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ARTICLE X-Duties of Treasurer .- The Treasurer shall receive all moneys belonging to the Association from the Secretary, giving his receipt therefor ; and pay all orders drawn on him by the President and Secretary. He shall make an annual report of the receipts and ex- penses of the Association, and perform such other duties as may be required of him by the Board of Trustees. He shall give such bond as may be required by the Board of Trustees for all moneys that may be entrusted to his keeping.
ARTICLE XI-Applications for Membership. -SEC. I. The fee for admission in this Associa- tion, in Class A, shall be two dollars, and no one shall in future be admitted into said class if over forty-five years old ; and not more than 1,200 persons shall hold membership in this class at the same time, and not more than $1,000 shall be paid from the Beneficial Fund on the death of any member of said class.
SEC. 2. The fee for admission in this Associa- tion, in Class B, shall be as follows : When the applicant is under fifty years of age, two dollars ; if over fifty and under fifty-five, three dollars ; if over fifty-five and under sixty, four dollars, (and no person shall be received who is over sixty years of age) ; which money, if the applicant is elected, shall be applied as follows : One dollar to the Beneficial Fund, and the balance to the Expense Account.
ARTICLE XII-Assessments .- It is mutually and faithfully agreed by each member of this As- sociation to pay to the Secretary, one dollar at the death of a member who is entitled to benefits, to be applied to the Beneficial Fund, and twen- ty-five cents, to be applied to the Expense Fund.
ARTICLE XIII-Benefits .- Upon the death of a member of the Association who is entitled to benefits, the Secretary shall immediately charge each member with an assessment of one dollar
and twenty-five cents, and cause the following notice to be served upon each member who may be indebted to the Association, after such charge is made :
"You are hereby notified that by the death of , a member of this Association, of Class .... , who was entitled to benefits, an assess- ment of one dollar and twenty-five cents is charg- ed to your account, as provided for by the laws of the Association ; and that you are not entitled to any participation in the Beneficial Fund, un- less such assessment is paid within thirty days of date of such notice.
, Secretary."
Which notice, deposited in the postoffice to his last known address, or sent to the resident trus- tee of his Lodge, shall be deemed sufficient on the part of the trustees. If said assessment shall not be paid within thirty days from the date of said notice, said member shall thereby forfeit his membership in the Association without action of the trustees.
ARTICLE XIV-Arrearages .- SEC. 1. Any member of this Association, dropped or expelled from his Lodge, or in arrears for an assessment made upon him, forfeits his membership, and all moneys he may have previously paid to the As- sociation. And to obtain membership again, he must pursue the same course and pay the same fee as though he were a new applicant. And it shall require a two-thirds vote of the Board of Trustees present to elect him to membership.
SEC. 2. Should a member of this Association withdraw from his Lodge by withdrawal card, his membership in the Association shall not be affected thereby for six months rom the date of his withdrawal card, provided he pays all assess- ments from time to time made upon him by the Association ; and should such member deposit his final card before the expiration of six months, with any Lodge, such inember shall continue to be entitled to all the rights and privileges of the As- sociation, provided he furnishes a certificate from the Secretary of said Lodge, under the seal, that he has become a member thereof, showing that he is a member in good standing, and clear of all indebtedness to said Lodge. But if such mem- ber fails to deposit his card within the time speci- fied, then his membership in the Association shall cease, except, that when a brother is a member of both a Subordinate Lodge and En- campment, and his Subordinate Lodge shall be- come extinct, and who, by reason of age or in- firmity, cannot successfully apply for member- ship in another Subordinate Lodge-upon his obtaining a Grand Lodge Card from the Grand Secretary of his jurisdiction-such brother shall be entitled to retain his membership in this Asso- ciation, so long as he retains his membership in his Encampment, and pays all assessments due from him to this Association.
ARTICLE XV-Benefits .- SEc 1. Upon the death of a member of this Association, of Class A, who is entitled to benefits, the President and Secretary shall draw an order on the Treasurer, payable out of the Beneficial Fund. for a sum
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representing one dollar for each and every mem- ber of said Class, not in arrears for any assess- ment ; provided, always, that said amount shall not exceed $1,000, and also one dollar for each assessment said deceased member paid into the Association, to be paid out of the Expense Fund.
