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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-21
WOMEN SEEK GAIN
IN OFFICE HOLDING.
National Party Will Launch
Movement at Dinner to
Miss Dell on Sunday.

A campaign of the National Won
ans Party to put qualified women in
office. Ippolntive or elective. viii be
launched ny the National Woman $
Party, sunday night, February %, 1T
dinner to be given in honor OF Miss
Jessie Dell. civil service commissioner,
at the Mayflower Hotel.
To this dinner representative women
OF achievement from all parts of the
country have been invited. and accept
anceS already received indicate "A gath
ering of several hundred women.
Preliminary to Tour.
Not only will the dinner celebrate
the appointment of Miss Dell to one
Vi the highest Offices thus far held by
an. woman un,ier the Federal Gov
ern:nen,. but it will serve as hail
and farewell to Miss Mabel Vernon
CT Delaware. who Will leave the fol
lowing day for Detroit, there to join
Miss Margaret Whittemore for n
cross-country motor trip in the inter
est of the Woman's Party.
The two Woman's Party ENJOYS will
motor TO San Francisco and make a
return trip, arriving the latter part OF
June in Philadelphia during the SEES
quicentennIal. They will celebrate the
N'iiftiI IISIllS protest mace bN SO-
san =. -AntnouY at The Centennial %
years ago, and a pilgrimas e VIII he
made 10 the grave of Lucrctia Mott
The automobile trip will be Il speak
ing tour, by which the Woman 5
Party viii carry its campaign to the
country. urging women everywhere
to increased activity and vigilance in
putting up and supporting women for
office.
UphOlds Movement.
We believe the time has come not
only for more women In office but for
women who have made for themselves
the records on which they stand
qualified women, whose appointment
or election will be Endorsed and APP
p!auded by women generally, as was
the appointment of Miss Dell" said
Miss Alice Paul. Womans Party
leader. in Il statement issued yeSter-
day
1t is peculiarly fitting that such
ii movement should be launched at q
dinner in honor of Miss Dell. who is
an outstanding example of an appoint
ment of "a woman exceptionally quail
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1926-08-05
A VOICE THAT is STILL
YET SPEAKETH

Listen to the voice of wisdom
speaking to you from age and exper-
fence beyond the veil.
In looking through our files we find
the following letter written to us by
our departed brother, William Nc
Cormick, in April, 1915:
envy interest in the Order has not
waned. On the other hand, it has
increased as the years have gone by
and / delight to work for it now hard
er than ever, because in reviewing
the past realize more and more what
it has meant to the world and appre-
ciate more fully its great mission
and view with more certainty the
great future that lies out before us.
| wish to admonish all my brethren
to be loyal to the Order and true to
their obligations. When we hear q
brother on the witness stand take an
oath, we of course are impressed with
its solemnity and of the binding OBJ
legation which he is under to speak
the truth. But there seems to be a
great many members that make a
discrimination when it comes to the
obligations which they take in the de-
grees of our Order. They forget that
it is as solemn, sacred and binding as
any which can be given or received.
It is well that we should all review
them again and again that they may
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1926-08-05

he ever present in our minds and In
our hearts as we come in contact with
our brethre min all walks of life.
Again, another privilege of which
we do not avail ourselves as we
should is to greet the brethren as
brethren at all times when we meet
them. Let US remember that we are
on this earth at best but short time
and every one of us needs all the
cheer, inspiration and encouragement
that we can get. There Is no more
beautiful or productive source of en-
enlargement than that which comes
to us through the warm handclasp
and fraternal greeting OF a brother.
Let Ms remember the value of little
things.
Another thing. Do not be too self
centered with reference to your own
lodge. Let no opportunity pass to
visit other lodges and thus illustrate
and strengthen the claim of Odd Eel
lowship to being a universal brother
hood in the family of man. Espe-
cially let US visit new lodges and
weak lodges in our reach. We can
not estimate the good that could be
accomplished in Georgia if during
the next month every live member in
Georgia would visit some other
lodge."-Ga. Odd Fellow.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1926-08-05
THE STORY OF ODD
FELLOWSHIP IN FIGURES

