. PROCEEDINGS
|VLW. GHRHV LIODOE STATE OF LOUISIANA,, F R E E AND ACCEPTED MASONS.
NINETY-SECOND ANNUAL GRAND COMMUNICATION, FEBRUARY 1ST,
2D AND
3D, 1904,
A. I,. 5904.
ROBERT R. REID, Grand Master. RICHARD LAMBERT, Grand Secretary.
PUBLISHED BY THE GRAND LODGE AND ORDERED TO BE READ IN ALL THE LODGES.
NEW ORLEANS : A. W. H Y A T T STATIONERY M A N U F A C T U R I N G CO., L T D . . N. O.—94780.
1904.
OFFICERS OF THE
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MOST WORSHIPFUL GRAND LODGE OF FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS OF
THE
STATE OF LOUISIANA. _A_.
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L. P. DELAHOUSSAYE E. T. SELLERS L. C. ALLEN O. H. SIMPSON A. G. RICKS RICHARD LAMBERT CURTIS T. HINES , REV. DE. HERMAN C. DUNCAN C. C. KRAMER AARON STEEG JOHN S. ALFRED JOHN PULESTON JOS. T. LABIT JOSEPH MEYERS ROBERT W. IRVINE J. D. MARKS N. B. NULL JAMES A. CHADWICK JOHN R. LAMBERT
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M. W. Grand Master. B. W. Deputy Grand Master. B.W. Grand Senior Warden. B.W. Grand Junior Warden. B.W. Grand Treasurer. B.W. Grand Secretary. B.W. Grand Lecturer. W. Grand Chaplain. W. Grand Senior Deacon. W. Grand Junior Deacon. W. Grand Marshal. W. Grand Sword Bearer. W- Grand Pursuivant. W. Grand Steward. W. Grand Steward. W. Grand Steward. W. Grand Steward. Grand Organist. Grand Tyler.
FIRST DAY'S SESSION. NEW ORLEANS,
GRAND LODGE HALL, \ Monday, February 1, 1904. j
The Ninety-second Annual Grand Communication of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons, of the State of Louisiana, convened in the City of New Orleans, at Masonic Temple, corner of St. Charles and Perdido streets, on Monday, February 1st, A. D. 1904, at 7 o'clock, p. M. The M. W. Grand Lodge was opened by the M. W. Grand Master, Robert R. Reid, in ample form, on the third, or Master's degree, of Masonry, after prayer by Rev. Dr. Herman Cope Duncan, Grand Chaplain. OFFICERS PRESENT.
The roll of Grand Officers was called and the following were present: ROBERT R. REID L. P. DELAHOUSSAYE
E. T. SELLERS
M. W. Grand Master. R. W. Deputy Grand Master.
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L. C. ALLEN A. G. RICKS RICHARD LAMBERT REV. DB. HERMAN-C. DUNCAN FRED. C. MARSH C. C. KRAMER EDW. J. MADDEN JOHN PULESTON AARON STEEG J. D. MARKS.. ROBERT W. IRVINE. JOSEPH MEYERS EDMOND HAAS JAMES A. CHADWICK JOHN R. LAMBERT
R. W. Grand Senior Warden. R. W. Grand Junior Warden. R. W. Grand Treasurer. R. W. Grand Secretary. W. Grand Chaplain. W. Grand Senior Deacon. W. Grand Junior Deacon. W. Grand Marshal. W. Grand Sword Bearer. W. Grand Pursuivant. ••••• W. Grand Steward. W. Grand Steward. W. Grand Steward. W. Grand Steward. Grand Organist. Grand Tyler.
PAST GKAND OFFICERS PRESENT.
Past Grand Masters—David R. Graham, Chas. F. Buck, A. C. Allen, R. H. Cage.
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Arizona, Connecticut, Canada, Costa Rica, Colorado, Cuba, England, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indian Territory Maryland, Missouri, Michigan, Mississippi, North Dakota, New Jersey, Nebraska, Nova Scotia, New Mexico, New Zealand, Ohio, Oklahoma, Peru, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Tasmania, Vermont, Victoria, Washington, West Virginia. CREDENTIALS.
The M. W. Grand Master appointed E. W. Brother Bichard Lambert and W. Brothers O. H. Simpson and Gus. D. Levy as a Committee on Credentials. This Committee subsequently submitted the following report: NEW ORLEANS, LA.,
February 1, 1904.
To the M W. Grand Master and Grand Lodge, F. and A. M , of the State of Louis'ana:
Your Committee on Credentials respectfully report that they find the following Lodges have made returns, paid dues and are entitled to representation on the floor of this Grand Lodge and that the following named brethren are their duly accredited representatives: PERFECT UNION NO. 1-ffni. C. Wright, W. M.; William Frank, Jr., S. W.; Archie L. Cline, J. W. POLAR STAR NO. 1—Paul Vandenborre, W. M.; B. Simon, S. W.;
Henri Maumus, J. W. No. 4—Henri Berie, W. M.; Alex. Langlois, S. W.; Adolph Barrere, J. W. CERVANTES NO. 5—Eusebio Ruiz, W. M.; John C Suarez, proxy; Agustin Mateu, S. W.; Jose Venta, J. W. PERSEVERANCE
HUMBLE COTTAGE NO. 19—F. P. Butler, W. M.; A. C. Skiles, S. W.;
L. S. Haas, J. W. 24—J. W. Dunn, W. M.; G. Surghnor, proxy; T. L. Morris, S. W.; W. M. Ruffin, J. W. ST. ALBANS NO. 28—J. "W. Lea, W. M.; G. M. Tomb, S. W.; F. M. Norseworthy proxy for W. M. and S. W.; H. B. Barrow, J. W. FELICIANA NO. 31—Sidney Powell, W. M.; A. F. Barrow, proxy; Rudolph Teutsch, S. W.; Benj. Mann, J. W.; A. F. Barrow, proxy. PHCENIX NO. 38—S. Walmsley, W. M ; A E. Batt, proxy; S. G. Dowden, S. W.; E. L. Dezendorf, J. W. GEBMANIA NO. 40—B Von Schlemmer, W. M.; Albert Werner, S.W.; Henry Schroeder, J. W. ST. JAMES NO. 47—L. G. Stirling, W. M.; L. T. Powers, S. W.; A.M. Herget, J. W. MINDEN No. 51—George Life, W. M.; W. W. McCoy, S. W.; C. H. Curtis, J. W. WESTERN STAR NO.
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52—W. H. Bennett, W. M.; C. W. Ball, S. W.; John W. Grippen. proxy; W. N. Empson, J. W.; Thos. S. Beiment, proxy. UNION FRATERNAL NO. 53—J. K. Atkinson, W. M.; Ed. 'Everett, proxy; J. G. Taylor, S. W.; G. Hartman, J. W.; Abe Stein, proxy. MOUNT GERIZIM NO. 54—J. F. Watson, W. M.; F. M. Odom, S. W:; W. H. Vaughan, J. W. FRANKLIN NO, 57—Chas. N. Frost, W. M.; D. M. Campbell, S. W.; S. T. McCardell, Jr.; J. W.; A. C. Allen, proxy for all. FRIENDS OF HARMONY NO. 58—J. A. Gildig, W. M.; A. W. Steeg, B. W.; M. S. Steeg, J. W. OLIVE NO
MOUNT MORIAH NO. 59—Oramel H. Simpson, W.M.; Conrad G. Col-
lins, S. W.; J. T. A. Hebel, J. W. 65-John C. Wicklifte, W. M.; Jacob C. Code, 8. W.; James Cronan, J. W. HIRAM NO. 70—Isidore Grossman, W. M.; Hyman Hirsh, S. W.; James Reid, Jr., J. W. GEORGE WASHINGTON NO.
ALPHA HOME NO. 72—F. W. Breedlove, W. M.; A. L. Desangles, S.
W.; W. G. Tebault, Jr., J. W. 75—J. H. Caldwell, W. M.; J. W. Taylor, S. W.; C. J. Law, J. W. QUITMAN No. 76—T. D. Stewart, W. M.; Byron Holley, S. W.; Louis Ed. Valloft, J W. ST. JOSEPH NO. 79—Leopold Elgutter, W. M ; W. M. Bland, S. W.; W. G. Kalow, J. W. MOUNT VERNON NO. 83—A. M, Garrett, W. M.; P. G. R. Bell, S. W.; L. H. Adams, J. W.; L. E. Thomas, proxy for all. OLIVER NO. 84—0. F. Crockett, W. M.; J. W.'Mitchell, S. W.; Thos. Jefferey, J. W. LAFAYETTE NO. 87—Henry Hausmann, W. M.; T. W. Tarleton, S. W.; William Davis, J. W. CYPRESS NO. 89—S. H. Dowell, W. M.; B. A. Kelly, S. W.; John L, Scales, J. W. BELLEVUE NO. 95—J. B. Hall, W. M.; S. T. Hobbs, S. W.; Tom Hickman, J. W. ST. HELENA NO. 96—W. G. Hamberlin, W. M.; W. S. Hutchinson, S W.; J. B. Gill, J. W. HERMITAGE NO. 98—Louis B. Hoover, W. M.; C. H. Solanis, S. W.; Paul J. Cendon, J. W. FRANKLINTON NO. 101—H. W. Hullinghorst, W. M.; T. D. Foil, S. W.; Wiley C. Magee, J. W. LOUISIANA NO. 102—Henry H. Jones, W. M.; J. Chris. Neilsorj, S. W.; Edw. Herndon, J. W. RUSTON No. 106—N. B. Null, W. M.; C. H. Carson, Jr , S. W.; A. S. Hall, J. W.; Jacob Blumenthal, proxy. SPARTA No. 108—B P. Edwards, W. M.; J. W. Lucky, S. W.; L. J. Lucky, proxy; Burt Tooke, J. W. HARRISONBURG NO. 110—D. N. Thompson, W. M.; Riley J. Wilson, S. W.; Geo. W. Pearce, J. W. SABINE NO.
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UKIM NO. Ill—T. J. Watson, W. M.; J. N. Winninger, 8. W.; N. E. Calhoun, J. W.; C. T. Hines, proxy for all. SHBEVEPOBT NO. 115—J. B. Harding, W. M.; H. M. Weil, S. W.; M. P. Jacobson, J. W. ACACIA NO. 116—C. P. Harrell, W. M.; F. E. Tuxworth, S. W.; C. E. Schwing, J. W. MILFOBD No. 117—J.. L. Vialet, M. W.; A. B. Booth, proxy; R. E. Webb, S. W.; T. A. Sibley, J. W. DELHI NO. 120—Eugene Karpe, W. M.; J. E. Thomson, S. W.; W. A. Spiers, J. W. MACKEY NO. 122—W. T. Stevens, W. M., S. L. Manning, S. W.; B. H, Evans, J. W. LIBERTY NO. 123—G. W. Thigpen, W. M.; W. G. Spilker, S. W.; R. H. Jay, J. W. KELLEBTOWN No. 124—J. R. Freeman, W. M.; Julius Adler, S. W.; A. E. Miller, J. W. PEARL RIVEB NO. 125—N. E. Piggott, W. M.; W. Q. McKenzie, S.
W.; L. W. McKenzie, J. W. No. 126—W. M. Baker, W. M.; D. E. Brown, Jr., S. W.; W. P. Theus, J. W. SPRING H I L L NO. 127—E. A. Dawkins, W. M.; J. H. Gathright, S. W.; W. F. Usrey, J. W. GOKDY No. 133—Alcide Leigh, W. M.; James W. Falvey, S. W.; Chas. H. Pruitt, J. W.; B. F. Scott, proxy for all. PLAINS NO. 135—T. L. Mills, W. M.; R. T. Y. Loudon, S. W.; W. C. Young, J. W.; A. J. Ronaldson, proxy. ATHENS NO. 136—B. W. Baker, W. M.; W. C. Moreland, S. W.; F. E. Marsalis, J. W. DOWNSVILLE No. 143—P. F. Hammons, W. M.; T. H. Roberts, S. W.; J. L. Winburg, J. W. OCEAN NO. 144—Frank Caldwell, W. M.; Philip Basart, S. W.; Joseph Cathcart, J. W. HOPE NO. 145—C. D. Caffery, W. M.: C. C. Kramer, proxy; M. Rosenfield, S. W.; V. L. Roy, J. W. ABCADIA
SILENT BBOTHEBHOOD NO. 146-L-J. R. MOSS, W. M.; F. B. Williams,
8. W.; H. B. Hines, J. W. 147-W. ,T. Franklin, W. M.; W. H. Cain, 8. W.; R. T. Wright, J. W. RED LAND NO. 148—A. A. Barnett, W. M.; W. T. Idom, 8. W.; J. G. Martin, J. W. HOMER NO. 152—H. C. Walker, W. M.; John S. Richardson, S. W.; O. P. Bailey, J. W. SAINTS JOHN NO. 153—John W. Howe, W. M.; Chas. J. Conklin, 8. W.; Walter Oser, J. W. KISATCHIE No. 156— R. L. Tynea, W. M.; W.B. Hayes, proxy; W. H. Gandy, 8. W.; C. F. Knippers, proxy; P. I. Cook, J. W. LIVINGSTON NO. 160—G, J. Goetsch, W. M.; H. E. Brent, S. W.; F, M. Brist, J, W. ANACOCO NO.
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BROOKVILLE NO. 161—W. A. Files, W. M.; J, H. Haniby, 8. W.; J. W. Brodnax, J. W. ATCHAFALAYA NO. 163—T. J. Perkins, W. M.; N. Norwood, S. W.; W. A. White, J. W. COLUMBIA NO. 164—J. J. Meredith, W. M.; N. L. Hower, S. W.; J. A. Barham, J. W. LAKE CHARLES NO. 165—Leon Chavanne, W. M.; Geo. O. Elms, proxy; D. B. Gorham, S. W.; J. H. Tuttle, J. W. LINN WOOD NO. 167—Joseph Meyers, W. M.; R. J. McQuiston, S. W<;
Ben. C. Casanas, J. W. 168—R. M. Horn, W. M.; E. G. Horn, proxy; Jas. M. Plunkett, S. W.; Griffin D. Smith, J. W. KOSMOS No. 171—Henry Reininger, W. M.; Julius Wyler, S. W.; H. O. Lehmann, J. W. UNION NO. 172—W. R. Mandeville, W. M.; Percy H. Brown, 8. W,; Wm. E. Hogue, J. W. DANTE NO. 174—Guiseppo Viviano, W. M,; Francesco Scontrino, 8. W.; Arturo Del Orto, J. W. MONTGOMERY NO.
AMITE CITY NO. 175—C. 8. Stewart, W. M.; H. P. Forshay, 8. W.; M.
L. Conn, J. W, CADDO NO. 179—A. W. Cheesman, W. M.; T. H. Scovell, 8. W.; W. A. Kerley, J. W.; L. C. Allen, proxy for all. 8AM TODD NO. 182-G. W. Richardson, W. M.; N. A. Jones, 8. W.; R. E. Sigler, J. W. SPRING CREEK NO. 184—James P. Morgan, W. M.; George W.
McDaniel, S. W.; Jtfseph M. Breland, J. W. 185—E. W. Hicks, W. M.; J. H. Rutledge, S. W.; W. C. Hudspeth, J. W. COVINGTON No. 188—F. B. Martindale, W. M.; A. Rockenschurch, S. W.; Henry Anderson, J. W. EVERGREEN No. 189—Sol. Levy, W. M.; S. W. Cappel, S. W.; L. D. Fisher, J. W. CORINTHIAN NO 190—Charles F. Buck, Jr., W. M.; J. D. Graybill, 8. W.; Edward Pierson, J. W. JEFFERSON NO. 191—GUS. D. Levy, W. M.; Will Moss, S. W.; Samuel Wolf, J. W. ABBEVILLE No. 192—Joseph T. Labit, W. M.; C. A. Schilling, S. W.; Jacob Weil, J. W. AURORA NO. 193—W. G. Weeks, W. M.; Adolph Koch, 8.W.; Samuel Weil, J. W. ASHLAND No. 196—R. J Pullin, W. M.; J. P. Able, S. W.; J. K. Chestnut J. W. BROOKLINE NO. 198—R. B. Nash, W. M.; S. B. Smith, 8. W.; T. Rolo, J. W. Dome No. 205—Simon Leopold, W. M.; Thomas H. Shannon, S. W.; R. A. Squires, J. "W.; Gus. Drews, proxy for all. N, H. BRAY NO. 208-N. H. Davis, W. M.; J. H. Rudicil, 8. W.; W. T. Harvil, J. W.; C. W. Baker, proxy for all, ORPHANS' FRIEND NO.
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R. F. MCGUIKE No. 209—Charles Titche, W. M.; Charles W. Gains, 8. W.; William T. Cook, J. W. BLAZING STAB NO. 212—H. G. Parker, W. M.; Alphonse Eivault, 8. W.; Charles S. Devail, J. W. KEYSTONE NO. 213—Clias. J. Gordon, W. M.; D. N. Thompson, proxy; T. J. Chism, S. W.; .1. G. Maynor, J. W. LANDMARK NO. 214—J. V. Henderson, W. M.; P. P. Keith, 8. W.; T. D. Hudnell, J. W. FBIENDSHIP NO. 215—H. A. Harvlll, W. M.; A. P. Collinsworth, S. W.; ' W. F. Frey, J. W. GOOD INTENT NO. 216—J. T. S. Thomas, W. M.; R. L. Jones, 8. W.;
R. H. Hayes, J. W. FELLOWSHIP LODGE NO. 217—T. J. Crawford, W. M.; A. B. C. De
Shazor, S. W.; A. B. Barnidge, J. W. No. 220—E. G. Beuker, W. M.; M. T. Hewes, S. W.; L. O. Davis, J. W. SOLOMON NO. 221—R. H. MeGimsey, W. M.; H. C. Duncan, proxy; Michael Aaron, S. W.; F. P. Bolton, J. W. LIVONIA
PECAN GBOVE NO. 222—J. C. Bass, W. M.; J. N. Hill, S. W.; C. H.
Hill, J. W. CADESVILLE NO. 229—W. H. Roberts, W. M.; P. T. Kilpatrick, 8. W.; J. F. Lolly, J. W. ' PLEASANT H I L L NO. 230— W. J. Roberson, W. M.; Geo. Wilson, S. W.;L. T. Dykes, J . W . GBANGEVILLE NO. 231—D. R. Warren, W. M.; W. T. Woodward, proxy; D. H. Harvell, S. W.; E. O. Powers, J. W. WELSH NO. 232—Paul W. Daniels, W. M.; Samuel Blackford, S; W.; Chas. E. Carr, J. W-; W. P. Russell, proxy for all. KYICHE NO. 233—J. F. Smith, W. M.; N. G. W. Adams, 8. W.; W. G. Thornton, J. W.; J. W. Gaar, proxy for all. ROBEBTSVILLE No. 234—T. G. Coburri, W. M.; D. T. Tredway, S. W.; L. A. Tredway, J. W. SIMSBOBO No: 235—O. W. Bullock, W. M.; W. A. Burt, S. W.; W. A. Morris, J. W. LITTLE FLOCK NO. 236—E. P. Curtis, W. M.; J. N. Davenport, S. W.; W. R. Miller, J. W. PLAIN DEALING NO. 237—W. H. Meares, W. M.; R. H. Blackman, S. W.; Jonah Perry, J. W. MAGNOLIA NO. 238—W. P. Simpson, W. M.; Jas. Simpson, 8. W.; 8. J. McConathy, J. W. T BEBNICE NO. 239—J. R. Tanner, W. M.; W . A. Covington, 8. W.; Douglas Gray, J. W. LEESVILLE NO. 240—T. W. Harris, W. M.; T. J. Davis, S. W.; C. F. Malzacher, J. W. CONLY No. 241—D. A. Nauman, W. M.; J. B. Waters, 8. W.; C. J. Conly, J. W. WESTON NO. 242—D; F, Walsworth, W. M.; J. C. BroWn, S. W.; Hi C. Walsworth, J, W.
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CROWLEY NO. 243—H.
E. Buckley, W. M.; E. M. Ellis, S.W.; Shelby Taylor, J. W.; J. FrankeJ, proxy for all. CENTRE NO. 244—M. B. Richardson, W. M.; L. A. Pierce, 8. W.; Oscar Mitchell, J. W. MILLERTON No. 245—J. W. Norton, W. M.; J. B. Bond, S. W.; W. T: McEachem, J. W. WINNSBORO No. 246—J. W. Womble, W. M.; C. L. Remage, S. W.; W. A. McCoy, J. W. CLEAR SPRINGS NO. 247—J. D. Dupree, W. M.; B. E. Teer, S. W.; J. D. Hunter, J. W. KENTWOOD NO. 248-0. P. Amacker, W. M.; J. W. Birch, 8. W.; J. B. Edens, J. W.; J. B. Ricker, proxy for all. JENNINGS NO. 249—J. W. Mitchell, W. M.; E. J. Hall, S. W.; H. L. Davis, J. W. MANSFIELD NO. 250—J. F. McFarland, W. M.; L. A. Cowley, 8. W.; W. H. Farmer, J. W. ASCENSION NO. 251—J. E. Blum, W. M.; Robt. Henderson, proxy; M. Tobias, S. W.; Wm. Grunewald, proxy; R. P. Henderson, J. W. MITCHELL NO. 252-W. F. Ledford, W. M.; S. S. Tatum, S. W.; T. R. Barron, J. W. TORO No. 253—W. J. Davis, W. M.; A. J. Williams, S. W.; S. Ei Self, J. W. ' FOREST H I L L NO. 254—R. A. Parrott, W: M.; Z. P. Squires, S. W.; L.
H. Mizell, J. W. JEANERETTE NO. 255—S. L; Jacobs, W. M.; J. C. Bussey, S. W.; Rex McCullough, J. W. ST. ANDREW NO. 256—J. A. Davenport, W. M.; W. J. Potts, S. W.; W. B. Allen, J. W. WHITE CASTLE NO. 257—J. A. Johnson, W. M.; Lee Spofford, 8. W.;
Robt. Mathew, J. W. 258—J. D. Rains, W. M.; C C. McCartney, 8. W.; J. W. Jacobs, J. W. COLFAX No. 259—M. Ferrier, W. M.; J. W. Duncan, S. W.; R. B. Roach, J. W. CHARLES F. BUCK NO. 260—H. E. Hardtner, W. M.; O. T. Hardtner, S. W.; J. T. Hinton, J. W. ANCHOR NO. 261—O. H. Cooper, W. M.; J. M. Chapman, S. W ; H. P. Grey, J. W. PROGRESSIVE NO. 262—Octave Chenet, W. M.; Rodney P.Woods, S. W.; Riley Foster Baker, J. W. FLORIEN NO. 263—W. K. Holt, W. M.; J. C. Corley, S. W.; T. J. Dowden, J. W. PINE No. 264—T. E. Bennett, W. M.; Martin C. Crain, S. W.; M. N. Breland, J. W. DALLEY NO. 265-J. T. Head, W. M.; T. Rolo, proxy; P. A. Smart, 8. W.; J. J. Pristage, J. W. ATKINS NO. 266—H. E. Atkins, W. M.; D. J, McAwn, S. W.; J. L. Page, J. W.; J. P. Ivy, proxy for all.
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268—H, Rachal, W. M.; P. Pay ton, S. W.; L. H. Lyons, J. W.; H. S. Joseph, proxy for all. MARKSVILLE NO. 269—W. F. Couvillion, W. M.; J. W. Joffrion, S. W.; H. Flanders, J. W. BENEFIELD NO. 270—Geo. Hutching, W. M,; W. L. McMichael, 8. W.; R. C. Carroll, J. VV. DERIDDEB NO. 271—G. W. Heard, W. M.; J. M. Johnson, S. W.; A. D. Shaw, J. W. SABEPTA NO. 272—W. L. Delafield, W. M.; J. C. Coehran, S. W<; Joe Strickland, J. W. BOYCE No. 273—Joseph D. James, W. M.; H. A. Joyner, S. W.; G. H. Woodruff, J. W. OBEBLIN NO. 274—George W. Ford, W. M.; J. A. Reed, 8. W.; W . I . Cole, J. W. BENSON NO. 275—W. H. Bilbray, W. M.; J. H. Bilbray, S. W.; Jas. Hughes, J. W. DORCHEAT No, 276—J. F. Sikes, W. M.; J. S. Hyde, S. W.; J. H. Perkins J. W.; J. W. Miller, proxy for all. DUBACH No. 277—G. A. Colvin, W. M.; J. A. Greeu, S. W.; C, V. Firmin, J. W.; T. L. Waugh, proxy for all. ROSEMABY No. 278-J. W. Hatten, W. M.; G. W. Erskins, S. W.; W. ' A. Erskins, J. W. DEQUINCY NO. 279—D. D. Herford, W. M.; Joseph N. Gearen, S. W.; P. N. Wadleigh, J. W. JONESBOBO No. 280—J. M. Bradley, W. M.; W. C. McDonald, 8. W.; W. W. Campbell, J. W. CBOWSON NO. 281—W. L. Joyner, W. M.; 8. T. Neal, S. W.; W. C. Joyner, J. W. YELLOW PINE NO. 282—Jas. H. Leggett, W. M.; Wm. H.Phillips, 8. W.; D. L. Gary, J. W. MELVILLE NO.
On motion, duly adopted, the report was received. ROLL CALL OP LODGES.
On a call of the roll of Lodges the following were found present: P. U. 1, P. S. 1, 4, 5, 19, 24, 28, 31, 3S, 46, 47, 52, 53, 57, 5S, 59, 65, 70, 72, 75, 76, 79, 83, 84, 89, 95, 96, 98, 102, 106, 110, 111, 115, 117, 125, 126, 127, 133, 135, 136, 143, 144, 145, 146, 153, 156, 167, 168, 171, J72, 174, 175, 179, 182, 184, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 19S, 20S, 209, 213, 217, 220, 221, 231, 232, 283, 234, 239, 240, 241, 243, 5244, 245, 250, 251, 253, 255, 256, 259, 260, 261, 263, 264, 26S, 270, 271, 273, 274, 275, 277, 279.
Ninety-six Lodges and a constitutional quorum being pres-
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ent, the M. W. Grand Master, Kobert E. Eeid, declared the M. W. Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Louisiana, ready for business. The M. W. Grand Master then delivered the following ADDRESS. Brethren of the Most Worsliiplul Grand Lodge of the State of Louisiana F. and A.M.:
The shadowy realms of the past have garnered another year and we stand upon the threshold of the Ninety-second Annual Communication of this Grand Lodge. From your pleasant homes all over our fair and richly, dowered State you come as representatives of that "Great Fraternity" which has ever been and ever will be the exponent of that progress which lifting man above the petty clamor and strife of worldly thought and traffic brings to him a realization of the good, the true, the benevolent aspirations of his nature and to those nobler attributes that wait development and which constitute the true civilization. In this era, marked by materialism and commercialism, when it would seem that efforts are being made to swerve man from his allegiance to the "First Great Cause," making him a creature of circumstance by clouding with doubt those mental processes which alone distinguish him from the animal, it is gratifying to behold Freemasonry, as a defender of the truth, confronting the sophistries of rationalism with the record of her centuries of humanitarian effort based upon that "Great Light" which she places on her every altar and which she tells the neophyte, in unmistakable terms, is to be: "The rule and guide of his faith and practice." Holding aloof from the discussion of those questions which have so often sundered empires, destroyed kingdoms and disrupted nations, Freemasonry is advancing—a resistless force— to the completion of her mission—a higher, purer, nobler conception of the Creative Power; of our individual responsibility
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" Amid this world of change how sweet the thought ,. That our ' Great Light' survives the wreck By warring nations wrought. That Masonry doth proudly scorn The touch of change and blight, And, like the golden rays of morn, Sheds o'er the world her light."
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The prominence of Freemasonry, as a factor in the development of our civilization, is due not alone to the recognition of a Supreme Creator and to the inculcation of a belief in that Creator as a dominant feature of her esoteric as well as exoteric teachings, but becanse she has added, as a co-ordinate, that principle of action which is the heritage of her glorious past; the tocsin of her splendid present and the ultima thule of her grander future—Toleration. That toleration, that freedom of thought, of speech and of action which mean the liberation of man from the thralldom of his own passions and prejudices to the liberty which shall make of him the true citizen, the actual man, the real Mason. I am tempted to these expressions by reason of incidents, which, if permitted to recur, must prove subversive of this last great principle which is the cape-stone of that arch of brotherly love, relief and truth which rests upon the pillars of " Strength and Establishment"—the unity of God and man. It is not the spirit of toleration which prompts the physical correction of one who may have innocently erred because reared and educated where peculiar social distinctions are not recognized, possibly unknown. Such an one is to be pitied and set aright, not scourged, and told to go forth from his fellow-men. Neither is it the spirit of toleration, or brotherly love, that raises the hue and cry against a brother who may have done a wrong, but whose guilt is not established and who, more than ever, needs that hand to back which shall raise and support a weak and erring brother. Bemetnbering the limitations of our physical nature and that education is bur- a synonym for environment, it is, impera-
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tively, our duty to admit, and make allowance for the existence of conditions and customs, which, although repugnant from our point of view, may be the credo of those just as true, just as honest, just as siucere in their convictions as ourselves. " While on earth the Teacher Great taught this lesson true: Do to others as ye would they should do to you." With these prefatory remarks, not in censure or criticism, but intended to warn you from deviating from our established rules and customs, and in the hope that our faith in God, vivified by the subduing influences of toleration, may become a living force that shall bring us, each, nearer to Him, to each other and to our fellow-man, I give you a cordial and fraternal welcome to this Annual Communication. STATE OF THE CRAFT.
A year of agricultural and commercial success has had a, beneficial effect upon our constituent Lodges. The returns from chartered Lodges show general activity. The total accessions have been 1,121, with an actual gain of 776. Their labors have been characterized by harmony and fraternal regard, and the indications for the present year are most encouraging. Dispensations were issued for the formation of seven new Lodges, all of which were duly organized. Petitions for new Lodges at Fordoche and Goldonna were received too Lite for official action. These petitions are submitted for your consideration. In connection with the formation of new Lodges, I have observed, in several instances, that the petitioners were, largely, from Lodges already chartered and in the vicinity of the pro-, posed new Lodge. In one case the petition contained a number of signatures of which over 80 -per cent, were those of members of Lodges in the neighborhood. While I do not decry the formation of new Lodges, believe
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ing that a good Lodge of good Freemasons is an advantage to any community, what is the benefit to our Craft or to this Grand Lodge, if, to use a trite expression, we are to " rob Peter to pay Paul?" . If the new Lodge will bring back to the fold and to active participation in our labors those diniissions, or lapsed memberships, which was caused by change of residence or similar conditions, it is well, but if it be at the risk of endangering the perpetuity or usefulness of a Lodge already chartered and active, then no benefit can follow and the converse holds good that injury must result. It is not only a duty, but should be esteemed a privilege to assist in maintaining the Lodge, especially our " Old Lodges," venerable from their age; rich in recollections of the earlier days and history of our Craft and hallowed, as they are, by memories of the great and good who have knelt at their altars and mingled with the brethren. It sometimes occurs that a new Lodge is but another name for disappointed ambitions, and this, in the very moment of its birth, is an element of weakness difficult to eliminate. Masonry does not depend upon multiplicity of Lodges or numerical strength. It is the Masonry of our daily lives that the world weighs and values. DISCIPLINE.
While I am indeed pleased to report that the infractions of our laws and regulations have been few, very few, yet in one or two instances it became necessary to exert authority* In each case the error was rectified and harmony restored without recourse to decisive measures. In these matters of discipline I desire to say, most emphatically, that I am alone responsible for their treatment and that the brethren selected by me to investigate and report thereon, or who assisted in the investigation, are not to be criticized or condemned, for they but followed instructions. No case was sufficiently serious to require more than the mention here made.
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FRATERNAL RELATIONS.
Nothing has occurred to disturb the cordial, fraternal and intimate relations existing between this and our sister Grand Lodges. The correspondence has been confined to the exchange of fraternal greetings and the filling of vacancies in the corps of Grand Representatives. Our Grand Secretary will report fully as to the last named., APPEALS FOR ASSISTANCE.
During the earlier part of the year requests were frequently made by Lodges for permission to appeal, by circular letter, to the Lodges of this jurisdiction for assistance in educating orphans, to build a Lodge-room, and for other purposes. To such as seemed fully justified the permission was granted, but they became so numerous that I directed our Grand Secretary to notify all Lodges that permission to appeal to sister Lodges would only be granted in cases of extreme necessity. Since then no case has been submitted for my consideration. VISITATIONS.
On February 19th, by invitation of M. W. Bro. Harry T. Howard, Grand Master, and accompanied by Past Grand Masters Graham, Buck, Price and Cage, and our Grand Secretary, Lambert, I visited Biloxi, Miss., and attended the Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge of Mississippi, then being held. "We were most cordially received and welcomed. Although our stay was limited we were able to appreciate the splendid growth and progress of our sister of Mississippi. March 13th, by invitation of the brethren of Feliciana Lodge No. 31, and the municipal authorities, and accompanied by our Grand Tyler, John R. Lambert, I visited St. Franeisville and laid the corner-stone of the new courthouse. The visit was thoroughly enjoyed and the hospitalities of the brethren unbounded.
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April 21st, by invitation of the brethren of Arcadia Lodge No. 126, and accompanied by my E. W. Deputy, Bro. L. P. Delahoussaye, and our Grand Tyler, John B. Lambert, I visited Arcadia and laid the corner-stone of the new Masonic Hall. The brethren of this Lodge are deserving of commendation for their energy in so soon recovering from the effects of a disastrous fire and for the erection of a building commodious and well equipped for Masonic uses. Here the brethren vied with each other in extending fraternal courtesies to myself and those with me. November 29th, by invitation of the brethren of Progressive Lodge No. 262, and accompanied by the E. W. Deputy, L. P. Delahoussaye, Grand Tyler, J. E. Lambert, E. W. Bros. John S. Alfred and Gus. D. Levy; W. Bros. H. 0. Brown and A. Steeg and others, I visited Lutcher and dedicated the Lodgeroom. The attentions to myself and those accompanying were of a most fraternal nature and highly appreciated. Surmounting the many obstacles encountered the brethren of Progressive No. 262 have demonstrated that: "Time, patience and perseverance accomplish all things." They have every reason to feel gratified. Other invitations were received, but the pressure of public duties and personal affairs were such as to compel me to forego the pleasure of meeting the brethren by a compliance with their request. DISPENSATIONS.
In the report of the Grand Secretary will be found a complete list of this particular class of official acts. None presented unusual features. Several requests were made for permission to receive petitions from those physically ineligible. Others to entertain the petitions from those who had not resided within the State for the period of one year. All such, following the precedents of my illustrious predecessors, I refused. Some of the brethren do not seem to realize that the province ;: and the duty of a Grand Master is to enforce the laws and regula-
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tions of the Grand Lodge, not to annul, abrogate, or set aside. I doubt not that all claimed for each intending petitioner was true, but laws are made to be enforced, and while no law was ever framed or enacted that did not operate injuriously to some special interest, some particular individual, the greatest good to the greatest number must be the end sought to be attained. No more forcible epitome of the duty of a Grand Master can be given than that of Grand Master, A. C. Allen, when he said in his address (1900): "The Grand Master cannot set aside, for the convenience of a profane, a prohibitory law of the Grand Lodge." COMMITTEE ON WOKK.
This Committee has labored most assiduously in carrying out the legislation of our last Annual Communication with reference to uniformity of "work," and are now, in conjunction with our E. W. Grand Lecturer, promulgating a code, or system, of esoteric ceremonials. Gratifying progress has been made in this direction. The Lodges appreciate the necessity for such a system and are actively at work acquiring a knowledge thereof. The "work" is not yet complete, and I ask, the brethren to be patient and considerate until the Committee shall announce the consummation of their labors and present for the use of our Lodges a "work" that will be pleasing to the eye, impressive to the ear, and instructive to the mind. FINANCE.
Our financial condition is fully set forth in the report of our Board of Grand Lodge Hall Directors and of our Committee on Audit and Account. It cannot fail to be great satisfaction to the brethren to know that the " Temple Debt "—so long an incubus and which has prevented the carrying out of the more practical purposes of our Craft—ds about to become a thing of the past. The Board
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of Grand Lodge Hall Directors, on Januay 15,1904, unanimously adopted a resolution retiring $10,000.00 of the bonded indebtedness. This will leave but $6,000.00 outstanding with six years yet remaining to liquidate this amount. This result has been obtained by careful and econonomical administration of our Board of Directors and the active and hearty cooperation of our constituent Lodges. Additional financial details will be found in the reports of the Grand Treasurer and Grand Secretary. NECEOLOGICAL.
While this Grand Lodge has been spared the loss of any of its official family, some of our sister jurisdictions have dropped the sympathetic tear beside the bier of those endeared to them by long association and tender ties of friendship and fraternal intercourse. Many of our constituent Lodges mourn the going out from among them of brothers whose "loss they deplore and whose memory they revere. As we look upon the silent, shrouded form of one whom we knew as our brother, or was bound to us by earth's sweetest and holiest ties, how forcibly we are reminded of the frail tenure of life, of the ephemeral character of our natures and the vanity of all human aspirations, and yet— " There is no death. What seems so is transition : This life, of earthly breath, Is but the suburb of that life supernal, Whose portal we call ' Death.' " Our Committee on Necrology will make report upon these our brethren who have solved the "Great Mystery." MASONIC CEMETERY.
This property continues to improve and now presents an appearance in keeping with its name and purpose. The sale of lots has increased, as compared with previous years. The erection of several handsome tombs and the improvement and orna-
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mentation of their grounds by Lodges and individuals has made it mor attractive to the living and more appropriate to the memory of those who there "Rest in peace."'
The question has been propounded as to what constitutes a "Permanent" Committee of this Grand Lodge, and why "permanent" and ilad vitam" have become synonymous as regards certain of the Standing Committees. There is, logically, a conflict of expression in Section 2, Article I, Chapter I, of the General Regulations, which should be reconciled or authoritatively construed. The section referred to says: '' Immediately after the Grand Lodge is open for business the presiding officer shall appoint the following Standing Committees," etc. These committees of the Grand Lodge, including the Board of Grand Lodge Hall Directors, are the counsellors, or "Cabinet," if you please, of the Grand Master, and all principles of equity suggest the propriety of permitting him to select his own advisors and not leave to him, as an accident of the administration of some ancient predecessor, those who may antagonize his1 efforts or thwart his plans. It is claimed that the precedent has been established which entirely takes from the control and supervision of the Grand Master certain of these Standing Committees and makes the tenure of their membership l'aA vitam," I am impressed with the idea that, as you hold a Grand Master responsible for his administration, he should have the right, the privilege and the prerogative to select his own advisors. I submit this matter, not by reason of any personal interest, or that any of these committees have failed in the performance of their specific duties. My relations with each have been of a most cordial nature and their assistance of the greatest value and service. I do not wish to be understood as reflecting, in any manner, upon any of these committees or member thereof, but I contend that this permanency; this nonliability to change
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in personnel; this alleged precedent which takes any committee out of the control of the Grand Master; which makes it superior to the power that created it, as to tenure, and which can say to him: "You may remove, but I will not resign," is not in accord with the law or custom of Freemasonry, restricts the powers of the chief executive officer and makes it possible to render nugatory his official acts. CONCLUSION.
Before retiring from this high office, before I lay aside its responsibilities, its honors and its pleasures, I fain would render a tribute of personal appreciation, of sincere esteem and of highest fraternal regard to those who have so materially lightened my labors, encouraged my efforts and responded by faithful performance of duty to every trust imposed. To my E. W. Deputy, Bro. L. P. Delahoussaye, my "alter ego," I am deeply indebted. No Grand Master ever had a more faithful, conscientious, energetic aud efficient [deputy. Never did I call upon him but his response was prompt. For the last two mouths matters of a purely personal nature have completely occupied my time and upon him I have been compelled to lay the burden of my duties. Well and faithfully has he discharged them and in all things never failed me. I thank him most heartily, most sincerely. To our Grand Treasurer, Bro. A. G. Kicks, my thanks are eminently due. Trained from youth in the school of commercial experience, cool, clear-headed aud a master of finance, fittingly has the mantle of the lamented Hyatt descended upon his shoulders. There is another, without the mention of whose name no address of a Grand Master of Louisiana would be complete— Grand Secretary, Eichard Lambert. During the years he has so ably and efficiently occupied that position there is not one of those whom, for the time being, you have hailed as your Oirand
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Master, that did not feel that his way would be pleasant and his path peaceful if Bichard Lambert were his Grand Secretary. He has been, in truth, a friend and counsellor. I thank him. Others, too, have assisted and encouraged me. Privates in the ranks of our great brotherhood, good men and true, these I thank. And now, surrendering to you the jewel of that authority with which you vested me, I come back to you, from whom I have been separated only by the title which you bestowed, to labor with you in the advancement of our "Ancient arid Honourable Fraternity." ' In the hope that all your conclusions will be for the best interests of our beloved brotherhood, I commend you, and each of you, to the care and protection of Him in whom we place our trust. On motion, duly adopted, the address was received and distributed as follows: That portion relating to f State of the Craft," to the Committee on State of the Order. That portion relating to disciplinary and official acts, to the Committee on Masonic Law and Jurisprudence. That portion relating to "Fraternal Relations'' and to commissions for Grand Representatives, to the Committee on Foreign Correspondence. < The M. W. Grand Master stated that he would submit an official act, not alluded to in his address, to the Committee oh Masonic Law and Jurisprudence.
REPORT OF GRAND TREASURER. R. W. Bro. A. G. Ricks, Grand Treasurer, submitted the following report, which, on motion duly adopted, was received and referred to the Committee on Audit and Accounts;
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To the M. W. Grand Master aad Grand Lodge of Louisiana, F . and A. M ;
Most Worshipful Sir and Brethren—1 respectfully submit herewith my annual report for the year ending December 31st, 1903: 1902. Dec. 31. To balance on hand $ 2,625 35 To amount received from Grand Secretary during year ending December 31st, 1903 31,020 27 $33,645 62 By 193 warrants paid during the year 32,11119 Balance on hand December 31se, 1903 * $1,534 43 In addition to the above balance your Grand Treasurer has in his keeping the Widows' and Orphans' Home Fund, deposited in the Germania Savings Bank & Trust Company of this city $ 147 92 Interest on same to December 31st, 1903 4 45 $ 152 37 Respectfully and fraternally submitted, A. G. RICKS, Grand Treasurer.
REPORT OF GRAND SECRETARY. R. W. Bro. Richard Lambert, Grand Secretary, submitted the following report, which, on motion duly adopted, was received and referred to the Committee on Audit and Accounts : OFFICE OF THE GRAND SECRETARY/") NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, >
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To the M. W. Grand Master, Officers and Representatives of the Grand Lodge, F. and A. M.. of the State of Louisiana:
Brethren—In accordance with the requirements of the laws and usages of this Grand Lodge and as your Grand Secretary, I have the honor to submit the following report of the transactions of my office since the Annual Communication of 1903. PROCEEDINGS.
In compliance with the resolution adopted and with the concurrence of the M. W. Grand Master, I prepared the proceedings of the Ninety-first Annual Communication and placed copy for same in the hands of the A. W. Hyatt Printing Co.
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The proceedings were duly printed and distributed as required by the resolution of this Grand Lodge. MONTHLY CIRCULAR.
This has been issued each month as required by the standing resolution. In the March issue was included the list of Grand Officers and District Deputy Grand Masters and the Standing Committees of this Grand Lodge. In the preparation of the Monthly Circular I have been frequently delayed by the failure of Lodge Secretaries to give the necessary information and particulars concerning rejections and suspensions. CHARTERS ISSUED.
The following Lodges were granted charters at the Annual Communication of this Grand Lodge, held February 3, 1903 (see proceedings 1903, page 58), and duly organized thereunder, as follows: Dorcheat Lodge No. 276, at Dorcheat, Webster parish, by E. W. Bro. J. P. Sikes, D. D. G. M., on March 17, 1903. Dubach Lodge No. 277, at Dubach, Lincoln parish, by E. W. Bro. N. B. Null, D. D. G. M., Fifth District, March 18, 1903-. Eosemary Lodge No. 278, at Newport, Winn parish, by E. W. Bro. Henry E. Hardtner, D. D. G. M., Twenty-third District, on April 11, 1903. DeQuincey Lodge No. 279, at DeQuincey, Calcasieu parish, by E. W. Bro. J. J. W. Miller, D. D. G. M., Twentieth District, on March 21, 1903. Jonesboro Lodge No. 280, at Jonesboro, Jackson parish, by E. W. Bro. N. B. Null, D. D. G. M., Fifth District, on March 27, 1903. E. M. Crowson Lodge No. 281, at Castor, Bienville parish, by E. W. Bro. Wm. M. Baker, D. D. G. M., Ninth District, on March 14, 1903. Yellow Pine Lodge No. 282, at Oakdale, Calcasieu parish, by B. W. Bro. J. J. W, Miller, D. D. G. M», Twentieth District, on March 28, 1903.
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By direction of the Most Worshipful Grand Master I issued dispensations for new Lodges as follows: March 4. For a Lodge at Kinder, Calcasieu parish, to be known as Kinder Lodge, U. D. This Lodge was duly formed, under said dispensation, on March 21,1903, by B. W. Bro. Thos. E. Reynolds, D. D. G. M., Nineteenth District. March 4. For a new Lodge at Cheneyville, Eapides parish, to be known as Cheneyville Lodge, U. D. This Lodge was duly formed, under said dispensation, on May 11, 1903, by B. W. Bro. B. F. Scott, D. D. G. M., Thirteenth District, assisted by E. W. Bro. C. T. Hines, Grand Lecturer. March 14. For a new Lodge at Many, Sabine parish, to be known as Many Lodge, IT. D. This Lodge was duly formed, under said dispensation, on April 18, 1903, by E. W. Bro. James H. Caldwell, D. D. G. M., Eighteenth District. June 1. For a new Lodge at Ponchatoula, Tangipahoa parish, to be known as Pine Grove Lodge, U. D. This Lodge was duly formed, under said dispensation, on June 24, 1903, by B. W. Bro. John Puleston, D. D. G. M., Second District. June 26. For a new Lodge at Yellow Pine, Webster parish, to be known as Globe Lodge, U. D. This Lodge was- duly formed, under said dispensation, by W. Bro. E. C. Drew, who was specially deputized by the M. W. Grand Master. July 25. For a new Lodge at Eose Pine, Vernon parish, to be known as Eose Pine Lodge, TJ. D. This Lodge was duly formed, under said dispensation, on September 30, 3903, by E. W. Bro. John Franklin, D. D. G. M., Twenty-sixth District. July 25. For a new Lodge at Dodson, Winn parish, to be known as Dodson Lodge, U. D. This Lodge was duly formed, under said dispensation, by R. W. ljro. H. O. Walsworth, D. D..Q. M., Twelfth District.
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LODGES "UNDEK, DISPENSATION."
The following Lodges, now under dispensation, has made returns, paid all amounts due Grand Lodge, returned dispensation with a transcript of their minutes and now apply for charters: Oak Grove Lodge, U. D.. Oak Grove, West Carroll parish. Cheneyville Lodge, TJ. D., Cheneyville, Eapides parish. Many Lodge, U. D., Many, Sabine parish. Pine Grove Lodge, U. D., Ponchatoula, Tangipahoa parish. Globe Lodge, TJ. D., Yellow Pine^ "Webster parish. Eose Pine Lodge, U. D., Eose Pine, Vernon parish. Dodson Lodge, U. D., Dodson, Winn parish. EXTENSION OF DISPENSATIONS.
The following Lodge, now under dispensation, has made returns, paid all amounts due to Grand Lodge and asks that the dispensation be continued to the next Annual Communication: Kinder Lodge, IT. D., Kinder, Calcasieu parish. LODGE u. D.
Marion Lodge, U. D., has made returns, paid Grand Lodge dues, but no charter fee. Am informed their petition for charter, with fee, is on the way. PETITIONS FOE NEW LODGES.
I have received the following petitions for new Lodges, too late for action by the M. W. Grand Master, as follows: From certain brethren in the town of Fordoche, Pointe Couple parish, for a Lodge to be known as Fordoche Lodge, TJ. D. This petition is signed by twenty-two petitioners, is accompanied by the required dimits and certificates of good standing, recommended by Melville Lodge No. 268, and approved by E. W. Bro. M. T. Hewes, D. D. G. M., for Twentyfirst District, Dispensation fee has been duly received.
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From certain brethren in the town of Goldonna, Natehitoches parish, for a Lodge to be know as Goldonna Lodge, U. D. This petition is signed by fifteen petitioners, is accompanied by the required dimits and certificates of good standing, is recommended by Ashland Lodge No. 196, and approved by E. W. Bro. James A. Bell, D. D. G. M., for the Eighth District. Dispensation fee has been duly received. DISPENSATIONS GRANTED BY M. W. GRAND MASTER. r
February 5. To Marion Lodge, U. D., continuing the dispensation of said Lodge until next Annual Communication, as recommended by resolution of Grand Lodge at last Annual Communication. Februai-y 5. To Oak Grove Lodge, IT. D., continuing the dispensation of said Lodge until the next Annual Communication, as recommended by resolution of Grand Lodge at last Annual Communication. February 11. To Vernon Lodge No. 83, to meet in a onestory building until completion of new Lodge-room. No degrees to be conferred during such occupancy. The former Lodge-room had been destroyed by fire. March 9. To Benson Lodge No. 275, to elect and install a Secretary, vice Bro. J. N. Nolen, deceased. March 17. To Downsville Lodge .No. 143, to install the Worshipful Master, unavoidably absent at time of stated installation. April 1. To Dubach Lodge No. 277, to meet in room occupied by other secret societies. April 1. To Simsboro Lodge No. 235, to elect and install a Worshipful Master, vice Bro. J. H. Madden. April 13. To St. Audrew Lodge No. 256, to issue circular letter to Lodges in this jurisdiction for assistance in educating an orphan, Miss Cecelia Johnson,
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May 5. To Charles F. Buck Lodge No. 260, to meet in room occupied by Columbia Lodge No. 264 until the new Lodge-room was completed. May 5. To Jonesboro Lodge No. 280, to meet in room occupied by I. O. O. F. until the new Lodge-room was completed. May 5. To Good Intent Lodge No. 216, to rent their Lodgeroom to the Woodmen of the World, for the period of four months, to September 1, 1903. June 9. To Arcadia Lodge No. 126, to elect and install a Secretary, vice Bro. W. C. Roaten, resigned and dimitted. July 28. To Delhi Lodge No. 120, to elect and install a Secretary, vice Bro. A. B. Armstrong, deceased. July 28. To accept the resignation of the W. M., Bro. J. R. Elliott, who had removed from jurisdiction, and to elect and install a successor, and to fill such vacancies as might be caused by said election of Worshipful Master. July 28. To Ashland Lodge No. 196, to rent their Lodgeroom to the Woodmen of the World. August 7. To Mount Vernon Lodge No. 83, to rent their Lodge-room to the Knights of Pythias and the Woodmen of the World. August 20. To Rose Pine Lodge, TJ. D., to accept resignation of the W. M., Bro. H. H. Foulk, removed from jurisdiction. M. W. Grand Master subsequently appointed Bro. C. H. Smith as Worshipful Master. August 29. To Spring Hill Lodge No. 127, to accept the resignation of the W. M., Bro. J. H. Cantiberry, to elect and install his successor, and to fill such vacancies as might be caused by the said election. September 4. To Cadeville Lodge No. 229, to rent Lodgeroom to the Woodmen of the World. September 15. To Ruston Lodge No. 106, to accept the resignation of the S. W., Bro. O. B. Staples, by reason of his continued bad health aud intent to remove from jurisdiction, to elect and install his successor, and to fill such vacancies as might be caused by said election.
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October 13. To White Castle Lodge No. 257, to meet in room occupied by Woodmen of the World, good and sufficient reasons being, given for the change of location. October 23. To Melville Lodge No. 268, to appear in public procession for the purpose of assisting in laying the corner-stone of a new bank building. Ceremonies to be conducted by a D. D. G. M. October 30. To R. P. McGuire Lodge No. 209, to rent their Lodge-room to other secret societies. DISPENSATIONS REFUSED.
April 1. To Progressive Lodge No. 262, to receive the petition of a candidate who had lost his right hand. ' April 1. To Humble Cottage Lodge No. 19, to accept the petition of a candidate who had not been a resident of this State for twelve months. April 13. To Sarepta Lodge No. 272, to meet alternately at Sarepta and at Spring Hill, eight miles apart. August 29. To Bernice Lodge No. 239, to appeal by circular letter to all Lodges in this jurisdiction for funds to assist in educating the Misses Edmunds, oi-phans. This Lodge had previously sent out a circular letter in behalf of these orphans and realized about 8350.00. GRAND REPRESENTATIVES, COMMISSIONS RECEIVED.
February 3. For P. G. II. Albert G. Brice (reappointment), as Representative of the Grand Lodge of Michigan, for three years, expires in 1906. GRAND REPRESENTATIVES, COMMISSIONS ISSUED. 1
August 29. To R. W. Bro. Alexander L. Van Arsdall, as our Representative near the Grand Lodge of Kansas, viceR. W. Bro. Moses Sarbach, deceased. GRAND LODGE CERTIFICATES ISSUED.
February 2. To Bro. J. B. Skinner, late of Pleasant Hill No. 86, extiqct.
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February 20. To Bro. W. H. Jordan, late of Pleasant Hill No. 86, extinct. March 4. To Bro. J. H. Brodnax, late of Haynesville No. 169, extinct. May 2. To Bro. John W. Tenny, late of Tyrian No. 206, extinct. September 17. To. Bro. B. H. Stall, late of Mount Lebanon No. 104, extinct. October 14. To Bro. H. H. Lawley, late of Mount Lebanon No. 104, extinct. October 14. To Bro. J. D. Holstein, late of Mount Lebanon No. 101, extinct. October 14. To Bro. E. Courtney, late of Mount Lebanon No. 104, extinct. October 29. To Bro. T. A. Walker, late of Mount Lebanon No. 104, extinct. GRAND LODGE REGISTERS, ISSUED.
September 29. To Dorcheat Lodge No. 276, Dorcheat. GRAND LODGE DIPLOMAS ISSUED.
February 27. To Bro. Agostino Bargone, of Dante Lodge No. 174. March 24. To Bro. Salvatore Bonfiglio, of Dante Lodge No. 174. April 29. To Bro. Johann Johanesson, of Perfect Union Lodge No. 1. June 1. To Bro. Leopold Kaufmann, of Lake Charles Lodge No. 165. June 10. To Bro. A. Frank, of St. James Lodge No. 47. June 13. To Bro. W. Hansen, of Saints John Lodge No. 153. June 13. To Bro. Theis Salverson, of Saints John Lodge No. 153. June 22. To Alfred W. Cheesman, of Caddo Lodge No. 179. June 25. To Bro. Paul Lowenthal, of Caddo Lodge No. 179. July 28. To Bro. Giuseppe Cuccio, of Dante Lodge No. 174. August 28. To Bro. J. J. Claverie, P. M., of Ascension Lodge No. 251.
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August 28. To Bro. Prank C Ayraud, of Ascension Lodge No. 251. August 29. To Bro. W. D. Griffith, of Welsh Lodge No. 232. September 2. To Bro. David Goldstein, of George Washington Lodge No. 65. September 30. To Bro. Arthur Forscheimer, of Jefferson Lodge No. 19J. October 15. To Bro. C. J. Burton, of Ascension Lodge No. 251. APPEALS AND GRIEVANCES.
July 22. Received from Bro. T. A. Jackson his appeal from the sentence of "indefinite suspensibu for unmasonic conduct," passed upon him by Humble Cottage Lodge No. 19, Opelousas. Also received from Humble Cottage Lodge No. 19 all the papers in the case of T. A. Jackson vs. Humble Cottage Lodge No. 19, F. and A. M. I turned over all documents in this case to M. W. Bro. Edwin Marks, chairman of the Committee on Appeals and Grievances. LODGE BY-LAWS.
March 26. From Covington Lodge No. 188. Approved by Committee on Masonic Law and Jurisprudence and returned to Lodge. April 13. From Huston Lodge No. 106. Not approved by Committee on Masonic Law and Jurisprudence and returned to the Lodge for removal of objections. July 17. From Saints John Lodge No. 153. Approved by Committee on Masonic Law and Jurisprudence and returned to the Lodge. July 17. From Jefferson Lodge No. 191. Approved by Committee on Masonic Law and Jurisprudence and returned to the Lodge. ACCOUNT CURRENT.
I herewith submit my account current, trial balance and accounts against which warrants have been drawn during the year ending December 31, 1903.
EICHABD LAMBERT, GRAND SECRETARY, IN ACCOUNT WITH THE GRAND LODGE, F. AND A. M., STATE OF LOUISIANA, FOB THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBBE 31, 1903.
To amount To amount To amount To amount To amount To amount To amount To amount To amount To amount March 31. June
30.
Sept.
30.
Dec,
31.
received, rent of stores and offices $ 7,265 96 received, rent from Masonic Bodies 3,275 00 received, Grand Lodge dues 16,587 25 received, sale lots in Masonic Cemetery. 1,269 00 received. Metropolitan Savings Bank... 2, 61 06 received, Dispensations 350 00 received, Diplomas 24 00 received, Grand Lodge Certificates 30 00 received, Register Account : 5 00 received, Richard Lambert, overpaid ... 53 00 Total $31,020 27 By amount transferred to Grand Treasurer $21,982 80 By amount transferred to Grand Treasurer , 2,873 49 By amount transferred to Grand Treasurer 2 292 99 By amount transferred to Grand Treasurer 3,870 99 ^$31,020 27 EXPENSES, 1903.
By salary Grand Secretary $ 1,500 00 By salary Grand Lecturer 1,300 00 By salary Hall-keeper and Grand Tyler 825 00 By salary Engineer and Elevator Attendant 620 00 By salary Hall Porter 370 00 By expenses Engine-room 148 00 By Masonic Cemetery, salary Sexton and expenses.. 793 45 By Masonic Cemetery, improvements 426 00 By Grand Lodge bonds, redeemed 18,100 00 By Grand Lodge bonds, interest accounti 1,54125 By insurance 144 74 By repairs to Temple property 683 65 By donations to Louisiana Relief Lodge 400 00 By city taxes, 1903 1,035 00 By State taxes, 1903 315 00 By printing Proceedings, stationery and circulars... 1,220 00 By postage and express charges 210 00 By N. O. Gas Company 60 00 By Electric Light Company 750 40 By Waterworks Company 60 00 By Telephone Company 48 00 By expenses Grand Officers, visiting Lodges 396 50 By Library account 104 00 By Dispensations 75 00 By Charters 60 00 By Grand Chaplain and Grand Organist 20 00 By advertising bonds, subscriptions to daily papers. 85 50 By repairs to furniture 87 00 By Metropolitan Sayings Bank 595 00 By Committee Foreign Correspondence 100 00 By decorating 32 50 By incidental expenses, Grand Lodge 113 20 By coal 40 00 By amount returned to Richard Lambert, overpaid. 53 00
$32,111 19
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TRIAL BALANCE ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1903. Da. Masonic Temple $143 387 66 Furniture and nxtures 2,544 84 Library 4 298 85 Cash 1,584 43 Expense 7 989 10 Sewerage 1,238 62 Interest 1,541 25 Cemetery 11,022 22 Electrical P l a n t 5 915 00 Insuranoe 144 74 Elevator 1,122 91 Repairs 683 65 Germania Savings Bank 147 92 Louisiana Relief Lodge 400 00 Taxes l,:)50 00 H. A. Testard 88 40 Jos. Spielberg 60 00 S. Diamond 240 00 G. H. Matthews 120 00 F. H. Field. 55 00 G. Fernandez 60 00 S. DePoorter 100 00 S. Posev 25 00 Buck, Walsne & Buck... 50 00 F . Delbel 52 00 n . Milo Williams 18 00 J. Zach Spearing 27 50 T. G. Spitzfaden..... 23 00 Ind. Friends Commandery 250 00 La. Council No. 2, H. & S. M... 45 00 Concorde Chapter K. A. M 200 00 Grand Consistory 200 00 Geo. Washington Loage No 65 50 00 Hiram Lodge No. 70. 135 00 Alpha Home Lodge No. 72 75 00 Quitman Lodge No. 76 200 00 St. Joseph Lodge No 79 2 50 Hermitage Lodge No. 98 100 00 Urim Lodge No 111 8 00 Ocean Lodge No. 144 100 0(1 E a s t e r n S t a r Lodgft No 151.... 235 50 Horn*"- Lodge No. 152 119 00 Linn Wood Lodge No. 167 37 50 Kosmos Lodge No. 171 100 00 Corinthian Lodge No 190 6 00 Jeflerson Lodge No. 191 150 00 Pleasant Hill Lodge No. 230... 58 50 Magnolia Lodge No. 238 1 00 Clear Snrings Lodge No. 247... 1 50 W n i t e Castle Lodge No 257... 1 50 Chas F. Buck Lodee No 260... 1 00 Marksville Lodge No. 269 3 25 »186,315 34
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(3 rand Lodge $142,3Q3 46 Certificates 30 00 Diplomas 4 00 Charters 290 00 Registers 5 00 Dues 16.216 00 Dispensations 275 00 Rents 10,431 96 Grand Lodge Bonds.. 16 000 00 Soeclal Permanent Fund 595 00 Widows and Orphans' Home Fund 147 92 J. F . Pierson 5 00 Friends ot Harmony Lodge No. 58 3 00 Sparta Lodge No. 108 1 00 Downsville Lodge No. 143 5 00 P.'ain Dealing Lodge No 237... 3 00 S186.315 34
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LODGE STATISTICS.
The returns from 138 constituent Lodges received at this date, show the following degrees conferred during 1903: Initiated 917 Passed 1,090 Eaised 877 2,884 ACCESSIONS.
Raised Affiliated Eeinstated
877 178 66 1,121 DEDUCTIONS.
Dimitted Died Dropped Suspended Expelled
145 112 6 79 3 345 776
Net increase for year 1903 Membership, January 1, 1903 Increase during 1903 ..._.
6,964 776
Membership, January 1,1904...
7,740
This does not include those Lodges not making returns nor the Lodges now under dispensation. The foregoing figures demonstrate that our membership is increasing in a safe and satisfactory ratio and with every evidence of permanency. It is to be hoped that the existing indications will be more than realized and that each recurring year will exhibit material progress. Fraternally yours, EICHAED LAMBERT,
Grand Secretary.
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REPORT OP BOARD OF GRAND LODGE HALL DIRECTORS. The Board of Grand Lodge Hall Directors submitted the following report, which, on motion duly adopted, was received and ordered printed as a part of the proceedings of this Annual Communication: NEW ORLEANS, LA., February 1, 1904. To the M. W. Grand Lodge, F. and A. M , of ihe State of Louisiana:
Your Board of Directors of the Grand Lodge Hall respectfully present the following as their report for the year 1903, and, as required by Section 7, Article I, Chapter III, General Regulations, append their financial statement. On February 14, 1903, the Board met and organized as follows: MEMBERS, EX-OFFICIO.
M. W. Bro. Robert R. Reid, Grand Master R. W. Bro. A. G. Ricks, Grand Treasurer R. W. Bro. Richard Lambert, Grand Secretary
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President. Treasurer. ...Secretary.
MEMBERS.
M. W. Bro. ChBs. F. Buck, Past Grand Master. M. W. Bro. Albert G. Brice, Past Grand Master. M. W. Bro. Robert H. Cage, Past Grand Master. W. Bro. Gus..D. Levy, W. M., Jefferson Lodge No. 191. W. Bro. Robert VV. Riordan, W. M., Mount Moriah Lodge No. 59. W. Bro. Chas. E. Fenner, Jr., W. M., Louisiana Lodge No. 102. The President announced the appointment of the following committees: TEMPLE PROPERTY.
M. W. Bro. Robert R. Reid, R. W. Bro. A. G. Ricks. R. W. Bro. Richard Lambert. MASONIC CEMETERY.
M. W. Bro. Robert H. Cage. W. Bro. Robert W. Riordan. W. Bro. Gus. D. Levy. RENTALS.
The stores and offices are, with the exception of one office, now. occupied at about the rentals heretofore obtained. The fourth and fifth floors are occupied by Masonic bodies. The rents are paid punctually and but little is owing thereon. TAXES
Were paid on an assessment of $45,000.00, an increase of $2,500.00 in assessed value as compared with preceding year.
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INSURANCE.
The policies of insurance on the Temple property and furniture will expire about February 15, 1904. It is possible that lower, or at least as satisfactory, rates will be obtained for the new term. REPAIRS TO TEMPLE PROPERTY.
The pumps, and all other machinery, have been removed from the location in the alley to the new pump house in the court yard. All the machinery was repaired and placed in thorough good order and is now working satisfactorily. The electric light service continues to be most satisfactory. The estimated monthly expense for this item has never been reached in any instance, but is well within the estimated allowance. TEMPLE DEBT.
Your Board of Directors are especially gratified to be able to report to this Grand Lodge the practical extinction of this debt. On June 3, 1903, by unanimous approval of the Board, it was resolved to devote $3,000.00 of the revenues of the Grand Lodge to the retirement of this amount of Grand Lodge bonds, which was duly carried into effect. On January 15, 1904, the Board unanimously adopted a resolution applying $10,000.00 of the revenues to the retirement of a like amount of Grand Lodge bonds. This will become effective on March 15, 1904, at which time all interest on this amount will cease. With the retirement of the last named amount, $10,000.00, the bonded debt will be reduced to $6,000.00. Six years yet remain, of the bond term, in which to retire this outstanding amount. We feel that the entire Craft is to be congratulated upon this excellent financial showing and upon the aid and encouragement they have rendered, as individuals and as Lodges, in arriving at this result. MASONIC CEMETERY.
As the Special Committee of this Board on Masonic Cemetery desire to come before this Grand Lodge with a report, we refrain from the usual reference to this property in this report. In conclusion, we are more than pleased to state that the financial condition of this Grand Lodge is of a most substantial character, and while the estimated disbursements for the present year would seem to absorb the revenues, we are going on a " cash basis," which is the only correct business method and the one productive of best results. Fraternally submitted, RICHARD LAMBERT,
Secretary for Beard.
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EEPOET OF LOUISIANA BELIEF LODGE No. 1. The W. Master, Bro. Joseph Meyers, and the Secretary, Bro. John S. Alfred, submitted the following reports which, on motion duly adopted, were received and ordered printed as a part of the proceedings of this Annual Communication: NEW ORLEANS, LA.,
February 1, 1904.
To the M. W. Grand Master and Representatives, Grand Lodge of F and A. M., of the State of Louisiana:
As required by the regulations of this Grand Lodge, I have the honor to submit the following report of the operations of Louisiana Relief Lodge No. 1 for the year ending December 31, 19Q3: I regret to announce the death, on December 17,1903, of R. W. Bro. George S. Pettit, who ably and efficiently served this Lodge as the Worshipful Master since the death of W. Bro. Henry Hamburger, in . Bro. Pettit labored most faithfully to perform the peculiar duties of his office and to carry out the great principles of our Fraternity and for which this Relief Lodge was specially formed and chartered— that of Charity. At the annual election, in December, 1903, I was selected as his successor, and shall endeavor to discharge 'my duties in a manner to deserve your approbation. I have also to announce that Bro. Richard Lambert who, for thirtyfour years had served as the W. M. and Secretary, and no more faithful or efficient officer ever occupied the position, declined, owing to the pressure of other most important duties, re-election, and R. W. Bro. John S. Alfred was then elected as Secretary. Calls for relief have been frequent, and the number of imposters, or those not entitled to Masonic aid, has increased. Our Secretary, Bro. Alfred, has had some interesting experiences in this direction. I am pleased to report that our treasury has never been exhausted, as the responses of the brethren of the local Lodges have been most prompt. . We have thus been enabled to relieve every worthy case of distress. While our funds are limited and we may not be able to do all we may wish in the alleviation of the distresses of sojourning brethren, I feel that Louisiana Relief Lodge is accomplishing great good and that its usefulness becomes more apparent with each year. Fraternally submitted, JOSEPH MEYERS,
W. M., Louisiana Relief Lodge No. 1, F. and A. M.
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JOHN S. ALFRED, SECRETARY, IN ACCOUNT WITH LOUISIANA RELIEF LODGE NO. 1,. F. AND A. M., FOR THE YEAR 1903.
NEW ORLEANS, LA., February 1, 1904. To the W. Master, Wardens and Brethren ol Louisiana KeJief Lodge No. 1, F. and A.M.:
1903. Jan. 1. Balance cash on hand this date Jan. 6. Cash received from Perfect Union Lodge No. 1 Jan. 7. Cash received from W. Bro. Geo. W. Booth.,.. Jan. 8. Cash received from Jacques de Molay Commandery No. 2 Jan. 8. Cash received from Louisiana Lodge No. 102 Jan. 12. Cash received from Hiram Lodge No. 70 Feb. 15. Cash received from W. Bro. Geo. W. Booth Mar. 30. Cash received from Grand Lodge, F. and A. M., of Louisiana Nov. 16. Cash received from beneficiaries, returned.... Nov. 20. Cash received from Louisiana Lodge No. 102 Nov. 25. Cash received from Friends of Harmony LodgeNo.58 Dec. 1. Cash received from Corinthian Lodge No. 190. Dec. 1. Cash received from Mount Moriah Lodge No. 59 Dec. 1. Cash received from Jefferson Lodge No. 191 Dec. 1. Cash received from Hiram Lodge No. 70.... Dec. 18. Cash received from Alpha-Home Lodge No. 72 ." Dec. 18. Cash received from Concorde Chapter No. 2, B. A. M Dec. 20. Cash received from Jerusalem Temple, N. M.S Dec. 20. Cash received from Jacques de Molay Commandery, K. T Dec. 20. Cash received from Orleans-Delta Chapter No. 1, R. A. M Dec. 28. Cash received from Hermitage Lodge No. 98 .Turned over to Treasurer, as per receipts By warrants No. 1 to 131, inclusive Cash balance in hands of Treasurer, January 1,1904
$380 00 |25 00 5 00 10 00 50 00 25 00 2 00 400 00 72 50 50 00 25 00 57 50 50 00 50 00 25 00 50 00 25 00 200 00 25 00 50 00 25 00 $1,222 00 $1,602 00 1,278 95 $323 05
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To applicants from Connecticut East Indies England Georgia Idaho Illinois Indian Territory Ireland Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Mexico Michigan Mississippi Missouri Nebraska New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina Ohio... Pennsylvania Scotland Texas Virginia West Virginia Medical attention and medicines for the sicfc Funerals, and advertising same Bepairs to tomb in Masonic Cemetery.. Contributions to charity organizations.. Board and Lodging.. Coal for widows and the destitute Groceries for widows and the destitute Postage, telegrams and incidental expenses Salaries
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$3 00 120 00 10 00 3 00 2 60 20 50 5 00 2 00 4 00 5 00 249 00 14 00 15 00 18 00 10 00 12 00 20 50 90 50 12 00 5 00 37 00 5 00 32 00 20 00 80 00 10 00 28 85 55 00 5 00 40 65 53 00 92 50 54 35 • 29 50 120 00 $1,278 95
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EEPOET OF GRAND LECTUEEE. E. W. Bro. C. T. Hines, Grand Lecturer, submitted the following report, which, on motion duly adopted, was received and ordered printed as a part of the proceedings of this Annual Communication: NEW ORLEANS, February 1, 1904. To the M. W. Grand Master and Grand Lodge F. and A. M., State of Louisiana:
I beg to report that, since the close of the last Annual Communication of this Grand Lodge, I have visited and instructed the following Lodges in the ritualism of "Ancient Craft Masonry," as adopted by the Committee on Work, and approved by this Grand Lodge at the last Annual Grand Communication: St. Albans No. 28, Jackson, East Feliciana parish. Feliciana No. 31, St. Francisville, West Feliciana parish. Minden No. 51, Minden, Webster parish. Olive No. 52, Clinton, East Feliciana parish. Mount Gerizim No. 54, Bastrop, Morehouse parish. St. Joseph No. 79, Newellton, Tensas parish. Cypress No. 89, Benton, Bossier parish. Bellevue No. 95, Haughton, Bossier parish. St. Helena^No. 96, Greensburg, St. Helena parish. Franklinton No. 101, Franklinton, Washington parish. Sparta No. 108, Bienville, Bienville parish. Harrisonburg No. 110, Harrisonburg, Catahoula parish. Urim No. Ill, Calhoun, Ouachita parish. Delhi No. 120, Delhi, Richland parish. Liberty No. 123, Keachie, DeSoto parish. Kellertown No. 124, Wilson, East Feliciana parish. Pearl River No. 125, Ball Town, Washington parish. Gordy No. 133, Lecompte, Rapides parish. Downsville No. 143, Downsville, Union parish. Red Land No. 148, Carterville, Bossier parish. Darlington No. 149, Chipola, St. Helena parish. Livingston No. 160, Hammond, Tangipahoa parish. Brooksville No. 161, Oak Ridge, Morehouse parish. Lake Charles No. 165, Lake Charles, Calcasieu parish. Spring Creek No. 184, Spring Creek, Tangipahoa parish. Covington No. 18S, Covington, St. Tammany parish. Abbeville No. 192, Abbeville, Vermilion parish. R. F. McGuire No. 209, Rayville, Richland parish. Keystone No. 213, Florence, Catahoula parish. Land Mark No. 214, Keithville, Caddo parish. Friendship No. 215, Friendship, Bienville parish. Fellowship No. 217, Hineston, Rapides parish.