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SEC. 2. Upon the death of a member of this Association, of Class B, who is entitled to ben- efits, the President and Secretary shall draw an order, payable out of the Beneficial Fund, for a sum representing one dollar for each and every member of said Class B in the Association, not in arrears for any assessment, and also one dol- lar for each assessment said deceased member paid into the Association, to be paid out of the Expense Fund.
SEC. 3. The order shall be made payable to the widow, children, mother, father, sister or brother of such deceased member, and in the or- der named, if not otherwise directed by the mem- ber previous to death. If such deceased member shall leave neither of the above named relatives, nor any directions for the payment of the ben- efits, then the Board of Trustees shall dispose of the benefits as they think best.
ARTICLE XVI-Annual Meeting .- An annual meeting of the members of this Association shall be held on the last Friday in April, each year, for the transaction of such business as may come before the meeting, in accordance with the laws of this Association. At such meeting ten mem- bers shall constitute a quorum.
ARTICLE XVII-Amendments .- Amendments to these Laws and Regulations may be offered by any member, at any meeting of the Associa- tion, for consideration ; and if three-fourths of the members present at such meeting vote in favor thereof, such amendment shall be declared adop- ted.
GRAND UNITED ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS.
GUIDING STAR LODGE, No. 1880, was organ- ized in Zanesville, July 30, 1878, by the follow- ing officers of Amity Lodge, Cambridge, Ohio : John Norman, N. F. ; D. D. Williamson, P. S. ; Samuel Wooden, V. G.
The following were the first officers appointed, and installed the same evening : Charles H. Saw- yer, N. F. ; Elisha Guy, N. G. ; John H. Har- graves, V. G. ; Enoch Harper, P. S. ; John Bar- nett, E. S .; George W. Johnson, Sr., W. T .; Moses Green, P. N. G. ; William Prin, Chap- lain ; Richard Barnett, R. H. Supporter to N. G. ; Alonzo Doles, L. H. Supporter to N. G .; Robert Giles, R. H. Supporter to V. G. ; Wil- liam Hardy, G. H. Supporter to V. G., and Geo, Quales, Warden.
This organization has the following dispensa- tion :
The Grand United Order of Odd Fellows- - Friendly Society:
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN : Be it known, that, application having been made to the Commit- tee of Management, England, by the sub-Commit-
tee of Management, America, for permission to open a New Branch, at Zanesville, State of Ohio, under the title of the Guiding Star Lodge, No. 1880, this Dispensation is hereby granted by the Committee of Management, to the above named sub-Committee, to open such New Branch, or Lodge, accordingly, and that the same shall be enrolled, acknowledged and received, as a branch of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows. Now, therefore, I, the Grand Master of the above named Order, by authority of the Committee of Management, do hereby certify and declare said Lodge to be a lawful Lodge of this Order, and that a bond of union be granted to the members thereof, and the society hereby binding them- selves, and the said Lodge, in strong friendship and union, together, assuring them of the protec- tion of the Committee of Management, so long as the laws of the Order shall be observed and kept.
Given under our hands and seals, this 4th day of March, in the year of our Lord, 1878.
JOIIN HOLLY, Grand Master. GEORGE MARSHALL, Deputy G. M. WILLIAM LINSEY, Grand Secretary.
We, the undersigned, being the sub-Commit- tee of Management, America, hereby grant this Dispensation, to open the above named Lodge, and hereby assure the said Lodge of our protec- tion, so long as the laws of the Order and the sub-Committee of Management are observed and kept.
Given under our hands and seals, this 8th day of July, A. D. 1878.
