UNITED ORDER OF GOOD SHEPHERDS Organized, 1906. Officers: Supreme Grand President, G. W. Chandler, Montgomery, Ala. Supreme Grand Secretary, Mrs. S. L. Duncan. GRAND UNITED ORDER OF TENTS OF THE J. R. GIDDINGS AND JOLLIFEE UNION Organized at Norfolk, Va., 1866. Officers: Superintendent, Mrs. S. L. Bonney, Norfolk, Va. ROYAL KNIGHTS OF KING DAVID Organized, 1884, at Durham, N. C. Officers: Supreme Grand Scribe, W. G. Pearson, Durham, N. C. INDEPENDENT BENEVOLENT ORDER Headquarters, 161 Bell St., Atlanta, Ga. Supreme Grand Master, W. S. Cannon. District Grand Master, J. W. Lee. This order has 35,000 members and owns about $50,000 worth of real estate in Atlanta. NATIONAL ORDER OF MOSAIC TEMPLARS OF AMERICA Organized, 1882. Membership 100,000, Assets $150,000. National Grand Master, S. J. Elliott, Little Rock, Ark. KNIGHTS AND DAUGHTERS OF TABOR Organized, 1871. Officers: I. C. G. M., S. A. Jordan, Arkansas. I. V. G. M., S. S. Reed, Texas. I. C. G. S., A. R. Chinn, Missouri. INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ST. LUKE Organized, 1867. Has 40,000 members, operates the St. Luke Bank in Richmond. Officers: Right Worthy Grand Chief, Mrs. Minnie L. Banks, Macon, Ga. Right Worthy Vice Chief, Dr. H. L. Harris, Richmond, Va. Right Worthy Grand Secretary and Treasurer, Mrs. Maggie L. Walker, Richmond, Va. GRAND UNITED ORDER OF BROTHERSS AND SISTERS, Organized, 1868. Officers: Grand Master, Solomon Bond, 527 Orchard St., Baltimore, Md. Grand Secretary, James H. Steward, Baltimore, Md. Grand Treasurer, A. A. Spriggs, Baltimore, Md. GRAND UNITED ORDER SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF PEACE Organized, 1900, at Newport News, Va. Officers: Rev. S. A. Howell, S. G. C., 548 25th St., Newport News, Va. ROYAL CIRCLE OF FRIENDS OF THE WORLD Organized, 1909, at Helena, Ark., by Dr. R. A. Williams. The Order operates in five States; has a membership of about 25,000; more than $80,000 is reported to have been paid to beneficiaries. The assets of the Order aggregate $30,000. Officers: Dr. R. A. Williams, Supreme President, Helena, Ark. K. B. Jamison, Supreme Vice-President, Yazoo City, Miss. S. M. Miles, Supreme Secretary, Jackson, Miss. L. B. Bailey, Supreme Treasurer, Helena, Ark. GENERAL GRAND UNITED ORDER OF BROTHERS AND SIS- Officers: Rev. Robt. Frazier, G. G. W. S., 535 S. Rampart St., New Orleans, Rev. Prince Albert, G. G. D. S., 535 S. Rampart St., New Orleans, D. C. Nelson, G. G. Scribe, 535 S. Rampart St., New Orleans, La. PERIODICAL PUBLICATIONS NUMBER OF PERIODICALS In 1863 there were only two newspapers in the United States ublished by colored persons. The first Negro newspaper published the South, the Colored American, began publication at Augusta, ia, the first week of October, 1865. J. T. Shuftin was editor. Only one of the Negro periodicals now being published, the Christian Recorder, was established before 1865. There are now about 450 periodicals published by or for Negroes. Their classification is as follows: Religious periodicals, 78; school periodicals, 68; organs of National Associations, and magazines of general literature, 7; fraternal organs, 30; newspapers, 277. RELIGIOUS PERIODICALS Monthly, Bi-Monthly and Quarterly Quarterly Review, A. M. E. Z., L. W. Kyles, 112 S. Bayou St., Colored Catholic, R. C., C. Marcellus Dorsey, Baltimore, Md., A. M. E. Review, A. M. E., R. C. Ransom, 631 Pine St., Phila- The Helper, Non-sect., Amanda Smith, Harvey, Ill. Mission Herald, Baptist, L. G. Jordan, Philadelphia, Pa., 624 The Young Allenite, A. M. E., Ira T. Bryant, Nashville, Tenn., Church Advocate, P. E., George F. Bragg, Jr., Baltimore, Md., The Teacher, Baptist, R. H. Boyd, Nashville, Tenn., 523 Second The V. C. Endeavor and S. S. Headlight, A. M. E. Z., Aaron The A. M. E. Zion, Monitor. Bi-Weekly, Rev. A. H. Hatwood, The Baptist Leader, Bapt.. The Baptist Lime Light, Bapt.. The Christian Hope, Bapt.. The Helping Hand, Bapt. J. D. Kent L. S. Steinback. The Primitive Baptist Herald, Bapt.. J. H. Carey. The Vanguard, Bant. Bradley District Herald. A. J. Stokes. Voice of The Twentieth Century. Florida Florida Christian Recorder, A. M. E., G. C. Henderson. B. J. Jones. William Simmons. |