The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-25
ANTI-HORSE Thief
men in session.
Meeting Of the Missouri Division OF
the A. II. r. AS Was Held
Last Week at ka-
hoka.
SOME HISTORY CITED
The First Lodge in the United States
Of Its Kind Organized in
North Clark County in
SOS.
SOME HISTORY c1TEI

In speaking of the twenty-eighth /
annual session of the Anti-horse thief |
association of the Missouri division |
which was held at Kahoka last week,
the Gazette-Herald of that city has to
say of the assembly of property pro |
tectors:
AS briefly recorded in last weeks /
issue. the Missouri division of the An |
ti-Horse Thief Association was in its
twenty-eighth annual session at the
court house on Wednesday. The SEES
sion of 1908 was held at Joplin, Mo.
At 10 o'clock the meeting was call
ed to order by State President S. P.
cunningham of Mexico, Mo- All state
officers were present. Invocation was
by Rev. w. F. Vanderlippe of the Pres
byterian church; then there was a
isong by male Messrs q.
P. Spangler. NJ E. Bishop, Frank
Story, and Sam S. Hitler, WITH B. l..
Gridley at the organ. So pleasing were
these vocal notes that hearty ap-
plause fingered and finally became a
determined encore to which the four
were impelled to respond.
Then followed clever, although
fmpromptu address of welcome by
E. Hit Stewart vice president. To
this President Cunningham voiced
an able response. After another song
by the quartette, the open session was
dissolved and the order went into ex.
ecutiye session. and the appointment
of committees was announced.
Upon reconvening after noon the
convention represented as we'll a
'organized working body of delegates
as one would find in many long
search. The aggregation was very
strictly business, and there was not
Earring sound or discordant note
The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year: E. Hit Stewart
Kahoka. Grand Worthy President;
J. F. Mermoud, Monett, G. w. V. p;
Geo. w. Kyle, Carthage, c. w. Sec
rotary and Treasurer; w. B. Flowers
Meadville, G., w. Marshal.
The new executive committee
members are: w l.. Strickler. Mead
Vile; Caas. w. Grow, Carthage; J.
Suter, Palmyra; f. NJ. Brookhart
Granger and Nelson Knight, Carthage
The delegates to the National Con
vention at Jacksonville, Illinois, Thurs
day, ctober s, 1910, are: w. H. War
rem Wheeling; Sam Jones, Joplin ant
S. P. Cunningham. Mexico.
The twenty-ninth annual meetins
of the Missouri district will be hell
at Windsor Mo-. October IA, 1910.
Anti Notes.
At the morning session the widow
of Major David Mckee and CAPTAIN
G. N. SAMSON, two daughters of Majo
Mckee and Mr. Sam Thompson wer
guests of homer and honored guests
At the dissolution of the open session
every delegate and visitor went FOL
ward and shook hands with thes
grand old people who had consented t
grace the occasion with their pre-
ence.
This was the second state-distrit
meeting held in Kahoka, the othe
being on September 10, 1892
Editor w. w. Graves of st. Pau
Kansas, was present He is the alb
editor of the A. H. T. A. WeeklyNev
and remained over day to gatht
data for lodge history he is cor
piling.
Editor Graves on Thursday wei
vita E. Hit Stewart to Grant tow
ship to interview the latter's fathe
aged Sc who was one of the origin
five men who before the war; m
to organize what was named the A
ti-Horse Thief Association, now boas
ing 10000 members.
Some History.
The first Missouri grand lodge di