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Hi! MAKES APPEAL f FOR SAFER PRISON Addreuei Open Letter to Gen era] Assembly for State Prisoners' Safety ? .-m * CALL PENITENTIARY A VERITABLE FIRE TRAP Cites Case of Fire In Duplin County as One Case In Point George Ross Pou is making desper ate effort to obtain legislation which will enable the state to build a lire proof penitentiary, and do away with the tiro-traps in which the state con victs are being held. Just because a man is a convict is no reason why his life shoukl be endangered, Mr. Pou points out. Following is an open letter, writ ten by Mr. Pou and addressed to ?members of the general assembly : "To Members .of the General Assembly "Last week I wrote you in part as follows : "I vvi.-h to again call the attention of the General Assembly and the peo ple oi N'orth Carolina to the condition of tiie Central Prison at Raleigh. The Co\e. uor of North Carolina says it is *a writable fire trap' and in this at;*, nent lie is supported by Insur ant- Commissioner Boney, by State Ki? .Marshal Brockwell, by the prison Advisory Commission, by the Prison Bo;: id and by the Prison officials. Thtse men should know whereof they speak as they have made a thorough inspection of the old Central Prison. "In this building are housed over 500 souls. Men and women who, al though . ntenced to prison, still have fiopts i i the future, still have the .same love of life, feelings and emo tions as others of us. They were not sentenced to death by the courts nei ther did the courts sentence them that their lives might each day and niirht be placed in jeopardy. Yet with t! physical condition of the Central Prison, condemned as it has been by those who can speak with authority and overcrowded as it is through lack of facilities, there is every night the danger of a great conflagration ir ?wriieh these 500 or more human lives >ui?:ht be lost. Even at best there M ' uld he no chance to save all. ?'Some may say, 'Why not fire proof the oid building?' This could b( ?',>iu\ li'it the cost would be more thar half the cost of a new and moderr piant, and we would not then havt I*-.. ?< frrni the old and hardened crim inals, neither would we have propel naeans of prefer segregation of younf isolation units. To remodel and fire yrnnf the present building would b< -waste of public funds. " rests with the Genera Assembly. It is for the members o1 i S :;nte to determin( what in their opinion is the best pol icy to pursue relative to convict ? ne i. coper protection of th< 1 "s "f 'lie prisoners. If proper anc safe buildings > are not authorized then members of the General Assern I' . an) those who oppose the bil rni:r : -vept the responsibility in th< went of a fire and the loss of humar lives." I.ast night in Duplin Count^...^ (' i i--on Stockade burned. It is reported that eleven prisoners roastec to death. If these poor devils hac b'".-n h-u^ed in a modern and fire proof building they would not have died. 1 Thi ? morning The News and Ob server in an editorial opposes the vrevtn n of a new buliding on the grounds th ? interest on the bonds will l> - about $16,000.00. The Prison Advisory Commission, composed in part, of such men as Hon. Nathan O'Berrv, Hon. A. D. McLean, Mr. T. L. Bi-xnd-, Hon. A. H. Graham. Hon. E. B. JefTress, Dr. Howard Odum and t-' hers estimate the economies effected ' v th" erection ! a new prison build! >r will exceed i:' =n wt charges by veral thous . id. dollars annually. These men speak after making a Thorough sur v and invistigation. Are we to con ?