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BRIEF HISTORY OF
ORDER OF RED MEN
[ Article Written By Mr. Paul Evans
Giving Some Interesting Facts
About Origin of the Order.
If you are a member of our Order,
you know about its history and teach¬
ings, if not you may query: What is
the Improved Order of Red Men?
Our answer is that it is the oldest
fraternity of purely American origin,
Our history is contemporaneous with
that of the United States, and our
claim, that our founders were among
the first to t^vise the banner of Free¬
dom which banner has ever since been
maintained by our Order, spotless and
untarnished, is justly admitted. The
Improved Order of Red Men can de
finitely trace its history' back to about
1760, having its origin in those patri
otic societies, the object of which was
resistance to British tyranny and
ultimately the freedom of the colonist,
These societies all thru the long years
of the Revolution, while battling for
freedom, by their close connection,
Hound themselves in the ties of friend¬
ship. To these, we have added char¬
ity, the charity of love.
Freedom : This word the aborigines
fully understood believing that “all
men were created equal” and that
“honor should be given those only to
whom honor was due”.
They worshiped the ‘KisheMointou’
known to them as the “Great Spirit”
whose power is displayed in the splen¬
dor of the sun, the glories of the night,
and the foliage of the forest. No im¬
portant matter was ever undertaken
without an appeal to the“Great Sprit”
for his guidance.
To properly give an accurate account
of the teachings, it would be well for
the writer to publish a book. The Red
Men are founded on the great princi¬
ples which are taught in the Declara¬
tion of Independence. Very few peo¬
ple know that among the signers of
the Declaration of Independence there
were a number of Red Men. Of course
there was not at that time the Order
known as the Improved Order of Red
Men, but at one time the Sons of St.
Tamina. Later tlfe Liberty Boys and
then Sons of Liberty. The Boston
Tea Party was lead by the Red Men
or rather the Sons of Liberty. These
are a few of the patriotic organiza
tions which lead to the re-organiza
tion in 1835 at Baltimore. At this
session it was decided to adopt the
name of “The Improved Order of Red
Mpn Men ”
•
In 1861 the Order , had over 10,000
members and from that time until the
present, it has [grown until its mem¬
bership runs high in the hundreds of
thousands. In 1908, the largest secret
order parade ever given was given by
the Red Men in Philadelphia during
the Founders Week. In this parade
21,000 Red Men took part. This pa¬
rade was 8 miles in length having va¬
rious floats representing such as the
Boston Tea Party, Wm. Penns Treaty
with the Indians, Signing of the Dec¬
laration of Independence and Paul
Itevere’s Midnight Ride. Our Order
attcahes no weight to a man’s social
position in life, so far as it is affected
by his wealth or education, but it does
weight carefully each member’s repu
tation for probity and honesty of pur¬
pose. The man who assumes the
pledges of the Order, with an earnest
intent to abide by them, to live up to
them and permit them to guide him is
enrolled among our membership, as a
deisreable acquisition there to, without
regard to his social station in the out
side world, but he who gives an un
heeding ear and a cold heart to the
duties, which our precepts impose and
teach, is unworthy of being a Red Man,
because he is incapable of understand¬
ing and entering into the solemn cov¬
enant upon which the Order rests.
Our Order is entitled to the respect
of every American citizen. Its pur¬
pose is purely one of “Peace on earth,
good will toward all men.” Its in¬
fluence is continually exerted to the
betterment of every "it community where
the Order exists, strives for every
man’s happiness and wellbeing and its
mission and labors will never cease
until f,,,. .,11 1 2 , ,
conception of the glorious trinity of
its motto: Freedom, Friendship and
Charity.
Transformation.
Mr. Fred Stone, the singing come¬
dian, and Mr. Eugene Wood, tlie writ¬
er, met on Broadway recently. They
stopped for a moment to exchange a
few cheerful views, when a woman in
a particularly noticeable gowu passed,
fctone rimultaneously Wood turned to Stone,
turned to Wood, then both turn¬
ed to rubber.—Everybody’s.
Patchwork Education.
M hat the modern child lacks most Is
*ke power of observation. He is satu¬
rated with smatterings of every kind
of knowledge, lives a strenuous life
aud cannot find time for observation
*ud assimilation.—-Madrid Mundo.
