The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1886-03-04
The Knights of Honor Of Mississippi.
OFFICE or GRAND REPoRTER, I
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HEREAHD0, Feb. 70, 1886.
EDlToE CLARIos-DEAR SIR: Here
with ] hand you a condensed statement
showing the progress Of the Knights OF
Honor Order Of Mississippi for the six
monts ending December 81, 1856, and also
for the fiscal year 1885, with few remarks
added, for which lhope you will be able to
find space in The CLARION, as many
members Of the Order are among your
regular readers:
Number Of Lodges June 30, 1885, Ill.
lnsiited during the fall term, 3 reinstated,
/; Number OF Lodges December 81, 1885,
llb Number Of members June 30, 1855,
alter correcting errors in spring reports,
AGO; initiated during the fall term, l49 |;
admitted by card, ~ reinstated, "a total
additions, 30 making 4770; Withdrawn
by W. card, 80; by f. card 4 ; suspended
sS expelled deaths q total deductions,
100; leaving membership December 81,
| 1885, 1920; net gain for six months, co.
The following is for the fiscal year end
ing January lat, 1886: number Of Lodges
January /, 1885, III; instituted during the
year, 8 total, llS; deducted for consolida-
ton, ) leaving number OF Lodges, January
/, 1886, ll5 membership January |, 1885,
corrected, 1900 initiated during the year,
3S2 admitted by card, "a; rcinstated, 81
total additions, 537, making b037 deduct
withdrawn by w. card, 90; by +. card, 10
expelled, suspended, 254 deaths, 81
total deduc ions, All; leaving membership
January ], 1886, 1920 net gain l20 num-
Der Of assessments called, ~ amount paid
into w. and o. Is. Fund, $l09, 500 40 /;
amount drawn out $ll4000o0; amount
drawn out more than paid in $4,000 ;
average amount on each assessment
SlD7l79; amount paid by the 81 deceased
members $5.496. 30; average amount paid,
$96.426 amoGnt received by beneficiary
Tor each d liar paid SOCIAL death.rate
per 1000 members 1884 per cent. of eus.
pensions per 1000, 5.5.
These results show the Order ia healthy,
condition in this State. /
tender my thanks to the Reporters OF
lodges Tor the correctness OF their Semi
Annual Reports and their promptness in
paying supply-bills. Ii they will, in the
future comply with Article TX, section
3, and send me by card At once, all initia
tons, admisrions by card, reinstatements,
Withdrawals by card, explosions, etc.t SO
that / may record them in the State Regis-
ter, there will be no errors as to member.
ships. The Grand Lodge financially Is in
good condition. The Grand Officers
again congratulate the working brethren
for the progress made, and would respect
fully urge upon them the necessity OF still
working to incrense the membership The
future stability and suocess Of the Order
depends upon keeping up the member
ship. The human family would soon cease
to exist il no more children were born into
the world its numerical strength can only
be sustained by new births The numeri-
cal strength OF any cooperative ordermusi
be sustained by bringing new members into
the Order. We would advise the
healthy, true and good citizens Of
Mississippi, who have loved ones de-
pendent upon them to unite with us in this
noble work Of charity, morality and broth
erly love. We point them to the past history
OF our Order, for the suffering il has prt-
vented and the good it has done. A hint TO
the wise and prudent is sufficient.
Gro. w. LAWSON, Grand Reporter.