- idor the financial end only? Are we to let an expense of a few thousand dollar. stand in tin- way of protecting th ? I'.vs of several hundred human beings? I do not believe you Gentlemen of the General Assembly will be mislead. I believe you will do your duty and pass by s~n overwhelming vote the re quired legislation, which hasx the hearty anprovrl of our great and humane Governor. Respectfully, GEO. ROSS POU, Supt N'. C. State Prison Department. A list of honor students for Feb ruary has ju:'t been by Prof. J. B. Jones. While more than sixty-five pupils made at least one A for the month, only five were eligible for first honors and nine for second. The students taking first honors w ? ? H rhrr>? or more A's were: Mary Nell Black, Ella Mae Scruggs, Joe Black. MaM Gillespie, Mario "Case .md Jack Mill"r. Coming second with two A's were: Justine Wright, Rath Beggs. Mary "Willie Burnett". Leslie McGuixe, J Glen Miller, 'Vmlvew B Richard 'Grimshawe. Janes D?aver. and one part-time student, Ruby McKinna. i CARL KI LP AT RICK GRATEFUL ' To My Many Friends: I want, to t4.a:i'c all of you for your i many expressions of sympathy and kindness'Surjng-'aiy long illness. ,,--V-v S ?Carl KUpatrick. 'j RENEW Yon* Subscription To The News MOVjf? TS-.n' You. ' BUSINESS WOMEN'S MEETING IN JUNE Greensboro, March 7. ? The North Carolina .Federation- of Business and Professional Women a Clubs win hold its anutil convention in Greens boro fttetead of in .Henderson ville this year. The Greensboro club voted last night to invite the convention here when it was learned that the Hender sonvllle club has been feeling the ef fects of the economic trouble i*v west ern North Carolina and wishes, to be released from entertaining the J 931 convention. ; The convention will have headquar ters at the King Cotton Hotel and will be in session on from June 11 through June 13, according to Miss Mittie E. Hill, local president. The regular pre-convention session of the executive board will be held on the night of June 11, while the first gen '.eral session of the convention will not get under way until the following morning. ! The desiTe of the Hendersonville iclub to be released from the responsi bilities attendant upon entertaining the state meeting was disclosed at the recent meeting of the state executive board which was held in Raleigh. The club, of which Miss Lois Moss is president, explained that it will renew its invitation to the convention for 1932. In addition to the usual convention activities the meeting to be held here will be called upon to pass upon a new constitution and a revised set of by-laws. Miss Elsie G. Riddick, of Raleigh, honorary state president, is chairman of the constitution commit tee. It is indicated that a number of important changes in the constitution will be presented for ratification. The convention will also elect delegates tn Ihe biennial convention of _ the Na tional Federation of Business and . Professional Women's Clubs, which ' will be held in Richmond, Va., July I 6-13. I RITESFOR EDWIN POOR HELD FRIDAY k : On last Thursday, Edwin Poor diet ! at his home near Davidson River and was buried at Davidson Rivei cemetery last Friday. Funeral ser , vices were at Davidson River Presby terian church, conducted by Rev. W , S. Hutchison, former pastor of tha: , church. Mr. Poor was born in 1858, am r from early manhood was an activi f force in the life of this county . During the early eighties he wai i ,'lerk o^the Superior Court, and foi many years he was a member of th< Board of Education, and was chair ?aan of that board for the term end ing 1925. For many years he was i rchant, in Brevard during hi: earlier years, and ' late yean -ear his home on Highway 28, neai Davidson River. He was a son of William Probar Poor, who was one of the early citi ?:":is and founders of Transylvanis 5 county, and was a prominent figurt l in the lil'e, business and politics ol the county from its organization un til his death in 1889. i About 1886 Mr. Poor was marrie< I to Miss Maggie Patton, daughter oi 1 10 li Patton, of Davidson River, i Mr. Poor is survived by his widow . Mrs. Maggie Patton Poor; one daugh > tor, Mrs. Jessie Allison, and fo'ui sons, Alley, Avery, Eugene and Jack Avery and Jack were with him during . his last illness. Alley and Eugern , left Detroit last Wednesday, but die i not reach home until the night aftei their father's death. Mrs. Allison was in the far West, and was unable tc 1 come home. 1 Mr. Poor had been a member oi 1 Davidson River Presbyterian church -;ince 1876. He was a man loved by his intimates, and esteemed and res ! ported by all. Pallbearers were