The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-09-01

ment behind it, it is bound to win
success In its struggle for those
things which yet remain to be Sc
cured.
Man was made to labor, to be a
builder, a producer, developer. Hu.
manity can have no higher destiny
than this. But it was not intended
that all his days should be spent IL
unremitting toll. Occasional relaxa
ton and recreation is every mans
due.
And SO | am glad to see so many
of you here, and ! rejoice with YOU
in your well-earned holiday. ! trust
all will enjoy to the fullest the p'els-
ures and diversions that have been
provided, and that all will go from
here with a better conception of the
dignity of labor and with the spirit
of fraternal feeling renewed;
stronger and better for having been
here, and more able to fight the
great battle that organized labor is
ever waging In behalf Of humanity.
After the address by Mayor Eaton,
speeches were made BY Mr.. George
G. Fidler on labor, and on Wood
craft by Mr.. w. II. Mitchell, head
counsel for the State of Florida, and
+. l.. Rosenthal, head counsel for
the State Of Georgia Mr.. r. l..
Brown also made an address, which,
with the others, was listened to
with great interest We regret very
much that we were unable to secure
these splendid addresses in order
that all our readers might pcruse
them, but all who were in attend
ancc at the exercises enjoyed each
speech to the fullest extent
Mr.. fuckers Address
Mr.. Epps Tucker, Jr., delivered a
very forceful address on Woodcraft,
the full text of which follows:
When the Golden West was yellow
with the jasamine and the honey
suckle and the teeming plains were
hushed in silence except for the yelp
of the coyote and prairie dogs and
the mad rush of the herds Of buffalo,
elks and bison, and long before the
footprints of the white man had i'm
pressed upon that rich domain his
sovereignty which was inevitable,
there was being reared lad way
back east who was destined to de-
yelop into manhood whose rugged
and sturdy sympathy for struggling
humanity would place him at the
leadership of one # the strongest in
stitutions for the protection Of the
home and fireside. that is known In
history A man whose leadership
is undaunted. whose motives are un-
questioned I'D whose purity Of pu:-
pose is the rel of those who know
him bestJI =, tr to the Hon Joseph
Cullen Root, sovereign commander
of the Woodmel Of the World.
In our order fails to accomplish
it's purpose, to enoble its member.
ship, to cast q sheltering arm about
the defenseless living and give Lon
orable burial to It's sacred dead. II
it fails to stand the storm Of flnnn
cial tide and grow stronger year by
year and build up a reserve furd
equal to the growing demands winch
are to accrue by reason of tie III
creased death rate, 1t will fall short
of the objects for which 1t was III
corporated, and miss the mark 1g-
ured out by the safest and sanest
mathematicians, the most successful
fnanciers, and the most conserva-
tive thinking business men II our
country.
have the highest personal regard
for all the fraternal orders Of which
! have the privilege Of membership,
and a universal esteem for their
members, and l believe that more
good is being accomplished through
the medium Of these agencies, more
suffering alleviated, more substan-
tial benefits placed at the disposal Of
the needy than through any other
classes of institutions that operate
to that end. Each one has It's own
methods of operations, different In
ways and means but all working to |
the one single great purpose, to pro-
tect the weak, to relieve distress and |
TO promote the fraternal intercourse
and combine 1t with social enjoy
ment and financial benefit to its
members,
Membership in our order Is a
thing to be sought after and appre-
ciated. No Ian who had the germ
of manhood in him. who had spark
Of humanity, loyalty and fidelity
dormant In his veins has ever passed
the sentinel on guard and emerged |