Number of members of all branch
es of the Order, about 100000.
Beginning of the Order-Un
known.
Date of institution of the |. o. o
F., April 26, 1919, at Baltimore Md.
with five members.
Total amount paid for relief
$233, OOO,OOO.0O.
Number of Grand Lodges, SO.
Number of Grand Encampments,
So.
Number of Subordinate Lodges,
1851.
Number of Subordinate Encamp-
ments, 3,645.
Number of Rebekah Lodges, 49,
278.
Number of active members, /. o.
O. F., 2,654,51O.
Total relief paid last year, ST.
718,OOO.OO.
Total amount invested funds of
the l. o. o. F., SOL, 0O0,0OO.0O.
Homes of the Order, sc.
Value of homes, $12,500, 100000.
Number of persons who have been
residents of these homes, 18,548.
Number of present residents, s.
$50.
IN GEORGIA
We have 400 Subordinate Lodges
with 1888 members invested
funds of $3.50, 100000; paid for relief
last year, $35, 1921.
We have 80 Encampments, with
5000 members.
We have 40 Rebekah Lodges, with
1000 members.
We have one Canton.
We have an Odd Fellows Home
erected and paid for during the past
five years worth $75,000O.00. We
have in this home AZ children that
are worth more than all the material
wealth of the world.
The first lodge instituted in Geor-
gia, Oglethorpe No. 1, March 3,
1912, with five members, at Savan-
nah.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1926-08-05

We fail to reach our possible goal
not because of opposition from with
out, but because of weakness within.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1926-08-05
WILLIAM MCCORMICK

Past Grand Patriarch William Nc
Cormick died at his home in Fitzger-
aid on Feb. 9, 1920, after an illness
of about three months. He had cele-
brated his eighty-ifth birthday just
few days before his death.
Brother Mccormick joined the In
dependent Order of Odd Fellows at
the age of twenty-one, being at the
time of his death perhaps the oldest
Odd Fellow in the State. He had
filled every office in the Subordinate
Lodges and before coming to Geor-
gia was a member of the Grand
Lodge of Illinois. He was member
of the Grand Lodge of Georgia,
Grand Encampment, and Rebekah
Assembly at, the time of his death.
In 1910 he was elected and served
one year as Grand Patriarch of the
Grand Encampment.
One of the greatest desires of his
life was to see an Odd Fellows Home
established in Georgia. He was an
important factor in starting the
movement which he lived to see cul-
minated in the splendid institution
now in process of construction at
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1926-08-05
MESSAGE OF ODD Eel
LOWSHIP

Odd Fellowship sounds three dis
tinct notes in the harmonizing of the
world, says Fraternal Record. 1t en-
phasizes three great ideals for the
building Of higher civilization.
By its teachings it proclaims the
message of service. If man aspires
to rule, he must serve; If he expects
exaltation, he must be humble; if he
hopes for happiness, he must bring
joy to others. "To speak that I may
encourage" "To work that 1 may
serve" "To live that I may exalt. u
This is the message of Odd Fellow.
ship.
1t proclaims the message of cul
ture. To enrich the mind, to softer
the heart, to enlarge the soul, to as
pire to be man strong and rugged
and honest, is good. To long to b.
q gentleman, courageous and tendel
and clean is even better. A true Ode
Fellow will say: II want to speal
so as not to offend; want to act 81
that my neighbor will feel my sympa
thy; want to live so that it can b,
said of me, "He was clean of body
clean of mind and clean of SOUL
This is Odd Fellowship.
1t proclaims the message of sacri
fee. "He who loses his life for m!
sake shall find it but he who saves hi
life for himself loses it."
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1926-08-05
c,.xn mAsrrp II HENDRIX AND GRAND SECRE-
TARY T. H. ROBINSON WILL ADDRESS ASSEMBLY
WITH INTERESTING AND INSTRUCTIVE
TALKS ON ODD FELLOWSHIP

oerald Lodge No 35 will be host to ODD Fellows OF IL
lodges of the 4h district of which expected TO Drng en en-
Coffee county WI" De repre-
by three turner Dy TWO anu
Wilcox by :. , L onouod for tho
Fellows hall Friday morning ana
ternoon at which all Odd Fellows are urged 10
Hendrix will be here person as "i also
Grand Secretary T Robinson of Gainesville ia
The program for the follows:
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1926-08-05

