The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1915-11-11
GREAT TIME
RED MEN HAVE BIG DAY

ing Lay and Public Meet
ing at Auditorium---Cole
L. Blease Principal
Speaker
Saturday was red letter day fol-
Red Men here. The occasion was &
district meeting and hundreds ol
visitors were present The little red
badge futtered from the coats ol
many denoting that the wearer was
disciple of the Indian" order
more commonly known as the I'm
proved Order Of Red Men.
They came from Mt Airy, Greens
boro, Burlington, Altamahaw, Lex
ineton, Bonlee, Reidsville, Haw River,
Salisbury and other towns and of
course the High Point contingency
helped TO swell the numbers con-
siderably.
At eleven o'clock ia the morning
the first session was held at which
time matters considered were purely
preliminary such as opening up
seating the delegates, loll call of
officers. etc. The address of vel
came was made by D, II. Milton of
the local tribe and responded to by
J. r. Brannock of Altamahaw.
The second session was convened
at 2 o'clock in the afternoon The
first matter claiming the attention
of the body was appointment OF the
Finance, Resolution and Special
Committees, after which reports
from the various tribes were receiv-
ed, most of which had encouraging
reports to make. Additional dele
oates coming in were also enrolled.
Lexington was selected as, the
next meeting place the datesbeing
most probably Saturday March 25th,
1915.
The election of officers resulted as
follows: Prophet, J. G. Copeland,
Burlington; Sachem J. r. Brannock,
Altamahaw; Sr. Sycamore A. C.
Staley, High Point; Jr. Sycamore E.
r. Brewer, Greensboro; Guard of
Wiswam, J. P. Harrison; Guard of
Forest J.T. Younts; Chief of Records
and Keeper of Wampum, W. L
Stamey, High Point.
An important matter up for con-
siieration and which was adopted
was the assessing of each tribe SO
mach per member per year for the
support of the District meetings in
stead of taking up a collection each
time to defray the expenses. 1t is
not a compulsory act in the true
sense but as all tribes except three
voted unanimously for the PROPOSE
t.o3 it is thought that the others will
gladly come in On the proposition.
it developed at the meeting that
Pasquotank Tribe at Elizabeth City
is the largest in the state with a
membership of 401; Sioux tribe of
SDgay next with a membership of
800. The tribe at Mt. Airy (KWa-
sind 45) had made the greatest per-
ceEtage gain since January l, 1915
over 200 per cent. High Point stood :
second in number of members at
cEe time and now roosts for above
the middle of the ladder.
Al the afternoon session Great !
Sachem Henderson of New Bern ad-
dressed the body in very pleasing
manner. Speeches were also made
by Great Sr. Sycamore Hughes, of
Graham; Committeeman West, of
Greensboro; Past Great Sachem
Stamey, of High Point; Past Sachems
Walker, sof High Point, Brannock,
of Altamahaw;G Great Guard OF Forest
York, of High Point and others.
The following National and State
Chiefs were present, perhaps the
largest number of Great Chiefs ever
visiting a District meeting:
Great Sachem D. E. Henderson,
Of New Bern.
Great Sr. Sycamore Heenan
Hughes, of Graham. /
Member of State Orphans Board
E. G. West, of Greensboro.
Great Prophet and Representative
W. E. Herndon, of High Point.
Past Great Sachem and member
of State Orphans Board w. l..
Stamey, of High Point.
Great Guard of Forest 0. r. York,
of High Point.
From out of the state were Hon.
Cole L. BIease, of Columbia, S. g..
member of the Legislative Com
mittee of the Great Council of the
United States, as special representa-
tive of the Great Incohonee, who sits
at the head of the nation of Red