The Last Word.
She—And do you believe that a wo
man always turns to the last page first
when she picks up a book? He-Well,
* l‘ av e no reason to doubt it. 1 know
■ f Is the nature of the fair sex to want
the last word.—Pick-Me-Up.
VETERANS ARE NOW ,
RECEIVING PENSIONS.
Cheeks For Payment Being Mailed
Out This Week. Will Be
Highly Appreciated.
Governor Hoke Smith last Thurs¬
day signed the warrant for §939,579
for the pensions to the confederate
veterans for 1909 and the checks are
being mailed out to the proper author
ities in the different counties this
week, some of them having already
received them.
The appropriation for this year is
$950,000 and it will not be necessary
to use it entirely, due to removals,
j deaths, etc. The money was in the
treasury to meet the requirements,
although it is currently reported that
after the pensions were paid there
J would not be enough left to pay the
teachers for their services. It is un¬
j officially declared, however, that
more money will be paid in claims of
teachers up to July 1, this year than
in 1908 during the corresponding pe
riod.
The checks to each county are be¬
ing mailed out by Pension Commis¬
sioner Lindsey and Newton county’s
prorata share is $7,310, which will be
distributed by Ordinary Meador,
We give below a list of the different
counties and the amounts each re
ceives for their veterans:
Appling $ 3,000 Jefferson 5,760 i
Baker 1,730 Jenkins 1,920
Baldwin 6,230 Johnson 6,870
Banks 9.660 Jones
Bartow 13,070 Laurens 8 800
Ben Hill 2.650 Lee 1380
Berrien 5,765 Liberty 1,860
Bibb 20,505 Lincoln 3,990
Brooks 4,800 Lowndes 7,425
Bryan 1.650 Lumpkin Jlffi'
Bulloch 4,365 Macon 8,'o90
Burke 2,850 Madison
Butts 7,750 Marion 4,200
Calhoun 3,575 McDuffie 3,460
Camden 1,240 McIntosh 1,140
Campbell 7,255 Meriwether 9,320
Carroll 17,085 Miller 3,085
Catoosa 2.055 Milton 3,802
Charlton 1,320 Mitchell 7,225
Chatham 9,585 Monroe 8,715
Chatah’che 1,280 Montg’mery 7,395
Chattooga Cherokee 6,855 Morgan 3,120
8,995 Murray 5,600
Clark 8,515 Muscogee 15,865
[,| a ^. tnn 4,895 2,030 Newton Ofdetlf 7,310 '-’roo
clinch 2,260 01 ,U> ^’ggo
Cobb 18,435 Paulding - - - -
Coffee 5,150 Pickens 4,520
8,480 Pierce 4,005
. 3,140 Pike 8,590
Coweta 12,170 Polk 8,035
Crawford 3,935 Pulaski 5,360
Crisp 4.900 Putnam 5,130
Dade 1,370 Quitman 960
Dawson 3.900 Rabun 4,390
Decatur 5,590 Randolph 5,015
DeKalb 13,015 Richmond 15,740
Dodge 3,670 Rockdale 5.125
Dooly 6,345 Schley 1,750
Dougherty 2,050 Screven 3,700
Douglass 6,840 Spalding 11,910
Early 4,715 Stephens 6,565
Echols 1.660 Stewart 2,475
Effingham 1,450 Sumter 7,640
Elbert 10,185 Talbot 3,740
Emanuel 6,835 Taliaferro 2,600
Fannin 4,805 Tatnall 4,780
Fayette 8,130 Taylor 6,535
Floyd 17,095 Telfair 4,860
Forsyth 6,970 Terrell 3,835
Franklin 9,960 Thomas 5,610
Fulton 63,495 Tift 2,340
Gilmer 5,410 Toombs ly855
Glascock 3,725 Towns 3,460
Glynn 1,325 Troup 8,655
Gordon 9,105 Turner 4,180
Grady 4,665 Twiggs Union 4,445
Greene 6,075 4,255
Gwinnett 17.055 Walker Upson 5.125
Habersham 10,390 5,265
Hall 17,505 W alton 14,300
Hancock 4,000 Ware 3,870
Haralsoh 8,620 Warren 3,355
Harris 6,575 Washington 8,670
Hart 10,190 Wayne 3,745
Heard j|enrv 7,225 Webster 1,360
8,335 White 4,590
Houston 3,510 Whitfield 6,505
Irwin 1.370 Wilcox 3,920
Jackson 12,215 Wilkes 7,460
6,180 Wilkinson 4,695
j 1.370 Worth 6,175
Total $939,579
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SHOWED HIS TICKET.
n Obliging Passenger and a Cranky
Station Master.
