The Holt County sentinel., 1915-04-09
WOODMEN OF THE WORLD.
Report Of Their Late State Meet
at Hannibal.--A Prosperous
Beneficiary Order.

'Ni~~bil's ftl'll w - WV
Promptly al p:an Tuesday morning.
the Maitland band struck up the tune
OF Dixie In front uf the Marx TAain
hotel and led the delegates, ~ In
number. and many visitors 10 the
convention hall and promptly at IN
a. IN. the convention VAS called to
order by Head Consul Charles Cross
IN the chair and Head Clerk T.. Yves.
ley webber also presiding.
In the beginning ! want TO say a
word is behalf Of the convention city.
Hannibal. This city Is located on the
Mississippi river. the east side Of the
state, has a population of $1,000: las
a bank with over Al 100 900 on depos.
Il, with building aud loan associa.
ton, which as ! Was informed shows
a healthy business. Has three large
hotels, a Commercial club. This II
truly u tine little manufact uring town.
having some tifty factories Of differ.
ent kinds located there. The largest
cement factory IN the world IL loca
ted there. All Of the churches In the
catalog are represented, with, ! was
told, good large memberships: two
school, street cars, and It II the HON.
uf man whose name " known
! Throughout the World, Mark Twain.
They have a tine -:nO.OoO wharf. and
do u large shipping In aud out over
this wharf. They have also the --latest
acquisition TO any city, VIZ the IN
nel; u saloons decorate tie city,
which ! am very proud To say. did no
receive any support from the Mount
City or lii.clpN delegation. 81 much
for the city Itself.
III. convention was welcomed IN
addresses by Sow. !. " Hays AMI
Mayor Dryer. Who made very appru.
pirate and at ins remarks, thc mayor
CLOSING 10y presenting tile key u ~"
city 10 the " -. ". aud said To have
agoni old fashioned time, that the 80
lirr Mrre handcuil.d Aud from What
! have observed III. majority ~ the
members present certainly had a gDyi
time. Great speeches wcre made Suy.
Commander ". Il. Frazer. Sow
Hughes, Fitzgerald and State Head
COUNSEL Gross. Soy, Fraser presented
the Mis>uufi Head Camp with a lafp"
I. :. llag Great enthusiasm PIE.
vailed Will. SOW. Fraser spoke. and
~lrn ia. ilag Mas uniu'l,d, ia. con.
y.ntiU bfuk. almost with one accord
into singing America" SOW Frazer
spoke along the lin. Of ~. groAl Il
and DEVELOPMENT Of the order. Ia
part lle said:
During 1914 conceived ~. Idea
OF giving To each Jurisdiction special
recognition for work performed and
attached 10 this Hay il the follow INK
explanation: Presented 10y W. 4.
Fraser, sovereign commander, ~ a
special prize for membership Increase,
jurisdiction Of Missouri.
"woedcraft teaches loyalty 10 tie
iiag Of our country that guarantees
independence, In every camp II Is
decreed that our Hay, the Hay We all
love NO well should be displayed. We
hold that the man Who will not salute
the iiag IL not worthy OF It's protec.
ton. The ilag protects our homes
whether built OF wood or marble,
Our nay IL red and white and blue,
Never MAS . red SO brilliant, not even
when the sun sinks 10 rest behind the
western hills. No white IL 80 white
- the stripes Of our iisg, no not even
the wings OF the angels, the blue Ia
women's eyes Ia pale when compared
with the blue In this max, the stsrstn
heaven are not more brilliant than
the emblems In this banner"
Taking L. a. . whole II VAS = great
speech by . great man. Sow. Hughes
made the speech OF acceptance which
was very good and appropriate. state
Consul Cross made y speech IN which
he laid stress on lapses IN policies and
lapses In applications. He said out
OF 1927 applications, 7,o,l we're sp.
proved, yet according To the Sow.
Physicians report, out OF that mum.
Der $685. were lapses and suspensions.
Surely this furnishes us some food for
action and reflection.
| We give Sow. Cross report OF his
jurisdiction which Is as follows for
the state Of Missouri.
Membership December 3lsr, 1912,
81 ,ISH; membership December Jlst
1914, 8,lO3; increase In membership,
1913 and lDll, I,Gl3; certificates Is
sued 1914, $685.; losses paid during
1914, slG9,70 lapses and suspensions
1914, 1887; deaths during 1914, H2;
death rate per 1000 In 1913, $50,
death rate per 1000 In 1914, %.
Herewith General Summary Sow.
J Jurisdiction: