The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-08-20
WOODMEN HAVE ST 900, 900 IN ASSETS
LOYAL FRIENDS HOLD
GRAND SESSION IN DEM
SON.
J. W. Hunt Again Heads Ord.
er; Much Progress Shown by
Reports; Order in Good Fl.
nanCial Condition.

benson Texas Aug. 1S.-The sec
ond annual grand lodge Of Loyal
Friends of America opened Tuesday
program at Hayden's Chapel. The
large crowd of visitors and delegates
taxed the house to its capacity and
the many timely talks and welcome
addresses were well received and
heartily applauded Rev. ]. j. Harde-
man acted as master of ceremonies.
~ The business sessions; held at the
day, with Grand Master j. w. Hunt,
presiding. The first days session was
taken up with the appointment OF
Wednesday nights delegates and
visitors received spiritual feast In
the sermon Of the Grand Bishop
Hardeman.
=, Reports Of Grand officers began
Thursday morning. Most important of
these We're reports of Grand Master
Hunt and Grand Secretary e. ].
Crawford which told of rapid growth
of the order during the past tweleve
months and its splendid financial
condition.
In a splendid address which paid
due notice to the general conditions
throughout the country both finan
reported the setting up of 20 new
lodges and II Juvenile departments,
the gaining of permit to operate in
the State. of Oklahoma and the lay
ing of plans for the spread of the
order to Arkansas and Louisiana
His report in part is as follows:
Twenty-three months ago, The 10y
al Friends of America had one Lodge
with a membership of less than fif-
end Palacies, Eleven Juvenile De-
partments, and membership of APP
nroNimately eighteen hundred mem
%are SeTs witBguiy rnnds 81 GnfhS g %
ing. During this short period of time
we have collected more than fifteen
thousand dollars. and have paid out
more than five thousand dollars in
benefits alone to the relatives of our
deceased members, and to my mind
that is a very creditable showing.
A race cannot be expected to re-
main satisfied and be denied the bal
cannot be expected to remain salts
fled and suffer the humiliation filth
attendant upon Southern Segregation
A race cannot be expected to remain
and property and escapes the cluthes
of the law. The laboring City Negro
desires to live in sections where the
City takes some steps to afford good
streets, light and water. The Negro
upon the farms desires to get out OF
the plantation cabin; he desires suit
able schools, headed by efficient
teachers. in order that this posterity
can keep abrest of the times; and
last but not least, he is tired OF
laboring from daylight to dark only
to be robbed by INSCRIPTIONS land
lords in December.
In spite of the obstacles that would
discourage a less determined people
the statistics available show that Ne.
gro is holding his own. The pei
centage of Negroes that owned thell
homes in 1910 was 1871 per cent tc
2S.3 per cent in 1920. In 1910. the
per centage of whites who spent
time in school was 22.9 per cent
against II per cent for Negroes. We
reduced our illiteracy from 57.1 pei
/ cent in 1890 to 30.4 per cent in 1910
| These are hopeful signs and should
encourage us to keep up the fight.
! The report of Grand Secretary F
| ]. Crawford was filled with facts
showing the order in scheduled fin
nancial condition. Facts concerning
the status of the order were given as
follows
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