The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-04-18
KNIGHTS OF PYIHIAS.
The Twenly.sevenlh Annual Couclaye |.
Now Being Held at Austin.
SUPREME CHANCELLOR is IN ATTENDANCE
Report of the Grand Keeper of Rec.
ords and seal shows the Orders to
he In a FIourishing Condition.

Austin, Texas, April 1.-THE twenty
seventh annual conclave OF the Grand
Lodge. Knights OF Pythiss OF Texas.
opened here today with all the grand ON
GERS present and 242 lodges represented
The Grand Lodge rank was conferred
upon about 100 past chancellors and SUI
premc Chancellor Thomas g. Sample of
I Allegheny City was introduced
/ The report OF the committee on iu-
dietary. disposing OF forty-three cases,
WIS received and tiled. as were reports
OF other committees.
4 Past Chancellor j. T. Quick was ap-
pointed assistant keeper Of records and
seals and @. w Riddle was appointed on
| the judiciary committee and T. NJ. nangh-
4 try on the finance committee.
| The reports of the gnpnd chancellor and
! grand keeper of records and seal and
grand master Of exchequer were read and
I Of officers reports.
IN the report OF Grand Chancellor
! strickland the following is OF general in
( terest;
We have in this grand domain about
, twenty lodges with less than twenty mem
bers, ono with as few as nine members,and
a number Of these with less than fifteen
! members.
1t has been a matter of no little con-
Germ with me how and what TO do 10 build
up and help these struggling members aud
make them strong and useful have Wis
lited as many as l could. Some | found
had not had meeting for year, and the
semi annual reports and election of Of
fcers were paper" work and had not in
fact happened In cases like this II was
my duty TO have taken up tho charter. and
u 10 hav Inn
found at each place that there were few
faithful ones that did not want TO give
up the ship, and / thought ! would put
the matter before the intelligence OF this
grand lodge and let them devise n way tc
help thise lodges out.
| am convinced that there is but one
way to do this and rcsto'e confidence in
the community and faith in the order, and
that is to make 1t possible for the grand
chancellor to send the right man to thesf
places and let him stay there until the
wo.k issaccompilshed. There is an abund'
ance of good WORTHY knights that would
delight In this kind OF work. But before
this can be done believe that /, is inn
,peratiyely necessary that the minimum
initiation fee be reduced TO $40 and when
this grand lodge Will do this II will be nc
trouble for experienced organizers TO build
up all the weak lodges: for the grand
chancellor. by special dispensation, car
make 1t possible for an organizer 10 &c
and stay at these places, taking In neN
members and doing the work until he car
put every lodge on a sound basis anC
then IL they desire raise their fees. Thl;
1an be done without any expense 10 the
grand lodge. as the lodges will be enabled
10 bear Il themselves
Now for several years each grand chan,
cellor has recommended 10 this CRANE
lodge that the minimum Initiation fee h,
reduced, and each time It has declines
TO do so. Tho combined wisdom of tn,
supreme lodge has placed the minimum
fee at $40, and why should Texas not have
as good chance as any other grand do
main? earnestly recommend this course
and In the language of recent politiea
war cry" say, Turn Texas Loose"
Following is the annual report OF tn
grand keeper of records and seal
The fiscal year now closing has beef
the busiest year in the history OF thI
grand lodge: the financial transactions
have been the largest, as Is evidenced b.
the cash receipts and disbursements, AM
with the business OF equipping forty ne'
lodges in connection with tho usual sal
of supplies, this scribe has held no "sine
cure" Rhl
Grand Chancellor strickland. "big il
, stature and still bigger in heart" eve
watchful of the best interests OF Pythian
) ism, expounding the true principles of on
great brotherhood whenever opportunit
offered, always at work with mind an
heart to make "the world brighter an
l better" ably assisted by such enthusiast
t lieutenants MS Brothers A. Lee Brown {
P. Thomas, W. b Turner e. f. Worthar
and others. has done a great work for tn
cause OF pythianIsm in this great State
ours.
STATISTICAL.
II
To emphasize the work accomplishe
during the year, | append table shown
the results for the past ten years:
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