The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1917-07-27


date will cause your lodge to lose
its good standing in the Order.
Each chancellor commander will
cause each master Of finance to col
lect hereafter from each financial
member Of the lodge one dollar and
twenty (Sl.20) cents per quarter be-
ginning October l, 1916, and thereaf-
ter each quarter, for the endowment
premium to comply with the law as
changed by the Grand Lodge at its
last session. Forward the same to L.
f. Brown, CPS Walker avenue, Men,
phis, Tenn. This is imperative and
no member will be in good standing
in the Endowment Bureau and can
receive endowment benefits who fails
to comply with this law in time for
the same to reach the secretary of
the bureau as specified in the Endow.
ment Laws.
Chancellor commanders will be held
to strict account where failure is
found to comply with all the laws of
the Endowment Department of the
Order.
In order that the Burial Bureau
may be put into operation each chan
cellor commander is hereby ordered
and commanded to have the Keeper
of Records and Seal of his lodge to
make list of all financial members
and forward ten (10) cents each
month or thirty cents each quarter to
Sir l.. E. Brown, 625 Walker avenue,
Memphis, Tenn, to be known as
burial fund, whereby each member of
the Order in good standing will re-
ceive a fifty ($5O) dollar burial.
No additional tax is to be placed
upon the member, but the ten cents
will be deducted from the regular
monthly dues paid by the member. 1t
may be more convenient to send this
burial tax quarterly, if so that may
be done. Each lodge must let this
tax reach l.. E. Brown by October l,
1916. Blanks for this tax will be fur
nished by l.. E. Brown. Don't fail to
comply with this mandate, if you
would keep your lodge in good stand.
ing in the Order.
1t is sincerely hoped that each
chancellor commander, each officer
and each member of our lodges will
take kindly to this progressive legis-
lation of our order and help us to car
ry it into effect and thus make our
order one Of the leading factors in
helping to solve the many questions
that confront us as a race. | am
sure that your race pride and your
love for the order of your choice will
inspire you to do your duty in full
in carrying out the provisions of this
proclamation. With an abiding faith
in your loyalty and patriotism to the
order and the race, | am,
Yours in F. c. and B.,
DIR. ]. P. CRAWFORD,
Grand Chancellor.
Attest: DR.. C. o. HUNTER,
Grand Keeper of Records and
Seals.
The next act of mine was to pro-
coed to get out the literature and the
laws and regulations necessary to
inaugurate the. Burial Department
which was to go into effect October
!, 1916.
The Committee on Law and Supervi-
sion was communicated with and that
committee furnished me with rough
draught of laws to govern the depart
ment. These laws, together with otli-
er literature. was compiled and for
warded to the secretary of the En-
dowment Department to be sent to
every lodge for their guidance, etc.
I am pleased to say to you in this
report that practically all lodges COM
Piled with the same / think that
possibly there are one or two lodges
that have not done so. I would urge
you to say at this session just what
penalty shall be placed upon lodges
not complying with the enactments OF
this Grand Lodge.
The following resolution was read
and adopted Without opposition at the
session of the Grand Lodge, held here
in Nashville, July II to IA, 1915
"Officers and Members Grand Lodge
Knights of Pythias North America,
South America, Europe, Asia, Africa
and Australia:
We, your Committee on Internal
Improvements, beg leave to submit
the following report: We are of the
unanimous opinion that our state to
keep in the line of progress with our
sister states must at once take steps
TO erect Pythian Temple.
We further recommend that a COM
mittee of seven be appointed with
power to formulate plans and to act
and to present the same at our next
session of the Grand Lodge"
Acting in conformity with the above
report as adopted by you, the follow.
ing commission was appointed to
carry into effect the provisions of the
report of your Committee on Internal
Improvements: Wayman Wilkerson,
Chairman; DR.. R. w. Allen, A. w.
Fite, Preston Taylor, T. Clay Moore,
A. S. Pyles, A. N. Johnson, DR.. c. o.
Hunter and J. p. Crawford.
You will notice that the resolution
called for seven and nine were ap.
pointed. In appointing this commits.
sion we kept in mind the expense at.
tached and appointed five of the
Grand Lodge officers as they would
have to attend the session of the
Grand Lodge anyway and would not
entail any additional expense.
This commission met and has acted
according to the provisions of the re-
port and will make a full report of
what has been done for your earnest
consideration.
Proclamation for the annual
Thanksgiving Sermon and for me
mortal Day" were gotten out and for.
warded to the lodges in due time.
am forced ito say that in some in
stances very little attention is paid
to the observance of these special
days, SET apart by the Order. This
ought not to be, no lodge ought to
be allowed to ignore any of the
rites, ceremonies, or obligations of
our Order, for to do so only paves
the way for greater neglect of the
obligations, laws and mandates of
the order; and it will be only ques
ton of a little while before the whole
fabric of our institution will be de.
stroyed by neglect and insubordina.
ton.
Our first obligation is obedience