The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-12-29
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GRAND Z NJ ON 49,
kN1EHz's OF TABOR. \ 4;t's SIS q 4
Will Watch Officials.
VI odd Fellows, knights of Pytiis.
Anh Other Secret Organizstitins
VINO Handle Funds, lest Thexs ss,3 su
. astray as DID. jackson.
(specLaI to The Advocate.l s

~ -uAonoAof, uOuOIe-deAl-S
'ne ana stealing by the officials Eofl
secret Orders in this State haze
oeen voiced so often in the editorial
oolun ms Of some newspapers that
reaction has set In. The peo,;Is,s
IoVe'r the entire State Of Georgia aYe
eAglnnlng to believe that's the men
IND editors who cry. "Dishonor.5
Iuouble-dealer and thief" the .louiils
est are some OF the biggest thieysxsss
anoN worst scoundrels to be found
y"here. The citizens are watch.
ing them all - and sentfra ent t444-- H. ID
growing that will mean the ultimatts
rum OF men who are caught steafdnE
for mlsusing the money OF the 4Otltf,.
| felloWs, Pythians Or any of the oth.5
err fraternal orders of Georgia. so
Ihey kept after N. D. Jackson.
| until they found him to be a thief
| Ihen they dethroned and expeIIefis.
MIN from the order. It is reported
that a movement is on foot to instf.
tute criminal proceedings aRaii,sT
jackson who has proven himsen I'd
Thoroughly unreliable and una:
trustworthy man In the opinion Of
the Board Of Curators. yl&2s#
The downfall Of Jackson has beeRfti
expected for the last four years, DUR
Ing the entire time of which he, -ha1tssG@ e1ssG
been suspected. Of misappropriatfngp
and misusing the funds Of the order,l
Mrs Fannie Jenkins, the Grand:
high Preceptress> of the order durss
ing the year 1905 resigned from
the office and gave as a reason herr
lack Of confidence in the integrity
Of Jackson's administration. She
IS one OF the most thoroughly, res
spected women In Georgia, an orga-
nizer of, undoubted- ability. and 90
capable and honorable a woman
fthat Her .resignation(h had strong ef4
rect upon the best thinking mena-E
bers' OF the order A feeling OF tiis@ai
trust began to gather Strength and I
many Of the members severed their
relations with the Bociety-&hey Y
seemed to believe like Mrs. Jenkins
that since they had no confidence IN
the administration Of Chief Grand
Mentor Jackson, it was the most
proper thing to quietly withdraw
without making any effort to correct
the evils OF the administrations
Their action and attitude made q. !.
deep moral impression upon the re-
naming leading members of the
order. They determined to correct
affairs and have kept constantly att
their task, led by Chief Grand Treas;
urer DR.. E. j. Turner of Columbus &
Ga; Vice Grand Mentor L. L. Lee. I;
Of Atlanta, Ga; Vice Grand PRIEST
ess Priscilla Ellis, and Chief Record.
er Johnnie B. DeEacy. These ofif-
GERS form the Board of Curators who I,
recently published the misdeeds OF
jackson and removed him from the :
office Of Chief Grand Mentor, 81 4
There are men in Georgia who !
hold responsible positions In the Odd
Fellows and Knights Of Pythias who =
do not have the confidence of the
members. The citizens who are ac-
quainted with these men and their
regulations in all matters where
honor and square dealing are prime s
considerations, do not believe In "
them They are called 'Grafters'
and they are not trusted as men.
ought to be who hold responsible,
societies in general are united
body in the belief that the organiza-
tions are in the grip now of political
machines manipulated for the pur~4
pose Of greed and graft ~
They are simply. holding thems
selves in readiness and watching for !;
| the fatal "slip-up" of the man or.
| men most guilty. Low politicians
and rascals always fall out finally
and give each other away or they do
something to disclose thor rascality,i,
When this happens it will not be aa
surprise to see some men pretty weiL
known get into the penitentisry. lIng
Augusta, Macon, Savannah, Rome,@
! Atlanta, Americus, Columbus, and,A
| in fact, in all the communities where
the Odd Fellows are residing it iss
not an unusual occurrence to meata
| with men who are just waiting f0rs
q good open chance to got evi3en0Ss
OF the crookedness of certain offi4s
cial in the G. u. o. o. F. Then they
mean to do job that they honestly
believe should have been done. long
ago. The opinion and determiha-i
tion Of these men will not be in tFtas
least affected by newspaper editorials,
in the papers Of Georgia. They ar@s
sensible and know the characters OF
the Negro editors ip Georgia. They
understand their pofitics and poli41
cies. They are building q sentiment
by personal contact and straiaht eon-
vprsation with the peonle Of GeongiasJ
IThe dorolonnrHte of thn fusupemays
be watched with interest. u! urk. ~
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