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KANSAS WO A MAY, 1914. -PAGE TWO i A WONDERFUL RECORD. Kansas City No. 187 619 JondSi (Ufa Sonpranaa Cwrh Wichita No. 271 538 Past Grand Master Workman Giles H.

Lamb Answer the Question "Is the Old Ship Charity Seaworthy?" PUBLISHED MONTHLY EW men in Kansas Entered as second class matter April 8, 1913, at the post ofuee at Erie, Kaunas, under the Act of August 21, 1'J12. Parsons No, 1 504 Winfleld No. 18.... 494 Wichita No. 22 488 The only material change in the standing of the lodges in the "Near Big Ten" or Minor League, is tho appearance of Galena Lodge No.

9, which slipped into this league from the Big League, giving place to Wichita No. 22, which goes to tenth place in the "Big Ten" while Winfleld Lodge WIO statesman or fra-11 ternalist than Hon. OFFICIAL ORGAN A. O. U.

W. OF KAN8A8 Giles II. Lamb, of Yates Center. He T. A.

CORDRY, Editor and Proprietor. Rate for Subscription One copy, one year Fifty Cents Erie, Kansas, May, 1914. served two terms as Grand Master Workman and for a number of years was chairman of the law committee, and for years has been active in every session of the Grand Lodge. His has been an active life, one of the leading lawyers of Kansas, a state senator during one of the most turbulent political periods in the history of the state, a presidential elector of his party, but with all this Brother Lamb has always had time to devote to the A. O.

U. and he is always interesting, whether speaking from the platform or writing, urging the obligations of fraternity. Writing under the head, "Is the Old Ship Charity Seaworthy?" Brother Lamb writes the Kansas Workman as follows: The older members of the A. O. U.

W. have a vivid recollection of the "Old Ship Charity." Indeed most: them have made a safe voyage iii the old craft and landed safely in the harbor. But it has been a long time since this stormy voyage was taken, No, 18 takes ninth place, with only ten points between it and Parsons No. 1 for place, and if Billy Bird- keeps his promise of a hundred recruits at Winfleld, Wichita No. 271 will have to fight for seventh place in the big league.

Nearly all the lodges in the Minor League made gains during March, and reports of an unofficial character show still larger gains during April. For instance Arkansas City lodge No. 89 shows a gain of seven, while Abilene No! 93 keeps on the map in seventh place with 350, tieing Kansas City No. 216, and the ten lodges show a net gain over the Marcji report. The following is the standing of the ten lodges in the Minor League: Galena No.

9 481 Topeka No. 3 456 Newton No. 74 ..426 Leavenworth No. 122 405 Independence No. 17 360 Arkansas City No.

89 359 AWlene No. 93 350 i 4 and a large majority of the present members never saw the "old ship," ifjg -iiAi. i-- lift i. QUICK WORK COUNTS. Within an hour after you read this pick out your candidate, have him or her sign an application card and then go direct to the medical examiner and have him or her examined.

Stay with the candidate until initiated. When you read this only two weeks of the Jubilee Month, In which every lodge Is asked to make at least a 5 per cent net gain In membership, re mains. If you have not done your part In making this net gain of 5 per cent you can yet do It If you will hurry. Before reading this you will have received a letter from the Grand Master, together with an application card. It Is to be hoped that you have not waited until now, but If you have, don't delay any longer.

You can get a candidate examined and initiated in two weeks. Try It. This is an Individual matter with each member. Five members In each lodge securing one member each will add 2,000 new members to the Order this, month. Ten members in each lodge with a little work can make an addition of 4,000 members.

Isn't that worth working for? Every dollar of protection written by the A. O. U. W. of Kansas is worth 100 cents on the dollar.

It gives Its members the highest measure of fraternity. It gives them membership in the oldest fraternal order in America. It has paid out to the beneficiaries in Kansas, to the widows and orphan of its members, approximately' $15,000,000 and never yet contested a just claim in the courts. Isn't that an order worth belonging to? When you finish reading this don't put off adding a new member to this Order. Do it NOW.

You certainly have some friend to whom you can show no greater evidence of your friendship than to persuade them to join the A. O. U. W. of Kansas.

They will never regret It, and there will come a time when they will thank you for it. Won't you please do this for' your friend, for yourself and for the Order that is giving protection to your loved ones and its fraternity to you? Will you please do it now? I -V If you don't want your widow to be compelled to marry for a home, you can prevent it by a membership in the A. O. U. W.

of Kansas. -h 4 Over a million dollars protection placed on the homes of over a thousand women in Kansas by the A. O. U. W.

of Kansas in five months. Isn't that worth while? While you are getting new members see that the old members do not become suspended. It is a practical application of "a bird in the hand is worth two in-the bush." a a There is only one discussion that should interest the members of the A. 0. U.