R. FAUSET, Grand Master. W. C. H. CURTIS, Deputy G. M. D. B. BOWSER, Grand Secretary.
[All duly sealed. ]
The present officers, elected and installed the first Monday in March, 1881, are :
George W. Quales, N. F. ; Thornton M. Tate, N. G .; William L. Smith. V. G .; George A. Pointer, E. S. ; Enoch Harper, P. S. ; Julius Pay- ton, W. C, ; George W. Johnson, Sr., W. T .; George W. Steel, P. N. G .; John Parker, W. W .; C. A. Hogans, I. G .; George Weeks, R. H. Supporter to N. G. ; Edward Mulford, L. H. Supporter to N. G. ; Alonzo Deleo, R. H. Sup- porter to V. G. ; Augustus Carlisle, L. H. Sup- porter to V. G.
The following sketch is from the Annual Re- port of the proceedings, at Richmond, Virginia, October, 1880, pp. 72-73 : " It has been asserted that this body is independent and sovereign, whose decisions are final and irrevocable. That opinion is not only erroneous, but it is in conflict with past experience. It is neither independent nor sovereign, except by sufferance of the great fountain head, in England. Our brethren across the waters, in delegating to us the power to man- age our own affairs, declare, in the warrant from the Committee of Management, in England, un- der date of December 19th, 1843, our subordina- tion, and that we can only have their aid and support ' so long as the laws of the Order shall be observed and kept.' The laws referred to are
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the location of the largest and oldest Drug Store in East- ern Ohio. The store was founded by Da- vid Maginnis, about 1840, who retired a few years after on ac- count of ill health, and the business passed in succession to W. A. Graham, then Graham & Co., afterwards Graham, Bailey & Co., until 1880, when Willis Bailey and J. D. Por- ter, who had been in the store from their boyhood, and had for ten years previous to 1880 almost entire management of the business, purchased the entire Graham in- terest and changed the firm name to Bailey & Porter. For many years the store was located at 144 Main street, but a year af- ter the purchase of the Graham interest and good will by Bai- ley & Porter, they went from that loca- tion on account of W. A. Graham (the own- er of the building), who desired his son might reap the ben- efit of the oldand well established stand. They removed to 94 Main street, but that room proving entirely too small for their large stock, they have recently leased the above spacious build- ing, No. 172 Main street, which, with the large warehouse in the rear, gives them ample facilities for their im- mense business. There has been some controversy as to who are the successors of Graham, Bailey & Co. Bailey & Porter are the only legitimate successors of the old firm. During the years of
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the war the busi- ness was rapidly in- creased by carrying a large stock, buying for cash, and employing active travelers, who regularly visited the towns in Southeast- ern Ohio. The busi- ness became the larg- est of the kind in this part of the State. After the war the business went stead- ily forward, and dur- ing the dark days of the financial panic of 1873, when banks and business houses all over the country failed, closed and compromised their obligations, their business progressed as if no financial crisis had occurred. They can point with pride to their record, and are now one of the oldest, if not the oldest, business house in Zanesville.
They now carry a stock of over fifty thousand dollars, em- bracing all kinds of imported and domes- tic drugs, chemicals, paints, colors, dye stuffs, proprietary medicines, etc., and employ twelve per- sons, all of whom are thoroughly com pe- tent for their respect- ive positions.
The success of the present firm is largely due to their prompt and polite attention to customers, strict integrity, and a con- scientious regard for the quality of the drugs and medicines dispensed. The high reputation they enjoy as Prescription Druggists show that their efforts are appreciated by the citizens of Mus- kingum and adjoining counties.
