearing inc req badge and extended every courtesy 1 The day was spent in seeing the sights at the Fair grounds, and at o'clock last night an informal reception was rendered the visitors by the thIee Montgomery lodges of I. o. o. F., In the K of P hall on Dexter avenue. The hall. which Is a spacious one. was comfort ably filled with the members of the l. o. O. F., and of the Rebecca Degree. ; of whom there were more than half | hundred in attendance The visitors were met at the door of the lodge room and given a welcoming hand by com mittee appointed for the purpose. com | posed of F. j." Crampton. s. H. Mas senburg. L. D. Holloway. c. P. Roiio and IT. L. Bear The meeting was | presided over by Hon. R. Goodwyn' Grand Master Elect of Alabama. who called on members of the three local | lodges, and on visiting Odd Fellows and members of the Rebecca Degree TOT short impromptu spechV. The oniy anticipated speech Of the evening was by H.. L. Mckee of Selma. who is one of the most prominent Odd Fellows | in Alabama The subject of the infor- nal talks were on The Good Of the Order" and every man and woman on whom the Chairman called. responded, telling of good things that have been done in their respective lodges. or or | the plans for work for the future and all for the good of Odd Fellowship | in the State of Alabama.
 1 The purpose of the meeting last night, as outlined by MT Goodwin in his few introductory remarks. was to
 bring together the members Of the
 '-r r~>n ""--v re"tion of the State that they might become better &C.,
 quainted and thereby work together
 for the benent of the of the order in
 the State. The three lodges of Mont
 romery thought 1t an opportune time during the Fair. to seal the bond of
 Odd Fellowship more closelywstill by
 bringing together in this fnformal way
 all who came to Montgomery this
 week. The Rebecca's were invited be-
 cause they. as braneh or the order
 are doing a great work in the State
 This fact was brought out in every
 talk during the evening
 Among the speakers were Q. F War liner. who spoke on the work done Tn
 the I. o. O. P. lodges of Montgomerv lH L. Mckee, of Selma. wnn
 smoke on "Power of Fellowship,
 Mrs. l.. A. Doron. to whom so mnrh
 credit and honor is due for the Rebecca ! rVr fn nut00n1efV alone.
 but In the State. smoke on the nrooosed estahlIshment of the I. O. O. F. Home
 for the State Mir. ZushtinE Of Tus- cloosa, when called upon. spoke rew
 words of the odd Fellow work at rus
 caloosa. Mrs. Emma Glover. who Is s
 State oficer In the Rebeccas, spoke or
 the Rebecca work in Montgomery:
 J. +. Wing responded to the call U
 talk of what Capital City Lodge. l. O. To- r. Is doing In Montgomery.
 C. P. Rollo spoke of the team worK
 in Colonel I1omax Lodge.
 The theme of a talk by c: F. Cramp
 ton was Watch Us Crow In Mont
 gomery Lodge. No. 200.
 working for the Good of the Order
 was the subject of a talk by T. L. l Bear. ,
 "showing that odd Fellowship in Montgomery Is Growing" was the SUD- feet of R. s. whaley's talk.
 ] l. HI. Cox, the OrlBlHhtoT VI thS
 of the odd Fellows Day at the Far this week was called upon by the chair F.
 man to tell why he thought 1t splen- did thing to bring these odd FellowA and their wives and daughters rom all sections of the State together in
 tbis informal way. This MT. Whaiey | responded to with pleasure ana lhter- est of his audience.
 1 Throdghout the everlng the speeches were interspersed with music. both In strumental and vocal. and recitationS Among those who sang were Miss Isa- bel Cox, Alex Cassimus and w. 1. Proctor MT. Cassimus was repea1eo cncored. MT. Proctor sang old BlaGe Joe" and charmed the audience as much
 with his acting of the part of the oid erro as with the beautiful song itseif.
 Professor Hammond played several
 fine piano selections and MT. Proctor recited l.,
 MT. Goodwyn. in a few remarhs in closing the meeting. said that the pro-
 rosed home for the widows. orphans
 and indigent old Odd Fellows Is prac =
 tically an assured fact and at the next
 meeting of the Grand Lodge at Decatur in May, 1907. the location of the Home
 will be determined. The Home, he
 said. when established. will be a credi'
 and an honor to the Odd Fellows or the State of Alabama. The meeting
 was closed with. the singing Of the | .As ndd EollOWq