Fraternity (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 1, 1915 Page: 1 of 8
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FORT WORTH, TEXAS, APRIL, 1915
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PREMIUMS PAID PROMPTLY PROCURED PAST PARTICIPANTS $812,408.30
READ THIS LETTER.
Dear Members:
It is with much gratification that I call
attention to the progress made in the
month of February. It was one of the
most successful months, viewed from all
angles, for some time.
We had only one death, Brother R. A.
White, of Abilene, carrying one thou-
sand dollars. Brother White had been
a member for about sixteen years, and
was one of our most loyal supporters.
He will not only be missed in his home,
but also among the best people of his
home city.
During this month, we wrote about
$175,000 in insurance. The applications
for these certificates did not come in
batches, but were scattered'among our
lodges in Texas and Oklahoma.
One of the most gratifying things
about it is the fact that during the month
we received several applications through
the local membership. This is a condi-
tion which should always exist; for if
we could only get the members to see
the importance of co-operation and ac-
tivity, the burden of securing new blood
would be an easy matter. I cannot
understand how a member can be satis-
fied to only pay his dues, and never en-
deavor to get their friends to become a
part of this great Texas Fraternity. I
know a great many think they are too
busy, but I believe that if each member
would take two hours off from their
business, and present the claims of the
U. B. A. to some friend, showing them
the promptness with which we pay our
claims, they would have no trouble in
securing their membership. What others
did in February, you can do in April.
This is your business. It is your Order
as well as mine or any other supreme
officer's.
It seems to me that we should all
take pride in demonstrating to the world
that Texas people are able to handle the
insurance for the people of the great
Southwest as well as the people of the
North and East can.
One of the great purposes of the fra-
ternal or lodge system is to secure
members through the assistance and co-
operation of those who are already a
part of the system; thereby not only
gainnig strength, but also lessening the
expense of getting new members. It is
a well known fact that the old line*com-
panies have to buy and pay for all the
new business they get; but it should not
be so with fraternal orders. Yet, it
seems, with all the pleading we can do,
it is almost impossible to get our mem-
bers to assist us in this great work.
As a rule, secretaries of our lodges
are loyal men and women. The greater
portion of them do all they can to keep
down lapses. However, we have a few
that seem to take but little interest
along that line. We have some that
never allow a member to lapse. If all
would exert themselves not only to hold
the old members, but also to write a
new one occasionally, it would show the
world that they believed in what they
were doing.
Fraternalism is a great word, and
means a great deal. About the best
definition I have heard was from a little
girl, who said it was friendship, which
within itself is a great word. It means,
be friendly to our home, our family, our
order, and our neighbors. Will you not
be friendly with the order and your
neighbors to the extent that you will
solicit one to take a certificate with us?
Friendship is void of jealousy and
strife. We can assist in building the
order by speaking kind words to every-
one and working in harmony with all
mankind. Even if a member should
mistreat you, it is more manly or
womanly to go to them and settle your
differences in a friendly way than it is
to speak of the faults of others to
someone else. Let us all try this for
at least six months, and all do our best
to get new material into the order, and
you will be surprised at the results.
Coveting your assistance in the dis-
charge of my duties in trying to build
this order, I beg to remain,
Yours fraternally,
E. S. ROYALL,
Supreme President.
TO THE READERS OF FRATER.
NITY.
Lawton, Okla.
Mr. H. C. Schmidt,
Editor Fraternity,
Fort Worth, Texas.
Dear Brother: May I ask space ic
the columns of Fraternity to give th<
dear reader an outline of the work in
progress at this place, together with the
success achieved? Although our labors
have been confined to the City of Law-
ton, we feel that our efforts have been
rewarded with at least a partial success.
Having instituted a Lodge in this city
Wednesday night last with a member-
ship of sixty-nine, to sixty-one of whom
the Certificates have been issued and
delivered in amounts of One and Two
Thousand Dollars. Our membership is
made up of the business interests of
Lawton—comprising bankers, merchants,
lawyers, doctors, publishers, contractors,
photographers, market men, cafe pro-
prietors, salesmen, solicitors, and minis-
ters. A goodly number of the wives of
the above-mentioned business men are
also embraced in our membership. We
feel that our efforts for. the protection .
and future betterment of humanity hart
just begun.
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Schmidt, Henry C. Fraternity (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 1, 1915, newspaper, April 1, 1915; Fort Worth, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth233209/m1/1/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.