A cranky station master while exam
; ln,tl S tickets came across a cattle deal
■ noli di f ^ " b0
^ (er, being a season aware of this, TJe usuallj ?n pass- maj
od without troubling him t0 sh °"' lt
On this occasion, however, he order¬
ed him in a not very polite manner to
produce it, adding in a severe tone:
“Mind, 1 want to see it every time
you stop at this station.”
Of course the ticket was produced,
and the official passed on. looking very
important and self satisfied.
A few days later as the early morn
ittg mail train drew up at the platform
at about 3 o'clock a passenger accost
ed the solitary porter on duty and
asked peremptorily for the station
master.
“He’s in bed, sir.” replied the porter.
"Tell him I want him,” said the pas¬
senger.
The porter disappeared and after
some delay returned, closely -------.. followed —
by the station master, who was audibly
grumbling at being brought out of bed
In the cold.
The latter then found himself con¬
fronted by his old friend the cattle
dealer, wiio handed him tiis season
ticket, politely asking him to examine
it, at the same time reminding him
that he had a few days ago expressed
a wish to see it “every time he stop¬
ped at the station.”— Loudon Answers.
THE COVINGTON NEWS
GEORGIA REAL ESTATE
MARKET VERY GOOD.
Although This is The Off Season
Many Important Transactions
Being Made
The Georgia and Alabama Industrial
Index published at Columbus, Ga.,
says in its regular weekly issue:
“The calendar says it is still January
but the temperature and the active
state of the real estate market in Geor¬
gia and Alabama during the past week
would have indicated that it was
spring. Down in South Georgia some
of the more enterprising peach trees
were out in their dainty new pink and
white dresses, giving a hin > . of what
nature’s 1909 spring fashions would be,
while roses were blooming in the open
air in many sections of the two states,
a most unusual spectacle for the mid¬
winter season. The people who al¬
ways buy real estate when the sap
begins to rise seem9 to think, with the
flowers, that it was spring, and thus
January is almost in the April class
this year in the number of its land
transactions. There were a good
many farm sales, conspicuous among
them being a $35,000 transaction in
Muscogee county, Georgia, and a $40, -
000 sale in Harris county, in the same
state. In various cities in Georgia and
Alabama nice profits were reported on
quick sales of lots bought only recent¬
ly for investment. In Savannah, Ga.,
a company bought $50,000 of wharf
age property as an investment.
“Birmingham, Ala., will award con
tract this week for $175,000 of sewer
work. A sky-scraper now being erect
ed in that city is to be built three stor
ies higher than originally planned.
Apartment houses costing $30,000 and
$20,000 respectively, are to be erected
in Atlanta, Ga., and MacoH, Ga., and
Birmingham, Ala., also have apart¬
ment houses to report.
“Georgia products, both natural and
manufactured, continue to be in de¬
mand. Granite from the hills of Han¬
cock county is to be used in erecting
a government building in Missouri, and
Albany, Ga., awarded to a Macon, Ga.,
company contract for sewer pipe.
“Announcement is made that the
tir ” t of a aeries °f plants to manufac
t ,ure paper from cotton stalks will soon
be established. A new bank is report¬
ed at Woodlawn, Ala., and bank at
Social Circle,'Ga., is to increase its
capital from $50,000 to $75,000. The
week witnesses the formation of
new corporations, with capital stock
of $535,990, in Georgia and Alabama.”
ANCIENT SURVEYORS.
Their Methods Depicted on the Old
Tombs of Egypt.
