Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-10-14
Friday, October 81, 1921

made by the following: 1.-THE Spirit
of Fraternalism," by Prelate w. +.
Morton; What the Moose Means to
Me-" by Vice Dictator w. c. Pannell;
why | am a Moose" by Secretary
Jas. d. Grist; How to Build UP
Strong Lodge" by ]. Forest Smlth;
"Co-Operation in Fraternal Life by
S. L. Courtney; The Moose as Com
munity Builder" by Trustee j. H. b;
Jenkins, Jr.; Mans Duty to Man,
by Trustee B. A. Correll.
Past Dictator w. ID. Grist was called
on for few remarks. He stated that
he had been assigned the duty OF ar
ranging the programme of speakers
and that having performed that duty
and obtained the presence OF the gen.
eral supervisor Of the Loyal Order OF
Moose for North and South Carolina
and Georgia, he felt that he had done
we'll his part and should be excused
from delivering a regular speech
Imprsmptu talks were made by
Revs. ]. L. Oates, 7. T. Walsh and j.
X. Walker, Senator JOB : r. Hart, Su-
perintendent of Education John Z.
Carroll and Mayor E. A. Hall.
The principal address of the even
ing was that of Hon. Malcolm X. Giles,
of Greensboro, n. c., district super
visor of Moose who gave the history
of the organization and growth or the
fraternity from it's inception at LOUIS
vile, KY, in 1888. He paid tribute to
Hon. James ]. Davis, now secretary of
Labor in the cabinet of President
Harding who became interested in the
| fraternity in 1906 when he became the
247th member of the organization and
who was most responsible for its in
crease to a membership Of 100000 at
the time the Baltimore convention
was held in 1910. He spoke OF the
| foundation of Mooseheart, the great
orphanage Of the order on the fertile
plains of Illinois, near the Fox River
| in 1918, through the efforts Of Secre-
tary Davis who had become director
general of the organization.
More than 1000 boys and girls, he
said, are now being cared for and
given vocational and educational
! training at Mooseheart and their
also find homes there. The member
ship of the fraternity has grown to
more than 100000 men living in every
state in the United States and in every
province in Canada. The membership
goal is not 100000 but 100000 and
| il is proposed to establish another
orphanage like that. at Mooseheart In
| in the east, another in the west, a
third in the north and fourth in the
south-five in all.
The fraternity, he declared in con-
clusion. "is non-sectarian and nom
political and its sole purpose is to join
together the manhood of America for
| the service of both God and man. The
church says that it is our duty to make
a moral man. The state says 1t is our
duty to make good citizens. The Loyal
Order of Moose seeks to make both"
One of the features Of the evenings
programme was the singing OF the
Moose song, Friendship" by a quar-
tette composed of Messrs. LESLIE Cain,
d. T. Quinn, w. A. McAfee and Mrs.
l.. G.. Baber and the quartette led the
entire assemblage in singing "Ameri-
ca" as the closing number Of the even
ing's programme.
The Moose banquet committee
responsible for the delightful banquet
and social meetin9 Thursday evening
was composed Of the following mem
bers of York Lodge Loyal Order OF
Moose: S. L. Courtney, Chairman; w.
d. Grist,. ]. F. Smith, J. H. Carroll,
D. T. Quinn, S. K. Lowry, Clyde Smith,
]. NJ. Burris, w. F. Putnam, i. q.
Thompson, Theo Mackorell, A. d.
| Nicely. .-.