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Pecan Grove No. 222, Lake Providence, East Carroll parish. Cadeville No. 229, Cadeville, Ourchita parish. Grangeville No. 231, Grangeville, St. Helena parish. Welsh No. 232, Welsh, Caleasieii parish. Plain Dealing No. 237, Plain Dealing, Bossier parish. Centre No. 244, Lee's Creek, Washington parish. Winnsboro No. 246, Winnsboro, Franklin parish. Kentwood No. 248, Kentwood, Tangipahoa parish. Jennings No. 249, Jennings, Calcasieu parish. Forest Hill No. 254, Forest Hill, Rapides parish. St. Andrew No. 256, Mer Rouge, Morehouse parish. Pine No. 264, Pine, Washington parish. Sarepta No. 272, Sarepla, Webster parish. Dorcheat No. 276, Dorcheat, Webster parish. Oak Grove, U. D., Oak Grove, West Carroll parish. Cheneyville, U. D., Cheneyville, Rapides parish. In many instances, while visiting a particular Lodge.it has been my pleasure to have present the representatives of several other Lodges, and in this way my instructions have covered much more ground than is evidenced by a mere enumeration of the Lodges actually visited. I sincerely hope that this will become general and that while I may be at some one Lodge especially, I will have the satisfaction of also instructing, at the same time, other Lodges who may be present through their officers or members. This feature, of more general instruction, has been emphasized by the " Lodge of Instruction," held during my stay in New Orleans, where I lectured, at one and the same meeting, to the representatives of fifteen Lodges. The Lodges, throughout the State, have done a reasonable amount of work, and I am glad to inform you are becoming proficient in and well pleased with the Ritual now in full force as promulgated by the Committee on Work, and I am even more pleased to state that, with a very few exceptions, "Brotherly Love, Friendship', Peace and Harmony " prevail in each and every Lodge. I was ordered by the Most Worshipful Grand Master to visit the Lodges in the City of New Orleans in company with the Committee on Work and remain with and instruct these Lodges for one month. I arrived in New Orleans on January 1, 1904. Under direction of the Committee on Work a " Lodge of Instruction " was organized and the officers of all the " York Rite " Lodges were ordered to attend, a general invitation being extended to all the brethren as well as to the officers and brethren of the Lodges of the "Scottish Rite." This "Lodge of Instruction" was continued for two weeks during which time the Ritual was thoroughly exemplified by lecture—twice for each degree—at night, with special instructions during the day for those who could not attend the night lectures. I t was the intention, and so announced by the Committee on Work, that an official visit would be paid each Lodge of the "York
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Rite " and the work exemplified by conferring the several degrees upon actual candidates, as well as to pay a fraternal visit to the brethren of each Lodge of the " Scottish Rite." All this, to my profound regret, was quickly " nipped in the bud," and my brightest hopes and greatest expectations were " cut down as a flower." At the height of my ambition to accomplish some good for our Craft, I was suddenly seized by the "strong grip" of " La Grippe," accompanied with grave symptoms of pneumonia, which laid me prostrate on a bed of illness for several days, but through the kindness of an All-Wise Providence and the unremitting attentions of dear friends and brothers, I have been spared and, practically, restored to health, and I here desire to express my warmest fraternal thanks and gratitude to Past Grand Master, David R. Graham, Past Grand Master, Robert H. Cage, R. W, Deputy Grand Master, L. P. Delahoussaye, R. W. Bro. John S. Alfred, W. Bros. J. C. Wickliffe, O. H. Simpson, F. W. Breedlove, W. T. Jones and to Bros. J. W. St. Pierre and J. B. Salles (proprietor Victoria Hotel), for their fraternal kindness, sympathy and brotherly love extended to me during my entire illness. Especially do I desire to extend my thanks to the kind-hearted, attentive and proficient physician, Bro. J. D. Graybill, M. D., who visited me from one to three times each day for nearly two weeks and until I was entirely out of danger and who 11
Cheered me on my bed of pain And health gave back to me again."
In conclusion, M. W. Grand Master, I am glad you ordered me to New Orleans. I am truly glad I came, for I have the satisfaction of knowing that I obeyed your command, and, in so doing, I have made many warm, strong and true friends. There is a warm spirit of true brotherly love and kindness now existing in my heart for my brethren in New Orleans, that has been lacking in the past. All this has passed away, due to their kindness, and we can now shake hands in full token of brotherly love and esteem from the sparkling waters of the Gulf of Mexico—south, to the high red rock hills of Arkansas—north; from the lowlands of the " Father of Waters," Mississippi—east, to the beautiful plains of the "Lone Star State"—west, and hail each Mason as a brother of our Grand Jurisdiction. Although I could not carry out fully the programme of the Committee on Work, yet, I believe, conscientiously, that what has been done will result in great good, and prove to be the nucleus of brighter, happier and more proficient effort in the future, for the brethren who attended the "Lodge of Instruction" expressed themselves as being well pleased with the logical conciseness and simplicity of the Ritual as adopted by the Committee on Work and approved by this Grand Lodge, Some of the brethren have becoine very proficient, and will thus be enabled to teach and perpetuate the work in its purity. I have
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been especially .requested to return in the early part of summer, repeat what has been done, and remain with each Lodge until the entire programme of the Committee on Work shall have been successfully carried out. This kind invitation I have accepted, and will endeavor to parry it out fully and to the best of my ability. Respectfully and fraternally submitted, C. T. HINES,
Grand Lecturer. APPOINTMENTS BY M. W. GRAND MASTER.
The M. W. Grand Master announced the following appointments on committees: AUDIT AND ACCOUNTS.
R. W. Bro. Henry M. Danneel; W. Bro. T. D. Stewart, W. Bro. J. C. Drew. EB PORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES. AUDIT AND ACCOUNTS.
Eeport not yet completed. WORK AND RETURNS OF CHARTERED LODGES.
This Committee submitted the following report which, on motion duly adopted, was received and ordered printed in proceedings of this Annual Communication: NEW ORLEANS, LA., February 1,1904. To the M. W. Gran 1 Lodge of F. and A. M. of the State of Louisiana:
Your Committee on Work and Returns of Chartered Lodges respectfully report the examination of the returns of 139 chartered Lodges for the year 1903, and submits the fallowing as the result of that examination: Perfect Union No. 1. Correct. Polar Star No. 1. Correct. Perseverance No. 4. Correct. Cervantes No. 5. Correct. Humble Cottage No. 19. Correct. Western Star No. 24. Good; but one name omitted and one unaccounted. St. Albans No. 28. Correct. Feliciana No. 31. Good. Phoenix No. 38. Good; one name omitted. Germania No. 46. Correct.
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St. James No. 47. Very good. Minden No. 51. No returns. Olive No. 52. Good; one name omitted; one not accounted for. Union Fraternal No. 53. Good. Mount Gerizim No. 54. Correct. Franklin No. 57. Good; one name not accounted for; two omitted. : Friends of Harmony No. 58. Correct. Mount Moriah No. 59. Very good. George Washington No. 65. Good; one name omitted. Hiram No. 70. Very good. Alpha-Home No. 72. Correct. Sabine No. 75. Good; two names omitted. Quitman No. 76. Good, but ages not given. St. Joseph No. 79. Correct. Mount Vernon No. 83. Good, but names not alphabetical. Oliver No. 84 Correct, as usual. Lafayette No. 87. Fair returns; three names omitted. Cypress No. 89. Fair; ages not given. Bellevue No. 95. Correct. St. Helena No. 96. Correct. Hermitage No. 98. Wrong officers. Franklinton No. 101. Poor return. Louisiana No. 102. Correct. Ruston No. 106. One of the best; not an error. Sparta No. 108. Poor; officers not given for 1904. Harrisonburg No. 110. Very good. Urim No. 111. One name omitted; names not alphabetical. Shreveport No. 115. Correct. . * Aeacia No. 116. Fair; one name omitted. Milford No. 117. Fair; no ages. Delhi No. 120. No returns. Mackey No 122. Good; one name omitted. Liberty No. 123. Fair; one name omitted; no ages. Kellertown No. 124. Correct; very neatly made out. Pearl River No. 125. Correct. Arcadia No. 128. Very good. Spring Hill No. 127. Fair; one name omitted; no ages. Gordy No. 133. Fair; one name omitted; no ages. Plains No. 135. Fair; names not alphabetical. Athens No. 136. Fair; one name omitted; no ages. Downsville No. 143. Correct. Ocean No. 144. Correct. Hope No. 145. Coreect. Silent Brotherhood No. 146. Excellent returns; among the best. Anacoco No. 147. Correct. Red Land No. 148. Fair; no ages; names not alphabetical. Darlington No. 149. No returns. .
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE GRAND LODGE Eastern Star No. 151. No returns. Homer No. 152. Correct; neatly made out. Sts. John No. 153. Very good. Kisatchie No. 156. Correct; neatly made out. Livingston No. 160. Poor; seven omitted; no meetings; heading not filled Brookville No. 161. Fair; oue omitted; one not accounted for. Atchafalaya No. 163. Fair; one omitted; no ages. Columbia No. 164. Very good. Lake Charles No. 165. Very fair; one name omitted. Linn Wood No. 167. Excellent; one of the best. Montgomery No. 168. Fair; one name'omitted; one not accounted. Kosmos No. 171. Correct. Union No. 172. Very fair; two not accounted for. Dante No. 174. Correct. Amite City No. 175. Correct. CaddoNo.179. Correct; very good. 8am Todd No. 182. Fair; one not accounted. Spring Creek No. 184. Correct. Orphans' Friend No. 185. No returns. Covington No. 188. Correct; very good. Evergreen No. 189. Correct. Corinthian No. 190. Fair; three names omitted. Jefferson No. 191. Very good. Abbeville No. 192. Correct; very good. Aurora No. 193. Very good. Ashland No. 196. Poor; twelve names not on roll. Bfookline No. 198. Correct. Doric No. 205. Poor; seven names omitted; no ages. N. H. Bray No. 208. No returns. E. F. McGuire No. 209. Very fair; one name not accounted. Blazing Star No. 212. Correct. Keystone No. 213. No returns. Land Mark No. 214. Very fair; one name omitted. Friendship No. 215. Correct. Good Intent No. 216. Correct. Fellowship No. 217. Correct. Livonia No. 220. Very bad; numerous erasures, no ages; names not alphabetical. Solomon No. 221. Correct. Pecan Grove No. 222. Correct. Bethany No. 223. No returns. CadevilleNo. 229. Poor; six names omitted; riot alphabetical. Pleasant Hill No. 230. Correct; very good. Grangeville No. 231. Correct. Welsh No. 232. Very fair one not accounted. Kyiche No, 233. Poor; three omitted; not alphabetical.
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Robertsville No. 234. Correct. Simsboro No. 235. Correct. Little Flock No. 236. Correct; very good. Plain Dealiug No. 237. Correct. Magnolia No. 238. Correct; good. Bernice No. 239. Fair; but many erasures. Leesville No. 240. Good; neatly made out. Conly No. 241. Correct. Weston No. 242. Correct. Crowley No. 243. Correct; good return. Centre No. 244. Very fair; one name not accounted for. Millerton No. 245. Correct; very good return. Winnsboro No. 246. No returns. Clear Springs No. 247. No returns. Kentwood No. 248. Correct. Jennings No. 249. Very fair; two names omitted. Mansfield No. 250. Correct. Ascension No. 351. Excellent return; neat and correct Mitchell No. 252. Poor; three omitted; two not ace unted; one F. C. on roll. Toro No. 253 Very poor; five not accounted; two omitted; no ages; names not alphabetical. Forrest Hill No. 254. Fair; names not alphabetical. Jeanerette No. 255. Very fair. St. Andrew No. 256. Very good. White Castle No. 257. Very fair. Marthaville No. 258. Poor; four omitted; no ages; lead-pencil. Colfax No. 259. Correct. Charles F. Buck No. 260. Neat and correct; good return. Anehor No. 261. One name omitted; otherwise very good. Progressive No. 262. Correct; good return. Florien No. 263. An E. A. on roll; one not accounted. Pine No. 264. Poor; six names omitted. ' Dalley No. 265. Fair; three omitted. Atkins No. 266. Correct. Unity No. 267. No returns. Melville No. 268. Correct. Marksville No. 269. Poor; two names omitted; no ages; names do not agree with those of previous returns. Benefield No. 270. Correct; very good. DeRidder No. 271. No returns. Sarepta No. 272. Poor; report twelve degrees when twenly-one were conferred; names not alphabetical. Boyee No. 273. Poor; officers duplicated; two names not accounted. Oberlin No. 274. Poor; six names omitted; had thirty members in 1902; made nine, lost none; now report thirtythree.
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Benson No. 275. Correct, except not signed by Secretary. Dorcheat No. 276. Very fair, except that names are not alphabetical. Dubach No. 277. Fair; names not alphabetical; two omitted. Rosemary No. 278. Poor; no dates for degrees; no ages; names not alphabetical. DeQuincey No. 279. Poor; officers wrong; gave those of 1903 instead of those of 1904. Jonesboro No. 280. Poorest received; wrong officers; names mixed up; five omitted; to be returned. Crowson No. 281. Correct, but made in lead-pencil. Yellow Pine No. 283. Poor; many erasures; namesnot alphabetical; no ages. Your Committee desire to especially call attention to the number of returns found incorrect. This maybe due, to some extent, to the election of inexperienced brethren as secretaries, but, in some instances, the work was that of an old secretary, and quite as imperfect as that of the veriest beginner. In an unusual number of cases the full names of candidates and their ages were entirely omitted, evidencing, to the minds of your, Committee, negligence and inattention to the requirements of the laws. The unusual delay in forwarding returns has greatly impeded your Committee in their prompt examination, necessitating considerable correspondence, which has proven ineffective in securing the desired returns and information. Fraternally submitted, JOSEPH MEYERS, WM. P F A F F , GRAHAM SUKGHNOR,
Committee. WORK AND RETURNS OP LODGES, U. D.
This Committee submitted the following report which, on motion duly adopted, was received and action on resolutions postponed until session of to-morrow night: NEW ORLEANS,
February 1,1904.
To the M. W. Grutd Lodge, F. ana A. M., of tlie State of Louisiana:
Your Committee on Lodges, U. D., respectfully report that Cheneyville Lodge, U. D., at Cheneyville, Rapides parish; Rote Pine Lodge, U. D., at Rose Pine, Vernon parish; Many Lodge, U. D'., at Many, Sabine parish; Dodson Lodge, U. D., atDodson, Winn parish; Globe Lodge, U. D., at Yellow Pine, Webster parish; Oak Grove Lodge, U.
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D., at Oak Grove, West Carroll parish, and Pine Grove Lodge, U. D., at Ponchatoula, Tangipahoa parish, all now working under dispensation, have complied in full with the requirements of this Grand Lodge, and now request that they be granted charters. Brothers desire permission to form Lodges, U. D., one at Fordoche and the other at Goldonna. These two applications ought to be referred to the Grand Master elected to serve for the ensuing year. Kinder Lodge, U. D., working at Kinder, Calcasieu parish, requests that its dispensation to work U. D. be extended for one year. This Lodge has complied in all regards with the requirements of this Grand Lodge. Your Committee begs to offer the following resolutions: Resolved, That charters be granted to Cheneyville Lodge, Rose Pine Lodge, Many Lodge, Dodson Lodge, Globe Lodge, Oak Grove Lodge and Pine Grove Lodge, IT. D., all now working under dispensation ; Resolved, That the petitions of brothers to form Lodge, U. D., at Fordoehe and Goldonna, be referred to the Grand Master elected at this session; Resolved, That the dispensation granted to Kinder Lodge, U. L\, be extended for one year. Respectfully submitted by your Committee, MARK QUAYLE, P. M.,
Chairman. APPEALS AND GKIEVANCES.
This Committee submitted the following report, which, on motion duly adopted, was received and action on resolution postponed until session of to-morrow night: NEW ORLEANS,
February 1, 1904.
To the M. W. Grand Lodge, State of Louisiana, F. aod A. M :
Brethren—Your Committee on Appeals and Grievances has had under careful consideration and review the appeal of Bro. T. A. Jackson against the sentence of "indefinite suspension" by Humble Cottage Lodge No. 19, on May 14, 1903. They feel constrained to report that the proceedings taken at the trial were not in accordance with the laws governing such matters, in this, that the full ten days' notice to the brother accused were not allowed him, and, further, that at the date of the trial some two of the brothers were allowed to vote finally on the case who were not present throughout and who failed to hear all the testimony. These are, in our opinion, fatal defects on part of the Lodge and vitiate the verdict. We are of opinion that the proceedings taken should be nullified.
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We append the following resolution: Resolved, That the action of Humble Cottage Lodge No. 19, in the sentence of " indefinite suspension" imposed by them on Bro. T. A. Jackson, of that Lodge, be, and the same is hereby annulled. Fraternally submitted, EDWIN MARKS,
Chairman. WORK.
Report not yet completed. MASONIC LAW AND JURISPRUDENCE.
No report at this time. FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE.
The Committee on Foreign Correspondence submitted their report, which, on motion duly adopted, was received and ordered printed with the proceedings of this Annual Communication. HISTORY.
No report. STATE OF THE ORDER.
No report at this time. RESOLUTION INCREASING SALARY OF GRAND SECRETARY.
M. W. Bro. Robert H. Cage, P. G. M., submitted the following resolution: NEW ORLEANS, February 1,1904. To the M. W. Grand Lodge of the State of Louisiana, F. and A. M :
Resolved, That the salary of the E. W. Grand Secretary of this Grand Lodge be, and is hereby increased from one hundred and twentyfive ($125.00) dollars per month to one hundred and fifty ($150.00) dollars per month, a total of eighteen hundred ($1,800.00) dollars per year, and that an additional sum of two hundred ($200.00) dollars be paid him for incidental expenses. Fraternally submitted, R. H. CAGE.
On motion, duly adopted, the resolution was received and referred to the Committee on Audit and Accounts.
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RESOLUTION OF SYMPATHY TO GRAND LECTURER.
W. Bro. John C. Wickliffe submitted the following resolution: NEW ORLEANS, February 1, 1904. To the M. W. Grand Lodge of the State of Louisiana, F. and A. M.:
Resolved, That the Grand Lodge of Louisiana learns with regret of the present illness of R. W. Bro. C. .T. HiDes, Grand Lecturer, and extends to him its hearty sympathy in his affliction together with its best wishes for his speedy recovery of his health and his restoration to his field of usefulness Fraternally submitted, JOHN C. WICKLIFFE.
By consent the rules were suspended and the resolution unanimously adopted. COMMITTEE ON PLAN OF MASONIC RELIEF.
W. Bro. John 0. Wickliffe submitted the following resolution: NEW ORLEANS, February 1, 1904. To the M. W. Grand Lodge of the State of Louisiana, F. and A. M.: WHEREAS, The debt upon the Masonic Temple is
nearly extinguished and will be completely extinguished during the current year; and WHEREAS, It is the declared purpose and intention of this Grand Lodge to make some provision for the care of aged Masons and Masonic widows and orphans as soon as the Grand Lodge is out of debt: therefore, be it Resolved, That the Grand Master elect do appoint, at this meeting of the Grand Lodge, a committee to be composed of five. Masters, or Past Masters of Lodges, who shall investigate and report to this Grand Lodge at its next Annual Communication, some plan to carry out the above purpose, both the ways and means to raise the money necessary and the best method of doing the work, whether by means of direct relief in individual cases through a committee of this Grand Lodge or by providing and maintaining a "Home" for that purpose, or such other method as to said committee may seem best. And said com" mittee is authorized to correspond, in the name of this Grand Lodge, with other jurisdictions for the purpose of gaining information upon said subject; be it further Resolved, That said committee is authorized to meet during the recess of this Grand Lodge upon the call of its chairman (who shall be the first member named on said commitiee), and it may take votes upon propositions submitted by any member, or take any other action, as a committee, by letters from the members to the chairmau, Fraternally submitted, JOHN C. WICKLIFFE.
On motion, duly adopted, the resolution was received and referred to the Committee on Audit and Accounts.
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W. Bro. O. H. Simpson submitted the following resolution: NEW OBLEANS, February 1, 1904. T o t h e M . W . G r a n d L o d g e o f t h e S t i t e of L o u i s ' a n i , F a n d
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Resolved, That the salary of the Grand Lecturer be increased to eighteen hundred dollars per annum. Same to take effect from and after the passage of this resolution. Fraternally submitted, O. H. SIMPSON, NO. 59.
On motion, duly adopted, the resolution was received and referred to the Committee on Audit and Accounts. AMENDMENT TO SECTION 2, ARTICLE IT, CHAPTER Ilf, GENERAL REGULATIONS.
E. W. Bro. Richard Lambert, Grand Secretary, submitted the following resolution: NEW ORLEANS, February 1, 1904. To the M. W. Grand Lodge of the Stite of Louisiana, F. and A. M.:
Resolved, That Section 2, Article I, Chapter I I I , General Regulationsof this Grand Lodge, be amended by striking out all of saidsection after the words: "Six ((>) other members," and inserting in lieu thereof the following: " Who shall be Past Masters (members of Lodges in this jurisdiction), and who shall be appointed by the Grand Master at the time and under the regulations now provided (in Section 6, Article II, Chapter I, General Regulations), for the appointment of 'Standing Committees.' Vacancies occurring during the recess of the Grond Lodge shall be filled by appointment of the Grand Master," so that the section, as amended, will read: '-This committee shall consist of nine members namely, the Grand Master, Grand Treasurer, Grand Secretary and six (6) other members, who shall be Past Masters (members of Lodges in this jurisdiction), and who shall be appointed by the Grand Master at the same time and under the regulations now provided (in Section 6, Article II, Chapter I, General Regulations), for the appointment of 'Standing Committees.' Vacancies occurring during the recess of the Grand Lodge shall be filled by appointment of the •Grand Master." Fraternally submitted, RIGHABD LAMBERT.
On motion, duly adopted, the resolution was received and referred to the Committee on Masonic Law and Jurisprudence. TENURE OF OFFICE FOR GRAND MASTER. i W. Bro. Fred. C. Marsh submitted the following resolution: NEW ORLEANS, February 1, 1904. To the M. W. Grand Lodge of the State of Louisiana, F and A. M.: • WHEREAS, The work of building and paying for
^he Masonic Temple will be finished during the coming Masonic year; and
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WHEREAS, There will no longer exist the necessity for the re-election of a Grand Master who has familiarized himself with the work; and WHEREAS, Many of the brethren who have held that office have expressed themselves to the effect that a second term in that office adds nothing to the honors which have been conferred upon them, and is accepted only for the reason that a belief has arisen in the Craft that a re-election to the office is necessary as an endorsement of the acts of the Grand Master during his first term, and that a failure to re-elect him would be construed as a reflection upon him; therefore, be it Resolved, That a resolution of thanks and endorsement by the Grand Lodge to the Grand Master, whose term is expiring, is, in the opinion of this Grand Lodge, a full and ample endorsement of the administration of such Grand Master, without a re-election to the office; Resolved, That it is the sense of this Grand Lodge that, in the future, the Grand Lodge should not put upon the Grand Master the burden of a second year's service to the Craft, taking his time and services for the duties of that office without adding anything to the honors which are already his. Fraternally submitted, FEED. C. MAESH.
Oa motion, duly adopted, the resolution was received and referred to the Committee on State of the Order. DONATION FKOM EVERGREEN LODGE NO. 189.
W. Bro. Sol. Levy, W. M., Evergreen Lodge No. 189, read the following communication addressed to this Grand Lodge: NEW OELEANS,
February 1, 1904.
To ihe M. W. Grand Master, Wardens and Brethren, Grand Lodge, P. and A. M., of Louisiana:
As one of the original committee appointed some years ago by Atchafalaya Lodge No. 163 and Evergreen Lodge No. 189, it gives me great pleasure to report to this Grand Lodge that the education of Miss Virginia Robertson has been completed to the extent of putting her in a position to earn a livelihood for herself and dependent sister, and that there remains the amount of $79.45, balance unexpended, received from the Lodges in this jurisdiction. We, therefore, place the same in your hands to-be disposed of as, in your wisdom, you may deem proper. We, however, must add that the economicaladministration and careful attention of Dr. and Bro. J. A. Hollinshead, the Masonic guardian, has enabled us to report this satisfactory result. Fraternally yours, SOL. LEVY.
W. 31., Fvergreen Lodye No. 189
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Accompanying the communication was a check on the Merchants and Planters' Bank of Bunkie, La., for $79.45. On motion of R. W. Bro. L. E. Thomas, duly adopted, the amount was ordered placed to the credit of the fund for Widows' and Orphans' Home. "GRAND HONORS."
On motion of P. G. Master Chas. F. Buck, duly adopted, it was resolved that the " Private Grand Honors " be given a Past Grand Master but once during an Annual Communication. LABOR SUSPENDED.
Nothing further appearing, at this time, the M. W. Grand Master, Robert R. Reid, after prayer by the Rev. Dr. Herman G. Duncan, Grand Chaplain, declared the labors of this Grand Lodge suspended until to-morrow evening, Tuesday, February 2, 1904, at 7 o'clock. •
SECOND DAY'S SESSION. GRAND LODGE HALL,
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NEW ORLEANS, Tuesday, February 2, 1904. j
The M. W. Grand Lodge, F. and A. M., of the State of Louisiana, after prayer by the Rev. Dr. Herman Cope Duncan, Grand Chaplain, was called from refreshment to labor by the M. W. Grand Master, Robert R. Reid, on this Tuesday, February 2, 1904, at 7 o'clock p. M. GRAND OFFICERS PRESENT.
All the Grand Officers were present, except the Grand Lecturer, and in their stations. PAST GRAND OFFICERS PRESENT.
Past Grand Masters—Edwin Marks, David R. Graham, Chas. F . Buck, A. G. Brice, A. C. Allen, Robert H. Cage. GRAND REPRESENTATIVES PRESENT.
Arizona, Connecticut, Canada, Colorado, Costa Rica, Cuba, England, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indian Territory, Maryland, Missouri, Michigan, Mississippi, North Dakota, New Jersey, Nebraska, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, New Mexico, New Zealand, Ohio, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Tasmania, Vermont, Victoria, Washington, West Virginia. ROLL CALL OF CHARTERED LODGES. P. U. 1, P. S. 3, 4, 5, 19, 24, 28, 31, 38, 47, 52, 53, 57, 58, 59, 65, 70, 72, 75, 76, 79, 83, 84, 89, 95, 96, 98, 102, 106, 115, 117, 125, 126, 133, 135, 136, 143, 144, 145, 146, 153, 156, 163, 165,167, 168, 171, 172, 174, 175, 179, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193,198, 205, 209, 217, 220, 221, 232, 233, 2H4, 239, 240, 243, 244, 245, 250, 251, 253, 255, 258, 260, 261, 263, 264, 265, 266, 268, 269, 270, 271, 273, 274, 275, 270, 277, 279, 282.
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Ninety-three Lodges and a constitutional quorum being present, the M. W. Grand Master, EobertB. Eeid, declared labor resumed. MINUTES OF "FIRST DAY'S SESSION."
The minutes of the "First Day's Session" were read and approved as read. KEPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES. AUDIT AND ACCOUNTS.
The Committee ou Audit and Accounts submitted the following report: NEW ORLEANS, February 2, 1904. To the M. W. Grand Lodge, F. and A. M., ot the Stale ol Louisiana:
Your Committee on Audit and Accounts respectfully report that they have made quarterly audits of the books of accounts of the Grand Treasurer aud of the Grand Secretary for the past year and have found the same correct. Herewith we submit the annual balance sheet of the Grand Lodge for 1903, and the estimate of revenues and expenditures for the year 1904. Fraternally submitted, GEOBOE SOULE, Chairman.
BALANCE SHEET OF THE GRAND LODGE OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA, F. AND A. ]M. FACE OF LEDGER. NAMES. DR.
Certificate Furniture and fixtures Cash Charter Register Dues Rent Sewerage Interest Grand Lodge Bonds Grand Lodge Bonds Electric and Gas Plant Elevator Account. Germania Savings Bank
Taxes liodges, Chapters, Etc
$143,387 66 2,544 84 20 00 4 298 86 4,852 78 60 00 7 989 10 150 50 75 00
CR.
$142 303 46 30 00 2400 3,318 35 350 00 5 00 16,366 50 350 00 10,431 96
INVENTORY OF PROPERTY.
PROFIT AND LOSS.
GRAND LODGE. .
LOSSES.
DR.
GAINS.
1,238 62 1,238 62 1,541 25 28,100 00 ""i^i'oo'ob 12,925 72 10SIS 77 1,269 00 1,229 50 4 035 00 9,950 Oi) 5.91S 00 144 74 1,122 91 1,010 62 683 65 147 92 147 92 400 00 68 00 1,350 00 10,107 95 9,259 05 7,506 50 ,5,446 25 $238,665 99 $238,665 99| $167,973 00 Wet Gain of the Grand Lodge
Resources.
Liabilities.
$142,303 46
$113,387 66 2,890 36 15 00 3,868 97
CR.
BA1ANCE.
$143,387 66
$254 48
$30 00 2,290 36
19 00
429 88
15 00 3,868 97 1,534 43
290 00 5 00 7 989 10
16,216 00 275 00 10,431 96
1-3
W 1,238 62
1,541 25
$16,000 00 1,229 50
5,915 00 144 74 112 29 683 65
1,010 62
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147 92
400 00 68 00 1,350 00
147 92
848 90 2,060 25
12,883 62 18,883 62 $27,266 96 $27,266 96 Net worth ?/ the Grand Lodge $155,187 08 $155,187 08 $155,187 08
156,187 08 $172,564 50 $172,564 50
Respectfully submitted by N E W ORLEANS,
January ], 1904.
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16,246 77
1,409 95
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NEW ORLEANS, February 1, 1904. To the Most Worshipful the Grand Lodge of ihe State of Louisiana, F. and A. M.:
Your Committee on Audit and Accounts, agreeably with a resolution of the Grand Lodge, presents the following budget of revenues and expenditures for the current year: ESTIMATE OF REVENUES.
Annual dues, $1.00 per capita on 7,000 members $7,000 00 Annual dues, $2.00 for eacli degree to be conferred, estimated 2,000 00 Register Kents from stores, on basis of current rents, 12 months, at $203.00 Rents from offices, estimated Rents from Masonic bodies, on basis of current rent, 12 months Total amount of revenues
$9,000 00 20 00 2,436 00 3,000 00
2,250 00 $16,706 00
ESTIMATE OF EXPENDITURES.
Interest on $10,000.00 bonds at 5 per cent., 3 months $125 00 Interest on $6,000.00 bonds at 5 per cent., 9 months.. 225 00 Taxes on assessment of, say, $45,000.00 at 3 per cent.. 1,350 00 Insurance on glass and elevator 75 00 Elevator expenses, 12 months, at $70.00 840 00 1ST. O. E. Light Co... 1,000 00 . Repairs, oils, etc., 12 months 300 00 • Salary of Grand Secretary 1,500 00 ; Salary of Janitor 780 00 Salary of Porter 420 00 Salary of Tyler 25 00 Gas, estimated 100 00 Sexton, 12 months, at $50.00 600 00 Relief Lodge 400 00 Organist and Chaplain, $10.00 each 20 00 Printing Proceedings, estimated 1,100 00 Printing circulars, estimated 200 00 Stationery and postage 350 00 Incidentals and repairs to building 1,000 00 Grand Lecturer 1,200 00 Incidental expenses of Grand Master 500 00 Amount «f expenditures $12,110 00 To which add the amount to be set aside for reserve fund 3,500 00 Total amount $15,610 00 Excess of revenue over expenditures $1,096 00 Respectfully submitted, GEO. SOULE, H. M. DANNEEL,
Committee on Audit and Accounts.
On motion, duly adopted, the report was received and ordered printed in the proceedings.
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COMMITTEE ON CREDENTIALS.
This Committee reported that Unity Lodge No. 261 had made returns and paid Grand Lodge dues. On motion, duly adopted, the report was received and Unity Lodge No. 261 was admitted to representation on the floor of this Grand Lodge. WORK AND RETURNS, LODGES, U. D.
The report of this Committee, laid over from session of last evening, was now taken up for action. CHARTERS GRANTED.
On motion, the resolutions submitted by the Committee were adopted, and charters were granted to the following Lodges now under dispensation: Oak Grove Lodge, as No. 284. Cheneyville Lodge, as No. 285. Many Lodge, as No. 286. Pine Grove Lodge, as No. 287. Globe Lodge, as No. 288. Rose Pine Lodge, as No. 289. Dodson Lodge, as No. 290. DISPENSATIONS CONTINUED.
The dispensation of Kinder Lodge, now under dispensation, was continued until the Annual Communication of this Grand Lodge in 1905. PETITIONS FOR NEW LODGES.
The petitions for new Lodges at Pordoche and at Goldonna were referred to the Grand Master elect for his action. WORK.
The Committee on "Work submitted the following report: NEW ORLEANS, February To tbe M. W. Grand Lodge. F. and A M., of the St ite of Louisiana:
2, 1904.
Your Committee on Woikbegs leave, respectfully, to report that, In compliance with the resolutions adopted at the last Annual Communication, M. W, Bro. Edwin Marks, Chairman of this Committee,
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convened said Committee, together with R. W. Bro. C. T. Hines, Grand Lecturer, for the purpose of rehearsing the "work" that had been adopted. After these sessions of the Committee, the R. W. Deputy Grand Master summoned to a " Lodge of Instruction" the Masters, Wardens and Deacons of the several Lodges holding within the City of New Orleans, when, under the auspices of this Committee, the work of the three " Symbolic " degrees and the ceremonials of opening and closing were carefully exemplified before a very enthusiastic and much interested assembly of the brethren, who attended during the entire week, which was devoted to the purpose. Subsequent to these sessions the Committee requested the attendance of the District Deputy Grand Masters of the city Lodges and with them the adopted work was also carefully rehearsed, and we are now constrained to believe that the '' work " is disseminated to such a degree that the foundation for uniformity has been substantially laid. Your Committee, assuming that changes in the personnel of the officers of the Lodges would occur at tbe elections to be held in December, 1903, were constrained to request the M. W. Grand Master to direct Bro. Hines, Grand Lecturer, to come to this city for the purpose of exemplifying the work before the new regime, and, accordingly, Bro. Hines presented himself on January 1, 1904. Tn due time, '' Lodges of Instruction" were convened, and the ceremonials of opening and closing, and the work of the three symbolic degrees were again exemplified to the edification of all who attended the lectures held during eight consecutive nights. While we did not reach all the officers of the Lodges, yet we are satisfied that those who did attend, to learn the work and lectures, will impart the same to others who will thus surely, though gradually, become perfect, and thus repay the Committee and the Grand Lecturer for their efforts. In order to more fully perform the functions devolving upon your Committee, it was contemplated to visit the various Lodges in company with the Grand Lecturer, and confer the degrees upon actual candidates; but, owing to his unexpected and serious illness, we were compelled to forego this part of our intentions. We beg to predict that this work, so well begun, will eventuate in the 'consummation devoutly to be wished." Fraternally submitted, EDWIN MARKS, Chairman. D. R. R. H. A. C. CHAS.
GRAHAM, CAGE, ALLEN, F. BUCK,
Committee on Work.
On uiotiou, duly adopted, the report was received and ordered printed in the proceedings.
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MASONIC LAW AND JURISPRUDENCE.
This Committee submitted the following report: N E W ORLEANS, February 2, 1904. To the M. W. Grand Lodge, F. and A. M., of the State of Louisiana:
Your Committee on Masonic Law and Jurisprudence, to whom was referred the resolution submitted by R. W. Bro. Richard Lambert, amending Section 2, Article I, Chapter I I I , General Regulations, beg leave to report that the proposed amendment is regular and not in conflict with any provision of the Constitution of this Grand Lodge. Fraternally submitted, CHAS! F. BUCK, Chairman. EDWIN MARKS, A. G. BRICE, A. C. ALLEN, D. R. GRAHAM,
Committee. On motion, duly adopted, the report of the Committee was received. ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT TO SEci 2, AUT. I, CHAP. III. The amendment, submitted by E. W. Bro. Bichard Lambert, to Section 2, Article I, Chapter IIE, General Begulations, was now taken up for action, and, on motion, was adopted. FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE.
This Committee submitted the following report: NEW ORLEANS, February 2, 1904. To the M. W. Grand Lodge, F. and A. M., of the Slate cf Louisiana:
Your Committee on Foreign Correspondence has carefully considered the matter of the issuance of commissions to Grand Representatives and the reception of Representatives accredited by other Grand Lodges to this Grand Lodge, which were reported lo us, and recommend the adoption of the following resolutions: Resolved, That the action of the M. W. Grand Master, in the appointment of Representatives, be and is hereby approved; Resolved, That the Representatives of other Grand Lodges, recently appointed as such, b« received and fraternally welcomed. Oil motion, the report was i-eceived and the resolutions adopted.
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This Committee submitted the following report: NEW ORLEANS, February 2, 1904. To the M W. Grand Lodge, F. and A. M , of the State of Louisiana:
Your Committee on State of the Order begs leave to concur in the proposition of W. Bro. Fred. C. Marsh, in relation to the tenure of office of the M. W. Grand Master, and recommend the adoption of the resolution. Fraternally submitted, D. R. GRAHAM, Chairman, R. H. CAGE.
On motion, duly adopted, the report was received. TENURE OF OFFICE, GRAND MASTER.
On jnotion, the resolution submitted by W. Bro. Fred. C. Marsh, relative to tenure of office of the M. W. Grand Masters hereafter elected, was taken up for action. After an extended discussion the vote was taken on a call of the Lodges with the following results: Yeas, 108; nays, 199, and the resolution was not adopted. AUDIT AND ACCOUNTS.
This Committee asked permission to report, on the matters referred to them last evening, at the session to be held to-morrow evening, which permission was, on motion, duly adopted, granted. APPEALS AND GRIEVANCES.
The report of this Committee, submitted last evening, in the matter of the appeal of Bro. T. A. Jackson against Humble Cottage Lodge No. 19, was now taken up, and the resolution submitted by the committee was adopted. APPEAL OF T. A. JACKSON VS. HUMBLE COTTAGE LODGE NO. 19.
On motion, duly adopted, the action of Humble Cottage No. 19 in the sentence of " indefinite suspension " against Bro. T. A. Jackson, of that Lodge, was annulled and set aside. MASONIC LAW AND JURISPRUDENCE.
This Committee stated that the M. W. Grand Master had submitted to them a certain official act, to which he had referred at session of last eveuiug, as follows:
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"The W. M. and both Wardens of Kentwood Lodge No. 248 moved out of the jurisdiction during the year 1903, and the Lodge was unable to hold a meeting for any purpose. Upon application from a number of the brethren I caused a meeting to be called (after due notice to all the members), granted a dispensation and specially deputized R. W. Bro. John Puleston to open the Lodge and hold an election for oflBcers and to install said officers so elected. " In the emergency presented I could see no other course to pursue to restore activity to the Lodge, as neither of the oflBcers named would return and open the Lodge. " The D. D. G. M. opened the Lodge, an election was held and the officers duly installed on December 22, 1903, and the Lodge has been at work since. " Fraternally, "ROBERT B. REID,
" Grand Master.1' The Committee reported thereon as follows: NEW ORLEANS, February 2, 1904. To the M. W. Grand Lodge, F. and A. M., of the State ot Louisiana:
Your Committee on Masonic Law and Jurisprudence, at the request of the M. W. Grand Master, has considered his action in the matter above reported and approve the same as being clearly within his power and in accordance with law and usage. When the Lodge in question was abandoned by its Worshipful Master and both Wardens the situation was precisely what it would have been if the Lodge had failed to elect and install officers, and it was clearly within the authority of the Grand Master to convene and open the Lodge in person, or by his deputy, and authorize an election and installation of the oflBcers. Fraternally submitted, CHAS. F. BUCK, Chairman. D. R. GRAHAM, EDWIN MAEKS, A. G. BRICE.
On motion, the report was received and the action of the M. W. Grand Master, in the matter of Kentwood Lodge No. 248, was approved. RESOLUTIONS (1903), MILEAGR AND PER DIEM WITHDRAWN.
E. W. Bro. L. E. Thomas, No. 179, asked permission to withdraw the resolutions relative to the payment of mileage and per diem, as submitted by him at the last Annual Communication. On motion, duly adopted, the permission was granted and the resolutions were accordingly withdrawn.
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R. W. Bro. L. E. Thomas, Lodge No. 179, submitted the following resolutions: NEW ORLEANS, February 2,1904. To the M W. Grand Lodge, P and A. M.. of the State of Louisiana: WHEREAS, The attendance upon the Annual Communication
of this M. W. Grand Lodge by the full representation of the constituent Lodges is greatly to be desired, promoting a better fraternal relationship, and creating Masonic zeal aud enthusiasm throughout the entire State; and WHEREAS, Many constituent Lodges areuuable to send a representative, nor can the membership, individually, afford the expense, and are. therefore, compelled to remain at home; therefore, be it Resolved. That the dues to this Grand Lodge, from constituent Lodges, be fixed at the sum of one ($1.00) dollar per capita, and two (S2.0J) dollars for each degree conferred; be it further .Resolved, That this M. W. Grand Lodge pay the actual traveling expenses and three (13.00) dollars per diem forattendance of the officers of this Grand Lodge, and of one representative from each constituent Lodge throughout the jurisdiction of Louisiana. And, if more than one representative attend, the said amount shall be divided; provided, that no representative shall collect from both the Grand Lodge and the Grand Chapter; be it further Resolved, That a new " Standing Committee," to be known as the "Committee on Mileage and Per Diem," be created, whoseduty itsunll be to make out the pay-roll at each Annual Grand Communication and secure the necessary certificates of expense, which shall be filed with the Grand Treasurer, and the amount shall be budgeted by the Committee on Audit and Accounts at each Annual Grand Communication of this M. W. Grand Lodge; be it further Resolved, That these resolutions become effective, in regard to the payment of mileage and per diem, as heretofore set forth, at and after the next Annual Grand Communication to be held in February, 1905. Fraternally submitted, L. E. THOMAS.
ORDER OF THE DAY.
The M. W. Grand Master, Robert R. Reid, announced that the "Special Order of the Day." to-morrow evening, would be the reception of Grand Representatives from sister Grand Lodges itnniediately preceding the reports of "Standing Committees." LABOR SUSPENDED.
Nothing farther appearing, at this time, the M. W. Grand Master, Robert R. Reid, after prayer by the Rev. Dr. Herman Cope Duncan, Grand Chaplain, declared the labors of this Grand Lodge suspended until to-morrow evening, Wednesday, February 3, 1904, at 6 o'clock.
THIRD DAY'S SESSION. GRAND LODGE HALL, \ j
ORLEANS, Wednesday, February 3, 1904.
The M. W. Grand Lodge, F. aud A. M., of the State of Ljuisiatia. convened at 6 o'clock this Wednesday evening, February 3, 1934, and after prayer by the Rev. Dr. Herman Cope Duncan, Grand Chaplain, the M. W. Grand Master, Robert R. Reid, declared labor resumed. GRAND OFFICERS PRESENT.
All the Grand Officers, except the Grand Lecturer, were present and in their stations. PAST ORAND OFFICERS PRESENT.
Past Grand Masters—Edwiu Marks, David R. Graham, Charles F. Buck A. G. Briee, A. C. Allen, Robert H. Cage. GRAND REPRESENTATIVES PRESENT.
Arizona, Connecticut, Canada, Colorado, Costa Rica, Cuba, Englaud, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indian Territory, Maryland, Missouri, Michigau, Mississippi, North Dakota, New Jersey, Nebraska, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, New Mexico, New South Wales, New Zealand, Ohio, Oklahoma, Peru, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Tasmania, Vermont Victoria, Washington, West Virginia. KOLL CALL OF LODGES. On a call of the roll the following Lodges were found represented: P. U. 1, P . S. 1, 4, 5, 19, 24, 28, 31., 38, 47, 52, 53, 57, 58, 59, 65, 70, 72, 75, 76, 79, 83, 84, 89, 95, 96, 102, 106, 115, 116, 117, 125, 126, 133, 135, 136, 143, 144, 145, 146, 153, 156,163, 165, 167, 168, 175, 179, 188, 189, 191, 192, 193, 198, 205, 209, 217, 220, 221, 232, 233, 234, 239, 240, 243, 244, 245, 250,251, 253,255, 258, 260, 261, 263, 264, 265, 266, 269, 270, 271, 273, 274, 275, 276, 277, 279, 282.
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Eighty-eight Lodges and a constitutional quorum being present, the M. W. Grand Master, Robert R. Reid, declared the Grand Lodge ready for business. BEADING MINUTES OF "SECOND DAY'S SESSION."
The minutes of the "Second Day's Session" were read and approved. RECONSIDERATION OF MOTION IN RE. WIDOWS' AND ORPHANS' HOME.
R. W. Bro. L. E. Thomas moved a reconsideration of the action of this Grand Lodge, at the session of Monday evening, in donating the sum of $79.45 to the Widows' and Orphans' Home fund. On motion, duly adopted, the reconsideration was ordered. Action on the subject-matter was deferred until later in this session. COMMITTEE ON WORK AND RETURNS, LODGES, U. D.
This Committee submitted the following supplementary report: N E W ORLEANS, February 3, 1904. To the M. W Grand Lodge, F and A. M., of -the State ot Louisiana:
Your Committee on Work and Returns of Lodges, U. D., respectfully report that Marion Lodge, now under dispensation, in the town of Marion, Union parish, has complied, in all respects, with the requirements of this Grand Lodge and now requests that a charter be granted. Your Committee, therefore, offer the following resolution: Resolved, That a charter be granted to Marion Lodge, now working U. D., in the town of Marion, Union parish. Fraternally submitted, MARK QUAYLE, P. M.,
Chairman for Committee.
On motion, the report was received. DONATION FROM GRAND CHAPTER, R. A. M.
R. W. Bro. Richard Lambert, Grand Secretary, announced that the Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of the State of Louisiana, had, at the Annual Convocation of that body, donated
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to this Grand Lodge the sum of $1,500.00 to be placed to the credit of the "Widows' and Orphans' Belief Fund" of this Grand Lodge. VOTE OF THANKS TO GRAND CHAPTER, R. A. M.
On motion, unanimously adopted, a vote of thanks was tendered to the Grand Chapter of Eoyal Arch Masons for their magnificent contribution to the Widows' and Orphans' Relief Fund. RECEPTION OF GRAND REPRESENTATIVES.
The M. W. Grand Master announced that the hour had arrived for the reception of the Eepresentatives of sister Grand Lodges and directed the R. W. Grand Secretary to call the roll of same. The following Grand Lodges were found represented: Arizona, Connecticut, Canada, Colorado, Costa Rica, Cuba, England, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indian Territory, Maryland, Missouri, Michigan, Mississippi, North Dakota, New Jersey, Nebraska, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, New Mexico, New South Wales, New Zealand, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Peru, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Tasmania, Vermont, Victoria, Washington, West Virginia.
The Representatives were received by the M. W. Grand Master with words of warm fraternal welcome and the "Private Grand Honors" of Freemasonry. A most eloquent response was made by Past Grand Master A. C. Allen, Representative from the Grand Lodge of Arizona, after which the Representatives were invited to seats in the Grand East. COMMITTEE ON AUDIT AND ACCOUNTS.
This Committee submitted the following reports: ON RESOLUTION SUBMITTED BY BRO. J. C. WICKLIEFE.
NEW ORLEANS, February 3, 1904. To the M. W. Grand Lodge, F. and A. M,, of the State of Louisiana:
Your Committee on Audit and Accounts, to whom was referred the resolution offered by W, Bro. John C. Wickliffe, relative to a Masonic Home, beg leave to report that we do not think that the resolution, in
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its present shape, is a matter to properly come before this Committee, as the resolution involves no expenditure of the funds of this Grand Lodge whatever, except the small amount necessary for postage, etc., in corresponding with other jurisdictions for information relative to the subject-matter of said resolution, and we, therefore, refer the matter back to this Grand Lodge. Fraternally submitted, H. M. DANNEEL, Chairman, T. D. STEWART, J. C. DREW.
OQ motion, duly adopted, the report of the Committee was received. ON RESOLUTION INCREASING SALARY OF GRAND LECTURER. N E W ORLEANS, February 3, 1904.
To the M. W. Grand Lodfre, F. and A. M., of the State ol Louisiana:
Your Committee on Audit and Accounts, to whom was referred the resolution submitted by W. Bro. O. H. Simpson, relative to the increase of the salary of the Grand Lecturer to $1,800.00, beg leave to report that while we recognize the fact that owing to the constant formation of new Lodges the work of the Grand Lecturer is continually becoming greater, yet we do not see our way to recommend the increase specified in the aforesaid resolution. We do think, however, that the Grand Lecturer, by reason of his increased labors, is entitled to a larger compensation than he is receiving at present, and therefore recommend that his salary beincreased to thesum of $1,500.00. Fraternally submitted, H. M. DANNEEL, Chairman, T. D. STEWART, J. C. DREW.
On motion, duly adopted, the report was received. ON RESOLUTION INCREASING SALARY OF GRAND SECRETARY. N E W ORLEANS, February To the M. W. Grand Lodge, F. and A. M., of the State of Louisiana:
3,1904.
Your Committee on Audit and Accounts, to whom was referred the resolution submitted by M. W. Bro. R. H. Cage, to increase the salary of the R. W. Grand Secretary to $1,800.00, and to grant him $200.00 additional for incidental expenses, beg leave to report that we favor this resolution to the extent of increasing the salary to $1,800.00, and heartily recommend its adoption to that extent, particularly as the labors of the Grand Secretary are continually becoming more and more arduous by reason of the formation of new Lodges, thereby entailing more clerical work in examining returns, etc. Furthermore, we are creditably informed that the Grand Secretary
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has been obliged to resign other positions of emolument on account of the increased work in the Grand Lodge, whose membership now number some 7,800 members, as against 3,890 in 1889, when the salary of the Grand Secretary was $2,000.00. Fraternally submitted, H. M. DANNEEII, Chairman. T. D. STEWART, J. C. DREW.
On motion, duly adopted, the report was received. ON RESOLUTIONS IN RE. MILEAGE AND PER DIEM.
NEW ORLEANS, February 3, 1904. To the M. W. Grand Lodge, F. and A. M., of the State of Louisiana:
Your Committee on Audit and Accounts, to whom was referred the resolutions submitted by R. W. Bro. L. E. Thomas, relative to the payment of mileage and per diem by this Grand Lodge, beg leave to report that we have given this matter our most careful consideration. And while we recognize the possible advantages which might follow the adoption of the resolutions, yet we do not see our way clear, under the existing condition of the finances of this Grand Lodge, to burden it with an expenditure of from $2,500.00 to $3,000.00 a year. While the financial exhibit made by the Grand Lodge this year is an excellent one, and, in fact, far better than for many years past, still we must not lose sight of the fact that during the coming year the Grand Lodge will be called upon to expend something like $8,000.00 to $10 000.00 for repairs to the "Temple property." This building has been completed some twelve years, and, during that time, practically no repairs have been made, and to-day they are absolutely necessary if we are to retain our tenants. Furthermore, during the coming year, the Grand Lodge will be called upon to pay out the further sum of $3,000.00 for insurance premiums, which, together with the amount necessary for repairs, will more than absorb any excess of the revenues over the expenditures. In view of these facts we do not see our way to recommend the adoption of the resolutions. Fraternally submitted, H. M. DANNEKL Chairman. J
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On motion, duly adopted, the report was received. CHARTER GRANTED TO MARION LODGE, (J. D.
On motion, the resolution submitted by the Committee on
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Work and Returns was adopted and a charter was granted to Marion Lodge (now U. LV, as No. 283 on roster of this Grand Lodge. WIDOWS' AND ORPHANS' RELIEF FUND.
W. Bro. Fred. 0. Marsh, No. 57, submitted the following resolution: NEW ORLEANS, February 3, 1904. To the M. W. Grand Lodge, F. ana A. M., of the State of Louisiana:
Resolved., That this Grand Lodge accepts, with thanks, the magnificent donation of $1,500.00 made by the Grand Chapter of R. A. M. of Louisiana and places the said amount to the credit of a fund, which is hereby established, to be known as the " Widows' and Orphans' Relief Fund." Fraternally submitted, FRED. C. MARSH, NO. 57.
On motion, the resolution was unanimously adopted. DONATION OF $79.45 TO WIDOWS7 AND ORPHANS' FUND.
On motion, of E. W. Bro. L. B. Thomas, duly adopted, the sum of $79.45 (see proceedings first day's session), was placed to the credit of the Widows' and Orphans' Eelief Fund. COMMITTEE ON PLAN OF MASONIC RELIEF.
The resolutions submitted by W. Bro. John C. Wickliffe? in-re. committee to suggest plan of Masonic relief, were taken up for action, said resolutions having been referred back to this Grand Lodge by the Committee on Audit and Accounts. Brother Wickliffe anoved the adoption of the resolutions, when the following amendment was submitted by M. W. Bro. Chas. F. Buck: Ada, at end of second resolution, the following: " That this Committee be, and is, instructed to recommend such legislation, by amendments to the Constitution or otherwise, as may be necessary to carry out the plan, or plans, recommended—either for the establishment of a 'Home' or for the creation and maintenance of a ' Permanent Relief Fund."'
The amendment proposed by M. W. Bro. Buck was accepted by mover of original motion and the vote was then taken, viva voce, on the adoption of the resolutions as amended, and the same adopted; '
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RESOLUTION INCREASING SALARY OF GRAND LECTURER.
On motion, the resolution submitted by W. Bro. O. H. Simpson, increasing salary of Grand Lecturer, was taken up for action. Moved that the recommendation of the Committee on Audit and Accounts be adopted and that the salary of the Grand Lecturer be fixed at the sum of $1,500.00 per annum without any allowance for incidental expenses. The vote was then taken, viva voce, and the recommendation of the Committee on Audit and Accounts was adopted. • RESOLUTION INCREASING SALARY OF GRAND SECRETARY.
On motion, the resolution submitted by M. W. Bro. E. H. Cage, increasing the salary of the Grand Secretary was taken up for action. Moved that the recommendation of the Committee on Audit and Accounts be adopted and that the salary of the Grand Secretary be fixed at the sum of 81,800.00 per annum, without any allowance for incidental expenses. The vote was then taken, viva voce, and the recommendation of the Committee on Audit and A ccounts was adopted. RESOLUTIONS ON MILEAGE AND PER DIEM.
On motion, the report of the Committee on Audit and Accounts in re resolutions on mileage and per diem, submitted by R. W. Bro. L. E. Thomas, was taken u p for action. Moved that the report of the Committee be adopted. Bro. Thomas paoved, as a substitute, that the original resolutions be adopted. Bro. Horn, No. 168, moved that the portion relating to the payment of per diem be stricken out. The vote was taken, viva voce, on the amendment to strike out the portion relating to payment of per diem, and the amendment was adopted. Motion to adopt the resolutions, as amended, on a call of the Lodges. Roll call of Lodges: Yeas, 184; nays, 116, and the resolutions, as amended, were adopted. . ,. .-.••;•. , ;.,
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The M. W. Grand Master, Robert E. Eeid, declared the election of Grand Officers for the ensuing Masonic year as being next in order and appointed W. Bros. J. D. Marks and Fred. C. Marsh as tellers. The election was then held with the following results: L P. DELAHOUSSAYB, of Perfect Union Lodge No. 1, M. W. Grand Master. E. T. SELLERS, of Downsville Lodge No. 143 (appointed by M. W. G. M.), R. W. Deputy Grand Master. L. C. ALLEN, of Caddo Lodge No. 179, R. W. Grand Senior Warden. ' O. H. SIMPSON, of Mount Moriah No. 59, R. W. Grand Junior Warden. On motion, duly adopted, the'M. W. Grand Master elect was directed to cast the vote of this Grand Lodge for Grand Treasurer, Grand Secretary and Grand Lecturer, with the following result: A. G. RICKS, of Kosraos Lodge No. 171, R. W. Grand Treasurer. RICHARD LAMBERT, of Mount Moriah Lodge No. 59, R. W. Grand Secretary. C. T. HINES, of Urim Lodge No. Ill, R, W. Grand Lecturer. The M. W. Grand Master elect, L. P . Delahoussaye, then announced the following appointments: REV. DR. HERMAN C. DUNCAN, of Jefferson Lodge No. 191, W. Grand Chaplain. REV. C. C. KRAMER, of Aurora Lodge No. 193, W. Grand Senior Deacon. AARON STEEG, of Friends of Harmony Lodge No. 58, W. Grand Junior Deacon. JOHN S. ALFRED, of Jefferson Lodge No. 191, W. Grand Marshal. JOHN PULESTON, of Amite City Lodge No. 175, W. Grand Sword Bearer. JOS. T. LABIT, of Abbeville Lodge No. 192 VV. Grand Pursuivant. JOS. MEYERS, of Linn Wood Lodge No. 167, W. Grand Steward. ROBERT W. IRVINE, of George Washington Lodge No. 65, W. Grand Steward. v J. D. MARKS, of Orowley Lodge No. 243, W. Grand Steward. N. B. NULL, of Ruston Lodge No. 106, W. Grand Steward. JAS. A. CHADWICK, of Jefferson Lodge No. 191, GrandOrganist. JOHN R. LAMBERT, of Mount Moriah Lodge No. 59, Grand Tyler.
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All of the above named officers, elected and appointed, (except the Grand Lecturer), were then duly installed in their respective offices by M. W. Bro. Eobert H. Cage, P. G. M., assisted by M. W. Bro. Eobert E. Eeid, P. G. M. EXEMPLIFICATION OF THE "WORK."
E. W. Bro. L. E. Thomas submitted the following: Resolved, That at the next Annual Grand1 Communication of this M. W. Grand Lodge, in February,. 1905, a "School of Instruction " be held on Monday, the first day of the Communication, commencing at 10 o'clock A. M. (presided over by the Grand Lecturer and under the supervision of the Committee on Work), for the exemplification of the esoteric work of the "Symbolic" degrees, as far as practicable; Resolved, That the B. W. Grand Secretary be directed, in the Monthly Circular of December, 1904, to call the attention of Lodges to this resolution and also to the resolution, adopted at this Annual Grand Communication, providing for the payment of mileage to one representative from each chartered Lodge. Fraternally submitted, L. E. THOMAS, NO. 179.
On motion, and under a suspension of the rules, these resolutions were duly adopted. A PPROPRIATIONS. The following resolutions were submitted and adopted: Resolved, That the sum of one hundred dollars be appropriated to the chairman of the Committee on Foreign Correspondence; Resolved, That the sum of ten dollars be appropriated to the Grand Chaplain; Resolved, That the sum of ten dollars be appropriated to the Grand Organist. CLOSING. No further business appearing, the M. W. Grand Master, L. P. Delahoussaye, after prayer by the Eev. Dr. Herman Cope Duncan, Grand Chaplain, closed the M. W. Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Louisiana, in ample form, until the Ninety-fourth Annual Grand Communication, which will be held in the Masonic Temple, City of New Orleans, on the first Monday in February (6th), 1905. L. p. DELAHOUSSAYE, Attest: GRAND MASTER. EICHAED LAMBEET, GRAND SECRETARY.
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GRAND LODGE OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA, GBAND LODGE HALL, Corner St. Charles and Perdido Streets.
I HEREBY
CERTIFY
that the foregoing pages, from 1 to
71, contain a true transcript of the Minutes of the Proceedings of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of the State of Louisiana, at its lus^ Annual
Grand Communication, held in the City of New Orleans,
from the first day to the third day of February, A. D. 1904. A. L.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF,
I have hereunto affixed the seal' of the Most Wonhipful
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Lodge of the State of Louisiana, F. and A. Masons, together with my official signature, this twentyseventh day of February, A. D. 1904, A. L. 5904.
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N. B.—All communications should be addressed to LAMBERT,
RICHABD
Grand Secretary, Room 21, Masonic Temple, New
Orleans, La. Next Annual
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WORK AND RETURNS OF CONSTITUENT LODGES FOR THE YEAR 1904.
PERFECT UNION LODGE No. 1. Chartered August loth, 1813. Original Organization, 179a Masonic Temple, New Orleans. Meets first and third Thursdays. OFFICERS.
William C. Wright Wm. Frank, Jr Archie L. Cline... Joseph Bein Zach T. Black L. P. Delahoussaye
W. M. ...S. W. J. W. Treasurer. Secretary. Chaplain.
M. Donnellan.. S. D. C. W . W a i t e . . . . . ; . . . . . . J. D. C. M. Shute M. of C. J. H Gutmau I as tt Ae wwaa rr Ha s( . Wm. A. Lashley j August Buuek Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
Adams, Jno. Wm. Baker, Edward Benedict, Wm. S. Benedict, Percy S. Black, Z. T.
Craig, E. D. Hamilton, E. J. Perry, Horace A. DeGrange.Jos. H. Hero, Andrew Quayle, M. Danneel, H. M. Heyman, Michel Strong, Robert Delahoussaye^L.P. McFarland, Jno.B. Selby, George Turck, C.E. LIFE MEMBERS.
S. M.Todd, P.G.M. R. H. Browne,P.M. Z. Bruenn. Edwin Marks, T.D.VanHorn,P.M S. S. Herrick, P. U. M.
George Bain, Jacob Roth.
MEMBERS.
Aberle, John J. Abrams, N. S. Baad, C. H. Baldwin, A., Jr. Bassetti, U. Bedell, Charles Bender, J. J. Bensel, EL, Jr. Bernius, H. Bertram. Fred Bloom, Albert Bloom, Jeff. D. Boning. George Brown. J. J. Burbank, A. J. Cage, Hugh C. Cahn, M. Carlys, H. I. Carter, R. H. Chaffe, W. H. Chaffe, D. B. H. Collins, Wm. J,
Collins, Wm. A. Curran, D. D. Daniel, J. D. Davis, James R. DeLanzac, A. Dickinson, M. M. Dirmeyer, A. L. Douglas, J. H. Downman, R. H. Drevar. Ed. H. Edwards, Daniel Edwards, W. J. Ehrlich, Samuel Ellison, Luke Elmer, Chas. O. Elmer, J. O. Endel, Wolf Evans, N. J. Games, C. A. Garson, O. F. Gast, Gustave X. Gaudet, C. A.
Gause, H. C. Gerdes, A. Goesling, Peter Graham, A. S. Grandjean, C. W. Hakenjos, L. P. Hammer, E. E. Hamilton, J. D. Hansell, F. F. Haubtman. Victor Hawkins. Charles Hire, G. M. Hooper, R. H. Hopkins, J. P. Hummel, Jas. H. Hunter, E. W. Jaeger, J. R. Johaneson, L. J. Jordan, Wm. A. Kahn, Emanuel Keenan, John E. Klotz, Bernard
Knee, Thomas Lawrie, And. W. Lilliard, W. B. Lincoln, Alfred R, Lincoln, C. K., Jr. Littlefield, Jos. A. Loeffler, Jules Lott, Fred J. Lytle,W. C: MaconJiT. L. Mann, Walter B. Martin, W. A. McColgin, J. E. McGehee, E. L. McKay, F. E. Mellen, D. C. Meyer, A. L. Meyer, Ike Morgan, Wilber J. Mouchon, John A. Moulin, Thos. J, Mudge, C.
74 Nelson, Chris. Orr, Philip A. Osborne, R. J. B. Pardee, D. A. Pardue. C. A. Peete, G. A. : "Pfeiffer, Henry Powers, J. E. Quirk, H. C. Rainey, Charles Rayner, H. W. Regard, E.
WORK AND RETURNS OP Richard Ellas Sidney, J. A. Roberts, Bertran Stern. N.'S. Rousseau, J. A. A. Steinhart, J. D. Simon, Joseph Rub, John Stemler, Jacob Rueff, Geo. W. Sutcliff, W. W. • Satterley, Sam Thomas, H. G. Schfenck* C. H. Thorn on, C. B. Scott, John H. Seymour, Shelby Thomson, John Todd, W. E. Shearer, D. L. Tutwiler, Shields, James - A. S. Siekman, Ivan F. Walshe, B. T.
Walton, J. F. Walz, A. Warmoth, H. C. Watson, Frank Weber, P. R. Weeks, W, E; Whitehead, M..,Jr. Wilson, J. H. Wolf, Isidore Wolff, Louis Wood, P. T. Wright, H. W. Total 173 members.
Initiated—Alexander D. Latchford. Initiated and Passed-Gust&ve X. H. Gast, Charles F. V. Labarre, Thomas M. Bechtel, Edward S. Raymond, William R. Noble, James H. Noble. George Lanjrtry. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Edward H. Drevar, Christian B. Thomson, Michael Doanellan, William A. Lashley. Passed and Raised—Robert H. Do wnman, Edwin E. Hammer. Affiliated—Richard Elias, Walter C. Lytle. Bimitted—Raoul Sere. Died— N. H. Way, George A. Asher, Louis O. Schwartz, H. P. Buckley, p. M., Peter Richter, J. D. Willis, J. W. Dwyer, J. T. Purves.
POLAR STAR LODGE No. 1. Chartered August 15th, 1813. Original organization, 1794 Polar Star Hall, corner Rampart and Kcrtergc streets, New Orleans. Meets first Friday in eacb month. OFFICERS.
Paul Vandenborre B.Simon Henri Maumus F. W. Caloagne Wm. Gomez H. Fourment Pierre St. Opery.
W. M. . . . . . . . . S . W. J. W. Orator. Treasurer. Secretary. M. Bxp.
Prosper Ballex H. Vandenborre John S. Mioton, Jr M. Piverts Joseph Laguens Jjouis Bagoeries J. Grabot
M. of C. S. D. J. D. Al. or Hosp. Econ. I. G. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
Silvian Chanfrau, P. M. Godchaux, W. Gomez, P. D. D. G. M. H. Vandenborre, Alb. Cadessus.
F. W. Calongne, Bernard May lie,
J. M. Verges, R. Lafontaine.
LIFE MEMBER.
R. Beer. MEMBERS.
Artigue, F. Aurensan, L. Bessec, A. Biffi, Chas. Briant, T. P. Bringier, M. C. Brunot, F. A. Bulot, C. Cailliot, J. Chretien, J. F. Claverie, Alf. Claverie, Bug. Cooper, John B. Copping, Thos. F. Corbeau, Leon
Delord. P. Dezelos, Jas. P. Dorignac, J. Dours, Irenee Dupuy, A. Dusse, Ernest Erard, Chas. J. Frere, E. V. Gauthier, L. Gele, Leon Gonzalez, G. G. Grnber. Victor Guirtiud, M. Guerchoux, P. H. Journee, J.
Junqua, J. B. Junqua, Wm. Kroll, O. F. Lamothe, F. Laporte, Jos. Laurent, C. T. Letellier, F. P. Louis. J. B. Lux, M. Mailhes. Vital Marshall, J. B. Mioton, Eugene Moirie, Jos. Morel, J. T. Mutti, A.
Noto, C. Oehmichen, A. Ranna, V. Rault, L. Rodriguez. E. J. Rousset, P. Sacerdotte, A. Seelhorst, W. G. E. St. Martin, J. Tujague, G. Tuiague, L. Valentinien, V. Vergnole, J. M. Waldmeier, H. Total, 79 members.
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Initiated, Passed and Raised—Irenee Dours, Jean B. Louis, Henri Maumus, Louis Bagneries, Leoa Gele, Jos. Laguens, Prosper Ballex, Joseph F. Chretien. Passed and Raised—Edw. J. Rodriguez. Raised— Frank P. Letellier. Dimitted—Jean Mounanes Died—Octave Labarre, Oeon Duclos. Dropped-Rene Pegot, Pierre Djnnes, Sylvain Galiano. PERSEVERANCE LODGE No. 4. Chartered August 15th. 1812. Original organization, 1810. Corner Dumaine and St. Claude streets, New Orleans. Meets second and fourth Fridays. OFFICERS.
Henri Berie Alex. Langlois Adolph Barrere Octave Garsaud Jean Duffoure J. Magendie Joseph Dufour
W. M. S. W. J. W. Orator. Treasurer. Secretary. Almoner.
J. Combrefc Frank X. Dufour U.de Keyna, J r Sylvaln Tujague Charles Igau Henri Dours U. Sahuque
M. Exp. M. of C. S. D. J. D. Econom. I. G. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
Henry St. Gez, P. D. D. G. M., J. Mandot,
J. Magendie, Octave Garsaud.
U. Sahuque.
LIFE MEMBERS.
J. Lapeyrolerie,
F. Fick. MEMBERS.
R. Lafontaine. Daverede, A. Latil, A. F. Oustalet. Paul P. M.* Ducasse, J. Latour, Jean S. Palette, R. F. F. de P. Villasana, Dufour, Paui J Lavigne B. Paysse, J. C. P.M.* Dupont Leon D Magne, Jacques Plaggio, Anjrelo D. Aime. Gabriel Duthu. Joseph Manzoni, P. R. Pizzini, Paul Alciatore, F Fourreau, A. Martin, J. Sahuque, Paul Bertrand, Fred. Gabriella, Ant. Melun, John Salles, J. E. Blanchin, George Gouaze, Fred Melun, Raptiste Saunier, August Brejoni, Andre Guttierrez, Ernest Mothe, Guillaume Silva, Frank Castaing, Urbain Herbert, John Neuhauser, Albert Soulie, George, Jr. Charbonnet, F. D. Labon, Jean Neuhauser, Sam'l Weinhill. John S. Colonies. F. Lamare. James J . Ortet, J. M. A. Zeller, Theo. Dauga, Pierre Larroude, Leon Total, 64 members. Initiated—Virjcent Piaggio Initiated, Passed and Raised— Paul J. Dufour, Frank Silva, Anthony Gabriella, Gabriel Aime, Angelo D. Piaggio, Henri Dours, Sylvain Tujaque, James J. Lamare, L. D. Dupont. Reinstated—Pierre Dauga. "•Honorary members. CERVANTES LODGE No. 5. Formed by union of Los Amigos del Orden Lodge No. 5 and Silencio Lodge No. 9. Organized September 17th, 1883. Chartered No. 5, February 13th, 1884. Organized March 10th, 1881 (to date from 1842). Meets corner St. Claude and Dumaine streets, second and fourth Mondays. OFFICERS.
UsebloRuiz Augnstin Mateu JoseVenta J. C. Suarez J. B. Desangles Juan Gonzalez G. Simoni
..W. M. S. W. J. W. Orator. Treasurer. Secretary. Hospitaler.
D. J. Villareza S. D. Jose Menendez J. D. R.Galante M. E. Ramon Ubert M. of C. Francisco Bell Econ. F. Liuzza I. G. U. Sahuque (not a member)... .Tyler.
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F. de P-. Villasana, D. B. Martinez. John C. Suarez, P. D. D. G. M.
Jose Venta,
HONORARY MEMBERS.
G. Passalaqua, George H. Packwood, John S. Alfred, F. Chalona,
David R. Graham, Angelo Danna.
MEMBERS.
Amiero, L. Angaud, V. B. Baceiardi. E. Barrios, Simon Barzana, Jacinto
Bugueiro, M. A. Cabatlero, Manuel Garcia, Juan F. Gormia, Cefeliello Lamia, Vincent
Lombardo, G. Mangaracctoi, J. Mercadal, J. Papania, G. Parpal, Juan
Planas, Jose M. Poblador, S. Sansovich, M. Valle, V. Del. Vega, Jose Total, 35 members. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Ramon Gal ante. Jose Menendez.
HUMBLE COTTAGE LODGE No. 19. Chartered July 13th, 1820. Opelousas, St. Landry parish. Stated meetings, Wednesday on or before full moon of each month. OFFICERS.
F. P. Butler. A.CSkiles L. S.Haas J. A. Haas
W. M. ..S.W. J. W. Treasurer. C. A. Reynolds
F. C. Allen D. S. Edwards J . E . Allen Bernard Bennett Tyler.
..Secretary. Chaplain. S. D. J. D.
PAST MASTERS.
H. L. Garland, P. D. D. G. M., J, W. Jackson.
Geo. Pulford, P. D. D. G. M. B. A. Littell, O. H. Terwilliger,
I. E. Shute, D. S. Edwards, F. P. Butler.
LIB'E MEMBER.
C. Mayo, P. M., P. D. D. G. M. MEMBERS.
Bailey, Jonas W. J. Bittle, A. W. Butler, Lee Callahan, Jas. W. Carey, Z. T. .Crawford, Wm. Depres, Maurice Eddy, F. N. Gibbons, T. C. Goslinski, M.
