Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-01
COOKERY ADDRESSES
ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS
Third Assistant Observation-Disclosures
Speaks to Large Audience at
City Auditorium.
is FOR PEACE WITH HONOR
Upholds Preparedness and Urges on
Members Their Opportunities for
Doing Good Samaritan" Acts-Is
Introduced by j. Taylor Ellyson.

1t is only through doing something
Tor others that one may obtain happi-
| ness for himself. said Third Assistant
PostmaSter-General a. NJ Dockery yes
terday afternoon in an address at the
| City Auditorium before u large gath
cring OF members of tho Independent
Order of Odd Fellows and their wives
and daughters
| The address WAS the feature OF the
exercises held to commemorate the
| ninety -seventh anniversary Of the
| founding OF the order and there were
many prominent Odd Fellows present
from all over the state. Hill Montague
presided over the services and after
the opening prayer and Il number Of
musical selections. announced that
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES j. Taylor Ellyson
would Introduce the speaker Of tho oc-
! casion. Mr.. Ellyson referred to the fact
! that General Dockery, I'm addition to
the position he now holds, has been
TOT several terms Representative in
Congress from Missouri, has been Gov
ernor of that State and has also held
| the highest Office within the gift OF
the Odd Fellows of his native State.
DOCKEHY TELLS OF
GROWTH OF ORDER
General Dockery touched on n num-
Der of questions of interest, not oniv
10 members of the order but to others
as well. He spoke Of how. starting
ninetH-scvcn years ago. with five mem
ecrs, the order is now the largest in the
Ohited states. having over 100000
, members; OF the work of charity done
by the fraternity. in maintaining home.
Tor the INDECENT members and for their
orphans.
The speaker turned from Odd Fellow
Ism and spoke for time on the her-
~ on 1. s..t.
lie mentioned the achievements OF somo
Of the great men OF the State from
colonial times to the present date nav
ing tribute to Thomas Jefferson, among
whose achievements he mentioned his
expressions regarding the common
SCHOOLS and also of his founding OF
The University Of Virginia.
When the speaker mentioned Robcr,
T. Lee, there was an outburst of an
2iau3e. lie spoke briefly OF the war
Eetweer the states and said that when
. ne was boy growing up. there was
very popular expression in his part
OF the country which was ION TO Rich
mond.'-
II took them almost four Years TO
get mere. TOO" said the speaker with
smile. Why. Yesterday came down
mere from Washington in three hours"
Iouch!ng on the progress of the
past ni1cty-seven years. commemorative
and along other lines, he said that
| me world had made more progress In
the past ninety wears than in am.
LOU" years preceding He declared
the mastery OF steam and electricity IN
have been the cause
WANTS PEACI: nut
PEACE WITH HONOR
! IN speaking Of the European war
1. W, necessity Tor being prepared,
General Dockery said now was a lime
TOT PracticinE Odd FclIowIs,n He
showed how there is a great need for
Good Samaritan" acts and plead for
more acts Of this kind.
IN uPhol1ing preparedness" tho
$500 sala II was necessary for a
man to he prepared 20 make a success
AT anything. Only few years ago
heard certain statesman from Ne
oraska say that lie had just affixed his
signature 10 treaties with over half
the worlds population and which
would forever prevent war Hardly
had his words died away before Ger
many was marching through Belgium
TO France We want peace, but We
want il with honor
Ny friends. do something every day
for the happiness Of some one else.
You can't live on sclfshness Speak
Il word of cheer TO some lonely man.
There are thousands of men In the
world to-day who are starving for n
word OF cheer. Their very souls are
hungry for some one TO speak to them
STOP aud speak. If you want TO he
happy yourself
Don't do things along reciprocity
lines. which is TO do something with
the expectancy that that person is
going to repay YOU. Cultivate the
| idea of doing for others, and watch
how the faculty grows Any faculty,
whether mental. physical or moral
grows with exercise. Practice charity.
| Is there not some poor widow you
could help? Is there not some poor
hoy you could assist In getting an edu-
cation" II YOU do these things. you
Will he repaid. in the very act of Civ
! Ing. II not only helps YOU, hut it helps
your community and il helps your ma
ton"
! Following the bcnedic,ion and n num-
her Of musical selections. Mr. Montague
invited odd Fellows present 10 tho
roStrum to meet the speaker. and many
availed themselves OF The opportunity.
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