People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 June 1895 — Work of the Organizers. [ARTICLE]

Work of the Organizers.

Organizers Vincent and Welsh completed the reorganization of Salem Alliance, south of Remington, in Benton county, with 25 members. Mr. Gibson was elected president and Wm. Smith, secretary, and the meetings are on Wednesday evenings at Rose Ridge school house. The Remington Alliance met and elected John Jordan president and C. W. Horner secretary.

A committee was appointed to solicit membership. This is the re organization in one lodge of all the old alliances of Carpenter township and this plan will at once be put into operation in every township of Jasper county, where such a plan is more convenient to members than having separate lodges. Six new applications were made to the organizers for insurances policies in the Aid Degree, and the prospects are that a majority of the eligible members of the alliance will take out policies. Mr. Vincent returned to Indianapolis Saturday night where he will remain for about ten days, superintending the issuing of the official paper, the Farm Record, after which he will resume the work here. In the meantime Mr. Welsh will keep the ball rolling, and have ap pointments made for Mr. Vincent to fill on his return. Alliance No. 72. Jasper county, meets the first and third Saturdays at the Union school house in Jordan township. Egypt alliance, in Jordan township, will hold its next regular meeting Saturday night, June 8. The officers are Frank Welsh, president; John U. Ihff, secietary; James Bullis, business agent. Purcy Alliance, Iroquois township, Newton county, meets alternately in the Iroquois school house on the 2d Saturday night, in each month and in th 3 Purcy school house on the 4th Saturday night. The officers are John Putt, president; Mr. Galbreth, secretary; Geo. Galbreth, business agent. A life insurance policy in the Alliance Aid is beyond the reach of the assessor or tax gatherer; the sheriff can never touch it, but at a cost of only about 1 per cent per annum (ranging from half of 1 per cent to 2 per cent) you add SI,OOO to your estate for the benefit of dear ones at the darkest hour they will ever see. Percy Alliance 180, Newton county, meets the first Saturday of each month at Iroquois school house and the third Saturday at the Percy school house. Meetings at candle lighting. The Alliance is to be commended in the warmest terms forth eir vigorous efforts at selfhelp. In Newton County, No. 180 made an order for goods last week that will save the members $25. This will grow to $75 or SIOO for this Alliance before Sept. 15, and to nearly or quite SI,OOO before the expiration of the year. This order has it within its power to save its members SIO,OOO every year in Jasper county and other counties can do as well. We hope to see this movement in favor of co-operation grow and develop, till it shall embrace quickly the entire county. The Degree Lodge will be instituted at Center school bouse in Union township on Tuesday night, June 11 Lt is specially desired that all m embers of the Aid degree be present to receive the degree werk. Degree members from other neighborhoods are invited to be present. The general organizer, C. Vincent, will be present and give the Degree work. The Aid Degree has paid over $20,000 in death accident benefits from January 1, 1894, to February 1, 1895.

C. Vincent, of Indianapolis, state organizer of the F. A. & I. U.. has been visiting Jasper, Newton and Benton counties in the interest of that order. The cooperative and business features have been developed to a higher degree of efficiency and the future of the order is more promising than it has been for several years. The life insur ance department or is now a prom inent part of Alliance work and one that promises to give solidity and permanence to the organization. This degree is conducted on much the same principle as the Endowment Rank. K. of P.. the A. O. U. W., ot Modern Woodmen. Some of the, distinctive features of the Alliance insurance are that members are permitted to draw their money in installments after the age of 70 years—thus in effect providing an endowment in old hge, or if a member suffers the loss of a limb or an eye, a portion of the policy becomes payable to the bolder, and he has his money to use in time of-need. Another feature peculiar to this order is their ••joint policy.” which maybe taken by a husband and wife, payable to the survivor at the death of either. This is proving very popular in Jasper aud Newton counties, fully eighty per cent being of ths, kind. In the re-organ iza-

tion, partizan politics is not allowed to have a place the lodge room but all farmers may meet on a level, do their own business and add to their Opportunities for social and financial improvement. The Press wishes the Alliance unbounded success in its field of labor.— Press - Remington, Ind., Organizer Vincent will hold a meeting in Gillam township next Wednesday night. Inquire of Thos. Robinson for place of meeting, and every Alliance sympathizer is expected to be present.