Equitable Aid Union Advocate from Wyandotte, Kansas • 2

v- '( 1 THE EQUITABLE UNION 'ADVOCATE. sxots m.iJi anailahla in thck II 1 1 II 11 Let us hear from you ow3 of lava had been on the other enterprise, soon. siVJe of the niDuntain. ing more especially of weak Unions, thus placing all upon a solid footing, to the end that our Order may be banding on the east Bide of the -o- SUSPENDED UNIONS. Island, we had gone southward trom Hilo, and the road having turned, we were now going in a northwest permanently mereoy The following Unions failed to re BROTHERS OR SISTERS OUT OF EMPLOYMENT 'v If any Hister or brother out of employment and dusking a "Situation, willcommunicate the facts'-to us through the secretary of their Union, we wilt publish a notice for them free of charge, under the heading of "Situations Wanted," iii the Advo Fraternally yours in P.

E. T. A spond to Call No. 20 before the 31st erly direction. As we ascended the mountain, for this is what we were really ring, though the ascent was i'AN A.

UEWbi) W. H. Muzzv, S. 8. of December, and are therefore sus pended, together with all their mem bers, until they do respond: so gradual as to oe naraiy perceptible, the country, strange to say, appeared constantly to betray less and less of its volcanic character.

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roads gradually began to lose their 23 100 TERMS. -128 175 194 Single Subscription, one year $1 00 CluDsofTen or more 80 Clubs of Twenty-five or more 70 204 Clube of Fiftv or more 60 NAME. Salamanca, Foresiville, -Port Alleghany, Kast Smithfield, Holley, -Sheffield, Nelson, North Wayne, Marblehead, Lisle, -D. lano, Echo, Sidney, -Topsfield, Kogersville, Derrick City, -St. Cloud, Half the above amount for six months, 241 Advertisements inserted on Reasonable 274 285 terms.

Dh. W. D. GENTRY, Editor and Proprietor, The Home Magazine, a literary monthly of merit, is published in Kansas City. The Decomber number is full to overflowing with reading matter suitable for the home and fireside.

Send for a specimen copy and see what the mid-continental city can produce. The Supreme Union of the Equitable Aid Union is a body politic and can be sued, or can sue. If a member in any state in the Union, or in any country on this earth, has a legitimate claim against the Supreme Uuion, that claim can be collected under the laws of Pennsylvania. v. 287 308 309 318 -330 338 HO TO INCREASE A TTEND- ANCJD OF MEM BERS A MEETINGS OF UNIONS.

Every Union should make a by The Tayer claim has been placed in the courts and will soon be tried. If it is right for the Snpreme Union law instructing the Accountant not to receive money from any member to pay the claim the court will decide it, and it will be paid if the court so decides it. Yet there are -o- in payment of dues or assessments except at his desk in the hall at a grave questions regarding the legal regular meeting. Another law should be enacted ity of the claim, not only on account of the delinquency and failure to be porperly reinstated on the part of the instructing the Accountant not to receive money in payment for dues deceased, but on account of the bus and assessments from any other pension of his Union at the time of person than the member for whom the payment is offered, unless by his death. The Supreme President refers to this claim in his annual re direction of the Union.

roughness, handsome groves wore frequently greeted the eye and beautiful flowers adorned the path of the traveler. At length, turning ab ruptly out of a narrow valley, in which we had been walking out horses leisurely, enjoying the scene, behold in the near distance a column of smoke distinctly rising from the horizon, and -curling upward, lost in the blue sky above. Surely that must be the volcano (Concluded in our next.) Circular No. 12. Columbus, Dec.

31, 1881. Officer! and Members of the Equitable Aid Union. My Dear Sisters and greet you all witlr'a Happy New Year," invoking God's blessing upon each and every one of you, and especially upon our Order. Eventtul 1881 has closed its work, and prominent amongst the things for which we have to be thankful is the fact that the- Equitable Aid Union has passed through the checkered ordeal of the year, and comes to the line which time marks between 1881 and 1882 with clean hands and garments unsoiled, better prepared than ever before to assert and to maintain that high position among the organizations of the day to which it is so justly entitled. We now have on record upwards of 380 Unions, in thirteen States and one Territory, with a membership of more than eleven thousand, distributed from 'the Atlantic to the Pacific oceans and yet the Equitable Aid Union is only 2 years and 8 months old.

The last few months have not been so much devoted to the formation of new Unions as to disciplining and strengthening the old. With an eye single to this result, and to the end more especially of giving an impetus to some weak Union, on the 5th day of October last, Circular No. 11, contain ing a Dispensation to the effect that members may be received at a fee for initiation not less than one or more than five dollars.as each Union may enact, to remain in force until the close of 1881, was issued. This was an experiment, the fruits of which, we are now satisfied, have proved very wholesome for the Or der. Whiie it is true we have received an expression of views from some highly esteemed member whose judgment is worthy of respect in op The practice of some members of paying the Accountant whenever and wherever they happen to meet port, published in another column.

