The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-13
They All Get Suspended at One
Time.
FIX UP THE BREACH.
Every Thing Is Now Moving
Along Smoothly
Things OF Interest to Western
Secret Society Workers.


order.
In the month Of December Of last
year one r. G. Brown. deputy supreme
archon Of the Royal League, whose
headquarters are in Chicago. came
here from Omaha and proceeded TO
work up a membership and organize
lodge.
Mr.. Brown was n suave sort Of fel-
low and had no trouble In inducing
about nifty people TO take out 'l lTa+-
anee in the order ne represented MAI
ters started off nicely The order has
fine ritual and the members We're
highly pleased with the work OF the
Brown stayed here about . month,
and Kept the interest in the order up
to a fever heat After be LETT there
seemed to be no one to take the leaQ IN
secretary and treasurer OF the assoela-
tion became a little lax in their duties
and failed to collect the various as
sessn ents as regularly as they shQAla
have been collected, and finally remit
tances to the supreme lodge were en-
tirely stopped 1t was however nor pc
cause there was crooked Work, DuA
only on the account of negligence
The remittances were not made from
time to time simply because p wait
would be made until some ones as
sessment had been paid When that
was gathered in there was some one
else5s back dues to collect me remit
tances were put off from time to time
in that manner until il seemed they
were entirely forgotten. and no remit
tanees had been made to the supreme
Office for several weeks
Meantime a man named Brent, an
other deputy supreme archon, came
here to assist in any way in his power
and to help strengthen the order and
instruct ia any way needed. bfHnt
was a Jonah is the way one mem
Der OF the lodge expressed II. 1t
seemed" he said. after Brent came
here everything that had been ac-
compiished was undone. He had the
appearance Of confidence man. ana
he did more harm than good
After Brent left the matter Of remit
tanCes was still neglected. Finally a
few of the more energetic members of
the order who had paid their assess
lnents regularly and who did not want
their policies to lapse, and have the
whole lodge suspended. began opera
tons to square the lodge with the head
office
Correspondence was entered into
with the supresn advisor and the con-
dition Of affairs We're explained TO him.
The predicament Of the members or
the local lodge was gone over in de-
tail and he was asked what could be
done about the matter.
The correspondence with Ehas. il.
Piper, the supreme advisor, Of Chi
cagos on the matter resulted in the
visit OF one Newman, an expert ac-
cOuntant, who went over the books
mere. ne lOlnu the DOCKS 50 lar AZ
they had been kept all right; money IN
the bank to account for all assess
ments paid, but it was discovered that
no assessments had been collected nor
remfttances made since February
The local members were afraid for a
time that the whole lodge would be
suspended and that everything paid in
would be lost, but through the leniency
Of the supreme officers Of the order he
local lodge is continued.
keeping up an interest in lodge work
during the heated term Of the sun&ner
IS brought to light in the arrangement
for the degree teams Of two local Mod
ern Woodmen Of America lodges to
meet In a baseball game at SaTdnu's
grove on Saturday, July 90. The teams
represent local lodges No. $500 and 5S6.
The STAFF of Naomi lodge No. IS of the
Order of Rebekah Of this city has been
selected to represent this state at the
meeting Of the grand sovereign lodge
at Indianapolis in August and contest
for the prize Of 5000 offered for the best
drilled team.
An interesting feature of this decis-
ion which is not generally known, and
I'm fact is known to only a few, was
that a contest committee of which Mrs.
J. F. Burris of Topeka was chairman,
visited all the prominent lodges Of the
order in the state and watched the drill
work Of the degree teams of the var
ious lodges
scored, and Topeka was chosen simply
because the degree team here received
the highest score and deserved the
honor The ladies who composed the
committee and did the scoring visited
the lodges and did their work unknown
to the participants in the drill They
We're for that reason able to see the
work as the members really We're able
TO put 1t on. and gave each lodge a fair
chance.
Shawnee camp No. $500 MI. w. A. in
itiated two candidates Thursday night
at the hall at No. 704 Kansas avenue
Two degrees were conferred upon the
candidates
Mrs Elnora Whitmore. who lives at
no. S04 Topeka avenue. is attending a
the Royal League at. Rock Island this
week Mrs. Whitmore's jurisdiction
covers e states and the meeting at
Rock Island is to ADOPT a set Of rules
tiOn Of application papers
= special eonvocation viii be held
Monday afternoon beginning at 4
o'clock at which time the members of
Chapter No of the Royal Arch
Masons Will confer the Most Excellent
degree uuon Brother Frederick w.
Fisher. The convOcation will be con-
tinued in the evening and the following
brethren VIII have the Royal Arch de-
gree conferred upon them. Eric T.
Lindwood. William A Dyal ana Fred
eriek W Fisher
The supreme council Of the southern
jurisdiction OF the Scottish Rite AIasons
will be held in Washington. D. c., in
August It, W. Harrison deputy for
this section will attend.
The four orders Of local Scottish Rite
MasOns viii give an annual reunion
some time during the month Of October.
The four orders are, Perfection lodge
No. s; RQSecroYX No l. Council of