as follows :Charles Y. Patton, Cos Woodfin, Pat ICimzey, A. F. Mitchell, Houston Mackey, and A. C. Lyday. The arrangements were in charge of the Brevard Undertak ing company. EASTERN STAR OFFICERS TO V,E IS STALLED TUESDAY Installation of officers elected at the last regular meeting of the Pisgah Chapter, 0. E. S., wijl be held next Tuesday evening, March 17, in the lodge rooms. It is urged that a large number of members will be present for the occasion. Incoming officers are as follows: Worthy Matron, Mrs. J. B. Pickel simer; Worthy Patron, Sam F. Alli son; Assofiato Matron, Mrs. Ina R'istin ; Associate Patron, Henry Henderson: Secretary, Mrs. C. M. Pougliu; Treasurer. Mrs. E. S. Eng lish; Conductress, Mrs. Annie Reid; Assistant Conductress, Mrs. Mary Loftis. - RINGING AT LAKE TOXAWAY CHURCH SATURDAY NIGHT I wish to announce through- your paper that if nothing happens I will again meet with t.he singing class at Lake Toxaway Baptist church next .Saturday night at 7:30. The class has failed to meet for the past two Saturday nighfs on account , of the rainy weather. Y/e hope that the interest that has bon shown here so far, will continue throughout the | rest of th" school. The n"W!c has a special invitation to attend our school of music if they wish, as well as all the singers. E. D. Randolph. REV. PAT CARVELL TO PREACH AT GLADY BRANCH CHURCH ji_ Rev. Pat Carve'.l the "railroad preacher" will fill the pulpit at the evening services at 8 o'clock at the Glady Branch church Sunday evening, March 15. Rev. I. N. KnykendaU, the pastor, extends a cordial welcome v; the public. SCHOOL BILL CAUSING legislative battle ( Continued from pane on*) operated aa economically as the six months term is now, and eliminates many spending agencies, special crvar ter district lines and other defects of the present system. No. 3, an alter native measure, continues methods, but, as introduced, provides a *12,000 000 fund, ?9W000 for the six jmontha term and $2,500,000 aid with the extended terra. The State Insurance Fund measure by which the state woud carry insur ance for all employers under ttw Workmen's Compensation Act. insteaa of the 51 insurance companies now operating in the state, came to the Senate floor with the unanimous ap proval of the Senate Insurance com mittee, but was sent then to the Ap propriations committee. ProP?"^ of the measure say ft wijl be of great relief to small firms coming under the act It has strong support and may be enacted, or at least will cawe the insurance companies to- tecMefu^ >n their action* 'and rates. The Compen sation Adt pMbably wi l ^ amendwJ to include abm?.occupational diseases and to increase the maximum for death to $7,00& and to $40 for weekly compensation. i A halt is to be called on introduc tions of bills by a resolutionwhlch will prevent any bills from being in troduced after March 10, except by two-thirds vote of the members. The 60-day period has ended and the leg islators see no way to finish before March 20. It will probably take 10 : days for the Appropriations measure to get through, starting about Mon day, and many other important mat ' ters are yet to be considered House 1 bills introduced are neanng 925 and i Senate bills are not far from 400, * 1 total of about 1,325, with a few dup | lications. During the past week about >SG bills have been ratified, 65 local and -1 state-wide, and, cxcept the Local Government bill, few are really im portant or of general public interest. , Most are legal, reflecting the excess of lawyers in the body, also reflected in the excess talk. On one bill they were unanimous sending to the tab e, , almost before its reading ended, the ' measure to voluntarily cut their sai ' aries 20 per cent. Among the new bills introduced last " week of some interest are the follow ing: . . .. t Agriculture? To protect the rights of tenants, lessees and croppers and , merchants under the agricultural lien law; repeal Ch. 200, P.L. 1929 and 1 reinstate Board of Agriculture with ; authority to prescribe charges ana ' fees for inspection of weights and , measures; giving a lien on