The Order of Odd Fellowship
probably originated in England In
England in the Eighteenth Century,
In the Gentlemen's Magazine for
l745, an Odd Fellows Lodge is men
toned as place where very pleasant
an drecreatiye evenings are spent.
The early English Lodges were sup
ported and their members relieved,
by each member and visitor paying
a penny to the Secretary on entering
the Lodge. Whe ma Brother could
not find work, he was given card
and funds enough to carry him to
some other town, where when he
found employment, ne deposited his
card in the Lodge there. The doc
trine of Self-interestedneSS prevailed
for great many years, when in
1909 they learned that in Union there
is Strength, and so formed the Man
chester Unity that has grown to be
the strongest Benevolent Society in
the world.
The Natal Day of American Odd
Fellowship was the Goth of April,
1919. Thos. Wildey, the founder,
was born in London on January Is,
1882. On his arrival in America in
1917, he Immediately sought to make
the acquaintance of Odd Fellows in
this country, and found John WEIGH
and they advertised in the Baltimore
American that they would be glad to
meet their Brethren for the purpose
of forming a Lodge of Odd Fellow
ship.
On Friday evening, April 7th, 1919,
at the Seven Stars Hotel, End Street,
Baltimore, at p. M, their last adj
vertisement brought to the meeting
Richard Rushworth, John Duncan
and John Cheatham. This completed
the chartered number and on April
Goth, in accordance with ancient GUS
tom, they instituted Washington
Lodge No. 1. Thus their frail bark
was launched on wide and unknown
sea-
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1926-08-05
MuLTuM IN PARVO

sWe are thrilled with the work ac-
complished by our Order in the past,
and we look forward to, not only a
continuance of this work, but as time
passes, to a widening of the fields of
our labors. An Odd Fellow lodge in
any community ought to stand out as
beacon light to guide all men along
the pathway of good citizenship.
While we hold no affinity with sys-
TENS of party or sect, we do, however,
take our place on the side of obedi-
ence to laws and decent citizenship.
We believe in respect to constituted
authority and enforcement of law
not by ourselves as Odd Fellows, but
because we are loyal to the institu-
tions under which we and our neigh
bors live. The flag of our Country
is unfurled in every lodge room each
week and takes it's place with the
Bible as an inspiration, demonstrate
ing that we are not only Odd Eel
lows, believing in the Fatherhood of
God and Brotherhoo dof man, but are
faithful to the Flag"
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1926-08-05
A CEASELESs SERVICE

Mighty rivers have their source in
tiny springs-greatr and good deeds
are but the multiplied result of some
small kindness.
Like the river that enlarges as it
flows from it's sometimes almost I'M
traceable source, a small kindness
lives and grows with such multiplici-
ty that its power and worth cannot
be estimated.
The memory of kindness is like
a perpetually blooming plant, its
beauty and fragrance are everlasting
and permeate beyond the reasoning
power of man.
Kindness has the power to ease the
pain of disappointment, to rob fail.
ure of its spirit, sapping chagrin, re.
store self-respect and loan new cour-
age.
Kindness once sent on its way to
mingle among men knows no mac
tivity.
Kindness is a ceaseless service.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1926-08-05

With a righteous cause as our OBJ
jective we are bound to succeed.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1926-08-05
WHITTIER ART THOU
TRAVELLING

