Triple Tie Benefit Association from Clay Center, Kansas • 1

VOL. i. CLAY CENTER, KANSAS, APRIL 21, 1900. NO. 1.

ABOUT OUR PAPER. office, ready to devote all of my time to the interests of the Triple Tie and am yours to command, Fraternally, G. M. Stbatton. Why an Official Organ la Published by the Triple Tl.

nothing about it. It has been determined to issue a paper this month and mail a copy to every mem bex of the association, and thus reach all, bo that Bomeone may bring this matter up in the oouncil meeting and have it decided by the members. If the rest of the counoils respond between now and the 10 of next month, then a paper will be issued monthly if however they do not respond favorably probably a paper will not be issued monthly. This is a very small item of ex In the biennial report of the Supreme Secretary February 14, 1900 the following appeared in regard to an "Official Organ:" "There has been a great demand from the membership for a paper to be published in the interest of the Association. "The management have not responded to this demand simply because they did not have the necessary funds to issue a paper.

This would add from $40 to $60 a month to the expense account. "A paper should be published monthly, or at least quarterly, and it will devolve npon you at this session to determine this matter, and to provide for the expense of publishing and distributing a paper." During the session of the Supreme Council this question came up, and the following appears in the ournal of Pro- pense to eaoh local council, fifty papers will only cost $10 a year, and you can PURELY PERSONAL. A Brief but Very Interesting Sketch of the Triple Tie's Career; Your humble servant has filled the position of secretary of the Triple Tie since its conception and birth in the spring of 1896. When it was a little wee young thing, and had no home it was taken into my home and had a room assigned to it, and when at the close jof the day I would return from my work as bread winner for a family I spent many an evening in the room with this child, sometimes very pleasantly, sometimes otherwise. The first two years of its existence were passed in Jthis room, it was not very strong and robust, and a good many good people thought it doubtful if it would live through its infancy, and at times, as its nearest and dearest friend, was inclined to share their doubts, and I will admit now that at times I wished it had never been born, but through constant association with it, I became bo mnoh interested in it that I longed to see it live and grow strong and healthy and vigorous, but very few people outside of its immediate relatives in Augusta, Clay Center, Kansas City and Waterville took any interest in the poor ohild, not even enough to enquire certainly afford to vote that much out of your council fund.

The general fund of the Reserve and Emergency Fund Oar Strongest Point and Distinctive Feature. For the purpose ot more fully equalizing the cost of carrying insurance by members of different ages, and to insure the perpetuity of the association by creating and maintaining a Reserve Fund, and an Emergency Fund on each $1,000 of insurance the member shall pay monthly the sum of ten cents, one-half of which shall be placed in the Reserve Fund and one-half in the Emergency Fund (this payment is included in table of monthly payments), and when the Certificate becomes a claim by death, disability or old age, then the Supreme Council shall retain from each $1,000 dne the beneficiary $3 for eaoh year of the member's age at time of joining the order, (less ten cents for each month the Certificate has been in force, which has been paid in monthly payments during life), one-half of the amount retained shall be plaoedin the Reserve Fond and one-half in thejEmergency Fund of the association. association is limited, and the Board desires to put as many organizers in. the field aa possible to extend the growth of the asso ciation and at the present time cannot stand the expeqse of publishing and distributing a paper free, but no doubt can do it after the present year. The Board believes that all of the coun oils will subscribe for the paper when they fully understand the situation, and it is presented to them at their meetings which will surely be done now.

Please take action on this and advise the Quite a number of fraternal insurance Supreme Seoretary before May 10. Good Organisers Wanted. This association wants from ten to fifty societies have adopted some kind of a Reserve Fund, and those that have not done so, are looking forward to such action, because the managers know that it must be done, it is the safety valve of fraternal "The question of publishing a paper for the Association was called up by Brother Delaney. After a general discussion of the subject the Supreme Secretary wanted to know how many councils would sub-soribf for a paper to be mailed direct to eaoh member of the oouncil, the price to be 20 cents a year for each member. Nearly all of the delegates present pledged their councils to subscribe for the paper on above terms.