cattle toi V' Mind*? Require complete statis tics by counties as to blind and those ! nearlv blind in the state. ' Conservation ? Allow county coYii \ missioners to approve laws and regu lations of Department of Conserva tion and Development befoie tne> b become effective in respective coun ' ties; provide a deputy warden ser 1 vice, fire, fish and game; allow the I department to get reports of persons, ^ firms, municipalities and corporations ? producing and selling electric power; permit shipping rabbits by Paice. E ^'compensation ? In addition to the Workmen's' Compensation as noted r above: Exclude counties and school - districts from compensation act; giv ? ing authority to provide compensation . Cor state convicts injured at work. ; Communism ? Define criminal syn : dicism and sabotage and punish I teaching and advocating wanton de : struction, uunish by 10 years in pvis > on or $5,000 fine. > Financial ? Allow State Treasuici to reduce interest rate on monthly ; deposit balances in banks of State i from 3 to 2 1-2 per cent. Health ? Reorganize State B?aid ? of Health April 1. N. C. Medical So ciety naniinc four and Governor five ?. members, with over-lapping four-yeai terms. i Insurance ? Extend benof'ts of ! group insurance to certain organiza tions; to define group insurance. Legal ? Provide sale of estates of idiots, inebriates and lunatics; change pleadings in actions for libv! and slander; not to require a re joinder of wife, etc.; repeal judges' retirement act, bv which judges 70 years old and on bench 15 years may retire at two-thirds pay and be sub ject to assignment to hold courts by Governor; punish trustees embezzling funds of cestui quo trustent; codify the laws of arrest in North Carolina; amend the statute of limitations; lim itation of liability of fidelity and surety companies; methods of issuing warrants, drawing jurors and the costs in civil actions in general coun ty courts; authorizing receivers and trustees to foreclose deeds of trusts and mortgages under court order. Local Government ? Allow two or more counties to establish hospital homes and prisons; define territorial limitations of street assessment lines ; relieve corner lots of part, of special improvement assessments; provide reduction in taxes levied by counties, cities and towns to pav for personal service; restrict authority of counties in the rates of taxes to be levied in future; adjust delinquent taxes for years prior to 1910 ; permit owners ti buy back land sold for taxes and still held by counties or municipalities. ! Prison ? Reorganize State Prison Board with seven members serving lour-yeai' over-lapping terms ; pre vent hiring or leasing State convicts to compete with free labor. Park Commission ? Fix terms and nrovide for successors of members of commission handling Great Sirfnky Moountain National Park matters. Taxes ? Prevent evasion of listing of personal property and payment of taxes by inp'dng temporary invest- : mets in non-taxable ^seci'rities ; also, 1 see Local Government above. Automobiles ? Reduce- allowance : from eight to six cents a mile to own- i ers of private cars used for vrablic ? ? . ? ??- < Frank Duckworth of Knoxville, Teniu, i$ visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. II. Duckworth, for sev eral days. Mrs. Albert Kyle has as her guest, Miss Helen Boyd, a former school mate, of Sisterville, W. Va, Eugene and A1 Poor of Detroit, Mich, were called here last week on acconnt of the death of their -father, Edwin Poor, Albert Kyle and John Chapman spent Tuesday of last week in Ashe ville. Mrs. John Poteat of Marion, was the week-end guest of her mother, Mrs. E. W. Blythe. Mrs. Paul Smathers, Mrs. Rush Whitmire and Mrs. Lawrence Holt spent' Wednesday of last week in Aahevilie shopping. i Mrs. J. S. Silversteen left Monday for Statesville, N. C., to attend the ;D. A. R. Convention. j Mr. and Mrs. Alf Glnzencr of Hdh dorsonville, were in Brevard Tues .day. j John Duckworth of Hendersortville, and Mr. and Mrs. McCall of Cedar Mountain, Mr. and Mrs. Byrd, of Mills River, were called here Tuesday on account