A noted preacher being asked
whether people were growing better
or worse, replied: "They are grow
ing both better and worse. The soil
is growing richer and richer, and as
it produces larger crops of grain, 1t
will grow larger weeds also.
By the soil of course he meant OPP
portunities produced by the advance
ment of arts and science and along
all lines of endeavor. There has
| never been time when there were
open so many alluring channels bid
ding for the reception of human ac-
| tivities. Hence the paramount I'M
| portance to the individual of care
fully tracing these channels before
committing to the many part OF life's
energies. There is one channel, or
| road, that represents the avocatlon
of the individual. This flows into the
realm of self interest and as we fol-
low it and close other channels, in
stead of becoming broader its ten
dency is to narrowness and contrac-
ton.
Then it is necessary even to the
volume of this channel that others
which we may designate as spare
time channels, be kept open; and
| these are the ones that count largely
| for the contributions which we make
to society, to our own personal pleas
ure and to the development of life
forces. Then much depends upon the
way in which we spend the time that
is diverted from the main channel.
The direction of our lives is largely
determined by this, therefore we
should be as careful, use the same
quality of judgment and exercise the
same degree of common sense in the
selection of our amusements and
recreations as in forming plans and
selecting methods for the operation
of the business affairs in which we
are engaged. In doing this we will
of course, carefully consider not only
tendencies and direction, but also the
! destination.
Stand upon our street corners af-
| ter business hours and observe the
direction taken by our young men,
| and older ones as well, on their way
to "have a good time" Note them
evening after. evening and observe
objective points. Do you not find
that establishments for light amuse-
ments, not to mention those which
are questionable, receive the greater
volume Of the throng?
Now we do not depreciate amuse-
ment but we do say that life is too
short, too real, too earnest to allow
any considerable portion Of our time
to be devoted to that which only
amuses and does not quicken and
direct thought into proper channels.
! Just as taste and appreciation for
good reading that is, reading of
wholesome books can be cultivated
to the extent that trashy literature
will be obnoxious, just so can our in
clination and appreciation for whole
some recreation be made an essential
part of our daily food. To assist in
this Odd Fellowship has been great
factor, and can be made a greater
one if the lodges will exert them
selves to measure up to the full
standard of their opportunities.
Then let us do away with "dry as
dust meetings and turn something
loose every meeting night that is
alive and going in the right direction.
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Griffin.
The funeral in charge of the Odd
Fellows with Rev. J. H. Elder of the
First Methodist Church preaching the
funeral, was held at his home, after
which the body accompanied by c. A.
Fretwell, Grand High Priest of the
Grand Encampment and others, was
carried to his former home in Ohio
for burial.
We pause amid the activities of
life and bow our heads in submission
at the passing of another great Odd
Fellow, great in his love, loyalty and
devotion to its principles and it's
every work. He was q brother and
friend.-Ga. Odd Fellow.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1926-08-05
FITZGERALD LODGE NO.
IS. EXTENDS A SPECIAL
INVITATION TO EVERY
ODD FELLOW IN STATE
To the Odd Fellows of the Fourth

To the Odd Fellows of the Fourth
Division:
have called Division meeting of
the 4th Division to be held August
18th, with Fitzgerald Lodge, No. 3d.,
in Fitzgerald, Ga. I wish to extend
a special invitation to every Odd Fell
low, regardless of where you mem
bership is, to be with us on this date.
We have planned good program.
Our Grand Master and Grand Secre-
tary will both be with US.
Fitzgerald's working team will con-
fer the First Degree at 500 P. M.
Come, enjoy this meeting, hear our
Grand Master and Grand Secretary
speak and see this degree work.
G. C. PETTY,
Division Deputy, Grand Master.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1926-08-05
OFFICERS FITZGERALD
LODGE, No. IS

G. c. Petty, Noble Grand.
S. o. Minshew, Vice Grand.
Frank Hitch, Rec. Secy.
Geo. Crawford, Fin. Secy.
H. E. Nelson, Treasurer.
Lodge meets every Tuesday even
ing in their own home, corner Main
and Pine streets.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1926-08-05
9TH DIVISION LODGES

The 4th Division is composed of
six counties, with IA lodges, as fol-
lows:
Ben Hill with No. IS.
Coffee, with Nos. 203 and 251.
Crisp, with Nos. 284, 525, 526,
223 and 424.
Irwin, with Nos. 267, 500 and
SIG.
Turner, with Nos. 81 and 533.
Wilcox, with No. lit.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1926-08-05
FRIDAY, AUGUST 18th, 1000 A. M.

Opening OdeBy Lodge
9 Devoiona-By Chaplain G. A. Ginn OF Fitzgerald
Welcome Address, f. Turner, of Fitzgerald
Response-R A. Reese of Cordee
Meeting.
Appointment of Committees
Adjournment All Grand Lodge Officers WIN
entertained at Kwans Luncheon LeeGran Hotel by DVsio
Deputy Grand G. C. Petty
Neetin gcale o order at 215
REPORTS of Committees
o meeting
Band Concert by ftzgefaid community D""u ''O
12 Barbecu nnerat 600
Degree work at 500 o'clock
H. Talk by r. II. Hendrix
is Talk by CrandSe Secretary T. H. Robinson
Evening star., 1926-11-20
REPORT TO Be FASTENED.
Commissioners Want Data on Pro-
posed Magistrate Courts.

