The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-03-14

OF the Masonic Grand Lodge OF that
state IT. was reported that during the
year $230,000 had been expended for
the payment Of endowment benefits
and that a balance of $4,000 was
on hand. At the recent biennial corr
vention Of the Negro Odd Fellows Of
that State 1t was reported that dur
ing the two years $507,000 had been
paid out by the treasurer for the BEN
eht of, widows and orphans and that
a balance of $4,000 was on hand.
The, Mississippi societies are not
only giving attention to the collec-
ton OF funds for sickness and death
but are endeavoring to promote the
health of the members. In their local
and state meetings a considerable
amount of time has been devoted to
lectures on farming, domestic econ
omy and other subjects have been
given by experts from the United
States Department Of Agriculture
and other places. .....--...., .. ..-..
The Knights Of Pythias are finan-
cially one Of the strongest Negro
orders in the country. At the bien-
nial session. of the Supreme Grand
Lodge of the Knights of Pythias,
which met in August In indianapolis
| it was reported that over 81 900, 900
! had been collected for endowment;
that there was in the grand lodge
treasury S42,S35; that the property
toWned by the grand lodge was val
ued at $776,2945 SIS. The total real
estate holdings Of the order were
valued at $1,50O,000. 1T was decided
at the Indianapolis meetinjs to be-
| gin. the erection in Chicago Of the
Pythian Temple to cost between
$4,000 and 100000.
| Reports show that in 1911 the
value Of property on which Negroes
paid taxes was: In Arkansas, $780,
SOC, 900; in Georgia~$32, 234 ,437; In
North Carolina, $28,600,00O; in Vir-
ginia, $27 100000 and in Texas, 3d.
1000. The total value Of property
owned by Negroes in United State
is estimated to be about $500, 900
900.
EDUCATIONAL ADVANCEMENT.
Negro students have shown abil-
! ity. Edith Palmer of Philadelphia
won the free scholarship prize to Cor
nell University. Edward Linthrop
Robinson was awarded a. sch olarship
at Amherst College. Bessie Gamer
was yaledictorian Of her class in the
| Hilburn, N. Y, High School. She fin
ished- four year,s TAeourse in-three
| ~ Of no oh TO-,
High School was the best student to
! graduate from a secondary school in
| Boston. She was valedictorian Of
her class and received a 500 schol=
arship to Simmons College, The five
| fighting committees of the AIM rican
Civic Association Of New York City
I offered a prize of $40 for the best
essay on the housefy as carrier OF
disease. Willie, H henderson, 3 year
old colored girl, won the prize Ethel
! Davis Of Boston, in a competitive eX-
animation against /, 400 other pupils
won a scholarship Of $500 per year
in Wellesley College. George w. A
Scott won the second prize in the
Curtis medal contest at Columbia
University In 1910 and first prize in
1911. -....- = =
| James B. Clark a Junior Negro
student at Cornell University. was
awarded the prix d'honeur in the an
nual competition in French essay
writing and translation, held under
the auspices Of the Society Of French
Professor in America, Charles Henry
lCrippen Of New York, in competi-
tive examination won. the state s3lol-