Fraternity (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 7, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 1, 1914 Page: 1 of 8
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FORT WORTH, TEXAS, JULY, 1914
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Number 7
PREMIUMS PAID PROMPTLY PROCURED PAST PARTICIPANTS $762,997.05
A GOOD CHEER AND INSPECTION
TOUR BY OUR SUPREME PRESI-
DENT ALONG THE OUTSKIRTS.
Since the last issue of Fraternity I
have been very busy visiting lodges in
various parts of the State. My first visit
was on May 22 to the beautiful little
town of Ponder, 25 miles north of Fort
Worth. I spent a very pleasant day
visiting with the membership. Ponder is
surrounder by as fertile a country as we
have in Texas, and has a live class of
business men.
I next visited the city of Dallas.
(Doubtless you have heard of Dallas.)
My visit there was to pay the claim of
Sister Mary Maynor, who was a member
of Fort Worth Lodge No. 1. While this
is a sad duty, it is well that people are
wise enough to prepare for death by tak-
ing a policy in the U. B. A.
My next visit was to the wide-awake
little city of Chico, situated just fifty
miles north on the Rock Island Railroad.
While there it was my pleasure to meet
several of the leading business men and
bankers. There I noticed some things
worthy of mention. They have a civic
league, and woe to the weed that shows
its head, for it will surely be slain. And
woe to the fly that makes its appearance,
for verily it shall be executed. You do
not see the filth you often see in 9ome of
our smaller as well as larger cities. I
also noticed the manner in which the
stocks of merchandise are kept, also the
fact that all lines of trade are well rep-
resented. And the U. B. A. is very
popular there and growing more so each
day.
On the night of the 2nd inst. we in-
stituted one of the liveliest lodges we
have in the order and elected the follow-
ing officers:
Past President—W. W. Jones.
President—Wm. H. Tallant.
Vice-president—Homer R. Jones.
, Secretary-treasurer—C. A. Watson.
Chaplain—Rev. E. O. Thompson.
Conductor—H. C. T. Robinson.
Sentinel—Adam T. Johnson.
Local Medical Examiner—Dr. B. O.
Wilkerso'n.
Trustees—Charlie E. Jones, Edgar D.
Murray, Hosea A. Parks.
While there we arranged with Bro.
W. W. Jones to act as leader of the
forces in building the order. With the
co-operation of other members, I look for
results.
May the 6th I visited Lone Star Lodge
of Cleburne, where I found Bro. H. R.
Poole, the eficient secretary, all smiles
over the future outlook of the work there.
Lone Star is one of the original lodges of
the order, being No. 2. It is composed
of the leading citizens of the city. While
there I learned of the death of Mrs.
Plummer, wife of our true friend and
loyal supporter, Capt. O. T. Plummer.
While Sister Plummer was not a mem-
ber of the order, it was my pleasure to
know her. My heart goes out in sym-
pathy for Bro. Plummer, for they had
met the conditions of life together for
about fifty years.
I also learned that the President, Bro.
Hugh Wilson, was confined at home with
sickness.
I next spent four days in Hunt County,
visiting Greenville, Wolfe City and
Commerce. At the latter place I found
that the sad reaper had entered the home
of Bro. R. C. Hill, the secretary, and
had borne away the spirit of his daugh-
ter, who had only been married a few
short years. Oh, how sad to be cut down
in young womanhood. It only goes to
show that death is uncertain and comes
to old and young alike and should inspire
us with the importance of making prepa-
ration while in youth. I found the work
in Greenville progressing nicely under
the leadership of E. T. Clemmons; but
who could not succeed in Greenville with
the co-operation of a membership of over
five hundred of the best men and women
in our great State. They know what
the U. B. A. has done in that county to
relieve sorrow and they do not hesitate
to endorse it and solicit their friends to
become a part of it. I often think we
have some members in our order who
do not care whether we increase or not.
Some that have been in the order for ten
years and longer than that have never
induced one person to join. It is time
you should see the importance of action
and do your duty to the order, your
friends, your family and yourself.
On May 16 I closed this campaign by
visiting the beautiful little city of May-
pearl in Ellis County, where we are build-
ing a good lodge. I found the interest
good and prospects for a fine organiza-
tion at that place. The country around
there is of the very best, with some of
the most up-to-date mercantile estab-
lishments in that part of the State. The
membership has the right spirit, for, see-
ing they have enlisted in a good cause,
they tell their neighbors about it. In
my heart I can but say, Go and do like-
wise.
Fraternally,
E. S. ROYALL.
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THE EMPTY CAGE.
An Etching, by "One of Fort Worth's
Oldest Writers."
"Once on a time/' long, long years
ago, five bird cages sat all in a row, and
in each cage a little bird had a home.
Two cages were the homes of mocking
birds—those dear, witching singers of otsr
own sunny land—two were the homes
of two "tiny wee" canary birds; and the
fifth was the home of a glorious Texas
cardinal, the well-known red bird, so
beautiful and loved wherever found.
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Schmidt, Henry C. Fraternity (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 7, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 1, 1914, newspaper, July 1, 1914; Fort Worth, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth233201/m1/1/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.