The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1912-10-04
TEMPLARS
HOLD SESSION
COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT
TRANSACT BUSINESS.
Grand Master Makes Good Report
Recommends $4,000 Investment
After Free Discussion It Is
Accepted-Purchase State
5Onds-erowth of Order.

OpoCldl 10 Jne Gl0De.
Little Rock, Ark, Sept. 24-After
considering the reports of the ma,
tional officers, the National Commit
tee Of Management of the Mosaic
Templars of America, in session yes
terday at Bush hall, Ninth and Gaines
streets, ordered the investment OF
$4,000 OF the surplus of the Order
In Arkansas securities. A Health
Bureau also will be established to
teach the members how to properly
observe the laws of hygiene and ward
off disease.
The Mosaic Templars of America
was founded in Little Rock thirty
years ago by G. w. Keats and ]. b.
Bush, two Little Rock men, c. w
Keats died some years ago, but Hon,
j. E. Bush, who at present is receiver
OF the United States Land Office, is
serving the association as the nation.
al secretary
Committee Hears Reports.
The committee assembled yester.
day morning at 8 o'clock. The first
report considered was that of the
president, William Alexander, of Lit
tie Rock. He called attention to the
growth of the order from a lodge of
10 members in Little Rock, 30 years
ago, to more than LOO subordinate
branches, located in 26 states. the
West Indies and Central America.
The feature of the report, which was
adopted by the committee, was the
recommendation that Health Bureau
be established under the SUPERVISION
OF the physicians of the order. The
duty of those in charge will be to
reduce the death rate of the endow-
ment department by teaching the
members of the order to properly OBJ
serve the laws of health, and thus
ward off illness and premature death.
President Alexander also recon.
mended that $4,000 of the surplus
of $4,000 belonging to the order be
invested in Arkansas securities. This
recommendation brought about con-
siderable discussion from ]. e. Bush,
S. A. Jones, F. X. MCPHERSON, G. w.
Mills and d. G. Hill. The recommen-
dation was finally approved by the
committee and the Executive Commit
tee, composed of William Alexander,
j. E. Bush and S. A. Jones was or
dered to invest the $4,000 in first
mortgages ON Arkansas real estate.
Members in Attendance.
The following members of the Ma
tional Committee and national officers
are in attendance at the meeting:
William Alexander, national presl.
dent; d. G. Smith, national vice pres.
ident; j. E. Bush, secretary; Leona
ichmond, assistant secretary; j. A.
Davis, national treasurer; S. A. Jones,
attorney general; ]. E. Henderson,
national organizer, all of Little Rock;
j. H. McConico, national auditor,
Memphis; ]. w. Darden, Medical Di-
rector, Opelika, Ala; c. E. Bush, ma
tional editor, Little Rock; A. w.
Weatherford, temple treasurer Tex
arkana, Tex. Jacob Humphrey, ma
tional warden, Little Rock; P. C.
Roundtree, national outer guard. Lit
tie Rock; C. c. Eakins, national ju-
venile directress, Little Rock; ]. ].
Scott, temple custodian, Memphis;
Alice White, Chattanooga, Tenn; M.
j. Moore, Montgomery, Ala; Betty
Jackson, Poplar Bluff, Mo-; JAMIE
Blakley, Of Little Rock; Anna T. Jack
son, Nashville, Tenn; F. K. McPher-
son, Gainesville, Tex; L. l.. Powell,
grand master of Alabama; ]. B.
Brown, grand master of Georgia; ].
w. Harris, grand master of Tennes-
see; P. Fl. Jordan, Jr., grand master
of Arkansas; G. w. Mills, grand mas
ter of Louisiana; C. H. Robuck, grand
master of Oklahoma; F. M. McPher-
son, grand master of Texas; William
Rodgers, grand master of Mississippi;
M. H. Harrison, grand master of
master Of Kentucky; J. H. Ivey, grand
master Of West Indies and Central
America; G. w. Fowlkes, past grand
master of Tennessee