of the death of Mrs. Em ma Duckworth. Mrs. McCall, Mrs. , Byrd and Mr. Duckworth are children of the deceased. I Mrs. Marcum Williams is improv ing after a week's illness due to a tonsil operation at the Biltmore hos pital in Asheville. Mrs. L. J. Peacock, Jr., has been confined to her home since Monday with a severe attack of influenza, i Miss Eva McFee of Marion, is the guest this week of Miss Sue Hunt. Misses Ruby Whitmire, Rowe Bur rell and Margaret Dickson and Messrs Eugene and Jesse Dickson and Howard Whitmire spent Sunday aft ernoon in Tryon. Miss Rowe Burrell spent Sunday night with Miss Ruby Whitmire. Spencer Macfie left last week-end for Hampton Roads, Va., from which place he will be sent to the aviation training school at Chicago. The Bre vard young man is making a fine rec ord in the navy. Mis. John C. Tinsley and Miss Hassie Tinsley went to Asheville Monday to be with Miss Marie Tins Icy, who was operated upon for ap pendices, being a patient at the Mis sion Hospital. cow, belieYedmad, BITES MRS. M'CALL Mrs. Louie McCall, of Balsam drove, was bitten by a cow Tuesday believed to have been "mad," and tfie Cow's head was shipped Wednesday to Raleigh for examination. The cow had been sick for a few days, and acting strangely, when Mr. McCall de cided to give treatment in an effort to cure the cow. It was while Mrs. McCall was assisting in this work that the cow showed a fighting spirit and bit Mrs. McCall. The woman's family and friends are greatly con cerned about the matter and are anx iously awaiting report from Raleigh. Many hogs and several cows have died in the Gloucester sic? ion si nee so many mad dogs have been in that community. Three or four people have been bitten by dogs declared to have been mad, and these people have tak en treatment, and all reported as having recovered. censes of cars , $10 for private pas senger and small truck, and $15 for large trucks and for "for hire" cars; allow orphanages to operate cars on $1 annual license fee; require cor oners to report automobile accidents to Motor Vehicle Bureau; provide a North Carolina committee to confer with a South Carolina group on cars operated across the lines of the two states. Banks ? Prohibit banks from mak ing service charge and charging for handling checks which prove worth less; prevent any firm, person, trus tee or corporation from acquiring more than 25 per cent of the shares of capital stock of more than one bank. Labor ? State Federation of Labor bill establishing 55-hour week, 11 hour day and five-day week, eliminat ing railroad employes, farm worker? and tho:<! engaged in gathering and canning perishable fruits and vege tables from its provision; other bills to prevent work of women and chil dren at night. Printing? To make it unlawful for any state official to place contract for state printing outside the stat?. Prison ? Re-allocatc $400,000 au thorized in 1927 to erect new centra! prison on Cary farm near Raleigh. Workmen's Compensation ? To re peal compensation law; others pre viously introduced would modify it. Health ? Swimming pools and bath ing beaches to be licensed and sup ervised by State Board of Health^ provide for a dentist on each county Board of Health. Plumbing and healing contractors ? Providing for a board of examiners and licensing all contractors. State institutions ? Prevent use of educational institution property for mercantile purposes, aimed primarily at book shop and student agencies at State University. Pensions ? Increase from to $365 a year pensions 'of widows of Confederate veterans who married be fore January 1, 18S0, and who were the first wives of such veterans. Enhn.hning ? Setting out qualifica tions of applicants for embalming li censes and removing three members of State Board of Health from State Board of Embalrr?rs. Forest Fires ? To make a county not cooperating with state :n foro:;t fire control liable for cost cf fighting fire that sweeps from a non-cooporat ing county to one which does cooper ate: ^ Marrwf/c lAcc^res ? Repeal act of 11*29 requiring advance notice of five lays. MRS. DUCKWORTH I] BURIED