The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1914-10-02
MORRIS WINS
A0M0Rs AGAIN
Odd Fellow Grand Mas
ter Succeeds Him
self
WASHINGTON. D. c., NEXT
PLACE OF MEETIn6
Three Link frateraity's Annual
Meeting in Hub City Reveals
Great Triumph For Ad-
ministration Forces

Boston, Sept. 23.-The 18th annual
Il. NJ. @. convention closed in Boston
during the wee nours of the morning
Friday last. While not attended with
the same scenes as that Of either Bal
timore or Atlanta, the B. NJ. o. had ear
marks Of the same.
The Morris machine triumphed from
A toZ. On the whole, however, the
convention was success in spite OF the
little friction among the local committee
men. Ii was subdued by diplomacy and
the desire for full triumph, and tri-
umph il was for white and colored citi-
zens alike united in the best possible way
to make delegates and visitors welcomed
t. the Hub City
There we're decorations galore and IL
luminations accordingly. The parade
was a thing Of splebdor. reviewed by the
city and state officials with hundreds Of
men i'm line in spoti,-s uniforms. glitter
ing swords and gay decorations, headed
by famous bands, marching In all OF their
splendor through the principle streets Of
Boston, viewed By thousands of oqleok-
efs. n was spectsouisr fhdesd.
Following the parade Tbursday after
noon came the bail at Armory Hall,
when ali society turned out in full force.
Gay costumes of original designs adorn-
ell Boston's BEAUTIES, while dress suits
predominated the taste of the male ele-
ments- The Armory wss crowded to its
utmost capacity, with an abundance OF
splendor. and in scenes rarely ever wit
Messed even in historic Boston. IL was
a grand assemblage of the colored Amer
lean elite. A body OF representative men
and women the country over
The closing Of the business side of the
SESSION marks a new era in the life Of
Odd Fellows, and much progress is shown.
There has been organized 324 lodges, 400
Households Of Ruth, 81 Past Grand Mas-
ter's Councils, lG Patnarchies, $50 Ju-
vrniles, and throughout the Jurisdiction
there were four thousand Household, 3,
SIS Past Grand Masters Couu cils, zs3
PatriarchIes, lOI District Grand Lodges.
Al District Grand Househ olds, 80 Juve-
nile Societies, and total membership of
lodges 3Oi,5 Households, 1877 ,654 !;
total Grand Masters Councils, 1862;
Patriarchies, 1907; Juveniles, S,215.
There il an increase Of 1890 over the
Irevious year.
Total receipts, $73, ,9f3.49: disburse-
ments, $64, ,943.44. Grand Secretary
Needhsm reported that he had received
4O,22O letters Grand Treasurer l.. NJ.
Porter oi Arkansas stated that he had
handled Sll, 1871, and had, by order.
diSburs-d $lO,5l2.Sl, and had q balance
Of 81 ,25f ~.
Georgia bad the largest delegation, 5I7,
beaded ~ Fighting Zen Ds vic and Henry
Lincoln johnson. The Supreme Court
u thing Of the past, and most Of the
propositions dad i-sue~.
The Pittsburgers were winners cf the
cup in the prize drill: Bsltimore second.
IL rebounds n the credit Of the Boston
Gurdian and the Cambridge Advocate
and the Boston Reliance ~ appear daily
giving full details of the convention.
v bile di-cord for q time prevailed in the
Local Committee, credit j. due them for
tlieir efforts
Friday nights sc-sion. the finsle, he
gan about s p. M. Many heated de-
bstes ensned, and finally came the elec-
ton Of officers, when r. n. Sorris Of
Illinois ~ss elected Grand Master; Julius
q. johnson II Maryland, Deputy Grand
Master; W. David Brown. Grand Tress-
urer, James r. Needhsm, Grand secrs-
tary; Grand Directors: A. 4. Shirely,
Va; ]. L. Roberts, M.s. y. p. yone-,
Mis-. J. VI. johnson. n. O.; Geo. III.
Mays, Fls.; Grand Auditors: r. J.
Green, :. c.; W. H. Nixon, Ala. j. II.
Miller, N. J.
Washington, ID G. vss voted 20 h
the NEXT place of nesting Of The h. ~.
G. Benjamin T.. Davis and Heury Lin
coin John~on took ooca-ios 70 spose 0rnnd
Master Morrir IN 6rm and s6ern lsne.-
see- Thers were many oies q fssu
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