Brother Marshman moved "that the Advisory Board be instructed to have the seoretary correspond with the counoils and find out how many would subscribe for a paper, and if a sufficient number would take it, to have the secretary publish a paper monthly and mail member;" motion carried. In compliance with this resolution the Advisory Board directed the secretary tp correspond with the councils as directed good reliable men and women to organize councils in Kansas, and to those who know how to approach people and get their attention and to present the matter properly The Triple Tie was built with this safety we can give permanent employment on terms that they can make good incomes appliance attached, and in order to make it doubly safe the same provisions were made for creating an additional safety from. valve in the nature of a Reserve Fond. The first member who made a monthly We want none but, sober, honest and industrious people. If you want a good permanent job and can give satisfactory references write to G.

M. Stratton at Clay payment into this order made a payment into both the Reserve and Emergency Funds. Center, and your application will reoeive about its health or future prospects, but it had winning ways about it, and attracted attention and made friends of all who became acquainted with it, and before it was a year old it had a number of good loyal friends in Frankfort.tHartford, Blue Rapids, Topeka, Newton, Miltonvale, Irving, Conoordia, Hill City and Emporia and its future began to look brighter. When the second anniversary of its birth came in February, 1898, overjforty of its friends from twenty-two different towns assembled in Clay Center to pay their respects, they were well pleased with the child and decided that it should set up a home of its own, and moved it from my home down town. On the occasion of its fourth birthday over seventy-five members of the family assembled in Emporia to do honor to this child, and many of them were pleased to find it had grown so strong and vigorous, and were surprised to learn that it had assisted twenty-eight members of the family that were in distress to the amount of nearly $28,000, and had in bank for a rainy day over $6,000, in addition to'hav-ing olothed itself and paid for its board and lodging.

At this meeting in Emporia in Febru by said resolution, and on the 6 of March a letter was written to the secretary of prompt attention. Send names of people Read This Carefully. In every other fraternal order if a mem you refer to with your application. each oounoil requesting them to present the matter to their councils at the next meeting and have them decide whether or not they would subscribe, and how many ber dies within a few months after joining, he has contributed very little to the order, and at his death all contributions stop, the living members contribute the amount that is paid on his 'certificate, and his ac papers they would want, and to report the action of the council by the 1st of April. With this letter was enclosed a typewritten list of the members of eaoh coun cil and the secretaries were requested to check off the names to whom papers should be sent, and to add their addresses.

If you want to organize a council in the Second Congressional district to J. Conine, Ft. Scott, Ean. Head This From Section 1, Article 3, Page 30, Constitution. "The certificate of each member who has not paid such monthly payment or assessment on or before the last day of said month shall, by the fact of such nonpayment, stand suspended, and no action on the part of the council or any officer thereof Bhall be required as essential to such suspension." Sometime some member who is in the habit of letting his payment inn over until the 5th, 10th or 15th of the neit month will die in this time, then who will be liable? Certainly not this order.

To be safe you had better pay on time and then see that the secretary reports it on time. About one-half of the councils have returned the list properly checked and re mitted for the paper, some for a full year, ary last you saw fit, through your repre some for six months and a few for only count is closed. This is not the case in the Triple Tie. If a member forty years old carrying $1,000 insurance should die the first day of his membership under out just and equitable provisions for creating a reserve and emergency fund, an amount equal to three times his age or $120. would be deducted from the amount due hisj beneficiary.

$60 of this would be placed in the Emergency fund which is used to pay death claims only. As his payments were only $7.20 a year this sum will pay them over eight years in advance. $60 would be placed in the Reserve Fond, if this will earn 5 per cent, interest it will continue to pay $3 a year or nearly one-half the amount he paid during life, and the account is never closed. three months. Some other councils have sentatives to honor me with a re-eleotion as your secretary for two years, for which I desire to thank you heartily, I then and written that they would take the paper.

there resolved that I would devote my en tire time and energy during the term for and as soon as it was settled that one would be issued to notify them and they would remit for it, but quite a number of the councils have not replied to the letter which I was elected to the upbuilding of this association, and in compliance with this in any manner, this in some cases may be resolution, I at once set about divesting myself of all conflicting interests, and have the fault of the seoretary not presenting a 1 the matter to tnem, because it is so easy arranged to dissolve a business partner for a secretary to lay a Utter away and Please remember that your payment for the month of April is due now, and unless it is paid to your secretary during the nonth, at the close ef the last day of the month you will stand eispended. ship that has existed for ten years, and forget to take it to the meeting and read also resigned the office of Deputy Colleot We would be glad to have some correspondence from some of the councils each issue of our paper. it to the members, censeqeently they know or of Internal Revenue, and am now in my.