The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-15

! tees ! Reports of special committees. Installation of Walter K, Me Adory as grand master Also the , other grand officers elect.
 
 The first day of the seventy second annual session of the grand lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. held in the Fraternal hall yesterday was a busy one and much of the i'm portant business was disposed of.
 There are in attendance as represen- tatlves of the subordinate lodges about 800 delegates with nearly as many more members of the various lodges who are here In the capacity of visitors. There were no public ceremonies yes terday and the grand lodge was called to order by the grand master, who in troduced Palmer P. Daugette to de- liver the address of welcome to the visiting members. The grand master re- piled briefly and the business of the grand lodge was taken up by the ap- polntment of the following committees:
 Distribution, J. c. Jones, W. A. Lo- vett and A. II. Robertson Legislation. George Huddleston, c. ". Songer and Charles Landstreet; judiciary, J. E. Blackwood. II. J. Pepperman, R. T. simpson; mileage and per diem, $. F. Batson. Guy F. Ponder, NJ. A Carroll state of order. P. P. Daugette, D. w. McGaughey. N. F. Riddle; bylaws, E. r. Phillips, A. II. Turner; excuses, A G. BeIhart and J. F. Miller, custodian secret work, A. M. F. Dunn, A. T. Ezell.
 Reports Received
 The reports of the grand officers were received. The grand master in his re- port set forth all his official acts and gave a general review of the state of the order in part. as follows: You are doubtless aware of the fact that for several years, the conditions throughout this jurisdiction have not been favorable to the growth and prosperity of odd Fellowship.
 My administration was confronted with more serious problems than any other grand master ever had to face in the his tory of the order in Alabama
 An empty treasury. and a heavy in- debtedness on account of building the home, and spirit of indifference on the part of many made my task very diftl- cult one, and I have not been able 10 accomplish all had hoped Although thus greatly handicapped, we are glad to say that some of the obstacles have been overcome, and we have succeeded beyond the most sanguine expectations Of many. There is a better state of feeling among the brothers and l see no reason why we should not soon recover all we have lost. and advance to higher degrees of prosperity and growth than any to which we have ever yet attained
 The brothers with few exceptions have indorsed the action of the grand lodge as regards the dollar assessment for the liquidation of the debt on the home. and we feel assured by the first of July We will have wiped out all indebtedness and have a good balance In the treasury
 AS shown in the report of the grand secretary we lost in membership this year. much to the regret and disappoint- ment of your grand master whose de sire and aim was to show substantial ln- crease This decrease was caused mainly by the large number of members dropped for non payment of dues After giving the matter much careful study. l am clearly of the opinion that the financial secretaries are largely responsible for this loss of membership for non payment of
 
 duties of the office and failing to com ply with the laws governing such mat ters."
 Reviews Administration
 The grand master then gave a general statement of his official acts and official decisions rendered He commented on the odd Fellows orphans home. which he said should be a source of pride and pleasure to every Odd Fellow in the state.' The report of the grand secretary. H. c. Pollard showed that there are at pres ent 49S subordinate lodges in the state with a net membership of 20,6s9. The amount of relief paid out was s35, ,S23 So, divided as follows:
 Amount paid for relief of broth
 CTS .......................... S25, 255. 80 Amount paid for relief of wid-
 owed families ................... 1,59.Sl Amount paid for relief of, or phans .........................,. Is4.i3 Amount paid for buryIng the dead s.771 75 Amount paid for special relief. 19.942.17 Total amount for relief ..... s35.s23. 69
 Permanent Location
 By vote of 290 to 1s0 the proposition 10 make Birmingham the permanent meet ing place for the grand lodge of Odd Fel- lows of Alabama was voted down, but by unanimous vote Birmingham was again rcIocted as the next place of meeting.
 The resolution to make Birmingham the permanent meeting place was presented al the last years session of the grand ledge .and came up for final action yes terday afternoon. The question was hot.x debated and at times grew so bitter that Grand Master Jenkins called the speakers 10 order The local members of the or der while in favor of making Birming- ham the permanent meeting place. were not over enthusiastic at entertaining the grand lodge a seccn1 time; in fact Bir- rniugham was placed in nomination by member from Anniston
 The nomination of grand officers was next in order. with the following result:
 For grand master, F. J crampton, Montgomery.
 For deputy grand master. R. L. Brad lev Vernon.
 For grand warden. George Huddleston. Birmingham; Albert Block, Mobile; George Steifelmeyer, Culman: C. ]. Blankenship, Adger; E. l.. Layton Prat, City; F. A. Greer, Lin's Crossing.
 For grand secretary, H. c. Pollard. Huntsyille.
 For grand treasurer. J. c. Bowie. Tai ladega.
 For grand representative. George l.. Jenkins, Talladega.
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