Afro-American courier. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1926-19??, 1936-09-01
ELEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT &
CUSTODIAN'S MESSAGE OF THE
AFRO AMERICAN SONS e DHTRS.
AT THE ELEVENTH GRAND LODGE, IN YAZOD
CITY, MISSISSIPPI, ON AUGUST 10, 20. 2I, 1885



From the beginning of civilization there have been
certain standards which govern mans life Each g.era
accepts defes and sets up standards to meet the
qurements of it's particular period Some standards in
life are permanently fixed and should be accepted long
the world shall stand should never have been
tabshed Before any standard becomes fixed general
careful consideration of the social effect should be given
Each life influenced and regulated by standards,
therefore, of vital Importance that each generation
establish only such rules standards that shall lift man
up and keep him forever seeking higher ground.
Usually, hear discussions of Standards OF Living
which, most cases. the financial side and the Nor
al Standard which includes the social side For this rea
attempt to comment little upon these two phases
of life
am sure most of recall hearing at some time
lives the comparison of Negro and white standards
of living 1t has been handed down that the Negro stand
ard of living is far below that of the white man Did
you stop to think what that meansit this,
first there is development and growth of the Negro
mind surely ones mind develops his desire for bet
ter things increases Second the Negro content to sit
the foot of the hill and watch others they climb to
successtoo satisfied with his present condition to make
effort toward something better The Let
Me Live In The House By The Side Of The Road And Be
Friend To Man. has been admired by many but turn
this poem aud it means, while others on to
their goal you sit and watch their To watch the
of men go by to their goal is great credit
greater credit in getting in the macrh and helping
make the path to the goal.
There methods of attaining moral and fl
nancia heights. We must examine character to at
tain morally the highest standard. Character is quality
in and that is unmistakabe 1t is that quail
ty that makes dependable under any change of cir
cumsances conditions. Financial heights have been
attained in many ways, but he who hopes to attain per-
manent financial heights must do through justice and
honesty
am glad that this day finds the Negro man IN the
marchdssatsfied with his old standards of living and
dom pdipuy boti pbvc hotor apd
financially We have to respect each other
contented in at back doors up flights and
flights of stairs through dark and passage
to be treated and to visit sick-we putting our
heads shoulders and pennies together raising stand
ards of living to the level of any other
The Afro-Amercan Sons and Daughters is an out
growth of increasing desire to lift standards up
to the point where and others feel "A Mans
Man The World Ger" During the past fifty years. the
Negro has made visible progress There has been
increase in homes owned farms operated, business
Quoted, schools for higher training and wealth accumu
lated mention these things to have you Afro-Amercan
Sons and Daughters you study this Eleventh Annual
Report remember your part as loyal members Have we
not entered Fundamentally in building homes, saving
homes and farms helping schools and young people go
to school through Educational policy and it is fact
that we have worthwhile business with an accumulated
wealth worthy of consideration.
l am sure that you have read you but rel DICE
that you are paying and supporting part interested
part goodwill part of of the greatest organizations
operated in the South and it reaches out to lift the
Negro to higher standards, you say like Paul
We've fought good fight kept the faith and now we
toward the mark of the high calling which in
Christ Jesus"
ELEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF AFRO-AMERICAN
SONS & DAUGHTERS
Total Admitted Assets as Reported to State
Department of Insurance December 81 1885 1901 O68 O5
Membership Fees Received ................ 2731692