In an address delivered before the
Royal Geographical society Captain
II. G. Lyons, director general of the
survey department of Egypt, told of
the work of ancient Egyptian survey¬
ors. “At every period of ancient
Egyptian history,” he said, “the land
was measured and recorded with con¬
siderable accuracy. Property was
dealt in regularly, and an elaborate
system of registration was maintain¬
ed. No map of landed property in
ancient Egypt has come down to us,
but on the tomb walls we meet with
representations of land measurers at
work. Their methods of land mens-,
urement are represented on the walls
of the tomb of one Meuna at Sheik
Abd el Qurna, In Thebes, a land over¬
seer and inspector of the boundary
stones of Amon.
“In the scene depicted are shown
two chainmen measuring a field of
corn with a long cord, on which are
knots or marks at Intervals which
seem to be about four or five cubits
in length. Each also carries a spare
cord coiled upon his arm. Beside them
walk three officials, who carry writ¬
ing materials and who are accompa¬
nied by a small boy carrying writing
materials and a bag in which are
probably documents and plans refer¬
ring to the property. An old man and
two boys also accompany the survey¬
ors, and a peasant brings a loaf of j
bread and a bunch of green corn.
“A similar scene is pictured on the
tain walls Amenhotep, of a tomb also belonging at Sheik to Abd a cer- el j 1
Qurna. Here only one man aeeom- j
panics the chainmen, each of whom,
as usual, carries a spare cord. The i
figures are larger than in the tomb of
Menna. and, though they are now
much damaged, it is possible to see
clearly that the cord terminated in a
ram's head.”
Uncertain.
The secretary of one of the college
classes at Princeton, in sending out
each year a list of questions to be an
swered by members of the class, in
order that the results may be duly tab
ulated and set forth In the university
annual, Is said always to Include in
bis list this question: “Are you en¬
gaged?” of the mem¬
It would seem that one
bers was cursed with doubt in this re¬
spect, for in the blank space given over
—. - , ..
to the query mentioned he mane
return as follows:
Am awaiting letter. ’
"Do not know.
—Harper's Magazine.
_ _
Sunday's Journey.
“Father,” said little Rollo. “what is
meant l>y ‘a Sabbath day’s journey?* ”
“I am afraid, my son, that in too
many cases it means twice arouud the
golf links.”—Washington Star.
To The Fraternal And Insuring
Men of Newton County.
We will Organize in about Thirty Days the Indepen¬
dent Order of Forresters. The Order that has made
a success of Fraternal Insurance, and has Thirty
Four Years Experience ::::::
250,000 Members
$12,000,000 Surplus
And It has Paid Over $27,000,000 in Benefits
Monthly rate for Ordinary Class
To secure the Insurance, Total Disability,
Old Age and Pension Benefit members in the
ordinary class pay but ONCE A MONTH the
low rates shown in the following schedule. They
may be paid monthly, quarterly, semi-annually or
annually, at the convenience of the member; and
they do not increase as the member grows older
and cease when he reaches his 70 year (as pro¬
vided by the Constitution.) For rates for those
in the Hazardous or Extra Hazardous Class, see
pages 4 and 5.
The rate for $250 insurance (women only) is
half of that charged for $500.