WEDNESDAY Mrs. John W, Duckworth, well be-| lovejJ Brevard woman, died early 1 Tuesday morning from double pneu- 1 monia, at the borne of Mrs. A. C. i Clark; on Caldwell street She was U1 but a short time, suffering an attack < of influenza which developed into t double pneumonia. Funeral services i were held Wednesday afternoon, 8:30 ,? o'clock at the PreAyterian church I with Rev. R. L. Alexander and Rev. 1 Paul Hartsell conducting the ?er- ji vice*. u Mrs. Duckworth was a native of 1 Natchez, Miss., and came to Brevard 1 at the time of her marriage, 34 years < ago. She is survived btf her husband, J. W. Duckworth, and the following children: Mrs. Marvin McCall, Cedar,] Mountain; Mrs. G. T. Byrd, Mills I River;.John Duckworth, Jr., Hender *?nville; and Joe Duckworth, Bre , vard. Several grandchildren also sur vive, one among them being James .Curry, Junior, son of( Mrs. James [Curry, the former Miss Ruth Duck worth, and the deceased was especial ly devoted to this grandchild. , | A large number of relatives and : friends attended the funeral services : 'at the Presbtyerian church, of which ; the deceased was a member, and ac companied the remains to the Gilles pie cemetery, where the last rites ' were performed. Kilpatrick & Sons had charge of the funeral arrange ments. OWEN FUNERAL RITES WILL BE HELD FRIDAY! i ? Elijah D. Owen, 73 years of age, ' died Wednesday afternoon at his home n North Brevard, victim of heart attacks Mr. Owen was a native ] of this county, having lived all his life in Toxaway, until his removal to j ^Brevard five years ago. He has been one of the most active citizens of ? the county, being considered one of the best farmers of the section, and was noted for his ability as a survey or. He was a member of the Baptist church. Funeral services will be held at 11 o'clock Friday morning at Toxaway, and burial will be made in the fam ily burying grounds nearby. Rev. Jesse R. Owens, a brother, and pastor of the Mars Hill church, will conduct the services. On Tuesday afternoon Mr. Owen "called his children about him, and for almost an hour talked with them, in perfectly rational manner, about his going away, and about incidents of the past and his wishes for them in the future. It was a most touching scene enacted just 24 hours prior to his death. Surviving are the following chil dren: Mrs. Looney Owen, Mrs. J. C. Tinsley, Mrs. C. G. Fisher, Mrs. James M. Neely, Roland Owen. Mrs. Ray Stratton, Los Angeles, Burlin Owen, Toxaway, and a grandson, j Artemus Owen, who had long made his home with the deceased. Besides | the Rev. Jesse R. Owen, another brother survives, being W. J. Owen, of Toxaway. Three sisters also sur vive, these being Mrs. H. "C. Mases, Macon county; Mrs. M. M. Galloway, Jackson county and Mrs. N .P. Gal loway, Jackson county. ;LET US DO YOUR JOB PRINTING ! MRS. SILVERSTEEN I ON D. A. R. PROGRAM Mrs. Jos. S. Silverateen, attending he State Convention of the D. A. R. low in session in Statecville, re sponded to the address at welcome at ruesday night's session, and her ad iress was given much prominence in ;he state Ropers. Mrs. Silverateen was followed on the program by United States Senator Josiaji W. Bailey. The convention ia said to be one of ;he most successful ever held in the itate, and reports from StateaviUe ire to the effect that Mrs. Silver i teen's contribution to the discus iion's and activities of the meeting ire considered most important BARRYMORE AUTHOR } IS NOTED COLUMNIST Lili Hatvany, author of ' ' The Duel," which was adapted by Zoo Akins and will be acted by EthcJ J Barrymore in Asheville, is a well-^ known newspaper woman and one of the leading critics of Budapest. Miss Barrymore introduced her to Ameri ca by producing "The Love Duel," which will be seen in the Asheville Auditorium on Saturday night, March 14, at 3:30 o'clock sharply. Baroness Hatvany began her liter ary career about fourteen years ago. Her first play, "Noahs Ark," was successfully produced in Budapest and Berlin. This drama, which takes its name but little else from the Bible, deals with life in a Swiss hotel