Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-08-21

American citizens and their descen-
dants, we desire to protect our form OF
government, and to preserve 1t intact
from the influence and control of any
foreign power.
BY disseminating sentiments of 10y
atty and patriotism, and by establish
ing q fraternal feeling of devotion to
country among all its citizens, we hope
TO make it impossible for anyone to live
under the prote ction Of the Stars and
Stripes who does not honor and revere
it. and who would not be willing to
give up his life in defense of the prin-
clples of freedom aud justice which it
represents.
Holding that the franchise Is the SUI
preme test of fealty and patriotism, and
believing that right character in the
individual and the supremacy of civic
virtue in the life of the people are inn
peratively essential in a government by
universal suffrage, 1t is our intention to
preserve the purity of the ballot and TO
have II i~ntelligently and ~legitimately
used.
This bulwark of our liberty is our sys-
tenn of free public schools, and we in
sist that they be kept absolutely free
from all ecclesiastical or sectarian inn
f%iuences, and that they be under the
supervision of local secular officers,
elected by the people. We are in favor
of compulsory and industrial education.
We shall always have with us the
wise and the ignorant, the strong and
the weak, the rich and the poor, and in
order that all may enjoy a right to earn
a livelihood, it is the duty of the Gov
eminent to protect the ignorant, the
weak and the poor, to the extent of
equal opportunities under the law, aud
against all forms of oppression, by
wholesome regulations of industrial
affairs.
Qualification OF Membership
Any white male person shall be en-
titled to membership in the Order, il
he be of good moral character, sixteen
years of age, not engaged in the manu-
~facture or sale of alcoholic or spirituous
liquors as a beverage; a believer in the
existence of a Supreme Being as Crea-
tor and Preserver of the Universe, born
on the soil, or under the jurisdiction of
the United States of America, in favor
of free education, opposed to any I'm
ion of Church and State, and to the
interference of any foreign Power, di-
rectly or indirectly, with the govern
ment.
Objects
The Order has for its objects:
1st-To inculcate pure American
principles.
2d-To teach loyalty to American
institutions.
8d-To cultivate fraternal affection.
4th-To oppose foreign interference
In State or National affairs.
5th-To oppose all appropriations Of
public moneys for sectarian purposes.
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the United States.
7th-To defend and maintain the
American system of public schools.
Benefits
Its immediate benefits are home be-
nevolence, the care of the sick, the bu-
rial of the dead and the protection of
and assistance to all connected with
it who may be in need.
w are opposed to the occupancy Of
any part of our land by foreign specu-
lators or Adventures, and we believe
that all the resouScsmstbe Nation
should be reserved fof ti1e
of American citizens.
We demand the restriction of immi-
grafton, not on account of race or relig-
ious creeds, but upon physical, mental
and moral grounds, that our country
may cease to be filed with criminals.
idiots, cripples, insane aud paupers.
With these exceptions, we cordially
welcome all foreigners who come to this
country with the honest desire of be-
coming loyal American citizens, and
who sincerely disavow any and all al
legiance to foreign potentates and gov
ernments, and who honor and revere
our national flag.
We are opposed to any grant or dona-
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property by the State, or any public
corporation, to any church or for any
sectarian purpose, and to the appropri-
alton or payment, from any public
fund or moneys, of anything in aid Of
any church or sectarian society or for
any sectarian purpose whatever.
We declare that a mans religious
tenets shall not forfeit the protection Of
the laws, nor deprive him of any Of the
rights of citizenship.
This Order shall never be used to adj
vance the political interests of any
member from a partisan standpoint, or
OF any individual or political party;
mol shall subjects of a partisan or Sec
tartan nature ever be the subject Of de-
bate or discussion within the Order.
We invite all native-born citizens
who believe in their country and its
institutions, and who desire to perpet-
uate free government, and who wish to
encourage a brotherly feeling among
Americans, to the end that we may
exalt our country, to join with us in
our work of fellowship and love.
Mortuary Benefit Fund
While the Order is not classed, among
fraternal beneficial Orders, as such,
there is connected with the fraternity,
in addition to the regular beneficial
system of the Subordinate Camps, a
separate and distinct life protection fea-
ture, called the Mortuary Benefit Fund.
Membership in the fund is optional
with members of the Order under so
years of age, after a medical examina-
lion. and nnlu snch mamhars Of the