Gourney, S. A. Haas. Sam'l Hebrard, S. L. Isaacs, I. Jacobs, Jonas Jacobs, Sol Kahn, Henry Klaus, Max. Littell, R: M. Loeb, Aaron
Loeb, E. L. Maher, Wm. Martin, F. P. Mayo, Thad. Meyers, Julius Mornhinveg, J. L. Nolan, Arthur Plonsky, J. Pridgeon, H. R. Ray, James O.
Ray, W. H. Roos, Isaac Sanders, J. M. Sandoz, F. L. Shute. F. C. Slack, W. S. Smith, Jonas P. Solomonson, Louis Walker, R. L. Wolff, Leon Total, 57 members. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Frederick C. Allen, Leon S. Haas, Samuel Haas, Henry Pridgeon, Clarence A. Reynolds. DimUted— Armas Dnrio. Suspended—W. S. Evins. Suspended,
XT. M. C.—T. A. Jackson.
CONSTITUENT LODGES. WESTERN STAR LODGE No. 24.
Original charter, July 12th, 1823. New charter granted 1810. Monroe, Ouachlta parish, La. Stated meetings, first and third Tuesdays of each month. OFFICERS. J. W. Dunn. T. L. Morris W. M. Ruffln Herman Meyer. J. D. Oakley
W. M. S. W. ...J. W. Treasurer. Secretary.
E. G. Courtney J. G. Sanders R. Downs, Jr M. G. Massengill R. P. Moore
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PAST MASTERS. F. P. Stubbs, Sr. F. Endom, J. B. Illingsworth, Graham Surghnor, g , P. G. J. W., P. D. D. G. M., P. D. D. G. M., D D. D D. G G. M M., S Haas. H J h E. E H J. C. B Berry, S. John Hanna, W. P. Renwick.
Alderson, H. B. Alexander, L. P. Allison, J. S. Anderson, E. W. Apgar, H. D. Awl, W. H. Baer, L. Bares will, D. Barr, A., Jr. Barringer, V. C. Baxter, J. W. Bell, J. R. Benninger. T. H. Bird, W. P. Blancke, J. G. Bogard, W. J. Bowman, W. J. Bradley, F. D. Brooks, C D . Buckingham, F. D Burke, C. Byers, J. H. Causey, E. L. Chappell, J. T. Chappell, Geo. D. Crenshaw, H. M. Crook, G. M. Culpepper, E. L. Cul pepper, W. S. Cummings, W. F. Drago, Will
MEMBERS. Langfelderj A, Duty, 'M. J. Latch, A. Edwards, W. D. Lee, J. M. Eichel, C. N. Fauntleroy, C. E. Levy, F. Madden, E. P. Fran torn, J. R. Furgerson, W. R. Marx, H. P. McClure, F. J.' Gaunt, J. M. McDuffy, J. Geismar, C. McGehee, J. D. George, L. C. McLain, T. C. Goldman, L. H. McNeeley, James Handy, J. S. Meyer, Jonas Harrison, G. E. Miller, W. G. Haynes, J. T. Mitchell A. Hebeler, G. B. Heffrfngton. J. B. Morris, Lane H. Moritz, I. Herring, A. J. Nelson, James L. Hirsh, M. Newhauser. D. Hoggard, W. E. Newman, E. F. Hood, T. L. Newwith, E. Hudson, F. G. Packwood, H. H. Hunnicutt, W. Parker, A. F. Jarman, J. S. Parker, C. K. Johnston, L. G. Parker, F. P.. Sr. Johnston, J. W. Parker, F. P., Jr. Johnston, D. A. Peters, F. C. Johnston, C. B. Pipes, W. Kaliski, Julius Kaliski, Marcus Pope, J. E. Potts, J. J. Keller, J. M. Potts, W. N. Kern. L. Key, D. H.
Preston, G. A. Reagan, S. E. Richardson, J. R. Ross, F. M. Sandel, Wm. Scarborough, J. W. Scriber, W. J. C. Searcy, W. J. Showalter, D. B. Simpson, John B. Slack, A. L. Sour, Henry Speed, H R. Strong, E. Strong, W. A. Stubbs, G. P. Stubbs, L. W. Stubbs, F. P., Jr. Sugar. Sam'l Sugar, Isidor Swartz, Harry R. Swartz, E. Tennyson, W. A. Walstein, J. Washburn, W. M. Weil, S. D. Wheatley. E. Williams, H. M. Wiseman, C. H. Wright, T. Total, 140 members.
Initiated—-Tim. L. Tippitt, Leon M. Langfelder. Initiated, Passsdand Raised—Thomas Wright, Armand Barr. Jr.. Conrad E. Fauntleroy, Richard Downs. Jr., Green M. Crook, Guyton P. Stubbs, J. D. McGehee, John B. Heffrington.
Passed and Raised—W. Cummings. Raised— Hillyer R. Speed, Frank M. Ross. Affiliated—John S. Handy, J. E. Pope. " Dlmitted^-W. D. Miller. Died—C. J. Boatner.
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WORK AND RETURNS OF ST. ALBANS LODGE No. 28.
Chartered January 6th 1827. Jaskson, East Fellclana parish, La. Stated Meetings, Saturday on or before full moon ol each month. OFFICERS.
J, W.Lea G.M.Tomb H.B.Barrow.. A. 8. Tomb W. F, Norsworthy E. C. McKowen
W.M. .-...8. W. J. W. Treasurer. Secretary. S. D. K. D, Harvey
V. M. Norseworthy P. W. Koberts J. S. Slocum J. S. Tomb A.G.Munson D. M.Tomb Tyler.
J. D. Chaplain. M. olC. : .Marshal. I Stpw91.(1a htewards.
PAST MASTERS,
E. C. McKowen, P. D. D. G. M. P. W. Roberts. D. M. Pipes. J. S. Slocum. MEMBERS.
Harvey, A. A. Keller, G. G. Singleton, H. R. Daniel, Robert Hays, Geo. A. B. Kemp, R. C. Slocum, Randolph Dawson, C. D. Heins, W. O., Jr. Kennedy. Win. Tomb, S. G. Durnim, James Wolf, Joseph Freeland, J. B. Jones, J. W. Rpams, P. A. Woodside, Geo. J. Gayden. W. P. Jones, S. L. Rogers, L. W. Total, 35 members. Harbour, R. H. Affiliated— Hilliard B. Barrow. Dimitted—J. Levy, J. C. Ellis, W. C. Seale, Joseph Rosiere. Vied -John Q. Austin. . Reinstated—P. A. Reams. FELICIANA LODGE No. 31, Chartered March 25th, 1828. Originally organized 1817 (as46Ky.), St. Franclsvllle, West Feliclana parish, La. Stated meetings, first and third Mondays. / OFFICERS.
Sidney Powell Rudolph Teutsch Ben. Mann J. R. Matthews
..W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer.
J. B. Thomas A. F. Barrow George Baler A. B. Briant
Secretary. S. D. J. I) Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
W. W. Leake, P. G. S. W., J. R. Hutchison,
J. G. Plettinger, T. T. Lawson, A. F. Barrow,
O. D. Brooks, J. R. Matthews, H. C. Leake,
A. Villeret, J. B. Thomas. D. I. Norwood.
LIFE MEMBER.
W. Town. MEMBERS.
Ahrenbeck, J. B. Alexander, M. Allain, V. F. Austin, J. M. Blum, Joe, Campbell, J. W. Dreyfus, S. Folkes, Cheston Forrester, W. T.
Fraenkel, H. Freyhan, Julius Graber, H. Greenwald, A. L. Harris, A. M. Harrison, R. A. Hilier, I. Kahn, Wm. Leake, R. M.
Leopold, B. Levy, Morris C. Lopez, H. C. Magearl, W. H, Mann, Abe McQueen, J. W. Meyer, Joe Michel, M. Muller, A.
Initiated and Passed— Armand S. Michel. Passed—Felix Corrisran, Lonis Tucker. Passed and Raised—George Baier. IHmitted—Hi Hard B. Barrow, Joseph Kraln. Died—Adolph Teutsch. Suspended—Edward R. Moses,
Mumford, F. M. Phillips. R. B. Raas, Ike Raynham, T. Richardson. W. H. Tempel, C. W. White. G. P. Wolf, E. Wolf. Morris Total, 53 members.
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PHCENIX LODGE No. 38. Chartered October 6th, 1833. Natchitoches, Natchitoches parish, La. Stated meetings, first and third Wednesdays of each month. OFFICERS.
S. Walmsley S. G. Dowden E. L. Dezendorf F. T. Lattier J. C. Trichel, Jr Geo. D. Pickels
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer. Secretary. S. D.
Charles F. Powell J. W. Jones J. L. Weaver L. Gunning Jacob Leyy
J. D. Chaplain. Marshal. j fctewaras. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
P. Brazeale, J. E. Breda,
C. Chaplin, T. P. Chaplin,
J. W. Jones, A. Kaffle,
S. Walmsley. J. L. Weaver.
• LIFE MEMBER.
J. J. A. Martin. MEMBERS.
Michaelson, A. Simon, H. Aby, R. H. Harrison, E. J. Montgomery, R. L. Simon, H. L. Bath, A. E. Holston, Me K. Monroe, W. L. A. Simon, S. CaldwelL B. C. Hyams, H. M. Nelkin, S. " " Calves, R. S. ' Jaffa, Louis Stephens, Geo. W. Carver, M. H. Kaffle, Harris Payne, M. L. Stephens, E. L. Clinton, J. M. Kaffle, Sidney Pharis, Wm. H. Stephens, J. H. Cook, G. J. Kaffie, Leopold Phelps, H. T. Sompayrac, G. A. Dietrich, A. M. Kramson, Sam'l Phillips, Ed Trichel, C. E. Ferring, Wra. C. Lestage, A. J. Porter, Thos. F. Trichel, G. L. Friedman, J. T. Levy, Edgar Scarborough, D. C. Unter, Charles Friedman, Sam'l Levy, H. M. . Semmelman, I. Vlner, J. Furlow, John T. Levy, Sam'l Simon, A. E. Winebarg, S. Hargrove, J. B. Total, 55 members. Initiated—Noble W. Williams, Charles W. Page. Initiated ami Passed—John E. Keeney. Initiated, Passed and liaised—Leo Gunning, Sidney Kaffie, Wm. C. Irwin, Samuel Kramson, Samuel Levy, Geo. D Pickels, Samuel Friedman. Raised—Thns. F. Porter, Jr., Louis Jaffa, Ross L. Montgomery. Affiliated—W. L. A. Monroe, Geo. W. Stephens, M. L. Payne, Gervals L. Trichel. B. T. Phelps. Died— W. H. Ware. GERMANIA LODGE No. 46. Chartered April 18th, 1844. 1834 St. Louis street, between Derbigny and Roman streets, New Orleans. Meets every second and fourth Wednesdays. OFFICERS.
B. Von Schlemmer Albert Werner H. Schroeder M. Heiseman Henry Schwartz, Sr H. H. Hutten H. Weil...
W. M. Wm.Loscb S. W. David Bonhagen J. W. F. K. Silberbauer Orator. Eugene Schwartz Treasurer. Leon Mann Secretary. Paul Blum S. D. Max. Schulz William O. Schmidt Tyler.
J. D. Almoner. M. Exp. ..M. of C. K. of S. Econom. I. G.
PAST MASTERS.
Charles F. Buck, Ph. Pfeffer, M. Heiseman, Albert Heim, P. G. M., P. I). D. G. M., Engelbert Behrens, Chas. Koerrenzig, J. J. Klein, Ulrich Baehr, Emil Pier.
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" ••"••• E. G. Wuhderiich,
LIFE MEMBERS. J, Frederich,
Chris Wild.
MEMBEES. Bach, Solomon Frelieh, B. Kasche, H. Schilling, Adam Baum, Simon Fulda, L.P. Knick, Aug. F. Schilda, M. Bender,,Louis Goetz, Edward Kohlman; Wm. Schwartz, H., Jr. Borehers, F. Grosz, A. F. Kuhl, John Standinger, E. Burchardt, Joseph Hagstette, B. G. Lemley, David Theurer, F. E. Castillan, Victor Heber, H. Levi, Herman Wahl, C. Eichenberg, Carl Hoehn,B. Meyer, F. Werner, Jacob Engelhard, H. Hoerske, Chas. Mysenburg, E.von Flucke, A. Hunzelmann,J.H.CRaquet, F. Total, 60 members. /. Initiated—Rudolph Bernhardt, Charles Schenck, Theodore Spitzfaden. Initiated and Passed-^-Hans J. Blytt, D. A. Walter, Charles Dennery. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Charles Hoerske, Eugene Schwartz. Raised—A. Flucke. Died—John Kloppenberg, George Faebnle, Henry Heidemann. Suspended—Adolph Muasch.
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ST. JAMES LODGE No. 47.
Chartered June 25th, 1841. Baton Rouge, La. Meets first Friday In each month. ••".-.
L. G.Stirling L. T. Powers... A. M. Herget O, B. Steele
OFFICERS.
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer.
R. N. Koss &. B. Day A. Doherty, Jr R. J. B. Fairie
......Secretary. B. D. J. D. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
•E. L. Woodside, W. H. Reynaud,
M.Klein, C. C. Bird, Geo. K. Favrot, Charles O. Weick, Henry L. Fuqua, Charles McVea. W. P. Burden. LIFE MEMBER.
Henry Gentles. MEMBERS.
Bates, J. W. Dehson, Thomas S.Jones, Sambola T. Pruyn, R. L. Bauer, C. E. Dougherty, J. A. Kidd, W. P. Randolph, W. G. Blouin, J. E. Farnbacher, S. Kidd, George B. Robertson, M. P. Brogan, John Fisher, John D. Knox, King H. Rosenfield, A. Brooks, C. M. Flower, E. P. Mayer, Ben R. Roux, Jules Brunot, H. F. Frank, A. Mayer, E. H. Stewart, Thos. D. Burden, Daniel B. Fitch, D. C. McCarty, L. S. Stevens, W. Lewis Chamberlin, W. B. Hare, J. B. McNair, Angus K. Saunders, Henry J. Conn, H. L. Harrelson, W. D. Mendelsohn, I. J. Stroube, H. R. Cross, T. Jones Hoehendel, Ben F. Pino, Joseph Thomas, J. N. Day, K. B. Jones, G. Q. Pike, E. A. Wieck, F. F. Day, W. O. Jones, Thomas S. Total, 64 members. Initiated and Passsd—Arthur T. Prescott, James Pierie, James A. Caruthers. Initiated Passed and Raised—U. B. Day, E. F. Wieck, W- O. Day, E. P. Flower. Affiliated—A. M. Herget, W. D. Harrelson. Died—T; J . Bufflngton.
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MINDEN LODGE No. 51. Chartered April 19th, 1845. Mlnden, Webster parish, La. Stated meetings, first and third Tuesdays in each month. OFFICEKS.
George Life W. W. McCoy C. H.Curtis R. H. Miller
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer.
C. R. Davis P. A. Jones A. S. Monzingo J. M. Chanler
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
J. C. T. Chafle,
R. C. Drew,
W. Hv Webb, C. P. Chaffe.
W. J. Reams,
LIFE MEMBER.
E. T. Nickerson. MEMBERS.
Atkerson, B. S-.. Dyer, I. M. McCoy, Neeley Sandlin, J. N. Berry, W. H. Fingerle, J. C. Mims, D. S. Scott, E. A. Blackwell, H. L. Fort, A. H. Minis, J. B. Scott, S. M. Sledge. J. M. Cleveland, Ed Goldberg, Joo Monzingo. J. L. Smith, W. F. Cobb, Fred Goodwill, A. Morgan, J. H. Sprouts, W. E. Colbert, J. A. Jones, J. H. Petty, T. J. Tabor, T. J. Colvin, S. I. Kennon, Fioyd Randolph, J. R. Taylor, W. H. Cox, A. L. Lucas, S. D. Reagan, J. W. TUhnan. J. H. Drake, A. C. Lunsford, W. B. Reagan, Wm. Dickens, T. J. McCabe, J. M. Rickerson, B W. Tudor, J. T. Total, 57 members. Dyer, John L. Initiated—C. D. Gould, J. S. Blackman. Initiated and Passed—E. E. Kennon. Initiated, Passed and liaised—J. T. Tudor, C. H. Curtis, P. A. Jones, W. E. Sprouts, R. H. Miller, W. H. Taylor. Passed and Raised—Floyd Kennon, Joseph Goldberg. Raised—J. C. Pineerle, 8. M. Scott. Affiliated—S. I. Colvin, J. R. Randolph, A. L. Cox. Died— John Kennon, C. M. Turner. OLIVE LODGE No. 52. Chartered November 27th. 1845. Clinton, Parish of East Felieiana. La. Stated meetings, Saturday on or before full moon of each month. OFFICERS.
W. H. Bennett C. W. Ball W. M. Empson fl. L. Meyer G. H. Packwood, P. G. M.,
W. M. Jesse L. Cravens Secretary. S. W. I. D. Wall S. D. ...J. W. L. M. McKnight, J. D. Treasurer E. Ross Tyler. PAST MASTERS. I. B. Wall, Geo. N. Record, Geo. J. Reiley, Samuel Adler, F. W. Lewis.
Anderson, George Baird, Moses Bauman, Henry Bennett, Owen L. Bennett. T. S. Bennett, WilburBrown, C. C. Cain, W. A. Cain, S. P. Cook, Allen
Corcoran, T. fj. Felps, Isaac T. Ford, Harry Forrester. H. H. Grippen, J. W. Haine, Edward Hatcher, W. C. Hays, W. F. Hays. X. D. Hochendel, G. M.
MEMBERS.
Irwin, E. L. McKeely, S. G Irwin, Ashby P. Mills, R. Y. Israel, Joseph Munday, D. E. Jones, R. P. Perkins, W. R. Kilbourne, Chas. Ross, Chas. L. Knox, R. G-. Tempel. John D. Lew, Jonie White, Geo. W. Mayer, Isadore Worms, S. E. Mayer, B. A. Mayer, H. L. Total, 52 members.
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Initiated and Passed—Edward E. Wall. Initiated, Passed and Raised— Howard H. Forrester, Ashby P. Irwin, John D. Tempel. T. Sydney Bennett. Affiliated—Jonie Levy, Samuel G. McKeely, Timothy L. Corcoran.
UNION FRATERNAL LODGE No. 53. Farmersville, Union parish, La. Meets third Saturday in each month. Reorganized under charter. March 12,1890. OFFICERS.
J. K. Atkinson J.G.Taylor G. Hartman Ed. Everett R, Haas
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer. Secretary.
F . E . H.Morley SamlR. Nolen.... John W. Taylor Willuardner Joseph F. Colsen.
S. D. J. D.
I stpwnrris f Stewards. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
John R. Shultz,
J. K. Atkinson,
Edmund Haas.
MEMBERS.
Love, R. L. Cargill, J. C. Roberts, Robt. Abbot, John P. Roberts, Wm. R. Allen, Henry E. Cromwell, D. L. Ludwig, H. McFarland, W. A. Selig, Sid. Dawkins, O. C. Arent, Louis Atkinson, Win. J. Dillard, Louis W McVicker, P. H. Stein, Abe Gates, Henry E. Murphy, C. H. Stern, Eugene ' Atkinson,'T. C. Osborn, N. B. Henry, L. H. Tatum, P. A. Bailey, D. L. Pardue, L. Thompson, O. H. Barnes, Luther H. Hollis, D. W. Pardue, Lee L. Underwood. J. M. Boughman, J. D. Hollis, W. T. Raspberry, R. J. Ward, H. W.' Boughman, Oscar Hughes, J. H. Jamersqn, C. H. Read, R. H. Ward, L. A. Breed, Thos. J. Laupheimer, D. E. Roaten, John Ward, tt, H.Brunner, Laz. Total, 57 members. Callaway, A J. Initiated and Passed—Stephen M. Nolan. Initiated, Passed and Raised— Luther H. Barnes, Will. Gardner, Sam. R. Nolan, Bil. H. Ward, Leander A. Ward, Perry A. Tatum, Louis W. Dillard. Passed and Raised—Thomas J. Breed, Louis Arent. Affiliated—R. J. Raspberry. Died—Isaac Shuster, P. M.
MOUNT GERIZIM LODGE No. 54. Chartered November 28th, 1846. Bastrop, Morehouse parish, La. Stated meetings, Monday on or before lull moon of each month. OFFICERS.
J. F. Watson F. M. Odom W. H. Vaughan Moses Wol ft W. A. Harrington
W. M. M. W. J. W. Treasurer. Secretary. T.Turner
J. C. Riley, G. F. Waison W. R. McCreight Lee Driesbach J. T. Howell Tyler.
S. D. J. D. Chaplain. ) «4. Q ,,, 0 _J 0 ^tewaras.
PAST MASTERS. R. D. Marble, D. Sims Brown, P. D. D. G. M.. W. A. Harrington, J. R. Brodnax, W. R. McCreight, L. E. Hall, P. D. D. G. M.
CONSTITUENT LODGES.
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MEMBERS.
Bilberry, Lee Burwell, S. E. Collins, W. A. Cook, J. W. Dalton, J. T. Dominique, John
Overby, F. C. Fox, W. B. Pettiss, A. B. Frye, C. L. Harkness, J, R. Potts, E. N. Jones, Alfred S. Pratt, W. A. Rector, J.M. Madison, J. P. Montgomery, C.W. Riles, W. W.
Initiated—J. Nelson Jones. Initiated, Passed and Raised—3. R. Harkness. Passed and Raised—C. L. fe'rye. Affiliated—W. W. Riles. W. H. Shepherd. Dimitted—J. S. Handy. Died—W H. Shepherd, Henry Schneider.
Silbernagle, B. Stevenson, S. M. Terzia, F. A. Vaughn, D. H. Washburn, A. E. Wolff, Eugene Total, 39 members.
FRANKLIN LODGE No. 57. Chartered January 24th, 1848. Franklin, St, Mary parish, La. Meets first Tuesday and third Sunday in each month and 27th December. OFFICERS.
C. N. Frost D. M. Campbell S. T. McCardell, Jr T. M. Moorman
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer.
A. C. Allen C. P Sims O. J. Byer'.e J. T. Baldwin
PAST MASTERS.
A. C. Allen, P. G. M., Victor Von Shoeler, P. D. D. G. M., M. J. Foster, W. T. Jones, R. W. Allen, P. D. D. G. M., B. W. Smith, J. H. McCardell.
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Tyler.
Minos T. Gordy, R. R. Cocke, P. D. D. G. M., F. C. Marsh, P. D. D. G. M., J. B. Bateman, Wm. Brandt. J. S. Underwood,
LIFE MEMBER.
Felix D. Levy. MEMBERS.
Levy, Bernard Sanders, J. Y. Feske, F. H. Abby, S. M. Lohman. Chas. Simmons, W. P. Atkinson, C. M. Foot, J. W. Martin, E. D. Sims. H, L. Fourmy, J. C. Barbour, C. A. Mayer, Isaac Smith, A, M. Frere, T. F. Bell, M. Migeot, John Saucier, J. R. Blanchard, E. D. Gates, S. J. Milling, T. M. Sewell, J. B. Giles, W. F. Bowman, Ira Morgan, E. F. Short, Adam Hine, C. P. Buford, C. A. Muller, J. N. Tillotson, Frank J. Hudgins, L. S. Caffery, D., Sr. Keenze, Rudolph Murphy, James C. Todd, John R. Cocke, J. S. Popkin, Isaac Trowbridge, W. D. Kyle, Wm. Daniels, T. G. Radcliffe Jas. W. TTnderwood. A. M. Latham, W. H. Dinkins, H. H. Reeves, A. G. Wilson, T. P. Lauve, Chas. Dinkins, W. P. Robichaux, H. J. Wooster. J S. Disch, Thomas F. Lee. R. E. Rose, H. C. Total, 68 members. L'e Normand, F. Ferriot, Paul Initiated—Rudolf Hauf. Initiated and Passed—E. E. Packard. Initiated, Passed and Raised— Edward Kihnel, T. P. Wilson, I. S. Wooster, C. A. Barbour, S. J. Gates. Charles Lohman, Rudoloh E. Keenze, O. J. Byerle, W. P. Dink ins, H. L. Sims, W, F. Giles, T. G. Daniels, Charles Lauve. Raised—C. P. Sims. Affiliated—h. S. Hudstlns, Frank LeNormand. Mmttted—\. O. Hebert. Dial—Louis Kramer, Fred. Lemke, Edward Kihnel, F. M. Boone. Dropped—S B. Scavelli. Suspended—F. P. Perret, A. J. Guidry, J. P. Kemper.
WORK AND RETURNS OF FRIENDS OF HARMONY LODGE No. 58. Chartered June 18th, 1818. Masonic Hall, New Orleans. Meets second and fourth Tuesdays. OFFICERS.
A. H. Vorbasch Wm. Pfafl Em. Steeg
J. A. Gildig A. W. Steeg M.S. Steeg W. F. Bohne W. H. Holland H. C.Grube
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer. Secretary. S. D.
A. G. Brice, P. G. M., John Berry,
W. B. Holland, P. D. D. G. M., C. A. Kauffman, A. Steeg,
J. D. Chaplain. M. of C.
H. KokOSky
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R. D.Guthrie P. Machray
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htewaids
.Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
John H. Clark, P.M.,
LIFE MEMBERS. T. Fielding, G. Guslinski,
H. L. Nick. Henry Walters. Joseph Dreyfus, John Hougham.
MEMBERS. Goldberg, H. B. Miller, Geo. W. Robeson, S. B. Goldstein, A. Miller, H. A. Rush, S. Hainkel, J. M. Mimms, John A. Sadler, P. H. Hoffman, Louis,Jr, Moulidqus, L. Saux, G. Hinckley, Hugh O'Neil, James A. Schwartz, M. Hutcheson, E. T. Pajewski, Charles Seiden, Morris Hutchison, John Parker, Jeff. Davis Seebohm, E. C. Johnson, E. E. Peck, F. H. Shwartz, N. I. Kahn G. Petermann, Jacob Simms. Geo. A. Levi, Sol Pettit, Absalom Stern, Henry Mayer, P. D. L. Rahm, P. Stern, Solomon McKechnie, A.J.L, Raw] ings, L. W. Strand, J. McWilliams.Rozill Reuter, G A. Vigo, Joseph Meyers, John H. Rizzoti, John W. Wilson, W. K. Total, 80 members. Initiated and Passed—John J. Swiler. Initiated, Passed and Raised—John M. Farrell, John H. Meyers, Emanuel Steeg. Passed and Raised—George A. Simm?. Affiliated--N. D. Guthrie. Reinstated— R. A. Craig. DlmUted—E. Harzen, R. A. Craig. Died—Thomas Steen, G. D. Webb, Chas. W. Coffin.
Bacheller, W. H. Kadt, A. d. Balmer, Geo. S. Bancroft, W. M. Carlton, Chas. G. Causse, Robert, Jr. Conniff, J. H. Dale, P. Damonte, Joe A. Doran, Wm. Dussel. Alex. Exnicios, Sam L. Farish, R. L.. Farrell, John M. French, W. K. '
MOUNT MORIAH LODGE No. 59. Chartered March 24th, 1849. Masonic Hall, New Orleans. Meets first and third Tuesdays. OFFICERS.
Oramel H. Simpson Conrad G. Collins John F. A. Hebel Richard Lambert John A. Davllla Robert W. Riordan Leon T. Copping,.,
W. M. S. W. . . . . J . W. Treasurer. Secretary. S. D. J. D.
Ben. A. Michel Emile E. Klein Jos. A. Schindler George W. Long Jos. Elchinger, L. F. Leon hard A. Barrera
Chaplain. M. of C. i j
.Tyler.
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CONSTITUENT LODGES. PAST MASTERS.
D. R. Graham, P. G. M., I. S. Richard,
J. Olle, L. Schneider, O. H. Simpson.
R. Lambert, G. S., James I. Richard. FrancisM. Cook, P. D. D. G. M., R. W. Ribrdan.
LIFE MEMBERS.
A. Barrera,
George Benson,
J. W. Black, P. M.
MEMBERS.
Anderson, John Doty, Thomas P. Lees, Ralph W. Schertz, Christian Lindner, John F. Schmidt, Hugo Anderson, Jas. R. Doyle, Thomas Avery, John Dufour, Michel J. Machray, J. A. Schmutz, Gaston Machray, Jas., Jr. Schumann, L. H. Baker, S. F. W. Dunn, Robert Baker, Lucius F. Bnglehardt, J. W. Mallerich, F. Sheen, D. Baltar, Jos. T. Evans, David R. Manchiner. J. P. Shott, Chas. A. Banville, John F. Fisher, Jules G. Marcour, Ralph O. Shropshire, C. W. Barr, Thomas. Jr. Fishei. M. Frank Marshall, W. D. Shropshire. H. E. Mattes, Sam'l Bell, Robert C. Fitts, Henry L. Sieward, A. H. Bell, Francis H. Fitamaurice, W. S. Mayer, Moses Sintes, M. C. Bernard. Adolph Flaspoller, Henry Mazurette, A. E. Smith, E. K. McEckron. C. C. Smith, Wm. G. Biggar, James R. Freund, Paul McLeod, Malcolm Solomon, Ange Birdrow, Geo. W. Garrett, A. G. Morgan, K. Boehm, George A. Gautier, Emile Stanton, W. C. Morris, E. J. Borne, Victor R. Gery, Louis W. Storck. Jacob A. Bowie, John H. Gazin, James J. Newhauser, M. R. Stow, W. North, David B. Thilborger, E. J. Brady, C. Milo Gillespie, R. P. Owen, Robert O. Thomas, Ed W. Braun, Francis W. Goodrich, I. T. Burleigh, Wm. T. Gross. Charles E. Pendleton, Wm. L. Thurston, Chas.T. Calongne.F. W.,Jr. Haughton, B. H. Phillips, Morris H. Usner. Fred. Cearns, Joseph, Jr. Heinemann, A. J. Phillips, Isaac Van Horn, T. D. Christo, Peter Herman, Frank J. Popp, J. F. Verlaque, Alph. Cipriani, Louis Hernandez. R. S. Probst, Walter H. Veros, Aristos C. Pumilia, Lucas Clifton, William Hingle, R. E. Vidrine, E. Rambaud, E. I. Coman, Paul M. Hirsch, Leon Wagner, Geo.. Jr. Ringe, George Commons, John R. Hoefeid, A. O. Walsdorf. E. H. Corson, Chas. W. Hoops, Emery O. Ritcher, A. F. Walker. James D. Ritson, Ed O. Cramond, M. Huhner, E. J. Ward, Robt. L. Crawley, C, Huhner, George . Roberts, David C. Westwick, Jos. B. Roberts, Thos. H. Whelan, Joseph Dannenrnann. E. Kearney, W. J. Roberts, J. R. Davie, Wash. Kelt, Henry C. Winters, Fred L. Rosen thai, Jacob Wolff. Is. S. Dell'Orto. Luigi Knoop, Otto Ruella, M. DePass, A. H. Kolter, Henry Wolfe, James T. DePass, D. A. Kuntz, Fred. G. Saunders, Jas. B. Wunder, L. J. Di Trapani, Ant. Lambert, John R. Total, 160 members. Initiated—John J. Madden, Harry C. Osborne, Henry F. Balser, John M. Mattlngiy, Henry P. Kennedy, Charles E. Hinshelwood. Initiated and Passed—Lonis A. Freyder, A. Bartholomew, Jr. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Elias K. Smith, Frederick Usner, Frederick G. KunU, Adolph Bernard. Robert L. Ward, James R. Anderson, Jacob Rosenthal, Leon T. Copping, John Anderson, Emile Gautier, Lucien F. Baker, Emile 1. Rambaud, Charles T. Thurston, Louis W. Gery, Morris H. Phillips, Waiter H. Probst, Isaac Phillips, Joseph J. Cearns, Edward J. Thilborger. Passed and Raised—James B. Saunders. Raised.—Jno. W. Englehardt. Affiliated—J. R. Roberts. Reinstated—J. C. Legarre. Dimttted—J. C. Legarre, Philip Foto. Died—A. Boulware. Suspended—W. H. Wilkinson, A, E. Eberhardt, John E. Naghten,
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WORK AND EETUENS OF GEORGE WASHINGTON LODGE No. 65. Organized 1847. Chartered Maroh 3d, 1850. Masonic Hall, New Orleans. Meets first and third Mondays.
John C. Wickliffe Jacob C. Code James Cronan •': Wm. fl. Rooney Robert W. Irvine Christopher G. Satterley
OFFICERS. W. M. H. C. Andrews Robert H. Welsh S. W. Wm. Rooney J. W. ) Treasurer. John Gilmore. Secretary. Prank Y. McEoany.. \ S. D. Jacob Casper
J. D Chaplain. •. M. C. ,J, s , ^tewaids. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS. R. W. Irvine, W. H. Rooney, Oscar Schumert, Wm. H. James, Robert H. Welsh. William A. Wilson,
LIFE MEMBEKS. Chas. Walker,
Paul J. Christian.
HONORARY MEMBER. James I. Richard, P. M. Apffel, F..J. Armstrong, F. L. Bailey, H. J. Baxter, Eugene Billington, J. W. Bryant, John W. Chavigney, C. N. Code, Fred W. Code, J. F. Cotton, L. J. Edgely, R. W. Elluey, Robert L. Evster, J A. Fransen. H. P. Fink, John F.
MEMBERS* Ganucheau, Ed Leinintter, J. R. Gibbons, C. N. Lester, H. S. Gilmore, Henry Lowe, E. P. Goldstein, David Macaidhy, R. Goldstein, S. Marcuse, S. H. Harrison. Ed. Meade, R. E. Hirtzler, Theodore Molitor, John, Jr. Holle, H. J. Munch, John Hyatt, H. J. Neinaber, Jacob Hyatt, Frank F. Norris, G. G. Kelly, John Ople, F. T. Lamia, Patrick Perkins. B. Land, J. P. Ramos, H. C. Lauahlin.'N. P. Remack, G. N. Little, J. E. Rich, Isidore
Rooney, H. Sand&k, Jacob Schumert, E. Somers, George Stubbs, R. B., Jr. Tracey, Wash. J. Thurber, Thomas Wagner, F. C. Wattlgney, Geo. Weston, A. C. Woods, Geo. M. Young, Van Zandt Yeary, M. L.
Total, 75 members. Initiated, Passed and Raised—John Gilmore, David Goldstein, Jacob R. Leininger. Frank Y. McEnany, George M. Woods. Passed and Raised—George Sommers. Affiliated—J. A. Eyster. Reinstated—J. F. Code, K. Macardhy. Dimitted—Absalom WebDer. Died— Henry W. Stubbs.
HIRAM LODGE No. 70. Organized 1847. Chartered March 3d, 18KO. Masonic Hall, New Orleans. Meets first and third Mondays. Isidore Grossman Hyman Hirsh James Reid, J r P. • . S. u. Anderson jn.nu.cisun H. A. McGregor
O. Czarnowski,
OFFICER*. W. M. D. M. Ferth S. W. Roydan R. Douglas J. W. M. W. Feingold Treasurer. W.D. Breen.. x i c a s i n vi. vv ..LJ. DI ecu Secretary. Ira A. Powers John F. Ritchie Tyler. PAST MASTERS. James Reid, Chas. L. McKerizie,
S. D. J. D. M. of C. ( ^4.
j
f stewards.
David Ettinger,
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CONSTITUENT LODGES. MEMBERS.
Altman, David Anderson, R. E. Barcelo. Wm. H. Bruns, H. Campbell, A. Conn, Joseph Crampton, T. Davenport. F. B. Davis. D. M. Fogerty, Jobn J. Gallegher Ed. P. Garlick, Junius Goldman, J. J. Gonsenheim, Jos. Grossman, Adolph
Greenberg, Charles Grunewald, Rene Rainkel, Geo. M. Herbert, Victor Hollander, Laz. P. Huxen, Robert Itzkovich, Jacob Johnson, August Kaiser, H. B. Kaiser, J. N. Keiffer, Isidore Kirsky, Mpyer Kohlman, W. B. Krumm, J . J . Langlum, George
Levy, W. M. Rosentbal, W. 17. Mahler, E. W. Stoval, H. L. McCarthy, R., Jr. Shush an, George McCarthy, R. Schmitt, Nicholas Michelis, Charles Sincer, Louis Morals, A. J. Sternberg, Jos. Myerson, Simon Testard, H. A. Parker, John J. Thalshmmer, H. Pincus. Jos. Thiel, John Redding, Joseph F. Virgets, N. C. Reid, Georse R. Wellborn, W. D. Richards, J. E. Werner. Sol Rosenbaum, B. Werner, Victor RoseDbaum, David Wolf, Jacob Rosenthal, S. U. Zetzmann, Wm. Total, 75 members.
Initiated—Louis St. Clair. Initiated and Passed -Herman Van Os, Benj. M. Phillips. Initiated, Passed and liaised—E. P. Gallagher, R. E. Anderson, Roydan R. Douglas, H. L. Stoval, G. M. Hainkel, Frank B. Davenport, John J. Krumm, John J. Fogarty, D. M. Ferth, Robert Huxen, Ira A. Powers, A. J. Morais, W. D. Breen, George Shushan, August Johnson. Passed— B H. Smith. Died—P. C. Prentz. ALPHA-HOME LODGE No. 72.
Alpha organized 1848. Home organized 18S5. Chartered as Alpha Home, February 14th, 1860. Masonic Hall, New Orleans, Meets tlrst and third Tuesdays. OFFICERS.
P. W. Breodlove, A. L. Desangles W. G. Tebault, Jr H. G. F. Hubener James A. Douglas R. H. Lewis...
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer. Secretary. S. D.
J. J. Norton A. Gordon Bakewell A. J. Desangles
J. D. Chaplain. M. of C.
} Aug. Buuck (not a member).. .Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
George J. Pinckard, Edward Bell, Henry C. Dowty, Jos. E. Truch, P. D. D. G. M., Wm. S. J. Douglas, W. T. Jones, S. Parkinson. A. D. Kern. . C. M. Hale. MEMBERS.
Abadie, L. Anderson, J. S. Anderson, Louis Baker, John Baltar, D. A. Barnwell, J. H. Barry, David Betz, O. C. Billington, J. E. Bogner, P. J. Briard, R. A. Brinker, F. Capdau, D. A. Carroll, E. F., Jr. Cordill, F. M. Currie, V. R. Davies. P. Dillon, Robt. Ehlert, J. M. Falk, A. Ford, P. B.
Fox, F. R. Pox, E. A. Freeland, Nick R. Gitskey, Edward, Gowland, J. Q. Gowland, Wm. Green, W. H. Gnzel, A. G. Hadesty, Chas. Harzen, E. Hauser, J. G. Henriques. J. C. Hill, H. H. Hoelzel, Phil Holderith, A. Hoth, Jacob Holzhalb, Leon B Houston, R. C. Hunt, N. C. Irwin, Leon Jahncke, Fritz
Jungblut, Wm. Murray, Wau P. Karger, M. Murphy, W. C. Keifer, E. L. Nunez, M. Kern, W. H. Oliver, S.A. Kowalski, E. Samuels, Gus. Krantz, J. P. Schumacher, F. M. Lagman,Octave A. Scott, Charles A. Langford, Henry Shannon, H. J. Langridge, J. R. Starr, Wm. Lederer, W. Steen, Clark Leggett, W. W. Stales, H. F. Lewis, P. H. Tharp, Henry Lewis, S. A. Vogt, H. R. Manion, J. E. Wenck, Jackson M. Marks, Edward Will, Charles Marks, M. Wilson, A. W. McGeary, Henry Woodlief, W. Mclntosh, J. J. Wunsch, E. E. Michel, B. Zeller, L. R. Mooney, Frank J. Zerr, P. Morales, R. Total, 102 members.
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WOKK AND RETURNS OF
Initiated—Geo. B. Blaise. Initiated, Passed and Raised—3. R. Landgridge, A. G. Guzel, H. F. Stiles, L. Irwin, F. J. Bogner, B. H. Lewis, W. G. Tebault, Jr., M. T. Gilbert. J. F. Hanish, Albert Holderith, Chas. R. Carrie, E. Kowalski, M. Nunez, James C. Henriques, Arnold FalK, Gus. Samuels, W. C. Murphy, J. H. Barnwell, William Liederer, F. Davies, D. A. Capdau. Raised—Thomas A. Oliver. Affiliated—E. Harzen. Reinstated—W. H. Green. Died—3. F. Hanish, Thos. Kearns.
SABINE LODGE No. 75. Chartered March 4th, 1850. Fort Jesup, Sabine parish, La. Meets Saturday before second Sunday. OFFICERS.
J. H. Caldwell J.W.Taylor C. J. Law W. R. Alford
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer. F. V. Jackson..
George R. Pattison. J. W. Tindall J. M. Franklin Tyler.
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Chaplain.
PAST MASTERS.
J, M. Franklin, P. D. D. G. M., James H. Caldwell; D. D. G. M., J. W. Taylor. MEMBERS.
Cage, R. H.* Gandy, Edward R. Lites. T. J. Rains, A. B. Hines, C. T.* Hamlin, E. W. Lewis. Charles C. Ramsey, T. J. Asby, J. L. Hammond, A. A. Murphy, H. C. Ryan, J. C. Bailey, Daniel W. Harrison, Wm. H. Middleton, W. R. Sibley, Win. F. Barlow. A. J. Horn. D. J. Middleton. W. S. Tramel, J. A. Bates, W. O. Houck, Harry Mitchell, W. T. Tramel, T. M. Brown, R. G. Hyde, Wm. F. Peters, W. H. Welch, John F. Cassidy, A. S. Jackson, A. S. Ponder, Amos L. Wood, J. B. Franklin, J. R. Jackson, W. F. Power, Frank R. Franklin, T. J. Jones, Frank M. Prothro, R. S. Total, 41 members. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Frank R. Power, William H. Harrison. Reinstated—A. C. Lambert, W. T. Mitchell, R. G. Brown. Dimitted—n. Henderson, J. F. McClellan, A. C. Lambert, J. M. Middleton, A. W. Estes, W. E. McNeely, Don E. SoRelle, H. Manheim. Suspended—Ishy Jackson, J. B. Story, J. C. Oden, C. S. Beard, M. B. Petty. * Honorary members. QUITMAN LODGE No. 76. Chartered March 4th, 1850. Masonic Hall, New Orleans. Meets second and fourth Tuesdays. OFFICERS.
T.D.Stewart Byron Holley L. E. Valloft M. Levy E. T. Duckert Wm. P. Miller
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer. Secretary. S. D.
E. C Slrjacqnes E. H. Addington Thpo. Berkson E. Landatier R. S. Rickey A. S. Davidson
J, D. M. of C. ) „,„ ,A \ stewards. Chaplain. Tyler.
CONSTITUENT LODGES. PAST MASTERS.
Eobt. H. Cage, G. L. Hall, Erich Brand, James E. Bays, P. G. M., Chas. V. Carroll, , H. Dreyfus, . , S. I- Jay, W. C. Peirce, S. J. Flatow. " H. " Goodin, ~ " A. Gust. Keitz, George Johnston, J. C. Drew. LIFE MEMBERS.
Ben Bloomfleld, Geo. Soule, P. M., C. W. Clark, P. M , W. H. McKay.
A. H. Isaacson,
MEMBERS.
Alston, S. Anderson, Wm. Barr, Thos. T. Benedict, John T. Bernstein, M. Boyd, John L. Brundige, J. P. Cartwright, A. Cooley, LeV. Corry, E. J. Cortie, C. S. Cottraux, E. E. Coyle, W. G. Crawford, E. S. Dill, Louis M. Dow, William D. Dreux, Charles A. Evans, M. J. Edwards, B. J.
Parham, Eug. V. Eichholz, F. W. Johnson, F. H. Peter, Chas. G. Ellis, Warren E. Jones, F. A. Eicketts, E. E. L. Paidy, Joseph Kouns, J. Fayssoux.W. McL. Lamphier, H. P. Richards. W. J. Porman, D. E. Landfried, Frank Radetszki, Gus. Salm, A. Porno, L. Lavine. S. Garcia, E. J. Levy, E. H. Scheyer, Mose P. Gill, Thos. M. Lipsher, George Schwarze, H. W. L. Gillian, William Lukowick, Izydor Soule, Frank Gogfeve, E. E. Maybin, J. W. Soule, A. L. Gough, James May bin. Warren Soule, E. E. Halloway, Chas. McBride, E. S. Stansbury, H. J. Hansell, Wm. S. McChesney, W. H. Thomson, P. H. Harral, J. H. McCann, Wm. S. Verlander, W. J. Herwig, P. F. Newman, Henry Wadsworth,Geo.M. Howard, T. J. Noha, A. Wakeman, J. P. Ivy, E. D. O'Donnell, Wm. A. Wood, Wallace, Jr. Jay, John W. Xydias, Geo. A. O'Neal, W. P. Total, 103 members.
Initiated—Chas. E. E. L. Smyth, L. M. Holmes, E. C. Bailey. Initiated and Passed—C. P. Alyea. Initiated, Passed and Baised—Louis Edw. Valloft, Thos. T. Barr, Charles A. Dreux, Joseph Faidy, Eug. V. Parham, Edw. P. Cottraux, E. E. Gogreve, E. C. Sirjacques. Passed—J. T, Kirtland. Passed and Baised—Wm. McL. Payssoux, Warren Maybin. Affiliated—Byron Holley, D. D., Eobert H. Cage, P. G. M., JSlias Landauer, Wm. P. Miller. Died—E. H. Garland, John Abbott, Expelled—€. P, Alyea (F, C.)
ST. JOSEPH LODGE No. 79. Stated meetings held at Newelton, Tensas parish, on first Wednesday In each month Old charter restored February 13tli, 1874. OFFICERS.
Leopold Elgutter M. W. Bland W.G.Kalow John Murdoch
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer.
Sol Elgutter Adolph Elgutter Joseph Harper W. J. C. Austin
Secretary, S. D. J. D. , Tyler.
....,
PAST MASTERS. M. VV, Bland,
T. W. Castleman,
Sol Elgutter.
H. R. Steele.
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WORK AND RETURNS OF MEMBERS.
Bloch, Felix Graves, E. E. Marx, Samuel Routh, S. Conn, Alex Henessee, James Meyer, Maurice Saehse; T. C. Cordill, C. C. Hunter, Guy M. Moore, William Smitha, H. L. Douglass, Geo. Hunter, Louis T. Morris, Daniel Snyder, R H. Goldberg, B. Love. Abraham Rosenbaum, DavidSolomon, S. Goldman, C. G. Mirshal, Jesse Total, 32 members. Passed—A. Blancke, J,r. Passed and Raised—H. L. Smitha, B. H. Snyder. Raised—H. R. Seeman, Guy M. Hunter. Reinstated—E. E. Graves. Dimitted—Joseph Dover. Died—A. Bondurant, H. R. Seeman.
MOUNT VERNON LODGE No. 83. Chartered March 4th, 1850. Logansport, DeSoto parish, La. Meets fourth Saturday In each month. OFPJCERS.
A.M. Garrett P.G.R.BelK. L.H.Adams H. B. Liles
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W. M. S W. J. W. Treasurer.
C. R. Caraway John R. Nash C B Baeon W. R. Crosby
Secretary. S. D. ....J. D. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
James K. Pye,
W. M. Byrd,
J. W. Peek.
J R. Nash.
MEMBERS.
Alexander, B. J. Foshee, John H. Johnston, G. W. Alston, F. R. Garrett, J. B. Land, W. A. Brook, Wm. M. G. Grogan. J. L. Legg, Frank Calhoun, T. T. Henry, J. I. Miller, W. T. Caraway, N. J. Hoard, D. L. Noble, R. T. Initiated—Spencer Midgett, William A. Lupton. Initiated and Passed—Milton E. Hamilton. Affiliated—L. H. Adams. Dimitted—J. B. Bixler, Ernest E. Price. Suspended—Charles Wilson, John H. Garrett, J. M.
Prichard, J. L. Shirley, M. B. Smart, E. E. Smart, S. J. Total, 30 members.
Wallace,
OLIVER LODGE No. Si. Ciartered March 4th, 1850. Alexandria, Rapides parish, La Wednesdays in eaoh month.
Meets first and third
OFFICERS.
C. F.Crockett J . W.Mitchell Tnomas Jeffrey L. P. Whittington Algernon Hilton. L.C.Johnston
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer. Secretary. S. D. B. Gilberg
Isaac Rosenthal Julius Levin V. H. Ridge A. G. Leckie J. E Baker A. J. Dunn Tyler.
J. D. Chaplain. Marshal. M. of C. ( «+„ 0 , . j 0 f Stewaids. ,
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CONSTITUENT; LODGES. PAST MASTERS.
J. M. Barrett, P. D. D. G. M., T. Clements, C. Goldenberg, C. F. Crockett, Sol Hess, John J. Ferguson, H. W. S. Lund,
J. G. White, P. D. D. G. M., K. C. Rogers, Henry St. John G. A. Staples, H. H. White. J. L. Wilson,
LIFE MEMBERS.
Julius Levin, P. M.,
J. C. Wise,
MEMBERS.
Adams, C. N. Dorsett, Oran Adams, Furney Dunn, John Alexander, J. W. Fellows, Sam. Ball, J. N. Flower, W. P. Bauer, Achille, Gates, J. P. Baynard, L. B., Jr. Gehr, Gus. Bender, J. M. Gibson, W. I. Blackman, J. C. Ginsberg, B. Blackman, W. F. Goldberg, J. M. Boutte, C. S. Ha/deman, A. B. Caplan, David Haas, Harry Chase, H. B. Harris, W. C. Choppin, A. R. Hill, Wm. Clark, H. T. Hoffman, W. E. Clarke, C. H. Hoover, M. J. Clarke. M. L. Hudson, A. G. Connerly. S. L. Hudson, W. C. Contois, C. F. Hynson, D. W. Crate. J. W. Johnston, J. M. Cunningham. H. Knowles, Geo. B. Davout, A. R.
Lehman, D. Levin, Jacob Maddox, R. G. Malloy. M. S. McCann, F. H. McGinnis, J. I. Miller, John W. Neal, Joe. J. Overton, John H. Pettingill, A. Pierson, C. Pierson. Percy H. Polk. Wm. Randolph, R. L. Roberts, Geo. A. Roberts, H. R. Rosenthal, Jonas Rubin, Sam. Sanford, Wm. Schmalinski, E.
Schmalinski, Sam. Schmalinski, Sid Shcvnin, John Simmons, R. O. Smith, L. E. Snelling, Geo. M. Snelling, J. P. Sumrall, Jas. T. Swayze, C. C. Tilden, R. E. Thompson, R. F. Tunney, Joseph Warshauer, Sam. Watts, G. 0. Weil, Ben. Wettermark, A. Wheadon, T. C. Wilson, Geo. C. Wilson, J. M. Wilson, Lee Total, 108 members.
Initiated—Wm. M. Smith, Oliver N. Gates, Elisha C. Gates, Adolph Kirsctmer. Initiated, Passed and'Raised—George M. Saelling, Leonard C. Johnston, Albert G. Leekie, Andrew J. Dunn. Passed and Raised—Charles H. Clarke. Raised—M. L. Clarke, Percy H. Pierson. Affiliated—John W. Miller. Reinstated— William H. Blanton. Dimitted—J. N. Gates, R. M. Boone, Wm. H. Blanton, George A. Kelly, J. C. Fontaine.
LAFAYETTE LODGE No. 87. Chartered March 4th, 1850. Patterson, St. Mary parish, La. first and third Thursdays in each month.
Meets
OFFICERS.
Henry Hausmann T. W. Tarleton William Davis F. Hausmann
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer.
J. A. Duplan W. H. Kramer Julius A. Lund W. N. Gooch
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Tyler,
PAST MASTERS.
J. A. Loret,
Henry Hausman, T. W. Tarleton, LIFE MEMBER.
BernardoLevy, P. M., P. D. D. G. M.
W. H. Kramer.
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WOEK AND RETURNS OF MEMBERS.
Bauer, A.' Levy, Leon Richardson, J. E. £>tansbury_, A. J. Wafford, James N Bellissein, T. Norman, W. Eentrop, O. V. Hausmann, D. Norman, H. Sanders, J. B. Total, 24 members. Levy, Louis Peterson, C. H. Schwartz, J. Initiated—Charles P. Martin, James E. Meguin. Initiated, Passed and Raised—William Davis. Passed and Raise*—Leon M. Levy. Reinstated—Trophine Bellisseia, John B. Sanders Dirnitted—Frank Le Norman, Alfred Levy, P. M. Died—Robert Vetter. CYPRESS LODGE No. 89. Benton, Bossier parish, La. New oharter, February 12th, 1890. Meets Thursday on or before full moon ID each month OFFICERS.
S. H. Dowell B. A.Kelly J . L . Scales L. G. Smith C. O. Gayle
W. M. S. W. J. W. .Treasurer. Secretary.
.
E. M. Lauflin O. R. Denton J- If-Wise
S. D. J. D. [stewards.
J. C. Logan
t
Joseph E. Adger
PAST MASTERS.
Tyler.
John T. Gardner, Chester Smith, T. G. Tidwell, H. W. Ogden, W. H. Scanland, A. R. Thompson, J. M. Brown. MEMBERS.
Hughes, Wm. J. Scanland, A. D. Abney, W. A. Wallace, L. E. Jewel, Ferd Crouch, J. J. Seabaugh, J. P. Wise, G. A. ^ Martin, I. H. Elder. I. F. Smith, L. W. Wise, Braxton Martin, W. A. Fleming, G. T. Thomas, S. M. Wyche, R. E. Murff, A. J. Hicks, J. W. Thompson, J. B. Ziegler, W. A. Sword, Luke Hill, R. B. Vance, S. W. Zuber, A. R. . Hobbs, P. G. Total, 42 members. Initiated,—Wilmer Smith. Passed—C. H. Irion. Passed and Raised—3. J. Crouch. Raised—W. A. Ziegler, R. B. Hill. Affiliated—E. M. Lauflin. Dimitted—G. D. Alexander. BELLEVUE LODGE No. 95. Charter 3d January 24th. 1851. Haughton, Bossier parish, La. Stated meetings, second Friday of each month J. B. Hall S. T. Hobbs Tom Hickman H. Barncastle
OFFICERS. W. M. A. B. Ratclifle S. W. Wm. M. Burch J. W. J. M. Hollingsworth Treasurer. W. C. Chanler
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
J. A. Snider,
H. Barncastie, J. W. Elston, W. D. Wadley.
C. D. Sandidge,
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CONSTITUENT LODGES. MEMBERS. Allen, John W. Braden, T. N. Griffin, D. E. Hall, Marion Allen, P. D. Brandt, W. C. Hickman, W. B. Allen. H. B. Burch, J. E. Lawrence, P. A. Barncastle, H. H. Colbert, W. W. .. t l . i.cuu....... uuium, G. W. Mathews, H. C. Barnett, J. G. Bates, James M. Edwards, J. Ford Mobley, Jesse W. Bledsoe, W. H. Gray, C. J. OJom, M. Initiated, Passed and Raided—Paul A Lawrence, S. Hollingswortb, Edward E. Walker. Passed and Raised—William M. Burch. Affiliated—William C. Chanler, J. K. Sheppard.
Ofcilvie, J. R. Rogers, A. J. Sheppard. J. K. Snicer, T. H. Walker, E. E. Total, 38 members. T. Hobbs, James M.
ST. HELENA LODGE No. 96. Chartered February 22d, 1851. Greensburg, St. Helena parish, La. Meets third Saturday in each month. > OFFICERS., W. M. W. T. Holland S. D. S. W. C. E. Burton J. D. E. B. Watson... M. of C. . . . . J . W. Treasurer. W.S.Holland I ,. ,a stew Secretary. W. M. Eutchinson \ ards. J.M.Hutchison Tyler. PAST MASTERS. John Freiler, W. S. Hutchinson, R. E. Womack, M. A. Strickland, P. D. D. G. M., A. P. Richards, John Durnin. W. R. Parker. W. G. Hamberlin W. S. Hutchinson J. B.Gill C. M. Sitman W. E. Hamberlin
C. H. Allen,
LIFE MEMBERS. W. L. Thompson.
MEMBERS. Methvin, A. D. Cole, J. W. Burton, I. E. Methvin, T. J. Cole, Thos. J. Burton, R. Y. Mixon, Geo. W. Cole,T. R. Boyd, D. K. McClendon, H. P. Day, T. G. Chandler, J. J. Powell, J. W. Freiler, F. J. Cole, S. M. Richards, D. VG. Lambert, J. W. Cole, C. J. -LJUillltJKJl If U . T» • U l ^ l i a i U 3 ; XJ. JI, Cole, C. G. Matthews, W. A. Sitman, G. W. Initiated—Guy Raines Burton. Initiated and Passed—James David Tidewell. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Wilson Shaw Holland. ' Reinstated—O. H. Tate. Dimitted—O. H. Tate.
Strickland, H. K. Taylor, G. R. Thompson, O. T. Varnado, G. R. Wilson, M. C. Wilson, J. E., Sr. Total, 50 members.
HERMITAGE LODGE No. 98. Chartered January 21st, 1831. Masonic Hull, New Orleans. Meets first and third Thursdays. OFFICERS. Chaplain. Louis R. Hoover W. M. Caspar P. Gelbke M. of C. Claude H. Solanas S. W. Chas. W.Grofl Wm. Ehlert ] Paul J. Cendon ; J. W. L. O. Brunei ! a tt oe ww na lr .djsa Horace Vallas Treasurer. J. F . Witcher. f » H. R Fine Secretary. Joel J. Prowell S. D. C. W.Schmidt, J r . . . . . . J H. A. McGregor (not a member) Tyler. A. J. Peters J. D. PAST MASTERS.
Horace Vallas, J. L. G. Jackson,
J. D. Taylor, Frank L. Martin.
J. H. H. Taylor, H. R. Fino,
W. D. White, Caspar P. Geibke.
WORK AND RETURNS OF MEMBERS:
Andrews, Samuel Casey, John P. Gioff, A. R. Morgan, Will J. Arnold, Chas. Clark, Ed. J Hannegrif, E. W. Payne, Oplaiek,E.Joseph Ashby, Lewis Coats, Will. J. Hardie, C. M. H. Atkinson, B. Cook, A. G. Preis, S. T. Harte, E. P. G. Balmer, P. A. Cooper, E. J. Preis, E. B. Heoert, A. J. Preis, R. L. Bauer, L. DeSaussure,, H. D. Henrich, J. H. Reynes, Joseph • ' Hester, C. E. Baumann, August Desmare, L. J. Rogers, Walter H. Hohn, T. C. Baxter, W. N. Dicks, A. H. Hollander, M. F. Rosser, J. B., Jr. Beattie, John Bicks, E. Lee Sampson, N. R. Huber, Win. Berry, P. Drumm, H\ S. Stieh, Wm. Huey, W. R. P. Blaffer, R. L. Drumm, R. W. Sweetman, D. V. Huftt, Fred Boebinger. John,JrDunu, J. D. N. Toledano, R. K. Bollwitt, C. F. Ehlert, Era Me Illy, Carl Bosse, E. C. Espinosa, M. Jannarelli, A. B. Titche, Bernard Trouilly, Bostiek, Geo. W. Feste, Ernest Kohn, Edwin C j.n/m»iv, C.
Stated
OFFICERS.
Henry W. Hullinghorst T. D. Foil Willy C. Magee.... T. M. Babington.
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer.
Edward Myles
Secretary.
Ancil N. Simmons A. C. Pool
PAST MASTERS.
W. W. Babington.
C. J. Burch, W. A. Burris, C. D. OH, J. E. Wood.
••••
c TV o< u
J. D. Tyler.
T. D. Foil,
LIFE MEMBERS.
J. E. Morris, P. M., Jacob Magee, P. M., Welcome Penny, J. R. Burch, R. Babington, P. M., J. R. Wood, P. M. J. M. Burris, P. M. MEMBERS.
Babington, R. H. Brumfield, M. E. Bankston, J. L. Burkhalter, J. S. Bateman, Jas. L. Burris, J. M., Jr. Bickham, A. C. Byrd, T. M. Bickhum, C. M. Carter, P. B. Bickham, T. D. Corkern, J. B. Boushman, Henry Fussell, W. P. Brock, James M. Gayer, Adolph Brock, J. Vol. Gayer, H. E. Brown, F; M. Graves, T. J.
Haley, E. T. Johnson, J. K. Kemp, J. M. Knight, George Magee, D. N. Magee, Marcus F. Magee, R. D. Magee, Wm. C. Miller, M. N. Morris^ C. P;
Pettit, T. A. Pounds, J. L. Richardson, S. P. l Simmons, H. N. Simmons, J. N. Simmon», R P. Smith, Jerry W. Sullivan, W. M. Varnado, C. L. Wascom, P. Y. Total, 56 members-.
CONSTITUENT LODGES;
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Initiated, Passed and Raised—J. Vol. Broek, H; Ei' Gayer, J. B: Corkern, C L. Varnado, J. Leon Pounds. Passed and Raised—AncU N. Simmons. Reinstated— Henry Baugbman, M. E. Brumfleld, T. M. Byrd, H L. Bateman, T. D. Bickham. Dimitted—Morgan E. Wood. Died—M. L. Bateman. LOUISIANA LODGE No. 103. Chartered January 33d, 1851. Masonic Hall, New Orleans. Stated meetings, first and third Thursday evenings. OFFICERS.
. -. .M. of C. Henry H.Jones...... :...W. M. James Rainey, Jr Chaplain. J. C. NieHen..... S. W. R. D. Screven. ] Ldward Herndoa. J. W. E. J. Madden...., B. M. Gilbert . .Treasurer. A. C. Norcross John B. Parker Secretary. Louis S. Goldstein J Charles E. Cormier.. S. D. W. C. Miller E. M. Fisher, not a member, Organist. C. W.Stumpf J. D Joseph D. Dantagnan Tyler. PAST MASTERS.
Alex. K. Finlay, Owen Gernon, J. W. Keeffe,
L. Luderbach, E. J. Madden, James Rainey,
H. F. Rugan, L. F. Reynaud, E. I. Kursheedt.
R. D. Screven, T. D. Wharton, C. E. Fenner, Jr.
MEMBERS.
Arms, W. E. Emery, R. L. Rainold, Frank E. Jahncke, W; F. Rebentisch, C. G. Asc.haffenburg, A. Epstein, Abram Janney, J. Renner, F. L. Babcock, C. McA. Ewing, Robt. Jones, T. H. Romanski, H. J. Baldwin, A. Faust, Wm. C. Jordan, Wm. Ross, J. W. Joseph, L. H. Baldwin, H. F. Fenh, F. C. Sampson. Max. Kahn, Henry Barksdale, I. W. Finley, W. W. Kaufman, Louis Smith, W. S. Bonito, F. A. Fitch, J. E. Smith, P. F. Bowers, George F. Ford, F. Codman Levy, F. L. Solomon, H. H. Link, C. J. Brewer, W. P. Gardner, L. H. Spano, Paul Lipman, J. Brown, A. B. Gardner, S. P. SpangenCerg, R. Loeber, F., Jr. Buchanan, J. A. Garic, W. M. Marr, C. O. Busch, Fred Garner, G. G. F., Jr. Marthe, Leon Spearing, J. Z. Campbell, W.S., Jr.Generelly, M. Mathers, John, Jr. Stokes, Chas. A. Carter, W. J. Gernon, Robert Mathews, W. B. Stream, E. L. Chamberlain, C. H. Gibbens, W. J. Maunsell, E. S. Swetman, Jos. W. Chandler, C. A. Groves, J. B. Meri-ick, E. T., Jr. Tebo, A. G. Hansard, H. E. Chaplain, H. C. MerrUt, P. G. Trotot, J. A. Hay, Alex. C hay tor, E. D. Metz, A. L. Trust, A. M. Heaslip, S. F. Clark, P. C. Montgomery, R. B. Walker, W. L Horrman. M., Jr. Coleman. H. D. Nathan, G. McD. Weber, A. Hill, J. D. Cooney, W. T. North, Thomas P. Wellborn, M. J. Cormier, Louis E. Hoft, Geo. C. Norton, Thos. B. Westmoreland,E. G Cottinjr, C. C. Horton, C. L. Nunez, N. H. Wigginton.J. F. Cummings. A. N. Hughes, W. L. Will, T. C. Ciisachs, P. L. Isaacson, H. M. Olliphant, S. R. Palfrey, Herbert Witherspoon, J. T. Danhenmann, F. Ittman, J. Parker, John M. Woods, L. E. Dupre, Bmile Jahncke, E. L. Total, 133 members. Ellis, T. C. W. Jahncke, P. F. Initiated—A. J. Wolf, William C. Faust, Jr., Edward Schwartz. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Arthur B. Brown, James Rainey. Jr., R. F. Spangenberg, Jr., Charles O. Marr, Charles McA. Babeock, Maximilliac Herrmann. Jr., William M. Garic, Walter F. Jahncke, Louis S. Goldstein, Raised—Jos. F. Wiggington. Affiliated—AbrabaraEpsteln.
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Reinstated—L: E. Woods, Emile Dupre, H. H; Solomon, J. E. Fitch, R. E. Steele. • Dlmitted—H. A. Ferrandou, Samuel Henderson, Jr., W. H. Reynaud, R. E.. Steele. Died—Victor Meyer, P. M. HUSTON LODGE No. 106. Chartered January 31st, 1852. Huston, Lincoln parish, La. Stated meetings, second Saturday and fourth Monday In each month. Name changed from Vienna, 1892. OFFICERS.
N. B.NulI C..H. Carson, Jr A.S. Hall G. W. Braswell W. S. May Jacob Cossman..;. —
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer. Secretary. S. D.
W. J. Norris A. W. Norris M. A. Dripgers S. B. Richie ,,,.)•• Jacob Blumenstal.... f G. >W. Edmiston
J. D. M. of C. Marshal. stfiwards. Rewards. .Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
E. L. Kidd, ' N. B. Null, D. D. G. M., R. Roberts, S L. White, M. A. Lawrence, W. E. Red wine, R. F. Brooks, T. J: Mangham. LIFE MEMBER.
J. R. Ball, MEMBERS.
Lawrence, C. H. Sauls, W. B. Delony, M. Mabry, J. T. Singleton. H. R. Duncan, W. K. Martin, W. H. Skinner, Sam. Elrod, M. W. McCullough, H. R. Smith, I. D. Everett, W. J. McBride, J. S. Smith, James W. Ford. A. H. Funderburk, V. J. McLendon, L. F. Smith, K. I. Smith, Robt. J. Goodenough, C. S. McLeod, H. W. Meek, J. H. Smith, W. J. Graham, E. M. Messell, H. D. Staples, O. B. Griggs, J. C. Miller, C. E. Terry, W. T. Hardy, G. M.Miller, J. W. Thompson, B. F. Harrell, R. F. Walker, C. F. Hattaway, L. C. Moss, H. J. Y. Herman, Ernest Newcomb, Frank Walker, H. E. Newell, H. M. Walker, T. L. Hodges, C. B. Oxford, A. G. Wharton, J. U. H. Hodges, W. H. Walmsley,R.M.,Jr. Holman, John R. Pitts, J. L. Pyrkle, L. H. Warren. H. R. Huey, J. McE. Rasberry, T. L. Watts, C. J. Johnston, J. V. Ray, J. G. Wright, J. M. Kendall, W. S. Kirkland, L. T. Rhea, C. H. Robinson, W. C. Total, 103 members. Kushner, Isaac Initiated—James T. M. Hancock. Initiated, Passed and liaised—Jacob Blumenthal, Samuel W. Brown, Me. A. Bell, David Blumenthal, Milligan A. Driggers, Hardy D. Dear, Marion W. Elrod, George M. Hardy, Ernest, Herman, Campbell B. Hodges, Isaac Kushner, Herman D. Messell, Soilth B. Richie,"Robert J. Smith, Howard R. Warren. Passed and Baised-K. R. McCullough, H. E Walker. Raised—Jehu Beck, I. D. Smith. Affiliated—Thomas H. Carrell, J. O. E. Cain. C. E. Miller, J. W. Mi ler, J. U.H. Wharton. Reinstated—J. D. Harper. Dlmitted—J. D. Harpar, John Shell, F. E. Singleton, Eugene Slannard. Dled-T. B. Fiuley, Hall Laurie.
Abbott, Jack Adams, Robert L Allen, C. W. Anderson, H. Beck, Jehu Bell, M. A. Blumenthai, Dave Bond, J. L. Brothers, A. M. Brown, S. W; Cain, J. O. E. Carrel 1, T. H. Carrell, W. R. Caver, J. R. • Colvin, G. H., Sr. Colvin, C. C. Colvin, J. P., Sr. Colvin. A. F. Cook, W. H. Davis, M. A. Dear, H. D.
CONSTITUENT XOBGES.
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SPARTA LODGE No: 108. Chartered January 31st, 1852. Re-chartered December 34th, 1886. Bienville, Bienville parish, La Stated meetings, third Saturday in each month. OFFICERS
B. P. Edwards Jno. W. Lucky BurtTook H. P. Lucky
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer.
'
W. J. Murphy G. C. Lucky A. E. Hammet R. T. Hays
PAST MASTERS.
H. M. King,
A. L. Crowson,
Secretary. ...S. D. ...J. D. ,. Tyler. ,
J. B. Head.
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MEMBERS.
Hines, C.iT.* Crawford, E. A. Loe, Joseph E. Smith, J. C. Franklin, J. M.* Farrell, J. J. Lucky, L. J. Sprawls, J. J. Blunae, Ira Foster. U. P. Lucky. W. P. Sullivan, W. F. Campbell, W. O. Hamniett, P. W. Huff, Thos. F. Webb, I. P. Crowson, John S. Jones, J. P. Smelly, J. E. Wilson, Geo. F. Crowson, R. M. Lewis, C. C. Total, 20 members, Initiated, Passed and Raised—Joseph R. Loe, Ira Blume, J. Pink Jones, A. Eugene Hammett, J. Edward Smelley, John S. Crowson, John W. Lucky. Raised—Parks W Hammett, Richard T. Hays. Affiliated— William P. Lucky, George C. Lucky, David P. Foster, C C. Lewis. Dimitted-John A. Hensou, J. D. Head, J. C. Havard, H. G. Oden. "Honorary members.
HARRISON BURG LODGE No. 110. Chartered January 21st, 1852. Harrisonburg, Catahoula parish. La. Stated meetings, second and fourth Wednesdays in each month. OFFICERS.
D. N. Thompson
Riley J. WUSOD
George W. Pearce H. C. Holloman Albert S. Harrell
W. M. S. W.
Pascal P . Bates J. F. Ellis
S. D.
J. D.
J. W. Robert H. Young I e foi ,,._j,, Treasurer. W. S. Dorsey f stewards. Secretary. Thomas J. Wilson.... ...Tyler. PAST MASTERS. James Forsythe, P..D. D. G. M., H. B. Taliaferro P. D. D.-G. M., J. F. Ellis, William H. Holloman, D. N. Thompson. MEMBERS.
Bethard, H. W. Blackman, J. C. Cantrell, A. B. Cartpr, J. vV. Cole. R. K. Cotton, G, S.
Cotton, N. R. Dempsey, M. Fairbanks, S. D. Hailey, Albert Hailey, John F. Hardin, J. C.
Hodges, A. G. Holloman, Carey McClendnn, J. B. Meyer*, Wm P. Reider, Peter
Rhinehart, Thos. Segrist, J. C. Taliaferro J. G. Watson, W. J Wiggins. L. F. Total, 35 members.
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Initiated—David S. St. John, Nathan Calhonn, Hardie S. Eawlins. Initiated and Passed—Harvey Taylor, Benjamin F. Miller. Initiated, Passed and Raised— Riley J. Wilson, Robert H. Young, Albert S. Harrell. Afflliated-Wlbia,m P. Meyers, Jacob W. Carter. Died-Patrick H. Carter.
URIM LODGE No! 111. Chartered February 2a, 1853. Calhoun, Ouachita pariah, La. Stated meetings, Saturday before full moon of each month. Postofflee. Indian ViHage.