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the fundamental principles of this Order, and the judge of our conduct is the constituted authorities of our great Order in England, from whom we derive our existence. Our subordination was transparent, when, in 1849, at the annual meet- ing, held in Hartford, Connecticut, the sub-Com- mittee was removed from New York to Philadel- phia. At that period of our existence, the min- utes of our A. M. C. were sent to England for confirmation, when the Committee of Manage- ment, at Leeds, ran its pen across the action, changing the place of meeting of the S. C. M. to Philadelphia, and ordered the meetings to be held in the city of New York. An appeal was taken from the decision of the Committee of Management, to the A. M. C., in England, the highest authority of our Order, which assembled at Bradford, in the County of York, on Whit-Mon- day, 1850, which overruled the decision of the Committee of Management, and sustained the ac- tion of our A. M. C., at Hartford, in removing our S. C. M. to Philadelphia. Again, when, by prop- osition, from Eastern Star Lodge, No. 1028, of Washington City, which was passed by the A. M. C., held at Petersburg, in this State,in 1869, it was enacted that ' the P. G. M. Councils, when and wherever organized, shall be known and styled as the Grand Lodge of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows in America ; that it should be in- vested with power to hear and determine ques- tions and complaints concerning Lodges ; that it should sit as a high court of appeal, to finally de- termine individual cases, and that each Council should exercise supervisory jurisdiction over the subordinate Lodges in their several communities.' This proposition, passed by the Petersburg A. M. C., never went into operation, because the Commit- tee of Management, in England, declared it con- trary to law. Whenever we transcend the au- thority delegated to us, or mar the symmetry of our Order by unwarrantable action, we shall find ourselves confronted with a veto power, which we are in honor bound to respect and ob- serve." .
From the report of the thirty-fourth annual meeting, held at Little Rock, Arkansas, in Oc- tober, 1879, it appears that the first Lodge in America was numbered 646, opened in 1843, in New York City, called Philomathean, and was represented at this grand convocation by the Most Venerable Patriarch, W. C. H. Curtis, and also, that there are now 533 Lodges in the United States, Upper Canada, Bermuda Islands, New Providence, Bahama Islands, St. Thomas Island, West Indies, and the Island of Cuba, and from that report, we obtain, also, the following :
"We, my beloved brothers and sisters, are in the crucible of preparation. Let us early bear the image of the Master of the Assembly, pos- sessing ourselves with that wisdom that distin- guishes one class of men above another, leading to the discovery of the paths on the deep, uniting us with the world around us, the agencies and properties of the vegetable world, utilizing them in alleviating our sufferings ; discerning the sub- terranean treasures of mineral wealth, so that we
may have in our purse two-pence for the inn- keeper, when we leave an afflicted brother ; an eye to discern the course of the planets, and mark them, as they roll along in the great ex- panse, magnifying God in His visible works, drawing ourselves to Him by their silent lan- guage ; gathering all around the sacred altar, raising ourselves by the lever of religious sci- ence, extending the flaming torch, until the lights above and beneath unite, until the heavens kiss the earth, and we be permitted to step from time into eternity, leaving the perishable to possess the eternal ; to meet where the Patriarch's jew- eled crown will never fade, and the beauty of our beloved truths will grow more dazzling, while eternity shall roll on."-[Extract from an address by Rev. B. W. Arnett. ]
The Grand Lodge meets at Cleveland, Ohio, the first Tuesday in August, next.
E. H. Guy, Grand Master. W. O. Bowles, District Secretary, Urbana, Ohio.
DRUIDS.
The United Ancient Order of Druids is a be- nevolent association. They style their division of the order, a "Grove," and number them in the order of their organization : the one in Zanes- ville is Concordia Grove, No. 13, organized, May 3d, 1859, by William Stoll. N. G. A. : and G. A. Rheinberger, V. G. A., of Cincinnati.
The first officers were: Philip White, Noble Arch ; Gottlieb Glaeser, Vice Arch ; Edward Vo- gel, Secretary ; Daniel Fehrends. Treasurer.
The charter members were : Jacob Hartmeyer. Philip White, Gottlieb Glaeser, Edward Vogel. Daniel Fehrends, George T. Bieler, Henry Koche, Peter Schreck, Conrad Fischer, Joseph Mees, Adam Mertz, Michael Seibert. Conrad Stolzenbach, John Genznagel. Henry White, George F. Fuessle, John W. Kiesswell, Louis Russi, Jacob Matzenbacher, Charles Miller. Wil- liam Heinrich and Xavier Meyer.
The charter was dated May 3d. 1859.
The Grove, as indicated above, is a subordi- nate division ; the Chief Grove of the State is called the Grand Grove of the State of Ohio, to which all subordinate Groves report, and are subject in matters that pertain to the Order at large.
