The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-30

; posed of both men and women. They
held their 18th annual session in the A.
M. E. church. At 10 O'Clock the Most
Excellent Grand Queen, Jessie M.
Jones of st. Louis, Mo-, assisted by A.
B. Bolden, Most Noble Grand King,
and other officers, proceeded to open the
; Royal House. After which the various
committees for the session were ap-
pointed. Then the various Grand Off
GERS made their official report, which
showed that the Royal House was pro-
crossing and it's membership greatly in
creased. The following officers were
elected for the ensuing year: Most
Noble Grand King, Prof. A. B. Bolden,
Moberly; Most Worthy Excellent
Grand Queen, Mrs. Jessie M. Jones of
st. Louis; Most Excellent Grand Scribe,
Leualla D. Mills; Most Excellent AS
sistant, Sarah l.. Bartell; Grand Safe
Keeper of Finance, M. E. Walkers
Grand High Priest, Forest Sturman; !;
Grand First Maid of Honor, Mrs Mis-
souri, Ford; Grand Second Maid of
I Honor, Mrs. Laura Slaughter.
Sisters of Mysterious Tens.
| The 35th Annual Grand Session of
the Sisters of the Mysterious Ten g Of
Missouri and jurisdiction met in the A.
M. E. church Tuesday morning at 10
o'clock, and was opened by the Most
Worthy Grand Princess, Mrs. M. Ette
Bolden, Moberly, assisted by her Grand
Officers. After which the roll was
called, to which about 500 delegates re-
sponded. ~. 81 ~. E..
J. w. (Blind) Boone of Columbia
was then introduced and played several
selections on the piano. " @.
The United Brothers Of Friendship
was organized August l, 1861, in Louis
vile, KY, by Marshall Taylor and sew
eral other negroes and has member
ship in the state Of Missouri of $4,000
In the United States our numerical
strength is 100000.
Addresses were delivered by Capt.
T. II. Tandy of st. Louis, DR.. T.. II.
Phillips of Keokuk, Hon. Nelson G.
Crews Of Kansas City, and the Hon.
John L. Thompson Of Des Moines.
Afternoon Joint Session.
This session was presided over by P.
G. M. DR.. T. H. Phillips of Keokuk,
who asked P. G.. M. B. K. Bruce to in
troduce the present Grand Master, J..
H Williams, who read his annual ad-
dress, which was good, concise and
business like. He stated that he had
organized twenty new lodges and tems
pies and that when the United States
government through President Wilson
asked its first liberty loan that the
United Brothers of Friendship through
him loaned the government $4,000,
(which was the first fraternal organiza-
tion to respond to the government s re-
quest and was the largest amount
loaned by any colored secret organiza-
tion in the United States. He was in
vited to Washington, D. c., by the Sec
retary of the Interior, for consultation.
He was the only colored man present
in group of thousand business men.
The lodges and temples Of Kansas City
presented him with diamond ring for
his successful administration. At this
iuncture several cash prizes and badges
OF honor were given the various tenn
ples who had increased their member
ship to more than 25. The temple hav-
ing the largest amount Of cash money
temple, which reported $3.50. Then
Mrs. Eta M. Bolden, Worthy Grand
Princess, made her report, which was
very good. She too was presented with
diamond ring by the lodges and tenn
pies Of Kansas City. s..-
Next was the report Of the Grand
Secretary, Duke Diggs, of Jefferson
City, which in brief is as follows: =
l54 lodges, 2l8 temples, 11s juve-
niles Total deaths for the year, 600.
Total members received for the year,
/ ,2O5, making grand total membership
Of 1926 Total amount of money re-
ceived from all sources, first quarter,
$14,245.ss; second quarter, $14,243.33;
third quarter, $14,234.77; fourth quar-
ter, $2O,16937. Grand total for the
year, 62,s93.35. Total liabilities, ST.
384.84.
The secretary of the Grand Temple,
Mrs. Leota CASTOR, St. Louis, reported
as follows:
Total amount received from all
sources during the year was $2,236.oo.
Disbursements, $711.86. Leaving bal
ance in the treasury of $1,524.20. The
Grand Treasurer of the U. B. F., DR.. }.
T. CASTOR, reported the total amount OF
money received from all sources this
wear to be $s4, ,704.4s. The total amount
! paid for burials, benefits, ETC., to have
been $5O,9sO.12, leaving a. net balance
in the grand treasury of $33, ,7s4.36.
There was a spirited contest as to the
next meeting place between Hannibal,
st. Louis, St. Charles and St. Joseph:
Finally st. Joseph, Mo-, won the 1919
meeting. =. The following officers were
elected:
Grand Master-Dr. }. II. Wlll1ams.
Deputy Grand Master-C. W. BACK.