T. I. Watson J. N. Winninger N. E. Calhoun J. D. Goodson G.W.Butler H.O.Heury
,
OFFICERS. W. M. W. V. Brownlee ;..S. W. • J. P. Humble ;J. W. N. G. Watson... Treasurer. J. A. Girland .Secretary. H. L. Eubanks .8: D. J. M. .Maxey
J. D. Chaplain. ;. ....Marshal. I a +Q ,l,,,.j a f »tewaias' Tyler.
PAST MASTERS. H.C.Henry, C. H.Peevy, C. T. Hines, G. L. M. A. Childs. J. D. Goodson. LIFE MEMBER. A. W. Sheppard, P. M. MEMBERS. Anders, W. H. Evans; B. A. Hammons, M. McKenzie, G. F. Barrow, D. N. Finklea, W. B. Hathway, J. T. Partin, R. M. Camp, S, N. Finklea, S. R. Jones. H. M. Pipes, J. E. Carleton, J. W. Gentry, T. C. Lee, S. Pipes, S. W. Carleton, W. F. Grisham, C. M. McDaniel, J. W. Young, W. R. Collins, J. M. _ Total, 37 members. Initiated, Passed and Raised—James W. McDaniel, Sylvester Lee. Passed and Raised—C. M. Grisham. Suspended, N. P. D.—N. L. Griggs, M. H. Hoaeycutt, S. J. Fleming,
SHREVEPORT LODGE No. 115. Chartered January 27th, 1853. Shreveport, Caddo parish, La. Stated meetings, first and third Thursdays of each month. J. B.Harding H.M.Weil M. P.Jacobson Simon Hohenthal James D. Jenkins
OFFICERS. W. M. S. H Florsheim S. W. Jos. J. Lyon J. W. R. J. Porter Treasurer. Chris. O Brien Secretary. J. J. L. Gooiman
PAST MASTERS. B. P. Barker, John J. Scott, F. A. Tusten, P. D. D. G. M., P. D. D. G. M., P. D. D. G. M., J. J. L. Goodman, H. Florsheim, Ben Holzman, Win; Winter, G. W. McDuffle, W. T. Boiling.
S. D. J. D. ) htewarcls , e, f Tyler.
J. D. Lee, John D.- Wagner, Sid H. Florsheim,
CONSTITUENT LODGES.
99
MEMBERS.
Abramson, Louis Allen, E. G. Bahr, Simon Barlow, T. L. Barron^ Isaac Bechtell, H. W. Belcher, W. C. Benjamin, E. Benjamin, Louis Benson, Meyer Benson, Jos. Bishop, h. C. Boazman, H. C. Boetz, C. Bowers, F. W. Braunig, S. Bryson, T. J. Buchanan, J. C. Bullard, W. C. Busbey, W. H. Callahan, J. E.
Cupples, H. R. Deal, Charles Dreyfus, S. G. Dreyfuss, I. T. Dreyfuss, Dave Eastham, J. H.
Jones, Alfred E. Reinheimer, H. E. Kahn, Arthur T. Ripin, M. Kahn, Aaron Sacks, Sig. Klein; Bernard Samuel, D. B. Leadman, Charles Schwing, S. C. Lemle, Isaac Serwich, Frank Le Rosen, David Silverstein, R. Simon, J. C. Florsheim, S. L. Levi, Julius Smith, J. D. H. Frank, Moses Levy, Max. M. Goldman, H. Linman, H. Sorrell, J. A. Goldstein, S. Lutz, A. S. Sutherlin, W. K. Guiher, J. H. McDuffie, L. W. Tarkington, A. R. Hail, W. A. Meyer, Jacques Thompson, W. H. Hart, H. S. Meyer, Theodore Wagner, A. J. Harris, C. H. Mooty, Robert F. Wagner, L. G. Hicks, S. H. Mottley^ James A. Washburn, D. A. Hunter, W. H., Jr. Nickle, Wm. Weiler, A. Jackson, E. W. Patterson, R. J. M. Whitehead, T. P. Jarrett, W. P. Phillips, J. M. Wolff, A. ; Jeffries, J. L. Phillips, F. E. Young, K. A. Johnson, C. A. Pitluck, M. Zwally, Henry Total, ldtmembers. Initiated—Matthew P. Neilson. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Albert 8: Lutz, James H. Guih6r, David B. Samuel. Alfred E. Jones. Passed and Raised^Fred.Vf. Bowers. liaised—James E. Callahan. Affiliated—Louis Abramson. Reinstated—Morris Ripin. Dimitted—G. M. Gillisplp. Died—F. E. Gallagher, E. S. Keys. ACACIA LODGE No. 116. Chartered January 17th, 1854. Plaqufmlne. Iberville parish, La. Stated meetings; first Friday on or before full moon. C.P. Harrell F. E. Truxworth 0. E. Schwing Jacob McWilliams
OFFICERS. W. M. E. C. Thomas S. W. W. J.Thiry J. W. J. A. Gourrier Treasurer. S. L. Postel.....
Secretary. S. D. J. D. ...Tyler.
PAST MASTE XS.
J. W. Austin, C. K. Schwing,
Louis Lozano, O. G. Browne,
A. A. Browne, W. J. Thiry.
Wm. L. Erwin H. N. Sherburne.
MEMBERS.
Murrell, Goo. R. Sliber, Ed. Hill, J. E. Arnold, M. L. Hoell, August D. Posey, F. E. Singletary, A. B. Blouin, R. R. Holloway, W. A. Postell, P. S. Singletary, A. G. Booksh, C. E. Rhodes, Lyman P. Skelly, Sam-1 Jeffreys, Alex Botten, N. L. Richard, O. O. Jumel, Allen Talbot, Ed B. Brown, J. C. Robbins, James B. Thomson, M. F. Jr. Caneza, Edward Laplace, John Robertson, A. S. Uhry, Hyman Laraway, C. E. Conn. M. Rosser, James L. Ventress, W. W. . Leblanc. Simon Creever, J. F. Scharff, M. Wailes, Geo; B. N " D'Hemecourt, J. A .Leche, Ed. D. Scharff, Theo. Wallenburg, F. A. Dinwiddie, Wm. S. Levy, Leon Schlater, T. W. Levy, M. L. Weil, Philip Dollinger. John Schwing, S. P. Wilbert, Fred Eberhardt, Wm. Lopez, W. E. Schwinjr, E. B. McCardle, T. S. Williams, L. K. Epstein, D. Wilson, C. H. Ferchaudj John B. Melancon, Elpheze Silber, Mitchell Silber, Louis • Wilson, John M; '• Gutekunst, Ghas. Mora, J. G. Total, 75 members.
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Initiated --James R. Moorman. Initiated and Passed—Joseph Wang. Initiated, Passed and liaised—Samuel L. Postel, N. L. Botten, Hyman Uhry, Edward Silber, Mark L. Arnold, John G Mora. Passed and Raised—Joseph A. Gourrier. Affiliated-Philip Weil, John Dollinger. Dtmitted—John McDonald. Expelled-h. M. Tully. MILFORD LODGE No, 117. Chartered January 3 th, 1854. Hope Villa P. O , East Baton Rouge parish, La. Stated meetings, Saturday on or before full moon of each month. OFFICERS.
J. L. Vialet R. E. Webb T. A. Sibley E. D. Dixon H. M. Cooper
.....W. M. S. W. . . . . J . W. Treasurer. Secretary.
D. H. Dyer W. P. Dixon W. A. Sibley V. L. Dixon J. O. Edmondson
S. D. J. D. Chaplain. M. of C. Tyler
PAST MASTERS.
O. A. Bullion,
H. T. Brown, D. H. Dyer, Pliney Puckett. LIFE MEMBER. E. A. Dixon.
A. B. Booth,
MEMBERS.
Packwood, G. H., Conerly, L. W. Denham, W. P. P. G. M.* Courtney, J. N. Hillman, J. W. Hines, C. T.* Delaune, J. N. Littles, John M. Bankston, S. A. Initiated—James N. Parker. Initiated, iPassed and Raised—Joseph N. Delaune. liaised—Tobias A. Sibley. Reinstated—IT. A. Albie, W- P. Denham. Dimitted—F. A. Alble. jxiiiuidiii,
t>,
I T ,
St. Amant, A. St. Amant, Joseph St. Amant, P. T. Total, 22 members, kjiii
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•Honorary members DELHI LODGE No. 120. Chartered January 17th, 1854. [Name changed from Deerfleld, 1873.] Delhi, Richland parish, La. Stated meetings, Saturday on or before full moon of each month OFFICE BS.
Eugene Karpe J. E. Thomson W. A. Spiers W. S. Buchanan F. A. Miles Fred. Cook
i... W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer. Secretary. S. D.
John Bradley J. A. Leuget J. Mci Buchanau J.C.Jones.. C. B. Dunham E. D. Rundell
J. D. Chaplain. ' M. of C. I Stpwards \ »tewards,..Tyler.
PAST MASTERS,
8. Stein, E. Karpe,
N. Collins, J. F. Trezevant,
J. M. Barrier. T. A. Miles.
W. A. Spiers, W. L. Cooper.
CONSTITUENT LODGES.
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MEMBERS. Packwood, Geo.H., Dresser, J. M. Jackson, Andrew Pool, B. S, Dunham, C. B. Jessup, S. T. Quattlebaum A.M. P. G. M.* Redmond. W. B. Andrews, P. Dunham, E. C. Jones, J. C. Armstrong M. A. Fell, D. W. Karpe, Benjamin Roberts, E. B. Robinson, J. H. Berry, G. W. Uibon, R. A. Levy, Ernest Birdsonjt, S. E. Graves, P. S. McLemore, B.R.JrSnyder, 0. G. Bishop, J. Griffin, W. E. Montgomery,G.W. .Snyder, J. A. Bloom, B. I. Hawley, R. H. Montgomery, E. C. Thomson. E. W. Bornstein, j . Herring, J. D. Munholland, C. T. Trezevant, J. W. Brumby, R. H. Hirsch, T. Munholland, J. M. Watts, T. W. Buie, D. Holloway, W. W. Myrick, D. M. White, H. O. Dean, E. A. Hulse, F. G. Oakes, J. H. Winnbish, W. A. Dollerhide,M.McG Total, 63 members Initiated, Passed and Raised—Ben]. R. McLemore, Jr., J. Bornstein, J. C. Jones, W. B. Redmond. Affiliated—J. H. Oafees. .Reinstated—W\ M. Brumley. Dlmitted—E. E. Tharp, W. M. Brumley. Died—A. B. Armstrong, P. M., A. W. Dunham, T. M. Griffin, John Kelly. "Honorary member. MACKEY LODGE No. 132. Chartered January 20th, 1854. Kinggold, Bienville parish, La. Stated meetings, third Saturday of each month. W. T. Stevens S. L. Manning B. H. Evans L. C. Page V. N. Paj?e
L. C. Page,
OFFICERS. W. M. C. A. Stevens S. W. J. W. Cook J. W. W J. Paee Treasurer. J. E. C. Tucker Secretary. C.C.AIlums. F. N. Harper Tyler.
PAST MASTERS. U. N. Page, P. D. D. G. M. T. G. McGraw,
Booth, W. P. Bryant, H. Caldwell. J. W. Cook, J. J.
S. D. J. D. Chaplain. > „,„ „ . * stewards.
W. T. Stevens.
MEMBERS. Graham, N A. Martin, F. J. Graves, T. P. McElroy, W. T. Hall, H. J.: Perry, J. B. Hicks, D. U. Perry, J. C.
Stevens, J. H. Thomas, I. B. Tucker, C. S. Woodward, J. E. Total, 28 members. Passed and Raised—John W. Caldwell, John H. Stevens, Neal A. Graham. Dimmed—A. Tucker, W. L. Corley, L. E. Wilson (1901). Died-J. B. Booth, W. T. Nettles.
LIBERTY LODGE No. 123. Original charter, February 14th, 1855. Restored, 1866. Keachle, DeSoto parish. La. Meets third Friday in each month. G. W.Thigpen W.G.Spilker R.H.Jav Robert Horn
OFFICERS. W. S. Logan W. M. S. W. J. M. Alexander J.W. C. D. Graves Treasurer. T. M. GatJin.
Secretary. S. D.. J. D. :.Tyler.
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WORK AND RETURNS 0F PAST MASTERS.
Charles Schuler,
Robert, Horn,
W. G. Spilker,
G. W. Thigpen.
LIFE MEMBER. T. D. Coty. MEMBERS.
Gibbs, A. P. Morgan. W. H. Bennett, I. O. Riley, W. S. Lawsen, Thos. Estis, R. F. Initiated—Tbomas C. Aubrey. Initiated and Passed—Harris T. Bnrford. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Thomas M. Gatlin. Affiliated-A P Gibbs. Died—E. M. Hagens.
Schuler, E. Total, 17 members.
KELLERTOWN LODGE No. 12*. Chartered February 14th 1855. Meets second Tuesday In each month at Wilson, East Feltciana parish, La. OFFICERS.
James R. Freeman Julius Adler A. E. Miller R. C. Ramsey
W. M. S. W. .".... :J. W. Treasurer.
John Y. Reiley O. P.Bland JohnF. McKneely Cass Palmer
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
James R. Freeman,
A. E. Miller.
MEMBERS.
Bnrkett, E. A. Haynes, C. B. Norwood, I. D. DeLee, A. W. Herr, Frank Palmer. N. C. DeLee, John McCall, H. C. Reily, C. F. Freeman. Gus S. Miller, C. C. Scott, G. A. Gore, C. E. Norwood, A. J. Singletary, S. L. Hastings, E. S. Initiated—Rufus K. McCarley. Initiated and Passed—ASelbert W. Durkee. Affiliated—T. D. Norwood. Dimitted— E. B. Skillman. Died-Vf. A. Henderson, E J. Boatner.
Stanley, J. S. Storey. S. G. Whatley, L E. White, J. A., Sr. White, J. R. Total, 29 members.
PEARL RIVER LODGE No. 125. Chartered February 14th, 1855. Line Academy, Washington parish, La. Town, La. Stated meetings, third Saturday In each month.
P. O., Ball
OFFICERS.
N. E. Pigott W. Q. McKenzie L. W. McKenzie S. E. Rank in
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer.
I. J. Ball G. W. McKenzie E. J. McKenzie H. P. Pittman...
:
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Tyler,
PAST MASTERS.
J, W, Ball.
W. M.Camron,
J, I, Grimsley,
I. J. Ball,
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CONSTITUENT LODGES. LIFE MEMBER
N. W. Pigott. Carter, J. N. Forbes, N. C.
MEMBERS. Grimsley, W. T. J. Patten, Albert McKenzie, A. Z. Singley, H. H.
Williams, James Total, 18 members.
ARCADIA LODGE No. 126. Chartered February 14th, 1855; renewed, 1885. Arcadia, Blenvijle parish. La. Meets first Saturday and third Wednesday in each month. OFFICERS.
W. M. Baker D. E. Brown, Jr W. P. Theus L. M. Tooke T. S. Sirpell
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer. Secretary. W. A. Lindsey
D. M. Atkins V C. Pipes....... J. J. Mclnnis C . H . B u t l e r ) W. C Howell ..Tyler.
S. D. J.D: Cbapljm.
PAST MASTERS.
F. M. Thornhill, R. A. Smith,
Joseph Atkinson. C. A. Miller, W. M. Baker, D. R. Shehee,
W. J. Fields, L. F. Wakeman.
LIFE MEMBERS.
James Brice, P. M.,
R. Murphy,
Augustus Stall, P. D. D. G. M.
MEMBERS.
Allen, J. W. Andrews, J. C. Arrington, R. D. Atkin, P. M. Baird, S. J. Barnette, W. C. Boddie, N. Burness, J. F. Butler, J. L. Capers, B. Carriker, S. S. Cole, A. B. Courtney, E. Oulbertson, N. A. Currie, J. E. Davies, E. E. Davis. J. A. Davis, I. H. Dawidoff, Jos.
Driskill, W. D. Ellis, J. N. Evans, James Fleming. J. W. Foster, C. E. Foster, J. F. Gaines, M. M. Halston. J. D. Hayes, D. H. Head, W. P. Henry, M. A. Howell, J. S. Howell. G. B. Jones, R. M. Jones, C. N. Jones, R. L. Jordan, J. H. Kennedy. P. W. King, R. R.
Laud on, E. B. Lawler, W. H. Leslie, W. H. Leslie, W. J. Madden, B. A. Manly, J. M. Marsh, J. T. Marsh, M. S. Mayfield. F. L. McConathy, J. B. McConathy, Sam'l Miller, Will. Moore, J. T. Murphy, R. C. Nelson. A. B. Oden, W. P. Pennington, T. H. Picard, Nathan Ras berry, J. P.
Rasberry, S. Reynolds, J. E. Roberson, G. W. Sailes, J. T Smart, T. L. Sheppard, J. L. P. Sheppard, Wm. D. Simmons, T. H. Stall, B. H. Storey, J. A. Theus, J. C Tllley, D. A. Tilley, T. J. Wakeman, W. B. Walker T. A. Whitlow, G. C. Wilson, B. W. Witnber ey, J. R. Young, Wm. D. Total, 97 members.
Initiated—James D. Youngblood, Washington P. Driskill. Initiated and Passed— Warren W. Welsh, Charles T. Butler, William H. McGuir. Initiated, Passed and Raised—William P. Head. Berry A. Madden, Jas. A. Davis, E. B. Landon, J.T. Marsh, John E. Currie, James S. Howell, John C. Theus, Thomas S. Sirpell, John P. Rasberry, Archibald B. Nelson, Percy W. Kennedy, John J. Mclnnis, George B. Howell, June W. Fleming, John W. Allen, Wm. C. Howell, Berry W. Wilson, James F. Burgess. Passed and Raised—P. M. Atkin, L, M. Tooke, R. C. Murphy, J, R. Wimberley, Sanders Rasberry. Raised—Woodard D. Driskill.
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Affiliated—S. J. Baird, John N. Ellis, James Evans, Wm. J. Leslie, B. H. Stall, Duke H. Hayes, E. Coartney, J. D. Halston, W H. Lawler, T. A. Walker. Reinstated—William D. Young. Dimitted— W. C. Roaten. SPRING HILL LODGE No. 127. Rechartered February, 1893. Oakland, Union parish, La. Meets Saturday before third Sunday in each month. Postoffloe, Truxno. OFFICERS.
E A. Dawkins J. H. Gathright W.F.Usrey Fred Tucker
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer.
W. H. Brasheer J. R. Howard T. J. Hollis F. M. Barns
Secretary. S. t>. J. D. Tyler.
PAST MASTER.
W. R. Taunton. MEMBERS.
Burges, J. Q.
Burgey, L. A. '
Shaver, J. E.
Smith, W. T. Total, 13 members. Dimitted—J. H. Canterberry, O. 0. Clark, J. M. Smith. GORDY LODGE No. 133.
Chartered February 14, 1855. Lecompte, Rapides parish, La. P. O., Lamourie. Stated meetings, second Thursday of each month. OFFICERS. AlcideLfiigh W. M. Luther C. Penniger S. D.
James W. Falvey Chas. H. Pruitt A. G. Swann B. F. Scott
S. W. J. W. Treasurer. Secretary.
W. S. Warner A. W. Carroll Jonas Wolf Wm. A. Odom
J. D. Chaplain. M. of C. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
H. F. Long, J.D.Everett,
A. T. Allen, Jonas Wolf.
B. F. Scott, P. D. D. G. M. A.W.Carroll.
MEMBERS.
Barnidge, Jos. J. Duncan, DeWitt M.Honk, G M. Roberts, Apps Bluestftin, M. Duncan, R. M. C. Jonps, Wade H. Rougeon. L. C. Boyd, E. Z. Duncan. Doctor Maddox, Gilbert, I. Scott, J. W. Broida, Sam. Freeman, C. O. Maddox. John H. Stafford, D. T. Carroll.Wm. Linus Haag, Ernest Mason, Charles B. Stewart, Wm. M. Collins, Otis Henry, E. L. Odom, G. O. Weingert, Joseph Cruse, Joseph Hilburn, C. M. Total, 38 members. Initiated and Passed—Marcelan Garnie. Initiated. Passed, and Raised—Lazime C. Rougeon, Charles H. Pruitt, Wesley S. Warner, William L. Carroll. Raised—E. L. Henry, John H. Maddox. Reinstated—R. H. Jackson. Affiliated—Joseph S. Cruse, James W. Falvey. Dimitted.—R. H. Jackson. G. M. Simmons, W. F. Shackleford. Ralph Kilp trick, S. D. Jordan, W. W. Wall, H. F. Ford, W. H. Lyle?, J. E. Carroll, W. F. Young, Wm. A. Boone. Suspended—J. P. Hoff pauir.
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CONSTITUENT LODGES. PLAINS LODGE No. 135. Chartered February 12th, 1855. Zacharie, East Baton Rouge parish, La., P. O.. Zacharie. Stated meetings, second Friday of each month. T. L. Mills, Sr E. T. Y. Loudon W. C. Young B. S. Harrell
OFFICERS. W. M. Charles F. Ratcliff S. W. A. J. Ronaldson J. W. Winner Mills Treasurer. A. Z. Young T. L. Mills, Jr Tyler.
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Chaplain.
PAST MASTERS.
H. Carter, W. B. Loudon, P. D. D. G. M., J. D. Nettles, I. N. Doyle.
T. J. MoHugh, T. E. McHugh,
T. L. Mills, Sr., Charles R. Ratcliff, A. Z. Young.
LIFE MEMBER
James M. Loudon. MEMBERS.
Amrhein, M. F. Mills, A. C. Troth, R. S. Harper, H. C. Ball, I. W. Pettit, Albert S. Waller, J. G. Kelly, L. J. Barnett. Thos. S. Kent, ffm. M. Reinburg, Morris Walls, J. L. Brown, Thos. B. Loudon, R. E. Rodriguez, J. S. Westbrook, W. D. Collins, C. R. Ronaldson, W. L. Williams, J. R. Mayhall, J. O. Corcoran,R. E. Williams, South B. McBurney, R. W. Samuel, T. N. Doyle, W. E. Methvten, Wm. S. Slaughter, W. S. Wilson, John G. Graham, T. R. Smith..George Wolf, Leon H. Miller, Jac. Gourrier, S. A. Speg, Philip Young, J. T. Miller, Morris Green, Fred G. Young, J. W. Millican, Joseph Story, Ernest Griffith, W. P. Milliean.JohnH. Thompson,'F. M. Total, 53 members. Initiated—Wilburn Y. Millican. Initiated, Passed and liaised—Albert C. Mills, John H. Millican, Thomas N. Samuel, Robert E. Laudon. James W. Young. Affiliated—William S. Methvien, William E. Doyle, H. C. Harper. Died-J. D. A. Kirkland, Jos. McHugh.
ATHENS LODGE No. 136. Chartered February 12th, 1856. Athens, Claiborne parish, La. Stated meetings, Saturday before third Sunday in each month. OFFICERS.
R. W. Baker Wm. C. Moreland F.B. Marsalis M. W. Atkins
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer. T. E. Bailey
W. G. Beauchamp H. B. Atkins M. Ward J. N. Cunningham Tyler.
Secretary, S. D. J. D. Chaplain.
PAST MASTER.
J. R. Dillon. LIFE MEMBER. J. F. McFarland, MEMBERS.
Atkins, W. A. Dillon, F. R. Baker, L. E. Gandy. J. If. Culpepper, W. W. Moseley, W. C.
New, A. G. Walker, G. W. Newton, Thos. A. Webh, Conquest Hecoy, Wm. Webb, R. J. Total, IB members.
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Initiated—Alma Walker. Initiated, Passed and Baised—John N. Cunningham, Fletcher E. Marsalis, Leon E. Baker, Conquest Webb, Josepn H. Gandy, William C. Moreland, Thomas A. Newton, William Pecoy, Floyd R. Dillon. Affiliated—A. M. Whipple. Dimitted—A.. M. Whipple, J. M. Deloach, S. J. Crump, F. A. Newton.
DOWNSVILLE LODGE No. 143. Chartered February 12th, 1856. Downsville, Union parish, La. Stated meetings, first Saturday of each month. OFFICERS.
I. F. Hammons T. H. Roberts J. L. Winberry F. M. Gaskins
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer.
Judson Golden W S. Hammons T. M. MeFarland.., John Hay
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
E. T. Sellers,
I. F. Hammons,
T. H. Roberts.
LIFE MEMBER.
C. H. Railey, P. M. MEMBERS.
Hinton, G. P. Ransom, W. Lewis, S. P. Richardson, W.W.. McFarland, A. A. Rinehart, J. W. McKenzie, W. Robertson, R. T. Miles, F. F. Smith, W. P. Miles, J. T. S. Wade, Tom Newton, C. R. Wilson, H. F. Owens, G. W. Wilson, H. Pardue, B. W. Wilson, M. W. Total, 45 members. Initiated, Passed and Raised—J. J. Futrell, W. P. Smith, W. P. Griffin, J. R. Branslord, A. C. Hammons, Trion McFarland, W. W. Richardson. Heinstated—F. F. Miles, G. P. Henry, John Hay, John Ellis.
Hines, C. T.* Albritton, W. H. Auld, J. S. Ball, F. M. Bransford.J. R. Brewster, W. Cary, M. F. Dillard, F. L. Edwards, J. B.
Elkins, J. W. Ellis, John Futtrell, - ' - J. " J. Golden, G. Griffin, W. P. Hammons, A. C. Hammons, John Henry, G. P. Hicks, J. L.
"Honorary member.
OCEAN LODGE No. 144. Chartered February 10th, 1857. Masonic Temple, New Orleans. Meets second and fourth Wednesday in each month. OFFICERS.
Frank Caldwell Philip Basart. Joseph Cathcart L. W. Koffskey
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer.
James Parker Sam'i M. Best Joseph Karr August Buuck
Secretary. B. U. J. D. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
Charles A. Adams, James Parker, John C. Crimen, William Erslew, L. G. Emery,
H. L. Soulies, M. F. B. Weeks,
George Koffskey, L. WT Koffskey,
Frank Tarver.
CONSTITUENT LODGES.
10?
LIFE MEMBERS.
A. Buuck,
Webster Long. MEMBERS.
Graham. D. R., Cotter, John A. Larssen, L. H. Pitt, John B. P. G. M.* Cranmer, Thos. E. Lender, E. L. Rayner, F. W. Bollinger, J. M. Dumas, Theodore McCarthy, T. J. Richard. E. Briggs, D. D. Ernstman, G.W.H. McSweeney, J. R. Salles, W. L. Brown, C. F. Fairbanks, J. H. McWhirter, Wm. Sleeper, Henry A. Brunstrom, Aug. Flanders, Ward C. Milde, E. H. Sullivan, James P. Buuck, Theo. C. Guy, Wm. D. Moore, M. Theodore, N. Caldwell. John Haley, L. A. Myler, Charles, Thompson, J. E. J. Carroll, Thomas Hempel, P. R. Nielson, T. M. Tusson, J. R. Case, Chas. W:. Jr.Howell, B. F. Norwood, Sam. D. Vienne, F. A. Chretien, Joseph Johannesson, A. G. Park, James Wall, H. E. Christensen, Jas. Kirk, J. M. Pecoul, John B. A.Zoeller, L. W. Total, 56 members. Initiated—Clement L. Maynard. Initiated and Passed—James Brown, Harry G. Hooper, Initiated, Passed and Raised — Joseph Cathcart, Ericsson Richard, Charles W. Case, Jr . Samuel M. Best, William L. Salles, Joseph E. J. Thompson, Harry A. Sleeper. Passed and Raised—John A. Cotter. Affiliated—Eugene H. Milde. Reinstated—F. W. Rayner, James Park. Died—Martin Huber, Charles B. Hall. Suspended—Harry E. McCaskey. "Honorary member.
HOPE LODGE No. 145. Chartered February 10th, 1857. Lafayette, Lafayette parish, La. Meets on first and third Fridays in each month. OFFICERS.
Chas. D. Caffrey M. Rosendeld V. L Roy J. W. Chambers
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer.
L. O. Emes V. E. Girard C.F. Melchert Sidney Mayo
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
F. S. Mudd, Crow Girard, Charles D. Caffrey, F. E. Girard, Wm. Campbell. LIFE MEMBER.
E. Bernard. MEMBERS.
Babin, Charles S. Francez. Romain Plonsky, Leon Stephens. E. L. Cayard. A. F. Herpin, Don Louis Roger, George L. Trahan, J. D. Chargois. Jos. A. Judice, L. L. Simpson, A. H. Trahan, A. R. Total, 26 members. Conniff, George L. Niekerson, J. C. Initiated—Joseph O. Herpin. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Sidney Mayo. Died—L, M. Roger. Suspended—D. A. Cochrans, C. T. Higgins. Suspended Indefinitely—Jean Brun.
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SILENT BROTHERHOOD LODGE No. 146. Chartered February 10th, 1857. Coushatta, Red River parish, La. Saturday In each month. J. R. Moss F. B. Williams H. B. Hines Wm. A. Boylston
OFFICERS. W. M. T. E Paxton S. W. George W. Singleton J. W. James MeGoldrich Treasurer. Leon Bernstein T. W. Howell Tyler.
PAST MASTERS. J. A. Bell, D. M. Giddens, Sam Lisso, P. D. D. G. M., J. R. Hayes, J. K. Moss, J. D. Cawthon, LIFE MEMBER. Benjamin S. Lees.
Meets first
Secretary. .Chaplain. S. D. J. D.
L. E. Scheen, J. J. Stanfill. W. H. Wamsley.
MEMBERS. Atkins, John B. Grigsby,W. W. McMillan, Steve J. Stall, F. A. Beard, E. W. Hickson, J. M. Perryman, R. A. Terry, C. H. Bernstein, Eugene Hutchinson, W. J. Pierson, J. P. Terry, T, H. Brown, John B. Jones, M. L. Pierson, Thos. J. Threat, A. F. Brown, Robert H. Lee, P. A. Pierson, F. J. Wardlaw, J. C. Cagle, T. L. Ligglns, Thos. P. Powell, Geo. M. Webb, Charles H. CawthoD, Chas. D. Lisso, Paul, Sr. Preslar, C. B. Webb, Ogden T. Clarkson, J. Peter Lisso, Paul, Jr. Preslar, E. F. Woodard, J. E. Cloud, N. N. Lisso, Roy M. Preslar, T. J. Wilkinson,W.T. Sr. Edgerton, C. E. Lockett, Keet Rieks, M. Wilson, Fred, Sr. Elliott, Phil. C. Mangnam, G. B. Robinson, E. T. Wilson, Joel H. Galloway, Charles Marston, Henry Scheen, W. H. Wilson, T. J. Giddens, R. A. McLemore, J. M. Stayton, R. P. Total, 68 members, Initiated—J. Edward Woodard, Thomas P. Ligglns, Charles H. Terry. Fred Ashley Wilson, Phillip C. Elliott, James M. Elliott. Passe*—J. Edward Woodard. Thomas P. Ligglns, Charles H. Terry, Fred Ashley Wilson, Phillip C. Elliott, James M. Elliott. Marmaduke Kicks. JJaised-Marmaduke Ricks, J. E. Woodard, C. D. Cawthon, T. P. Ligglns, Chas. H. Terry, Phillip C. Elliott. Affiliated—C. Benton Preslar. Reinstated—T. H. Terry. Dimitted—R. A. Davis. XHed-E. C. DeBruhl, in 1901.
ANACOCO LODGE No. 147. Chartered February 10th, 1857, Restored May 14th, 1885. Anacoco. Vernon parish, La. F. O., Leesville. Stated meetings, first Saturday in each month. W. T. Franklio W. H. Cain R.T. Wrieht.. Z. T. Craft Lee McAlpin John Franklin,
OFFICERS. W. M. Wm. M.Cain S. D. S. W. J. A. Grant, Sr 3.1). J. W. J. T. Brown ) stPward, Treasurer. A. B. Croft | htewaras. ;..Secretary. J. A. Brown, Jr Tyler. • PAST MASTERS. Lee McAlpin, W. H. Cain, W. T. Franklin.
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MEMBERS. Avard, Samuel Cain, Wm. P., Jr. Gibbs, C. N. McConathy, J. H. Bolgiano. J. M. Craft, M. M. Harris, Jos. W. Noleo, F. R. Bray, J. D. Evans. D. N. Johnston, Thos. fl. Paine, E. B. Bray, David Franklin, J. J. Kay, Wm. Eli Price, John Butler, J. T. Franklin, A. J. Lamberth, I. T. Washburn, F. A. Cain, J. A. Franklin, B. J. McConathy, W. Y. Word, J. H. Cain, Ed. J. Total, 31 members. Initiated, Passed and Baised—John Price, Thomas H. Johnston, Edward J. Cain, William P. Cain, William E. Kay. Died—A. F. Evans.
RED LAND LODGE No. 148. Chartered February 10th, 1857. P. O, Cartervllle, Bossier parish, La., Stated meetings, third Saturday in each month. OFFICERS. W. M. S. M. Matlock S. W. B.F. Cook J. W. J. A. Boggs Treasurer. O. C. Cason
A. A. Barnett W. T. Idom J. G. Martin J. S. Arnold A. A. Barnett,
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS. Timothy Oakley, J. A. Martin, J. A. Boggs, F. M. Barnett.
MEMBERS. J. S. Alfred, P.M.* Arnold, J. H. Goodwin, J. H. C. T. Hines, P.M.* Byram, J. C. Hays, H. Allen, R. H. Covintfton. Alex. Herrick, A. J. Arnold, D. W. Goodwin, T. M. Holloway, R. W. Arnold, J. R. Initiated, Passed and Raised—0. C. Cason. Affiliated—J. S. Arnold.
M. H. Brock,
Hudson, J. T. Stroud, W. A. Thompson, F. S. Wallace, J. H.. Total, 28 members.
'Honorary members.
DARLINGTON LODGE No. 149. Chartered February 16th, 1858. Darlington, St. Helena parish, La. Stated meetings, second Saturday of each month. P. O., Chipola, La. OFFICERS. W. M. Wiley Williams S. W. E. M. Collins J. W. W. J. Hurst Treasurer. S. S. Nettles
O. L. Collins M. M. Collins W. B. Kemp H. W. Pipkin
PAST MASTERS. O. L. Collins, P. D. D. G. M., MEMBERS. Nettles, J. L. Story, W. L.
Adams, A. A. Carruth, A. W. Passed—R. T. Little.
....Secretary. S. D. J. D. Tyler.
W. B. Kemp. Womack, J. H. Total, 13 members.
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WORK AND RETURNS OP EASTERN STAR LODGE No. 151.*
Chartered February 10th, 18S8. Winnfleld, Wlan parish, La. second Saturday of each month.
Stated meetings,
OFFICERS.
James T. Wallace A. J. Long J. T. Durham M. Bernstein S. M. Abel Joseph Smith
W. M. S. W. J. W. .Treasurer. ..Secretary. S. D.
J. D. Chaplain. Marshal. — \ Stewards. ..Tyler.
Henry James... J . T . King J. J. Dickerson. W. R. Farrell... T. G. M'lam.... R. Porter..... .
PAST MASTERS.
S. M. Smith. R. E. Milling,
Joseph Smith, Jas. T, Wallace. G. P. Long.
Bernstein, Jul. Bernstein, Philip Bradford, H.F. Carpenter, Sol. Cockerham, C. A. Cockerham, H. M. Dark, J. L. Davis, Calvin Derrett, B. L. Dickerson. W. F. Durham, C. M. Elliott, C. H. Gorham, R. S. Hagan, E. H. Hightower, R. R. Jackson, E. H.
Jackson, M. E. Jackson, W. F. James, Christ James, Jesse Johnson, E. T. Jones, R. C. Jordan. Eli Kidd, E. E. Leary, J. O. Long, A. J. Long, H. P. Long, W. E. McCain, L. McGinty, H. McGinty, K. B. Moore, J. F.
Henry Bernstein, W. D. Beville, P. K. Abel, W. J. Teddlie, M. F. Machen.
MEMBERS.
Morris, N. D. Morris, D. P. Norman, W. T. Parish, T. W. Peters, A. S. Peters, J. .1. Peters, J. S. Porter, Ibzen, Jr.. Porter, S. Porter. J., Jr. Porter, H. Roberts, H. M. Smith, J. A. Smith, Patrick Smith, W. A. Sowers, N. C.
Tannehill, R. L. Tannehill. H. N. Tullos, J. R. Wallace, W. M. Warner, Jno. T. White, A. J. White, Chas. A. Williams, C. A Williams, D. B. Williams, W. H. Witt, J. R. Woraack, J. P. Woodruff, W. H. Wright, W. K. Total, 82 members.
*No returns for 1903.
HOMER LODGE No. 152. Chartered February 10th, 1858. Homer, Claiborne parish, La. Meets first Tuesday in each month. OFFICERS.
H. C. Walker John S. Richardson 0. P. Bailey C. O. Ferguson
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer.
Walter Ward J. G. Knighton J. H. Kirkpatrick J. E. Smith
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
Drew Ferguson,
Walter Ward,
C. O. Ferguson,
MEMBERS.
Allen, J. C. Bridges, B. A. Day, J. W. Boring, W. C. Brown, J. M. Deen, S. A. Barnett, W. C. Carter, A. W. Greenwood, F. C. Beardsiey, C. H. Clingman. A. K. Odom, John D. Bolen, L. C. Coles, T. G. Richardson, J. A. Initiated, Passed and liaised—John S. Richardson. Reinstated—F. C. Greenwood.
Smith, Ben Taylor, J. H. M. Wilder, A. E. Willis, J. C. Total, 28 members.
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CONSTITUENT LODGES. SAINTS JOHN LODGE No. 153. Chartered February 10th, 1858. Algiers, New Orleans, La. Meets every Tuesday evening. OFFICERS.
John W. Howe C. J. Conklin Walter Oser Geo. Herbert, Jr
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer. Geo. W. Kulp
L. J. Petersen Thomas J. Prior Edwin H. Seymour Wm. E.Schabel Tyler.
.Secretary. S. D. J. D, M. of C.
PAST MASTERS.
D. J. Brown. E. W. Burgis,
A. S. Daniels, O. I. McLellan, Albert E. Hotard, J. A. Peterson,
Wm. H. Riley, P. W. Sherwood.
LIFE MEMBER.
J. F. Deseamus, P. M. MEMBERS.
Rutledge,W.A.Jr., Leary, Jere Ahsen, F. W. Francis, M. W. Lennox, And rew Ryan, Frank G. Aucoin, E. C. French, H. D Sadler, F. Ward Levine, J. D. Barrett, J. A. Gait, Henry Salvensen, Tise Lucas, William Bauman, Emile Gerde3, E. G. Schoen, F. P. Lusted, James Borne, Ben W. Goeldner, Curt. Brown. Thomas H Guillaud, Andrew Mackie, Thos. G. Schroeder, Jno., Sr. Bucholz, T. U. Hanson. Vermund Martin, Francis Sehroeder, Jno., Jr. Montgomery, W. B.Stevens, E. B. Burke, Frank Heap, W. P. Swanson, A. H. Connell, J. D. Herbert, Geo., Sr. Morse, M. A. Thorning, Jos. M. Cotie, Joseph Holland, Jos. M. Naismith, Wm. Turnbull, T. F. Dilzell, W. A. Howard, John J. Northen, H. S. Ughland, A. E. Driebholz E. Wm. Howard, Price E. O'Pry, W. J. Petersen, Aaden Umbach, W. F. Duvic, Arthur Keihl, C. I. Duvic, Frank C. Kumpfert, J. F. Petersen, Adnee Vezien, J. P. Pollack, Geo. W. Wiebelt, A. Ellingsen, H. M. Lahausen, J. J. Fink, Peter Laughlin, P. A. Popp, Eugene A. Yeager, Wm. Proctor, John C. Total, 83 members. Foto, Philip Legett, A. J. Initiated—Isidore Fisher, C. A. Mellor, Elihu Sommers, Edward J. Curren, Peter Clement, Frank B. Moore. Initiated and Passed—Peter F. O'Donnell, John H. Hasling. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Jos. M. Thorniug, W. A. Rutledge, Jr., Benj. W. Borne, Frank G. Ryan, F. W. Ahsen, Curt. Goeldner, Vermund Hanson, Tise Salvensen, Arthur Duvic, Thos. H. Brown, Frank C. Duvic, Eugene A. Popp. Passed— William J. White. Affiliated—Thos. J. Prior, John C. Proctor, Philip Foto. Died—John B. Lyman. Dropped— Louis Mimms. Suspended—Arthur J. Schneidau.
KISATCHIE LODGE No. 156. Chartered February, 12th 1858. Mount Carmel, Corleyvllle P. O., Sabine parish, La. Stated meetings,firstSaturday of each month. OFFICERS.
R. L. Tynes W. H. Gandy P.I. Cook W. S. Tynes D. M. Miller
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer. Secretary. D. T. Knippers
P. J. Herrlngton J.H. Skinner S. E. A. Dowden JoeCassel :. W. M. Hildebrand Tyler.
S. D. J. D. Chaplain. ) „„„,„,, f Stewards.
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"WORK AND RETURNS OP PAST MASTERS.
J. H. Skinner,
H. Knippers.
J. E. Jordan.
MEMBERS.
Abbitt. F. M. Miller, A. M. Stewart, A. M. Holt, W. T. Gobb. W. M. Miller, W. E. Stewart, J. E. Knippers. C. F. Dowden, R. A. Eyan. W. E. M. Thompson, Ead. Lowing, W. G. Bllzey. W. E. Self, J. I. Tynes, J. W. Lewing, J. M Franklin, E. K. Stewart, W. D. Wagley. A. C. Manasco, C. H. Hays, W. B. Total.35 members. Miller, Taylor Initiated—Charles H. Manasco, William E. M. Eyan, R. A. Dowden, Alex. C. Wagley, Joe Cassel, Ead. Thompson, Pleasant J. Herrington, Lafayette W. Byrd, Wm. Allen Tarver, Eobert C. Wells. Passed—Sqnire E. A. Dowdeo, C. H. Monaseo, W. E. M. Eyan, E. A. Dowden, A. C Wagley, Joe Cassel. Rad. Thompson, P. J. Herrington, L. W. Byrd. Raised—P. I. Cook, S. E. A. Dowden, C. H. Monaseo. W. E. M. Evan, R. A. Dowden, A. C. Wagley Joe Cassel, Rad. Thompson, P. J . Herrington. Dimitted-George J. Davis, E. A. Taylor. Suspended—John C. Sibley. Reinstated—George J. Davis.
LIVINGSTON LODGE No. 160. Chartered February 16th, I860. Hammond, Tangipaboa pariah, La. Meets Friday on or before full moon of each month. OFFICERS.
G. J. Goetsch H. E. Brent F. M. Brist W. E. Stevenson F. P. Bankston W. M. Johnson
W. M. S. W. ..J. W. Treasurer. Secretary. S. ,D.
E. J. Williams E M. Boone Wm. Livingston
J. D. Chaplain. M. C.
i N H E M O b t a t nks ::::::::::I a w a r d s . Merritt Millef
Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
Wm. H. Holden,
L. S. Phillips, N. Olivier,
F. B. Thomas, T. W. Cate.
J. B. Adams,
LIFE MEMBER.
W. W. Bankston, P. M. MEMBERS.
Appleby, N. Dawson, Chas. G. Henkle, W. E. Mitchell, Henry P. Arnold, J. B. Dunn, G. E. Holmes, Ike F. Neelis, J. G. Baltzell, S. L. Dunn, M. E. Howard, Charles Payne, F. T. Bankston, G. W. Eastman, E. M. Hungate, Harry P, Potter, C. W. Baumgartner.G. E. Elliott, Joseph Keaghey, W. F. Eobinson. J. L. Branch, W. E. Eubanks, C. K. Kussman, E. L. Rounds, W. B, Bueler, F. G. Eubanks, C. W. " Lillie, E. Eyan, Joseph Chapman. Wm. Farley. J. C. Mathews, Louis P. Settoon, J. W. Corbin, John O. Hagg, S. A. McDonald, J. A. Starns, Bur I in Currie, D. Hayden, M. J. McDougal, A. M. Vining, J. U. Davidson. M. M. Total, 62 members. Initiated—John F. Reining. Joseph Schenk, Arthur L. Way. Initiated and Passed—Eubin A. Pierson. Passed-Willie J. Williams. Passed and Raised^-Eobert J. Williams, Henry P. Mitchell. Affiliated—E. M. Boone. Reinstated—J. C. Farley. J. G. Neelis. Med-W. E. WatsoQ, P. M., J. B. Mack, P. M. Dimitted—L. L. Tyler (1902).
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CONSTITUENT LODGES. BROOKVILLE LODGE No. 161.
Chartered February 16th, 1860. Oak Ridge, Morehouse parish, La, Stated meetings, second Tuesday in each month. OFFICERS.
W.O. Files J. H. Hamby J. W. Broduax T. O. File}
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer.
J. S. Rolfe C. L. Hope S.L.Williams John P. Daily
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
T. W. Baird, Win. E. Conger, G. W. Higginbotham,
John 0 . Hamby, T. L Hawsey, W. D. Whetstone.
MEMBERS.
Hampton, W. H. Barham, T. E. Brown, J. R. Hathcox, W. S. Barham, Wm. T. Cain, Z. J. Barr, D. C. Carter, Theo. A. Kiinady, James Binion, F. M. Carathers, B. F. Nettles, J. C. McAdams, T. B. Binion, W. C. Conger, A. B. Initiated—Gabriel Moss, R. B. Windsor. Initiated, Passed and Raised—John F. Smith. Passed and Raised—James Kanady. Raised—R. B. McDoujjald. Dimitted—J. W. Davis, J. E. Pope.
McDongald. R.B. Parnell, J. H. Reid, George A. Smith, Jno. F. Total, 33 members.
ATCHAFALAYA LODGE No. 163. Chartered February 16th, 1860. Simmsport, Avoyelles parish, La. on or before lull moon. P. O., Redflsh, La.
Meets Tuesday
OFFICERS.
T. J. Perkins Noel Norwood W. A. White J. M. Lackey
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer. J. C. Taylor
D. T. Merriek,
T. J. Perkins,
W. D. Merrick S. B. Powell F. L. Cason C. T. Leigh Tyler.
Secretary. S. D. J. D. M. of C.
PAST MASTERS.
C. T. Leigh. H. S. Perkins, W. A. White. MEMBERS.
Addison, D. I. Bonett, T. J. Boyer, A. O. Boyer, John H. Carbo, B. J. Carruth, R. L.
Dodridge, I. S. Gray, D. M. Harmanson. S. R. Keller, C. W. Kennerly. Selser Lindsey, Robt. L.
Magee, L. E. Perkins, H. C. Perkins, J. B. Rogers, W. B. Seeling, Henry Sherrouse, B. F.
Simpson, C. C. Sparks, B. B. Simmons, A. C. Turner, J. M. Waddell, H. A. Wills, T. J. Total, 35 members.
Initiated and Passed—J. A. Smiley. Initiated, Passed and Raised—H. L. Carruth, S. Banks Powell. Passed and Raised—A. J. Strange. Dlmitted—A. J. Strange, A. C. Simmonds. Died—Jesse L. Overton. Suspended— R. E. Thompson, G. E. Tottenham.
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WORK AND RETURNS OP COLUMBIA LODGE No. 164.
Reohartered February 9th, 1892. Meets at Columbia, Caldwell parish, La., third Saturday in each month. OFFICERS.
J.J.Meredith W. M. N. L. Hower.......... S. W. J. A. Barham J. W. W. H. Newson Treasurer. S. D. S. Walker Secretary. O. B. Hundley
E. M. Grayson J. M.Gilbert J. S. Chick J.A.Meredith F. Brown Tyler.
S. D. ...J. D. Chaplain. lcfn,,,o,^<, f Stewards.
PAST MASTERS.
John R. Brown,
N. M. Davis, E. R. Redditt,
A. B. Hundley, George Wear.
J. J. Meredith,
MEMBERS.
Bailey, C. P. Estess.O. Kent, W. M. Patllett, L. W. Blanks, F. A. Ferrand. W. G. Kirby, C. I. Parker, T. P. Blanks, Henry C. Fisher, D. C. LHtlepage J. R. Rushing, E. H. Bridger, I. C. Furlow, Wm. H. May, Irby B. Sheppard. J. H. Bridger, C. C. Godfrey, W. E. McSween, G. T. Sherrod, John M. Brown, S. H. Graves, J. Q. Mecom, M. L. Smith, O. M. Brown, S. E. Grayson, W. B. Meredith, J. B. Volentine, W. M. Bush, Clifford L. Hines, J. C. C. Mereoith, Newton Vollman, Q. A. Bush, W. K. Howe, E. S. Meredith, T. A. Wear, Thos. C. Carroll. A. W. Humphries, Daniel Meredith, T. R. Welch, W. C. Clark, M. S. Humphries, G. W. MurDhy, J. W. Wood, Thomson. Claunch, W. T. Jarrell, C. M. Nettles, F. H. Wriett, R. E. Cosby, O. W. Total, 49 members. Initiated and Passed—Thos. T. Pharis. Initiated, Passed and Raised^-Wm. E. Godfrey, El'ias M. Grayson, Jos. W. Murphy. John A. Barham, .Lafayette W. Paiilett, Gao. A. Vollman, Stephen H. Brown, JohD C. C. Hines, W. H. NewsoD, Chas. I. Kirby, Martin S. Clark, Joseph R. Littlepage. Passed and liaised—Adrian W. Carroll. Raised—Newton Meredith. Affiliated—W. M. Volentine, Edward S". Howe. Reinstated—Artemus W. Turner. Dimitted—Artemus W. Turner.
LAKE CHARLES LODGE No. 165. Chartered February 16th, 1860. Lafee Charles, Calcasieu parish, La. meetings, first and third Wednesdays of each month.
Stated
OFFICERS.
Leon Chavanne. D. B. Gorham John H. Tuttle Sam. Kaufman
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer.
Adolph Meyer Paul Sullivan Geo. Henry Reimers Joseph Walker
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
Thos. R. Reynolds, George H. Wells, S. O. Shattucfe, D. M. Foster, P. D. D. G. M., P. D. D. G. M., A. M. Mayo, George O. Elms. A. Rigmaiden, Paul Sullivan, Loon Siigar. •
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CONSTITUENT LODGES. MEMBERS.
Albertson, W. H. Faucher, James W.Love, D. W. Arrington, E. H. Flndtey, A. W. Lyons, E. J. Bar be, Raphael Foster, D. M., Jr. Lyons, S. M. Barrett, J. T. Foster, Edwin M. Malcomb, J.C. Benoit, M. Frank, Julius Manson. Thos. C. Bland, John C. Gayle, Wm. J. Martin, Jos. T. Bloch, D. Geary, Harry J. Miller, E. D. Bloch, Sol. Goos, A. E. Mitchell. A. R. Bryan, James W. Gossett, G. M. Moore, Benjamin Bullock, J. J. Gray, J. G. Murray, Wm. Carlson, A. W. Gray, F. H. Nix, J. E. Carter, Ira C. Green, H. R. . Packard, C. H. Chaisson, C. J. Gunn, R. J. Parks. Jos. M. Chavanne, C. E. Harland, Aaron D.'Pels, Henry Chavanne, E. A. Herrinstpn, J. J. Perkins, Ivan A. Chavanne, Francis Hildebrand, James Pfltzing, C. Collette, Jos. H. House, Geo. W. Pickett, J. M. Coley, John Wm. Howe, M. F. Pierce, A. N. Cooper, Allen B. Hundley, A. C. Platz, Peter Cessford, R. J. Jardine, C. H. Pope, Geo. W. Courtney. J. L. Jessen, D. W. Powell, J. G. Davis, Coilin Johnson, H. W., Powell, J. W. Draughon, W. W. Johnston. Geo. W. Prater. Chas. H. Drost, John J. Jordan, W. R. Pray. R. L. Dugan, Lewis Kaufman, Leopold Ramsey, Chas. S. Ellis, Argus Knapo, W. A., Sr. Reeves, George W. Elstner, Joseph C. Krause, Rudolph Reinauer, Isaac Escoubas, Hilair Levy, Armand Reynolds, F. S. VJI O ) J
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Richardson, C. L. Rigmaiden, Jacob Sandrack.W. G. Scarlett. T. W. Seltzer, H. K. Shutts. Frank Simmons, W. H. Smith, James S. Smith, P. E. Stanton, T. H. Stanton, Jos. G. Steidley, Wm. A. Stewart, George W. Stoker, Robert W. Thompson, T. H. Toomer, J. S. Wakefleld, T. J. Walker, Jos. L. Waters, J. H. Watson, J. M. Watson, John W. Weber, Ab. West, Abel White, Egbert Dot Whitman. W. S. Winterhaler, C. B.
Total, 109 members. Initiated—John H. Murphy, William J. Daily, Llojd L. Squires, Thos. H. Watkias. Initiated and Passed—Elisha L. Clement, David M. Duller. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Chas. H. Winterhaler, Williams H. Simmons, EtJmond A. Chavanne. Charles H. Prater, Joseph M. Parks, Josenh W. Powell, Ira C. Carter, J. Sheldon Toomer, John J. Drost, George H. Reimers, Armand Levy. Passed and liaised—A. W. Carlson, Francis Chavanne, Thos. C. Manson Affiliated—Andrew W. Findley. Ashbery C. Hundley, Absalom Weber Joseph G. Powell, Rufus L. Pray, Joseph L. Walker, J. G. Stanton. Reinstated—Edwin M. FoUer. Dimitted—John R. Fox. Died— W. H. Prater. Suspended indefinitely, unmasonic conduct—John H. Poe.
LINN WOOD LODGE No. 167. Chartered February 13th, 1861. Masonic Hall, New Orleans. Meets aecond and fourth Wednesdays. OFFICERS.
Joseph Meyers Robert J. McQuiston BenC. Casanas C. W. Davison E. E. Adams Chas. B. Wills
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer. Secretary. S. D.
Henry McGeary '. J. D. Frank Chalona Chaplain. Geo. A. Treadwell M. of C. Ira Weingrun I c( tow! , r H a Henry Brisbl \ Awards. G. E. Pearson (not a member), Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
C. A. Scott, E. E. Adams, P. D. D. G. M., John B. Ballard, Frank Chalona, D. D. G. M.,
C. W. Keeting, E. N. Stringer, Joseph Meyers,
Geo. W. McDuff, H. Clay Riggs. Alfred E. Billings.
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Joseph Gitzinger. MEMBERSFlettrich, John L. Kohn, H. E. Rice, John C. Alfred, Jno, S., Flettrich, L. Kranz, Julius Riggs, Wm. A., Jr P.M.* • Louis - • O. ~ Kranz, P. A. Roberts, J. W. Abraham, Jos. H. — Flick, Adams, P. H. Frazier, Jujius 0. Lambert, Robt. V. Robinson, Geo. Aibman, J. B. Landry, Henry Rodgers, Thos. J. Fredrick, H. H. Ames, Roger P. Gainsburgh, S. G. Lane, Patrick H. Root, Dwight C. Anderton, Geo. P. Galbraith, John A.Leathers, B. 8. Rose, Dan. A. Aucoin, A. M. Gibons, Fred S. Leche, Emm'l T. Rose, Sage Rosenthal, Sol. Bach, William Gilliam, J. P. Leopold, Simon Rowles, Wm. H. Bagnetto, Emile Godchaux, P. L. Lesslie, George Bailey, T. Goldstein, Lewis Lichstenstein,I.M. Lichstenste' Runkel, Wm. *Lob, ' Chas. "' Russ, Edw. K. Barangue, Jos. Grant, Frank BarKley, John Grethen, Theo. O. Locascio, Ant. Sanders, D. J. Barrett, A. J. Gretzner, Gustave Loetfel, Geo. J. Sanders, John A. Beck, Jas. D. Grivot, Adolph Lowengardt, I. Savell, Frank M. Behrends, Fred Hall, Archibald Lusse, Henry Schaefer, Geo. J. Bell. Jas. L. Hall, Geo. A. Mailly, S. B. Schmid, E. F. Bloch, Theophile Hamilton,Chas. H. Mainegra, R. J. Schwab, N. Blouin. Robt. E. Harding, H. A. Mann, Geo. E. Schwartz. W. B. Bokenfohr, J. Harding, W. H. Manning. Guy E. Segrave, John K. Martin, Robt. Bonarc Samuel Hart, M. H. Seiler, C. T. Mathers, S. S. Booth, John Hart, M. J. Sellers, Thos. B. Massie, Jesse H. Shearman, E. J. Boutall, Chas. Hart, S. J. Merrick, E. H. Boyden, Walter A. Haspel, I. L. Silverstein, Sam'l Bray, Royal C. Hauler, E. A. Merritt, Chas. H. Sirjacques, W. L. Bruenn, Bernard Havner, Harry A. "Messina, ' S. ~ Sorsby, C. E. Carnahan,J.W.,Jr. Hedberg, Herman Meyer, Louis St. Clair, Chas. H. Chamberlain L. C. Helmann. Otto Meyer, Manfred SteagalL E. F. Chevalley, L. L. Herwig,_Jos. L. Miller, A. K. Steele, Thos. F. Christianson, L. Heslin, John L. Moate, Geo. H. Stinson, Louis Clark, Alfred Holdridge, H. D. Mohr, Ignatius Stites, Wm. Hudson, W. O. Coates, Henry Monteverde, A. Sweet, Owen J. Cottrell, Chas. D. Hufft, Rudolph Moroni, G. Taylor, J. Gordon Coxe, Frank M. Hurry, Andrew Muller, Emile Thomas, Chas. E. Crawford, W. S. ~ u« Muller, Jean N. Tinney, W. H. Jaspriza, A. u. J. 1 uu.a,'a. Curtis. Edward Jensen, L Harold McClure, Robt. C. Tortorich, D. J. Johnson, John F. McCorkindale,Wm Wagner, Geo. Czar, John Journey, Geo. 0. McDonald, D. E. Wagner, R. L. Decker, Edw. Jung, Peter, Jr. Nickerson, A. Walker, Jos. N Dempsey. M. J. Kamlade, J. H.,Jr. Noren, G. S. Weill, Jos. Denver, S. A. Kane, John Padley, E. S. Wenck, Jeff. C. DiMaggio, Ant. Katz, Jos. Pearson, Geo. Wheat, Geo. W. Dim and, Jacob Perkins, Robt. C. Whiteman, E. W. Donnelly. Hugh Keen, Alfred Kelsey, Geo. A. P. Pilcher, Chas. H. rWhiteman, I. B. Drury, John Ragan, W. H., Jr. Widmer, Henry Duke, Abram K. Kemp, E. B. Kernan, B. J. Rea, Jesse K. Bell Wilder, James Faget, Arthur Killilea, Jas.1 Reilly, Matthew Williams, Hugh Feldner, Geo. D. Reud'elhuber.J. E. Williams, J. G.R. Feldner, Henry W. Kline, William Felix, Alexander Knolle, Wilkes H. Rice, Chas. S. Young, A. J. Total,
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Affiliated—Samuel Selby Mathers, Louis Christianson, Manfred Meyer. Reinstated—Frank H. Beers, Luke B. Collins, Geo. Lesslie. Died—Samuel Meyers, Ethan A. Riggs. Dimltted—Frank H. Beers, Luke B. Collins.
MONTGOMERY LODGE No. 168. Chartered February 13th, 1861. Montgomery, Grant parish, La. Meets Saturday before the fourth Sunday in each month. OFFICERS. R. M.Horn W. M. Wash W. Fowler.... J. D. J. M. Plunkett . .S. W. Seaborne Dean Chaplain. GriffenD. Smith J. W. R. M. Plunkett Marshal. H. Van McCain.... Treasurer. Vinson R. Boyett I aioarar /i ftlewarasa R. W. Horn Secretary. Wm. P. Gilcrease f E. Watson Rodgers S. D. J. L. Megison Tyler. PAST MASTERS. H. Van McCain, P. G. J. W., J. S. Payne. MEMBERS. Hines,C.T.,P. M.* Dean John W. Fletcher, Jas. N. Smith, Henry D. Davidson, Weo. W. Dean, T. Lee Payne, J. S. StanBeld, J. W. Total, 31 members. Initiated, Passed and Raised—H. Watson Rodgers, Henry D. Smith, Vincent R. Boyett, T. Lee Dean, Washington W. Fowler. Affiliated—R. W. Horn. Reinstated—William P. Gilcrease, George W. Gilcrease. Dimitted—George W. Gilcrease, M. L. Payne, E. G. Horn. * Honorarv member. KOSMOS LODGE No. 171. Chartered February 9th, 1864. Masonic Temple. Meets second and fourth Mondays. OFFICERS. W. M. C. A. Wagner S. W. Val. Fuchs J. W. F.F.Lang .Treasurer. J. H. Heinrichs Secretary. A. Schwartz M. Exp. E. Ellermann H.Kick Tyler. PAST MASTERS. J. F. Falkenheimer, J. Voegtle, R. G. Holzer, Jos. Harz. MEMBERS. Bieber, Gus. Grunewald, Jos. Kolb, C. Engelhardt, P. Hambacher. Max Lehmann. O. H. Foerster. Henry Hambloch, Henry Leonard, V. Gelder, J. E. Hartel, T. F. Ltnssen, P. H. Gerhard, Aug. Hill, F. Mannier, Ger. H. Reininger Julius Wjler O. H. Lehmann J. F. Falkenheimer Joseph Harz R. Herforth
Orator. . M. of C. S. D. J. D. Econ. I. G.
Chas. A. Wagner.
Meyer, W. H. Moosmann, G. F. Ricks, A. G. Staehle, F. Woessner, Wm. Total, 34 members. Initiated. Passed and Raised—W. H. Meyer, Gervaise Mannier, Joseph Gmnewald, P. H. Linssen. Suspended—Chas. Schmidt, H. Hofeld.
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Chartered February 17th, 1865. Masonic Hall. Meet3 first and third Thursdays in each month. OFFICERS.
W. E. Mahdeville W. M. Percy H. Brown S. W. Wm. E. Hogue J. W. Martin L. Costley, Sr Orator. John T. Shearer,. Treasurer. W. P. Costley Secretary. P. Marchesi.... Almoner. Dennis Harney
J. B. Humphreys L. D. S. Gaster C. J. Schmidt Chris. Nuagesser W. J. Manion C. L. Frank. Theo. T. Daley Tyler.
M. Exp. M. of C. S. D. J. D.
I stpwnrHa j stewards. I. G.
PAST MASTERS.
G. H. Pabst, P. D. D. G. M., John T. Shearer, P. M. Schneidau, P. D. D. G. M., Wm. Hincks, James T. Nix, II. T. Cockburn.
M. L. Costley, Sr., Joseph Dennee, D. D: G. M.
MEMBERS.
Byron, Bolley* Cage, E. H.. P. G. M.* Abadie, Lucien Abbott, C. F. Adams. C. C. Alba, L. R. Alciatore, Hy. J. Andrews, E. W. Arnold, J. P. Ashby, James H. Avegno, J. Badger, J. A. Banister, W. L. Barker, C. E. Barriere, E. P. Berlin, H. Bernard, H. A. Bisso, J. A. Bonne, F. T. Bray, C. E. Brehop, H. C. Bres, W. A. Brooks, A. L. Brown, E. H. Bruhn, A. Broussard, W. P. Burg, P. C. Calmes, J. S. Capo, Thomas Carambat, Frank Clerc, R. F. Coats, W. T. Cole, E. A. Cooke, A. M. Cooney, P. A. Converse, W. H. Converse. W. W. Costley, F. D. Costley. M. L., Jr. Croll, J. H. Davies, P. H. Davies, E . H . W.
Porteous. Wm. A. Dequede, W. Jensen, H. L. Donellan, W. H. Jonveaux, Wm. F. Prentiss, J. W. Dorrestein,C.A.M. Jonveaux, L. P. Queen, F. W. Rasch, J. Drawe, J. J. Kay, C. W. Reams, T. B. Dressel, H. J. Keith, Henry Renaud, W. H.,Jr. Duke, W. A. Kennedy, C. U. Eeynolds, L. Dussel, Julius Kerwin, B. H. Eeudelhuber.W. G Earhart, Fred A. Kirwin, J. J. Eidgely, J. K. Earhart, Morgan Knost, J. H. Rolling, H. J. Ellerman. John Koretke, F. H. Schneidau, Paul S. Elliott, E. Lacroix, H. L. Schreiber. M. M. Estopinal, A. S. Lais, A. Evans, H. F. Lastrapes, C. W. Scott, A. McC. Seymour, Wm. D. Eyrieh, G. A. Leach, N, M. Seymour, H. W. Fabacher, Jos. Legendre, J. A. Sheffeld, C. H. Fallon, L. J. Lehde, E. O. Simpson, W. P. Ferguson, W.T. Leibe, A. Smith, McC. Fine, E. H. Levi, Nathan Spansel, W. C. Ficken, Edw. J. Levy, Alfred Stanton. Geo. W. Fisher, D. Levy, Armand Stehle, T. G. Fitzner, Wm. Loer, E. F. Stevens, G. W. Fornans, F. W. Long, George W. Fourment, John Lumberd, W. B. Stlfft. P. Stoddard, A. H. Freeling, John Manion, M. H. Fulton, J. D. Marcotte, Gus. J. Strieffer, M. Strong, W. A. Geifers, E. McDowell, C. Stroudback, C. B. Gessner, T. F. McFall, E. H. Goss, C. M. McGivney, J. E. Surgi, H. G. Swetman, J. W. Gray, Vincent Milam, Geo. M. Taylor, Edgar Green, M. C. Millard. P. Veith, P. G. Gurtner, H. Muhs, J. Vincent, George Hailey, H. C. Muller.Fred Waldo, B. F. Hains, P. C , Jr. Muller, Geo. Weil, E. L. Hargrave, J. Murphy, J. C. Wintz, Victor F. Hausman, L. Nagelvoort, F. Wetmore, E. H. Hecker, J. Paul Nix, John D. White, O. M. Helm, Philip Nixon, J. E. Wiegand,Geo. A. Houg, N. C. Offner, E. Wilkinson, W. H. Hoyt, E. A. O'Donnell, L. Hull, E. S O'Rourke, C. H. Wilmot, W. G. Wirth, H. Ivy, George E. Patton, G. T. Wright, M. B. Jackman, A. W. Patton, M. W. Zengel, Joseph Jensen, J. M. Poelstra, J. Total; 189 members.
• Honorary member.
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Initiated—Harry S. Pond, James Pearson, John Mitchell, William Lang, Henry C. Voss, Robert M. Shad. Initiated, Passed and liaised—William C. Saahsel, James B. Humphreys, John C. Murphy, Victor Pellegrini, Andrew W. Jackman. Peter C. Hains, Henry Gurtner, Jacob Raseh, Chris. Nungesser. August S. Estopinal, Joseph A. Bisso, Charles L. Prank, John Ellerman, John Muhs, John H. Croll. Raised—J. J. Drawe, Wendel Simpson, E. S. Hull, Aaron L. Brooks, J. W. Swetman. Chas. E. Bray, Philip G. Veith, Win. A. Strong, Michael C. Green, Peter Stifft, N. C. Houg, Robert H. Cotes, J. D. Fulton. Dimitted—Frank A. Fitch, John C. Proctor. Died—Robert H. Cotes, Victor Pellegrini, JonnFeeney, A. H. Lugenbuhl, Samuel R. Barnes, Geo. W. Menninger. Dropped—James D. Ryan.
DANTE LODGE No. 174.
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Chartered February 14th, 1866. Polar Star Hall, corner Eampart and Kerlereo streets, Kew Orleans. Meets first Monday in each month. OFFICERS.
Guiseppa Viviano Francisco Seontrino Arturo DeU'Oito G. Passalaqua Giuseppe Di Carlo Angelo D'Anna Giovanni D'Antonio
W. M. S. W. J. W. Orator. Treasurer. ..Secretary. Almoner.
Cesare Capanna Ivo Ilin Vulevich Vincenzo Marciente Agostlno Russo BasileMerenda Vito Scorsone Lorenzo Cipriani
M. Exp. M. of C. S. D. J. D. Econom. I. G. ;.. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
Giuseppe Passalaqua, Angelo D'Anna, L.Cipriani, Giuseppe Viviano, Gaetano Spagnolo, Giuseppe Di Carlo, G. Rumiano. HONORARY MEMBERS.
A.-G. Brice." P. G. M., R. T. Haviland, F. deP. Villasana, M. Pankev, C. F. Buck, P. G. M., G. H. Packwood, P. G. M., R. Lafontaine, P. M. Jose Venta, A. Diserio. P. M. J. S. Alfred, P. M. MEMBERS.
Arduvinl, R. Di Cristina, C. Lamia, A. Musachia, Ant. Bisso, G. Di Traponi, Glu. Lauro, Vincenzo Nicolich,Elia Bon6glio, Pietro Economides,Basile Licalzi, Ant. Palermo, Giorgio Calamia, Antonino Favalora, G. Liuzza, Pasquale Palermo, Paolo Carrucciu, G. Federico, Lorenzo Liuzza, Michele Pettavino, Ant. Catalanotto, G. Florio, G. P. LoBuono, Vin. Pircopo, Pietro Cefalu, G. B. Forestiere. And. Longo, Stefano Russo, Salvatore Chetta, Giuseppe Giacona, Corrado Macaluso, B. Sammaritano, L. Clesi, Giorgio Gentile, B. M achi, Vincenzo Sammaritano, R. Colletti, R. Gentile, Michele Marullo, Girolamo Sassone, Gio. Cordich, Tomaso Geraci, G. Marullo, Pietro Scalamera, P. Cuccia, Gio. Grabre, Ignazio Mascaretti, A. Scavelli, G. OucciO, Giuseppe Graffeo, C. Matrango, Giu. Sunzeri, Filippo Cusimano, Angelo Guarino, Ant. Monteleone, A. Tusa, Salvatore Cnsimano, Giacomolnserillo, Giuseppe Mule, Calogero Venezia, Angelo D'Alfonzo, S. Jurisich, J. Mule, Giorgio Verde. Giuliano DeBarbieris, E. Total, 81 members. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Pietro Bonfiglio. Ivo Ilin Vulevich, Giuseppe Matranga, Giuseppe Chetta, Pietro Marullo, Vincenzo LoBuono, Bartolomeo Macaluso, Vincenzo Marciante, Giuseppe Cuccio, Filippo Sunzeri, Balvatore Russo, Vincenzo Lauro.
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Passed and Raised—Vincenzo Machi. Affiliated—Cesare Capanna. Reinstated—Antonio Guarino, Calogero Mule, Francesco Sunzeri. Dlndtted—Angelo Maestri, Agosttno Bargone, Francesco Sunzeri. Died— Benedetto Pumilia. Suspended—Andrea Macaluso, Antonino Ciaccio.
AMITE CITY LODGE No. 175. Chartered February lith, 1866. Amite City, Tangipahoa parish. La. Stated meetings, Urst Friday on or before full moon. C.S.Stewart Henry P. Forshav M. L. Conn F.C. Weist ,.. , Charles H. Eagan
OFFICERS. W. M. R. 8. Ellis S. W. H. E. Sanders J, W. George Koffler Treasurer. G.F.Goldsby Secretary. C. Dorhauer
S. D. J. D. > wawtovaarlla ar(ls \ * ' Tyler.
PAST MASTERS. A. F. Vogt, P. D. D. G. M., R. R. Eeid, P. G. M., John Puleston, D. D. G. M. D. H. Sanders, J. M. Craig, S. D. Ellis, MEMBERS. Alford, H. J. Ford, Joseph A. McMichael.A. W. Smith, W. B. Allen, L. E. Frierson, A. G. McMichael, P. P. Spring, H. F. Alleu, M. J. Glvens. J. R. McMichael, R. S. Stark, A. H. Amacker, C. W. Hayden, C. M. Mix, F. P. Stern, Dave Bankston, Leslie Holton, A. J. Mixon, H. Stevens, Allen Bankston,Thos.M. Hoiton, J. R. Mullin, W. J. Stevens. W. Brittingham, J. N. Jefflers, C. S. Mullins, R. W. Stevens, Leo. A. Dalshtron, J. J . Kemp, D. S. Noyes, H. N. Story, H. D. Dorhauer, John Kemp, T. D. Osborn, James M. Strickland, J. E. Dykes, John Loflton, E. D. Puleston, Allen Swasey, H. A. Edwards, M. F. Lillard, J. Q. Robertson. T. H Terry, Wm. S. Eldridge, C. R. McClendon, W. H. Sanders. Geo. O. Wilson, William D. Eldridge, W. O. Mclntyre, W. S. Simmons, W. W. Young, D. F. Elliot, Clay Total, 68 members. Initiated—C..F. Hyde, Frank Phillip. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Thomas M. Bankston, John J. Dalstron, William S. Terry, George O. Sanders. Passed and Raised—Has well A. Swasey, Robert S. Ellis, Autle W. McMichael. Raised—Edward D. Loffton. Affiliated—James M. Osborn. Died—I,. A Vernon, John Evans, J. McK. Morrison. Suspended—F. E. Walker, L. W. Stevens, James S. Stevens,
CADDO LODGE No. 179. Chartered February 14th, 1867. Shreveport, Ca'ddo parish, La Stated meetings, first and third Saturdays of each month' OFFICERS. A. W. Cheesman W. M. G. H. Stevenson Secietary, T. H. Scovell S. W. L. C.Allen S. D. W. A. Kerlev ....J.W. Cal. D Hicks J. D M. A. McCutcheon Treasurer. J. L. Goodman, not a member, Tyier.
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N. B. Miirffl, P. D. D. G. M., Thomas B. Chase, J. C. Moncure, P. D.D. G. M., Matt. L. Scovell, A. B. Weaver,
L. C. Allen, G. J. W., L; E. Thomas, H. B. Hearne, P. D. D. S. N. Kerley, S. F. Gordon, A. W. Cheesman, J. A. Thlgpen. C. D. Kalmbaeh. MEMBERS.
