Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-09-21
ARKANSAS GRAND
LODGE A. 0. j. v.
Meets SEPT. 20
Governor Will Make Wei
come Address Supreme
Master Narvis to Attend.

Little Rock, Sept. 20.-The eighth
biennial session of the grand lodge,
Ancient Order of United Workmen,
will be held in Little Rock, Sept. rs
and e. 1t is expected there will lbe
500 visitors here, from all parts OF
the state, and over 200 representa-
tives from the 102 lodges in the jur-
isdiction. The sessions will be held
in the convention hall of the Hotel
Marion. Sc
The opening session will begin at
$3.50 a. m. Tuesday, with an address
OF welcome by Gov. George wv. Hays,
on behalf Of the state.
H. S. Turner, county clerk of Pu-
laski county, and chairman OF the
finance committee Of the grand lodge,
will deliver an address Of welcome
on behalf of the county.
Mayor Chas. E. Taylor will deliver
an address of welcome on behalf of
the city of Little Rock.
The response on behalf of the grand
lodge will be delivered by Basil Baker
of JOnesboro.
The grand lodge degree will then
be conferred by Supreme Master
Workman Will NJ Narvis of Musca-
tine, Iowa, one of the most distin-
guished fraternalists Of the country.
The grand lodge will then convene
in regular business session.
Tuesday evening the officers and
representatives will form theatre
party at the first performance at the
Majestic, after which they will re-
pair to Pythian Castle hall, where
the degree team of West End lodge
will exemplify the work.
The grand lodge will reconvene at
$50 a. M, Wednesday, and after the
business session, there will be me-
mortal services from II to II o'clock.
The program will open with a selec-
ton by the A. 0. U. w. quartet, of
D. G.. Beauchamp of Paragould,
chairman of the grand lodge law COM
mittee, will deliver a eulogy in men,
DRY of Past Grand Master Workman
Rudolph Hasley, formerly a member
of Paragould lodge No. 80, and this
will be followed by another selection
by the quartet.
Past Grand Master Workman r. W.
Holland of Russellville will deliver a
eulogy in memory of Grand Receiver
w. G. Caldwell, formerly a member
of Searcy lodge No. AZ.
The eulogy in memory of all other
departed members from all lodges in
the Jurisdiction will be delivered by
Hon. NJ. E. Dunaway of Little Rock,
prosecuting attorney of this district
and one of the states most eloquent
lawyers.
The concluding business session OF
the grand lodge will be held Wednes
day afternoon.
The committee on arrangements
consists of W. II. Mann Of Pul3ski
Heights, chairman: G. G. Lelmer.
secretary: Chas. McNutt, Manuel
Fisk. and C. z. Firth.
All the railroads have made spe-
cial rate for the grand lodge meet
ing, based upon a schedule OF Pre-
ticall, 27s cents Fer mile for the
round trip.
Special campaigns are being pu1I
on all over the state for new snenn-
bers, and it is expected that the
grand lodge special month, which
closes next Friday, will witness the
writing of 100000 in new business.
One day last week certificates for
$1O5,0OO were sent out from head
quarters. This record will be ahead
of anything ever done by any fra
ternal order in the history OF the
state. and very few of the old-line in
surance companies equal it.
A contest is being carried on TINS
week between Capital and West End
lodges of Little Rock. which Will
close next Friday night with the
initiation of class that is expected
to reach a total of one hundred. NO
examination or initiation ices are
being charged this week.
One of the features of the grand
lodge meeting will be the presence
of the official A. O. U. w. band, from
Paragould.