W. of Kansas, and that is how to increase the membership and Judge R. A. Burch, Justice of the Supreme Court of Kansas. ONE ASSESSMENT EVERY MONTH IN THE A.

0. U. W. Without notice, and without any variation. If not paid by the 28th of the month, your Certificate will stand suspended, until all arrears and pending assessments are paid, and until the Lodge votes to reinstate you.

For amount of your Assessment in the A. 0. U. VV. and when it should ho paid, see Assessment Notice in this paper.

Better pay your assessment the first of the month, and not run the risk of suspension by waiting until the last of the month. A NEW YEAR BEGINS. This month the Kansas Workman starts on its second year under the present management, and the editor enters this new year of work with the hope that he will have the same genial hearty co-operation on the part of the officers of the Grand Lodge and the members of the Order as in the past, and he hopes that he may merit their appreciation, and that the work and devotion of each may result in the highest measure of success for the A. 0.. U.

W. of Kansas. To each Brother and Sister who has helped by encouragement and contributions the writer is most grateful, for to them in a large measure we look for the news of the order. We want their suggestions and advice, and in this co-operation and harmony the greatest results can be accomplished. The past year has been one of the most important epoches in the history of the Order.

It has seen the admission of women, followed by such a growth of the Order that has not been known in years, the result of an awakening that should continue until 75,000 men and women of Kansas are protecting their loved ones under the' Anchor and the Shield. The Kansas Workman hopes to have a part in this accomplishment, but the greater work rests upon the individual members. The writer feels that this marker for the milestone of the Kansas Workman would be incomplete without mention of Seth G. Wells, whose work as printer has contributed so much to the appearance and success ef the paper during the past year, as Kansas City No. 216.

350 Lawrence No. 7 347 Atchison No. 137 345 Here are the number of new members each of the lodges in the major and minor leagues will have to secure to make a net gain of 5 per cent this month over and above all losses by death and suspension, on the basis of the report for April 1st, but the actual basis will be on the Grand Recorder's report for May 1st, which may make some changes: Chanute, 45; Pittsburg 36; Hutchinson, 34; No. 294, Kansas City, 31; No. 244, Topeka, 31; No.

187 Kansas City, 31; No. 271 Wichita, 27; No. 1 Par-, sons, 25; Winfleld, 25; No. 22 Wichita 24; Galena, 24; No. 3 Topeka, 23; No.

74 Newton, 21; No. 122 Leavenworth, 20; Independence, 18; Arkansas City, 18; Abilene, 17; No. 216 Kansas City, 17; No. 7 Lawrence, 17; No. 137 Atchison, 17.

This will make a net gain of 309 members for the ten lodges in the Major League and a net gain of 192 for- the ten lodges in the Minor League, or a total net gain of 501 members for the twenty lodges. How solicitude for the need of the brother and the brother's family. As a social organization it makes no undue encroachments on the home and family life, does not require the constant ministrations of the cook and the bar-tender to cement its ties and makes no demand for exorbitant expenditures of either time or money. I could afford to make the social contributions membership required and I could afford to pay the price of its financial protection. The returns were abundant and were sure.

"When some of us look back upon the years of our membership in the A. O. U. W. the various fortunes of our brothers, living and dead, bring to mind times when we have stood upon the beach and watched the ocean waves.

They seemed to be as eager and resistless as youth. They seemed to be reaching onward and upward as if in endless aspiration and some rose and came grandly on with uncommon effect of beauty and of power. In some the impulse was Judge R. A. Burch, justice of the supreme court of Kansas, is recognized as one of the ablest jurists of.

Kansas. The opinions of Judge Burch are looked upon by lawyers as masterpieces, not only because of the sound law and logic which they contain but for their literary finish. An opinion by Judge Burch carries weight with it, not only as a lawyer, but as the opinion of a man who never gives one without having fully investigated his subject from every viewpoint and it is the last word upon that subject. In reply to the question as to why he is a Workman, Judge Burch says: "I beca'me a member of the A. O.

U. W. because it was genuinely fra-teral and reliably beneficiary. There was also an appealing bit of sentiment in the fact that it was the oldest of orders of that kind, the first to demonstrate the validity of the principles upon which it was founded. "There is no necessary antagonism between the noblest sentiments and aspirations of fraternity and those demands of safety and security which are essential to enduring protection.

True fraternity must issue in some kind of protection. The protection which flows from fraternity is cer G. H. LAMB, Yates Center, Past Grand Master Workman. many of them will make it? DEATH OF SISTER FERGUSON.

not quite strong enough. Untraced influences swept some to one side. For others the unseen undertow was too. mighty and they fell prostrate on the sands and broke with unutterable pathos into infinite tears. To all these every true Workman has been his brother's keeper, bringing charity in the wide sense of kindness and love, bringing hope through the cheer of friendship and the counsel of experience, and bringing that splendid protection in which every piece of silver is made golden by its accompaniment of fraternal words and fraternal deeds.