dur ing the war. After this she wrote sev eral novels and dramas. One of her stories, "Tlfe Man," created a sensa tion in Europe, as it concerned social life in Vienna and dealt with people internationally known on the Conti nent. Lili Darvas, the Bernhardt star, acted Hatvany'* "First Love," one of whose scenes took place in the gal lery of the Hungarian parliament house, while the legislative body was in session. Then came "The First Man," which centered around a war episode. An officer of the invading army, intoxicated by the lust of war, assaults a young girl in a castle in the invaded territory. Several years later, he meets this girl and, not rec ognizing her, falls in love wit hher. As the baroness has a habit of u^ing persons prominent in political 'and social circles in her novels and her plays, the first-night of a Hatvany drama or the first edition of one of her stories i5 the occasion of consid erable nervousness on the part of those who have confided in her. In addition to her novels and her stage pieces, the baroness also writes what Americans would call a column for a syndicate of Central European newspapers. It is the nearest ap proach in Europe to a style of jour nalism familiar and popular in this country. D. A. R. SPONSORING THE SHOW AT CLEMSON MONDAY The D. A. R. is sponsoring the showing next Monday and .Tuesday at the Clemson Theatre of the picture, "New Moon." It is said to be an un usually fine picture, and the fact that the D. A. R. is sponsoring the show ing gives promise that v capacity houses will greet the three stars play ing in the picture. W. 0. W. State-Wide Head Csrsip Meeting to Attract Many R. F. Patterson Announces Gathering to be Held in Higb Point April 29. , THE state-wide head camp meeting of the Woodmen of tiie World of North Carolina will be held in High Point April ,29. according to announcement today by Head Consul R. Frank Patter sen of Kannapolis. The head camp meetings are he'a every two years and. accord 1.-.3 to Head Consul Patterson, de.egates and members of their families will journey from all parts of North Carolina for the meatins this year at Hish Point. ? The Woodmen of the World is exceptionally interested in North Carolina because the national as sociation oivns more than 514,500, C00.00 worth of North Carolina municipal, county and state se curities. Head Consul Patterson stated that many new members are now being obtained, and will be 'initiat ed in cue large class at the time o: the head camp meeting. The Honorable W. A. Fraser is president of the Woodmen of the World Life Insurance Association. Ke is one oi the leading fraternal ints of the world. He has had more than 30 years experience in the fraternal insurance field. He has been associated with the i Woodmen of the World since 1897. For many years Mr. Fraser has been active in the field of public j and community service. During , the World War he wa ; connected J , with the., bureau of conservation ; ] of natural resources and chair man of the advisory beard .for the division of military and naval insurance. The Wc admen of the World ( laet June 6 celebrated its fortieth birthday. r Climbing steadily, the Wood- a men o* the World now is the j t stronsost fraternal crrwiy-.tlcn ! ? W. A. Fraser ? in existence, recently beins de clcrcd IC'.G pcrcent solvent, hold ing total Investments in securi ties of over $08,000,000 with gross assets amounting to over $102, OCO.COO.OO. The membership of the society is estimated over 500, 000. Since its organization In lCi)0 the Woodmen of the World has paid in death losses and. dis ability benefits more than $203, 000.000. T\Co of the largest enterprises that have placcd the Woodmen of the World in the fore ranks of progressive fraternal Insurance societies, and?made it nationally rcmir.ont are the War Memorial hospital at San Antonio, Texas. siid Radio Station WOW at Jniaha, Nebraska. At the present time the Wood osn of the World is constructing i : I?C,CC0 Chapel and Bird Sanc uiry at San Antonio on the c: the Memorial Hospital.
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