Allen, E. G. Girdlestone, C. W. Minge, C. H. Allen, T. M. Hamilton. D. B. Monroe, D. J3. Arrington, A. S. Harding. Eugene Morris, A. D. Avery, A. B. Hardy, H. I. Neild, Geo. F. Bayersdoerffer.W JHawkins, W. E. Newman, A. J. Owens, Patrick Blackburn, G. E. Helpman, I. L. Blanchard,• N. C. Hicks, S. B. Patterson, R. B. Boisseau, Joseph Hodges, John L. Peyton, James W. Burcher, C. M. Pires, L. A. Holzner, Henry Callaway, J. M. Prescott, H. H. Hulbert, S. P. Colquitt, Homer Hunsicker. Henry Randall, C. J. Colquitt, R. K. Hunter, W. H., Sr. Ratcliff, E. R. Craig, Geo. M. Jackson, Walter Richardson, R. L. Crawford, W. T. Johnson, C. B. Robson, Wm. V. Davis, J. W. Johnson, J. B. Robinson, W. A. Dillon, W. F. Johnson, T. C. Russell, G. H. Dowling, Oscar La Cossett, H. D. Sample, O. H. P. Ford, T. G. Lowenthal, Paul Scott, J. P. Fortson, F. M. McCutcheon. S. B. Scovell, C. Gaines, C. L. McMahon, W. T. Smith, T. A.
Sewall, J. A., Sr. Sewall, J. A., Jr. Spearing, Jos. H. Stariard, Eugene Steere, S. F. Taylor, W. F. Trosper. J. M., Jr. Walling, John H. Waddill, W. M. Ward, S. J. Watson, S. M. Weston. H. S. White, Ben S. White, Georgn L. "Williams, F. M. Wise, W. H. Withrow, P. S. Woodward, Geo. L. Young, John S. Young, W. L. Total, 99 members.
Initiated—A. D. Eglin. Initiated and Passed—John K. Shaw, Edward Simms. Initiated, Passed and Raised- Paul S. Withrow, John H. Walling, George M. Craig, A. B. Avery, John A. Sewall, Jr., Patrick Owens. Passed and Raised—Henry I. Hardy. Affiliated—Robert L. Richardson, J. W. Davis, Eugene Stasard. Reinstated—George L. Woodward. Died—James M. Martin.
SAM TODD LODGE No. 182. Chartered February 14th, 1867. Sugar Town, Calcasleu parish, La. Stated meetings, N first Saturday in each month. OFFICERS.
George W. Richardson W. M. N. A.Jones S. W. R. E. Sigler J. W. M.Moore Treasurer. W, E. Nolen Secretary. W. L. Lanier.... S. D. A. J. Watson
T. G. Singletary Wm. R. Hargrove John H. Caraway Theo. Watson Harold lies H. C. Morrow Tyler.
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J. D. Chaplain.
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PAST MASTERS.
G. W. Richardson,
Jesse Gill,
N. A. Jones.
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Hanchey, J. W. Bailey, A. L. Hanchey. W. B. Beason, J. Browning, F. M. Hargrove, M. V. Harper, James Cain, E. M. Heard, A. J. Caraway. C. B. Heard, G-M>. M. Cbaney, W. M. Heard, W. C. Cole, i>. A. Hester, Wm. J. Cole, H. Y. Houston, John F. Cole, V. D. ColviD, S. W. B. Houston, Geo. M. Howell, Edward Davis, Thos. - C. Farque, Leon id as -lies, D. Ford, L. A. lies, H. W. GUI, S. Jones, A. J. Gilley, Geo. D. Jones, Johnnie Hall, Joseph Johnson, W. C. Hanehey, Jas. M. Johnson, John Hanchey, J. M., Jr.Lacaze, Pierre Hanehey. John W. Lanier, O. A. Hanchey; R. H. Leblanc, F. B. Hanchey, T. J. C. Leblanc, John L.
Leblanc, Louis Simons, John F. Madox, John W. Smith, James P. L. Martin. B. Stracner, B. Mathis, W. H. SwWy. M. Q. McFarland, T. P. Teal, W. C. McFarland, R. L. Terrell, John W. McFattPr, Jno. W.Thompson, S. A. Miller, Geo. W. Tolbert, Louis N. Miller, John A. Turner, A. C. R. Miller. S. Nathan Turner, Thos. S. Morrow, Wm. W. Wagnon, L. H. Weeks, Z. Nolan, M. T. " " James ' Weldon, Jacob Nolen, A. S. Nixon, Turner F. Wells. John J. • Parker, John E. Whatley, W. H. Sanders, John M. Wilborn, Wm.B.Sr. Sigler, J. M., Jr. Wilborn. W. B., Jr. Sigler, J. D. Williams, John T. Simmons, Caleb Wingat 0 . Labon Singletarv, A. C. Wisby, William Singleton, M. E. Young, Jeff Total, 97 members. Initiated—J. N. Hanchey, John W. Lanier, M. V. Hargrove, Jr., Thos. E. McParland. Initiated and Passed—Thomas Arnold, George R Deason. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Louis N. Tolbert. Passed and Raised—John E. Parker, Pierre Lacaze, Edward Howell. Raised-John A. Miller, S. Nathan Miller, Turner F. Nixon, William R. Hargrove. Dlmitted—J. B. McColough, J. M. Johnson, J. B. Kent, Geo. A. Ga«kin, John H. Cannon, George E- Sigler, James A. Johnson, Geo. W. Heard, John lies, J. S. Roberts.
SPRING CREEK LODGE No. 184. Chartered February 14th, 1867. Spring Creek, TaRgipahoa parish, La. Saturday before second Sunday in each month. P. O., Lewiston. OFFICERS. T. R. McDaniel Daniel E. Vernon Elias McDaniel Roan StricKland C. F. McDaniel
James P. Morgan W. M. George W. McDaniel S. W. Joseph M. Breland J. W. J. D. McDaniel Treasurer. Geo. D. Lewis Secretary. J. B. Ricks J. M. Breland,
PAST MASTERS. Ellas McDaniel,
Tyler.
Meets
S. D. J. D. Chaplain. )
Geo. W. McDaniel.
MEMBERS.
Addison, R. M. Hutchinson, W. P. Miller, B. F. Perkins, B. D. Alford, M. T. McDaniel, J. N. Mixon, S. C. Simmons, T. J. Brock, J. D. McElveen, I. N. Ott, W. T. Total, 22 members. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Daniel Edward Vernon. DimUted—R. L. Taylor. Died—Quincy Raborn.
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ORPHANS' FRIEND LODGE No. 185. Chartered February 16th, 1867. Big Cane, St. Landry parish, La. Meets on Wednesday before full moon of each month. OFFICERS.
E. W. Hicks James H. Rutledge W.C. Hudspeth Peter Jacobs
W. M. S. W J. W Treasurer.
B. F. Vannoy
Secretary. S. D.. J. D. Tyler.
. D. D. Hudspeth
PAST MASTERS.
Jules Weill,
T. A. Hicks,
B. F. Vannoy.
MEMBERS.
Allen, Austin Goudchaax, L. Kahn, A. Catlet, K. G. Greene, J. O. Littelle^ T. H. Clopton, B, W. Hicks, T. A. Richard, M. J. Goudchaux, C. A. Howard, L. A. Ruwitch, Alex. Goudchaux, J. L. J ackson, John H. Sherrouse, J. M. Raised—William Hadspeth. Dimmed—O. M. Williams, C. A. Foote, A. Reiber, O'Quin. Died—E. 0. Hayes, F. W. Cason, J. S. Fogleman.
Ward, S. P. Weil, Jacob Williams, R. E. Total, 21 members. H. C. Carter, J. E.
COVINGTON LODGE No. 188. Chartered February 15th, 1888. Covington, St. Tammany parish, La. Stated meetiDgs, first and second Saturdays of each month. OFFICERS.
F. B. Martindale A. Rockenschuh: Henry Anderson J. Theobald...
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer.
Charles Heintz. Milton Burns Henry Rockenschuh Wm. Defriest
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Tyler.
PAST" MASTERS.
M. Burns,
Albert Theobald,
John Theobald,
H. R. Warren.
MEMBERS.
Baden, Robert Day, Alex. M. W. Kellpr, Henry Thibodaux, S. J. Bourgeois. F. A. Frederick, E. G. Parker, Wm. E. Thompson, J. H. Carroll, B. T. Holliday, A. B. Second, Casemire Willis, H. J. Coltora, John Hutchinson, W. G. Seymour, W. J. Yates, J. M. Columbus, Frank Total, 37 members.. Initiated—E. J. Frederick, R. G. Kleeman, Fred. Illy, John Swinson. Initiated and Passed—Jasper E. Wilson. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Alexander M. W. Day, Henry Rockenschuh, John Coltora, Sidney J. Thibodaux. Passed and Raised—A. B. Holliday, Henry Keller. Reinstated—F. B. MartiDdale. Dimitted—John J. Stroble. Died—J. M. Thompson. Suspended—W. B. Franklin. EVERGREEN LODGE No. 189. Chartered February 13th, 1868. Evergreen, Avoyelles parish, La. on or before full moon of each month.
Meets Tuesday
OFFICERS.
Sol. Levy S. W. Cappel L. D. Fisher Lazard Godchaux
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer.
S. Karpe S. 0. Easton B. R. Fisher... Jake Levy
...Secretary. S. D. J. D. Tyler.
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T. J; Heard, J.T.Johnson, : P.B.Wright, Cr. D. Cappel, P. D. D. G. M. S. Karpe, S. L. Campbell, P. D. D. G. M. J. A. Hollingshead, Sol. Levy. MEMBERS.
Levy, Gus Mathews, C.J. Mathews, O. Savant, Paul. Total, 3D members. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Ignace Joseph Ganthier. Reinstated—D. A. Curry. Died—A. B. Irion.
Branch, W. G. Cappel, Curry Crawford, C. E. Curry, D. A.
Easton, W. V. Gaothier, I. J. Glass, J. D. Haas, W. D.
Hudson, D. B. Johnson, I. C. Jordan, ~ " John Lesseps, J. A.
CORINTHIAN LODGE No. 190.
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Chartered February 9th, 1869. Masonic Hall, New Orleans. Slated meetings, first and tbird Tuesdays of each month. OFFICERS.
Charles F. Buek, Jr W M. J. D.Graybill S. W. Ed. Pierson.. .. J. W. Charles Palfrey Treasurer. H. Dabezies Secretary. H. J.Otto S. D. Pascal Meaut
Edward B. Kir w i n . . . . . . . . . . :...J. D. L. E. Bowman . M. of C. James Benton 1 P. A. Herbst ! Stewards. A. C. Vreeland | T. D. Sadler . .Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
W. E. Lawrence, W. W. Chapman, Chas. A. Thiel, Jr. C. J. Bell, Hunter Stewart,
C. H. Charlton, Geo. W. Booth, P. D. D. G. M. J. C. Clifford, J. W. Pearca,
H. B. Schreiber, G. M. Hodgson, P.D. D. G. M. Isaac B. Ellis, B. F. Albertson, W. 0.' Crjine, J. F. C. Waldo. J. N. W. Otto, L. E. Bowman. '
MEMBERS. AIAV^CDU, iH., j.., W J. S m i t h , A, V. Allen, C. H. Edwards, J. D. McCall, Jr. McClelland, B. S. Smith, Geo. K. Anderson, T. H. Evans, W. M. Medus, George W. Smith, Geo. S. Andrews, J. C. Farish, G. V. Atkinson, A. S. J. Flaspoller. A. H. Meloche, Frank Smith, R. W. Mieg, Louis Stephenson, R. A. Babbington, J. B. Fish, H. M. Miller, T. D. Stewart, George B. Badger, A. S. Gray, B. H. Stitch. Charles, Baumgartner, A. Hanselman, E. C. Moores, G. W. Murray, Wm, . Stumpf, John Baumgartner, C. F.Heisler, W. F. Parkerson, Wm. S. Taylor, Bankson Benedict, H. W. Hill, A. M. Patterson. C. T. Thiel, Chas. A., Sr. Bofinger, W. H. Hooper. ~ J. J. Brenford, J. T. Hogle, H. E. Paul, J. T. Turner, W. G. Hyatt, E. C. Brennan, J. M. Payne, Walter E. Wagner, George L. Kenney, C. H. Porter. A. B. Walshe, Geo. C. Briant, W. A. Walther, O. Calhoun, Jas. B. Kfrkland, W. C. Ross, T. L. Kinebrew, J. W. Rochat. Henry Warren, Wm. J Carraher, M. J. Koenig, J. C. Saxon, Walter L. Wedemeyer.H.F.D. Chalmers, J. R. Widney, L. S. Chapman, C. P.. Kouns, C. S. Scheele, W. F. Lucas, W. R. Schrfeber, C. A. Wood, W. H. Coleman, S. B. Zehler, Chas. C. Seaward, A. H Craft, Augustus Mackie, Albert Mackie, C. W. Shearman. H. C. Zinzer, F. Darsam, J. W. Maeinnis, J. H. Skardon, A. N. Darton, D. B. DeKussy. R. W. Maier, Otto T. Smith, M. A. Total, 107 members. Initiated—Henry B. Bvrne, William T. Maginnis. '"'""' '•'""' Initiated, Passed and Raised—Henry J. Otto, George K. Smith, Peter A. Herbst, Edwin B. Kerwin, William R. Lucas, Joseph W. Dsrsam, John H. Maginnis, William S. Parkerson, Thomas D. Sadler, August C. Vreeland. AMiated-'Ihoma.s D. Miller. Ihmitted—Eugene F. Dyer. Died—Calvin T. Smith. Suspended—Chas. S. Harris.
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JEFFERSON LODGE No. 191. Chartered February 9th, 1869. Masonic Hall. Stated meetings, first and third Wednesdays evenings. OFFICERS.
Gustave D. Levy Will Moss Samuel Wolf Hartwig Moss Hugh Breen Rolwrt H. Polack H. N. Granger
W. M". S. W. J. W. Treasurer. Secretary. S. D. J. D.
Michael S. Hart R. S. Smith L. K. Anaya Philip Miller R..Wedig Jas. A. Chadwlck Geo. E. Pearson
M. of C. 1 ! c+ p w n r ( i g f htewardaJ Organist. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
Hugh Breen, P.D. D.G. M., H. C. Brown, Hartwig Moss, Isidore Ber.
H. C. Duncan, John S. Alfred, L. L. Shwartz, Grand Chaplain, P. D D. G. M. ' P. D. G. M., F. M. Caraher, W. G. Murtagh, John Clegg, Fred Adolph, Alex. Lichtentag, P. G. J. W., P. D. D. G. M., B. W. Kernan, John S. Thibaut, Gus D. Levy, P. D. D. G. M. HONORARY MEMBERS.
S. M. Todd, P.G.M. Geo. H. Packwood, D. R. Graham, C. F. Buck, P. G. M. P. G. M., P.G.M., R. H. Cage, P.G.M. Robert R. Reid, P. G. M. L. P. Delahoussaye, D. G. M. MEMBERS.
Aarons, E. Anderson, R. J. Ashner, I. W. Aycock, T. J. Badalote, Vincent Beaulieu, P. H. . Beck, Arthur Beck, Jacques Beer, J. W. Bensel, George Ber, M, Block, Herman Bourdet, J. P. Brownson, J. A. Brunner, Moses Burnett, B. F. Cahn, E. M. Cahn, M. Cain, Jos. L. Calongne, S. A. Cohen, Sam'l Cohen, Sigmund Cohn, Hiram Cohn, Joseph, Jr. Cohn, J. J. Cohn, Leon H. Cooke, J. G. W. Donaldson, Jos. Dreyfus, Nathan Etheridge, E. E. Falk, Israel Farrar, Jas. O. Feitel. M.
Feitel, Isaac
Fitagibbons, W. J. Kramer, W. Forscheimer, A. Lashly, M. Lehman', Gust. J. Frank, Win. Godchaux, Albert Lehman, Joseph Goldsmith, Louis Leopold, A. B. Levy, Ed Goldstein, Jos. Good, James M. Levy, Leopold Grabeiiheimer.H. Levy, Sigmund Gradwohl, M. H. Levy, Sigmund S. Liberman, S. H. Grant, George Greenbanm, Em. Lindheim. Leon Lobe, H. Gruber, Louis Grunewaid, Theo. Lochte, H. Grunewald, Wm.N, Loeb, E. M. Loomis, Chas. C. Gumbel, H, Mansberg. Em. Hart, John B. Mary. Armand Heidenhelm, S. Marchal, A. C. Hirseh, Gabriel Mathe, H. A. Hirsch, M. Hughes. Geo. S. Mayer. Albert Mayer, Albert Israel, Leon Mayer, Sam'l M. Israel, Samuel McKinney, T. B. Joachim, O. Michael, Jacob Kahn, Fred Michaelis, Gust. Kahn. tfimile Moore, Charles M. Kat/, Adolph Moses, E. Katz, Ferd. Moses, J. W. Katz, Otto J. Keiffer, Leon S. Murtagh. Wm. H. Myers, W. E. Kera. Joseph Neugass, Edwin Klein, Leopold Kohlmann, Louis Newman, Edgar Newman, Hart D. Kory. Edward Nixon, W, K. Kory, M. A.
Oldenberg, M. B. Pfeffer, Leon Pitcher, C. S. Pitcher, Horace L. Rlhner, Jacob Ring, John H. B, Rosenberg, Abe Rosenthal, Sam'l S. SamuelSjCJeo. C, Scharf, Edwin S. Schexnayder, C. A. Schmittle, J. Schwabacher, M. Seckbach. A Shwartz, Simon J. Sontheitner, M. Stafford, E. M. Stanee, 0. F. Stendel, J. G. St. Pierre. J. W. Stubbs, Gust. C. Swenie, John Switzer, John Tabrum, Walter Thompson. L. O. Throunk, P. White, Aaron A. White, E. A. Wilcox, F. N. Winn, I. Z. Winn, James W. Wolf, J. P. Wolf, AI tier* J. Worms, B, T. Total, 167 members.
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Initiated-* Herman- Krauss, Alex. P. Perrin, Firmin Thibodaux. Bmile Kern, Jr. Passed and Raised— Albert Mayer. L. O. Thompson. Initiated, Passed and Raised—H. S. Smith, Louis F. Anaya, R. J. Anderson, Edwin S. Scharff, Arthur fc'orscheimer, Joseph Goldstein, Albert J. Wolf, Bmile Kahn, Eheinhardt Wedig, Samuel Israel, Leopold Klein, Wm. H. Murtagh, Moses Urunner. Affiliated—Charles F. Stange, Howard N. Granger, Henry Grabenheimer, Geo. S. Hughes, Joseph Kern. "• • • Died-E\ia.s Aarons, Chas. H. E. Colton. Cropped—Louis Berokes, Leoa H. Reinberg. . Suspended— Albert Harris.
ABBEVILLE LODGE No. 192. Chartered February 9th, 1869. Abbeville, Vermilion parish, La. Thursday on or before lull moon of each month. Jos. T. Labit C. A. Shilling JacobWeill L. Sokoloski
J. T. Labit,
OFFICERS. W. M. Jake Stein S. W. W.P. Edwards E. C. Fletcher J. W. M. E. Cushmau Treasurer. Chas. L. Cullison Tyler. ,
PAST MASTERS. H. J. Stansbury, W. P. Edwards, J. A. Brookshire.
Stated meetings,
Secretary. S. D. J. D. M. of C.
V. L. Caldwell.
MEMBERS. Lann, J. S. Aignelly, Joseph Ewell, J.iS. Rogers, E. C. Lyons, Geo. E. Oaldwell, Geo. W. Felter, C. W. Sholars, Louis A. Godchaux, F. A. Lyons, H. B. Caidwell. S. Summers, J. A. Gooch, Wm. D. Maxfield, A. F. Carter, E. S. Sokolosky, Max. Gordy, M. T., Jr. Mills, R. H. Cofley, R. F. Stansbury, Geo. W. Harrington, Jos.W. Nettles, James B. Stansbury, U. W. Cole, Felix G. Isaacs, Jacob Nilsor, W. S. Davies, S. J. Trahan. Josepph Isaac, Sol Nolan, Eugene Dosher, D. D. Weiss, Samuel Kitchel, Jas. R. Nugier, John, Sr. White, H. B. Edwards, C. J. Laffleaur, Wm. Pickard, M. H. Erwin, Wm. O. Total, 51 members ' Initiated—J. B. Wise, Terry Brown. Initiated, Passed and Raised—D. D. Dosher, S. J. Davies, E. C. Fletcher. Initiated and Passed—Jonas Weill Passed—Guy Jones. Passed and Raised— H. B. White, Eugene Nolan. Affiliated—Joseph Aignelly. Dimitted—B,. J. McCann, G. Godcbaux, P. M. Suspended—J. S. Butler, P. M., J. H. Erwin, James Harrab, George Rice, G. B. Shaw
AURORA LODGE No. 193. Chartered February 10th, 1869. New Iberia, Iberia parish, La. Meets first and third Mondays of each month. W. G. Weeks Adolph Koch Sam Well.. Lazard Kllng
OFF1CEKS. W. M. C. C. Kramer S. W. Edward Pfister W. J. Bernard J. W. Treasurer. Alex. Ribbeck
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Tyler.
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J. G. Bolden, C. C. Kramer, H. A. King, A. B. Murray, Joseph A. Breaux, D. D. G. M., P. D. D. G. M., E. T. Weeks. Leopold Kling, MEMBERS.
Sheard, Geo. B. Dupuy, Jules Morse, T. R. K. H. Cage,* Simon, Geor ge Millard E. F. P. G. M. Erath, Victor Simon, Herman Fagot, J. A. Nuckolls, S. O. Adams, W.'A. Smedes, C. E. Forgey, J. J. Ochs, Louis Benlhall, S. A. Galliand, M. Oliver, Robert A. Smith, M. F. Bernard, A. M. Snider, JI. S. Gebert, James Peters, George W. Brian. F. N. Sumrall. S. C. Guilbeau, Frank T. Peters, John Broussard, A. Taylor, Jerry W. Pharr, E. A. Broussard, B. F. Guilbeau, P. L. Gougenheim. Chas. Poche, Walter A. Taylor, John Burke, P. R. Turner. John S. Harrison. J. P. Poirson, C. A. Cade, Charles T. Weeks, Jotin M. Hogsett, R. F., Sr. Rand, I. T. Cade, Overton Howe, D. B. Robertson, G. M. White, John T. Dallas, G. W. DeValcourt. J. T. Kilpatrick, Oscar Sandidge, John T. Wust. Louis Zikes, H. L. Kling. Ferd Schwartz, K. Dreyfus, Jules Total, 7 L members. Lunsford, Wm. Shaw, J. W. K. Dun'bar, W. F. Initiated, Passed and Raised—S. A. Bentball, William Lunsfoid. Passed and Raised—W. J. Bernard. Raised—William P. Miller. Affiliated—John T. White, John Peters. Bimitted-Robert H. Cage, P. G. M., Wm. P. Miller, T. W. Muller. Died—Jacob Davis. Suspended—T. D. Foster, A. C. Plckett. * Honorary member. ASHLAND LODGE No. 196. Chartered February 10th, 1869. (Name changed from Lake Village No. 196, February 11th, 1902.) P. O.. Ashland, Natohltoohes parish, La. Meets fourth Saturday in each month. OFFICERS.
R J. Pullin J.P.Abel J. K. Chestnut J. R. Weaver
W. M. S.W. J W. Treasurer.
S. L Joyner C. A. Sullivan T. A. Joyner M. Walker
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Tyler.
PAST MAS TEES.
Patrick Cofley,
M. R. Joyner,
U. G. Saunders,
R. J. Pullen.
MEMBERS.
Reidheimer, J. G. Warren, J. J. Baker, James F. Hooper, B. F. Hooper, Henry Reeves, B. R. Blume, M. E. Walker, W. T. Hyman, B. P. Robinett, D. J. Brown, McD. Weaver, H. F. Longivan, J. W Rogers, James Carlisle, T. J. Weaver, M. J. McLemorp, W. A. Stewart, W. D. Friday, W. W. Weaver, W. P. Ingram, Robt. T. Mangram, J. W. Sullivan, D. F. Womack, Richard Warren, E. L. Joyno , Lawrence Pullig, J. A. Total, 33 members. Initiated, Passed and Raised—M. D. Brown, T. A. Joyner, James F. Baker, Henry Hooper, J. W. Lougivau, B. P. Hyman. Reinstated—T. J. Carlisle, W. D. Stewart, W. A. McLemore, B. F. Hooper. Dimitted-B. P. Foster, G. C. Lucky, W. P. Lucky, J. D. Wiggins, W. N. C. Hines, B. L. Bruton, J. H. Bruton, W. F. Terrell, L. V. B. Graham, H. D, Ard, H. H Hathorn. Died—R. L. Williams.
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WORK AND RETURNS OP BROOKLINE LODGE No. 198.
Chartered February 16th, 1870. Hood's Mill, Jackson parish, La. foUrth Saturday In each month. P. O. Boatner.
Stated meetings,
OFFICERS.
R. B.Nash S.B. Smith T. Rolo T. J. Anders......
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer.
D. H. L. Fowler. C. T. Griggs T. J. Liles S. ti. Smith...
Secretary. . . . . . S . D. : J. D. Tyler.
PAST MASTER.
W. R. Smith. MEMBERS.
Pordham, Denis Simons, W. M. Anders, N: H;', Womaek, J. H. Fowler, J. I. Anders, A.G. Smith, J. M. Womack, R. B. Fowler, L. C. Brown, B. H. Tullos. S. A. Womack, R E. Hearn,G. W. Burkett, P. Wall, G. W. Womack, W. 0. Covington, I. M. Hudson, J. H. Womaek, A. B. Womack, W. W. Kanady, S. D. Cuipepper, M. B. Womack, G. W. Total, 33 members. Initiated. Passed and Raised—Rufus E. Womack, W. O. Womack, J. I. Fowler, Samuel S. Smith, George W. Wall. Passed and liaised—Rankin B. Womack. Dlmitted—W. J. Sikes, Jesse Womack, W. J. Pepper, R. P. Johnson.
DORIC LODGE No. 305. Chartered February 15th, 1871. Morgan City, St. Mary parish, La, Stated meetings, first Wednesday in each month. Simon Leopold. Thomas H. Shannon R. A. Squires.... L. Loeb
OFFICERS. .W. M. A. F. Storm...:... S, W. E. Blnmenthal J. W. Dore Goarner Treasurer. Oscar B. Johnson
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
H. W. Crawford, M. I. Hamilton,
J. R. Jolley, A, A. Ozenne, P. D. D. G. M., William Drews,
Gus. Drews, E. Blumenthal.
MEMBERS.
Drackett, John R. Kahn, S. B. Adams, L. J. Schwing, J. K. Drews, Wm, Jr. Lehmann, Meyer Schwing, P. D. Alpha, F, G. Alpha, Walter B. Entwisle, Chas. J. Lehmann, Lucien Schwing, S. C. Bass, Joseph B. Foster, Kinney S. Lehmann, Theo. Smith, A. V. Gougenheim, R. L. Loeb, Henry Bass, S. Nye Solomon, N. Gorman, David Leopold, Henry Squires, H L. Bendel, Henry Greenwood, Jno. J. McNair, John Berry, M. F. Tellotte, J. C. Guidry, J. M. Morse, T. L. Bowman, I. G. Verret, A. H. Hamilton, R. T. e'eterini, C. P. Cahn, L. Waits, Wm. Coguenhem, Alb. Harrison, T. W. Pratt, Robert L. Watkins, George Johns, H. S. Rathkamp, H. G. Wllkes, John A. Coguenhem, M. Dagley, F. H. Total, 60 members. Initiated, Passed and Raised—John A. Wilkes, A. V. Smith. liaised— Percy D. Schwinsr, Carl P. Peterinl. AfflUated— H. S. Johns. Died—George fl. Donstlas, P, M., A. E. Erraan, John N. Pharr, ft—Edgar Bass,
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N. H. BEAY LODGE No. 208. Chartered February 15th, 1871. Walnut Hill, Vernon parish, La. Meets third Saturday of each month. P. O., Hicks. J. A. Davis J. H. Rudicil W. T. Harville D. M. Hoi ton
OFFICERS, W. M. C. W. BakPr S. W. A. J. Knight J. W. S. A. Hoyt Treasurer. T. F. Crawford H. H. Hogan Tyler.
Secretary. .S. D. ...J. D. Chaplain.
PAST MASTERS.
W. H. Weeks,
D. M. Holton. MEMBERS.
Bedsole, T. L. Garland, J. J. Martin, Simeon Boswell, H. M. Groves, L. P. McNorton, J. T. Burns, W. R. Hayman, Charles Nesmith, Chyler Carlock. J. G. Hunt, J. H. Oakes. C. K." Dennis, J. Frank Knight, R. W. Rudicil, Joseph
Seal, T. Albert Spurgeon, James Stanley, M. H. ; Sweat, L. C. White, W. M. ', Total, 31 members; Initiated, Passed and Raised—Thomas A. Seal, James F. Dennis, James H. Rudicil, Samuel A. Hoyt. Affiliated-Wesley M. White, C. K. Oakes.
R. F. McGUIRE LODGE No. 309. Chartered February 15th, 187J. Rayville, Riohland parish, La. Stated meetings, second Wednesday In each month. OFFICERS. Charles Titche W. M. T. E. Speight C. W. Gaines S. W. L. H. Henderson Wm. T. Cook J. W. J. A. Mboon J.W. Summerlin..".;...... Treasurer. H.T.Clausen J. W. Willis Secretary. W. P. Washington Wiley Roberis :.... Tyler. C. P. Balfour, ir, ~ S. York, ' J.
S. D. J. D. [ , ,t e w , f » aras. Chaplain.
PAST MASTERS. J. G. Richardson, Rich John W. Willis, Charles Titche, J. S. Summerlin, J. W. Summerlin, W. N. Traylor. MEMBER 3 .
Arent, Abe Faulk, D. W. Honeycutt, W. H. Newberry, B. F. Brown, R. H. Gray, T. W. Kahn, Herman Sartor, D. R. Burke, S. P. Guill, J. H. Martin, R. L. Studstill, Chas. Chapman, Oscar Hatch, F. McAdams, J. L. Thomason, M. D. Dunham, W. G. Hewior, J. R. McCormick. J. G. Williams, S. O. England, A. S. Hoffman, Nestor McDonald, E. Total. 39 members. Initiated—M. W. Wooten, Joel L. Boies, J. W. Wynn. Initiated, Passed and Raised—LanBa H. Henderson. Passed and Raised—W. H. Honoycutt, Thomas E. Speight. Raised— Wiley Roberts. Affiliated—Charles Studstill. ZMrnWted-B. B, McLeraore,
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WORK AND RETURNS OF BLAZING STAR LODGE No. 212.
Chaptered February 14th. 1873. West Baton Rouse, parish of West Baton Rouge. La. Cinclare P. O. Meets first Thursday on or before full moon of eai-h month. OFFICERS.
H. G. Parker Alphonse Rivault C. S. Devall Geo. W. Ory E. O. Gwin. Arthur P.Devall....
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer. Secretary S. D.
Hiram A. Long J. H. Bowen A. V. Dubroca W. J. J. Pecquet A. W. Norman J. G. Allen
J. D. M. of C. Marshal. I ho te.wr oa racpljs . f t Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
A. Valerian Dubroca, • C. J. Barrow, David Devall, H. G. Parker, J. W. Hyams. MEMBERS.
Babin, Louis, Sr. Cohn, H , Jr. Odom, I L. Smith, W. G. Bailey, Alex. Esque, Wm. H. Pegues, A. F. Starns, W. A. Borck, Theo. Favrot, E. D. Robertson, A. R. -Stuntz, J. E. Bureham, L. P. Harelson, H. B. Rogillio, R. R. Villeret, F. M. Burns, J. T. Higgingbotham,SPRomain, St., Pierre Wai lace, A. W. Burns, Thos. B. Hoiden, W. J. Sammons, E. A. Welsh, Jaques Carruth, F. H. Marler, John H. , Total, 41 members. Initiated and Passed—James B. Murphy. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Jacques Welsh. Passed and Raised—Hiram A. Long. Affiliated—L. P. Bureham. Dltnitted—T. L. Corcoran. Died— A. D. Barrow, A J. Louden, P. M. Suspended—W. W. Lemmon. Expelled—W. C. Wluborne. KEYSTONE LODGE No. 213. Chartered February 14th, 1873. Florence, Catahoula parish, t a . P. O , Holly Grove, La. Meets first and third Sundays In each month. OFFICERS.
C. J. Gordon T. J. Chisum J. G. Maynor John Spann
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer.
T. G. Spann T. W. Perrin F. M. Spann R. C. Vann
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
S. C. Trahern, W. H. Harrington, P. D. D. G. M. P. D. D. G. M.
J. K. Ferrington. T. J. Chisum.
J. D. Usher.
MEMBERS.
Bondurant, H. Clayton, R. W. Foster, J. R. Bonner. J D. Daniels, J. C. Grayson, R. H. Carmick, C. A. Dobyns, T. L. Hattield. W. H. Chisum, I. R. Ensminger, A. J. Higgins, J. H. Clayton, J. L. Ensminger, D. W. Initiated and Passed—Walter H. Painter. Initiated, Passed and liaised—Robert H. Grayson, Joseph B. Newman, William H. HatHeld. Affiliated—James G. Maynor.
Johnson, J. E. Miller, J. C. Moore, J. T. Newman, J. B Total, 30 members. Robertus C. Vann,
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CONSTITUENT LODGES. LAND MARK LODGE No. 214.
Chartered February 14th, 1873. Keithville, Caddo parish, La. Meets fourth Saturday of each month. OFFICERS.
J. P. Henderson P. P. Keith, Jr T. D. Hudnall P. P. Keith, Sr
.... W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer.
F. C. Nagle I. W. Pickens, Jr J. D. Woolworth D. G. Hendrick
.Secretary. S. D. J. D. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
Israel W. Pickens, T. D. Hudnall, P. D. D. G. M. L. F. Scott,
J. F. Henderson, M. D. Hendrick,
S. O. Jones.
MEMBERS.
Bozeman, David Butler, W. D. Clarke, W. G. Conneli, F. P. Raised—P. P.
Davidson, J. M. Millar, J. I. Henderson. W. F. Morgan, Wm. Keith, D. W. Nelson, J. M. Keith, H. T. Keith, Jr., D W. Keith.
Pickens, J. J. Eeisor, A. S. Shepherd, J. Henry Total, 28 members.
FRIENDSHIP LODGE No. 215. Chartered February L4th, 1873. Reorganized May 14th, 1887. Friendship P. O., Bienville parish, La. Meets second Saturday of each month OFFICERS.
H. A.Harvill A. P. Collinsworth W. F. Frey W. A. Pullin
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer.
E. L. Harvill.... E. A. Mi*on J. W. Ford J. W. Bartlett
Secretary. S. D. J. D. .Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
W. W. Bartlett, E. A. Mixon.
W. H. Gunn, L. M. Pnllin,
J. G. Wade. L. B. Wade.
W. R. Pullen,
MEMBERS.
Boydstun, B. L. Collinsworth, M.O. Jones, R. H. Cox, J. E. McCoy, J. K. Coleman, J. T. Initiated, PassedandRaised- •Robert H. Jones. Dimitted—R. H. Blackwood.
Reinhart, G. W. Total, 21 members.
GOOD INTENT LODGE No. 216. Chartered February Uth, 1873. East Point, Red River parish, La. P. O , Des Arc Meets first Tuesday in each month. OFFICERS.
J. T.S.Thomas R. L.Jones R. H. Hayes T. E. Page A.: R. Tully
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer. Secretary.
W. F. Furginson W. T. Pearce A. W. Weems M. M. Pearce James Foley
S. D. J. D. M. of C. M. of C. Tyler.
132 A. F. Stephenson,
•WOBK AND KETURNS OF PAST MASTERS. A. E. Tully, . G. Garrett, J. T. S. Thomas.
W. F. Furginson,
MEMBERS. Booth, J . H . Jones, L. J . McLPod, N. S. Thomas, B. F. Williams, Abraham Eteredge, R. C. Marston, B. W., Jr. Kuff, D. W. Total, 21 members. Hicks, W. A. Initiated and Passed—William Oliver Spencer. Initiated, Passed and Raised— Wm T. Pearee, Asa Wm. Weetns. Afflliated—Moses Morrow Pearce.
FELLOWSHIP LODGE No. 217. Chartered February 14th, 1873, Hineston, Rapldes parish, La Saturday in each month. P. O,, Elmer. T. J. Cranford, A. B.C. DeShazor A. P. Baroidge J. L. Eougeon
W. L. Squyres, T. E. Neale, Braddy, T. C. Braddy, B. P. Burr, Lee. Busby, J. L. Calhoon. Willie Cooper, D. K. Cranford, J. W. Cruse, J. S. Davis, J. L.
OFFICERS. A.Hinson.. W. M. T. R. Neale S. W. N.I. Terrell J. W. R. P. Kirkpatrick Treasurer. E. Kemp Tyler. PAST MASTERS. J. H. Carruth, A. P. Barnidge, A. C. Kirkpatrick, T.A. Cranford, MEMBERS. Dewil, F. M. Kirkpatrick, S. A. Doucet, Robert Klngary, J. S. Dyess, E. Koone, T. E. Dyess, James R. Lacaze, Lewis Funderburk, W. O. Laird, Austin Gill, John McCollough, J . B . Gordy, M. F. Melder, J. F. Hogan, J. W. Merchant. O. J. James, J. D. Morton, John W.
Meets fourth
Secretary. Chaplain. .S. D. J. D.
J. W. Britt, T. A. Nixon.
Nixon, T. A. Eougeon, F. Singletary. Arthur Smith, M. Stokes, E. M. Turner, W. H. Yerby, W. H. Wallace, W.T. White, S. ±*. Total, 49 members.
Passed and Raised—W. T. Wallace. Raised—Benjamin P. Braddy, W. O. Funderburk. Afflliated—A. Hinson, Willie Calhoon, Jas. B. McCollough. Beinstated^John T. Calhoon. Dirnitted—J. E. Burns, O. E. Bornidge, J. A. Hogan, P. J. Sleet, John T. Calhoon.
LIVONIA LODGE No. 220. Chartered February n t h 1*74. New Roads, Pointe Co'ipee parish, La. P. O., New Roads Meets Wtdiesday on or before full nnon of each montb. OFFICERS. E. G. Beaker W. M. J. J. Monceret Secretary. M.T Hewes S. W. Thomas Goldman S. D, L.O. Davis J.W. Ed. Thompson .. ,, J. D,
C. H. LeBeau
Treasurer.
J. 0, Samson
,,,,,Tyler,
CONSTITUENT LODGES.
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PAST MASTERS.
E. G. Beuker,
M. T. Hewes, J. J. Monceret,
I. Wolff, A. N. Tufts.
J. B. Churchill.
MEMBERS.
Adler, S. Carruth, R. M. Kauffman, L. Anderson, C. C. Dozier, N. E. Keller. George Anderson, A. A. Fisherman, 0. Levy, Morice Bailey, J. M. Girnet, Eugene Lieux, Jules Barrow, S. C. Grocp, W. B. Major. B P. Banm, A Gros^War. Masters, C. H. Bigman I. fligginbotham.EMMatthews, W. W. Brown, L. B. Holloway, Eugene McCausland, Win. Browning, Hy. Hunt, D. E. Meyer, Moyse
Rice, P. H. Robertson, Jas. Sevier, S. E. Slack, C. J. Smith, Chas. A. Tircuit, A. Tully, J. C. Vigries. Hil. Yoist, John Total, 45 members. Initiated, Passed and Raised—George Keller, Hillery Vignes, W. B. Groce, S. C. Barrow. Initiated and Passed—M. I Morrlse, John H. Glanton, J. J. Delambre. Passed—Henry Nuuan Passed and Raised—IJ. B. Brown, IP. H. Ricf. Raised—Louis Fisherman, J. B. Robertson, E. M. HiRginbotbam. Reinstated—Jules Lieux. Dimitted-J. K. Robertson, F. O. Lieux, A. Hebrard, P. M., J. B. Woolfolk, C. G. Bailey, Will. Bailey, Theodore Dreyfous, W. H. Wadley, Jules Jacob 3 , Jos. Wolff, Moyse Meyer. Died—A. Dauthler.
SOLOMON LODGE No. 221. Chanel ed February 13th, 1874. Pineville, Rapides parish, La Meets second and fourth Saturdays in each month. OFFICERS.
R. H. McGimsey... Michael Aaron F. P. Bolton Robert Aaron
....W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer.
D. F. Huddle Henry Aaron C.V.Dyson C. G. Turner
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
G. W. Bolton, P. G. M., W. A. Griffin, E. J. Hardtner, J. W. Bolton, R.C.Taylor, James A. White, F. P. Bolton. MEMBERS.
James, E K. O'Shee, D. J. Slocumb, G. W. Bolton, G. F. Johnston, A. L. Richardson, J. H. Spotten, Joseph. De Loach, J. N. Johnston, T. D. Erion, J. B. Richardson, R. J. Tannehill, C. E. McCarthy, Amos Richardson, T. J. Volmer, D. F. Harper, R. P. Milton, Sam H. llolcomb, D. P. Simmons, Jas. S. Young, Walter F. Total, 36 members. Honeycutt,Warren Nugent, J. M. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Charles V. Dyson, Dennis J. O'Shee. Raised—Clarence E. Tannehlll. Affiliated— Walter F. Young. , Reinstated— A. Keller. , DirMtted—A.. Keller Suspended—Thomas N. Tracy.
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WORK AND RETURNS OK PECAN GROVE LODGE No. 232.
Chartered February 17th, 1876. Lake Providence, Carroll parish La. Meets Wednesday on or before full moon. OFFICERS.
J. C. Bass .1. M, Hill C. H. Hill Phil. McGuire..
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer.
J. B. Beard Geo. F. BlackburnV. D. Galanty W. A. Blount
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
John C. Bass, P. D. D. G. M.,
Yancey Bell,
E. L. Hill.
MEMBERS.
Adkisson, F. D. Barbour, J. W. Barham, G. A. Davis, C. V. Evans. A. J. Franklin, G. M. Galanty, Sam
Gargavo, Vincent Manen, W. H. McKee, D. E McKee, B. L. Milliken, ,T. S. Nicholson, Eobert Peck, D. V.
Peck, J. S. Pierce, W. B. Powell, W. E. Kea. E. N. Sax, Pinkess Seelig, H. Sevier, J. V.
Shields, Leo Sitton, Tbos. S. Stein, Jacob Stockner, E. Turner, J. N. Walker, E. J. Webb, C. H. Total, 38 members.
Initiated—Edgar B. Johnston, Eobert S. Wood. Raised—Thomas S. Sitton. Dimitted—O. J. Hurley. Died—Charles E. Egelly, P. D. Quays, James W. Dunn.
BETHANY LODGE No. 223. Chartered February 17th, 1876. Campte, Natehttoches parish, La. Meets on Friday before third Sunday of each month. OFFICERS.
E. F. Burnside J.C.Henry W. N.Williams J. M. Brown
W. M. S. W. : J. W. Treasurer.
Isidore Eaphiel J.H.Quaries T. C. Hightower J. O. May bin
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
J. W. Freeman,
J. E. Maybin. MEMBERS.
Bandaris. M. M. Beal, J. L. Copelier, Joseph
Corley, J. M. Emerson, T. H. Hayes, D. H.
Landrnm. L. P. Lewis, I. E. Lattier, F. E.
Persinger, E. I. Quarles, E. V. Total, 21 members.
CADEVILLE LODGE No. 229, Chartered February 14th, 1889. Cadeville, Ouachlta parish, La. Meets Saturday before third Sunday in eaohmonth. OFFICERS.
W. H. Eoberts: P. T. Kilpairick J.F.Lolly..., W. R. Noah N. M. Guyton
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer. Secretary.
W. L. Burkett S. D. W. L. Urowel., J. D. J . J . Grant I a+ ^ W. R. KilpatricK....... f Rewards. J. W. Eay Tyler.
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CONSTITUENT LODGES. PAST MASTERS.
W. H. Roberts,
J. W. Golson.
MEMBERS.
Cockrell, W. C. Coon. John Crowe!!, W. P. Frantom, W. T. Gaskin, G. P. Golson, D. P.
Golson, J. E. Gnyton, E. A. Holton.Wm. Hood, J. N. Kilpatriek, E. 8 Landrum, J II.
Landrum, Jacob Tolbird, J. C. Lewis, N. P. Vaughn. M. V. Newsom. L. B. Waller. E. V. Parker, Byron Wilder, C. H. Petty, J. T. Wood, D. D. Roberts,James,Jr.Ziealer, L.S. Total, 85 members.
Initkited— Arthur Barrett. Initiated, Passed and liaised—Edmond A. Giiyton, Byron Parker. Passed and Raised—G. P. Gas kin. Raised—N. M. Guvton. Reinstated.—V P. Fowler. Dimitted-V. P. Fowler, W. R. Mitchell. W. W. Curtis. Dled—J. M. Landrum, J. L. Joiner, J. G Kilpatriek, P. M.
PLEASANT HILL LODGE No. 230. Chartered February I'Mi, 1890. Pleasant Hill, Sabine parish, La. Meets Saturday on or before full moon. OFFICERS.
Wm. J. Roberson George Wilson L. T Dykes J. Ziegler Jehu Graham D.C. Bennett.....
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer. Secretary. S. D.
David McFerrin J. C. Blue J. J. Browne T. F. Butler J. Leon Dykes J.H.Clarke
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J. D. Chaplain. M. of C. l O t a „ ,,„ f » t e w ards. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
W. C. Davis,
Jehu Graham.
MEMBERS.
Armstrong, J. C. Carroll. W. W. Johnston. W. T. Parker, H. H. Armstrong, R.L. Davis, H. J. Kennedy, H. H. Raines, Isaac Ashley, J. F. Davis, H. Lee. McGill, L. K. Reed, W. P. Atkins, W. B. Glass, John P. Miles, Chas. M. Smith, J. B\ Stevens, D. E. Browne, E H. James, I. W. Mott, G. M. Total, 34 members. Campbell, J. D. Initiated—S. V. Jerdan. Initiated, Passed and Raised—J. Leon Dykes, Lea R. McGill, Wm. W. Carroll, I. Frank Smith. Raised—J. Clifton Armstrong, William T. Johnston, Drury E. Stevens. Affiliated—John H. Clarke. Died-A. L. Wood?. GRANGEVILLE LODGE No. 231. Chartered February 12th, 1890. Grangeville, St. Helena parish, La. Meets second Friday In each month OFFICERS.
D. R. Warren D. H. Harvell E. O. Powers W. T. Woodward Monroe Easley Wm. Dennis
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer. Secretary. S. D.
J. M. Nettles , W. R. Harvell W. C. Harvell W. H. Odom John B. Easterly G. W. Mixon
J. D. Chaplain. M. of C. ) c. A [ Stewards. Tyler.
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WORK AND RETURNS OF PAST MASTERS.
J. M. Nettles,
W. T. Woodward,
J. M. Odom.
MEMBERS.
Welch, G.R. Haney, J. P. Jones, G. W. Ott, J. T. Woodward, W. M. Harrell, E. D. Mixon, C. M. Ott. T. M. Total, 24 members. Harvell, Castle Odom, Isaac Phelps, B T. Initiated.—Callie C. Calimes. Initiated and Passed—Louis L. Powers, William B. Banfcston. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Joel T. Ott, Thomas M. Ott, Charles M. M'xon. Passed and liaised—Gaston R. Welsh. Reinstated—Bailey T. Phelps, J. P. Haney. Dimitted—Jesse Huffman. Died^Thomas J. Carter.
WELSH LODGE No. 233. Chartered February 12th. 3 890. Welsh, Calcasieu palish, La. Meets first Monday in each month. OFFICERS.
Paul W. Daniels Samuel Blackford Charles E. Carr O. Pulton Wm. P. Russell, Jr John W. Armstrong
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer. Secretary. S. D.
Rufus M. Gray James Ellis P. D. Calkins C. A. Austin.. Wm. T. Hutchinson.... A.E. Bell..
J. D. Chaplain. M. of C. Stewards. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
Lee E. Robinson, P. D. D. G. M., J. A. Anderson, Paul W. Daniels.
John H. Cooper.
MEMBERS.
Boling, E. H. Day, S. W. Kelly, N. L. Prentice, M. L. Boling, J. T. Fear, Wm. Kelly, J. V. Prentice, Nat Booze, J. M. Gersnn, J. S. Labit, J. H. Robinson, John Braden, C. M. Griffitas. Wm. D. Martin, C. P Scharff, Ed Carr, John W. Grosh, D. E. Martin, E. Shipley, I. N. Carr, Oliver S. Hewitt, A. P. Miller, C. P. Shipman. A. C. Cotton, Prank Huskey, Charles J. Pollock, Wm. J. Shorts, E. J. Davidson, H. A. Hutchinson, Ben Powers, E. M. YiHien, Joseph Day, A P. Total, 48 members. Initiated—Isaac C. Abbott, Clarence L. Adams. Initiated, Passed and Raised—William Fear, Rufus M. Gray, Fred. D. CalkiDs. Passed—William H. Petersine. Passed and Raised—John Wm. Carr, Atvvood E. Bell. Raised—William T. Hutchinson. Affiliated—John T. Boling, ErastuR H. Boling, Jacob S. Gerson, Oliver S. Carr, John W. Armstrong, Joseph H. Labit, Charles A Austin. Dimitted—Henry T. Howard, P. I. Drury, T. C. McNabb. Died— Strickland C. Britton.
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CONSTITUENT LODGES. KYICHB LODGE No. 233.
Chartered February 11th, 1891. Gaars Mill P. O , Winn parish, La. Meets hrst Saturday in each month. OFFICERS.
J. F. Smith N. G. W.Adams W. J. Thornton Pinkney E. Grisham
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer.
W. M. Simmons A.C. Kelly N. S.Adams G. E. Walker....
Secretary" S. D J; D. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
J. W. Sikes,
W. E. Thornton,
J. W. Campbell.
MEMBERS.
Abrams, W. P. Gaar, G. A. Peters, J. A. Smith, P. F. Adams, J. V. Grisham, L. E. J. Sanders, J. A. Thompson, D. J. Busby, W. Lee Hammons, C. J. .Sikes, J. B. Thompson, H. R. Campbell, A. B. Head, I. L. Sikes, R. N. Thornton, E. D. Dean, S. L. Head, J. A. Simmons, W. L. Thornton. A. E. DeLoach, J. E. Kelly, W. S. Simmons, L. R. Walker. G. E. Emmons, L. D. Miller, J. H. Smith, C. W. White, D. D. Total, 40 members. Erskine, C. A. Miller, M. E. Initiated— Lonzo Rudolph Simmons, Allen Coleman Kelly, Walter Lee Busby, James Albert Head, George E. Walker, Columbus J. Hammons, John Cheesman Adams, Daniel L. Kirkland, Norman S. Adams, Joseph B. Adams. Passed-L. R. Simmons, A. C. Kelly, W. L. Busby, Newport S. Adams, J. A. Head, George E. Walker, C. J. Hammons, Norman IS. Adams. Raised— L. R Simmons, A. C. Kelly, W. L. Busby, Newport S. Adams, J. A. Head, George E. Walker, C. J. Hammons. Dlmttted-J. R. Elliott, D. E. Gaar, Z. T. Faith. Suspended—W. M. D. Gaar, J. H. Snow, M. Clark, A. G. Austin.
ROBERTSVILLE LODGE No. 234. Chartered February 11th, 1891. Provencal, Natchitoches parish, La. Meets Saturday on or before full moon. OFFICERS.
Thomas G. Cobnrn Dudley T. Treadway L. A. Treadway J. I. Kirk
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer.
Joseph Levy Frank Mazy W. R. Dowaen Jno. Goins
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
Wesley Phares,
T. G. Coburn.
MEMBERS.
Addison, W. E. Dowden, W. M. Holt, C. E. Moore, W. Y. Ashley H. E. Dowden, A R. Levy, Marx Phares, J. D. Brown, J. T. Dowden, W. D. M. Lord, Bruce D. Russell. Henry Chandler, I. C. Gandy, B. F. Love, L. S. Smith S. W. Cleveland, Thomas Hardman, Thos. Marcus, S. Stevens, A. Cobb. G. W. Hawthorn, T. W. Marshall, M. W. Turner, Wm. J. McFarland, J. F. Webb, Edward Coborn, H. K. Holland, Posey " Total, 38 members. Cornelius, J. C. Initiated—James Pharis. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Frank Mazy, Posey Holland, Lockwood S Love. Passed and Raised—Henry K. Coborn. Affiliated—J. F. McFarland, Joseph Levy. Died— WHO. Flournoy, J. B Treadway, P. M.
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SIMSBORO LODGE No. 235. Chartered February 11th, 1891. Meets at Simsboro, Lincoln parish, La., third Saturday In each month. OFFICERS. W. M. J. H. Shelby S. W. T. W. Murphy J. W. B. Y. Bell Treasurer. D. H. Dayis :Secretary. J. A. Robison
O. W. Bullock WiA. Burt W. A. Morris M. Duty J. O. Murphy Alexander, S. M. Arrington, W. N. Asweli, D. S. Auld, S. C. Goff, Robert
S. D. .J. D. ( Stewards ) stewards. Tyler.
MEMBERS. Gofl. R. T. Mitchell. T. S. Hiaes, R. L. Oliver, C. G. Hodge, W. L. Oliver, M. W. Madden, A. W. Poole, S. A. Madden, J. D. Posey, I. H.
Robinson, E. M. Waldron, Henry A. Walker, E. B. Williams, Julius Williams, W. L. Total, 31 members. Initiated and Passed—Edgar W. Auld, Joha S. Robison. Initiated, Passed and liaised—R.. Young Bell, Dallas H. Davis, Wallace L. Hodge, John O. Murphy. Albert W. Madden, Major W. Oliver. T. Sid. Mitchell, Ira H. Posey. Wesley J. Rasbury, Jesse H. Shelby, William L. Williams, Julius Williams, Henry A. Waldron. Dimitted—Wesley J. Kasbury, James M. Sims, R. M. Waldron. Died—Jacob H. Madden.
LITTLE FLOCK LODGE No. 236. Chartered February 9th, 1892. Meets at Negreet, Sabine parish, Saturday before first Sunday In each month. OFFICERS. W. M. Hoyt Curtis S. W. C. 0. Sullivan J. W. J. L. Wright Treasurer. W. J. Brewster
E. P. Curtis J. N. Davenport W. R. Miller B. K. Ford C. C. Sullivan, Anthony, M. G. Arnold, G. W. Arthur, T. J. Cade, S. C. Carroll, C. D. Carroll, S. C. Carter, I. N.
PAST MASTERS. J. S. Carroll,
MEMBERS. Carter. W. D. Neal, A. S. • Cowart, W. Y. Neal, C. S. Curtis, Julian Pitman, J. L. Goodloe, R. K. Rider, R. L. McMellian. J. W. Robinette, Chas. Morris, J. N. Salter, Jeff. C. Murphy, M. E. Salter, Wm. J.
Secretary. S. D. .J. D. Tyler. E. P. Curtis.
Salter, W. F. Salter. G. J. Shue, W. R. Smith, H. V. Speight, J. W. Walker, E. A. Wrijtht, W. N. Total, 37 members. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Miles E. Murphy, Calvin D. Carroll, Samuel C. Cade. Raised— William J. Brewster, W. R. Miller AffiMated-G. W. Arnold, A. S. Neal. Dimitted—3. D. Woods. Died— H. H. Brewster.
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CONSTITUENT LODGES. PLAIN DEALING LODGE No. 237.
Charter granted February 9th, 1892. Plain Dealing, Bossier parish, La. Meets third Tuesday in each month. OFFICERS.
W. H. Meares R. H. Blackman Jonah Jonah Perry Perry W P A l W. P. Allen T. Z. Barnett
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W. M. S. W. J. W. J. W. T Treasurer. Secretary.
I. L. Saflerstone..... J. R. Odom J. G. Idora J. E. D. Burgess T. B.Bixier
S. D. J. D. ) a to ™ nrris . f (stewards. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
J. G. Allen, P.D. D.G. M.,
W. B. Boggs, P. D. D. G. M,,
T. M. Love, W. H. Meares,
R. H. Blaekman.
MEMBERS.
Schenebeek, B. W. Bemis, W. A. C. Curry, A. R. Miller, Austin Hill, Joseph Miller, M. M. Cochran, E. J. Total, 20 members. Initiated, Passed and liaised—Jonah Perry. Dimitted—J. M. Eaves. Suspended—S. H. Cochran, J. P. Strayhan, Smith Powers, G. W. Sneed.
MAGNOLIA LODGE No. 838. Chartered February 9th, 1892. Barnes' Creek, Calcasieu parish, La. P. O., Bear. Meets second Saturday in each month. OFFICERS.
W. P.Simpson James Simpson S. J. McConathy.. W.W.Farque J. E. Sellers
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer. Secretary. Secretry. M M Cl M. M. Coleman
W. W. Millar W. E. McFatter N. A. Coleman David F. Lylea Jackson F. Lyles y Tl Tyler.
S. D. J. D. ....Chaplain. ) |
PAST MASTERS.
Wm. P. Simpson, H. J. Sellers, J. J. W. Miller, W. W. Millar. J. D. Millar, MEMBERS.
Rees, C. M. Miller, B. E. Havens. J. F. Airhart, Geo. Miller, Erastus L. Rollins, J. R. Harris, C. E. Cole, A. L. Rollins, Levi Perkins, J. A. Herford, D. D. Cole, Jacob Perkins, James W Rollins, Wm. A. J. lies, F. P. Cole, S. R. Perkins, John E Sandifer, H. J. Long, B. L. J. Conally, J. Perkins, J. Eustis Smith. W. A. Escoubas, Thomas Love. F. O. Smith, F. T. Prater, B. H. Foreman, John P. Lyles, D. L. Thompson, W. S. Prater, J. N. Foreman, Jack W. Lyles, J. J. Thompson, J. H. Prater,, J. A. Lyles, Thos. P. Gearen, J. N. Lyes, Wadleigta, P. V. P t W MFtt J h W.Prater, Gill, James M. McFatter, John W. 1 .1. Total, 56 members. Gimnich, Austin McFatter, W. W.
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Initiated and Passed—Edwin N. Airheart. Initiated, Passed and liaised—Thomas P. Lyles, William E. McFatter, J. Eustis Perkins. Raised—John Erom Perkins. Dlmitted—J. L. Herford, Eli Berry, John Gimuich, J F. Haven«, John W. Miller.
BERNICE LODGE No. 339. Chattered February 15th, 1803. Bernioe, Union parish, La. P. O., Sliiloh. Meets Saturday on or before full moon lu each month J. R. Tanner W. A. Covington Douglas Gray C.C.Dow R.J. Tabor..
OFFICE ES . W. M. T. R. Covington S. W. L. W. Reed J. W. Wm. Cooksey Treasurer. G. P. C. Lansing Secretary. A. M. Rainach W. M. Tnaxton Tyler.
S. D. J. D. Chaplain. j «+« r -,H f steward*.
PAST MASTERS. P. H. Cramer, C. C. Dow. MEMBERS. Alford, J. N. Grafton, B. F. Moore, P. Roaten, W. C. Blackmail, H. M. Graftou, W. F. Moore, R. T. Shackelford, J. H. Breed, Walter Heard, J. P. Oliver, I. H. Shackelford, J. P. Cole, J. C. Kelley, W. R. Phillips, J. E. Sheppard. F. C. Davis, O. Y. Marsh. W. L. Pillgreen, T. B. Selig, J. Dendy, L. M. May, O. B. Pinrort. Hiram Slaughter. T. L. Ferguson, T. J. McCuller, B. A. Rea, H.C Tanner. W. F. Ferguson, W. M. r Mitcbam, J. J. Regan, VV. H. Thaxton, J. L. E. Fuller, J. R. Total, 4? members. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Jndson N. Alford, Douglas Gray, Hiram Pinrod, Frank 0. Sheppard. Passed and Raised—H. C. Rea. AfflUated-J. P. Heard, W. L. Marsh, T. B. Pillfcreen, H. M. Blaokman, W. H. Regan, W. C. Roaten. JMmUted—J. H. Grimmetr. R. J. Tabor,
LEESVILLE LODGE No. 240. Chartered February loth, 1893. Leesville, Vernon parish. La. Meets second and fourth Saturday in each month. Thomas W. Harris Thomas J. Davis C F. Malzacher T. C. Hoi ton
Isaac W. Midkiff,
OFFICE KS. ;.W. M. Thomas Wintle S. W. W. S. Ferguson J. W. D. B. Turner Treasurer. James T. Sermons Otto Herminghouse, Tyler. PAST MASTERS. T.J.Richardson, Thomas Wintle, C. T. Allis, E. M. Lewis.
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Chaplain.
T.W.Harris,
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Aaron, W. A. Franklin, E. P. McCann, J. J. Spence, J. A. Allis, S. A. Godwin, W. M. McGregor, Wm.A. Stewart, J. A. Bailey, J. W. Gordor, John S. Mouk, James R. Stone, T. A. Bartran, David W. Ilaramons, Nich. Monk, Merrill Stone, A. K. Baxter, G. b\ Hicks, Joseph J. Pace. H. B. Taylor, Walter L. Brooks, Carney Bigdon, L. C. Perkins, W. 0. Terry, B. B. Burleson, Bon. F. Floag'aDd, W. L. Perkins, W. P. Tobin, Charles B. Cain, Robert D. Hobby, J. W. Perkins. P. M. Turner, I). F. Cain, W. R. Hooper. L. W. Powell, W. b . Turner, S. M. Cooper, B. F. Irwin, W. O. Read. George A. Tuten, E. L. Cooper, J. M. Jones, F. P. Reif. Edward Tuten, Joseph D. Cooper. Thos. M. Jordan. E. E. Richardson, J. M. Warner, D. C. Craft, D. Kent, Wm. T. Sanders, H. L., Jr. Winberry. J. N. Dailey, Albert Lee, 0. J. Smart, M. N. Winfree, W. A. Dillon, T. H. Lee, Mose J Smart, W. H. Wingate, T. C. Flynn, D. J. Lyons, B. H. Smart, M. P. Young. L. O. Franklin, A. L. Martio, W. A. Smith, D. F. Youngblood, W. T. Total, 80 members. Initiated—Charles E. Bayes, Austin Daigle, Almon R. Hicks. Initiated and Passed—Henry A. -Evans. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Merrill Monk, Dempsey F. Turner, John M. Cooper, William L. Oakes, James T. Sermons, Joseph D. TuteD, George A. Read, Walter L. Taylor, Chester J. Lee, Lewis W. Hooper, John S. Gordon, Nicholas Hammons. Thomas M. Cooper, Walter A. Martin, James A Spence, Charles B. Tobin, William T. Kent. Passed and Raised—W. R. Cain, L. C. Higdon, Edward Reif. Raised—Daniel C. Warner. Affiliated-James R. Monk, G. F. Baxter, H. B. Pace, Theo. C. Holton, P. M. Perkins, Carney Brooks. Dimitted—.l. M. Alford, Allison M. Phillips, Wm. L. Oakes. Charles C. Wilson, Wm. J. Powell, Wedon Smith. Suspended—Z. S. Thompson.
CONLY LODGE No. 241. Chartered February loth, ] 893. Love's Lake, Red River parish. La. P. O. Manning. Meets second Saturday in each month. D. A. Newman J . B . Waters C. J. Cnniy B. W. Newman
OFFICERS. W. M. R. R. Madden S. W. S. W. Newman, J. W. J. A. Waters Treasurer. J. H. Alexander
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Tyler.
PAST MASTEKS.
James B. Waters,
A. J. Lawson,
D. A. Newman.
MEMBERS.
Smith, W. R. Allums, B. F. Grice, J. P. Holman, Wm. T. Stephens, S. N. Allnms, B. V. Poland, J. O. Wimberly, G. B. Foster, E. N. Initiated—^Louis C. Thomas. Affiliated—E. F. Allums. Died-J. T. Riley, R. H. L. Evans.
Wimbei-Iy, T. R. Womack, Allen Total, 20 members.
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Chartered February 15th, 1893. Meets at Weston, Jackson parish, La., P. O. Boatner, on Saturday before second Suaday in each month. OFFICERS.
D. F. Walsworth J.C.Brown H. C. Walsworth W. T. Walsworth. A. F. Stone J. M, Keed
W. M. S3. W. J. W. Treasurer. Secretary. . . . S . L>.
C. M. Tolar J. L. Mojre J. F. Hawthorne .Niswtou Wyatt ,T. R. Sims' O. A. Gaar'
J. D. Chaplain. . . . . . M . of C. I
PAST MASTERS.
J, T. McBride,
D. P. Walsworth,
H. C. Walsworth,
MEMBERS.
Walsworth, J. T. Wyatt, Peter Wyatt, S.H. Total, 26 members.
Douglas, D. E. Peel, J. M. Slay, J. D. Peevy, A. J. Stone, Wm. Frank, E. Peevy, W. A. J. Talbot, S. M. Garner, J. C. Murphy, W. M. Initiated, Passed and Raised—John Robert Sims. Passed and Raised—John Daniel Slay. Raised—Newton Wyatt. Afflicted—G. A. Gaar, S. H. Wyatt. Dimitted—Robert P, Jeffries, L. P. Norred. Died—J. P. Wyatt. CROWLEY LODGE No. 243. Chartered February 15th, 1893. Crowley, Acadia parish. and third Tuesday In each month.
Stated meetings, first
OFFICERS.
H.E.Buckley E. M.Ellis Shelby Tavlor J. Frankel Felix Schmulen
W. M. S. W. ..J. W Treasurer. Secretary. Lucien Marx
H.C.Robinson B. R. White J. C. Welch Paul W. Allen Ivy SternberR Tyler,
S. D. J. D. Chaplain. i o-
PAST MASTERS.
H. C. Robinson, J. Frankel, Felix Schmulen,
N. B. Morris, J. D. Marks, Jno. A. McAyael.
MEMBERS.
Anding, A. A. Kaplan, A. Mull, R. H. Thiel, J. L. Armstrong, John C .Kaplan, Henry Mullen, John T. Toler, T. J. Bohne, Hugh M. Labit, F. C. Patterson, W. T. Trimble, Wm. L. Brunner, E. O. Levy, David Patterson, W. E. Watson, Ed. L. Buchanan, J. W. Lewis, J. H. Pecknam, E. D. Weil, Jonas Carter, J. C. Loewer, Henry Rainey, James Whipple, James Cunningham, R. E. Lyons, E. W. Randolph, Frank White, J. M. Durio, Armas Marks, Isidore Keiber. August Wilson, R. E. Gill, George Mayes, C. O. Reisfeldt, Wm. Wray, S. H. Hayes, D. B. Mcllhenny, S. B. Rudrow, Ezra V. Wright, C. H. Huits, T. B. Miller, E. Sellers, W. B. Wynne, J. J. Jones, R. M. Moore, S. J. Sperrier, A. A. Total, 61 members. Iwitiated—Lueien Marx, George Haward Brooks, Carroll Wolsey Ailed, M. J. Mullen.
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Passed and Raised—Lucien Marx, Carroll Wolsey Allen. Affiliated—Shelby Taylor, Hutrh M. Bohne, Edward L. Watson. Wm. J. Patterson, August Reiber, .Tas. W. Buchanan, Isidore Marks, Wm. L. Trimble, Armas Durio, Frank Randolf. Died—C.'W. Foreman. Suspended—G. H. Powers. CENTRE LODGE No. 244. Chartered February 13th, 1891. Meets at Union Academy, Washington parish, La. P. O., Lee's Creek. Fourth Saturday in each month. OFFICERS.
M. B. Richardson L. A. Pierce Oscar Mitchell D. W. Richardson
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer.
W. T. McElroy R. E. Keaton H. R Mitchell J. G. Mizell
SecretaryS. D. J. D. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
J. R. Byrd,
A. C. Williams,
J. M. Mitchell.
R. E. Keaton,
MEMBERS.
Ard, Joseph Mitchell, J. O. Richardson, S. J. Wheat, B. F. Stewart, W. P. Wheat, James A. Grantham, Lewis Mizell, B. B. Thomas, J. D. Williams E. M. Keaton, B. R. Pierce,. Walter Thomas, Warren Williams, B. J. Magee, H. W. Rester, Asia Total, 29 members. McMillan, H. A. Richardson, T.D.G. Initiated, Passed and Raised—John D. Thomas, Benj. B. Mizell.
MILLERTON LODGE No. 245. Chartered February 13th, 1891. Meets at Haynesvllle, Claiborne parish, La., on Saturday before third Sunday In each month. OFFICERS.
J.W.Norton J. B.Bond W. T. McEachem W. Y. Dawson
W. M. S. W. J. W. .Treasurer. G. M. Tinsley
Ira Hardiway L. P. Barker D. G. Owens John M. W. Camp Tyler.
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Chaplain.
PAST MASTERS.
J. W. Norton, P. D. D. G. M.,
W. B. Sims,
L. P. Barker.
MEMBERS.
Bailey, R. W. Bailey, S. S. Barker, A. P. Bevill, B. W. Bond, R. L. Bond, W. P. Burns, J. A, Burns, A. J. Cooper, J. T. Deloaeh, A. L. Deloach, Charles Deloaeh, J. A.
Deloach. W.W. Garrett. W. H. Guice. J. N. Hardiway, P. Harp, C. W. Hice, A. A. Hines, E. H. Johnson, F. J. Maytield, J. S. McDonald, W. S. McEachem, Neal
Miller, Hugh Norton, Ard is Parker, M. E. Perdieu, C. W. Raglin, R. A. Randle, W.H. S&epard, H. B. Short, J. D. Smart, J. J. Spivy, T. W. Thomas, W. J.
Thornberg, W. Y. Tinsley, A. B. Tinsley. J. W. Tinsley, W. H. Waller, S. C. Watson. J I. Winn, R. A. N. Worley, J. W. Worley, W.W. Wood, J. D. Yates, G. L. Total, 55 members.
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Initiated—W. L. .Kindrick. Initiated and Passed -Eph. flardiway, J. L. Moss, R. F. Allen, E. O. Bond, W. L. Sims. Initiated, Passed and Raised--Noal MeEaehem, M. E. Parker, R. A. Ruglin, W. H Garrett, H. H. shepar.1, G. M. Tinsley, P. Hard!way, W. T. Mctiachem, I r i Hardiway, J. D. Wood, J. W. Worley, W. Y. Dawson, T. W. Spivy, W. Y. Thorn berg. Dlmitted—J. G. Evans, C. A. Berry.
WINNSBORO LODGE No. 246. Chartered February 13th, 1894. Meets at Winnsboro, Franklin parish, La. Stated meetings Saturdays on or before full moon in each month. OFFICERS.
J.W. Womble C. L. Ram age W. A McCoy N.A. Wiggers E. D. Walter
W M. H J. Lea S. D. S. W. W. H. Adams .-...J. D. J. VV. A. W.Moore Chaplain. Treasurer. A. D. O. Moore ) « f o ™ 0 ,j 0 Secretary. S. Lowry Cordill , f htewarasI. P. Suinrall ...Tyler. PAST MASTERS, W. J. Cordill, J. W. Womble, A. W. Moore, R. M. Ward. MEMBERS. Abell, C. E. Cummings, Waller Hodge, G. W. Moore, C. L. Adams, J. C. Denson, J. L. Hoffman, Charles Power, W. P. Baskin, W. E. Dougherty, Thos. Hower, B. M. Roach, W. E. Berry, Chas. L. Fisher, Isidore Hyman. A. E. Sayre, W. S. Bowden, A. J. Gilbert, D. C. Kinu, T. M. Scott, A. M. Bradley, E. A. Gilbert, T. B., Jr. King, W. B. Scott, T. A. Brooks, A. L. Griffing, A. C. Landauer, A. Sisson, W. L. Buie, H. A. Hair, W. I. Lowentritt, Louis Sullivan, J. T. Calhoun, L. M. Harris, T. A. Mason, John P. Tucker, C. B. Chapman, J. R. Harris, W. T. McCoy, Richard Wiggins, D. F. Copeland, J. S. Hester. M. S. Milbry. G. W Wisrgers, H. A. Crow, D. J. Hicks, E. M. Mock, N. T Total, 61 membe Initiated—W. I. Hair, W. C. Latham Initiated, Passed and Raised—W. E. Baskin. Passed and liaised—John C. Adams, A. L. Brooks. Raised—S. L. Cordill, W. A. McCoy. Dimitted—G. L. Bitner (1902), H. Lowenthal (1902), W. D. Wheeless.
CLEAR SPRING LODGE No. 247. Chartered February 13th, 1894. Meets at Clear Spring, Red River parish, Post Office, Liberty, first Saturday in each month. OFFICERS.