R. A. Burch." Grand Lodge of the A. O. U.

W. Pays First Death Loss on Woman Member. Blood poisoning, the result of an accident, caused the first death among the women members of the A. O. U.

W. of Kansas, that of Sister Alice Ferguson, who joined Pittsburg Lodge No, 56 on January 2nd. In February Sister Ferguson met with an accident which resulted in well as its prompt delivery to the tainly of the finest quality, and when it is demonstrated according to sound financial principles the results become truly magnificent "In the A. O. U.

Wr. I found an order truly democratic in character in which all men were equal in theory and in practice a genuine brotherhood with fine ideals and lofty aims, paramount among which is sincere members. There has been no fric-iadd to the prosperity of the order. tion in any department, and with harmony and enthusiasm for among Remember that your representation us all, with each individual member i in the next Grand Lodge will depend hence the question "Is the Old Ship Charity Seaworthy?" An inspection reveals the fact that she has been in service in Kansas for nearly 37 yeate and has visited over 500 cities 'a3a towns in our state, some of them many times. She has never- gone empty, but has deposited in the lap of the widows and orphans and other beneficiaries of the order a bequest of $1,000 or $2,000 at each time of calling.

It is truly -a wonderful record. The writer used to point with pride to the thousands of dollars that had been distributed by the Grand Old Ship in the latter 80's and early 90's, and it was then an inspiration to the young members to be steadfast and earnest, and an inducement to the outsiders to become members of the crew. As we told of thousands of dollars paid out in the early days we can now tell of millions left in sorrowful homes to shed light and sunshine in the dark places of life. The March number- of the most excellent Kansas Workman lies before me. It shows for the month of February the Old Ship made 43 voyages.

In 36 of these she left $2,000 at each landing and in the other seven she left $1,000, or a total of $79,000 in all blood poisoning and finally term upon the number of members in good standing. Your lodge will have one vote for every fifty members and inated in her death on March There was a will broken the other CHANGES IN THE BIG TEN. day. A husband tried to will his major fraction of that number. A A A If you have allowed yourself to become suspended don't rest until you doing his and, her 'part the next session of the Grand Lodge will mark the greatest epoch in the history of Workmanship in Kansas.

It is with this hope, born of confidence in the officers and members of the Order that the writer enters upon the second lap of his editorship of the Kansas WOr-kmsn, feeling more than ever his responsibility as a Chanue Still Holds First Place and Galena Gives Place to Winfield. ffi7 rr HE principal event 15, bringing to the Order sorrow in the first death to occur among thousand or more women of Kansas who have joined the A. O. U. W.

of Kansas the Order were in the "Big Ten" is the dropping out) of Galena Lodge No. 9 and the first Alice Ferguson since the doors of property to his daughter, but debts took all the money. The A. O. U.

W. of Kansas writes an unbreakable will. The laws of the state protect the beneficiary of members of fraternal societies. 4- There are a few lodges that have not yet had a revival, but there is yet time for them to make a showing of 5 per cent net gain this month. A lodge with only 30 members would only have to secure two members over and above all suspensions and deaths.

Why not make it a twenty appearance of Win-field IS as the have been reinstated. You can't afford to leave your family without protection and the time may soon come when you will be no longer able to giye them that protection which you owe them. A A A Young man and young woman, if your father protected you with a membership in the A. O. U.

W. of Kansas isn't it good enough to protect your parents in their old age? Or if you are married, isn't it good enough to protect your children? It Since midnight of November 1st, 1913, over a thousand women have joined the A. 0. U. W.

of Kansas and among them are some of the best women of Kansas. A A A This is the Great Jubilee Month of the A. O. U. W.

of Kansas, and it remains to be seen whether or not it for one month. What a wonderful record! That is more than we paid in an entire year in the early days when we were so enthusiastic. Tt? per cent net gain in that case. Be a first thrown open to women on midnight of November' 1st, 1913. One of the members of the Pittsburg lodge in writing of the death of Sister Ferguson says: "Sister Ferguson was one of our most highly esteemed members and a general favorite, not only in the lodge room, but among all who knew her.

She was a sweet loving young mother, whose death comes as a shock to the home which is bereaved and to whom the members of Pittsburg Lodge No. 56 extends its deepest sympathy." tailender of the Big League. But word received from Deputy Bird, who is working there indicates that Parsons No. 1, and even Wichita No. 271 will have to make a larger batting average if they hold their place against the Winfield lodge.

