Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1892-10-08
wooDMEN OF THE WORLD.
Its Wonderful Growth--Unparalleled
Cheap Protection.

Its Wonderful Growth Unparalleled
Cheap Protection.
The order is legally chartered So
cial, benevolent and benefit society
that is making very rapid progress.
The Woodmen was admitted into this
State January I, 1891, and since then
there has been l6 camps organized in
Texas with membership of 1000.
THE BENEFICIARY DEPARTMENT
provides for the payment of from five
hundred to three thousand dollars at
death TO the families of deceased men,
bers. Assessments for the purpose of
paying benefits are graduated accord
ing to the age of the person at joining;
the grading being in proportion to the
average expectancy oflife by the stand
ard American tables. The rate. does
not increase, but remains the same as
at the beginning, special inducements
being thus offered to young and mid
die aged men.
The order has had several losses in
this State which have been paid
promptly and in full as follows: j. h.
Cox, Paris, $4,000, James ID. Mills,
Waco, $4,000; Frank Hemingway,
Beaumont, $4,000; j. J. Lang, Decatur,
$4,000; w. A, Boyd, Gainesville
$4,000; j. NJ. Tapp, Sulphur Springs,
81 600; Henry Finch, Fort Worth,
S2, 900; Geo. w. Arnold, Galveston,
$2 600; T. f. Parrott, Paris,$3,0 }.
w. Robertson, Austin, $4,000; w. j.
Lambert, Dallas $4,000.
MONUMENT AT DEATH.
In addition to the payment of the
full amount Of every certificate, the
sovereign Camp places at the grave
of every deceased member beautiful,
appropriate and enduring monument.
The best that can be procured for one
hundred dollars. It is a fundamental
principle of Woodcraft that none OF
its members shall rest in an unmarked
grave.
CERTIFICATES INcoNTEsTABLE
After one years membership its GER
titicates are incontestabe, and the Fra
ternity is barred from resisting the
nayment of u death loss for any cause,
if deceased was in good standing IN
his payments at death.
TO JOIN THE ORDER
nersons must be white males, over 10
and under 55 years Of age, OF good
moral character, well recommended,
of exemplary habits, sound in health
and selfreliant Ladies can become
members of the Woodmen Circle, an
excellent auxiliary to Woodmen Oh
the World.
PROHIBITED OCCUPATIONS.
Persons engaged in the following
kinds of business or employments can
not be admitted to membership: Con
ductors, engineers, brakemen, or fire.
men. upon railway freight trains, rail-
way switchmen, miner, employe In
ammunition works, dealer or manu-
facturer of liquors, saloon keeper, Dar-
tenders, balloonists, sailer on lakes or
seas, plow grinder, brass worker,
electric engineer or lineman.
CERTIFICATES ARE PAID PROMPTLY
IN FULL.
Over one and half million dollars
have been dispensed by the several
branches of woodcraft to the devisees
of its deceased, and the oodmen OF
the World, economically managed,
equitable in its rates, guarded at every
point of its treasury, copying the mer-
its and avoiding the flaws of older or
ders. is rapidly assuming the lead OF
all international fraternities.
ORGANIZATION AND MEMBERSHIP.
The Modern WoodmeD, organized
in 1882, now possessing membership
of over seventy thousand, has, during
no year, yet called as many as one as
sessment per month. The Sovereign
Camp Woodmen Of the World. organ
lied in June, 1890. for the purpose OF
extending the principles of Woodcrait
to the whole country, has paid every
death loss in full, marked the grave OF
every deceased member with an appro-
pirate monument, and called, during
the year 1891, only four assessments,
showing it to be the cheapest and best
form of insurance possible to attain.
TO illustrate the cost, j. W. Talbot
age 81, has carried $4,000 certificate
fifteen months. The total cost for as
sessments and dues for the fifteen
months has been S25.50. l.. G. De-
Morse, age so, $4,000, 10 months, $24;
Gus Bender age AZ, $4,000, 10 months,
$21 80; A. b. Matson, age 46, $4,000,
Is months, $20.l5;J. w. Stuart, age