J. D. Dupree B. E. Teer J. D. Hunter P. L. Collins
J. D. Dnpree,
..W. M. D. W. Dupi'ee S. W. E. L. Snead J. D. W. D. Dupree Treasurer. W. M. Hunter J. O. Rawls Tyler. PAST MASTERS. . S. T. Teer, P. D. D. G. M.,
'.
Secretary. ..S. D. J. D. Chaplain.
O. H. P. Bawls.
CONSTITUENT LODGES.
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MEMBERS.
Adams, W. B. Anglin, G. W. Anglin, Rufus W. Cummings, P. P.
Detro, R. A. Elliott, W. H. Graham, J. D. Holley, K. D.
Hunter, W. B. McDowel, R. R. Keith, John B. McGee, C. C. Kennington, J. H. Morgan, J. D. McDowel, M. J. Teer, B. F. Total, 33 members. Initiated, Paused and liaised—William B. Adams, Roland A. Detro, Walter B. Huuter. Raised—John E. Keith, James 0. Rawls. Dimitted—C. B. Preslar.
KENTWOOD LODGE No. 348. Chartered February 13 th, 1891, at Kent wood Tangipahoa pariah, La. Stated meetings, Saturday on or before full moon. O. P. Amacher J. W. Birch J.B.Edens W.C.Kent L.C. Vacher A. M. Peavy
;.;. •.
OFFICERS. W. M. G. W. Bennett S. W. W. C. Thornhill J. W. T. B. Kields.....;. Treasurer. E. L. Joyal.. Secretary. T. J. G o o d . . . . . . S. D. Geo. W. Eaton
J. D. Chaplain. .M.O. ) ata,,,arja \ Stewards. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS. Amos Kent. O. P. Amacker, R. L. Draughon, P. D. G. M., P. D. D. G, M., P. D. D. G. M , W. C. Kent, P. G. Keonelly, A. L. Stoesse'.l. MEMBERS.
Amacker, S. H. Naul, J. W. Pray, Geo. L. Tillman, A. J. Day. D. D. Ott, J. W. Scarborough, O. Walker, Allen A. Kent, Richard A. Ott, S. W. Shrader, S. M. " Total, 26 members. Initiated—Elijah T. Tate, Harrison G. Morris. Initiated, Paigsd and Raised— Allen A. Walker. Affiliated—Leonard C. Vacher. Dimittedr-B,. L. Pray, L. M, Pittman Died—P. J. Whitley, P. M. Suspended—J. A. Hudgins, T. J. Marshall, C. W. Tate.
JENNINGS LODGE No. 249. Chartered February 12th, 1895, at Jennings, Calcasieu parish, La. Meets second and fourth Saturday In each month, J. W. Mitchell E . I . Hall, H. L. Davis E. A. Lee W.O.Cornish
OFFICERS. W. M. W. E. Coffin S.W. A. 8. Sargent J. W. F. R. Jaenke Treasurer. E. H\ Kowsoii Secretary. J. E. Fostw
.S. D. J. D. ) m, Dwul . rta \ &t«wai
PAST MASTERS
R. B. Moss, W. E. Coffin,
E. L. Streater,
C. S. Whitman,
F. R.'Jaenke.
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WORK AND RETURNS OP MEMBERS.
Arthur. A. M. Cooper, Roy A, Jaenke, H. F. Reynolds, A. A. Ashbaugh, A. D. Daughenbaugh WJMarsh, E. N Roberts, J. H. Berwick, D. A. Dobbins, E. E. McFarland, C. W. Smith, James A. Black, J. P. Fain, J. M. Mitchell, F. C. Streater, J. B. Brown, Sig. Foster, J. P. Morse, F. F. Williams, T. E. Carr, A. P. Hebert, D. Paton. J. C. Williams, W. M. Carr, B. F. Hoag, H. H. ' Phillips, U. S. Williams, I. D. L. Case, J. V. Hosmer, A. D. Porter, J. E. Total, 41 members. Initiated—Frank L. Graham. Initiated and Passed—Edwin Lucas. Initiated, Passed and liaised—Dfjvid A. Berwick, Herbert L. Davis. Suspended—C. L. Pardee. MANSFIELD LODGE No. 250. Chartered February 13th, 1895, at MansSeld, DeSoto parish. La Tuesdays'. OFFICERS.
J.'F. McFarland L. A. Cowley W. H. Farmer A. b\ Jackson
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer.
J. T. McClanahan W. E Singleton S. G. Sample J. C. Maker
Meets second
..Secretary. . . . S . D. J. D. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
A. F Jackson,
J. F. McFarland.
HONORARY MEMBER.
Geo. H. Packwood, P. G. M. MEMBERS.
Blair, C. W. Jackson, J. A. Pearce, W. M. Thomas, J. C. Gibbs, R. T. Mason, W. H. Saint, J. B. Wemple, J O. Guy, S. A. May, W. E. Sheppard, H. J. Williams, J. B. Hebert, Victor Mitchell, L. E. Sligh. T. S. Total, 23 members. Initiated and Passed—W. E. Neal. Raised—L. E. Mitchell. Affiliated—"W. M. Pearce, W. Hi Farmer, J. C. Baker. Reinstated—}. B. Saint. Dimitted—B. F. Jenkins, A. R. Browne, W. J. Avery.
ASCENSION LODGE No. 251. Chartered February 12th. 1895, at Donaldsonville, Ascension parish, La. Meets first and third Friday of each montli. OFFICERS.
J. E. Blum M.Tobias B. Henderson J. Blum R. N.SIator A. P. Palmer
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer. Secretary. S. D.
W.Grunewald J. D. A. Maas Chaplain. L. Meyer M. of C. Alexander Marehand .. ) o t . „„„,,„ W. A. Terrio f Rewards. T. D. Cox, Jr Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
J. J. CJaverie,
H. E. Hanson, E.K.Sims,
T. D. Cox, Frederick Landry. W. W. Buford.
CONSTITUENT LODGES.
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HONORARY MEMBERS.
A. C. Brlce, P. G. M., G. F. Buck, P. G. M.:, Richard Lambert, «ra«d •Sec'y, A. C. Allen, P. G. M., G: H. Paekwood, P. G. M., R. H. Cage, P. G. M., John S. Alfred, P. M., L. D. Leeman. MEMBERS.
Alleman, S. B. Dill, Wm. A. Lafargue, J. J. Phillips, R. Aucoin, Edgar Duke, J. R. Langbecker, Chas. Quimby, J. B. : Ayraud, Samuel Feitel, Ed. E. Lanoux, N. j . Richard, G. H. Ayraud, Honore T.Geiger, Charles Litty, Lucas Rogge. Frederich Ayraud, F. C. Gentil, Oscar McNeil, E. B., Jr. Sims, F.'K. Barman, J. 8 . Goette, Sid., Jr. Maurin, V. Sims, R. N. Bloch. Armand Greenwood, A. L. Maas, Chas. B. Singer, Raphael Brumfleld, D. C. Hutchison, Jas. N. Montecino, P. P. J.Turner, George A. Burton, C. J. Kahn, Felix Moseman, J. E. Uhry, Hip. Cary, Wm. S. Klotz, Abraham Norman, Jas. A. Weil, H. L. Cook, T. W. Klotz, Solomon Ohlmeyer, D. Whiteman, H. C. Total, 62 members. Initiated, Passed and Raised— Charles B. Maas, Armand Bloch, James N. Hutchison, William S. Cary, Seraphin E. Alleman, Hypolite Uhry, Al Marchand. Raised—Henry C. Whiteman. James A. Norman. Dimitted—John Dollinger, Jr.
MITCHELL LODGE No. ?52. Chartered February 11th, 1896. Meets at Mitchell Sabine parish, La , fourth Saturday In each month. OFFICERS.
W. F. Ledford S. S. Tatum J.R.Barron J. W. Ford
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer.
G. E. Heard. J. A. Tatum W. W. Webb.... P. L. Tatum
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Tyler.
PAST MASTER.
W. F. Ledford. MEMBERS.
Allen, G. W. Gasway, J. R. Long, J. W. Atum, Wm. Hall. C. W. McClenn, J. D. Carpenter, D. W. Jackson, J. L. Parrott, J. W. Darby, J. D. ' Initiated, Passed and Raised—Bartholomew Smith, Affiliated—C. W. Hall. THmitted—J. R. Gasway, J. L. Jackson.
Smith, B. Tatum, W. E. Tyler, Jacob Total, 15 members. John W. Long.
TORO LODGE No. 253. Chartered February 11th, 1896. Meets at Hornbeok, Vernon parish. La., Saturday before second Sunday in each mmth. P. O , Hornbectr. OFFICERS.
W. J. Davis A. J Williams S. ESelf.. W. L. Maddox
W. M. S. W. : . . . . J , W. Treasurer.
G. C. Antony James Pynes H. J. Buswell R. A. Taylor
Secretary. ,...S. D : . . . J . D. Tyler.
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J. J. Whittaker,
Wm. Oonerly,
PAST MASTERS.
E. P. Neai.
J. M. Miller.
MEMBERS.
Fortson, A. J. Miller, I. E. Salter, E. F. Brown, W. S. Hamilton, Chas. F. Parker, Geo. J. Sasser. W. Camp, E. D. Jones, F. B. Pate, J. M. Self, J. R. Carlyle, J. J. Kelley, J. F. Pulllatn, C. J. Self, C. W. Coll.ey, C. C. Riser, John Slay, D. Crain, James L. Larrabea, C. G. Leach. G. G. Bitter, J. M. Curtis, J. J. Speight*, Wm. L. Rutt, C. S. Davis, George J. Lee, N. N. Vqgel, W.-C. : McNeely, John J. Rntt, L. L. Everett, W. P. Winchester, D. G. Everett, Walter Miller, G. W. Total, 51 members. Initiated—George Cqverdale, William J. Thompson, George C. Scroggins, Tryon Melnnes, William L. Addison, Daniel J. Morgan, Chas. F. Diskey. . Initiated and Passed—A. J. Addison, Paul N. Johnson, Jesse Galbraith, William J. Williams. Initiated,; Passed and Raised—Geo. J. Parker, Lorin L. Rutt, Cbas. J . Pulliam, Lemuel H; Ridout, FrankB. Jones, Edward F Salter, Johnson J. Carlyle, John J. McNeely, A. J. Williams, William L. Maddox. Passed—J. Will. Ellis, Geo. H. Schweitzer. Raised—J. Rollo Self, Walter Sasser. Affiliated—C. C. Colley, Robert A. Taylor, Geo. J. Davis, Wellington J. Davis. Dimitted—l. L. Holland, L. H. Eidout, J. M. Sellars. Died— Wm. Curtis, C. J. Baynor.
FOREST HILL LODGE No. 354. Chartered February 11th, 1898. Meets at Forest Hill, Rapides parish, second Saturday of eaoh month. OFFICERS.
R. A. Parrott Z. P. Squires L. H. Mlzell J. W. Melder
W. M. ...S. W. ..J. W. Treasurer.
J. C. Peninger H. L. Melder J. C. Squires J. D. Dunn
Secretary. S D. J. D. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
C. R. Carruth,
Sherman Cook,
Z. P. Squires,
H. O. Ponder.
MEMBERS.
Bedgood, S. Y. Johnson, G. M. Merchant, C. W. Rodgers, J. M. Brady, T. J. Mabry.W.H. Newman, Geo. I. Simpson, C. A. Calhoon, L A. May, J. W. Odom, Geo. A. Spencer, A. B. Crowell. J. S. Melder, John F. Overstreet, Perry Stolsby, J. D. Dean, W. H. Melder, Louis Phillips, J. W. "" Watson, E. T. Ferguson, Jesse Merchant, G. W. Rodgers, F. F. Williams, S. R. Green, Claude Total, 36 members. Initiated and Passed— G. G. Bullock, W. H. Yown. Initiated, Passed and Raised—J. C. Peninger. Passed and Raised—George I. Newman. Affiliated—J. D Stolsby. Reinstated—Jos. L. Walker. Dimitted-J. M. Cook, W. D. Godwin. A. M: Godwin, W. H. Phillips, Willie Calhoup, T. E Randolph, Jos. L. Walker, Allen Salter, Chas. Wimber|y, E. L, Fontenoij I. L. Fontenot, W. A. Mason,. George Thielman.
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CONSTITUENT LODGES. JEANERETTE LODGE No. 255.
Chartered February 11th, 1896. Meets second and fourth Thursday of each month at Jeanerette, Iberia parish, La. OFFICERS.
S. L. Jacobs ; J. C. Bu<8ey Res McCoullogh Leo Fj-auk
W. M. S. W. J. W. ...Treasurer. E. C. Stokoe
A. J. Johnston T. B. Kimbro C. C. Edwards Floyd F. Vaughn Tyler.
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Chaplain.
PAST MASTERS.
T. B. Kimbro,
J. G. Bouvier,
J. C. Bussey.
J. W. Stokoe.
MEMBERS.
Mollard, R; Schexnayder, A. Allain, Alex. Gay. J. H. Moore, J. F. Shelby, J. W. Beaulieu, Frank Gowins, G. L. Stokoe, Albert L, Bracey, H. L. Gugenheim, Max. Mouret, B. V. Pulliam, C M C. Whitworth. G. W. Brittain, James F. Maillard, P. J. Redmond, J. W. Wormser, M. Demourelle, A. Mansfield, J. D. Wormser, Charles Forgey, E. C. McCoullogh. Geo. Richardson, D. Wormser, L. Forston, A. C. McG.iwen, Atf. B. Rodeers, J. W. Foster, A. D. McGowen, C. O. Sanders, H. Shelby Total, 4'J members. Initiated, and Passed—Peter Henkel. Initiated, Passed and Raised— Alf. B. MuGowen. Passed and Raised—Floyd F. Vaughn. Raised—Rex. MeCoullogb. Reinstated— D. Richardson.
ST. ANDREW LODGE No. 256. Chartered February l l t h , 1896. Meets Thursday on br before lull moon at Mer Rouge, Morehouse parish, La. OFFICERS.
J. A. Davenport W. J. Potts W. B. Allen S. M. Gibson
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer.
J. C. Gibson E. R Young D. K. Ivy C. G. Scott
Secretary. S. D. J. DTyler.
PAST MASTERS
S. M. Gibson.
J. A. Davenport. , B. Turpin. J. T. Shell.
W. E. Sisson.
MEMBERS.
Andrews, T. H. B Cook, W. H. Credelle, R. L. Andrews, J. B. Daniel, Enoch L. Austin, C. P. Barnett, Alonzo Daniel, J. L. Daniel, W. J. Beard. C. C. Davidson, L. L. Bell, M. D. L. Davison, W. E. Bobbitt, R. E. Duramus, W. J. Buatt, H. W. Buckalew, R. M. Godwin, Chas. H. Buford, A. Duncan Harp, R. K. Cammack, W. D. Harris, G. W.
Hayes, J. B., Jr. Knoeful, W. B. Knoeful, A. E. Lombard, W. A. McCarley, Fred. Meyer, J. R. Moody, J. K.L. Orriek, W. L. Pinkston, L. S. Rawlinson, W. F. Reeves, James H.
Sharp, J. P. Simmons, Jacob Sissou, W. E. Smith, D. W. Thibodeaux, C. W. Williams, Boyd Williams, M. H. Williams. M. L.Williams, J. A. Wimberly, G. H. • Total, 54 members.
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•IniMated—J. Howard. Michie. Initiated and Passed—Edwin W. Hunter. IniMated, Passed, and liaised— Walter B. AlieD, Charles P. Austin, William E. Dsvlsfcn, Fred. McCarley, Calvin G. Seott, Eugene, R. Young. Passed and Itofecd—R. E. Bobbitt.
WHITE CASTLE LODGE No. 257. Chartered February Blh, 1897. Meem third Friday of each mouth at White Castle, Iberville parish, La. OFFICERS.
J. A. Johnson Lee Sppfferd; Robert Matthews Iff. K. Pearee.
,. W. M. .S. W. J. W. Treasurer.
P. S. Mader Dave Kern W. F. Brown T. L. F.utuer
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
C. C. Weir,
Paul H. Cire, Simon Levy, J. A. Johnson.
E. C. Glenn.
MEMBERS.
Bluestein, Louis Futrier, S. Irwin, Isaac Owen, W. G. Bowie, G. M. Gleno, F. B. McDaniels, S. M. Randolph, L. C. Dawson, George Hanneman, Sol. Total, 21 members. Initiated—H. S. Meyers» Leopold Kern, George Gieason. Initiated and Passed—Henry Gonzales. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Lee Spofford, F. B. Glenn. Raised—S. Futuer. Dimitted—Wm. Jefferson.
MARTHAVILLE LODGE No. 258. Chartered February 16th, 1898. Marthaville, Natchitoches parish, La. Meets Saturday before the third Sunday In each month. . OFFICERS.
J. D. Rains C. C. McCartney J. W. Jacobs T. G. Crump L.Bailes
,W. M. S. W. J. W. —Treasurer. Secretary. J. Rodgers
W.W.Roberts G. P. Ashley L. M. Cole M. M. McCaske1. A. D McFerren Tyler.
S. D. J. D. Chaplain. I a».ri,-»ij1, f Meward8'
PAST MASTERS.
R. D. Sibley,
G. P. Ashley. MEMBERS.
Bafles, L . T . Heard, G. W. Brown, W. R. Holbrook, C. H. Cunningham, J. G. Horton, J. J. Darnell, Chas. B. Houolc, H. D. Durham. A. P. Lacey, W. C. Uurr, W. T, Middleton, L. B. Goodroe, J, L. Middletoo R. B.
Middleton, T. B. Peiley, L. Hrothro. J. R. Raius, T. J. Rains, J. V. Rains, B. A. Reaves, Irwin L.
Sally, J. A. Skinner, W. F. Small, G. A. Smith, B. J. Truly, F. W. E. Tyler, J. C. Total, 40 members.
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Initiated—W. Rufus Durr, Robert M. Wagley, Thomas D. Chambers. Initiated and Passed—Will'e J . Small, Wyatt F. Jackson, Andrew D. Lambert. Initiated, Passed and liaised—John Edmondson, Charles B. Darnell, John J. Cunningham, M. M. McCaskel, V. S. Tatam, EHis T. Iiinder. Passed and liaised—John C. Tyler, George A. Small. Raised—G. L. Seahren, L. M. Cole. Affiliated—J. W. Jacobs. Dimitted—Vt. J. Davis, W. M. McFerren, C. B. Skinner, W. P. Skinner, O. [C. Davis, Y. S. Tatam, E. T. Linder, E. G. Linder, G. L. Seabren, John Edmonson. COLFAX LODGE No. 259. Chartered Februiry 15th, 18f 8. Meets at Colfax, Grant parish, La., Saturday before first and third Sunday in each month. OFFICERS.
M. Ferrier J. W. Duncan R. B. Roach M. E. Swafford J. L. Morantini
..W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer. ......Secretary. A. R. Sandifer
R. W. Richardsen D. M Pu?h... J. R. Miller J A. Hyde B. C. Woodruff Tyler.
S. D. J. D Chaplain. I otow!lrHa f stewards.
PAST MASTERS.
W. L. Richardson,
R. S. Cameron.
MEMBERS.
Antony, John M. Futrell, Thos. L. Kelly, J. F. Ray, B. P. BlacKwood, E. H. Futrell, L. M. Killingsworth. J. C.Roberts, W. J. Clarke, W. B. Garrette, Rufus F. McKnight.R. E. Teal, C. H. Creed, W. N. Goodwyn, H. G. Moreau, Pierre Teazle, Wm. B. Dunn, M. A. Horn, E. G. Ober, C. A. Watson, Isaiah Dunn, Wm. H. Jackson. R. E. O'Quinn, J. J. Williams, James A. Fletcher, J. W. Jones, W. A. Phillips,Charles W. Williams, W. O. Fletcher, D. T. Total, 34 members. Initiated—Jasper M. Colton, Floyd L. Futrell. Initiated, Passed and Raised— Charles C. Fuller, William B. Teagle. Passed and Raised—J. R. Miller. Raised—Ernest G. Horn, Oscar W. Williams. . '. Affiliated—J. W. Duncan, B. C. Woodruff, W. J. Roberts, E. H. Blackwood. Reinstated— M. A. DuDn. Dimitted—Charles C. Fuller, Henry S. Johns. CHARLES F. BUCK LODGE No. 260. Chartered February 15th, 1898. Meets at Urania, Catahoula parish, La., first Saturday of each month OFFICERS.
Henry E. Hardtner Q. T. Hardtner J . T . Hinton L. E. Weaver G. M. Tannehill W.E.Davis
W. M. M. L. Roberts..... S. W. R. C. Sanders J. W. W. H, McCurley... Treasurer. Oscar Sbanks Secretary. . I. H. Hatten S. D. J. S. Winberry G. W. Killen Tyler.
J. D. Chaplain. M. of C. Marshal. ) b t e w afifmr ,,..j dso \. -
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WORK AND RETURNS PAST MASTER.
Henry E. Hardtner, MEMBERS.
Lofton, A. M. Pugh E. G. Mayes. J. A. Roberts, H. G. MeCurley, John R. Simmons, J. W. McDonald, Wm.J. Smith, Francis Mills, Frank M. Smith, E. A. Mott, T. J. Smith, W. &. Musgrove, W .W. Stein, John Tisdale, Nugent, T\ A. " ' J. "" G. ' Tully, Charles Nugent. W. A. vuuui, u. T. J.. Waggoner, West Odom, J. Pinkerton, John A.Waldron. J. B. Posey, H. F. Wise, I, E. Prestidge, J. Wilson, B. W. Total, 67 members. Initiated—James C, Fisher, Thomas Cates, George A. Payne, Thomas W. Higdon, R. L. Jones, William P. Frazier. Initiated and Passed— L S. Jackson, Alex. J. Delanne, Martin Van B. Tully, Thomas D. Henslee, John E. Matlock. Passed and Raised—M. L. Robert?, George W. Durham. Raised-David W. Fisher, Marvin E. Bandy. Dirnitted-XV. F. Johnson, W. C. Hart, W. N. Smith, W. E. Chapman. Suspended—James W. Johnson.
Adams, I. R. Arterburn, J. T. Bandy, M. E. Bell, James. Burke, Laurence Claunch, Wiley Cox, John W. Curry, E. C. • Davis, Roland Davis, J. A. Durham, G. W. Elliott, E. K. Ellis, D. M.
Ellis, T. L. Fisher, D. W. Gaharan, P. S. Godfrey, S. S. Godfrey, C. R. Godfrey; T. R. H. ~ " Henderson, T. J. Heiflin, W. T. Hinton, Lott B. Hutchens, R. C. Jarrell, jHrrell, C.'C. C. C. King, Thomas E. Litton, L E.
ANCHOR LODGE No. 361. Chartered February 13th, 1899. Pollock, Grant parish, La. Stated meetings, third Saturday in each month. O. H. Cooper .1. M. Chapman H. P. Gray J. A. Harvey C. O. Groves
OFFICERS. W. M. J. W. Scott S. W. E. V. Kelley J. W. L. 0. Clinton Treasurer. H. T. Kent. Secretary. H Hamilton . T. A. Watson.. Tyler.
S. D. J. D. M. ol C. Stewards.
:
PAST MASTERS.
O. H. Cooper,
J. T. Wilson.
J. L. Griffin.
MEMBERS.
Adams, J. D. Edgeeomb, d a s . Lewis J. N. Barron, C. W. Garlington, Wm. Lilley, «>. R. Ijippard, Ohas. P. Beall, W. C. Grant, P. A. Beall, J. E. Hamilton, Frank Maxwell, R. J. Brian, F. N. Hamilton, Fred. Morris. D. 0. Butler, A. H. Mammons, H. L. Miirjfll, E. S. Nugent, .1. E. ChandW. Homer Hastings, L. P. Robinson, C. N. Clark, John Hewitt. Z. M. Rollers, J. F. Cooper Andy Kellev, J. B. Smith, L. H. •lorley, I. A. King/J. W. Corley, W. B. Lacroix, Isaac B. Shoemaker J. S. Simmons, W. C. Drewitt, J. E. Lewis, B F. Initiated— Aaron H. Drewett, Benjamin J. Nugent. Robert L. Edwards.
Spofford, W. A. Taylor. L. C. Tetts, J. A., Jr. Waldron, E. L. Washburn,Chas.H. Watts, Wm. P. Webb, M. D. Wbiie, O. E. Willet, W. H. Wilson, Fred. Young, J. W. Total, 6li members. Elmer C. Sanford,
CONSTITUENT LODGES.
153
Initiated and Passed— John W. Helt, Martin Johnson, John E. Rush. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Poas A. Grant, Ewtng F. Kelley, Beirj. F, >Lewis, James E. Nug«nt, Isam A. Corley, Walter B. Corley, Henry T. Kent, Lannle O. Clinton, Win. C. Beall, Jas. £. Beall, J. B. Kelley, Carlos N, Robinson. Passed and liaised—Andrew Cooper, Jos. N. Lewis, Henry L. Hammonsi Chas. W. Barron, Francis N. Brian. Raised—J. W. King. Dimitted—Philip Weil, J. E. Robinson, S. R. Wall. Died— W. B. Doughty.
PROGRESSIVE LODGE, No. 262. Chartered February 13th, 1899. Lutoher, Saint James parish, La. Stated meetings nrst and third Wednesday. Octave Chenet Rodney P. Woods R. F. Baker George C. Williams George H. Jones,
OFFICKBS. W. M. Arthur G. Gearheard S. W. Duncan Bell J. W. F. B. Browne Treasurer. Jacob Becker PAST MASTERS. Charles E. Snyder.
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Tyler.
W. J. Ferris.
MEMBERS. Adelman, Wm. Hugs, B. W. Levy, I. Shushan, Joseph Bradley, S. O. Jordan, T. I. Ligoo, O. W. Smith, Charles A. Chenet, L. L. Jones, Phil. H. McClunsr, L. Stratton, James M. Gable, C. P. Joseph. Jules Mclntosh, F. J. Todd, T. O. Gillleu, F. Kahn, Emanuel McNair, J. W. Triche, E. Hanson, Henry Kustaborder, F. J. Nagel, T. J. Ward, Tully M. Hart. Wm. J. Le Bourgeois, F. A.Nobile, Lawrence Willie, F. W. Hendrix, D. M. Lee, Edward J. Scott, F. L. Woods, Van Henry, C. W. Levy, E. Shugert, Geo. M. Total, 42 members. Initiated— Hirsch Meyer, initiated and Passed—Robert J. Irving. Initiated,
FLORIEN LODGE No. 263. Chartered February 14th, 1899. Florien, Sabine parish, La. Stated meetings, Saturday on or before full moon in each month. W. K. Holt J. C. Corley T. J. Dowden R. S. Gandy
OFFICERS. W.M. D. S.Leach . . . . S . W. J. M. Davis J. W. G. J. Davis Treasurer. J. S. Corley T. N. Conerly
Tyler.
Secretary. .S. D. J. D. Chaplain.
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Aldndge, T. M. Alford, J. P. Alford, J. 8. Arnold, F. H. Arthur. E. L. Ayers, F. S. Browne, E. B. Uonerly, J. W. Corley, G. Z.
Cozine. Dutch DeHart, I. W. Dillon, D. H. Dillon, W. E. Godby, John Green, J, M. Hogue, W. S. Hovis, W. E. Klaine, H. L.
Leach, James M. Leach, John M. Leach, W. G. Leach. A. C. Leach, James Ivy Leach, F. S. Lyons, E. A. Manheim. A. J. McGee, Fred.
McLanahan, L. F. McEea, T. C. Miles, T. L. Miller, I. D. Myers, T. C. Ravburn, E. C. Self, C. C. Ward, J. C. White, J. W. Total, 45 members. Initiated—Abner E. Bryan, Dutch Cozinp, I. W. DeHart, George J. Davis, J. E. Ewing, William E. Hovis. Wm. S. Hogue, Richard A. Lyons, Thomas C. Myers, Ivy D. Miller, Fred. McGee, James C. Ward. Passed—Dutch Cozine, I. W. DeHart, Georere J. Davis, J. E. Ewing, William E. Hovis, Wm. S. Hogue, Eichard A. Lyons, Thomas C. Myers, Ivy D. Miller, Fred. McGee, James C. Ward, Fisher 8. Leach. Baised—D. Cozine, I. W. DeHart, George J. Davis, John M. GreeD, Wm. E. Hovis, Wm. S. Hogue, F. S. Leach, E. A. Lyons, T. C. Myers, Ivy D. Miller, Fred. McGee. James C. Ward. Affiliated—Fritz H. Arnold. IWmitted-J- W. Miller. PINE LODGE No. 364. Chartered February 13th, 190t. Pine, Washington parish. La. Stated meetings, fourth Friday in each month. OFFICERS.
T. E. Bennett Martin C Crain M. N. Breland J. S. Knight
W. M. . . . S . W. J. W. Treasurer.
Ira L. Pope M. T. Knight Levi W. Sumrall James Knight
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
T. E. Bennett,
M. T. Knight.
MEMBERS.
Thomas, Jos. P. Alford, W. E. Knight, J. W. Rester, Geo. W. Toney, C. P Bateman, J. E. Knight, M. N. Schilling, J. E. Warner, W. W. Branch, D. E. Knight, W. P. Seal, James W. Whittineton, A. A. Craine, John J. Magee, James L. Seal, Wm. E. Whittington, W. Craine, Charles C. Miley, Curtis Smith, B.iG. Total, 29 members. Knight, J . A. Initiated—Eli H. Chiles. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Martin C. Crain, Wesley Whittington.i Levy W. Sumrall. Passed and Baised—George W. Eester, Joseph P. Thomas. Raised—James L. Magee. Affiliated—James W. Seal,-William R. Seal. DALLEY LODGE No. 265. Chartered February 13th, 1900, at Dalley, Jackson parish, La. Stated meetings, Saturday before tirst Sunday in each month. OFFICERS.
J.T. Head P. A, Smart J. J. Prestage N. J. Chatham
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer.
S. O. Wilder E. C. Culpepper H. Prestage E. W. Smith
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Tyler.
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CONSTITUENT LODGES. PAST MASTERS.
W. A. Downs.
J. M. Barr.
MEMBERS.
Butler. J. S. Hearn, W. H. Ramsay, W. E. Carroll, T. H. Jones, Levi W. Robinson, J. A. Hearn, J. L. Jordan, R. L. Smart, T. J. Initiated, Passed and Raised—James S. Butler.
Taylor, B. F. Wheelis, J. D. Total, 21 members.
ATKINS LODGE No. 266. Chartered February 13th, 1900. Atkins, Bossier parish, La. Stated meetings, second Thursday of each month. P. O., Elm Grove. OFFICERS.
H. E Atkins D. J. MoAnn J. L. Page J. P. Ivy W. E. Connell
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer. Secretay. Secretary. L B. L. B Hawkins H k i
J. M. Hawkins M. S. Holleman J. L. Kimbell A. J. Moss R. T. Poole oo T Tyler.
S. D. J. D. M. of C. => t e w a r a s •
PAST MASTERS.
J. W. Atkins,
H. L. Alison,
H. E. Atkins.
MEMBERS.
Alford, J. M. Lowery, J. W. Raines, R. H. Stringfellow, H. C. Calhoun, A. D. Mclver, A. B. Sempe, J. P. Switzer, L. H. Fort, Arthur Moss, D. J. ' Stringfellow, G. W.Total, 34 members. Affiliated—J. M. Alford. Reinstated—M. S. Holleman. Dimitted—W. J. Moss. Suspended—J. C. Bell, T. K. Butler.
UNITY LODGE No. 267. Chartered February 13th, 1900. Houma, Terrebonne parish, La. Meets on Tuesday on or before full moon. OFFICERS.
Joseph H. Pullen P. J. Dupont E. P. Roberts W. F. Williams
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer.
W. R.Davis Robert B. Butler N. V. Kelly John Bauxpies
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Tyler.
PAST MASTER.
A. W. Connelly. MEMBERS.
Alford, B. M. Avery, N. L. Boudreaux, F. E. Boudreaux, L. S. Cage, H.
Diliard, J. H. Dupont, A. M. Gilbert, L. W. Hatch, W. S.
Hebert, A. O. Hepler, E. A. McBride, Robt. E. McEwen, Geo. E.
Philsoh, James Polmer, L. Polmer, S. Powers, J. I. Total, 24 members.
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Initiated—Robert J. Younger, Leon Gouaux. Initiated and Passed—Alexander R. Haddad. Initiated, Passed and liaised—Lucius W. Gilbert. Passed— Harry L. Wilson. Raised—Bailey M. Alford,, J. I. Powers. Affiliated—James Philson.
MELVILLE LODGE No. 268. Chartered February 13th, 1901, at Melville, parish of St Landry, La. ings, first and third Thursday of each month.
Stated meet-
OFFICEES.
H. Rachal P. Payton ; L.H.Lyons E.G. Richard H. M.Gordon
W. M. S. W. " . . . . J . W. Treasurer. Secretary. Claude Williamson
T. D. Chapman G. V. Berger S. H. Whatley Oscar Williamson Gus. Rosenberg.. Tyler.
S. D. J. D. ...Chaplain. 1 Q + 0 ,,, 0 _J 0 $ (stewards.
PAST MASTER.
H. Rachal. MEMBEES.
Barlow, E. E. Folse, R. J. Lee, J. W." Simmons, H. P. Bergeron, J. H. Havard, G. L. McNeal, Chas. B. Stone, C. W. Blake, S. A. Hawkins, R. Lee Middleton, Chas.P.Strange, A. J. Burleigh, Eddy M. Impson, James A. Reynolds, A. C. Suiter. A, J. Butler, D. S. Johnson, C. C. Rice, John W. Walker, Mike Church, J. E. Joseph, H. S. Row, V. B. Total, 34 members. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Geo. V. Berger, Samuel H. Whatley, David S. Butler, H. Posey Simmons, Herbert M. Gordon. Passed and Raised—R. J. Folse. Raised—R. Lee Hawkins, Gus. Rosenberg. Affiliated—Anthony J. Strauge. Dimitted—E. J. Lyons, John R. Smith. Died—John A. Kemp.
MARKSVILLE LODGE No. 269. Chartered February 12th, 1901, at Marksville. Avoyelles parish, La. Stated meetings neld on (not given in returns)'. OFFICERS.
W. F. Couvillion J. "W. Joffrion H. Flanders., H. B. Hall
W. M. Armand D. Lafargue S. W. W. T. Woodruff J. W, P. B. Snoddy Treasurer. W. H. Peterman . . . . . William Sidney Boone Tyler.
.Secretary. 8. D J. D. M. of C.
PAST MASTERS.
A.E.Arnold,
A. V. Coco,
J . S- W. Harnianson.
CONSTITUENT LODGES.
157
MEMBERS.
Armitage, T. J. Coco, E. B. Howard, Chas. H. Porter, Stephen D. Bfittain. John W. Coco, Philogene Joffrion, W. T. Randall. B. F. Calhoun, F. B. Coco. Horace D. Jusselin. G. Regard, E. Calhoun. J. T. Gardiner, S. W. Mathews, T. M. Roy, T. A. Cappel, J.C. Goodwin, W. T. Miles, J. C. Sheldon, Jackson Carpenter, C. J. Total, 33 members. Initiated, Passed and Raised— Henry B. Hall, Benj. F. Randall, Jackson Sheldon, William T. Goodwin. Francis B. Calhoun, John C. Miles, Perry B. Snoddy, Thomas M. Stathews. Raised—Edward B. Coco. Affiliated—John T. Calhoun. Dimitted—Joseph M. Pilcher. Suspended—J. H. Howell.
BENEFIELD LODGE No. 270. Chartered February 12th, 1901, at Eodessa, parish of Caddo La. Meets first and third Saturday in each month. OFFICERS.
George Hutchins W. M. E. O. Walker W. L. McMichael S. W. B. H. Norton R. C.Carroll J. W. A.iC. Thigpen Benjamin F. Teat Treasurer. John W. Keel Samuel M. Vardeman Secretary. Wm L. Hartze James D. W. Carroll Tyler.
S. D. J. D. M. of C. ) «+owo,.ria j stewards.
MEMBERS.
Adams, George Gibson, George Martin. A. G. Stanley, James E. Baker, John 8. Harris, Claude Mays, M. A. Stewart, James M. Beazley, Jeff. D. Holt, Thos. F. McBride. W. D. Taylor, B. B. Bremer, B. F. Hoss, And. J. McCoy, James E. Thomason, Wm. G. Bremer. Henry A. Huckabay, Geo. M.McDuff, Daniel R. Whisenhunt,A.G. F Bridgtnan. Robt. L. Hutto, Ernest Ogburn, Logus S. White,Harry J. Bruner. W m . F . Hutto. G. W. Owens, W. O. Williams, Riley ' Cox, John H. Ivans, Laurence D. Pittman, S. S. Willis, C. C. Craiatlow, Thos. F. Jolly, John S. Pitts, A. C. Worley, P. C. Dear in z, Arthur G.Lawton, Chas. J. Powell, A. F. Wynn, James M. Dick, Robert Lawton, W. B. Shadrack, Wm. L. Zylks, John W. Everett, Arch. L. Lewis, H. M. Smith, Edwin O. Total, 58 members. Initiated—John W. Motes, Thos. J. Harris, John W. Ellis, William A. Johnson. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Bedford B. Taylor. Jeff. D. Beazley, Robt. L. Bridgman, James E McCoy, William F. Bruner, John W. Zylks, John S. Baker, Henry A. Bremer, William L. Hartze. Thomas F. Holt. Passed—William F. Holland, Tilden Lawrence. Passed and Raised—Charles C. Willis. Raised—Richard C. Carroll, Charles J. Lawton. Affiliated—Geo. W. Hutto, James E. Stanley, Thomas F. Craiglow. Dimitted—J. E Browning, James A. McCuller, James B. Stead, Noah O. Slay. Dropped—Geo. H. Moore.
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D E R I D D E R LODGE NO. 271. Chartered February 11th, 1903, at DeRidder. Calcasieu parish, La. Meets third Saturday In each month. OFFICERS.
George W. Heard J.M.Johnson A.I. Shaw Jas. E. McMahon.. J. O. Stewart 1. E. Martin
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer. Secretary. S. D.
W. P.Hudson F. P. Moss J. A. Johnson S. H. McMahon. A. B. Pye. W. H. Dear
J. D. Chaplain. M. of C. Tyler.
PAST MASTER.
J. S. Roberts. MEMBERS.
Barkman, Jos. Ford, Lewis A. Bradford, A. M. Frazer, Moses C. Carroll, Thomas J. Frazer, M. E. Coward, J. F. Green, Geo. M. Crow, W. Henry Harvey, Henry A. Davis, Charles C. lies, John Dew's, Julius Inarz, M. H. Fletcher,Patrick A.Jines, Isaac T. Ford, W. K.
Jones, Robert Nichols, T. J. Knight, David F. Pitman, R. H. Lacaze, Joseph Porter, R. V. Lewis, John H. Ryder, W. F. Lindsay, W, B. Stubbs, G. W. McGregor. W. H. Tucker. J. M. McLean, Geo. W. Tyler, R. L. Midkiff, Thomas J .Weiborn, Robert Total, 44 members.
Initiated—G. E. Davison, A. T. Hudson, E. S. Perkins, J. C. James. Initiated and Passed—h. M. Covey, B. H. Carroll, J. A. Goodman. Initiated, Passed and Raised—F. P. Moss, R. V. Porter, Jos. Barkman, G. W. Stubbs, W. P. Hudson, W. H. Dear, A. B. Pye. Affiliated—J. M. Tucker, J. M. Johnson, Robert Welborn, W. F. Ryder, J. F. Coward, J. A. Johnson.
SAREPTA LODGE No. 272. Chartered February 11th, 1902, at Sarepta, Webster parish, La. Meets the Saturday before the first Sunday of each month. OFFICERS.
W. D. Delafleld J. C. Cochran Jos. Strickland G. B. Denman
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer. Jesse Cox
W. R. Oakley Philip Frazier J. H. Frazier O. M. Bigbee Tyler.
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Chaplain.
PAST MASTER.
G. B. Denman. MEMBERS.
Allen, J. I. Browning, J. R. Burke, J. S. Byrnes, Geo. H. Cheshire, R. R. Coyle, Charles
Ensey, Ralph Frazier, Chas. Gibson, P. Hawthorn, Frank Johnson, Wm.
King, Jno. O. King, J. T. King, J. B. Kemper, George Leonard, W. D.
Oakley, G. W. Sikes, J. W. Trammel, T. Wilkerson, A. B. Young, N. S. Total, 30 members.
CONSTITUENT LODGES.
159
Initiated, Passed and Raised—Jesse Co*. Joseph Strickland, Newton S.. Young, Charles Coyle, Philip Frazier, Chas. Frazier. Passed and Raised—William Johnson. Raised—Ralph Ensey. . Dimitted—W. J. Young.
BOYCE LODGE No. 273. Chartered February 11th, 1902, at Boyce, Rapides parish, La. Meets seoond and fourth Tuesday in each month. OFFICERS.
Joseph D. James Henry A. Joyner Geo. H. Woodruff J. Dawson Johnson J. Ernest Dugger
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer. Secretary. James E. Ray
D. K. Texada W. C. Nelms Lou'sRaicliff. R. M.Jones.. A. G. Haworth Tyler.
S. D. J. D. M. of C. I cto^n-Ha f &lewaras-
PAST MASTERS.
Louis Ratcliff,
D. K. Texada.
MEMBERS.
Baker, J. G. Haworth. O. S. Parker, W. E. Thompson, H. L. Brian, I. M. Hayne, W. P. Rives, J. C. Vance, G. U Caldwell, C. W. Heidrieh, David J. Sewell, IS. W. Weasel, Wm. Davidson, Wm. H. Kelly, D. E. So Relle, Jas. H, Williams, O. M. Faulk, Wm. H. Lowery, Ernest B. Texada, J. W. Total, 31 members. Initiated and Passed—Herbert S. Jackson. Initiated, Passed and, Raised—Archie G. Haworth, Oscar S. Haworth. Passed and Raised— Clyde W. Caldwell. Raised—James W. Warren. AfflUated-O. M. Williams. mmitted~J. W. Warren, John W. Miller.
OBERLIN LODGE No. 274. Chartered February l l t h , 1902, at Oberltn, Calcasieu parish, La. Meets Saturday on or before full moon of each month. OFFICERS.
George W. Ford J.A.Reed W. I. Cole JosephChenier JacooCole
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer. .Secretary.
Denis Moore Simeon B. Cole Richard C. Bond A. S. Garland Zaehary T. Lyles
PAST MASTERS.
J. W. Moore,
P. E. Moore,
John R. Lyles.
j f
S. D. J. D. , ss tl pe nw aa rr ra tsq Tyler.
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"WOKE AND RETURNS OF MEMBERS.
Bagsley, Eden A. Bond, James M. Buhler, M. A. Clements, E. S. Cole, Dempsey
Cole, James M. Gibson, Thos. L. Johnston, D. R. Johnston, Osceola Kanouse, Wm.
Kingry, J. J. Kingry, Jos.iW. Lyles, Hiram Marshall, R. T. Moore, Henry A.
Oden, Richard E. Odom, Richard Platts, W, A. Reeves, Franklin Sigler, George E. Total, 39 members. Initiated—J. L. Compton, John Chaumont, James F. Love. Initiated and Passed—Elias J. Sandifer, Michael A. Prndhomme. Initiated Passed and Raised—Ricbard C. Bond, James M. Bond, Jacob Cole, Daniel R. Johnston, Richard Odom. Passed and Raised—Zachary T. Lyle3. Raised—Franklin Reeves. Affiliated—M. A. Buhler, George E. Sigler. Dimitted—Joseph Hinson, P. R. Hinson, James H. Leggett, John W. Leggett, W. W. Leggett.
BENSON LODGE No. 275. Chartered February 11th 190-2, at Benson, DeSoto parish. La. Meets second and fourth Saturday of each month. P. O., Lenyir. OFFICERS.
W. H. Bilbray J. H. Bilbray James Hughes A. Bloxam....
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer. D. M. Fleniken
R. Y. Best A. G. Kidd L. A. Taylor Len Parker Tyler.
Secretary. S. D. ..J. D. Chaplain.
PAST MASTERS.
W. H. Bilbray,
M. C. Geiger.
G. M. Mott.
MEMBERS.
Benson, R. F. McRee, J. P. - Robinson, E. Foggin, J. T. Norris, Benjamin Steele, J. T. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Richard Y. Best. Afflliated-M. C. Geiger, P. M. Dimitted-C. W. Hall. Died—3. W. Nolen.
Wrinkle, A. D, Total, 18 members.
DORCHEAT LODGE, No. 276. Dorcheat. Webster parish, La. Meets Saturday before the second and fourth Sundays of each month. OFFICERS.
JesseF. Sikes . . . . . . . . W . M. JoshuaS. Hyde S. W. J. H. Perkins J. W. John B. Clements Treasurer. M. D Gleason Secretary. William W. Kaylor. ..: S. D.
J. W. Martin J. T. Perkins J. B. Lee J.B.Colbert Eliga Gleason B. B. Sikes
J. D. ...M.of C. Marshal. I utomo^. | o l ewaras. Tyler.
CONSTITUENT LODGES.
161
MEMBERS.
Bellar, B. T. Branton, H. M. Clements, A. J. Dunn, John J. Eubanks, Wm. I.
Festavan, A. J. Gryder, Martin Howell, F. O. Howell, T. G. Howell, Win. A.
Kirkley, Thos. M. Newsom, M. S. Lee, Samuel W. Reynolds, C. R. Martin, Marshall Sikes, J. S. M ay tield, John W. Tornner, D. F. Munn, Wm. D. Worley, W. H. Total, 32 members.
Initiated—Silas I. Leggett. Initiated, Passed and Raised — Wade H. Worley, Deney F. Tornner, Mitchel D. Gleason. Passed and Raised—Eliga Gleason. Raised—Harrison M. Branton, William A. Howell.
DUBACH LODGE No. 277. Chartered February, 1903. Meets Saturday before first Sunday, and Friday before third Sunday In each month, at Dubach, Lincoln parish, La. OFFICERS.
•G. A. Colvin J. A. Green C. V. Flrmin W. W. White O. E. Colvin
W.M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer. Secretary. M. P. Fuller
S. F. Mitchell T. J. Autrey J. P. Jones J. H. Colvin Geo. W. Phurrough Tyler.
S D. J. D. Chaplain. M. of C. Steward.
PAST MASTERS.
S. M. Fuller,
T. W. Harper.
MEMBERS.
Anderson, Emile Colvin, C. B. Henry, R. W. Smith, L. P. Autrey, W. N. Colvin, S. J. Johnson, D. A. Tubbs, Willie Waugh, T. L. •Caruthers, C. T. Colvin, T. B. Meadows, L. E. Westberg, A. Cochran, S. E. Derby, C. A. Nelson, M. A. Whitman, E. Colvin, G. H., Jr. Foster, A. P. Norris, R. E. Williams, J. B. Colvin, W. A. Foster, E. O. Owen, Wm. T. Young, C. D. Colvin J. M. Fuller, C. C. Ray, H. V. Total, 44 members. Oolvin, T. H. Harper, Henry Smith, I. O. Initiated—John W. Colvin, Robert M. Foster. Initiated and Passed—Valcar W. Colvin, John L. Green. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Emile Anderson, William T. Owen, L. E, Meadows, Chester B. Colvin. Jasper H. Colvin, Richard E. Norris, John P, Jones, Stonewall J. Colvin, Willie Tubbs, Isaac 0. Smith, John B. Williams Thomas B. Colvin, Marion P. Fuller. Passed and Raised—Slam O. Foster. Affiliated—Charles C. Fuller, Daniel A. Johnson. Dimitted—Henry Blackman, Thomas Pllgreen. Died—James R. Autrey. ROSEMARY LODGE No, 278. Chartered February, 1903. Meets third Saturday in each month at Newport. Winn parish, La P.O. Hill. OFFICERS.
J . W. Hatten O. W. Erskins W. A. Erskins E A.Johnston
W. M. S. W. J. W. ...Treasurer.
J. M. Erskins M. N. King W. M. Sowers J.A.Johnston
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Tyler.
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WORK ANP RETURNS OP PAST MASTER.
T. J. Chapman. MEMBERS.
Chapman, W. B. Herring, J. B. Parkes, J. W. Tolbert, R. 6. Hatten, L. W. McKaskle, H. L. Thornton, T. M. West, S. S. Hatten, Sam McKaskle, N. P. Total, 19 members. Initiated and Passed—B. Q. May. Initiated, Passed and Raised—A. G. Herring, W. M. Sowers. Passed and Raised— Willis A. Erskine. Raisedr-Thomas M. Thornton. Dimitted—J. M. McKaskle, P. M., A. A. Johnston, D. W. Pool, W. T. Parkes, J. F. Ashley, T. C. Richardson, G. B. Rogers, F. C. Herring, A. G, Herring. .
D E Q U I N C E Y LODGE NO. 279.
Chartered February 3,1903. DeQulncey, Calcasieu parish, La. Stated meetings, second and fourth Saturdays. OFFICERS. D. D. Herford W. M. John Redmond Secretary, J. N. Gearen S. W. J. W. Perkins S. D. P. V. Wadleigh.. J. W. A. W. Coward... J. D. J. M. Gill Treasurer. George Gearen Tyler. PAST MASTER.
D. D. Herford. MEMBERS.
Abdella, A. Gearen, Sam. Lyons, G. S. Selmon, John S. Berry, Eli Gimmick, John Lyons, Seth S. Smith, P. T. Bradberry, W. C. Herford, J. C. Martin, J. A. Spears, M. E. Cooper, N. J. Hogan, B. P. Ocis, A. B. Turner, J. M. Clark, Lee Houan, H. L. Phillips, V. O. Van Pelt, Jas. M. Gearen, R. M. Kester, F. B. Robinson, F. M. Total, 31 members. Initiated—Harry E. Gamble, Allen J. Lyons, James M. Perkins, Jacob W. Woodward. Initiated and Passed—Aldrich G. Eggilston, John E. Moore, Edward P. Kearney. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Abraham Abdella, Charles S. Beard, Walter C. Bradberry, Newtoo J. Cooper, Rufus M. Gearen, Samuel Gearen, Frank B. Kester, John A. Martin, John M. Turner, James M. Van Pelt. Raised^—W. Lee Clark, Forest M. Robinson. Affiliated—Eli Berry. DimMed—Charles S. Beard, W. A. York.
JONESBORO LODGE No. 280. Chartered February, 1903. Meets first and third Saturdays in each month at Jonesboro, Jackson parish, La. OFFICERS. W. C. McDonald W. M. R L. Hardy Secretary. J.M.Bradley S. W. W.I. Bell S. D. J. P. Barnes .J. W. Prank RuS J. D. R. A. Carson Treasurer. W. C. Stewart Tyler.
CONSTITUENT LODGES.
163
PAST MASTER.
Geo. W. Tait. MEMBERS.
Barnes, Edw. Harlan, J. C. Jackson, C. H. Tyler, A. Blackwel', W. T. Hodge, J. K. Jeffress, E. P. Walsworth, A. E. Bryant, J. T. Hodge, L V. Johnson, R. H. Walsworth, S. W. Campbell, W. W. Hudson, W. D. Mullins, J. H. Watts, S. L. Garrett, Geo. W. Ingram, I. H. Narred, L. Total, 19 members.. Initiated—J. D. Bowen. Guy E. Cox, Initiated, Passed and liaised— Edward Barnes, R. H. Johnson, J. H. Mullins, W. C. Stewart. Passed andBaised—W. D. Hudson. Affiliated— W. T. Blackwell, Geo. W. Garrett, C. H. Jaekson, A. Tyler, 'S. W. Walsworth.
CROWSON LODGE No. 281. Chartered February 3,1903. Castor, BienvUle parish, La. Stated meetings second* Saturday of each month. P. O., Alberta. •OFFICERS.
W. L. Joyner S. T. Neal W. C. Joyner C. W. Campbell
:
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer.
B. H.Matthews J. A. Sullivan H. N.Hayes P. R. Sullivan
Secretary. S. D.. J. D. Tyler.
MEMBERS.
Byrd, W. A. Koonce, R. A. Netll, J. A. Campbell, Cicero Neal, T. Parker, R. L. Hill, M. M. Neal, A. J. Pullig, Sam. Joyner, L. E. Neal, T. W. Sledge, John A. Joyner, S. Z. initiated—William H. Bogan. Affiliated—John A. Sledge, Samuel Z. Joyner, W. Joyner, Joel D. Wiggins.
Sullivan, W. A. Sullivan, D. P. Sullivan, W. F. Wiggins, J. D. Total, 25 members. C. Joyner, Louis E.
YELLOW PINE LODGE No. 382. Chartered February 3,1903. Oakdale, Calcasieu parish, La. Stated meetings first. and third Saturdajsin each month. P. O , Beaver. OFFICERS.
James H. Leggett W. H. Phillips DelbertL. Cary J. W. Leggett
W. M. S. W. ...J.W. Treasurer.
Wm. W. Leggett Edgar T. Nichols Wm. A. Martin W. A. Stovall
PAST MASTER.
James M. Cook.
Secretary. S, D. J. D. ....; Tyler..
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WORK AND RETURNS OF MEMBERS. Pussell, C. C. Gray, E. S. Godwin, A. M. Hinson, P. R. Godwin, W. D. Hinson, Joseph
Pitre, E. D. Segler, J. M. Watuins, L. S. Total, 21 members. Initiated— Charles L. Sloan, Lamberth M. McDaniel, Isaac N. Erwin, A. Covington Monett*. Initiated and Passed—Jesse Clark. Initiated, Passed and liaised—Edward S. Gray, Delbert L. Cary, Leon S. "Wattrins, Benjamin J. Anderson, Clifton C. Fassell, William A. Martin. Raised—Edgar T. Nichols, Raymond D. Pitre. Dimitted—Charles Wiinberly, J. L. Williams.
MARION LODGE No. 283. •Chartered February 3, 1904. Meets seooDd Saturday In each mouth at Marion tfnion Parish, La. OFFICERS, U. B.
W. B. Wheelis E. J. Hale J. W.Brown. O. H. Thompson:
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer.
S. L. Haile A. T. Brown P. M. Knox N. B. Pace
Secretary. S. 6. J. D. Tyler
PAST MASTER.
B. B. Thomas. MEMBERS.
Adams, J. M. Powell, G. E . Roark, J. E. Cobb, W. W. Reppond, W. P. Simmons, C. T. McLemore, W. D. Roark, J. H. Smith, W. tf. Initiated—W. F. Stripling. Initiated, Passed and Raised—K. F. Smith, Joshua P. Reppond, C. T. Simmons, B. R. Turner.
Smith, Wm. Turner,B. R. Total, 20 members. M. Adams, William
OAK GROVE LODGE No. 284. •Chartered February 3, 1904. Oak Grove. West Carroll parish, La. Stated meetings, Thursday on or before full moon. OFFICERS, U. D.
John Robert Fowler W. M. James Howell Robinson . . . . . . . S. W. William J. Chambliss J. W. George W. Berry Treasurer. Bers, Thos. W. Bonner, Louis Bonner, L. B. 3iglow, M. I. 3riggs, Orrin
Andrew Jackson Albert M. Bivens James D. Herrin JacK D. Herrin
MEMBERS. Cagle. Wm. G. McGrow. John T. Drake, James B. Noble, W. Fowler, James S. Reyenn, Thos. B. Griffith, James L. Shillings, R. W. Lester, James A. Tullos, John L.
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Tyler. Williamson, J. Womaek, T. M. Womaek, Jesse Womaek, H. W. Total, 27 members.
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Initiated, Passed and liaised—John T McGrow, John L. Tullos, Orrin. Brlggs, Robert W. Shillings, James B. Drake, Lucien B. Bonner, James A. Lester, William J. Williamson, M. I. Biglow, Louis Bonner, Henry W. Womack, James L. Griffith. Affiliated—William 6. Cagle, Thomas W. Bers, Jesse Womack, Thomas B. Revenn, W. Noble.
MANY LODGE No. 285. Chartered February 3,1904. Many, Sabine Parish, La. Stated meetings, first Saturday in each month. OFFICERS. U. D.
J. Wiley Miller J. F. McClellan Don. B. Sorrelle W. H. Peters
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer.
J. D. Woods J. B. Douer J. M. Middleton Joseph Douer
rt.
Secretary. D.. J. D. Tyler..
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MEMBERS.
Cranford, T. J. Franklin. R. K. McFarland. J. M. Ponder, 8. D. Davis, F. W. Golring, David McNeely, W. E. Weiss, M. Davis, Wilder Lamberth, A. C. Pharis, J. E. York, W. A. Estes, A. W. Total, 21 members.. Initiated— Baker B. Hardin. Initiated and Passed—C. Edward Lone. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Morris Weiss, David Golricg, ThomasJefferson Cranford, Wilder Davis.
CHENEYVILLE LODGE No. 286. Charterered February 3, 1904. Cheneyville, Rapldes parish, La. Stated meetings not given in returns. OFFICERS, U. D.
C. A. Foote R. H. Jackson G. M. Simmons R. Kilpatrick
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer.
W. W. Wall J. J. Barnidge O. E. Barnidge H. F. Ford.
Secretary. S. D.. J. D. .Tyler..
MEMBERS.
Bennett, Paul J. Gross, Solomon McDaniel, J. H. Singley .John A. Boone, Wm. A. Hetherwich, C. Peach, Maston C. Smith, Robert H. Bowman, Chas. H. Jordan, S. D. • Pringle, James M. Smith, S. F. Branch. Elihu K. Jordan, Wm. H. Robinson, S. S. Swann, Howell C. Carroll, John E. Lyles, Wm. H. Scott, Wm. C. Wallace, George Dejean, Leonce L. Maddox, G. I. Shackelford, W. F. Total, 31 members.. initiated—William Ford Robert, Joseph Willard Stomley, Perry Wade. Initiated and Passed—Henry Hickenburg. Initiated, Passed and Raised—John Henry McDaniel, Solomon Gross, William Campbell Scott, Maston Cuttlewood Peach, Howell Cobb Swann, John Albert Singley, Robert Hill Smith, Leonce Lastrapes Dejean, Elihu Kilpatrick Branch, Sylvester Frank Smith, Paul Jones Bennett, George^ Wallace.
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WORK AND RETURNS OF GLOBE LODGE No. 287.
-Chartered February 3,1901. Yellow Pine, Webster parish, La. Stated meetings, flrst and third Mondays in each month. OFFICERS, U. D.
J. W. Martin W.Peters.. H. L. Blackwell 8. T. Woodring
W. M. 8. W. J. W. Treasurer.
J. C. Fingerle E L. Waldron Fred.Cobb W. H. Wise
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Tyler.
MEMBERS.
Chaffee, C. P. Hundley, K. A. Riddle, C. L. Spillman, S. J. Cleveland, EdwardKlng, J. B. Sandlin, J. N. Waldron. E. M. Cramer, S. B. Miller, G. M. Scbvern, C. E. Webb, W. H. Draper, H. N. Morgan, J. H. Total, 22 members. Initiated—Lee Martin. Initiated and Passed—Allen Waldron. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Charles E. Scovern, James B. King, Chas. L. Riddle, Richard A. Hundley. Affiliated—S. B. Cramer, W. H. Wise.
PINE GROVE LODGE No. 288. Chartered February 3, 1904, Ponohatoula, Tangipahoa Parish, La. Stated meetings not given in returns. OFFICERS, U. D.
J". P. Pierson Wm, Jackson Wm. E. Branch J. B. Adams
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer.
John W. Tenny J. Boyne Henry Mitchell R. M. Addison
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Tyler.
MEMBERS. Alford, Wm. M. Geostch, G. J. Johnson, E. E. Sberritt, J. B. ijorkgren, S. L. Goldstein, Jos. Peale, E. G. Spaulding, A. E. Bomgardner, G. E. Hawkins, J. F. Pierson, R. A. Sutton, Chas. Brist, F. M. Howes, M. J. Ryan, Jos. L. Total, 23 members. . Initiated—Henry E. Cunningham, P. D. Parks, W. T. Smith, Thomas M. Tucker, John M. Weems, William L. Wright. Initiated and Passed—Charles D. Abels, George J. Duffy, Blass Splller, Fred. C. Willis. Initiated, Passed and Raised— Straute L. Bjorkgren, Robert K. Benson, William M. Alford, John F. Hawkins, Matthew J. Howes, Joseph L. Ryan, John B. Sherritt, A. E. Spauldinsr, Charles Sutton, Samuel A. Wilsou.
DODSON LODGE, No. 289. Chartered February 3, 1901. Dodson, Wtnn parish, La. Saturday of each month.
Stated meetings, third
OFFICERS, U. D.
John R. Elliott James W. Gaar William J. Sikes Harral Hall
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer.
John Stinson Thomas E. Busby David E. Gaar Zachariah T. Faith
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Tyler.
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MEMBERS.
Griswold, E. W. Smith, Aurelius Stone, Barton W. Walker, Wm. T. Lucas, Jos. P. Smith, Hugh A. Stovall, Jackson J. Wasson, John M. Radescich, A. W. Stlnson, Alex. L. Temples, Benj. F. Total, 19 members. Initiated—John B. Milam, Benjamin H. Talbot. Initiated and Passed—Burt A. Wasson. Initiated, Passed and Raised— Benjamin F. Temples, William T. Walker.
EOSE P I N E LODGE No. 290. Chartered February 3, 1904. Hoae Pine, Vernon parish, La. Stated ineetings not given in returns. OFFICERS, U. D.
C. H. Smith J. M. Tucker.. H. J. Sellers C. C. Davis
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer.
0. M. Howell C. C. Wilson H. S. Fletcher Jos. Lacoze
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Tyler.
MEMBERS.
Burges, S. C. Cade, F. Dewe, Julius Harvey, H. A.
Knight, D. F. Midkiff, T. J. Liddy, Timothy Nation, H. B. McLaughlin, C. H. Nichols, T. J. Midkiff, O. M. Oakes, W. L.
Phillips, A. M. Powell, W. J. Taylor, Arthur Total, 23 members.
Initiated—C. D. Stone. Initiated, Passed and Raised—S. C. Burges, H. B. Nation, F. Cade, Timothy Liddy, Arthur Taylor, C. H. McLaughlin.
KINDER LODGE, U. D. Organized under Dispensation, March 21, 1903. Kinder, Ualcasieu parish La. Stated meetings not given In returns. OFFICERS.
P. E. Moore J. J. Kingrey R. B. Oden H. A. Moore
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer.
D. E. Cnle J. W. Kinsrrey James Cole Win. Kanouse
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Tyler.
MEMBERS.
Baker, P. C. LeBlanc, J. L. Rostrum, Wm. Kent, John Cole, S. B. LeBlanc, F. B. LeBlanc, Louis; (Simpson, Eiig. R. Havard, Benj. Total, 17 members. Initiated—B. F. Evens. Initiated and Passed—John Gaynor. Initiated, Passed and Raised—William Rostrum, Eugene R. Simpson.
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WORK AND RETURNS OP LOUISIANA BELIEF LODGE No. 1. Meets first Sunday in each month at Masonic Hall, 11 A. M. OFFICERS, 1904.
JOSEPH MEYERS, of Linn Wood Lodge No. 167 T. D. STEWART, of Quitman Lodge No. 76 ISIDORE GROSSMAN, of Hiram Lodge No. 70 HENRY THARP, of Alpha-Home Lodge No. 72 JOHN S. ALFRED, of Jefferson Lodge No. 191 M. 8. 8TEEG, of Friends of Harmony Lodge No. 58 HENRY McGEARY, of Linn Wood Lodge No. 167 JOHN R. LAMBERT, of Mount Moriah Lodge No. 59
W. M. ....S. W. J. W. Treasurer Secretary S. D. J. D. Tyler
PAST MASTERS.
RICHARD LAMBERT, of Mount Moriah Lodge No. 59, Grand! Secretary. GEO. J. PINCKARD, of Alpha-Home Lodge No. 72. G. L. HALL, of Quitman Lodge No. 76. LODGES AND REPRESENTATIVES.
PERFECT UNION No. 1—Wm. C. Wright, W. M.; Wm. Frank,. Jr., S. W.; A. L. Cline, J. W. POLAR STAR No. 1—Paul Vandenborre, W. M.; B. Simon, S.W. •„ Henry Maumus, J. W. PERSBVEKANCE No. 4—Henri Berie, W. M.; Alex. Langlois, S. W.; Adolph Barrere, J. W. FRIENDS OF HARMONY No. 58—Jno. A. Gildig, W. M.; A.. W. Steeg, S. W.; M. S. Steeg, J. W. MOUNT MORIAH No. 59—O. A., Simpson, W. M.; Conrad G. Collins, S. W.; J. F. A. Hebel, J. W. GEORGE WASHINGTON No. 65—Jno. C. Wiekliffe, W. M.;, Jacob C. Code, S. W.; Jas. Cronan, J. W. HIRAM No. 70—Isidore Grossmann, W. M.; Hyman Hirsch, S. W.; Jas. Reid, Jr., J. W. ALPHA-HOME No. 72—F. W. Breedlove.W. M.; A. L. Desangles, S. W.; W. G. Tebault, Jr., J. W. QUITMAN No. 76—T. D. Stewart, W. M.; Byron Holley, 8. W.;: L. Ed. Vallofft, J. W. HERMITAGE No. 98—Louis R.Hoover, W. M.; C. A. Solanis,, 8. W.; Paul Cendon, J. W.
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LOUISIANA No. 102—H. H. Jones, W. M.; J. Chris, Neilsen, S. W.; Edw. Herndon, J. W. OCEAN No. 144—Frank Caldwell, W. M.; Philip Basart, 8. W.; Jos. Cathcart, J. W. SAINTS JOHN No. 153—John W. Howe, W. M.; C. J. Conklin, S. W.; Walter Oser, J. W. LINN WOOD No. 167—Jos. Meyers, W. M.; R. J. McQuiston, S. W.; Ben C. Casanas, J. W. KOSMOS No. 171—Henry Eeininger, W. M.; Julius Wyler, S. W., O. H. Lehman, J. W. UNION No. 172—W. E. MandeviUe, W. M.; Percy H. Brown, S. W.; Win. E. Hogue, J. W. DANTE No. 174—Jos. Viviano, W. M.; Augustin Mateu, S. W.; Jose'Venta, J. W. > CORINTHIAN No. 190—Chas. F. Buck, Jr., W. M.; J. D. Graybill, S. W.; Edw. Pierson, J. W. JEFFERSON No. 191—Gus. D. Levy, W. M.; Will Moss, S. W.: Samuel Wolf, J. W.
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GRAND MASONIC BODIES OF LOUISIANA.
GRAND MASONIC BODIES OF LOUISIANA HOLDING THEIR MEETINGS IN GRAND LODGE HALL, CITY OP NEW ORLEANS. 1904.
GRAND LODGE F. AND A. MASONS.
L. P. DELAHOUSSAYE, New Orleans M. W. Grand Master E. T.'SELLERS, Downsville R. W. Deputy Grand Master RICHARD LAMBERT, New Orleans R. W. Grand Secretary First Monday in February. GEAND CHAPTER R. A. MASONS.
GRAHAM SURGHNOR, Monroe M. E. Grand High Priest GEO. W. BOOTH, New Orleans R. E. Deputy Grand High Priest RICHARD LAMBERT, New Orleans R. E. Grand Secretary Tuesday after the first Monday in February. ORDER OF HIGH PRIESTHOOD.
H. C. DUNCAN, Alexandria President RICHARD LAMBERT, New Orleans Recorder During Annual Convocation of the Grand Chapter. " GRAND COUNCIL R. AND S. MASTERS.
GUS. D. LEVY, New Orleans M. 111. G. M. RICHARD LAMBERT, New Orleans 111. Grand Recorder Thursday after first Monday in February at 10 A. M. GRAND COMMANDERY K. T.
GEO. W. BOOTH, New Orleans R. E. Grand Commander RICHARD LAMBERT, New Orleans E. Grand Recorder Thursday after first Monday in February at 1 P . M . . GRAND CONSISTORY, S. PP. R. S. 32°.
JOSEPH DENNEE, 32°, New Orleans Grand Master of Kadosh HUGH BREEN, 32°, New Orleans G. Registrar and K. of SQuarterly: Special on 27th of December; Annual on Second Tuesday in January.
COMMITTEES OF GRAND LODGE.
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COMMITTEES OF GRAND LODGE, 1904. AUDIT AND ACCOUNTS.
R. W. HENRY M. DANNEEL W. T. D. STEWART W. CHARLES F. BUCK, J R .
Perfect Union 1 Quitman 76 Corinthian 190
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WORK AND RETURNS CHARTERED LODGES.
W. GRAHAM SURGHNOR W. J. C. DREW W. FRANK CALDWELL
Western Star 24 Quitman 76 Ocean 144
WORK AND RETURNS LODGES, U. D.
W. ROBERT W. RIORDAN W. ROBERT IRVINE W. HORACE VALLAS
Mount Moriah 59 George Washington 65 Hermitage 98
APPEALS AND GRIEVANCES.
M. W. ROBERT R. REID M. W. EDWIN MARKS M. W. A. C. ALLEN M. W. ROBERT H. CAGE W. WM. S. BENEDICT W. JAMES H. CALDWELL... W. L. E. THOMAS
Amite City 175 Perfect Union 1 ;..... Franklin 57 Quitman 76 Perfect Union 1 Sabine 75 Caddo 179
MASONIC LAW AND JURISPRUDENCE.
M. W. CHARLES F. BUCK M. W. EDWIN MARKS M. W. ROBERT R: REID M, W. A. C. ALLEN..... M. W. A. G. BRICE M. W. DAVID R. GRAHAM W. WM. S. BENEDICT
Germania 46 Perfect Union 1 Amit&Cityl75 Franklin 57 ..Friends of Harmony 58 Mount Moriah 59 Perfect Union 1 WORK.
M. W.ROBERT H. CAGE M. W. DAVID R. GRAHAM M. W. CHARLES F. BUCK M. W. A. C. ALLEN M. W. ROBERT R. REID
Quitman 76 Mount Moriah 59 Germania 46 Franklin 57 .Amite City 175
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COMMITTEES OF GRAND LODGE. NECROLOGY.
W. C. C. KRAMER R. W. HENRY M. DANNEEL W. B. F. SCOTT .'.
Aurora 193 Perfect Union 1 Gordy 133
FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE.
W. HERMAN C. DUNCAN W. BYRON HOLLEY W. L. P. HOOVER
Jefferson 191 Quitman 76 Hermitage 98
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M. W. CHARLES F. BUCK M. W. EDWIN MARKS R. W. RICHARD LAMBERT W. BYRON HOLLEY W. JAMES H. CALDWELL W. DAVID ETTINGER W. J. W. HOWE
Germania 46 Perfect Union 1 Mount Moriah 59 Quitman 76 Sabine 75 Hiram 70 Saints John 153
STATE OF THE ORDER.
M. W. DAVID R. GRAHAM M. W. ROBERT H. CAGE W. FRED. C. MARSH
Mount Moriah 59 Quitman 76 Frankliu 57 MILEAGE.
W. L. E.THOMAS W.JAMES H. CALDWELL W. JOHN S. ALFRED
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Caddo 179 Sabine 75 Jefferson 191
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SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON PLAN OF MASONIC BELIEF.
W. W. W. W. W.
JOHN C. WICKLIFFE GEORGE W. BOOTH BYRON HOLLEY AARON STEEG G. PASSALAQUA
George Washington 65 Corinthian 190 Quitman 76 .Friends of Harmony 58 Dante 174
BOARD OF DIRECTORS GRAND LODGE HALL.
M. W. L. P. DELAHOUSSAYE R. W. A. G. RICKS R. W. RICHARD LAMBERT M. W. ROBERT H. CAGE M. W. CHARLES F. BUCK M. W. ROBERT R. REID W. GU8. D. LEVY W. H. H. JONES ; W. FRANK W. BREEDLOVE
Grand Master Grand Treasurer Grand Secretary Past Grand Master Past Grand Master Past Grand Master W. M., Jefferson 191 W. M., Louisiana 102 W. M., Alpha-Home 72
DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS.
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DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS, 1904 FIRST DISTRICT—FIRST DIVISION.
R. W. WILLIAM C. WRIGHT, Perfect Union 1 New Orleans. Perfect Union 1, Mount Moriah 59, Alpha-Home 72, Corinthian 19C. Lodges, 4. FIRST DISTRICT—SECOND DIVISION.
R. W. JOHN C. WICKLIFFE, George Washington 65...New Orleans. Friends of Harmony 58, George Washington 65, Louisiana 102, Jefferson 191 Lodges, 4. FIRST DISTRICT—THIRD DIVISION.
R. W. JAMES T. NIX, Union 172 Germania 46, Kosmos 171, Union 172
New Orleans. Lodges, 3.
FIRST DISTRICT—FOURTH DIVISION.