A directory of all Unions, desiring to have their names, location, time of meeting, and president's and and secretary's name published, will hereafter be published in a special him, or of sending the money to him by a friend, or going to his house or Capital City Union, at Topeka, Kansas, has. been instituted by Dr. H. J. Canniff, D.

S. P. We rejoice to know that a Union has been established in the capital of our state and congratulate Dr. Canniff on his success, if it did require' weeks of work. Every memberof the Equitable Aid Union who holds a Benefit Certificate should subscribe for the Advocate.

It will show twice each month the growth and condition of the Order in which he or she is so deeply interested. Wx ask each secretary to act as agent for the Advocate. Those who will do so and advise us of the fact, will receive the paper free for the term. Let us hear from you soon. The members of each and every Subordinate Union have a work to do to make their membership pure, and guard the Order against imposition by receiving ineligible persons Kansas is the Central State of the United States, and should be department in the Advocate; terms place of business to annoy him and occupy his time, which is generally given without compensation, is all wrong and $3 per term of six months.

Every Union should do this to enable their should be prohibited. The hall of the members to know when their meet ings are to be held, and also to enable visitors from other Unions to find their hall and know their time of meeting. Wyandotfc Union pub lished its card in the Advocate last year and found that it pays. Brethen and sisters, the Advo Union is the place and the regular stated meeting is the time for transacting the business of the Order, just as much as the counting room is the merchant's or banker's, the office the professional man's, or the shop the mechanic's place and their appointed business hours the time for transact, ing their business. If a person owes a draft at the bank, there is where that person would go to pay it, not to the cashier on the street or any other place; and so it is with the dues and assessments of the Union; they are drafts on the members and are payable at the desk of the Ac- cate is your pt per, ana we wisn every member to enjoy it.

If you do not receive it let us know, and we will place your name on the subscrip designated in that way and not by tion book and send it to you regularly. Of course we expect a small donation to pay for the trouble of writ that obj ctionoble and offensive word Jay-hawker." ing your name in the book and on Obituary notices and resolutions the paper every time it is published. One dollar a year or fifty cents for six months will pay for that trouble, of respect will be inserted in the Advocate at the rate of five cents per line. Seven words constitute a line. Wesley vi lle Union No.

385 was We hope to have all our old sub instituted at Wesley ville, Erie county, on January 6lh, by Supreme President D. A. Dewey, with thirty- scribers continue with us for another year. Please send in your names. eight members.

We are indeed glad SHOKOPEE, UNION. Shokopke, Dec. 6, 1881. to know that President Dewey is Editor A. U.

Advocate again in the field and at En close I please find returns for work. We understand he is position to this new departure, we confess that a large portion of cor respondence on this subject has been in favor of Dispensation; and believ ing as we do, that a valuable growth, an impetus and a renewed energ generally has been the experience incident to this liberality, we are in clined to the opinion that extension of time un ler said Dispensation will generally be hailed as a good omen to the Order. Therefore, we hereby announce to all Unions, that the terms of said Dispensation are extended for two months; i. Dec. 31, 1881, to March 1, 1882.

Be it understood, however, that each Union is entirely at liberty to act in the premises as the majority thereof may deem best for its inter est. Unioiis may be and doubtless are differently situated in regard to this question; hence, each being at liberty to retain in force the regular initiation fee, or adopt one for itself, suited to its condition, with an eye to its best possible growth, it seems) to us that this Dispensation should not detrimentally affect any. Trusting that this Dispensation may be taken advantage of, and at conntant. THE CONSTITUTION AND laws in gurman: We have had our Const ituti and By-laws translated into the German language and propose to have the same printed in an extra edition of the Advocate. In order to pay the expenses of printing, stereotyp ing', mailing, Ac, we must sell ten thousand copies at five cents each.

In order that this may be done, we solicit from eacn Union an order for the German edition of the Advocate, which will be published as soon as a sufficient number is ordered, and contain, besides the Constitution and Laws, other matter of interest, showing the plans and objects of the Order and the importance of becoming a member. We have two first class German. Unions and want many more. Every Union should take an interest in this this city composed of leading citi- about to institute the third Un Tana uttnrnutru fwn rlmtia ion in the city of Buffalo. Excelsior! one editor, a banker, postmaster and merchants, county treasurer.

All I. O. O. F. lodges, after the as good a Uuion as can well be organized in any place, and I be first of July next, hold their sessions lieve in putting the E.

A. U. in the and transact business only when open best hands or not organize at all. in the third degree. This is a radi 1 think this Union and Le Seuer will order the Advocate for their cal ch-inge in the order, all business entire membership.

being now transacted in the first degree. Fraternally yours, E. G. Manley, D. S.

P. He who acts naturally seldom acts. No subscriptions will continue lonerer than naid for. rediculously..