The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-08-02
OF
MOSAIC TEMPLE
SECOND ANNUAL SESSION OF
STATE ORGANIZATION BEING
HELD IN BRUNSWICK.

SldLe grand lOQSe OF JurlSOlC .lOu u
Geo gia, Mosaic Templars of neri =.
i, wv being held at Shiloh church
j. Il IS city with Sta;e Grand Ma',e"
j. P. Brown presiding, and 9. large
delegation is in attendance. The re-
ports of the different officers show
that order has made wonderful prog
ress and growth in the state of Geor
gia. The national grand master, w.
NJ. Alexander, is in attendance and
in his annual address spoke at length
of the aim of the order and the great
growth of the same both in numbers
and financially His report shows that
since September, 1911, the order has
added 1882 members to its roster
and that since the creation of the
endowment bureau as an adjunct to
this order it has paid out in death
claims over half million dollars.
The grand report June 1, 1912, shows
a membership of about 100000 and
credit to the endowment fund in the
office of the national grand treasurer
of $4,000.
The majority of the state jurisdic-
ton have adopted the suggestion of
the national grand master and adopt
ed the burial fund This fund will
lessen the expense of buryiug the
dead of the different lodges and win
do much to do away with the neces-
sity of extra assessments so often
lnN-i nI HOY 10 nc
of the lodge. This order, though in
its infancy, has done it's share in re-
lieving the wants and necessities of
the race and its usefulness is attest
ed that thousands have allied them
selves with it. The address was filled
to overflowing with timely sugges
tons and showed that the time spent
by the speaker in his work for the
uplift of the race has not been in
vain.
Among those in attendance is Past
State Grand Master G. w. Fowlkes of
Memphis, Tenn, who has done her
cGlean work In his own state in
building up the order.
Committee on Credentials, DR.. R.N.
Jackson, chairman, Brunswick.
Committee on Rules, Mrs. Sarah v.
Troops, chairman, Brunswick.
Committee on Laws and Resolu-
tions, J. D. Rogers, Brunswick, Ga.
Committee on Finance, Mrs. Isa-
bella Blue, Brunswick.
Committee on Mileage, DR.. w. J..
Reese, chairman, CedartoWn, Ca
Committee of the Order and Coun-
try, G. w. Fowlkes, chairman
Report of Committee on the State of
the Order and Country.
To the Officers and Members of the
State Grand Lodge of Alabama.
Greeting:
We, your committee on the state of
the order and country, beg leave to
report as follows:
In this day of strife, dissension and
general unrest among the several ne
gro orders of the United States, it is
quite a pleasure to review the great
de- and note the magnificent record
| that it is making under our wise and
| conservative leaders. The reports
submitted to this grand lodge by it's
officers show that the order is in a
| f1ourishing condition and going for
ward with leaps and bounds. The in
crease numerically and financially OF
the order in Alabama during the past
grand lodge year are silent, but eter-
nal witnesses to that steady march
to the dazzling heights where only the
successful stand. During this past
year 1882 new members were add
ed to the order and $50 new lodges
Not being satisfied with the growth
| OF the order in the United States
twenty of these new lodges
were organized outside of the United
States.
The financial condition of the order
| is towering monument to the bust
ness genius of our race. The major
| ity CT negro orders in this country
are today staring bankruptcy in the
| face, while our order has breasted
the waves, beat against the storm and
today the widows and orphans of all
of our deceased members have been
satisfied and the handsome sum OF
| $4,000 remains in our endowment
treasury Against this amount there
are only six unpaid claims, and these
claims are only awaiting the correc-
ton of technical errors in the death
proofs. The amounts on hand in the
temple fund and juvenile department
viii bring our total money on hand
| to a sum far above $4,000.
Peace and harmony and great en-
| couragement seem to prevail in the
order. The unanimous expression OF
the delegates here assembled demon
strates that the people love the or
de- and that it has just entered upon
til, threshold of its greatest beneti-
| ce-ce The entire membership have
| confidence in our state and national
! leaders and dissension and strife
have not been permitted to enter the
ranks.
Cur leaders have made good and
arr deserving of the confidence and