AGE $500 $1,000 $2,000 $3,000 $4,000 $5,000
18 .38 .76 1.52 2.28 3.04 3.80
19 .39 .78 1.56 2.34 3.12 3.90
20 .40 .80 1.60 2.40 3.20 4.00
21 .41 .82 1.64 2.46 3.28 4.10
22 .42 .84 1.68 2.52 3.36 4.20
23 .43 .86 1.72 2.58 3.44 4.30
24 .45 .90 1.80 2.70 3.60 4.50
25 .47 .94 1.88 2.82 3.76 4.70
26 .49 .98 1.96 2.94 3.92 4.90
27 .51 1.02 2.04 3.06 4.08 5.10
28 .53 1.06 2.12 3.18 4.24 5.30
29 .55 1.10 2.20 3.30 4.40 5.50
30 .57 1.14 2.28 3.42 4.56 5.70
31 .59 1.18 2.36 3.54 4.72 5.90
32 .61 1.22 2.44 3.66 4.88 6.10
33 .63 1.26 2.52 3.78 5.04 6.30
34 .66 1.32 2.64 3.96 5.28 6.60
35 .69 1.38 2.76 4.14 5.52 6.90
36 .72 1.44 2.88 4.32 5.76 7.20
37 .75 1.50 3.00 4.50 6.00 7.50
38 .78 1.56 3.12 4.68 6.24 7.80
39 .81 1.62 3.24 4.86 6.48 8.10
40 .84 1.68 3.36 5.04 6.72 8.40
41 .88 1.76 3.52 5.28 7.04 8.80
42 .92 1.84 3.68 5.52 7.36 9.20
43 .96 1.92 3.84 5.76 7.68 9.60
44 1.00 2.00 4.00 6.00 8.00 10.00
45 1.04 2.08 4.16 6.24 8.32 10.40
46 1.09 2.18 4.36 6.54 8.72 10.90
47 1.16 2.32 4.64 6.96 9.28 11.60
48 1.25 2-50 5.00 7.50 10.00 12.50
49 1.35 2.70 5.40 8.10 10.80 13.50
50 1.45 2.90 5.80 8.70 11.60 14.50
51 1.55 3.10 6.20 9.30 12.40 15.50
52 1.65 3.30 6.60 9.90 13.20 16.50
53 1.80 3.60 7.20 10.80 14.40 18.00
54 1.95 3.90 7.80 11.70 15.60 19.50
Age at joining calculated from nearest birth¬
day. Members pay in addition the Court
dues.
Go in with us as a Charter member in the Court to be
Organized at Covington and save the regular joining fee after
a Court is organized. For information apply in person or a
postal card will bring me to see you. : : : : :
Ernest E. Parker,
Organizer of Courts in Newton County.
The Benefits Provided by The Independent Order
Of Forresters.
The Insurance or Mortuary Benefit
The Order issues Certificates or Policies for In¬
surance for $500, $1,070, $2,000, $3,000, $4,000 or
$5,000, and a special policy of $250 for women only.
A Total Disability Benefit on Account of Accident or
Disease
If a member through sickness or accident be¬
comes totally and permanently disabled his payment
to the order ceases, on being adjudged thus totally
and permanently disabled; and he is paid one-half
of his insurance in five annual installments. The
balance is paid to his beneficiary at his death.
A Total Disability Benefit on Account of Old Age
After the member reaches the age of 70 years
(a) the Old Age Disability Benefit, or (b) the' Old
Age Pension a nd Burial Benefit, at the option of
the member, on being adjudged thus totally and
permanently disabled.
(A) The Old Age Disability Benefit
Is $50, $100, $200, $300, $400, or $500, according
to the Mortuary Benefit held, and is paid annually
for 10 years; in the event of death oecuring before
the ten annual payments are made, the unpaid bal¬
ance member. will be paid to the benificiary of the deceased
(B) The Old Age Pension and Burial Benefit
Is a stipulated sum, graded according to the
amount of Mortuary Benefit held and the age at
which the member is adjudged totally and perman¬
ently disabled on account of old age (set out in sec¬
tion 158 (21) of the Constitution and Laws of the Or¬
der), payable annually thereafter; and $100 payable
at the death of the member. The following table
shows the annual pension for life to those adjudged
totally and permanently disabled by reason of eld
ages tetwee l 70 and 75 years.
AGE $5,oo $ 1,000 $2ooo $ 3,000 $4,ooo $$,ooo
70 $44 $100 $212 $323 $435 $546
71 47 106 225 341 459 577
72 49 112 236 361 486 610
73 52 118 250 383 515 647
74 56 126 266 406 546 687
75 59 133 282 436 580 727
A Sick Benefit
Of $3 per week for the first two weeks, $5 per
week for the next ten weeks, and, subject to the
subject to the approval of the Executive Council $3
per week for twenty-four additional weeks of any
illness or disability.
A funeral Benefit
Of $50 payable at death toward funeral expenses.
Free Medical Attendance
Of the Court Physician of the Court within
whose jurisdiction the member is taken sick, except
where the Court by By-Laws has dispensed with
free medical attendance. Some Courts, in addition
furnish medicine free, and in certain cases trained
nurses, if deemed necessary by the Court.