There is a possibility that another lodge will enter the Big League next month, and if there was a report right down to date it is probable that it would show Topeka No. 3 in the "Big Ten," with Wichita No. 22 crowded off the map. This is the first time since "Dad" Miller went to Galena and secured a class of 1,000 or more that the Galena mission of the Old Ship Charity has been and is now to dispense these sacred bequests. Is she still seaworthy? YES.

Clouds have hung low over her horizon, winds and waves have lashed her, opposition has born down on her with heavy hand, but she still sails the fraternal seas. Not a sail lowered nor a mast broken; not a stanchion gone. God bless her for the good she has already done, and God help her for the good she is sport. Did you ever read of an orphan who was compelled to go to Work at ten years of age, or even younger to help support a widowed mother and beingf compelled to neglect his education? Has such a boy or girl a fair chance in This can be prevented if the father or mother is a mem lias certainly proven all this. A A A Brother, if you are troubled with forgetfulness regarding your dues and assessments let your wife look after their payment.

She and your children are the ones who would suffer most should you die while suspended, and if you will allow her to handle it you will never be suspended. A A A Harmony is the greatest asset that any fraternal beneficiary order is to be all that is intended that it should be one of the greatest months in the history of the Order. Don't be afraid to join the A. O. U.

W. of Kansas because you may want to fight for your country. Here is hoping that this may never be necessary, but this is an Order in which your certificate is just as good while you are fighting for your country as when behind the bank counter. But you can't fight booze and be a good Workman. We want to hear- from more lodges.

We know of several places where there was good news during the past month but we were unable to connect with it. Please don't forget to send ber of the A. O. U. W.

of Kansas. You probably know of such cases A A A lodge has been out of the "Big Ten" and here is predicting that Brother Weilep, Ed Julian, Brother Fred Dugan, and a score of other us the news of your lodge and by so can have. Without it no order can pinch hitters in the Galena lodge will doing keep all the lodges of the state lose no time in recovering lost ground, destined yet to do. These are some of the reasons why I have faith in the A. O.

U. W. of Kansas. She has been, is now and will be again Storm tossed, but not storm bound, She rides the limes of foam The gales that heave the rushing waves Sinks not this bark in hidden graves But drives her nearer home. Fraternally Yours, in touch with each other.

A A The first three months of this year saw 1,077 new members join the A. O. U. W. of Kansas and there ought Here is what Billy Sunday says: "I don't believe that any man does right by himself or his wife or children if he does not provide for them with life insurance so when he is gone they wiH not be thrown out on the charity of the world." There is sound logic as well as authodoxy in that statement by the great revivalist.

He never said a truer word. I It is just as much the duty of the wife and mother to protect her husband and children as it is the husband and father to protect his wife and his children. It is a mutual duty to be three times that number of new hope to grow and accomplish the good for which these societies are organized and maintained. Don't be a knocker when there is so much room for boosters and so much more good can be accomplished, not only for others, but for yourself. AAA The first two months after the admission of women saw 791 new members initiated into the Order, and they have been coming in every month since then, on an average of A A Every member of the Kansas delegation in the lower house of congress is a member of the A.

0. U. W. of Kansas, and Workmen are to be found in the supreme court of the state as judges. They are bankers, lawyers, preachers and merchants, but what is of more importance Workmen are to be found in the mines, in the switch yards, on the railway trains as engineers and firemen and on the box cars as brake-men, and these are the men who most G.

H. LAMB, P. G. M. members during the next three months, and there will be if every member does his or her duty.

A A A and that some of those now in the Big League will have to work to hold their places against the Galena hustlers. Six of the lodges in the major league show a loss for the April report as against the report in March, but a wireless from some of these lodges is to the effect that much of this -lost ground has been regained. Here is the standing of lodges in the Major League, according to the report of Grand Recorder For-de in the April Kansas Workman: Chanute No. 96 909 Pittsburg No. 56 .1713 Hutchinson No.

77 675 Kansas City No. 294 651 Topeka No. 244 628 The grand lodge of the A. O. U.

W. of Missouri, at its recent session in St. Louis instructed the Grand Master to appoint a committee to devise ways and means for procuring and It will require a net gain of about 400 members a month to reach that 40,000 mark by the next session of the Grand Lodge, but it can be done if every member will do his and her duty. If each lodge will make a net gain of only two members a month we will more than reach it. See how easy it will be if each lodge and each member works just a little.

each owes to the other. twelve every day, including Sunday. It is up to each member to say whether or not this is to continue with just a little more steam until we reach the 40,000 mark by the next meeting of the Grand Lodge. need the protection of this great order. The A.

O. U. W. of Kansas seeks most to protect those who most need protection and no honorable occupation is prohibited in this Order. establishing a permanent home for the order in Missouri, where all the No, Alonza, a girl isn't necessarily a modern Venus just because she has an offhanded way.

grand lodge officers will be located.