The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-09-05

AND PICNIC
AT LONG RUN
Well Attended and a Program
Interesting and Helpful is
Carried Out.

carried Out.
The unyciling and picnic at Long
Kun by Camp No. o., Woudmcn OF
/ the World, Sunday. was attended by
a large number OF WOodmcn camps,
|Ciarksburg. Salem. Pennsboro. Smith
burg. West Union and surrounding
towns, Tho unwilling was held al
Sugar Camp cemetery with about two
thousand Woodmen and friends IN at
tendance.
Great credit was given the officers
and members OF Long Run Camp. No.
%. for the able manner Ia which
they conducted the program Of the
day.
The monument Of John y. Ford
was dedicated By Council Command
or Cnrder and Adviser Lieutenant
Ringer and Banker ii. C. Haley Of
Clarksburg, Stonewall Camp No.
The well remembered poem. "Oh.
why Should the Spirit Of Mortal be
Proud''. was rendered BY $. +. Quinn.
Camp No. ., Clarksburg. ". Va.
Music was furnished by the Smith
burg band which was greatly en-
Ioycd by all hi attendance After the
unwilling ceremony all gathered Mt
sugar Camp grove and listened to
very able address on woodcraft by
IS. =. Quinn. OF this city.
Mr.. Quinn said In part:
'Woodmen and friends, II say
friends because | believe YOU are
friends or you would not be here to-
day. l am not an orator. not even n
speech maker. am simply a Wood.
man, and all WuOdmen are taught
that mans greatest good Is found in
his service to his fellow man. 1 am
not the man you FIRST sought on this
occasion but hia substitute. and am
glad to serve all Woodmen. Mark
Twain once said: a friend of mine
once bought pig for a dollar and
half and after he had fed 1t forty
dollars worth OF corn he sold II for
nine dollars He then claimed that
he had made seven dollars and half
on the hog. Well. he did. but he
lost forty dollars on the corn And
l feel today that l might make n bet
tor success OF raising hogs than
can OF making speeches. But. friends
In standing before YOU today | real
lie how important II Il that make
no misstatements or utter one I'M
truth regarding the Woodmcn of the
World. one Of the greatest and
nUhlest 'raternal orders under the
canopy or heaven. and an orCanlza-
ton composed OF nearly one million
members. backed by a beneficiary
and reserve fund Of over one hun
drcd and twelve million dollars. So
You may be sure | win make no nils
statements, when | remember the
words similar to Solomon's. The
path OF the truthful is a shining light.
shining more and more unto eternal
life.' Life! What is life? Life is
the flower that blows. Death, What
is death? Death Is the withered leaf.
Life Is the grain as II grows. death
is the Earnered sheath: life is the
blazing fire. death ls the ash grown
cold; life is the giitterinE spire. death
Is the ruins old; life Is the whistling
gale. death the calm repose: life is
the continued tale. death is the story
closed: life is the flowing stream,
death is the mysterious deep: life is
the walking dream. death the long.
last Sleep
Il have no doubt that many OF us
here today have loved ones that are
sleeping the long. last sleep. still
they live in memory. In wOodcraft
we are taught that roses will bloom
and blush again Where roses fade
and die. still the sweet fragrance
fingers in memory Let us recall to
memory the words Of the matchlcss