The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-01-09
CONFUSED ACCOUNTS.
Guiding Star Lodge K. and
L. of H. Dealing With
a Slight Unpleas-
antneSS.
DR.. DRoSSNER INDIGNANT
He Resigned the Financial secre-
taryship Because Mean In
situations We're Made.

There has been trouble in Guiding Sta
Lodge No. 1.4s3. X. and l. OF H., which
was instituted under such favorable au-
spices about year ago in the Gerrnauia
Bank Building. Newark avenue. A
rumor LEAKED out that the accounts OF
DR.. Morris Drossner, the financial secre-
tary. were in confusion Several men-
bers recently complained that they had re-
ceived no receipts for dues and assessments
paid, and the complaint was so general
that the auditing committee was i'm
structed to go over the doctors books
This enrazed the doctor and he resigned
week before he was required to make
out his report to the Grand Secretary.
The members are reticent- The strong
est assertion anv one would make was
that the books were found in muddled
make heads nor tails Of them But
no one could say that the doctor was short
dollar In his accounts. Miss Nellie
Hamilton was first elected financial sec
retary. She resigned and Dr. Drossner
was elected in her stead. The doctor was
bending all his energies toward making
the lodge a success. and had offered his
professional services free as lodge physi-
clan until the lodge was fully under way.
The Auditing Committee say that the
doctor at first refused 10 allow them ac-
cess to any OF his books but one, wnicn
was found correct. Since then the
Auditing Committee, the presiding
officer, the financial secretary pro TEN
and the grand secretary had all found
the books IN muddled condition
The only thing to do WAS 10 strike a gen
eral balance, and put the So. 50. the
amount in hand, into the general fund,
thus w1ping out all other debts aud ex-
penses that were IN existence prior 70
December 81, 1890. Miss Mary J. Brown,
the grand chaplain succeeds DIR. Dross-
ner.
saw the doctor at his pleasant home,
No. $50 Bergen avenue, last night. and
asked him his side of the story.
Difficulties with Guiding Star Lodzes''
be replied. why. I've had no difnculty
with the lodge. Yes, ! resigned the po-
sition as financial secretary a short
while ago. 1 didn't ike certain
insiuuations that were thrown out about
the manner in which kept my books
Here is the trouble" and the Doctor pro-
duced a small account book. Certain as
sessments were due on various dates Some
Of the members paid five or six assess
ments In bulk, and insisted l should
credit the various assessments on the
lines opposite the dates upon which they
fell due. / didn't think that was just the
proper thing to do. and / credited the
total on the date it was paid"
But the receipts the members COM
planned OF, asked; what about
them.1
Il think / gave receipts for all re-
cefyed,' answered the doctor ANY
way. my books VIII snow all that mas
been received- l am willing 10 pay
three, yes, ten dollars for every dollar
they can prove l owe the lodge sooner
than have my reputation sullied
"The whole thing was piece Of spite
work. One night we were visited by Pro
lection Lodge. Our attendance was slim.
In the course of a speech that
evening / commented incidently upon
the fact that while Protector
Daniel Cole was fond Of getting mp par
ties from Guiding Star Lodge 70 pay fra
ternal visits sro other lodges he was not
always in the presiding chair OF
his own lodge, and SO long
as such was the case good
attendance of our own lodge could not be
expected. Shortly after this complaints
began to pour in that reflected upon my
ability as Financial Secretary. and some
even went SO far as to intimate crooked
ness. That's all there is about it. !"
Sergeant Wilsnusseu, of the sixth po-
| lice precinct, Is the grand secretary. The
books are now in his possession The
sergeant was out on his rounds when
called last night