The present officers are as follows :
N. G .. Charles Brendle : V. G., F. Schultz : R. S .. Adam Pfeifer : Treasurer, Charles Russe. The present membership is ninety-five.
INDEPENDENT ORDER OF RED MEN.
Improved Order of Red Men-having for its motto, Freedom, Friendship. and Charity. This institution is founded upon the customs, usages. traditions, and history, of the aborigines of this continent, and its primary objects are, to pro- mote, among men. the exercise and practice of the true principles of benevolence and charity : the care and protection of the widow and orphan. and the cultivation of friendly relations among mankind. The founding of the Order dates back to a period anterior to 1815, and. although
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no energetic effort has heretofore been made for its extension, its existence is now found in more than twenty-five jurisdictions, and in some of these it equals the strongest of kindred societies, in zeal and prosperity, and, in all, has a nucleus both healthy and promising of great results.
This Tribe was organized in Zanesville, Au- gust 2, 1870, by Great Sachem, G. B. Means, of Steubenville, Ohio, and chartered the third Tuesday in May, 1871. The first officers were as follows :
Sachem, W. R. Hazlett ; Senior Sagamore, Alexander Platt ; Junior Sagamore, G. W. Hazlett ; Chief of Records, Samuel Howard, Jr. : Keeper of Wampum, A. P. Stultz.
The Tribe, at that time, numbered twenty- eight members. The present officers are :
Sachem, L. F. Smith ; Senior Sagamore, George Bostwick; Junior Sagamore, George Mason : Keeper of Wampum, W. A. Twaddle ; Chief of Records, W. R. Hazlett.
The regular place and time of meeting, is in Star Building, northeast corner of Third and Main streets, on the second and fourth Thurs- days of each month.
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS.
McINTIRE LODGE, No. 38, was instituted in Zanesville, November 30th, 1871, by E. T. Haines, Grand Chancellor, assisted - by Past Grand Chancellor, Joseph Dowdall, G. K. of R. and S., Henry Lindenberg, Supreme Represent- ative of Ohio, J. Hope Sutor, Supreme Repre- sentative of West Virginia, and delegations of Past Chancellors and Knights, from neighbor- ing Lodges.
The charter members were: Dr. A. Ball, B. D. Brown, R. J. Brown, Henry Bimple, A. J. Farnum, H. C. Lillibridge, E. P. Moorehead, Chapline Moorehead, Morris Springer, R. S. Willey, T. W. Gattrell, Charles E. Randall, James Huff, Thomas Coppard, W. C. Burns, Edward I. Cockrill, J. B. Copeland, William Goetz, R. W. Jones, R. H. Morgan, W. L. Prophater, C. T. Starr, and W. H. Wilmot.
The first officers were: Venerable Patriarch, Edmund P. Moorehead ; W. C., Dr. Alfred Ball ; V. C., H. C. Lillibridge; R. S., C. E. Randall ; F. S., B. D. Brown ; Banker, Henry Bimple ; Guide, M. Springer ; I. G., W. H. Wil- mot ; O. G., R. S. Willey.
"The Trustees shall each give bond, in the sum of $100; the Master of Exchequer, $500 : and the Master of Finance, $300."
The present officers are : Julius Frank, C. C .; W. C. Harris, V. C. ; Charles Geiger, Prelate ; Fred Geiger, M. of E .; R. J. Brown, M. of F. : R. S. Willey, K. of R .; George Steventon, M. at A. ; Frank Lemon, I. G. ; A ,J. Farnum, O. G. Trustees-W. H. Mast, Thomas Harris, and W. D. Reed. The officers are elected on the first of January and July, of each year.
B'NAI BRITH.
The Independent Order of B'Nai Brith organ- ized Gihon Lodge, No. 195, in Zanesville, April
27th, 1873 ; chartered by District Grand Lodge, No. 2. This District comprises the following States : Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Missouri, Nebraska, Colorado, and Kansas.
