Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-19
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS.
Some Matters Regarding This Brother
hood That are of Interest.

The following is an extract from circu-
lar upon the endowment rank issued by the
supreme chancellor and ordered to be read
in every lodge of the order: -
''Since its organization fourteen-7Heafs
ago, the endowment rank has paid 10 bene
| fciarles of deceased members nearly So
600, 600, and during the past twelve months
has added to its membership over 1000
members, representing S9,OOO,0O0 of new
endowment.
THE endowment rank is now upon u
sound financial basis, and is being managed
by business men of recognized ability and
upon sound business principles.
THE object of this circular is to advise
officially every member of the order of
Knights of Pythias that the endowment
| rank is the only authorized insurance or in
demnity association of the order.
The supreme lodge has repeatedly af-
firmed this declaration, and at the last sus-
sion reafTirmed the statement by the adop-
ton of the report of u committee which
bestowed upon the individual members of
the order the highest compliment in the
gift OF legislative body when it declared
thai this supreme lodge only considers it
necessary at this time TO call the attention
of the members of the order belonging to
or connected with such associations or Soci-
cites TO the Jurisprudence and law govern
ing this order as above recited, and TO de-
clare that every member of the order in any
way connected with such, associations or So
cieties should sever connection Herewith
without delay, unless such associations or
societies shall within a reasonable time, not
to exceed one year, conform their charters,
constitutions and laws to the letter and
spirit of the laws and Jurisprudence of the
order so enacted and interpreted by this
supreme lodge; and all grand and subor-
dinate lodges are hereby prohibited from
assisting, encouraging, approving, indors
ing, supervising or managing any such Or
ganizationS.' AS the date has been fixed
by the supreme lodge as the limit of time in
which all unauthorized So-called 'Pythian
life associations should conform their Or
ganic laws to the requirements of the
supreme law, by the elimination from their
respective titles or names of any word or
words having any reference, whatever, to
the order of the knights of Pythias, and in
which all loyal members Of the order are di
rected to to sever their connection with such
associations unless the supreme law shall
within such time have been complied with,
| deem it only necessary to call the atten-
ton of the knights of Psthias to the legis-
latiou of the supreme lodge, and to express
the confident belief that all loyal members
of the order who are now members of any
so-called 'Pythian life associations will,
before July Ia, 1891, withdraw from mem
bership in all such unauthorized associa-
tions, and that no member loyal members of
the order will become member f,aSslSt, en-
courage, couutcnance or recognize any such
associations unless within the time named
the requirements Of supreme law, which
every Knight of PythiaS is under obliga-
tons to respect, shall have been fully COM
piled with