R. W. F. W.CALONGNE, Polar Star 1 New Orleans. Polar Star 1, Perseverance 4, Cervantes 5, Dante 174 Lodges, 4. FIRST DISTRICT—FIFTH DIVISION.
R. W. J. C. DREW, Quitman 76 Hiram 70, Quitman 76, Linn Wood 167
New Orleans. Lodges, 3.
FIRST DISTRICT—SIXTH DIVISION.
R. W. A. E. HOTARD, Saints John 153 Hermitage 98, Ocean 144, Saints John 153
New Orleans. Lodges, 3.
SECOND DISTRICT.
R. W. JOHN PULESTON, Amite City 175 Amite City. St. Helena Parish—St. Helena 96, Darlington 149, Grangeville 231, Kentwood 248., Tangipahoa Parish—Livingston 160, Amite City, 175, Spring Creek 184, Pine Grove 287 Lodges, 8. THIRD DISTRICT.
R. W. E. C. McKOWEN, St. Albans 28 Jackson. East Felidana Parish—St. Albans 28, Olive 52, Kellertown 124. Lodges, 3.
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B. W. D. SIMS BROWN, MOUNT GERIZIM 54 Bastrop. Franklin Parish — Winnsboro 246. Richland Parish — B. P. McGuire 209. Morehouse Parish—Mount Gerizim 54, Brookville 161, St. Andrew 256 Lodges, 5. FIFTH DISTRICT.
R. W. N. B. NULL, Ruston 106 Ruston. Lincoln Parish—Ruston 106, Simmsboro 235, Dubach 277, Hico U. D. Jackson Parish—Jonesboro 280 Lodges, 4. SIXTH DISTRICT.
R. W. T. H. ROBERTS, Downsville 143 Downsville. Union Parish—Union Fraternal 53, Spring Hill 127, Downsville 143, Bernice239, Marion 283..;.... Lodges, 5. SEVENTH DISTRICT.
R. W. GRAHAM SURGHNOR, Western Star 24 Monroe. Ouachita Parish—Western Star 24, Urim 111, Cadeville 229. Caldwell Parish—Columbia 164 Lodges, 4. EIGHTH DISTRICT.
R. W. O. H. P. BAWLS, Clear Springs 247 Coushatta. Red River Parish—Silent Brotherhood 146, Clear Springs 247. Natchitoches Parish—Ashland 196, Bethany 223, Goldonna U. D. Lodges, 4. NINTH DISTRICT.
R. W. WM. M. BAKER, Arcadia 126 Arcadia. Bienville Parish—Sparta 108, Arcadia 126, Friendship 215, Crowson 281 Lodges, 4. TENTH DISTRICT.
R. W. A. R. THOMPSON, Cypress 89 Benton. Bossier Parish—Cypress 89, Bellevue 95, Red Land 148, Plain Dealing 237 Lodges, 4. ELEVENTH DISTRICT.
R. W. F. A. TUSTEN, Shreveport 115 Shreveport. Caddo Parish—Shreveport 115, Caddo 179, Land Mark 214, Benefleld 270. DeSoto Parish—Mount Vernon 83, Liberty 123, Mansfield 250, Benson 275... Lodges, 8. TWELFTH DISTRICT.
B. W. H. C. WALSWOBTH, Weston 242 Weston. Winn Parish—Eastern Star 151, Kyiche 233. Jackson Parish— Brookline 198, Weston 242, Dalley 265. Grant Parish—Montgomery, 168. Lodges, 6.
DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS.
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THIRTEENTH DISTRICT.
R. W. BENJAMIN F. SCOTT, Gordy 133 Lecompte. Rapides Parish—Oliver 84, Gordy 133, Solomon 221, Forest HU1254, Fellowship 217, Boyce 273, Cheneyville 285 Lodges, 7. FOURTEENTH DISTRICT.
R. W. C. C. KRAMER, Aurora 193 New Iberia. St. Landry Parish—Humble Cottage 19. Iberia Parish—Aurora 193, Jeanerette 255. Vermilion Parish—Abbeville 192. Lafayette Parish—Hope 145.... Lodges, 5. FIFTEENTH DISTRICT.
R. W. FEED C. MARSH, Franklin 57 Franklin. St. Mary Parish—Franklin 57, Lafayette 87, Doric 205. Terrebonne Parish—Unity 267 , Lodges, 4. SIXTEENTH DISTRICT.
R. W. A. F. BARROW, Feliciana 31 St. Francisville. West Feliciana Parish—Feliciana 31. East Baton Rouge Parish— St. James 47, Milford 117, Plains 135 Lodges, 4. SEVENTEENTH DISTRICT.
R. W. J. F. SIKES, Dorcheat 276 Dorcheat. Webster Parish—Minden, 51, Sarepta 272, Doreheat 276, Globe 288. Lodges, 4. EIGHTEENTH DISTRICT.
R. W. JAMES H. CALDWELL, Sabine 75 Robeline. Sabine Parish—Sabine 75, Pleasant Hill 230, Mitchell 252, Belmont U. D. Natchitoohes Parish—Phoenix 38, Robertsville 234, Marthaville 258 Lodges, 6. NINETEENTH DISTRICT.
R. W. JOHN H. COOPER, Welsh 232 Welsh. Calcasieu Parish—Lake Charles 165, Welsh 232, Jennings 249, Oberlin 247, Kinder, U. D. Arcadia Parish—Crowley 243...Lodges, 6. TWENTIETH DISTRICT.
R. W. J. J. W. MILLER, Magnolia 238... Dry Creek. Calcasieu Parish—Sam. Todd 182, Magnolia 238, Yellow Pine 282. Lodges, 3. TWENTY-FIRST DISTRICT.
R. W. H. G. PARKER, Blazing Star 212 Port Allen. West Baton Rouge Parish—Blazing Star 212. Iberville Parish— Acacia 116, White Castle- 257. Ascension Parish—Ascension 251. St. James Parish—Progressive 262. Pointe Coup&e Parish—Livona 220. Lodges, 6.
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DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS. TWENTY-SECOND DISTRICT. .
E. W. H. L. ALLISON, Atkins 266 Atkins. Bed River Parish—Good Intent 216, Conly 241. Bienville Parish— Mackey 122. Bossier Parish—Atkins 266 Lodges, 4. TWENTY-THIRD DISTRICT.
R. W. HENRY E. HARDTNER, Charles F. Buck 26 Urania. Grant Parish—Colfax 259, Charles F. Buck 260, Anchor 261. Winn Parish—Rosemary 278, Dodson 290 Lodges, 5. TWENTY-FOURTH DISTRICT.
R. W. D. N.THOMPSON, Harrisonburg 110 Harrisonburg. Catahoula Parish—Harrisonburg 110, Keystone 213. East Carroll Parish—Pecan Grove 222. West Carroll Parish—Oak Grove 284. Tensas Parish—St. Joseph 79. Bichland Parish^-Delhi 120.... Lodges, 6. TWENTY-FIFTH DISTRICT.
R. W. J. A. HOLLINSHEAD, Evergreen 189 .Evergreen. Avoyelles Parish—Atchafalaya 163, Evergreen 189, Marksville 269. St. Landry Parish—Orphans' Friend 185, Melville 268. Pointe Coupee Parish—Fordoche U. D ....Lodges, 5. TWEXTY-SIXTH DISTRICT.
R. W. C. T. ALLIS, Leesville 240... .' Leesville. Vernon Parish—Anacoco 147, N. H. Bray 208, Rose Pine 289. Union Parish—Leesville 240, DeRidder 271, DeQuincey 279...Lodges, 6. TWENTY-SEVENTH DISTRICT.
R. W. T. E. BENNETT, Pine 265 Warner. Washington Parish—Franklinton 101, Pearl River 125, Center 244, Pine 264. St. Tammany Parish—Covington 188 Lodges, 5. TWENTY-EIGHTH DISTRICT.
R. W. J. W. NORTON, Millerton245 Haynesville. Claiborne Parish—Athens 136, Homer 152, Millerton 245...Lodges, 3. TWENTY-NINTH DISTRICT.
R. W. J. WILEY MILLER, Many286 , Many. Sabine Parish—Kisatchie 156, Little Flock 236, Toro253, Florien 263, Many 286 Lodges, 5.
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LODGES FORMING THE GRAND LODGE OP LOUISIANA—(ORGANIZED JUNE 12, 1812.) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
PABPAITE UNION, chartered by the Grand Lodge of South Carolina, No. 29, Nov. 21, 1793, New Orleans, La. CHARITE, chartered by the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, No. 93, March 1, 1802, New Orleans, La. CONCORDE, chartered by the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, No. 117, Oct. 27,1810, New Orleans, La. PERSEVERANCE, chartered by the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, No. 118, Oct. 27, 1810, New Orleans, La. ETO1LE POLAIRE, chartered by the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, No. 129, June 3, 1811, New Orleans, La. Original organization 1794.
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1 Perfect Union 2Charit6 , 3 Concorde 4 Perseverance 5 Polar Star 6 Amis Rgunis 7 Trinosophes.... 8 Liberal 9 Amour Fraternel 10 Disc, du Benat Maconnique (now Feb. 14,1885), St. Andre 11 Los Amigos del Orden..... 12 Cervantes 13 Friendship •. 14 La Union Fraterde Uaridad 15 Los Amigos Reunidos .' 16 Reunion de la Vertud
PLACES OF THEIR ESTABLISHMENT.
New Orleans New Orleans New Orleans New Orleans -. New Orleans New Orleans..Org'niz'd by G.O.F New Orleans..Org'niz'd Feb. 17.. New Orleans..Org'niz'd Feb. 19.. New Orleans..Org'niz'd April 1.. 5 New Orleans. 5 New Orleans. 5 New Orleans. 6 Mobile, Alabama. 7 Havana, Cuba... 8 Vera Cruz, Mexico. 9 Cam peachy, Yucatan.
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1793 Aug. 15,1812 Founded Grand Lodge, 1802 Aug. 15,1812 do Ch. forf't'd '49. do 1810 Aug. 15,1812 do Con.with P.U.I do 1810 Aug. 15,1812 do (No. 5 in 1822.) do do Originally No. 5. 1794 Aug. 15, 1812 do Annexed to Perseverance No. 4. 1829 1833 do do 1833 Extinct January 26,1845. 1839 Extinct Annexed to Los Amigos del Orden 5, 1839 June, 3,1839 consolidated witliPolar Star No. 1. March 31,1895. 1842 Sept. 24,1842 Consolidated August 23d, 1883, to 1842 Feb. 14, 1884 [form Cervantes No. 5. 1813 Extinct Charter forfeited March 17, 1820. 1815 Extinct do do 1816 Extinct Charter forfeited August 11,1821. 1817 Extinct
17 Silencio 18 L'Etoile Flainboyante 19 ElTemplodelaDivinaPurido 20 La V6rite 21 Union 22 La Rectitude 23 Columbian 24 Eureka 25 Washin gton 26 Aurora de **** 1 Humble Chaumiere now Humble Cottage... J Triple Bienfaisance Sincere Amiti6 Mobile De la Union Western Star Lafayette Harmony Numantina St. Albans Harmony Lafayette Peliciana Louisiana Hiram 43 Fraternity 44 Holland 45 Alexandria 46 Phoenix 47 Poinsett 48 Milam 49 McFarland , 50 Morning Star...
Feb. 12, 1861 on. Aug. 23, '83, toformCervantes6 9 New Orleans Charter forfeited August 11, 1834 1817 Extinct 10 Baton Rouge 1818 Extinct Charter forfeited Feb'y 10, 1822. 11 Matanzas, Cuba 12 Donaldsonville, Assumption Par.. 1818 Extinct do do August 11, 1829. 13 Natchitoches, Natchitoches Par... 1818 Extinct do do do 1828. 1818 Extinct 14 Havana, Cuba do do do 1821. 1819 Extinct 1849. 15 Alexandria, Rapides Parish 1819 Extinct 16 Blakely, Alabama 1849. 17 Baton Rouge, East B. R. Parish... 1819 Extinct 1849. 18 Yucatan 1820 Extinct 1849. W 19Opelousas, St. Landry Parish Aug. 19,1820 20 New Orleans. , 1820 Extinct Charter surrendered Mar. 1, 1829. 21 St. Martinsville.St. Martin's Par.. 1821 Extinct Charter surrendered Aug. 1,1825. 22 Mobile, Alabama Extinct Charter forfeited. 23 St. James Parish 1823 Extinct Charter surrendered 1833. 24 Monroe, Ouachita Parish.. 1823 1840 A new charter granted. 25 New Orleans 1824 Extinct Charter forfeited 1849—members 26 New Orleans 1826 Extinct Since 1837. [formed Dudley 66. 27 New Orleans 1826 Extinct Charter forfeited 1849. 28 Jackson, East Feliciana Parish.... 1827 Jan. 6, 1827 Charter forfeited 1849. 29 Opelousas, St. Landry Parish ...... 1827 Extinct do do 1840. 30 Lafayette, Lafayette Parish 1827 Extinct q l St.Francisville,W.FelicianaPar \ 61 1817 Mar. 25,1828 waschart'dbyG.LodgeKy.as46 / 32I\ew Orleans Charter forfeited 1842. 1828 Extinct 1828 Extinct do do 1849. 33 Cheneyville, Rapides Parish do do 1849. 34 Clinton, Avoyelles Parish 1829 Extinct Texas Charter sur'd October 14, 1840. 35 New Orleans 1833 Ex. [T 1836 Now No. 1, Founded G. Lodge, Texas, 18S8. 36 Brazoria, Texas 37 Alexandria, Rapides Parish.. 1836 Extinct [Members formed Marion 68 Oct. 6, 1836 3S Natchitoches, Natchitoches Par... Charter sur'd March 16, 1847. 39 New Orleans 1837 Extinct Founded G. Lodge, Texas, 1838. 1837 40 Nacogdoches, Texas Founded G. Lodge, Texas, 1838. 1827 41 San Augustine, Texas 4 Founded G. Lodge, Ark., 1842. 1838 42 Arkansas Post, Arkansas so
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51 Western Star..... 52 Foyer Magonnique , 53 Desert 54 Jackson 55Germania 56 St. James 57 Hospitaliere du Teche. 58 Caddo 59 Providence 60 Minden 61 Olive 62 Union Fraternal 63 Mount Gerizim 64 DeSoto 65 Lafayette 66 Franklin 67 Friends of Harmony.... 68 Mount Moriah 69Couohatta 70 Western Star 71 Herman 72 Tunica 73 Edna 74 George Washington 75 Dudley 76 Warren 77 Marion 78 Crescent City , 79 Hiram ,
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Little Rock, Arkansas 1838 Founded G. Lodge, Ark., 1842. New Orleans Oct. 6,1838... Consl'd with P. 4, Sept. 1879. Napoleonville, Assumption Par... 1841 Extinct 1845. Greenwood, Caddo Parish Jan. 28, 1843Charter forfeited February 17,'81. m New Orleans .' Apr. 18, 1844 Baton Rouge, East B. R. Parish.. June 28,1844 St. Martinsvilie, St. Martin Par... 1844 Extinct Charter forfeited 1849. w Shreveport, Caddo Parish 1845 Extinct Charter surrendered 1853. M Lake Providence, Carroll Parish. Apr. 19, 1845 Charter surrendered 1881. a > Minden, "Webster Parish Apr. 19, 1845 Clinton, E . Feliciana Parish Nov. 27,1845 Feb. J2, 1890 For. Feb. 9, '86. New charter Farmerville, Union Parish Nov. 28,1846 Bastrop, Morehouse Parish [Feb. 12, 1890. Mar. 27, 1847 Charter surrendered 1881. Mansfield, DeSoto Parish Nov. 27,1847 Charter forfeited February, 1887. Vernon, Jackson Parish Jan. 24, 1848 Franklin, St. Mary's Parish Apr. 22, 1848 New Orleans Mar. 24, 1849 New Orleans [proceedings 1852. Coushatta, Red River Parish Since 1854. Last returns, p. 141, 1849 Extinct Monroe, Ouachita Parish Nov. 1, 1849Number changed to 24, in 1866. New Orleans Charter surrendered in 1852. 1849 Extinct Tunica, West Feliciana Parish.. Jan. 28, 1850Consolidated with No. 31,1881. Charter forfeited in 1856. Columbia, Caldwell Parish 1849 Extinct New Orleans 1847 Mar. 3, 1850 [No. 1 Dec. 1, '87. New Orleans 1847 Mar. 3, 1850Consolidated with Perfect Union 1850 Extinct New Orleans Charter surrendered June 5,1852.. 1850 Mar. 3, 1850Consolidated with P. U. 1, 1886. New Orleans... 1850 Annexed to George Washington New Orleans New Orleans., , ,. 1850 Mar, 3, 1850 [Lodge 65, in 1851.
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95 Pleasant Hill. 96 Lafayette 97 Many... 98 Cypress 99 Thibodaux Benevolent. 100 Livonia 101 Montieello 102 Les Vrais Amis 103 Napoleon 104 Bellevue 105 St. Helena 106 Patinos 107 Hermitage 108 Henderson 109 Taylor 110 Franklinton Ill Louisiana. 112 Cloutiervill mCloutierville.... 118Mount Lebanon 114 114 Trinity. Trinity.. 115 Ruston.
Charter surrendered A pril 22,1822 71 New Orleans 1848 Extinct. 72 N. O., Alpha, org'd 1848. Home 1855 Feb. 14, 1860 A. union of Alpha 72 and Home 145. Annexed to Warren No. 67, in '50 73 New Orleans 1847 Charter surrendered in July, 1857 74 Shreveport, Caddo Parish .. 1850 E x t i n c t . 1850 Mar. 4, 1850 75 Fort Jesup, Sabine Parish [p. 195, Proceedings 1867. 1850 Mar. 4, 1850 76 New Orleans Charter sur'd Aug. '66, lastret'ns 77 Port Hudson, E . Feliciana Parish 1850 Extinct. 1847 Mar. 4, 1850 consolidated witn Perfect Union 1, Inne n, 1888 78 New Orleans 1850 79 St. Joseph, Tensas Parish Marter forfeited Feb. 12, '62, restored Feb. 12, '74 1850 Mar. 4, 1850 Charter forfeited February, 1878. 80 Marion, Union Parish 1850 Extinct. Charter forfeited in 1856. 81 Plaquemine, Iberville Parish 1850 Annexed to Olive No. 52, in 1852. 82 Clinton, E. Feliciana Parish 1849 Mar, 4, 1850 83 Logansport, DeSoto Parish 1849 Mar. 4, 1850 84 Alexandria, Rapides Parish 1849 Annexed to St. Albans No. 28. 85 Jackson, E. Feliciana Parish 1850 Mar. 4 1850 Charter forfeited February 17, '76 86 Pleasant Hill, DeSoto Parish 87 Pattersonville. St. Mary's Parish.. 1849 Mar. 4, 1850 Forfeited 16th February, 1872. 1850 Extinct 88 Many, Sabine Parish 89 Collinsburg, Bossier Parish 1850 Feb. 12, 1890 Forfeited Feb. 16.1887. New Cnarter Feb. 12,1890 Jan. 21, 1851 Charter forfeited- Feb. 1892. 90 Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish ~ _ . in10, -~1857. Charter surrendered 91 Livonia, Pointe Coupee Parish 1851 Extinct Jan. 11, 1851 Charter forfeited February, 1887. 92 Montieello, Carroll Parish Charter forfeited in 1856. 1851 Extinct 93 Cheniere Caminada, Barataria 1851 ..1851 Charter forfeited in '57 and '87. 94 Ouachita City, Union Parish Jan. 21, 1851 Charter sur'd in '57. Rev'd in '66. 95 Bellevue, Bossier Parish [returns 1858. 96 Greensburg, St. Helena Parish Jan. 21, 1851 Charter surrendered in 1859. 97 Richmond, Madison Parish 1854 E x t i n c t . .1851 98 New Orleans Jan. 21,: December, 1862. 1851 Extinct... 99 Cotile, Rapides Parish Charter forfeited in 1858. 100 Homer, Claiborne Parish 1851 Extinct... Jan. 21,: 101 Franklinton, Washington Parish ,1851 Jan. 23,: ,1851 102 New Orleans Jan. 21,, 1852 Charter forfeited Feb., 1884. 103 Colfax. Gr ,nt Parish Jan. 21,, 1852 Charter forfeited Feb., 1902. 104 Mount Lebanon, Bienville Parish Jan 21.1852 ' 105 Trinity, Catahoula Parish Charter forfeited 1881. Jan. 21,' 1852 Name changed to Ruston in 1892. 106 Ruston, Lincoln Parish
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116 Patrick Henry. 117 Sparta 8 118 Castor 119 Harrisonburg... 120 U r i m . 121 Bartholomew 122 Thomas Jefferson , 123 Friendship 124Shreveport.. 125 Acacia . 126 Milford. 127 Terryville 128 Constantine. 129 Delhi..... 130 Lisbon 131 Mackey 132 Liberty........ 133 Keller town.. 134 Pearl River. 135 Arcadia 136 Spring Hill.. 137D'Arbonne... 138Dawson 139 Solomon 140Shiloh 141 Warren 142 Gordy 143 H a r r y H i l l . 144 Plains.,
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107 City of Jefferson, Jefferson Parish 1852 Extinct. Charter surrendered 1855. Jan. 21, 1852 Forfeited Feb. '81. Restored '87. 108 Sparta, Bienville Parish • Jan. 21, 185: Charter surrendered Feb., 1881. 109 Cuba, Caldwell Pariah Jan. 21, 1852 110 Harrisonburg, Catahoula Parish Feb. 2, 1853 111 Forksville, Ouachita Parish Feb. 2, 1853 Charter surrendered Feb., 1899 112 Plantersville, Morehouse Parish.. w Feb. 25, 1853 Charter surrendered Feb., 1901. 113 Spearsville, Union Parish 114 Woodville, Jackson Parish 1853 Extinct. Charter surrendered in 1861. Jan. 27, 1853 115 Shreveport, Caddo Parish f Jan. 17, 1854 116 Plaquemine, Iberville Parish Jan. 20, 1854 J17 Hope Villa, E . Baton Rouge Jan. 17, 1854 Charter surrendered 1885. bd 118 Terryville, Claiborne Parish Extinct. 119 Waterproof, Tensas Parish 1854 Charter sur'd Feb. 7, 1862, p. 46. H Jan. 17, 1854 120 Delhi, Richland Parish changed 1873. (Deerfleld.) Jan. 17, 1854 Name 121 Lisbon, Claiborne Parish Charter forfeited February 9, '86. Jan. 20, 1854 122Ringgold, Bienville Parish Feb. 14, 1855 Charter restored February, 1866. O 123Keachie, DeSoto Parish Feb. 14, 124 Kellertown, East Feliciana Feb. 14. 1855 125 Line Academy, Washington Par. Feb. 14, 1855 126 Arcadia, Bienville Parish Charter renewed Feb'y, 1885. Feb. 14. 1855 127 Springhill Church, Union Parish 1855 Ch. sur. 1878; ren'd Feb., 1893. Extinct. 128 D'Arbonne, Union Parish 1855 Extinct. Charter surrendered 1859. 129 Scotville, Claiborne Parish Charter forfeited Feb. 16, 1872. Extinct. 130 Goodrich Landing, Carroll Parish Feb. 14, 1855 Charter forfeited '69. Last returns 131 Shiloh, Union Parish do do '87. [p. 207, Pro. 1869. Extinct. 132 Winnsboro, Franklin Parish^.. Forfeited February, 1870. Feb. 14. 133 Cheneyville, Rapides Parish 1855 134 Bastrop, Morehouse Parish Annexed to Mt. Gerizim No. 54, 1855 Feb. 21,1856 135 Plains Store, East Baton Rouge [in. 1862
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145 Athens. 146 Murray. 147 Jefferson ian . 148 Houma.. 149 Cool Spring. 150Huntington. 151 Home.. 152 Downsville.. 153 Ocean. 154 Hope. 155 Silent Brotherhood. 156 Anacoco 157 Red Land 158 Darlington 159 Perkins 160 Eastern Star.. 161 Homer., 162 Saints J o h n 163 Filmore 164 Cherry Ridge 165Kisatchie 166 Grosse Tete. 167Rapides. 168 Morganza 169 Livingston 170 Brookville 171 Burnsville 172 Atchafalaya 173 Columbia. 174 Lake Charles.... 175 Excelsior 176 Linn Wood 177 Montgomery.... 178 Haynesville Crescent, U. D..
Feb. 12,1856] 136 Athens, Claiborne Parish 1856 Extinct.. Charter forf'd in '57, p. 96,Pro. '59. 137 Alexandria, Rapid es Parish 1856 Feb. 12,1856 Charter surrendered 1880. 138 Kingston, DeSoto Parish do do 1880. Feb. 12,1856 139 Houma, Terrebonne Parish do forfeited 1881. Feb. 12,1856 140Colquit, Claiborne Parish Annexed to Minden No. 51, 1866. 1856 141 Minden, Webster Parish Formed AlphaHome No. 72,1859. 1856 142 New Orleans Feb. 12,1856 143 Downsville, Union Parish Feb. 10,1857 144 New Orleans Feb. 10,1857 145 Lafayette, Lafavette Parish Feb. 10,1857 146 Coushatta, Red "River Parish Feb. 10, 1857 -~~ Charter forfed '81. Renewed '85. 147 Anacoco, Vernon Parish Feb. 10,1857 148 Red Land, Bossier Parish Feb. 10,1858 149 Darlington, St. Helena Parish Feb. 10,1858 Charter surrendered 1879. 150 Donaldsonville, Ascension Parish Feb. 10.1858 151 Winnfield, Winn Parish 10,1858 152 Homer, Claiborne Parish Feb. 10, 1858 153 5th District, New Orleans w Feb. 12, 1858 " Charter surrendered 1879. 154 Filmore, Bossier Parish 155 Zion Hill, Union Parish 12, 1858 Charter surrendered Feb. 10,1892. H [turns p. 220, Pro. 1868. O 156 Mount Carmel, Sabine Parish Feb. 12,1858 Charter sur'd Feb. 1869. Last re1859 Extinct 157 Rosedale, Iberville Parish Feb. 16, 1859 Charter forfeited 1881. 158 Huddleston, Rapides Parish 16, 1859 Charter surrendered 1879. 159 Morganza, Pointe Coupee Parish.. Feb. 16,1859 160 Ponchatoula, Tangipahoa Parish. Feb. 16,1860 161 Point Jefferson, Morehouse Par... Feb. 16, 1860 Charter forfeited February 9, '86. 162 Shangaloo, Claiborne Parish Feb. 16,1860 163 Simmsport, Avoyelles Parish " Charter forfeited February, 1887. Feb. 16, 1860 164 Columbia, Caldwell Parish . [Rechartered Feb. 9, 1892. Feb. 16,1860 165 Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish... Feb. 12,1861 Charter surrendered 1878. 166 New Orleans Feb. 13,1861 167 New Orleans Feb. 13,1861 168 Montgomery, Grant Parish Feb. 13,1861 Charter surrendered 1886. 169 Haynesville, Claiborne Parish 1862 Extinct Surrendered May, '65, p. 505, '66. Army Lodge...................
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179 Or us. 180 Kosmos. 181 Union. 182 Orient. 183 Dai) te 184 Amite City 185 Perfect Harmony. 186 Eureka 187 Tulip. 188Caddo 189 Little Flock 190 Jeffersonian 191 Sam Todd. 192 Longwood. 193 Spring Creek. 194 Orphans' Friend.. 195 Kisatchie Union,.. 196 Flat Lick. 197 Covington. 198 Evergreen. 199 Corinthian.. 200 Jefferson 201 Abbeville 202 Aurora 203 Mount Olivet. 204 Trenton . 205 Ashland... 206 Magnolia..
PLACES OF THEIR ESTABLISHMENT.
170 New Orleans 171 New Orleans 172 New Orleans 173 New Orleans 174 New Orleans Amite City, Tangipahoa Parish... 176 New Orleans Bonner, Lincoln Parish 178 Tulip, Ciaiborne Parish 179 Shreveport, Caddo Parish 180 Wineburg, Sabine Parish 181 Kingston, DeSoto Parish 182 Sugar Town, Calcasieu Parish 183 Mooringsport. Caddo Parish 184 Spring Creek Church .Tangipahoa Ph 185 Big Cane, St. L a n d r y Parish 186 Kile's Mills, Natchitoches Parish. 187 Plat Lick, Ciaiborne Parish 188 Covington, St. Tammany Parish 189 Evergreen, Avoyelles Parish 190 New Orleans 191 New Orleans 192 Abbeville, Vermilion Parish 193 New Iberia, Iberia Parish 194 Bayou Bceuf, St. Landry Parish.. 195 Trenton, Ouachita Parish 196 Ashland, Natchitoches Parish ... 197 Washington, St. Landry Parish
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REMARKS.
Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb.
9,1864 Consolidated with P. U. No. 1, '79. 9, 3864 17, 1865 W 17, 1865 Consolidated with 68.
Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb.
14, 14, 14, 14, 14, 14, 14, 14, 14, 14, 15, 13,
Feb. Feb.
13, 1868iCharter surrendered May 31,1880. 13, 1868 Charter surrendered 1883.
Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb.
13, 1868 14, 1868 9, 1869 9, 1869 6, 1869 10, 1869
Feb. Feb.
10, 1869 Charter forfeited Feb. 17, 1881. 10, 1869 Charter surrendered Nov., 1880.
1866 1866 1867 Consolidated with 58. 1867 Charter forfeited Febru'y 17,1881. 1867 Charter surrendered Feb. 10,1892 1867 1867 Charter forfeited February, 1878. 1867 Charter surrendered 1880. 1867 1867 Charter forfeited February, 1887. 1867 1867
F e b . i o , 1869 Name and location clanged 1874 and 1902. Feb.
16, 1870 Ch. forfeited Feb. 17,1881. [Saline.
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207Brookline 208 Mallet Woods 209 Oak (Jiove, 210 Surnmerfield... 211 Holly Springs. 212 Assumption. 213 Corner Stone. 214 Doric. 215 Tyrian. 216 Howard. 217 N. H. Bray. 2181 R. F . McGuire. 219 Missionary. 220 ~Beacon. 221 Blazing Star 222 K e y S t o n e . 223 Land Mark 224 Friendship 225 Good I n t e n t 226 Fellowship 227 The Star in the East., 228 Adonijah 229 Livonia. 230 Solomon. 231 Pecan Grove232 Bethany 233 Alabama 234 Centennial... 235 Clear Spring.. 236 Blue Buck 237 Terrebonne... 238 Cadeville. 239 Pleasant Hill. 240Grangeville... 241 Welsh....
198 Brookline, Jackson Parish |199 PrudhoinmeCity, S t . L a n d r y Ph.. 1200 Oak Grove, Carroll Parish 201 Summerfield, Claibome Parish... 202 Hoily Springs, Claiborne Parish. 203 Napoleonville, Assumption Ph... 204 Lewisville, W i n n Parish 205 Morgan City, St. Mary Parish 206 Wilhamsport. P,ointe Coupee Ph. 207 Springfield P^ O., Livingston Ph, 208 Walnut Hill, Vernon Parish 209Rayville, Richland Parish 210 Missionary Ridge, Catahoula Ph.. 211 Arizona, Claiborne Parish 212 W . Baton Rouge, W.B.Rouge Ph. 213 Sicily Island,Catahoula Parish 214 Spring Ridge, Caddo Parish. 215 Friendship Church,Bienville Ph. 216 Loggy Bayou, Red River'Parish., 217Hineston, Rapides Parish 218 St. Thomas, West Indies 219 Black Bayou, Caddo Parish 220 False River, Pointe Coupee Ph.. 221 Piueville, Rapides Parish 222Illawara, Carroll Parish 223 Bethany Church Natchitoches Ph.., 224 Alabama Church, Bienville Ph.., 225 Waterproof, Tensas Parish 226 Longwood, Caddo Parish 227 Johnson's Bayou, Cameron Ph.... 228 Houma, Terrebonne Parish 229 Cadeville, Ouachita Parish 230 Pleasant Hill, iSabine Parish 231 Grangeville, St. Helena Parish.... 232 Welsh, Calcasieu Parish
Feb. 16, 1870 Feb. 19, 1870 Charter forfeited 1878. Mar. 23, 1870 Charter forfeited February, 1887. Apr. 25, 1870 Charter surrendered Feb. 14,1899. Apr. 25, 1870 Charter surrendered Oct. 12,1879. Feb. 15, 1871 Charter surrendered Dec. 15,1882. Feb. 15, 1871 Charter surrendered 1885. Feb. 15, 1871 Feb. 15, 1871 Charter forfeited Feb. 13, 1894. Feb. 15, 1871 Charter forfeited Feb. 17,1884. Feb. 15, 1871 Feb. 15, 1871 Feb. 14, 1872 Charter forfeited Feb. 9, 1886. Feb. 14, 1872 Charter forfeited Feb. 9,1886. Feb. 14, 1872 Feb. 14, 1872 Feb. 14, 1873 Feb. 14, 1873 Oh. forfeited 1886; restored 1887. Feb. 14, 1873 Feb. 14, 1873 Feb. 14, 1873 Charter recalled 1874. Feb. 13, 1874 Charter surrendered 1885. Feb. 13, 1874 Feb. 13, 1874 Feb. 17, 1876 Feb. 18, 1876 Feb. 17, 1877 Charter forfeited February, 1887. Feb. 17, 1877 forfeited Feb. 9, 18S6. Feb. 17, 1877 Charter forfeited Feb. 9, 1886. Feb. 15, 1879 Charter Charter surrendered . Feb. 18, 1881 Charter surrendered 1886. Feb. 14, 1889 Feb. 12, 3890 Feb. 12, Feb. 12, 1890 1890
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NAMES OF LODGES.
242Kyiche 243 Rpbertsville 244Simsboro 245 Little Flock 246i Plain Dealing 247 Magnolia. 248 Shiloh. 249Leesville.. 250 Conly Weston. 252 Crowley.. 253 Centre.. 254 Millerton. 255 Winnsboro. 256 Clear Spring. 257 Kent wood.. 258 Jennings 259 Mansfield . 260 Ascension. 261 Mitchell. !Toro 263 Forest Hill 264 Jeanerette 265 Saint Andrew., 266 White Castle.. 267 Marthaville.... 268Colfax.269 C . F . Buck
PLACES OF THEIR ESTABLISHMENT.
233 Gaar Mill, W i n n Parish 234 Robertsville, Natehitoches Ph.... 235 Simsboro, Lincoln Parish 236 Antioch Church, Sabine Parish... 237 Plain Dealing, Bossier 238 Bear, Calcasieu 239 Bernice, Union Parish 240 Leesville, Union Parish 241 Love's L a k e , Red River Parish... 242 Weston, Jackson Parish 243 Crowley, Acadia Parish.. 244 Union Academy, Washington Ph 245 Millerton, Claiborne Parish 246 Winnsboro, F r a n k l i n Parish 247 Clear Spring, Red River Parish... 248Kentwood, Tansipahoa Parish.... 249 Jennings, Calcasieu Parish 250 Mansfield, DeSoto Parish 251 Donaldsonville, Ascension Parish 252 Mitchell, Sabine Parish 253Toro, Sabine Parish 254 Forest Hill, Rapides Parish 255 Jeanerette, Iberia Parish 256 Mer Rouge, Morehouse Parish .... 257 W h i t e Castle, Iberville Parish 258 Marthaville, Natehitoches Parish 259Colfax, Grant Parish 260Tullos, Catahoula Parish
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Feb. Feb. Feb Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb.
REMARKS.
11, 1891 11, 1891 ll18l 9, 1892 9, 1892 9, 1892 15, 1S93 Shiloh i !Lodge changed to Bernice, [1903. 15, 1893 15. 1893 15, 1893 15, 1893 13, 1S94 13, 1894 13,1894 13, 1894 13,1894 12, 1895 12, 1895 12, 1895 11, 1896 11, 1896 11, 1896 11, 1896 11, 1896 9, 1897 -15,1898 15,1898 15,1898 Domicile changed to Urania, 1903.
270 Anchor. 271 Progressive. 272 272Florien , 273 Dally 274 Pine. 275 A t k i n s . 276 Unity. 277 Melville.
278 Marksville.
279 Benefield. 280 DeRidder. 281 Sarepta.... 282 Boyee. 283 Oberlin. 284 Benson. 285 Dorcheat 286 Dubach 287 Rosemary... 288 DeQuincey. 289 Jonesboro. 290 R. M. Crowson. 291 Yellow Pine 292 Marion 293 Oak Grove 294 Many 295 Cheney ville 296 Globe 297 Pine Grove 298Dodson 299 Rose Pine.........
261 Pollock, Grant Parish 262Lutcher, St. James Parish 263Florien, Sabine Parish 264Dalley, Jackson Parish 265 Pine, Washington Parish 266 Atkins, Bossier Parish 267Houma, Terrebonne Parish 8 Melville, St. Landry Parish 269 Marksville, Avoyelles Parish 270 Rodessa, Caddo Parish 271 De Ridder, Calcasieu Parish 272 Sarepta, Webster Parish 273Boyce, Rapides Parish 274 Oberlin, Calcasieu Parish 275 Benson, DeSoto Parish 276 Dorcheat, Webster Parish 277 Dubach, Lincoln Parish 278 Newport, Winn Parish 279 DeQuincey, Calcasieu Parish 280 Jonesboro, Jackson Parish 281 Castor, Bienville Parish 282 Oakdale, Calcasieu Parish 283 Marion, Union Parish 284 Oak Grove, West Carroll Parish.. 285 Many, Sabine Parish 286 Cheneyville, Rapides Parish 287 Yellow Pine.. , 288 Ponchatoula, Tangipahoa Parish 289Dodson, Winn Parish 290 Rose Pine, Vernon Parish
Feb. 14,1899 Feb. 14.1899 Feb. 13.1900 Feb. 13,1900 Feb. 13.1900 Feb. 13, 1900 Feb. 13,1900 Feb. 12.1901 Feb. 12,1901 Feb. 12.1901 Feb. 11,1902 Feb. 11.1902 Feb. 11, 1902 Feb. 11,1902 Feb. 11,1902 Feb. 3,1903 Feb. 3, 1903 Feb 3, 1903 Feb. 3,1903 Feb. 3,1903 Feb. 3,1903 Feb. 3.1903 Feb. 3,1904 Feb. 3, 1904 Feb. 3, 1904 Feb. 3,1904 Feb, 3.1904 Feb. 3,1904 Feb. 3,1904 Feb. 3,1904
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ALPHABETICAL LIST OF LODGES.
Name of Lodge.
81 Abbeville.. 39 Acacia.... 21 Alpha-Home. 72 Amite City., 55 Anacoco. 130 Anchor.. 46 Arcadia 120 Ascension 120 83 Ashland. 64 Atchafalaya., 50 Athens 135 Atkins 82 Aurora.
29 Bellevue. 139 Benefield... 144 Benson. 108 Bernice 97 Bethany
Blazing Star.... 142Boyee 84 Brookline 63Brookville 73Caddo 98Cadeville 113 Centre 4 Cervantes 129 Chas. F. Buck . 155 Cheney ville 116 Clear Spring.... 128 Colfax 65 Columbia.... HOConley 79 Corinthian. 77 Covington.. 112Crowley 28 Cypress 134Dalley 71 Dante 57 Darlington , ' Delhi. 41 140 DeRidder.. 148 DeQuincey. 158 Dodson. 145 Dorcheat, 85 Doric... 51 Downsville.... 146 Dubach 58 Eastern Star..
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Location.
Postofflce.
Abbeville. 192 14 Abbeville Plaquemine. 116 21 Plaquemine New Orleans. 72 1—1 New Orleans 175 2 Amite City......... Amite. 14. Hardshell. 26 Anacoco 261 22 Pollock Pollock. 126 Arcadia. 9 Arcadia., 251 21 Donaldsonville..., Donaldsonville. 196 Chestnut. 8 Ashland.. 163 2o Simmsport , Simmsport. 136 28 Athens Athens. 266 22 Atkins Elm Grove. 193 14 New Iberia. New Iberia 10 Haughton Haughton. 95 11 Rodessa. Rodessa 270 11 Benson Lenoir. 275 239 Bernice. 6 Bernice.... 223 iCampte. 8 Campte. ! 212 Cinclaire. ~ * " 21 Port Allen.. 273 Boyce. 13 Boyce 198 Boatner. 12 Hood's Mill. 161 Oak Ridge. 4 Oak Ridge... 179 Shreveport. 11 Shreveport . 229 Cadeville. 7 Cadeville 244 27 Union Academy.. Lee's Creek. fl 1—4 New Orleans New Orleans. Urania. 260 23 Urania Cheneyville. 286 13 Cheneyville. 247 Liberty. 8 Clear Spring 259 23 Colfax. Colfax. 164 Columbia. 7 Columbia, 241 Polk. 22 Love's Lake 190 1—1 New Orleans-.. New Orleans. 188 27 Covington Covington. 243 Crowley. 19 Crowley 89 Benton. 10 Benton 265 Dalley. 12 Dalley 174 1—4 New Orleans. ... New Orleans. 149 Chipola. 2 Chipola 120 24 Delhi Delhi. 271 26 DeRidder DeRidder. 279 26 DeQuineey DeQuineey. 289 23 Dodson Dodson 276 17 Dorcheat., Doreheat. 205 15 Morgan City Morgan City. 143 6 Downsville Downsville. 277 Dubach. 5 Dubach 151 Winnfield. 12 Winnfield
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ALPHABETICAL LIST OF LODGES.
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF LODGES—CONTINUED.
Name of Lodge
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78 Evergreen 189 25 8Feliciana 31 16 93 Fellowship 217 13 132Florieu 263 29 123 Forest Hill 254 13 16 Franklin S7 15 32 Franklinton 101 27 91 Friendship 9 215 17 Friends of Harmony 58 1—-I 19 George Washington. 65 1—2 10 Germania 46 1—3 156 Globe. 287 17
92 Good Intent. 48Gordy 100 Grangeville.. 36 Harrisonburg. 31 Hermitage. 20 Hiram. 59 Homer. 53 Hope 5 Humble " • Cottage 124 24 Jeanerette . 80 Jefferson. 118 Jennings. 149 Jonesboro... 44 Kellertown. 117 Kentwood.. 89 Keystone.... 160 Kinder.... 61 Kisatchie. 69 Kosmos... 102 Kyiche. 27 Lafayette 66 Lake Charles 90 Land Mark.... 109Leesville 43 Liberty 105 Little Flock... 67 Linn Wood... 62! Livingston 94 Livonia.. 33 Louisiana... 42 Mackey.. 107 Magnolia., 119 Mansfield. 154 Many. 1*2 Marion. 138 Marks ville....
216 22 133 13 231 2 110 24 98 1—6 70 1—6 152 28 145 14 19 14 255 It 191 1—2 249 19 280 h 124 3 2 248 213 24 19 U.D. 156 29 171 1—3 233 12 87 15 165 19 214 11 240 26 123 11 236 29 167 1—5 160 2 220 21 102 1—2 122 22 238 20 250 11 285 283
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Postoffic.
Evergreen St. Franeisville Hineston , Florien Forest Hill Franklin Franklinton Friendship New Orleans New Orleans New Orleans Yellow Pine East Point Lecompte Grangeville Harrisonburg New Orleans New Orleans Homer Lafayette Opelousas Jeanerette New Orleans Jennings Jonesboro Wilson Kentwood.. Florence Kinder Mt. Carmel New Orleans Gaar's Mill Patterson Lake Charles.... Keithville Leesville Keachie Negreet New Orleans Hammond New Roads New Orleans Ringgold Barne's 'reek .. Mansfield Many Marion Marksville
Evergreen. St. Franeisville. Hineston. Florien. Forest Hill. Franklin. Franklinton. Friendship. New Orleans. New Orleans. New Orleans. Yellow Pine. Love's Lake. Lamourie. Grangeville. Harrisonburg. New Orleans. New Orleans. Homer. Lafayette. Opelousas. Jeanerette. New Orleans. Jennings. Jonesboro. Wilson. Kentwood. Holly Grove. Kinder. • Corley ville. New Orleans. Gaar's Mill. Patterson. Lake Charles. Keithville. Leesville. Keachie. Negreet. New Orleans. Hammond. New Roads. New Orleans. Ringgold. Bear. Mansfield. Many. Marion. Marfesville.
190
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF LODGES.
ALPHABETICAL LIST OP LODGES—CONTINUED.
Name of Lodge.
Location.
Postofllce.
Marthaville. 258 18 Marthaville Melville. 268 25 Melville Hope Villa 117 16 Hope Villa 245 28 Millerton .... Haynesville. 17 Minden Minden. 51 18 Mitchell Mitchell. 252 12 Montgomery ...., Montgomery. 168 4 Bastrop Bastrop. 54 New Orleans. 69 1—1 New Orleans Logansport. 83 11 lOgansport Hicks. 208 26 Walnut Hill.. Oak Grove. 284 24 Oak Grove Oberlin. 274 19 Oberlin New Orleans. 144 1—6 New Orleans 52 ;... Clinton. 3 'linton Alexandria. 84 13 Alexandria Big Cane. 185 25 Big Cane 125 27 Line Academy.... Balltown. 45 Pearl Biver. 96 Pecan Grove22: 24 Lake Providence.. Lake Providence. New Orleans. 1 1—1 New Orleans 1 Perfect Union. New Orleans. 4 1—4 New Orleans 3 Perseverance., Natchitoches. 38 18 Natchitoches 9 Phoenix 264 Pine 133 P i n e . 27 Pine 288 157 Pine Grove Ponchatoula. 2 Ponchatoula 237 106 Plain Dealing. Plain Dealing. 10 Plain Dealing 135 16 Zachary Zachary. 49 Plains.. 230 Pleasant Hill. 18 Pleasant Hill 99 Pleasant H i l . 1 1—4 New Orleans New Orleans. 2 Polar Star. 26! Lutcher. 21 Lutcher 131 Progressive New Orleans. 76 1—5 New Orleans 23 Quitman 148 Carterville. 56 Red Land 10 Carterville 209 Rayville. 4 Rayville R. F.McGuire.. 281 Alberta. 150 R. M.Crowson. 9 Castor 234 103 Robertsville .... , Provencal. 18 Provencal 278 Hill. 147 Rosemary. 23 Newport 290 26 Rose Pine Rose Pine. 159 Rose Pine... 106 Ruston. 5 Ruston 34 Ruston. Fort Jesup. 75 18 Fort Jesup. 22 Sabine • 182 20 Sugar Town , Sugar Town. 74 Sam. Todd Sarepta. 272 17 Sa^epta 141 Sarepta Coushatta. 8' Coushatta 54 Silent Brotherhood.. 146 llfi , Shreveport. 11 Shreveport 38 Shreveport 235 Simsboro. 5 Himsboro 104Simsbo"ro.. 221 Pineville. 95 Solomon. 13 PineviJle 108 Bienville. 35 Sparta 9 Bienville 184 Lewiston. 2 Spring Creek 75 Spring Creek.. 12' Oakland. 6 Oakland 7 Spring Hill.. Jackson. 28 3 Jackson St. Albans.
127 Marthaville... 137 Melville 40 Milford. 114 Millerton. 12 Minden. 121 Mitchell , 68 Montgomery. 15 Mt. Gerizim.. 18 Mt. Moriah... 25 Mt. Vernon.. 86 N. H. Bray... 163 Oak Grove.... 143 Oberlin 52 Ocean 13 Olive 26 Oliver 76 Orphans' Friend
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF LODGES.
191
Name of Lodge.
125 St. Andrew.. 30 St. Helena.... 11 St. James .... 24 tit. Joseph 60 Saints John. 122Toro 70 Union 14 Union Fraternal.. 136 Unity 3 7 Urim " • 101 Welsh , 6 Western S t a r . 111 Weston 128 White Castle.. 115 Winnsboro .... 151 Yellow Pine...
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ALPHABETICAL LIST OP LODGES—CONTINUED.
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Location.
Postofttee.
EQ
4 Mer Rouge
2 Greensburg 16 Baton Rouge
79 24 Newellton 153 1—6 New Orleans
253 29 Hornbeck 172 1—3 New Orleans 53 6 Farmerville 267 15 Houma 7 Calhoun 111 232 19 Welsh 7 Monroe 24 242 12 Weston 257 21 White Castle 4 Winnsboro 282 20 Oakdale....
Mer Rouge. Greensburg. Baton Rouge. Newellton. New Orleans. Hornbeck. New Orleans. Farmerville. Houma. Indian Village. Welsh. Monroe. Weston. , White Castle. Winnsboro. Beaver.
List of Past and Present Grand Officers of the Grand Lodge of the State of Louisiana, from its Organization to the Present Tear.
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GBAND MASTERS DEP. GB. MASTBES GB.SEN.WABDEN&I GE. JUN. WABDENS GEAND TEEASUBEES GBAND SECEETABIES
1812 *P Fran DuBourg *LCMoreau Lislet *J Blanque *Francis Pernot *JB DesBois 1813 P F r a n DuBourg LCMoreau Lislet J Blanque *I)ominiqueRoquett« 1814 P F r a n DuBourg LCMoreau Lislet J S l i f e LCMoreau Lislet Dom Roquette... J B ModLefevre.. 1815 *J Souli<5.. LCMoreau Lislet *JB ModLefevre.. Y Lemonnier 1816 J SoulW.. LCMoreau Lislet JB ModLefevre.. Y Lemonnier 1817 J SoulW.. 1818 *LCMoreau Lislct JB ModLefevre.. *Jean B DesBois.. Y Lemonnier 1819 *J B ModLefevre. Jean B Desbois.. *Y Lemonnier *Aug Maearty 1820 *Y Lenionnier.... 'Aug McCarty.... :t:: J F Canonge *G Dubuys J F Canonge G Dubuys *A Peychaud 1821 *Aug Maearty *G Dubuys 1822 *J F Canonge „ Y Lemonnier.... *G Leaumont GDubuys 1823*DFBurthe.. *LCMoreau Lislet *L A deBodin...... *Y Lemonnier.... - L A deBodin 1824 *J F Canonge Longer 1825 *John H Holland *L A deBodin *Charles Maurin.. *A Longer Charles Maurin.. 1826 J o h n H Holland M Fleitas A Longer 1827 John H Holland M Fleitas -Charles Maurin.. *A Morphy 1828 J o h n H Holland *A Morphy Charles Maurin.. "A Longer-.•. ... *DFBurthe 1829 * J F Canonge *A Longer *JB Fagot 1830 *John H Holland *A Longer *M FoucheCougot J B Fagot *Jean Lamothe.... *Seth W Nye 1831 J o h n H Holland *JB Fagot *ThosBlois 1832 J o h n H Holland * Aug Douce , Seth W Nye *Jean Lamothe.... * J B F Giquel 1833 J o h n H Holland Aug Douce Jean Lamothe.... *Chas Bevoille 1834 J o h n H Holland Aug Douce. • J B F Giquel 1835 J o h n H Holland Aug Douce....... *F J Verrier J F Canonge * J B F Giquel *Jean Lamothe.... 1836 *L H Feraud J B F Giquel * F J Verrier *F Coquet 1837 L H Feraud. 1838 *John H Holland J J Mercies..... *J B Lambert . *Zenon Colson *PerezSnell *F J Verrier 1839 John H Holland Alex Phillips fRamon Vionnet!. 1840 *A W Pichot .. *G A Montmain.. *J " iosca Ramon Vionnet.. 1841 AW Pichot *Jean Lamothe.... J Viosea
*Jean Baptiste Pinta J B Gregoire Veron Jean Baptiste Pinta J B Gregoire Veron Jean Baptiste Pinta J B Gregoire Veron Jean Baptiste Pinta *Auguste Guibert Jean Baptiste Pinta Auguste Guibert Jean Baptiste Pinta Auguste Guibert Jean Baptiste Pinta Auguste Guibert Jean Baptiste Pinta *N Visnier, *P Dissard Jean Baptiste Pinta *F Dissard : G W Morgan F Dissard G W Morgan F Dissard G-W Morgan F Dissard G W Morgan F Dissard *C Miltenberger... F Dissard C Miltenberger .. F Dissard C Miltenberger... F Dissard 0 Miltenberger.. F Dissard 0 Miltenberger... F Dissard *L H Feraud .. .... F Dissard L H Feraud F Dissara *Alex Phillips F Dissard o Alex Phillips ........ F Dissard F Dissard Alex Phillips F Dissard Alex Phillips F Dissard *Joaquin Viosea F Dissard Joaquin Viosea *Francois Coquet.... F Dissard F Dissard *Cotton Hen ry F Dissard *L H Feraud *Jean Lamothe Fleury Generellv-- *F Dubayle
1842 *Jean Lamothe... tRamon Vionnet *Paul Bertus... Ramon Vionnet... *Fleury Generelly... *P Dubayle *Robert Preaux... *A D Guesnon 1843 *E A Canon *HKidel Fleury Generelly... PDubayle *F JVerrier 1844 E A Canon Robert Preaux... *Luc. Hermann.. *Francis Calongne. fRamon Vionnet...... F J Verrier F J Verrier 1845 *Robert Preaux... *Felix Garcia Luc. Hermann.. Franeis Calongne Ramon Vionnet F J Verrier 18-16 *Felix Garcia *Luc. Hermann.. *Prancis Calongne. *Joseph Lisbony... Ramon Vionnet F J Verrier 1847 Felix Garcia .... *Robert Preaux... *Francois Meilleur. *Roman Brugier... Ramon Vionnet F J Verrier 1848 Felix Garcia Luc. Hermann *Thos B Patten... *Alex Derbes Ramon Vionnet *W H Howard •Daniel Blair LaGL*M R Dudley. *ThosH Lewis.... x*WPColeman.... *G Gorin F J Verrier 1849 *Luc. F Calongne Ant Mondelli *Simon Meilleur... Ramon Vionnet c. Hermann W H Howard *JnoWCrockett... *WmM Perkins... *J W McNamara... *Daniel Blair L'lftL *John Gedge F Calongne Ant. Mondelli *GeoW Catlett Ramon Vionnet..... *J J E Massicot [nett 1850 Luc Hermann J J E Massicot*EBar *W LKnox *S Herriman 1851 John Gedge *GeoWCatlett.... *R F McGuire 'Edward Barnett SHerriman 1852 *H *S M Hart ~ R WHill Robt F McGuire *Wm L Knox 1853 *W H Huntington S Herriman.. [man n Edward Barnett E W Hill •Wm L Knox *SM Hart 1854 *Wm M Perkins.. Wm L Knox HWHuntington *Geo D Shadburn.. S Herriman &Good- *Samuel G Risk *LawP Crain 1855 Wm M Perkins.. *Geo D Shadburn *M H Dosson *Stephen C Michell.. Samuel G Risk : 1856 Wm M Perkins.. *M H Dosson Stephen C Michell.. Samuel G Risk *Louis Texada S O Scruggs.... Stephen C Michell.. Samuel G Risk 1857 Wm M Perkins.. 'Amos Adams *A S Washburn.. S O Scruggs 1858 *Amos Adams Stephen C Michell.. Samuel G Risk Samuel M Todd... *S O Scruggs *A J Norwood 1859 Samuel M Todd... ' Stephen C Michell.. Samuel G Risk *SO Scruggs *A J Norwood... Joseph Santini 1860 *J Q A Fellows... *AG Carter John C Gordy .. *HenryRegenburg SC Michell&8MTodd Samuel G Risk Samuel G Risk 1861 J Q A Fellows... A G Carter John C Gordy... HenryRegenburg Samuel M Todd Samuel MTodd 1862 J Q A Fellows. A G Carter *Bi G— Thibodeaux *Samuel J Powell.. * Harmon Doane 1863 J Q A Fellows... A G Carter B G Thibodeaux Samuel J Powell.. Harmon Doane J Samuel M Todd 1864 J Q A Fellows... A G Carter B G Thibodeaux Samuel J Powell.. *Henry R Swasey.... Samuel M Todd M Todd 1865 J Q A Fellows... *Edward Barnett George A Pike... *John Booth Henry R Swasey. ••• Samuel Samuel M Todd 1866 *Wm M Perkins. *A J Norwood S O Scruggs John C Jones Henry R Swasey.... ^JasCBatchelor.MD 1867 *A J Norwood *H R Swasey S O Scruggs. *John A Stevenson Samuel M Todd Jas C Batchelor,MD 1868 *Henry R Swasey *Sy G Parsons John C Jones Samuel MTodd *Wm McDuff. Jas C Batchelor.MD 1869 Samuel M Todd... Sy G Parsons Amos Kent *John L Barrett.... Henry R Swasey.... JasCBatchelor.MD 1870 Samuel MTodd... Amos Kent *Wuu Robson *John BSorapuru.. Henry R Swasey.... Jas C Batchelor.MD 1S7I Samuel M Todd... Amos Kent Wm Robson J ohn B Sorapuru. Henry R Swasey. ... Jas C Batchelor.MD 1872 Samuel:MTodd... *Jos P Hornor •ME Girard Henry R Swasey.... Jas C Batchelor.MD Edwin Marks 1873 *Michel Eloi Girard John G Fleming Edwin Marks *W R Whitaker.... *Wm Stephen Pike.. Jas C Batchelor.MD MichelEloiGirard 1874 John G Fleming. Edwin Marks W R Whitaker.... Wm Stephen Pike.. Jas C Batchelor.MD *A W Hyatt 1875 *John G Fleming *William Robson *WRWhitaker... *Julius Lisso
LIST OF PAST AND PEESENT GEAND OFFICEES—Continued. GRAND MASTERS DEP. GR. MASTERS GR.SEN.WARDENS GR. JUN. WARDENS GRAND TREASURERS GRAND SECRETARIES
1878* J o h n G Fleming *William Robson *W R Whitaker... *J ulius Lisso *A W Hyatt.. W R Whitaker... * Albert L Abbott. A W Hyatt,. 1877! *Sam'l J Powell... Edwin Marks 1878 b a m ' U Powell.. Edwin Marks *Hy C Young *G.eo H Braughn.. A W Hyatt.. *Geo H Braughn. H Van McCain 18791 Edwin Marks By C Young A W Hyatt.. 1880 Edwin Marks Hy C Young Geo H Braughn. *J L Lobdell A W Hyatt.. David R Graham.. A W Hyatt.. 1881 *W R Whitaker... *JasL Lobdell.... W m W L e a k e *D Leatherman.... A W Hyatt. 1882 W R Whitaker... Jas L Lobdell.... D R Graham 1883 * J a s L Lobdell.... D R Graham *D Leatherman... C FBuck.... A W Hyatt. Jas L Lobdell.... 1884 D R Graham Chas F Buck W A Strong A W Hyatt.. David R Graham. 1885 W A Strong ... A W Hyatt.. J D Hammonds.. ChasF Buck 1886 *Joseph P Hornor *J G McWilliams Chas F Buck Geo H Pack wood .. A W Hyatt.. 1887 Chas F Buck Geo H Packwood. *F M Brooks *David N Barrow.. A W Hyatt.. Geo H Packwood. F M Brooks Frank P Stubbs. .. A W Hyatt.. Chas F Buck Geo H Packwood. F M Brooks *Wm T Benedict.. A W Hyatt.. 1889 Ohas F B u c k 1890 Chas F Buek ...... Geo H Packwood. Geo M Bolton Wm T Benedict... A W Hyatt.. Geo H Packwood. GeoMBoltou Chas F Buck Wm T Benedict... A W Hyatt.. Geo H Packwood. Geo M Bolton 1892 Chas F Buck Wm T Benedict- A W Hyatt.. 1893 Geo W Bolton A G Brice *Wm T Benedict. Robert H Cage A W Hyatt.. 1894 Geo H Packwood A G Brice Robert H Cage... John Clegg A W Hyatt.. Robert H Cage.... John Clegg..... A W Hyatt. 1895 Geo H Packwood A G Brice Robert H Cage.... R R R e i d 1896 Albert G Brice.... A C Allen A W Hyatt.. Robert H Cage.... R R Reid 1897 Albert G. Brice... A C Allen A W Hyatt.. Robert H Cage.... R R Reid 1898 A. C Allen L L Shwartz A W Hyatt.. Robert H Cage... R R Reid 1899 A C Allen L L Shwartz A W Hyatt.. H M Danneel.....: E T Sellers 1900 Robert H Cage RRReid A G Ricks..... L P Delahoussaye E T Sellers 1901 Robert H Cage R R Reid A G Ricks 1902 Robert R R e i d . . . L P Delahoussaye E T Sellers L C Allen A G Ricks 1903 Robert R R e i d . . . L P Delahoussaye E T Sellers L C Allen A G Ricks 1904 L P Delahoussaye E T Sellers L C Allen OH Simpson A G Ricks. ... *Dead. tExpolled by Grand Lodge for Defalcation as Grand Treasurer,
*JasC Batchelor,MD Jas C Batchelor,MD Jas C Batchelor,MD JasCBatchelor,MD Jas C Batchelor,MD Jas C Batehelbr,MD Jas C Batchelor,MD JasCBatchelor.MD JasCBatchelor.MD JasCBatehelor.MD Jas C Batchelor.MD Jas C Batehelor,MD JasC Batchelor.MD Jas C Batchelor, M D Jas C Balehelor.MD Richard Lambert Richard Lambert Richard Lambert Richard Lambert Richard Lambert Richard Lambert Richard Lambert Richard Lambert Richard Lambert Richard Lambert Richard Lambert Richard Lambert Richard Lambert Richard Lambert
REPRESENTATIVES NEAR GRAND LODGE OF LOUISIANA.
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EEPEESENTATIVES OF OTHEE GEAND LODGES NEAE THE GEAND LODGE OF LOUISIANA.
M. TODD, New Orleans W. H. EEYNAUD, New Orleans A. C. ALLEN, Franklin! AMOS KENT, Kentwood........ ..., EICHARD LAMBERT, New Orleans EOBERT H. CAGE, New Orleans G. PASSALAQUA, New Orleans.. F. WARREN CALONGNE SAMUEL
JOSE VENTA....
M. TODD, New Orleans H. PACKWOOD, Clinton GEORGE J. PINCKARD, New Orleans DAVID E. GRAHAM, New Orleans MARK QUAYLE, New Orleans CHARLES F. BUCK, New Orleans SAMUEL GEORGE
Wilson Franklinton JAMES H. CALDWELL, Bobeline... M. L. SCOVELL, Shreveport C. C. KRAMER, New Iberia SAMUEL M. TODD, New Orleans L. L. SHWARTZ, New Orleans JOHN PULESTON, Amite A. G. BRICE, New Orleans BOBERT E. EEID, Amite P H I L I P PFEFFER, New Orleans A. M. MAYO, Lake Charles JAMES
E.
FREEMAN,
EOBERT BABBINGTON,
Alabama Arkansas Arizona ....British Columbia California ........Connecticut Canada Colorado ...Costa Bica Cuba District of Columbia Delaware England Florida Georgia IllinoisIndiana Idaha Ireland .......Indian Territory Kansas Maryland .....Maine Minnesota Missouri Michigan ... Mississippi Montana Manitoba
196
REPRESENTATIVES NEAR GRAND LODGE OF LOUISIANA.
M. TODD, New Orleans OWEN GERNON, New Orleans EMMET D. CRAIG, New Orleans •SAMUEL M. TODD, New Orleans A. G. BICKS, New Orleans •SAMUEL M. TODD, New Orleans ED. MARKS, New Orleans X. P. DELAHOUSSAYE, New Orleans HUGH BREEN, New Orleans •G. W. BOLTON, Alexandria..., P. M. SCHNEIDAU, New Orleans E. T. SELLERS, Downsville GEORGE SOULE, New Orleans Jos. DENNEE, New Orleans JOHN CLEGG, New Orleans D. E. GRAHAM, New Orleans.. Alexandria A. STEEG, New Orleans GEORGE O. ELMS, Lake Charles LEE E. EOBINSON, Welch H. A. KING, New Iberia H. M. DANNEEL, New Orleans -,*.....
J U L I U S LEVIN,
New Orleans T. J. HEARD, Evergreen L. E. THOMAS, Shreveport W M . W. LEAKE, Bayou Sara * •CHARLES F. BUCK, New Orleans HERMAN C. DUNCAN, Alexandria •Gus. D. LEVY, New Orleans .., JOSEPH DENNEE,
C T. B I N E S , West Monroe
North Carolina North Dakota New Jersey New York Nebraska Nevada New Brunswick Nova Scotia ...New Mexico New Hampshire New South Wales New Zealand Ohio ..Oklahoma Oregon Prince Edward Island Peru Quebec Ehode Island South Carolina South Australia South Dakota Tennessee Texas Tasmania Utah Vermont Virginia Victoria , Washington West Virginia Western Australia Wisconsin
REPRESENTATIVES NEAR OTHER GRAND LODGES.
197
BEPBESENTATIVES OF THE GEAND LODGE OF LOUISIANA NEAB OTHEE GEAND LODGES.
O. W. UNDERWOOD, Birmingham GEO. A. DANNELLY, Searcy. FRANCIS A. SHAW, Phoenix .
Alabama Arkansas Arizona Brazil UnidoHARRY N. EICH, Ladner British Columbia WILLIAM F. PIERCE, San Francisco California D. F. MCWATT, Sarnia. Ontario ..Canada WM. D. TODD, Denver... ColoradoDAVID A. JOHNSON, San Jose Costa Eica ILDEFONSO P. BRAVO, Havana... Cuba JAMES L. GOULD, Bridgeport Connecticut MALCOLM SEATON, Washington District of Columbia JOHN A. NICHOLSON, Dover Delaware SYD. L. CARTER, Gainsville Florida JOSEPH C. GREENFIELD, Atlanta Georgia L. A. GODDARD, Fort Dearborn Illinois Indiana M. C. NOYMOYLE, Kendrick ....IdahoW i . G. HUBAND, Dublin, 39 Upper Mount Street.........Ireland HARVEY LINDSEY, Texanna Indian Territory ALEXANDER L. VAN ARDSDALL Kansas..'. Maryland Maine CHAS. W. NASH, 415 N. Western B'ldg, Minneapolis-Minnesota. W. H. MAYO, St. Louis Missouri JOHN H. P. HUGHART, Grand Eapids Michigan M. M. EVANS, Moss Point Mississippi FRANCI&D. JONES, Helena Montana JAMES J. WAITE, Winnipeg.... .........Manitoba.
198
REPRESENTATIVES NEAR OTHER GRAND LODGES.
...
North Carolina L. FOULKS, Lisbon North Dakota JAS. N. FULLER, Passaic <. ..New Jersey THOMAS MARCH AND, 25th and 5th ave New York ALBERT W. CRITES, Chadron Nebraska TRENMOR COFFIN, Carson Nevada GEORGE K. COCHRANE, St. John New Brunswick Jos. L. HETTERINGTON, Halifax Nova Scotia MAX. FROST, Santa F6 New Mexico CHAS. H. WEBSTER, Nashua New Hampshire •C. U. CARRUTHERS, 21 Montague St., Glenara, Sydney, New South Wales HENRY STEPHEN KEITH, Christ Church New Zealand JOHN E. BRUCE, Cincinnati Ohio J. F. MATTHEWS, Mangum. Oklahoma W. D. HARE, Hillsboro Oregon WILLIAM T. HUNT, Summerside Prince Edward Island •C E. CORNELL, Montreal........ ..Quebec ARTHUR H. ARMINGTON, Providence Ehode Island ZIMMERMAN DAVIS, Charleston South Carolina F. K. OLIFENT, Adelaide South Australia •GEORGE A. PBTTIGREW, Sioux Falls South Dakota M. F. MOTT, Galveston Texas W. L. GRIGSBY, Dickson Tennessee Tasmania SAMUEL PAUL, Salt Lake City Utah West Australia WM. H. S. WHITCOMB, Burlington Vermont MANN PAGE, Brandon Virginia JOHN C. F. TJLRIOH, Hawthorne Grammar School, Melbourne, Victoria HORACE W. TYLER, Seattle ....Washington B. D. GIBSON, Charlestown West Virginia HENRY L. PALMER, Milwaukee Wisconsin THOMAS
NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF GRAND SECRETARIES.
199
GRAND LODGES IN CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE GRAND LODGE OF LOUISIANA, WITH THE NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF GRAND SECRETARIES.
Alabama GEORGEA. BEAUCHAMP...Montgomery. Arkansas FAY HEMPSTEAD Little Rock. Arizona GEORGE J. ROSKRUGE Tucson. California ..GEORGE JOHNSON San Francisco. Colorado WM. D. TODD Denver. Connecticut JOHN H. BAKLOW Hartford. Delaware BENJ. F. BABTEAM Wilmington. District of Columbia... '..ARVINE W. JOHNSTON Washington City. Florida
WILBER P. WEBSTER .V...Jacksonville.
Georgia Idaho Illinois
W. A. WOLIHIN T. W. RANDALL J. H. C DILL
Macon. Boise City. ...Bloomington.
Indiana
CALVIN W. PKATHER......Indianapolis.
Indian Territory Iowa
J. S. MURROW NEWTON R. PARVIN
Kansas
Kentucky Louisiana Maine...
Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada ......' New Hampshire New Jersey
New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma ; Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island
ALBEBT K. WILSON
H. B. GRANT
Atoka. Cedar Rapids Topeka.
Louisville.
RICHABD LAMBERT New Orleans. .....STEPHEN BEBEY Portland. WILLIAM M. ISAAC Baltimore. SEKENO D. NICKERSON Boston. Lou B. WINDSOR Reed City. THOMAS MONTGOMERY St. Paul. FBEDEBIC SPEED Vicksburg. JOHN D. VINCIL, 510 Pine street, St. Louis. COBNELIUS HEDGES Helena. FRANCIS E. W H I T E , 1608 Capital ave., Omaha. C. N. NOTEWARE. Carson.' FRANK D. WOODBURY, 3 N. Main, Concord. THOS. H. R. REDWAY Trenton.
A. A. KEENE
Albuquerque. City.
EDWARD M. L. EHLERS...New York .-.JOHN C. DBBWRY Raleigh. FRANK J.THOMPSON Fargo. J. H. BBOMWELL Cincinnati.
J. 8. HUNT JAS. F. ROBINSON WM. A. SINN S. PENBOSE WILLIAMS
Stillwater. Eugene. Philadelphia. Providence..
200
NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF GRAND SECRETARIES.
South Carolina. South Dakota Tennessee
CHARLES INGLESBY (-JEO. A. PETTIGREW.. J O H N B . GARRETT
Charleston. Sioux Falls. Nashville.
Texas.
JOHN WATSON
Houston.
:
Utah Virginia Vermont Wisconsin West Virginia Washington Wyoming
..Salt Lake City. GEO. W. CARRINGTON Richmond. HENRY H, ROSS.. Burlington. WM. WATSON PERRY Milwaukee. G. W. ATKINSON ....Charleston. '...THOMAS M. REED Olympia. W. L. KUYKENDALL .......Saratoga. CHRIS. DIEHL
FOREIGN GRAND BODIES. Brazil A. F. DO AMAKAL Rio de Janeiro. British Columbia "R. E. BRETT Victoria. Canada
Costa Rica Cuba England
HUGH MURRAY Hamilton. EDMUND A. OSBORN San Jos6. AURELIO MIRANDA, P. O Box 406, Havana. EDWARD LETCHWORTH, Freemason's Hall,
London. Ireland
.....H. E. FLAVELLE
Manitoba
.....JAMES A. OVAS
New Brunswick Nova Scotia New Zealand
J. T. HART THOS. MOWBRAY, MALCOLM NICOL
Dublin. Winnepg.
St. John. Freemason's Hall, Halifax.
New South Wales A. H. BRAY Peru J. BENJ. CHOSA Prince Edward Island..NEiL MCKELVIE Quebec
W I L L H. WHITE
South Australia
J. H. CUNNINGHAM
Scotland
Tasmania
...DAVID REID . JOHN HAMILTON
Auckland.
Sydney. Lima. Summerside. ..Montreal.
Adelaide. Edinburg.
Hobart Town.
Victoria
JOHN BRAIM
Melbourne.
Western Australia
J. D. STEVENSON, Freemason's Hall, Perth.
Register and Work of Lodges under the Jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of the State of Louisiana, F. and A. M., during the year 1903.
NAME OP W. M.
NAMES OF LODGES.
1 Perfect Union •••• 2 Polar Star 3 Perseverance 4 Cervantes 5 Humble Cottage 6 Western Star .. 7 St. Albans Fellciana 9 Phoenix 10 Germanla USt. James 12 Minden 13 Olive.. 14 Union Fraternal 15 Mount Gerizim 16 Franklin 17 Friends of Harmony. 18 Mount Moriah 19 George Washington.. 20 H i r a m 21 Alpha H o m e 22Sabine 23 Q u i t m a n 24 S t . Joseph
Mount vernon
26|Ollver.. Lafayette.. 28 Cyp- - 29 Bellevue 30 St. H e l e n a 31 H e r m i t a g e .... 32 Franklinton. 33 L o u i s i a n a
Rnston
New Orleans New Orleans 4|New Orleans 5 New Orleans Opelousas 19 0 24, Monroe
28 J a c k s o n . 31 St. Francisville 38 Natchitoches . 46 New O r l e a n s Baton Rouge.... Minden 52|Clinton.. Farmerville 54 Bastrop 57|Franklln New Orleans.... 5§|New Orleans New Orleans 70 New Orleans 72 New Orleans 75 F o r t J e s s u p 76 New Orleans Newellton 83Logansport 84 A l e x a n d r i a 87 P a t t e r s o n v i l l e . . 89 Benton.. 95 Bellevue 96 Greensburg 98 New Orleans
Franklinton .... lO2|New Orleans Buston....