The committee appointed by the
District Commissioners to study the
advise bility Of establishing a system
Of magistrate courts in the police pre-
cinct stations will he asked to hasten
it's report in view Of the interest taken
by the Gibson subcommittee investi-
quate facilities at Police Court. it was
indicated yesterday by Commissioner
Proctor. l.. Dougherty.
The committees findings should be
prepared as soon as possible. Com
missioner. Dougherty believes. for
possible use by thek House subcom-
mittee. "
Evening star., 1926-11-20
SuMMERALL URGES
SUPPORT FOR ARMY
Declares People Should Uphold
Program in Order That Leaders
Could Center on Efficiency.
By the Associated Press.

NEW YORK. November 20. -
"Citizenizing" the military forces
rather than "militarizing the coun-
try" was urged last night by Maj.
Gen. Charles p. Summerall as a step
toward adequate national defense. in
an address at the Hotel Astor last
night.
Gen. Summerall, who leaves here
today to take Office at Washington
as chief of staff of the United States
Army. was the guest of honor at a
dinner rendered by numerous patri-
otic, civic. military and veteran or
ganizations. He has been in COM
mand of the I'd Corps Area.
The voice of the people" he said,
should demand that a settled policy
should exist and that the military
leaders be free to devote themselves
to their primary tasks of giving to
our defensive forces and plans a
maximum of efficiency rather than
exhausting their energies in defend
ing year by year the existence of
such forces. Such q procedure would
not contemplate militarizing the
country, but citizenizing the mill
tary forces
Evening star., 1926-11-20
PATIENTS OFFER GOODS.
Articles Made at st. Elizabeth's tt
Be Sold,

The annual sale Of handicraft
work Of patients Of st. Elizabeth'j
Hospital will be opened December
In the Ira nsportation Building. Seven
teenth and II streets. II was an.
nounced today by George Baldwin Nc
Coy unit Of the American Legion.
Auxiliary. which is conducting the
enterprise.
Articles offered this year include
children's chairs. toys, doormats.
shopping bags. scrap baskets. hand
woven towels, dolls furniture.
knotted belts. table mats, trump
markers in bird and parrot designs
and ha nd-woven dresser scarfs and
table covers in old.fashioned craft
weaving.
The proceeds derived from this
sale are devoted to furthering the
occupatio therapy work among
veterans who are mostly victims ot
she'll shock and other unfortunates.
The money will he expended for
material with which to carry on this
work during the coming year. the
entire expense Of the sale being
borne by the George Baldwin Mccoy
Unit
Evening star., 1926-11-20
.Newspaper Owner Dies.

SAN FRANCISCO. November 20
R.-Paul D. Murphy. one of the own
ers Of the Minneapolis Tribune. died
ut his residence here yesterday after
an illness of several weeks. Murphy
was the son Of the late W. J. Murphy,
founder Of the Tribune. He came. to
San Francisco two years ago with
Mrs. Murphy and had made his home
here ever since
Evening star., 1926-11-20
EVERYMAN'S
INVESTMENTS
Market Unfailing Prophet.
BY GEORGE r. HVGHEs.


There is one other sense in which
the term "discounting' is used in
connection with the stock market
which ought to be discussed before
we leave the subject. We have
already seen In the two preceding
articles what this term means when
used in reference to individual stocks.
In larger and more important
way the stock market Is said to dis
count business conditions. mea ming
thereby to forecast by the general
rise or fall in the price level of Sc
curities coming prosperity or depres-
sion. as the case may be. This is
one Of the most important functions
Of stock market trading and one which
history shows 1t performs with sur
prtsing accuracy.
Every great change in industrial
conditions has been preceded six
months or more by a corresponding
change in the trend Of the stock mar
kat. The combined Judgment of the
entire world Of security buyers and
fofesee the future. Individual specu.
latcrs and investors may and do make
serious errors, but the market as a
whole is uncannily correct,
The mysterious thing about the
matter is that. notwithsta ndinE the
fact that the record cannot be denied.
that there are always more doubters
than believers. Again and again when
the market turns downward at a Pc
riod of great business activity, which
shows not the slightest inclination of
e.ackening, the warning is either
ignored or, ridiculed. People say that
conditions have changed: that the
present differs from the past and that
the old rules no longer apply. They
are always wrong. 1t is the same
wuen after a prolonged depression
and when the outlook is tho darkest
the stock market begins to creep up.
ward its message is unread.
Note that all this applies only to
the ma jor swings of prices. Minor
fluctuations have no particular pro.
phetic significance. But over the
longer periods this discounting ability
Of the stock market provides invalu-
able Information to those able 10
assimilate 1t.