The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-06-07
ANNUAL NATIONAL
DUNKARD MEETING
CLOSES SESSIONS

EATON, Ohio, June with a
business session from 10 o'clock in the
morning until 8 o'clock in the after
noon, with an hours recess at noon,
the annual national convention of the
Old Order Dunkards came to a close
Tuesday, after having opened last Sat
urday on the Jesse Brubaker farm.
three miles southeast of Eaton.
Matters relating to alleged viola
ton of the church laws by congrega-
lions and individuals were presented
IN open meeting by a standing COM
mittee of II elders. Within the hear
ing of 1900 or more members and
general public, assembled in the taber-
nacle tent, the complaints and charges
were read. Some of these were tabled
and will be referred back to the
churches from whence they came.
In other instances special commit
tees were named to conduct searching
investigation into certain cases. Preble
county furnished one or more cases
or matters presented in the business
session in open meeting. Right living
and right doing in all things are car
dinal precepts of the Dunkard broth
erhood.
Discuss Owning Bonds.
A query relating to the owning OF
non-taxabIe bonds elected extended
discussion in the business session
The feeling and spirit of the meeting
vas that owners of such bonds should
pay tax upon them and thereby lessen
the load of the brother less financially
fortunate
Elder Michael Montgomery, of Mis-
souri,, presided as foreman at the bus
mess session Elder Isaac P. Stitly, o.
Maryland, was reading clerk, and Ell
der John D. Benedict, of Pennsyl
vania, was writing clerk. The three
were members of the standing com
: mittec.
John Kimmel, of Montgomery coun
~, was named to take charge of print
ing the minutes of the 1922 meeting
he to secure all help necessary to d'
the work.
1923 Convention.
Indiana will entertain the 1923 ma
tional conference, it was announces
Just before the close of the confer
ence. A locating committee will sc
lect the place after viewing and con
sidering the sites offered.
Save for worship at $3.50 In tn
morning, no preaching services Wer
conducted Tuesday, the day being CIV
en- over to the disposition of bushes
affairs. etc, of the church. Song an
PRAYER closed the business session an
the conference Taking down the tai
ernacle tent was started soon aftel
1t and a large dining tent are propert
of the conference organization an
they will be shipped to the meetin
place next year after it is selected.
The national conference of Old o
der Dunkards was held in Preble cou1
ty 35 years ago on the. Furrey farm
about two miles northeast of the sit
upon which it was held this year, an
about Is years ago at Eldorado.
Begin Leaving Conference
At the close of the conference Tuet
day afternoon delegates and member
began leaving or preparing to leave fo
thir homes. They hail from Ohio, II
diana, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Mort
Dakota. Michigan, Pennsylvania, Vii
ginia and Maryland.
One death took place during the col
ference, Elder Jonathan Cool Of Dark
county, having died suddenly Monda
night in the home of Emanuel Auke
man, a mile east of the conference sit
where he was a guest for the nigh
He died while seated in a chair col
= versing with other guests in the HON
NApoplexy was assigned as the cause
= death Mrs. Cool was at the home
Edward Denlinger as guest for tt
night, and where she received word I
the death of her husband. The boo
was removed Tuesday morning to II
decedent's home, near Greenville. +
der Cool was about Go years old.