Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-05-09
M. $. E. AND u. A. Of A.
A New Institution Of Gigantic propor'
,,ous Located In Fort Worth.

Ahout the first of May the Mutual
selcEndowmen and Benevolent AS
s,clotion of America removed its head
Quarters from Longview. Texas, to this
city. A GAZETTE representative, ahN-
tone IN learn something ofthe history
OF the great institution, whose grown
has been beyond the hopes on Us
organizers. called at the association.
rooms, corner Main and miro sIree,s'
Yesterday and interviewed MN ~; M
Macy, secretary OF the associatioh
That gentleman was found busiiy Gu
gagged with n mass of correspondence
which he courteously put aside 10
answer the questions put to him.,
GLOW long has your association been
in operation, and under the laws oil
what state was 1t Incorporated? ~
THE Mutual Self.Endowment ana
Benevolent Association of America
was incorporated under the law oil
Texas June IL, 1881, in the town OF
Longview, in this state. Since then
II has grown so rapidly that we have
members in almost every state In the
Union"
"What Is the difference between
your association and other mutual
benefit societies and associations"
0rhere Is considerable difference;
we have no lodges in different parts OF
the country aud by this we cut down
expenses which sometimes cripple
other associations. We have divisions
in the different states as follows: the
Pacific Coast division is in San Fran
cisco; Kansas division, in Emporia;
Nebraska division in Omaha; Geor-
gia division in Atlanta; Alabama di.
vision in Huntsville, and the Arkansas
division in Little Rock. Applications
on medical examination can be made
through any of these divisions"
upon what methods are the poll
cies secured and how are the assess
ments made"
Certificates are issued to males and
females between the ages of eighteen
and fifty-five years. They are on the
assessment plan with graded table.
The endowment policies are paid in
tifths of time of expectancy. For in
stance, in q fifty years endogment five
coupons, each for one-fifth of the
amount are attached one oil
which is payable every
endowment, coupon is payable every
four years. So you see that members
reap the benefits of the association
during their lifetime, and a young
man could easily reap the benefit of hi.
entire endowment, which he eau
enjoy in old age. These endowment
may be for any sum from $1,000 tc
$1,000
"Persons who desire to secure policies
payable only at their death may secure
certificates in amounts from 81 900 tt
s., 600, which may be payable TO an!
person named in the policy. In The
endowment policies the age of the APP
plicant regulates the time of the ex
pectancy.
"All applications must be made OF
medical examinations which must b
submitted to the medical director, Dr.
j. Il. Fields of this city"
Tell me something about tn
growth of your association and tn
arou0t of benefits paid since its incoI
me gsowth of the association hs
been enormous. 1t has over 1900
members and is now increasing ut tn
rate of 500 a month. In California
is increasing at the rate of 100 mohth
In Fort Worth alone we have over Is
members.
over 100000 has been paid out il
benefits and we have issued and co
lected only twenty-nine a
sessmenis since the organ
cation. The association
growing very rapidly and increasin
beyond our most hopeful expect,
, tions.n
Thanking Mr.. Macy for his kin,
ness the reporter withdrew, impresse
with the magnitude of the associatio
and its usefulness rs mutual benef
association.
shiIoh's Cure will Immediately relieve crou