The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-09

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OF Georgia had seceeded, as will be
shown by the letter from the insur-
ance commissioner from that state
which is set out in full and Is as
| follows:
Mr.. F. NJ. Ballinger, Keokuk, Iowa.
Dear Sir: l thank you for sending
me the screed issued by Mr.. John w.
Talbot. / guess ! am the person he
refers to in his deleetable pamphlet.
1t is really amusing. But it is just
one more confirmation of the lack of
character of Mr. Talbot.
AS matter OF fact / neither at
tackled the memory of Mr. Jos. E. Tai
bot or the character of anyone else.
The facts are these:
learned that one Dr. A. Hawthorne
was proposing to organize a lodge
of Owls at Greenwood, s. G. A copy
OF circular which he was using was
sent to me. This circular advertised
that the Owls would pay Sc a week,
sick benefit. and 500 funeral benefit
and give services OF physician free /
Immediately notified the sheriff at
Greenwood to look out for DIR. Haw-
thorne; that he could not organize a
| lodge OF Owls In this state without
complying with the laws DR.. Haw-
thorne then came to see me, and in
/ the presence of Mr.. Hunter A. Gibbes,
attorney for the Home Nest, and en-
/ ployed, as understood. by Mr. Tai
/ bot, himself. told me the following
! story in effect: That the Home Nest
did not propose to pay any Of the sick
! Or death benefits, but that each local
lodge must provide for these benefits
itself. In a very frank manner DR.
Hawthorne stated that the Home Nest
did not do anything for the local
nests, but that the local nests char.
ter fees and membership dues were
paid to the Home Nest. From these
sources. he told me that the Home
Nest got about 100000 from the char
ter fees last year, and about $S7, 0of
from the membership dues. In g
very light off-handed way, he replied
to question OF mine ag to what thai
was for. He simply waived his hanc
and said: ut is all graft" or word.
to that effect. / did nothing more
, than publish the substance of DR.
Hawthorne's statements In the papers
, / believe this was also published II
/. the Georgia papers. and as soon al
: the facts were known the Georgi;
! lodges had indignation meetings anc
, demanded their money back, as I un
: derstand
About the same time the insuranc.
commissioner Of North Carolina hat
two organizers in North Carolina ar
rested, and ! believe they were fined
You can probably get copies Of tn
Atlanta. Georgia, Constitution, or tn
Augusta, Georgia, Chronicle, contain
Ing full accounts of what the member
OF the order in that state did.
: This really is about all there is i
= it. 1t seems to me that it Is simpl
lot OF dnpes passing up S. hea
to pretty shrewd organizers and gel
ting nothing in return OF course,
have nothing but the severest conden
nation for those at the head of an o,
ganization of this kind who woul
evolve such scheme and emplo
organizers to carry 1t out.
The publication OF the above fact
in the papers OF this state, and m
determination to arrest any man VIII
organized lodge OF Owls In tbi
state, practically put the whole thin
out OF business, so far as South Care
! lima Is concerned.
Very truly.
f. II. McMASTER.
Insurance COMMISSIONS,
A letter written to the auditor q
state for the state OF Iowa, in regar
to the insurance end of this Trinity
brought the following response:
June 81, 1911.
MIR. f. NJ. Ballinger, Keokuk, Iowa.
| Dear Sir: Replying to yours {
June 22nd, in re Order of Owls: Tn
attorney general has held that thes
burial associations are unlawful in tn
manner operated by the Owls, bu
= they are very hard to reach in vie,