The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-08-22
United Brothers of Friend
ship and Sisters of Mys-
teriOuS Ten Meet in
KeOkuk, Iowa.
GET OFFICIAL WELCOME
At Public Meeting Mayor Extends
Greetings as Do Various
S. fraternaI Bodies

Keokuk, Ia, Aug. 1S.-The second
day of the convention of the United
Brothers of Friendship and the Sisters
OF the Mysterious Ten, opened with
meetings of both of these lodges in
their respective halls. The United
Brothers are meeting in the court
room of the Lee County court house,
and the Mysterious Sisters are hold
ing their sessions in Woodman hall.
Today marked the opening sessions
of both of these lodges. DR.. j. T.
CASTOR, grand master, and Princess
Ida L. Garnett, presided at the meet
ings.
The first public meeting was held
at 2:30 o'clock. This meeting was
open to everyone, and was addressed
by various speakers who expressed
their pleasure at being able to well
come the grand lodges to Keokuk
The speakers represented the various
commercial and fraternal orders of
the city, both white and colored.
There are something like one thou
sand delegates in Keokuk for this con-
vention. They have taken the city
| by storm. Through the efforts of va
rious committees, arrangements for
caring for the delegates have been
made, and visitors to Keokuk this
week will be royalty entertained
All of the delegates are wearing
their various official insignia, and the
badges present fine appearance with
their various designs and legends in
gold on velvet backgrounds.
Last night in Woodmen hall the dele
, gates and their friends were enter
tained with a fine musical program
which was prepared by local talent
1t included good program of both
vocal and instrumental music, and
several readings. The big feature of
the sessions tomorrow will be the trip
over the power house and dam This
trip will be taken under the super
vision of the power company's Off
cials and guides, and will be one of
the very interesting features of the
weeks sessions.
Meetings This Morning.
The Grand Lodge of United Broth
ers Of Friendship and the Grand
Temple of the Sisters of the Mysteri-
GUS Ten, which is subordinate or
ganization of women, met in their
annual session this morning at ten
O'Clock. The grand lodge is holding
its sessions at the court house, pre-
sided over by the grand master. Dr.
j. F. CASTOR of St. Louis, Mo. The
grand temple sessions are being held
in the old Gibbons opera house, cor
ner Sixth and Main streets, presided
over by the grand princess, Mrs. Ida
l.. Garnett of Macon, Mo. The two
organizations have a membership of
nearly twenty thousand and are grow
ing annually. The jurisdiction COM
braska. They do fraternal insurance
business and are Incorporated under
the laws of the state of Missouri and
through their beneficiary department
they collect and pay out fifty thou
sand dollars annually. The sessions
this morning were devoted mainly to
the appointment of committees and
the exchanging of greetings between
the two bodies and other prelimi-
naries. 1t Is estimated that there are
between 800 and 1000 delegates in
attendance, which includes the lead.
ing men and women of the race. The
Organization owns a printing plant and
newspaper at Sedalia and a forty-acre
farm at Hannibal, Mo-, upon which
is located an orphans home.
At 2:30 this afternoon a joint ses
sion of all the lodges was held, the
Injecting being open to the public
when those in attendance at the con
vention were welcomed to the city by
speakers representing various frater.
nal and commercial organizations. Re
sponses were made by the grand mas,
ter and other officers of the organiza
tion.
One of the chief addresses Of the
afternoon was that made by Mayor s
w. Moorhead who extended to the
visitors a hearty welcome on behalf
of the city.