Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 59, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 April 1909 — Knights of Pythias Are Prosperous In Indiana. [ARTICLE]

Knights of Pythias Are Prosperous In Indiana.

Despite the depression in commercial life during the year, the report of the Grand Lodge, Knights of Pythias of Indiana to the Supreme Lodge for the year 1908 shows that the Pythian lodges in Indiana have been prosperous. In a letter to Harry Wade, grand keeper of records and seal, R. L. C. White, of Nashville, Tenn., supreme keeper of records and seal, says: * • “ It may interest you to know that the reports from the grand domains show that Indiana has the largest net gain of membership in the supreme domain for the year 1908.” Indiana's report to the Lodge December 31, 1908, showed the following: Number of members, €31,818; number of lodges, 491; receipts during the year, $697,374.75; expended tor relief, $171,374.0T; cadh oh httW f $1,721345.14; total assets, $2,882,W 0.51. - The great are those who-can bear discipline.