The log cabin Democrat., 1916-09-18
A.0.U. W.CRAND
 LODGE TO MEET LITTLE ROCK, SEPT. 26-27 Elaborate Preparations Being Made for Eighth Biennial Session of
 Arkansas Order.

Little Rock, Sept. 18.-The eighth biennial session of the Grand Lodge, Ancient Order of United Workmen will be held in Little Rock, Septem- Der 26 and 27. It is expected there will be 800 visitors here, from all parts of the state, and over POO rep resentatives from the 102 lodges in the jurisdiction. The sessions will be held in the convention hall of the Hotel Marion.
 The opening session will begin at 9:30 a. m. Tuesday, with an address of welcome by Governor George w. 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 deliv- CT 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 M Narvis, of Mus catine, Iowa, one of the most distin- guished fraternalists of the country The Grand Lodge will then con- vene in regular business session.
 Tuesday evening the officers and representatives will form a theatre party at the first performance at the Majestic, after which they will repair to Pythian Castle Hall, where the degree team of West End lodge will eXemplify the work.
 The Grand Lodge will reconvene at 9:30 a. m., Wednesday, and after the business session, there will be memorial services from II to 12 o'clock. The program will open with selection by the A. o. U. W. quar- tet, of which Mrs. Will Henniger is leader.
 D. G. Beauchamp, of Paragould chairman of the Grand Lodge law committee, will deliver eulogy in memory of Past Grand Master Workman Rudolph Hasley, formerly member of Paragould lodge No. 32, and this will be followed by an- other selection by the quartet.
 Past Grand Master Workman R. w. Holland of Russellville will de- liver eulogy in memory of Grand Receiver w. G. Caldwell, formerly a member of Searcy lodge No. 42. The eulogy in memory of all other departed members from all lodges in the jurisdiction will be de- livered by M. E. Dunaway, of Lit tie 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 We'd nesday afternoon.
 | The committee on arrangements consists of w. H. Mann, of Pulaski Heights, chairman; G. c. Leimer, secretary; Chas. McNutt, Manual Fisk and c. E. Firth.
 All the railroads have made a special rate for the Grand Lodge meeting, based upon a schedule of practically ? 1-2 cents per mile for the round trip.
 Special campaigns are being put on all over the state for new mem- bers, and it is expected that the Grand Lodge special month, which closes next Friday, vii witness the writing of $700,000 in new business. One day last week certificates for $1O5,000 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 insurance companies equal it.