Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-01-15
OBJ FELLOWSHIP GRoWINa.
The Spirit Of Fraternity in Evidence
throughout State, says Grand
Master shipman.
From North earoIina odd Fellow.l

from North Carolina Odd FelloW.9
Dear Brother Odd FelIows-
hiring this message of cheer. on tbs
happy New Year: Sixty-two of the 200
lodges in this grand jurisdiction report
the initiation of 635 new members
since the first of October. to a moth
ing of reinstatements, and l can furth-
er report a revival of the real frater-
mai spirit all over North Carolina. At
this writing | have had no report from
col lodges, (which did not employ thu
club plan,) since the membership cam
paign was fnaugurated, but the general
Information obtained from many
sources indicates that most of them
have been imbibing of the genuine re.
wal spirit and will send, gratifying re-
PORTS of the progress they have made
at the conclusion of the term ending
December 81. The final summing up
is yet to be made and a complete re-
port cannot be given in this Issue OF
our paper. Suffice it to say, the Order
is taking on new life in this grand
jurisdiction and the many loyal breth-
rem who have c~o-operated in the. effort
to awaken influences that have long
been dormant are deserving of the
heartiest commentator. They pro-
ceeded in a quiet, determined way, with
out any cred fire effects" to resuscitate
the ~'lifeless lodges in their respective
communities and the story OF their ac-
~tivities is told in the splendid achieve
nlents that have resulted from their ef-
forts. This campaign has been a fam
lily affair and the public has, not gen.
orally observed the interest manifested
in the forward movement. But tina
work will be seen in an improved and
an enlightened citizenship. For that is
what Odd Fellowship ear in any
community. That we have made a
material increase in our membership
the past six months appears to be en-
tirely probable. Certainly so. if a
large number of the brethren have not
passed out by the back-door route for
|non-payment of dues, which we devout-
ly hope is not the condition we must
face at the conclusion of the second
period of our campaign.
|
And our lodges have not been tax
ing in members only. Many of them
he We responded to the call for financial
assistance at the Home. The appeals
OF our capable and Industrious Field
Secretary have not fallen upon deaf
ears, and the debt against the jacob
Memorial Building is going to look
like thirty cents" If Brother Paris is
kept in the field until the Grand Lodge
meets next May. ] have already placed
&c the credit oftthis fund $1,177.S0 IN
the savings department of a Raleigh
bank and Brother C. G. Smith, treasur-
er of the Home, has several hundred
more sailed down for the purpose OF
making a credit on that 10,OO0-dollar
note we have all heard so much about.
BESIDES, Brother Paris has secured be-
seven and eight thousand dollars
n pledges that are being redeemed
from time to time. The fellow who
takes the average member of our Or
der for a tight-wad, has another guess
coming. Sc what we are about to ac-
compIish within a year, when the
brethren donned their lighting
breeches.
/ want to urge continued effort in
the membership campaign. We should
not be content until our membership
reaches 10000. This will not be diff
cult of accomplishment, if we set our
selves to the task. And remember, re-
tnstatements are recruits, the same as
new members. Hundreds of non-afHt-
iating Odd Fellows r out on the hills
far away in North Carolina today.
many of whom may be induced to re-
turn to the fold.
And now, to one and all of the more.
than sixteen thousand Odd Fellows IN
the grand jurisdiction of North Carofi-
ma: May all your future years in joy be
passed, and each prove happier and
more prosperous than the last.
Sincerely and ~fraternally yours,
M. L. SHIPMAN,
Grand Master.
Raleigh, N, G, Jan. I, 1914.
1BETTER CATTLE" TALKS.