The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1917-08-10


Endowment Secretary.
Master, Grand Secretary, and Grand
Treasurer, have done remarkably well
under trying circumstances. We cheer
fully endorse the wise and benefcient
administration of Grand Master P. F.
Hill, as being an administration of in
tegrity and honor.
Respectfully submitted,
]. A. Winbush, w. NJ. Lane, W. L.
Miller.
The foregoing report was received
and adopted.
After the reading of the reports of
the committees the Grand Master stat
ed that it was in order to elect five |
delegates to the biennial session Of the
National Grand Lodge, to be held in
the City of Indianapolis, Ind, July
1918. The delegates were elected as
follows: P. F. Hill, to represent the
Grand Lodge, as Grand Master was
elected, his associates were Editor W.
L. Miller, Of Nashville, and Dr. ]. A.
Napier, Nashville, Tenn, Sister Sarah
e. Sneed, Grand PRINCESS of the State
Grand Temple, was elected to represent
the sisterhood of the National Grand
Temple, and Miss Hattie L. Bramlette,
the Endowment secretary, was elected
as her associate to represent the state
grand Temple of the sisterhood for the
State of Tennessee, at the biennial SEES.
sion of the National Grand Temple in
Indianapolis, in July, 1918.
Prof ]. A. Winbush, of Ripley Tenn,
was elected director on the Board of
Endowment, in the place of G. A.
Knight. Editor W. l.. Miller, Dr. j. A.
Lester, and Prof T. e. Miller, were
elected members of the State Grand
Council. After which the Grand Mas.
ter stated tina tDr. j. A. Lester, the
National Knight recorder of the Ma
tional Grand Camp of the Knights of
Friendship of the United States of
America, and Dominion Of Canada. and
Liberia Africa would reorganize Rock
City Camp as state grand camp to
be located at Nashville, Tenn, and
would proceed to confer the Knight
hood degree on all visiting third and
fourth-degree U. B. F. members. The
camp was cOnsummated with the fol
lowing Knights of Friendship: Grand
Master P. F. Hill, Dr. ]. A. Napier
Editor W. L. Miller, DR.. J. A. Lester
of Nashville, Tenn, Prof. T. e. Miller,
Of Dickson, Tenn, Prof. j. A. Winbush
Of Ripley, Tenn, W. M. Lane, Rev. G..
G. Townsend, of Memphis, Tenn, j. NJ.
Delk, of Canton, Tenn.
The National Knight Recorded after
dedicating the camp to the National
grand comp of the order stated that
all unafliliated Knights of defunct
camps in Tennessee, would be adj
mitted to membership in the home
camp at Nashville, Tenn, by paying
their membership, and other U. B. F.,
of>the different subordinate lodges,
would be granted the same privilege Of
utilization.
DR.. j. A. Lester, at this juncture,
made a motion that was seconded by
w. L. Miller, that the Grand Master
of the State be given plenary power
to make an arrangement to raise
money for the defraying of the dele.
cation expenses to the National Grand
Lodge, and Grand Temple, in 1917, that
will meet in the city of Indianapolis
Ind, and to enforce the resolution max
ing provision for the assessment of
Lodge and Temple to that effect. The
Grand Master was also empowered, to
see that the collection from all back
taxes and endowment were promptly
paid up and that all legitimate claims
that were now due the beneficiaries be
arranged for, and paid off in their order
according, to their seniority, and all
illegal claims such as those filed from
Jerusalem Temple, Savannah, Tenn, st
Geneva Temple, Staton,~ and Rosa
Francis Temple, Life, Tenn, where
the July Endowment had not been pait
when the deaths occurred in said Tenn
ple payments were rejected by the
Endowment Board on account of theil
!. illegality, and the officers of the de
Y partment were held responsible for the
conduct in attempting to collect money
on fraudulent claims.
The Council and Endowment Board
finishing up the business before them
= adjourned Friday night at 10 o'clock
. p. M, Aug. 3rd. 1917, and was delight
fully entertained until IL o'clock by the
( officers and members Of Langst onLoge
) No. and Union Temple No. % al
: Dickson, Tenn, with an elaborate ban
g quet given by the membership. The
} council adjourned and the Board Of
Y Endowment subject to the call of the
= Grand Master.
! P. F. Will, Grand Master, presiding
! Attest. DR.. ]. A. Napier, Grand Sec