This is exclusively a Jewish Order. The char- ter members were : M. Steinfeld, W. Dryfus, B. S. Dryfus, R. Shonfield, M. Shonfield, M. Cahn, Henry Horkheimer, S. Frank, Louis Steinfeld, Henry Baer, and D. Goodman.
First officers-President, M. Steinfeld ; Vice- President. W. Dryfus ; Secretary, Henry Baer : Treasurer, HI. Horkheimer.
Present officers-President. Herman Weber : Vice-President, Marcus Weinberg : Treasurer, H. Baer ; Secretary, W. Friedman ; Financial Secretary, Julius Frank.
BENEFITS .- The Constitution provides that at the death of a Brother, the sum of one thousand dollars shall be paid, for the benefit of the be- reaved. This is termed a compulsory endow- ment. and to raise this amount an assessment is made, of seventy-five cents per capita. There is also a *"free endowment" of two thousand dollars.
KESHIER SHEL BARSEL.
This is a benevolent association, organized for the purpose of relieving its members when in dis- tress, burying their dead. and providing for wid- ows and orphans within their Lodge association. They have adopted, as a motto, "Truth, Love, and Justice." A special feature in the fraternity, is an assurance department, by which one thous- and dollars is secured to the family of a member, at his death. At such time, an assessment of fifty cents per capita is made-to an amount not exceeding thirty deaths in a year. If more than thirty deaths occur in a Lodge, in a given year, the necessary amount to complete the assurance is drawn from the Sinking Fund of District No. 4. to which this Lodge is subordinate. Febru- ary 16, 1880, Districts 4 and 5 were consolidated. and are now known as District No. 4. Prior to this time, District No. 5 embraced the States of Tennessee, Indiana, Michigan, Kentucky, Mis- souri, and Ohio.
KING SOLOMON'S LODGE, NO. 133, was insti- tuted in Zanesville, August 16, 1874, by N. Straus, J. Ettinger, L. Raden, and J. Trost ; they were Grand Officers of District No. 5 : this locality being in their jurisdiction.
The first officers of King Solomon's Lodge, No. 133, were as follows: W. Freedman, Pres- ident; M. S. Witkosky, Vice President ; L. Witkosky, Recording Secretary ; A. Kohn, Fi- nancial Secretary ; B. Frosh, Treasurer ; L. Newman, Outer Guard ; J. Stern and A. Cohn, Trustees.
The charter members were: W. Freedman. M. S. Witkosky. L. Witkosky. B. Frosh, D. Frosh, A. Cohn, H. Weber, S. Levy, S. Stern, J. Goldberger, T. Rosler, J. Haber, J. Wollner, H. Heflich, L. Newman, J. Stern, Ignatius Stern, S. Freilich, S. Schwarz, S. Regan, W. Klein, A. L. Freedman, H. Reich, J. Metzen- dorf, S. Engleman, M. Levy, B. Singer, J.
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Freedman, S. Cohn, S. Klein, J. Gotlob, W. Deutch, A. Starn, J. J. Klein, L. Klein, H. Kohn.
The present officers are : President, M. Weinberg : Vice President, H. Heflich ; Re- cording Secretary, J. Wollner ; Financial Sec- retary, S. Engleman ; Treasurer, M. Ney ; In- side Guardian, T. Rosler ; Outside Guardian. L. Klein.
KNIGHTS OF HONOR.
The objects of the Order are to unite fratern- ally all acceptable white men, of every profession and occupation ; to give all possible moral and material aid in its power to its members, and those depending on its members, by holding moral, instructive, and scientific lectures ; by en- couraging each other in business, and assisting each other to obtain employment ; to promote benevolence and charity, by establishing a Widows' and Orphans" Benefit Fund, from which, on satisfactory evidence of the death of a member of this corporation, who has complied with all. its lawful requirements, a sum not ex- ceeding two thousand dollars, shall be paid to his family, as he may direct; to provide for creating a fund for the relief of sick and distress- ed members ; to ameliorate the condition of hu- manity in every possible manner. Under these provisions and stipulations this Lodge was organ- ized.
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