NAME OF SECRETARY.
Orleans W C Wright Zach T Black Paul Vandenborre. iH Fourment Orleans Henry Berie Orleans J Magendie Euseblo Ruiz Orleans Juan Gonzales St. Landry F P Butler F C Allen Ouachita J WDnnn JasD Oakley East Fellciana.. J W Lea W F Norseworthy iWest Fellciana... ISidney Powell J B Thomas Natchitoches S Walmsley U C Trichel, Jr Orleans B VonSchlemmer.. •HH Hutton E. Baton Rouge. LGBterling R NEoss Webster George Life CR Davis East Feliciana... W H Bennett |J L Cravens Union I K Atkinson Rudolph Haas .... Morehouse J F Watson W A Harrington St. Mary ... CN Frost A C Allen ;... Orleans J A Gildig W H Holland Orleans OH Simpson IJohn A Davilla . Orleans John C Wickliffe RobertWIrvine., Orleans Isidore Grossman.. H A McGregor... Orleans James A Doualas F W Breedlove Geo R Pattison... Sabine JHCaldwell ET Duckert Orleans TD Stewart Tensas Leopold Elgatter... ,Sol Elgutter DeSoto |C R Caraway A M Garrett Rapides CF Crockett IA H Hilton Henry Hausman.... |J A Duplan St. Mary Bossier SHDowell COGayle Bossier AHRatcliff. JBHall St. Helena W G Hamberlin W E Hamberlin... Orleans LR Hoover H RFine... Washington Hy Hullingshorst.. Edw Miles Orleans J B Parker Henry H Jones Lincoln WSMay NBNull
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NAMES OF LODGES.
LOCATION.
108 Sparta 35 Sparta S Harrisonburg .. Harrisonburg Calhoun Urim Shreveport 38 Shreveport Plaquemine 39 Acacia Hope Villa 40 Milford . 120 Delhi Delhi 122Ringgold 42 Mackey.. " " Keachie 43 Liberty Wilson 44 Kellertown . 125 Line Academy . 45 Pearl River . 126 Arcadia. 46 Arcadia.. 47 Spring Hill 127 Oakland.. 133 Lecompte 48Gordy 135 Zachary 49 Plains 50 Athens 136 Athens 51 Downsville 143 D o w n s v i l l e 52 Ocean 144 N e w Orleans 58 Hope 145 Lafayette.. 54 Silent Brotherhood . 146 C o u s h a t t a 147 A n a c o c o 55 Anacoco 56 Red Land 148 R e d L a n d 57 Darlington 149 St. H e l e n a 151 Winnfleld 58 Eastern Star 59 H o m e r 152 Homer 60 Saints J o h n 153 N e w Orleans 61 Kisatchie 156 M o u n t Carmel.. 62 Livingston 160 H a m m o n d 63 Brookville 161 Oak Ridge 64 Atchafalaya '."" Simsport. -.. 65 Columbia 164 Columbia 66 Lake Charles 165Lake Charles... 67 L i n n Wood 167 N e w O r l e a n s 68 Montgomery 168 M o n t g o m e r y .... 69 Kosmos 171 N e w O r l e a n s
NAME OF W. M.
B P Edwards Bienville D N Thompson.... Catahoula Ouachita T I Watson J B Harding Caddo C Pharrell Iberville E. Baton Rouge J L Vialet EKarpe Richland " W T Stevens Bienville G W Thigpen DeSoto East Feliciana... J R Freeman N E Pigott Washington WM Baker Bienville E A Dawkins Union Alcide Leigh Rapldes E. Baton Rouge T L Mills, Sr R W Baker Claiborne Union I F Hammons Orleans Frank Caldwell.... CDCaffery Lafayette J BMoss Red River W T Franklin Vernon A A Barneit Bossier OL Collins :: St. Helena Winn Henry C Walker . Claiborne John W Howe Orleans RLTynes Sabine G J Goetsch Tangipahoa W O Files Morehouse T J Perkins Avoyelles J J Meredith Caldwell Calcasieu Leon Chevanne.... Orleans Jos Meyers Grant H M Horn Henry Reininger . Orleans
NAME OF SECBETAKY.
W J Murphy Albert Harrall GW Butler Jas D Jenkins B C Thomas H M Cooper F A Miles UN Page WS Logan John Y Reilly 1 JBall TSSerpell WH Brasher B F Scott Chas F Ratcliff, W G Beauchamp . J Golden James Parker L O Emms TEPaxton Lee McAlpin SM Matiock Wiley Williams....
28 35 37 104 75 24 61
Walter Ward L J Peterson DM Miller F PBankstou JSRolfe WDMerrick SDSWalker Adolph Meyer E E Adams R Wesley Horn Jos. Harz
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BRETHREN GRAND
"GIVE THEM ETERNAL 'LIGHT'. OH LORD."
o the ptentuvy OF THE
MASTERS OF CON STITUENT LODGKS.
"OUT OF THE STILLNESS HATH COME HIS VOICE, OUT OP THE DARKNESS HIS HAND."
PAST MASTERS. MEMBERS OF GRAND LODGE OF LOUISIANA,
DECEASED IN
F. AND A .
1903.
PERFECT UNION LODGE NO. 1. HENRY P . BUCKLEY, P. D. D. G. M. UNION FRATERNAL LODGE NO. 53. ISAAC SHUSTER. HEKMITAGE LODGE NO. 98. GEORGK S. P E T T I T , P. D. D. G. M. LOUISIANA LODGE NO. 102. VICTOR MEYER. DELHI LODGE NO. 130. A. B. ARMSTRONG. HOPE LODGE NO. 145.
L. M. ROGER. LIVINGSTON LODGE NO. 160. W. R. WATSON. COVINGTON LODGE NO. 188.
J. M. THOMPSON. DOEIC LODGE NO. 205.
GEORGE H. DOUGLAS. BLAZING STAB LODGE NO. 212. A. J. LOUDEN. CADEVILLE LODGE NO. 229. J. G. KILPATR1CK. KOBERTSVILLE LODGE NO. 234. J. B. TREAD WAY. SIMSBOBO LODGE NO. 235. JACOB H. MADDEN. KENTWOOD LODGE NO. 348. P. J. WHITLEY.
M.
OF THE
DECEASED BRETHREN OF THE] CONSTITUENT LODGES OF THIS JURISDICTION.
"THEY'VE CROSSED THE BEEP,
BEYOND OUR HARBOR'S EOAM, WE TARRY YET AWHILE, THEY HAVE GONE HOME."
MEMBERS OF CptNSTITUENT LODGES.
DIED
IN
1903.
PERFECT UNION LODGE NO. 1. N. H. WAY, G E T A. ASHER, LOUIS O.SCHWARTZ, P E T E R RICHTER, J.D.WILLIS, J . W. DWYEK, J. T. P U R V E S . POI-AB STAK LODGE NO. 1. OCTAVE LABARRE, LEON DUCLO3. WESTEBN STAB LODGE NO. 24. CHAS. J. BOATNER. SAINT ALBANS LODGE NO. 28. J. Q. AUSTIN. FELICIANA LODGE NO. 31.
ADOLPH TEUT3CH. PHCENIX LODGE NO. 38.
W. H. WARE. GEKMANIA LODGE NO. 46.
JOHN KLOPPENBURG,
GEO. FAEHNLE,
HENRY HEIDEMANN.
SAINT JAMES LODGE NO. 47. T. J. BUFFINGTON. MINDEN LODGE NO. 5J. JOHN KENNON, C. M. TURNER. MOUNT GEBIZIM LODGE NO. 54. W. H. SHEPHERD, HENRY SCHNEIDER.
LOUIS KRAMER,
GEO. D. WEBB,
FBANKLIN LODGE NO. 57. FREDERICK LEMKE, F. M. BOONE.
EDWARD KIHNEL,
FRIENDS or HARMONY LODGE NO. 58. THOMAS STEEN, CHAS. W. COFFIN.
MOUNT MOBIAH LODGE NO. 59. A. BOULWARE GEORGE WASHINGTON LODGE NO. 65. HENRY W. STUBBS. HIRAM LODGE NO. 70. H. L. FRENTZ. ALPHA-HOME LODGE NO. 72. ,
J. F . HANISH,
THOMAS K E A R N 3 .
QUITMAN LODGE NO. 76.
ERNEST H. GARLAND,
JOHN ABBOTT.
S A I N T J O S E P H L O D G E N O . 79. A. BONDURANT,
H. R. SEEMAN.
LAFAYETTE LODGE NO. 87. ROBERT VETTER HUSTON LODGE NO. 106. T. B. FINLEY.
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HALL LAURIE.
HARRISONBURG LODGE NO. 110. PATRICK H. CARTER SHKEVEPORT LODGE NO. 115. F. E. GALLAGHER,
E. S. KEYS.
DELHI LODGE NO. 120. A. W. DUNHAM,
T. M. GRIFFIN,
JOHN K E L L Y .
MACKEY LODGE NO. 122.
J. B. BOOTH,
W. T. NETTLES.
LIBERTY LODGE NO. 123. E. M. HAGENS. KELLERTOWN LODGE NO. 124.
W. A. HENDERSON,
E. J. BOATNER
PLAINS LODGE NO. 135. J . D. A. KIRKLAND,
J O S E P H MOHUGH.
OCEAN LODGE NO. 144. MARTIN HUBER,
CHARLES B. HALL.
SILENT BBOTHEBHOOD LODGE NO. 146.
E. C. DBBRUHL (1901.)
ANACOCO LODGE N O . 147. A. F. EVANS. SAINTS JOHN LODGE N O . 153. JOHN B. LYMAN. ATCHAFALAYA LODGE NO 163. JESSE L. OVERTON. LAKE CHABLES LODGE N O . 165. W. H. P R A T E R . LINN WOOD LODGE N O . 167. SAMUEL MEYERS, ETHAN A. RIGGS. UNION LODGE NO. 172. ROBERT H. COTES, VICTOR PELLEGRINI, JOHN FEENEY, A H. LUGENBTTHLI, SAMUEL R. BARNES, G E O R S E W. MENNINGER. DANTE LODGE NO. 174. BENEDETTO PUMILIA. AMITE CITY LODGE NO. 175. L. A. VERNON, JOHN EVANS. CADDO LODGE NO. 179. JAMES M. MARTIN. SPBING CBEKK LODGE N O . 184. QUINCEY RABORN.
E. 0. HAYES,
OBPHANS' FBIEND LODGE NO. 185. F. W. CA9ON, J. S. FOGLEMAN. EVEBGBEEN LODGE NO. 189. A. B. IRION. COBINTHIAN LODGE N O . 190. CALVIN T. SMITH.
JEFFEBSON LODGE N O . 191. E L I A S AARONS, CHAS. H. E . COLTON. AUBOBA LODGE NO. 193. JACOB DAVIS. ASHLAND LODGE NO. 196. R. L. WILLIAMS.
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DOBIC LODGE NO. 205. JOHN N. PHARR.
BLAZING STAB LODGE NO. 212. A. D BARROW. LIVONIA LODGE NO. 220. A. DAUTHIER. PECAN GBOVE NO. 222. P. D QUAYS,
CHARLES R. EGELY,
JAMES W.DUNN.
CADEVILLE LODGE NO. 229. J. L. JOINER. J. M. LANDRUM, PLEASANT HILL LODGE NO. 830. A. L. WOODS. (xRANGEVILLE LODGE No. 231. THOMAS J. CARTER WELSH LODGB NO. 232. STRICKLAND C. BRITTON. EOBBBTSVILLE LODGE No. 234. WILLIAM FLOURNOY. LITTLE FLOCK LODGE NO. 238. H. H. BREWSTER. J . T. RILEY,
CONLT LODGE NO. 241. R. H. L EVANS. WESTON LODGE NO. 242. J. P. WYATT. CEOWLEY LODGE NO. 243. C. W. FOREMAN. TOBO LODGE NO. 253.
W . R. CUBTIS,
C. J. ]3AYNOR
ANCHOB LODGE NO. 261. W. B. DOUGHTY. MELVILLE LODGE NO. 268. JOHN A. KEMP. BENSON LODGE N O . 275. J. W. NOLEN. DTJBACH LODGE NO. 277. J. R. AUTREY.
APPENDIX. REPORT ON FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE. To the Most Worshipful tbe Grand Lodge of Louisiana:
Your Committee on Foreign Correspondence has received the following proceedings of Grand Lodges: Alabama, 1902; Arizona, 1902; British Columbia, 1903; California, 1902; Canada, 1903; Colorado, 1902; Connecticut, 1903; Cuba, 1902,1903; Delaware, 1903; England, 1902, 1903; Florida, 1903; Georgia, 1902; Illinois, 1903; Indian Territory, 1902, 1903; Indiana, 1903; Iowa, 1903; Kansas, 1903; Manitoba, 1903; Massachusetts, 1902, 1903; Minnesota, 1903; Missouri, 1903; Maine, 1903; Maryland, 1902; Michigan, 1903; Mississippi, 1903; Montana, 1902; Nebraska, 1903; New Brunswick, 1902; Nevada, 1903; New Hampshire, 1903; New Jersey, 1903; New York, 1903, North Carolina, 1903; Nova Scotia, 1902; New South Wales, 1903; New Zealand, 1903; North Dakota, 1902, 1903; Oklahoma, 1903; Oregon, 1903; Prince Edward's Island, 1903; Pennsylvania, 1902; Quebec, 1903; South Africa (District Grand Lodge, Western Division), 1902, 1903; Rhode Island, 1903; South Dakota, 1903; South Australia, 1903; South Carolina, 1902; Tennessee, 1903; Texas, 1902; Utah, 1903; Vermont, 1903; Virginia, 1902; West Virginia, 1902; Wyoming, 1903; Washington, 1903; Wisconsin, 1903. We arrange our review as the names of the several Grand Lodges occur in alphabetical order. ALABAMA.
From the address of the Grand Master, M. W. Russell M. Cunningham, we extract the following decision: " Any brother has the right to adversely ballot on the petition for the F. C. or M. M. degree without giving any reason or preferring charges. If the charges have been preferred and the brother acquitted, a brother still has the right to adversely ballot." We quole this decision, not to comment upon it, for it is almost axiomatic, but to emphasize the right of a member of a Lodge to vote according to his conscience, even if he knows that every other member thinks differently from himself about the qualification of an applicant. But surely such member should be well convinced in his own mind of the probity of his action before he sets up his judgment as better than that of the collective wisdom of all his brethren. We quote again: " A brother has no right to object to a petition for initiation, passing or raising, from being received by a Lodge." GL l
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We question the wisdom of this decision. It compels the brother to cast a black ball. Now, a brother may have no objection to a certain profane becoming a Mason, but may object legitimately to his becoming a member of his Lodge. If he could object to the reception of the petition his object would be 'fully accomplished and the profane could go to another Lodge without any stigma upon him. Surely this would be better than to be obliged to stay out of Masonry altogether, or to accompany a subsequent petition with the humiliating confession of having been previously black balled. The Grand Master says that a Lodge may refuse to receivs a petition, and so the will of an objecting brother might be accomplished by inducing a majority of those present to vote with him. But why compel a resort to this indirect method ? At a subsequent time the Grand Lodge, adopting the report of a committee, decided that a Lodge cannot refuse to receive a petition, for the reason that their constitution reads: " All petitions shall be placed in the hands of a committee." Our own regulations read that applications, when received, shall be referred to a committee. Some question might arise as to the meaning of the words ''when received." They might mean when the petition comes to the Lodge, but our invariable practice is to refer the petition to a committee only upon a vote of the Lodge. The Grand Lodge affirmed the following decision and therein placed themselves on record as in accord with the enactments of many other Grand Lodges: " A Lodge cannot confer any of the degrees of Masonry on Sunday for the convenience of the candidate or for any other reason." Grand Master Cunningham closes his address with a profound analysis of the dissimilarities and the agreements of the Book of Revelation and the Book of Nature. He well says: , " It appears, therefore, that the real purpose of speculative Masonry is the building of spiritual and moral character in accordance with the designs of the great Architect of the Universe, which designs are to be found in His books of Revelation and Nature. " Man is not born with a knowledge of either of these. He must, therefore, be educated in their truths if he is to follow their teachings. Hence, Masonry is a perpetual inspiration to an enlightened education. Thus the study, of'liberal arts and Sciences, Grammar, Rhetoric, Logic, Arithmetic, Geometry, Music and Astronomy' is urgently enjoined." The Grand Lodge submitted to the Lodges a proposition to levy a tax for the establishment of a Widows' and Orphans' Home. The result of the vote was: for it, 6,162; againstit, 5,321; not reporting, 1,044. So it was not adopted. It had been proposed to settle the physical qualification question by amending the Constitution by the addition of these words, to-wit; " Unless he has au artificial limb or limbs, that will render him capable of practicing and teaching the ritual of the Fraternity." The vote fell three Lodges short of obtaining the necessary two-thirds vote to adopt. .' J
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ARIZONA.
The Grand Master, M. W. John J. Sweeney, thus reports on the condition of the Craft in his jurisdiction: " I am happy to state that Masonry in Arizona is in a flourishing condition; the past year has been fruitful. A majority, if not all'of the Lodges, have increased their membership, so that I think we may reasonably congratulate ourselves upon its present happy and prosperous condition throughout the borders of our Grand Jurisdiction. The material which has been added to our numbers being of the class that always make good Masons, the Lodges are moving along harmoniously, and the only spirit of contention which exists among them is that noble contention, ' Who can best work and agree.'" • An oration, delivered by the Grand Orator, W. Bro. Charles D. Belden, is given at length. Its subject was Truth. "We quote a few salient passages: " The Truth here referred to has been a problem to all sages and philosophers. Truth was a goddess in the ancient mythology. She was said to be the mother of Virtue, and was painted in garments as white as snow. Her looks were serene, pleasant, courteous, cheerful, and yet modest. She was the pledge of all honesty, the bulwark of all honor, the light and joy of human society. She was accounted the daughter of Time or Saturn, because Truth is discovered in the course of time. '• 'What is Truth?' was asked of a deaf and dumb boy, and he made answer by moving his finger in a straight line. • - *'' What is Truth,' was asked by Pilate at the memorable interview he held with Jesus Christ, and after which he reported to the Jews, ' I find no fault in him.' " Plato said we should know Truth if we could sublimate our minds to their original purity. Arcesilaos said that man's understanding is not capable of knowing what Truth is. Carneades maintained that not only our understanding could not comprehend it, but even our senses are wholly inadequate to help us in our investigations. Gorgias, the sophist, smoothly said, ' What is right but what we prove to be right? and what is Truth but what we believe to be Truth?' Pythagoras said t h a t ' If God were to Tender Himself visible to man, He w"ould choose light for His body and Truth for His soul.' "These great minds were all groping for something that eluded them. These men were of vast cunning and sharp logic. They defined all other noble attributes cleverly and assigned to each its proper sphere. But Truth, the one faculty of final judgment, seemed to be of supernatural origin and inscrutable to a human intellect. Faith and Hope, Justice and Mercy, Love, Reason and Discretion, and Knowledge and the Will were each definable and had appreciable limits. " But we have a great authority, a great Light, the Book of the Law, accepted by us as the rule and guide of our faith and practice. What says that? Let us read, Psalms 119-142, ' Thy Law is the Truth.' Aye, here we have it, Truth is the Word of God—and it is God." We are greatly interested in this panegyric, and yet we must confess a feeling of disappointment as we finish recording it, for it seems to us that the good brother has been more concerned in exalting Truth by the disparagement of all the otlier virtues as would not Truth herself, and that he has spent his time too much in elaborating the attri-
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butes of Truth to the sacrifice of an elucidation of its essence. We imagine that the brother allowed his theme to run away with him and was called down by a limit of time. "What is Truth—it is God," exclaims the orator. Aye, but would that he had expanded the thought. Yet may it not be that the keenness of his wit is here evident, that the perfectness of his oratorical power is here exhibited? " What is Truth—it is God," and the attentive ear carries the word to the Soul, that it may meditate. In the inmost shrine of the Temple of the Mysteries the words re-echo, "What is Truth—it is God,"' and the novitiate imbibing the philosophy of the highest degree in which he can be instructed sits to think. We had been tempted ourselves to take up the theme where Bro. Belden left it, but a better vision has revealed the consummate skill of his pause. Brethren, let us appreciate the wonderful revelation, and let us give it our thought, each for himself as becomes the lone traveler who is brought to the chamber of reflection and there abandoned by his guide, not by reason of unfriendliness, or in any unfraternal spirit, but for the reason that he knows that it js best for the traveler and the seeker for the Word of Life. The Grand Lodge, Vall6e of Mexico, was recognized. The report on correspondence is from the pen of Bro. Belden. We quote him on " International Fraternal Relations." He may go a trifle too far in respect to some of the Grand Lodges of the continent of Europe which he does not name: " Freemasonry has, to-day, confronting it, the gravest problem possible. The investigations by her scholars and jurists of the English and American Grand Lodges, during the past few years, have developed the fact that upon the entire continent of Europe there is no Masonry of our sort. There the Grand Bodies and their subordinates, are atheistical and political. Most of them are ruled by the so-called higher degrees and some of them by the flat of political rulers, and none are independent or sovereign as to the Ancient Craft Masonry* Their departure from our customs is even said to go so far that they 'do not exclude by secret ballot, but require all black balls avowed and justified to the Master's satisfaction, or else they are counted as white, and the candidate accepted.no matter how many have voted negatively.' " But, while all these matters of procedure might be adjusted, there is disclosed a divergence from our system that is radical, and has already induced the Grand Lodges of Vermont, Florida, Virginia, Maine, Connecticut and Illinois to sever all fraternal relations with the Grand Bodies of Continental Europe, or to take measuies leading thereto. This action is taken because ' our system holds to the Fundamental Idea of a belief in God and in the Immortality of the Soul,' while those Grand Bodies have practically, if not actually, discarded it. " There is not the slightest doubt as to where Arizona will stand in this matter. She will staud as boldly upon that fundamental doctrine as any of her sister Grand Lodges, and each and every one of her American sisters will present an equally firm adherence to that doctrine. If schism there must be, let it be made. Our whole organization is but a rope of sand if we are not bound by reason of our confidence tn
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the Supreme Being and an expectation of a future life. Without our fundamental platform we are naught but a political combine and that is exactly what it was the aim of Freemasonry to avoid. " I t appears that the pronounced atheism of the Grand Orient of France was but the more prominent aspect of a grave malady. It was but the external indication of the cancerous growth that had its tentacles deep down in the body politic of European Masonry. And, like to our trust in modern palliative surgical measures, we had fondly imagined that we had stayed or destroyed the disease when we cut off that portion which was evident, when we severed fraternal relations with the Grand Orient of France, but we did not eradicate the virus. " We must not trifle or dally with soft words or specious pleas such as are made in the letters written by Bro. Albert J. Kruger of Belgium, in answer to the inquiries propounded by the committee of the Grand Lodge of Virginia. He would smother the doctrine by a grand plea for unity first and principles afterward. It cannot be done. Either the principles of Freemosonry prevail, or there can be no common bond and we are sure to be disintegrated. " We are facing a great crisis. Freemasonry, as we know it, and uphold it, is strong enough to live through it, and will, as always heretofore, arise yet stronger for the purification." In a quite extended review of Louisiana, he says, in respect to the decision of M. W. Bro. Cage on the duty of the publication of a degree of expulsion: " I certainly agree with the sentiments thus expressed, and have spoken to the same effect frequently. Last year, while discussing a kindred question, I remarked, under the review of Canada, ' We, as the avowed advocates of this philanthropic Order, have a public as Well as a private duty to perform.' " Brother Belden does not agree with us in the expression of our opinion that an applicant for the degrees must be of lawful age at the time of signing of his application. We must adhere to our former position. We believe that freedom of will must be possessed by our candidates at every step, and we believe that this is for the welfare of the candidates as well as for that of the institution. It may seem technical to rely on the law that a minor is without freedom of will, and it may seem contrary to fact to assert that the young fellows of twenty years are without it, yet, it is best oftentimes to be technical, and we are quire sure that in a large numberof cases a greater restraint of the freedom of minors would not be an evil. No possible harm can come if we refuse initiation for a month to the youth who has just reached his majority, and we believe, on the contrary, that it would do him good to be instructed that the portals of Masonry cannot open to receive an application from him until he can write without restraint and under the full knowledge that he is of lawful age. To initiate a man on his twenty-first birthday is inherently a piece of pure sentimentalism, and,,in our own opinion, not a wise act. Of course we recognize the fact that the line of age is purely an arbitrary rule, and that in olden days sons of Masons were admitted to the Lodge while still minors. It is surely unnecessary to argue the wisdom of the civil law that determines in this land the age of majority.
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And it would seem to be flying against a well-nigh unanimous judgment of the Masonic powers to advocate the re-establishment of the ancient rule of a " lewis." BRITISH COLUMBIA.
The Grand Master, M. W. Bro. E. B. Chipman, rendered a number of interesting decisions—among them was one against the right of dimit from a Lodge U. D. We have met men who denied the right of a Lodge U. D. to affiliate Masons, but we believe that it is now generally conceded. It seems to us that a brother has just as much right to withdraw from a particular Lodge as he has to be united with it. We are unable to see any Masonic reason to prohibit either affiliation with a Lodge U. D., or the granting by it of a dimit. The reasons that would apply in favor of granting dimits at all have in them nothing that make them peculiarly applicable to a warranted Lodge. The Grand Master was asked which service is conducted first at the grave of a deceased brother who is being buried by the Masonic Fraternity, the Masonic, or that of the Church, and very correctly answered that of the Church. The Grand Master has this very good advice. The quaint way in which he puts it is quite striking: "A number of other questions were submitted during the year, but they were easily disposed of by consulting the Constitution. In this connection I would recommend to Worshipful Masters and others that before submitting questions to the Grand Master, they study the Constitution—all of it, if necessary. If this course does not enable them to solve their difficulties they will find at least that they have been greatly benefited by the examination, and that they are better qualified to conduct aright the affairs of their respective Lodges." The Deputy Grand Master, R. W. C. Ensor Sharp, presents these timely admonitions. There are quite a number of "bright" Masons within our ken who think the whole duty of a Lodge is to extend its roll. But there is a double meaning to the " making of a Mason"— the one signifies the obligating of a man to certain acts and a certain life—the other signifies the seeing to it that he is ever doing those acts and living that life—that he is ever " building the temple of his inner life." The one duty of a Lodge is done in a night, the other requires a lifetime of work. That only is a true Masonic Lodge that is " making " its members as long as they live: "One more point to which I wish to direct attention is the question of Masonic instruction in the Lodges. In some Lodges there is so much ritual work requiring to be done that it not only takes up the time of all the regular meetings, but also necessitates constant emergency ones, and so the whole year passes and the members of such a Lodge have had no opportunity for instruction. In Lodges where only a few degrees are conferred there are, as far as I know, hardly any attempts made at instruction, and in both cases we have to face two bad results, one that the majority of Masons know hardly anything except the ritual, the other that interest in Freemasonry languishes, and members who were prepared to be keen gradually lose interest, abstain from attendance, and are only seen at funerals and banquets. I
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would humbly suggest that, as in every district there are one or more Past Grand Masters, they should be requested to act in co-operation with the respective D. D. G. Masters in offeriug lectures and addresses to any Logde willing to benefit by them. I believe that these P. G. Masters are and have been willing to do such work, but have hitherto abstained from appearing to force their labors upon the brethren. Every year presses upon us more and more the need of doing our best, not so much to add more Masons to our members as to make a fuller and better use of those that we have, and that Masonic education is a step in this direction none of us can deny." R. W. Bro. W. A. DeWolf Smith is the Chairman of Committee on Foreign Correspondence. His review of our last report is most courteous and interesting. It is interesting to us largely for the reason that it shows that we have not heretofore been as clear in some of our statements as we ought to have been. Taking our statements of last year about the distinction to be made between an unrecognized body and a clandestine one, he thinks he finds some contradiction in them to our previous statements of the year before. In 1902, he quotes us as saying: "Any Mason who should hold fraternal Masonic intercourse with a Mason hailing from a Lodge not recognized as such by his Grand Lodge, and particularly one from whom recognition had been withdrawn, would be guilty of an offense, and a violation of his oath, not to hold intercourse with clandestine-made Masons, and to support and maintain the edicts of his Grand Lodge." The difficulty lies in an interpretation of the little word " and " in the next to the last line. The word, as there used, was intended to connect what precedes it and what follows it as " points " of the oath, or obligation of a Master Mason, and not as indicative that he who holds Masonic intercourse with a Mason hailing from a Lodge not recognised as such by his Grand Lodge, is, of necessity, guilty of violating both "points." So we desire now to say that we believe that this conclusion is not necessarily involved. He is guilty of violating one or the other of the "points," and it may come to pass that he will, in time, become guilty of violation of both of them. The foreign Grand Lodge may be unrecognized by his Grand Lodge, but it may not be thereby declared clandestine. In this case he is guilty of violating his pledge to obey the edicts of his Grand Lodge. If the foreign body is declared clandestine, or become such :by its own act, then he is bound by the fact, and his crime is double—he violates both the promise to obey the edict of his Graud Lodge and the promise not to hold Masonic communication with the clandestine. We trust that we thus make ourselves clear. There is another matter in which we find it necessary to add a word for the sake of perspicuity, namely, our assertion that submission to it of all the Lodges in its jurisdiction is necessary to the regularity of a Grand Lodge; Our brother quotes this and then asks: If this were the case what would become of the regularity of the Grand Lodges of Quebec, Nova Scotia, Western Australia, New Zealand? Of course, the
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invasion of the territory of a Grand Lodge does not and cannot destroy its regularity. What we had in mind was the question of the organization of new Grand Lodges. We believe that in making inquiry as to the regularity of a Grand Lodge, when such inquiry is proper, as at its organization, it ought to be ascertained whether there was unanimity among the Lodges of the jurisdiction in taking such action, and that recognition should hinge largely upon the ascertainment of such unanimity. We had presumed that it was not necessary to qualify our assertion by saying that we meant practical unanimity—for our own recognition of the above-named Grand Lodges would naturally suggest that meaning. Of course, absolute unanimity cannot always be obtained. We would not hesitate for one moment to recognize a Grand Lodge where with all other conditions fulfilled, a minority of Lodges were recalcitrant and refused to go under the new government. So, then, we trust that our good brother will understand that when we speak of unanimity of action among thej.Masons of a jurisdiction in the organization of a Grand Lodge we mean practical unanimity and not necessarily absolute unanimity. Where the latter is lacking it is to be inquired into, and it may, under a number of circumstances, be disregarded. CALIFORNIA.
The Grand Master, M. W. William S. Wells, tells us: " The year has been a prosperous and an important one to our Fraternity, and, though clouds of greater or less magnitude have cast their shadows and threatened our peace, yet all have been dispelled and our trials and troubles settled to the satisfaction of the Craft. Contentment, harmony and good fellowship generally prevail throughout the jurisdiction, "Masonry in California during the year has had an unprecedented growth and larger increase than ever before during the existence of our Grand Lodge. The roll of two hundred and seventy-eight subordinate Lodges has just been called, and you have answered as the Representatives of the twenty-four thousand seven hundred and thirtyfive Master Masons, members thereof. The net gain of one thousand nine hundred and fifty-nine is marvelous and beyond our most sanguine expectations—a state of affairs, my brethren, over which we may justly be elated and be pardoned for our pride." Among his decisions were the following: " A Lodge cannot receive or act upon the petition of an applicant for degrees until he has arrived at the age of twenty-one years, and the petition should not be signed or presented until he is a man—that is, twenty-one years of age. " One is entitled to vouch for a brother where he has examined and passed him for admission to a Chapter of Royal Arch Masons, or a Commandery of Knights Temolar, within this Grand Jurisdiction, or sat in either of those bodies with him." These decisions appear almost axiomatic, but we quote them for the reason that we find that some have not yet accepted their principles. As noted above, an eminent brother, Chairman of the Correspondence Committee of Arizona, disputes the first proposition, and we have
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found Masons who think that when they enter a blue Lodge they must forget and ignore all of Masonry except what is therein taught. This extreme revolt against the, interference of the Consistory in the concerns of the blue Lodge is, in our opinion, quite as unmasnnicas is that interference itself. There is not a Grand Lodge in America that has not recognized capitular and cryptic Masonry as masonic enough to be given lodgement in the temple, and it is notorious, ii is of Masonic information, that no man can enter a Chapter or Council, or an Asylum of Templars, for that matter, who is not a Master Mason. The decision seems to us entirely logical and proper. We also quote the following decisions: "The expenditure of Lodge funds for floral pieces for a deceased brother is in no sense charity, and is improper; if at all, they must be purchased with funds collected from the individual members or from the amount set apart or permitted to be used for social purposes. "The funds of a Lodge can be used for charitable purposes only, and it is improper to donate any portion thereof to a member, even though he be a minister of the Gospel, merely for the purpose and with the intention of returning to him the fee for degrees. A Lodge should not accept one whose condition is such that he immediately becomes a burden and a subject of charity, and the remission of the fees for degrees, directly or indirectly, is unmasonic and improper, and not permissible." The first of these raises a question. Unusual and unnecessary funeral expenses eertainly ought not to be incurred without the consent of the Lodge, and a floral piece is to be included among the unnecessary expenses. But we question very much the propriety of its prohibition. It may be the very hest way in which the brethren can express their sentiments. If the floral piece is indeed a symbol, its use is masonic, for, as a symbol, it teaches a lesson that is of the very essence of the third degree. In this view we can see a propriety in expenditure of Lodge funds for its employment. Says the Youth's Companion: "The most touching memorials made by hands are not the statues, tablets and inscriptions erected over the dead, but the simpler offerings of spontaneous affection." So it seems to us the floral offerings at the grave, if they be the outward and visible sign of affection and of faith in the resurrection of the departed brother, are far more appropriate and masonic than the1 memorial page on the minute book, or the marble shaft in the unvisited cemetery. The Grand Lodge recognized the Grand Lodges of Western Australia, Costa Rica, Vall6e de Mexico and Benito Juarez of Coahuila, Mexico. From the oration delivered before the Grand Lodge by W. Bro. Edward H. Hart, we make these extracts: " Like the giant sequoia of California is the Institution of Freemasonry; of its kind, it is the greatest in the world, and like the mighty denizen of the forest the precise period of its existence may not with exact certainty be determined; its central legend and symbol, however, is undoubtedly as old as Egyptian civilization, and Masonry
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in some form of evolution has witnessed the same procession in the majestic march of time that has passed in review before the sublime sun crowned monarch of the woods. "The principles of Fraternity are very much the same whether illustrated in the precepts of Freemasonry or any other of the numerous brotherhoods that exist among men, and which have for their laudable purpose the diffusion of the tenets of friendship, of relief and truth— all are good—but above and beyond those attributes that are common to all, there are qualities inherent in Freemasonry which stamp it with its own matchless and supreme individuality. Its universality, its antiquity aiid its freedom, through recognition of law and obedience thereto, are characteristics essentially its own. " What other great characteristic may we name as contributing to advance Freemasonry to a standard entirely its own? " We answer, it is that quality implied by its name, FREE, andour recognition of the deeper and hidden and seemingly paradoxical significance that freedom means restraint, that liberty means law, and that all true greatness in individuals and institutions, as well as in nature and in nations, flows from that freedom which arises from forces and faculties controlled by discipline, directed by intelligence and exalted by obedience to law. The forces of nature—fire, floods, lightning— when left to riot, breed devastation and destruction; controlled, and they do the herculean tasks of man; the grateful and the mighty rivers within their restraining banks spread beneficence and blessings; the bonds broken and they become demons of turbulence and terror; The waters which formed the Johnstown flood, when held safely back in deep serenity, within rock-ribbed mountain walls, ministered to the comforts and necessities of man; the restraints rent asunder, and desolation unspeakable, death appalling and unthinkable, stalked with them through the stricken valley. The painted savage, ruled only by the wild impulses of his nature, kills and destroys, burns and devastates, lives and dies way down in the shadow and darkness; civilized man, taught that restraint is liberty, lives up nearer the light, and, as he ascends, catches glimpses at' times of the ideal manhood, of' the ideal commonwealth. " The designation FREE in the name of our brotherhood is to be taken, not so much in the literal sense of the word, as being not bound, not in captivity, but rather in the higher and truer meaning of the term of freedom from passion,!prejudice or pride, freedom from the delusion that man is not or need not be obedient to law, but recognition, rather, of the truth that freedom under law alone is possible, and that the subjection of propensities to discipline and control points the only way to genuine liberty—this, we understand, is what is meant by the term Freemasonry, by the word Freemason. "Upon the very threshold of Masonry—as we all can testify— within a Lodge of its very first degree, almost the first interrogation propounded is, ' What came you here to do ?' In substance, the answer is returned, to learn the great lesson of self-control, and that this precedes all improvement in the knowledge and practice of our profession, as it does all development in man and in society, obedience is life and power, disobedience chaos and destruction. "An eminent thinker has said: 'He who submits to the yoke of law becomes the child of liberty.' " And another great mind propounds the truth that the principle to which society owes it stability; life, its happiness; youth, its acceptance: creation, its continuance, is obedience. " Before law is inaugurated, force, not liberty, reigns alone; and when law ends, tyranny, we are told, and truly told, begins. Obe-
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dience, we are assured, is the key to every door, and self-control, if not the beginning of wisdom, certainly is the foundation of greatness. Man's forces and faculties, under direction and control, exalt him to heights of usefulness and pre-eminence; unrestrained and they carry him frequently to the pit of blackness, of desolation and death. " Some of the world's greatest criminals possessing as they often have, superior power, ability and courage, might have been among the foremost men of the earth had only the initial Masonic precept of 'learning to subdue the passions' been observed; the presence or absence of this supreme element of self-control frequently marking the only difference between demon and hero. "Discipline, or the striving to attain, is inseparable from the devel* opment of character; and the chief virtue of striving lies not so much in the visible reward or prize that sometimes follows as in the struggle itself." The Grand Lodge adopted the following resolution: 11 Resolved, That the Grand Secretary be authorized and requested to have made a photograph of each of the painted portraits of the Past Grand Officers in the gallery of the Grand Lodge, and deposit the same in some place of safe keeping." The Grand Lodge possesses a series of large size oil portraits of its Grand Masters—a most valuable collection. Should these be destroyed by fire the loss could not be made good by any amountof "insurance." Only by the possession of duplicates could it be restored, and the provision made by the above resolution was wise and timely. "We commend the action for imitation to all Grand Bodies that possess a like valuable collection of portraits. CANADA.
The Grand Master, M. W. Bro. J. E. Harding, reminding his brethren that the time was approaching to celebrate the semi-centennial of the establishment of the Grand Lodge made the following valuable suggestions. We desire to commend the plan to the thoughtful consideration of our own brethren, that they may have it in mind when the time shall come to celebrate our own centennial: "Having experienced the support and protection of the Supreme Architect and Euler of the Universe for so many years, it is proper that we should show our gratitude for the many blessings which we have enjoyed. I, therefore, propose to my brethren that we celebrate our semi-centennial in such a manner as to bring comfort and consolation to a number of our sorely afflicted brethren and their dependents. Although our expenditure thus far for benevolence has been munificent, there are still a number of our brethren so afflicted that they cannot be properly cared for without an increase of the funds at the disposal of our benevolent committee. In order that this condition of affairs may be remedied in the easiest and most permanent form, I propose that we establish a fund of $100,000.00, and the interest arising from the investrnent to be appropriated to extreme cases. $200.00 to be the limit in any one case of a beneficiary on this fund. I estimate that the investment will realize $4,000.00 at least yearly, enough for twenty annuities of $200.00 each. In order to create this fund it will only be necessary for each brother in the jurisdiction to contribute $l.,00 per year for three years. I propose that Grand Lodge call upon every subordinate Lodge
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in the jurisdiction to collect from each of its members $1.00 per year over and above the yearly dues, for a period of three years, and that the yearly collection be transmitted to the Grand Secretary on or before the 10th day of October in each year, until the 10th of October, 1905, the money to be raised by voluntary subscription among the members if possible. It has been suggested that there may be some of our brethren so circumstanced that even f 1.00 a year would be a hardship. In such cases it is expected that the other members of the Lodge, or the Lodge itself, would pay the amount and thus exemplify one of the teachings of Masonry in a practical manner. The fund should be kept separate and apart from all other funds of Grand Lodge, and the interest reserved for the special benefit of extreme cases of distress. " I venture to affirm that, should this undertaking be carried through, it will give more satisfaction to my brethren thanany amouot of junketing and after dinner oratory. I have in my visitations throughout the jurisdiction placed this matter fairly before the brethren, who have in every instance indorsed it with such enthusiasm as has encouraged me to persevere. Brethren, let us celebrate our semicentennial in a manner unique on this continent. I see by the Free Mason (English) that the Grand Lodge of England grants 500 annuities of from 32 pounds to 40 pounds per year." The supervision of the Craft through the District Deputy Grand Masters appears to have been most thorough. They report on their visitation of the Lodges and their several conditions with great particularity. So far as we have been able to judge, the work of a District Deputy would seem to be most thoroughly done in Canada. COLOBADO.
A Temple of the Mystic Shrine having held a public exhibition in the Masonic Temple, Denver, which had caused great scandal, the Grand Master appointed a Committee of Investigation. We quote,: with approval, a paragraph of their report: " I n the opinion of your Commission, a body which voluntarily uses the Masonic degrees to establish the eligibility of its initiates, must abide by the letter and spirit of the Masonic law-making power, irrespective of whether such body is officially ' recognized'• by the M. W. Grand Lodge or not. The fact that such a body uses the Masonic degrees as a stepping-stone thereto, so as to possess the great Masonic field to canvass for recruits, so as to appear in the public eye as a high degree of Masonry, so as to enjoyits ancient lineage, so as to participate in its well-earned reputation, demands absolute loyalty to the Masonic traditions and character. To allege that the members of such a body are under no obligation to abide by the principles and laws of the Institution which enables them to join the Shrine, may be adroit, but in the light of recent events, is intolerable." We quote the above as a wise admonition quite independent of the particular occurence that gave rise to the appointment of the com-' mittee. We may say, however, that the Grand Lodge approved the monition to the Shriners, and believing it sufficient, took no further action in the matter. We believe that nobody possesses the right to use another's name
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without his consent, nor to build his business upon the merit of the other's reputation without submitting to such control as the other may dictate. We believe that a Masonic Insurance Company, a Temple of Shriners, a Chapter of the Eastern Star, that require its members to be Masons, or related to Masons, should either expunge the requirement or submit to whatever control the Grand Lodge shall elect to exercise. It is scarcely necessary to go into the question further and assert that the guest or the tenant of another man's house must respect the conditions under which his presence is permitted in that house, and that Shrine, or Chapter, or company renting a house building should observe the precepts of moral living put forth by Grand Lodge. If it fails to do so the Grand Lodge has the unquestionable right to terminate its occupancy. Hence, it is well to remember that the world looks to the Grand Lodge to so order the conduct of its guests and tenants that it will not be scandalized, and that it is the imperative duty of the Grand Lodge to enforce order and propriety within its gates. Bro. Frank G. Mirick delivered the oration, from which we make these extracts: " Every man has a mission in life. Creation would be purposeless if its highest and crowning consummation—man—was left to squander his years aimless and objectless. What matters it, if he is endowed with God-like qualities of intellect, a superb brain, a creative, active mind, an intelligence that can grapple and overcome the potential and hidden forces of nature, if all these magnificent inheritances are only wasted and unutilized ? " If the grave is the goal to which all humanity tends—if life is to be swallowed up in that all-embracing vortex, then it matters little whether our brief existence terminates without the sensation of a strife .or passion, or amidst the splendors of accomplishments and a name synonymous with great deeds and mighty achievements. "But the grave is not the goal of the human race. Existence is not the effervescent dream that flits athwart the mind in the silent watches of the night. It is a most wretched delusion that leads a man to believe that after a misspent life, where not a goodly promise met with fair fulfillment and everyflowerof beauty and fragrance, ere it blossomed in the sunlight, was choked with the noxious weeds of passion and of vice, he could lay the garments of his soul into an earthly casket and say: 'Here at last is oblivion. In this grave are rest and peace.' Impotent delusion! vain hope! Boundless space, boundless time, never-ceasing and eternal energy are some of nature's conditions, and through its ever-changing forms it is still and for aye never changing. "One's work is not to be measured by its apparent success or failure. Though your name be unknown to fame and your work is cast in quiet places amidst the humblest surroundings, yet it is by no means lost. The great, the good, the wise of all ages are not those whose names are blazoned in history and to whose memories shafts of stone and marble are dedicated. Amidst the offerings of gold and silver, the widow's mite spoke the greatest sacrifice, therefore the greatest gift. The unobtrusive, silent worker who patiently pursues his daily duties, puts his heart and soul into his work and does it well, is the hero of his day. No printed record speaks his praise, but some way, somehow, he meets his reward, and this is why and how he unfolds his strength for higher duties and greater power.
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" To make smooth the rugged pathways of life, to ease the bed of pain, to moisten the parched and fever-burned lips, to brighten: the gloom and shadow of poverty and distress—these are the common duty and common work in which all can share. The true essence of life is to make life not an individual competition and strife, but a co-operative union of forces, animated by a common impulse and working tb a common end. Each act inspired by love bears its own fruit in a life well rilled and of rounded-out perfectness." The Grand Lodge of Western Australia and the .National Grand Lodge of Egypt were recognized, while the recognition of Costa Rica was deferred. The resolution for the recognition of Egypt is based upon the "belief that it is regular," and upon its recognition by England, Ireland and ottier foreign Grand Lodges. The first of these reasons is good, but the latter is questionable. While there is no higher authority than the Grand Lodge of England, yet its recognition o( Masonic bodies has gone much further than a great many are willingly to travel, and Colorado ought to have been consistent with herself. If she proposes to recognize every Grand Lodge recognized by England, then she ought to have recognized Costa Rica. ; She withheld her recognition of the Grand Lodge of Costa Rica because Masonry in that republic was planted by a Supreme Council of the Scotish Rite. We have argued out this question in previous reports and so we will not repeat ourselves by a criticism of the action of the Grand Lodge of Colorado. CONNECTICUT.
It is held by some of our brethren that recognition of the Order of the Eastern Star is characteristic of the West, and finds no place in the "conservative" East. We, therefore, reproduce the following from the address of the Grand Master, M. W. Bro. Arthur C. Wheeler: " I nave had an opportunity during the year to witness much of the good that'this Order is accomplishing in our State, noticeably at the Masonic Home. They are constantly contributing useful articles and assisting the management in many ways in caring for the institution. "They are a valuable assistant to our Order and should receive every encouragement from the brothers. I would take this opportunity to thank them for the many courtesies extended to me during my term as Grand Master." The address of the Grand Master records the performance of much work, but it was nearly all of routine character and of local interest only. The auditing of accounts; reports of the officers; giving a detail of the accomplishment of the regular round of duties pertaining to them severally; elections and appointment of new officials and their installation; tbese things, necessary of course, make up the volume of prodeedings. An able and extended review of other Grand Bodies is from the pen of the Grand Secretary, M. W. John H. Barlow,. ;
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We quote from the masterly address of the Grand Master, M. W, Bro. Jos6 Fernandez Pell6n, the following interesting paragraphs: " We Masons have reason to be satisfied with the year just expired. The Grand Lodge has seen the number of its constituent Lodges increase; the clandestine groups have almost completely disappeared; the economic situation of this Grand Lodge shows to-day greater prosperity than ever before in its history, already quite long, and we are thus entitled to hope that our ardent desire, coupled with imperative necessity, for our Grand Lodge possessing its own temple in its own edifice may not remain a vain aspiration, but that a temple be ours that may stand as the graphic and tangible exponent of Freemasonry in Cuba; a structure that by its mere aspect may remind the visiting stranger, of whom Havana sees large numbers each year, that our republic harbors the same institution of which he is a member, be it in Pennsylvania or in Scotland or elsewhere, and that its members are possessed of the same enthusiasm, fervor, aspirations and tendencies as he is. " You will find here, I said, a corporate body that is free within its o.wnlaws and the laws of the country; thatloves liberty but also order; that proclaims equality without denying the inherent right of the existing social order; that practices fraternity and endeavors to make it the broad and well-cemented base of society in general and of Cuban society in particular. He aspires to the perfection of the community by elevating the individual, and, without being or pretending to be a social force destined to influence the government or the administration of the country—for these are tendencies foreign to our institution—;we nevertheless form an important social element inasmuch as our motive is the realization of the moral idea and our means to the end the fulfillment of duty, * the practice of charity, the exercise of tolerance, of respect for the opinions of others, and a constant aspiration toward the progress of humanity, " Though there may be some brothers of high intellect and culture who in their desire to give to Masonry a wider scope and a higher goal, have maintained that it should take an active interest in the questions now agitating the poletariat in its eternal strife with capital, they do not fail to recognize that this tendency is.but an impracticable aspiration, if else the Masonic institution, true to its real object, shall continue foreign to all controversies, to all contentions that may carry division into the tranquil and peaceful camp of the Fraternity. This matter prompted me to issue a circular, later the subject of deliberations and resolutions on the part of this Grand Lodge, and which once mor,e revealed the extent to which the spirit of solidarity is rooted among us and the strength of the ties by which a sweet discipline united us, for in spite of opposing opinions and doctrines coming to light, our fundamental principles stood uuassailed, harmony never an instant suffered, nor was the enviable peace of our association perturbed. Generosity, no doubt, is the moving spirit of those brothers that, in their fervent enthusiasm, would like to see Freemasonry solve all the problems to-day agitating society, or interfere with decision and force in the resolutions of the powers that be, but not only do our constituting laws prohibit our treading upon these bypaths; nay, even were this not so, we should not achieve the results hoped for. " Our brother, Enrique A. Lecerff, one of the most intelligent and learned Masons of our country, who by his vast culture and extraordinary philological accomplishments was enabled to read much about Masonry in different languages, especially perusing Anglosaxon founts
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of information, where the spring of knowledge relating to our institution flows most purely, published many years ago an interesting essay, from which I will quote here some portions of especially opportune application at the present moment: 'Can Masonry attempt to# solve the great social problem, as is presumptuously maintained she can' by brothers influenced by the fantastic fabrics of the rituals in the high degrees of the Scottish Rite? Let us confess that such an assertion would reveal an exceeding want of good sense. What means are at the disposal, not of the few and little small Chapters, Councils and Com•manderies, but of the potent, large and progressive institution of Masonry to give solution to the transcendental questions that affect the well-being and progress of this country? Can the Lodges take part even in the political problem? It would be folly to answer in the affirmative. It would simply serve to immediately dissolve all the Masonic bodies, because the Lodges are composed of men of all political shades, from the tenacious reactionary to the most advanced radical.' " Should the Fraternity take charge of public education? In order to do that ample financial means are needed, and they are not at her disposal. Should she attempt to suppress crime, to stop debauchery and gambling, or to frustrate the exploitation of one by the other? Should she discuss and decide economic questions? This would be constituting herself as police, would be equivalent to a poor parody of an academy of administrative science, only that its deliberations would have neither the importance nor the authority nor the effect of the special institutions of that character. Should Freemasonry take up the teaching of religious doctrines, dogmatic instruction or the edification of the soul, becoming church, mosque or synagogue? Let us throw aside illusions! The dissipation of ignorance should be left to educational institutions; in the hands of high schools and of universities should lie the sending into the world youths well initiated in achievements of human genius and ready to sacrifice themselves for their fellow-citizens; to fine arts corresponds the smoothing of social manners, the embellishment and refinement of life; the Church must feed and strengthen religious sentiment, purging it of degrading fanaticism and : superstition; and to the State, whose province it is to foment and encourage progress of every kind, we must look for means to neutralize and extirpate, by wise, severe and opportune laws, the germs of public calamities not within our reach. "The mission of public Masonry is purely of an advisory character; her direct influence reaches her members only f her sphere of action in society does not pass beyond the bounds of auxiliary education and beneficence, for these are tier efficient means of quickening and developing virtue. And justly this and no more our country requires from us, our very work demands it, for we have to smooth our way, removing the obstacles in order to advance. We must contribute to the most rapid diffusion of knowledge, and at the same time foster the founding of beneficent institutions where charity is dispensed without sectarianism. But let us remember that this is only the exoteric, the exterior part of our task; the real, the inner object of Masonry is the moral advancement of man, the encouragement and organization of virtue, and as a consequence tnereof, the preaching and practice of philanthropy in its broadest sense." " Let us be mindful that as on the railroad track a slight spreading of the rails may cause a frightful catastrophe, so as trifling deviation from the inflexible principles of the Ancient Landmarks, which are the essence of our institution, may lead us upon dangerous paths and insecure ground, and when one precept is forgotten, it is easy to become neglectful of all the others.
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"As a case in point I will mention the occurrence in the Grand Orient of France, in the same Grand Orient, which as, Worshipful Brother GOVTN said, began by giving to Symbolic Masonry a motto which did not befit it, and which, as we know, emanated from the encyclopedists and was afterwards taken up by the French Revolution. This deviation had as a consequence the forgetting of the real object of Masonry: the realization of the moral idea. This departure brought about the banishing of the name of God from all Masonic acts, the disdain of the belief in a Supreme Being, the prohibition of the use of the Bible on the altar, and the rupture of relations with the Grand Lodge of England, the mother and founder of all the Grand Lodges, and with other Masonic bodies in Europe and America, who understand that a Lodge that thus forgets and deprecates the Ancient Precept of the institution neither deserves the name of a Lodge nor the consideration due to one. " Let us never imitate such digressive proceedings. Let us preserve unshaken our love for the high, generating principles of morals, the solid, the only stable base of the Ancient Society of Free and Accepted Masons to which we belong. Do not let us break the form of the cast; let us leave our institution in its wonted safe track with no aspiration of converting it into a universal panacea applicable to all the ailments of Society. Let us, on the contrary, practice the scientific principle of the division of labor, and let us not assign to Masonry that which falls within the province of academies, of clubs, of political parties, of congress and of the government. She has her true and special mission, and enough has she to do in filling it; the realization of fraternity among men." The Grand Secretary reports 407 initiations during the year. There are now 53 Lodges with 2,256 members. DELAWARE.
The Grand Master, M. W. Bro. Harry J. Guthrie, says in his address: . " A partial survey of the Universal Craft discloses a countless host of brethren, the noblest legion in all the world, welded together in the bonds of Love and Truth, moving forward fearlessly and majestically, having for their supreme object the suppression of wrong and the promulgation of the doctrines of Peace and Good Will to all mankind while the agents of Falsehood, Ignorance and Superstition waste their energies in condemning us and our system, the ancient and honorable institution moves noiselessly along, feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, binding up the wounds of the afflicted, leading the blind and making crooked paths straight. I am persuaded the world at large is realizing more and more as time passes the great moral force of Masonry. The spirit of brotherly love has been made manifest by its teachings and practice. Friendship has become more than a name under its influence, and Morality finds in it a most zealous support. The history of Masonry is replete with beauty, but it is the practical working out of the theory in our deeds of kindness and acts of love which gives it life and makes it a power for good. Brethren, let us raise our voices in praise to the Great Architect of the Universe for his bounty and goodness, and for the privilege we have enjoyed in having a part in the execution of the designs laid down upon the trestle board of life. Though in ages past skilled workmen gave to the world an edifice, spacious and magnificent in all its proportions, tradition informs us that it escaped not the ravages of barbarous force, we of to-day their G L 2
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successors, in a speculative sense are just as busy in the noble and glorious work of constructing the temple of character that will stand the test of eternity." , We quote him again: "No doubt the brethren often become weary with Grand Masters for so persistently calling attention to this subject, but how are the Craft to be taught except by ' line upon line' and precept"upon precept ? " Masonry these days has become wonderfully popular, and there are many who desire to enter our portals, some without the remotest conception of our aims or teachings, whose supreme desire is to be a Mason, and who, when they are duly elected and proclaimed as brethren, do not display an overabundant desire to practice its precepts, but rather the reverse. To all the brethren I desire to say, be sure the petitioner is not actuated by any unworthy motive, that he has the proper mental capacity to learn, appreciate and make a proper application of the great lessons we seek to teach. Let us reject all who govern themselves by prejudice rather than principle, or who seek to make the Lodge or the institution in general a mere stepping stone to some greater achievement. We have nothing to fear from our open enemies, but much cause for alarm from those whom we admit without a proper appreciation of the principles of the Golden Rule, or who have never had the proper preparation of the heart." The Grand Secretary, R. W. Bro. Benjamin F. Bartram, reported the total of Master Masons in the Jurisdiction as 2,504, a net gain of 72. ENGLAND.
There is a growing tendency to publish, in secular papers, the proceedings of Lodges—noting the reception of initiates, both before and after. We note that this evil has been handled by our brethren beyond the seas and we quote from a circular on this matter: "The Board would first of all remind the Brethren of their Obligations, which need not here be further referred to, as they ought tobe written on the hearts of those who took them. But the specific prohibition contained in Rule 205 of the Book of Constitutions appears to be so frequently overlooked, that it may be necessary to repeat it here. The first part of that Rule reads as follows: " ' No Brother shall print or publish, or cause to be.printed or published, the proceedings of any Lodge, or any part thereof, without the consent of the Grand Master, or Provincial or District Grand Master, or print or publish, or cause to be printed or published, anything which by the laws and regulations of Masonry is improper to be published.' " I am further directed to call your attention to the following Resolutions, which were adopted by Grand Lodge on the 3rd of March, 1841, on the motion of the R. W. Deputy Grand Master (the Marquess of Salisbury, K. G.): " ' That it is the primary duty of Grand Lodge to view with the greatest jealousy any breach of the privileges secured to the Masonic body by the Legislature. That one of the most valuable of those privileges, and that which constitutes the very essence and spirit of the Order, is the secrecy with respect to the proceedings and concerns of Masonry which is enjoined in the Ancient Charges, inculcated by the strongest obligations in every stage of Masonic degree, and rigidly laid down by the Laws and Constitutions. " ' That the publication by Masons of the proceedings and concerns of Masonry, or furnishing materials for such publications, are traitor-
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ous violations of this most important privilege, and deserving of the highest punishment denounced against such offences by the Laws and Constitutions, as such publications, if not discouraged and suppressed, must ultimately destroy the respectability and may even hazard the existence of the Craft. " That with a view of checking this evil, the Grand Lodge calls on all Masonic authorities and Masters of Lodges, on their Masonic allegiance, to use their utmost endeavors to cause all Brothers who may violate this privilege by engaging in such publication or by furnishing materials for such publication by any disclosure, without due sanction, of the proceedings or concerns of Masonry, to be brought before the proper Tribunal to be dealt with according to the Laws and Constitutions of the Order." FLORIDA.
The Grand Master, M. W. T. Picton Warlow, thus reports on the condition of the Craft: "Brethren, you are to be congratulated upon the general prosperity of the members of our Lodges, but above all for the peace and harmony which prevails throughout the jurisdiction. We have made a net gain in membership of 282 during the past year, and there is no note of discord to mar the harmony that should ever exist among brethren." He thus speaks, and well, of a prevalent evil: " It should be impressed in the strongest possible manner upon the minds of young and new members that it is absolutely necessary that all petitioners for the degrees of Freemasonry, should not only offer themselves of their own free will, but also that their candidacy should be entirely uninfluenced, and absolutely unsolicited by friends. The large increase in recent years in the number of fraternal benefit societies, associations and orders, has created some confusion in the minds of the younger or less experienced of our brethren, as to the true aims, and principles of Freemasonry. " They should be instructed that refusal on our part to solicit candidates is not an evidence of shiftlessness, or lack of zeal, but that it is contrary to our laws and time-honored customs. That ' reductions for blocks of ten,' and rewards for candidates secured have no place in our Masonic institution, that the strength of our Fraternity, its present standing, and its promise for the future, do not depend on numbers alone, but upon the personal integrity of its members, their steady attachment to, and daily practice of those ' cardinal virtues' and ' fundamental principles' upon which it is founded." The trustees report the retirement of the last of the bonded indebtedness. There is, however, an outstanding indebtedness of some $7,000.00, for and on account of the installation in the temple of an elevator, but against this amount there was same $3,500.00 in bank. It is to be presumed that during the year the Grand Lodge will be free of debt. An assessment of 50 cents per capita was levied for the purpose of establishing a Masonic Home. Past Grand Master, Silas B. Wright, presents a very able report on correspondence. We quote the following, knowing well that it will prove interesting to Louisiana Masons. Henceforth we may not talk
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of the American doctrine of exclusive jurisdiction, for it seems now to be proved that we simply revived what had for awhile been unfortunately forgotten beyond the seas: "The following paper was published by our late Bro. J. H. Drummond, of Maine, and has such an important bearing upon the question, as raised in connection with the Washington controversy, and clearly puts a new phase on the question, as connected with the practice of the doctrine by the European Grand Lodges, that we deem, it of sufficient importance to reproduce it for the information of our Florida members: " A document having an important bearing upon this matter has been published during the year by Bro. W. J. Chetwode Crawley, of Ireland, in the 'Masonic Voice and Review,' and copied into the 'Trestle Board' for September, 1900. " He takes it from the archives of the Grand Lodge of Ireland, and it purports to be an ' International Compact' adopted by the representatives of the Grand Lodges of Ireland, Scotland and England after the union of the Grand Lodges in 1813, at a conference held ia 1814 " Bro. Crawley is so eager in his argument in support of his own views, that it is difficult to get the precise historical facts which led to the conference. But it was held, and they came to eight resolutions unanimously, which were to be reported to the several Grand Lodges for confirmation. The Grand Lodge of Ireland did confirm them, and it is presumed that the others did, although that seems not to be known, and so far as appears, the document had never befo e been printed. " The fourth article is as follows: "'4th. That each Grand Lodge shall preserve its own limits, and no warrant shall be granted or revived by any one of these parties for the holding of a Lodge within the jurisdiction of either of the others. That in case any one of their respective Military Lodges, being in the course of service resident, for a time, within the limits of either of the others, it shall continue to make its return to its own Grand Lodge, but shall be recognized, visited and have the rights of visitation and intercourse with the regular Lodges where it may happen to be; it being understood, and positively stipulated and enacted, that no such Military Lodge shall initiate, pass or raise any person or brother who does not actually belong to the battalion or regiment to which the said Lodge is confined; and, further, that the present practice, with respect to Lodges established in distant parts under either of the three Grand Lodges, shall continue on the present footing.' " I t will be noted that, so far as it goes, thin is the precise doctrine which has been supposed to be of American origin and in force only in this country. It will be further noted that each Grand Lodge then had 'its own limits,' showing conclusively that the doctrine had been previously recognized by them all and acted upon. This is sustained by history; we have been unable to find that the Grand Lodge of England, Ireland or Scotland established a Lodge in the territory of either of the others for many years before 1814, if, in fact, such a thing was ever done. " Bro. Crawley thus comments: " 'The resolution dealing with Military Lodges is peculiarly interesting to Irish Freemasons. The first Military Warrant ever issued came from the Grand Lodge of Ireland in 1732, and the succession of Irish Military Warrants outnumbered those of all other Constitutions put together. The earliest regulations dealing with Army Lodges are to be found in the Irish Code of 1768, and incidentally contained the
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first attempt at limiting the jurisdiction o.f each Grand Lodge to its own country. The doctrine of exclusive and perpetual jurisdiction is carried to such an outrageous extent by some American Grand Lodges that it must be a sore blow to them to rind that the limits of jurisdiction are really based on mere convenience, and that the first hint of any such legislation dates from the Irish Regulations of 1768.'" " He gives no copy of that 1768 regulation, so we are unable to determine how far it goes in the direction indicated; especially whether it relates wholly to Army Lodges, and so is a recognition of the law of jurisdiction and an enactment applying to Army Lodges, or is a general enactment; his statement of it, however, indicates very clearly that it was the former. " But the following extract from the fifth article settles the question: "And the Grand Secretaries having laid before this assembly a letter from a person of the name of 'A. Seton,' describing himself as the ' Deputy Grand Secretary' of the society calling themselves ' the Ulster Grand Lodge,' which has been setup without the sanction or authority of the Grand Lodge of Ireland, it was unanimously resolved and agreed that members from Ireland, holding and possessing certificates from the Grand Lodge of which His Grace, the Duke of Lenster is the present Grand Master, can alone be admitted to any Lodge of Fraternity of Masons holding of the three Grand Lodges, or be entitled to relief from the funds of any one of them; it beiog the practice and invariable law thatthere can be but one Grand or Mother Lodge holdett in each of the three countries; and that no assembly, convocation, meeting or Lodge, called or held in any place within the jurisdiction of either of the three established Grand Lodges without their several warrants will be recognized or suffered to exist, the same being contrary to the Ancient Laws and Constitutions of the Fraternity.' " But why? " ' There can be but one Grand or Mother Lodge holden in each of the three countries.' " 'No assembly, convocation, meeting or Lodge called or held in any place within the jurisdiction of either of the three established Grand Lodges, without their several warrants, will be recognized or suffered to exist.' " ' The same being oontrary to the Ancient Laws and Constitutions of the Fraternity.' " But the idea of territorial jurisdiction of Masonic bodies existed, and was acted upon, before 1768. The original jurisdiction of Masonic bodies was wholly personal; the theoretical idea of Masonic government was that there should be only one Grand Master for all the Craft; and when the Grand Lodge system was adopted, that there should be but one Grand Lodge. But that idea soon gave way to necessity. It was found practically that it was impossible for one Grand Lodge to be the sole governing body of the Craft. Then the system of Provincial Grand Lodge was invented and adopted. With that system came (and necessarily came), for the first time, the idea of territorial jurisdiction of Masonic bodies. Every Provincial Grand Master was appointed for certain territory, and so far as his Grand Lodge was concerned, he had exclusive jurisdiction in that territory. Beyond question, theorganization of the Grand Lodges of Ireland and .Scotland grew out of the same idea: the fact of their organization and their names conclusively establish this Of course, Grand Lodges are the peers of each other. When governing bodies, the peers of each other, have a particular territorial jurisdiction, it is a principle of natural law that no one of them shall interfere in the territory of another, but that each has exclusive juris-
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diction in its own territory. The principle was first asserted (so far as we know) as applicable to Grand Lodges, by Massachusetts Grand Lodge in 1782, and, as we have seen, it was expressly recognized by the representatives of the three British Grand Lodges in 1814, and apparently expressly confirmed by all those Grand Lodges; and, moreover, declared in effect to be prescribed by the 'Ancient Laws and Constitutions of the Fraternity.' While we have not the means of ascertaining the location of all the Lodges chartered by these Grand Lodges, we have gone far enough to justify the belief that no Lodge has been established within the ' limits' of either of these Grand Lodges, save by the Grand Lodge of the jurisdiction, since it was organized; and that neither of them had done what, in 1814, they all declared to be ' contrary to the Ancient Laws and Constitutions of the Fraternity.' " What Brother Crawley means by the ' doctrine of exclusive and perpetual jurisdiction,' we do not know, and cannot even guess; it is sufficient to say that no such doctrine prevails in any American jurisdiction. The difference between the doctrine of the British Grand Lodges and that of the American Grand Lodges is not great; all agree that no Grand Lodge can do or authorize to be done, any Masonic act within the territory of another Grand Lodge; the American Grand Lodges hold further, that no Graud Lodge has the right to make a Mason of a resident of another jurisdiction, and send him back there to enjoy Masonic privileges; they claim that this comes within the rule, and that it is practically doing a Masonic act within the jurisdiction of another Grand Lodge; the Grand Lodge of England, while not attempting to answer the reason, contents itself by saying that it has never restricted its Lodges in respect to the residence of their candidates; almost all the Grand Lodges in the Dependencies of the Crown recognize and enforce the former doctrine, and we believe that the time is coming when the British Grand Lodges will do the same. '• Replying to our brother's suggestion as to the ' sore blow,' we can assure him that he has no need to lose any sleep in sympathizing with his American brethren upon the effects of it; for instead of finding ' that the limits of jurisdiction are really based on mere convenience,' we find that he has discovered and brought to light an express recognition of the law of territorial jurisdiction by the British Grand Lodges nearly fifty years earlier than any previously known; has produced conclusive evidence that they had practically recognized that law previously, and in all probability from the date of the respective organizations of the two younger of them; and, best of all, their express declaration that an act in violation of this law is 'contrary to the Ancient Laws and Constitutions of the Fraternity.' " Brother Crawley has ' builded better than he knew;' and in behalf of his American brethren, we tender him the congratulations and thanks which he has so justly earned." GEORGIA.
The Grand Master, M. W. Bro. Max Meyerhardt, thus reports on the condition of the Craft: " This day, my brethren, we have reached the pinnacle of prosperity. With an overflowing treasury, with peace everywhere prevailing, with the standard of morality raised high, with a membership larger than ever known before—larger than that of any Southern State save Texas—our hearts may well glow with gratitude to God, whose grace ani goodness have brought about this glorious consummation of our hopts and prayers. Truly He has held us in the hollow of His baud."
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We trust that the Grand Master is in error, and that the Grand Lodge of Georgia is still a long way from the pinnacle of its prosperity. We quote the following decisions: "An Entered Apprentice or Fellow Craft cannot join a Lodge in Georgia bydimit or certificate, notwithstanding he comes from another State. In order to advance, his home Lodge must request a Lodge here to confer the remaining degree or degrees upon him. " An Entered Apprentice is not entitled to Masonic burial. Only a Master Mason can be buried with Masonic honors." In respect to the first of these, we would like to inquire what our Georgia brethren would do with an English Entered Apprentice bearing a dimit, or dismissal from his Lodge. The English Lodge could not comply with the Georgia regulation and issue a request concerning a brother over whom it had renounced jurisdiction. In respect to the latter decision, we would ask: Is an Entered Apprentice a Mason ? The following decision brings up, we believe, a new question: " If a charter is refused to a Lodge under dispensation, all its property remains the property of the Lodge, and no part of it goes to the Grand Lodge." Inasmuch as the Lodge, U. D., is the creature of the Grand Master and not a constituent of the Grand Lodge, we are inclined to believe the decision correct. We quote again: " A convict escaped from the penitentiary and resided near a Georgia Lodge for several years. He made application to the Lodge, was elected, and received the first and second degrees. Before receiving the third degree he was recaptured and returned to the penitentiary, having been sentenced for five years for the crime of robbery. What should be done with him? "Held, that he should be tried for an unmasonic conduct in concealing from the Lodge the fact that he was an escaped convict under sentence for a felony. I made a full investigation of this case to ascertain how it was possible for an escaped convict to be admitted into a Masonic Lodge. It seemed that he escaped in 1892, and had been living an apparently blameless life, until recaptured in 1902. This gives us an object lesson on the great and serious importance of a full and searching examination by investigating committees. No one should be elected to membership unless his character is absolutely above suspicion. Masonry looks not to quantity, but to quality. I sincerely hope that an incident like that above named may never again occur in a Georgia Lodge." We fully agree with what he says anent investigating committees, but we question the legality of the direction based upon the assertion that the act of a man not a Mason for application to a Lodge is unmasonic conduct. Can a man, not a Mason, commit unmasonic conduct? What is Masonic conduct? We do not think that upright living can be termed Masonic conduct and no more can immoral living be considered in itself as unmasonic. Masonic conduct means living according to the
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principles taught in the Lodge, not as general moral principles, but as distinctively Masonic precepts, and unmasonic conduct means violation of the principles taught Masons in Lodge. A profane cannot be guilty of unmasonic conduct, for he knows nothing of Masonic conduct, and cannot violate a law under whose control he has never come, or never been placed. The life and acts of a profane can never be termed unmasonic. So the acts of that man before his initiation were not unmasonic. Did he commit fraud in the act of applying to the Lodge'? Did the application state that he had never been guilty of violation of the laws of the land, or convicted of such guilt? . If it did, and he lied in his application, then he ought to have been expelled for fraud in forming the contract that made him a Mason, and the contract declared, as a consequence, null, ab initio. But we imagine that he was not asked to make any statement as to his previous life. The whole fault, in our opinion, in this case, was in the Lodge, and not in the man, and the Lodge ought to have been punished for its gross negligence in not making such investigation as it ought before accepting him. The following resolution was unanimously adopted by the Grand Lodge, and so the troubles anent joint occupancy are ended, or have just seriously begun in Georgia: \ " Resolved, That the law be so amended as to allow subordinate Lodges to sub-rent their Lodge-rooms to other secret orders." ILLINOIS.
We quote from the address of the Grand Master, M. W. Bro. Geo. W. Moulton: "Peace and harmony prevail among the Craft, and between the several Lodges, in an exceptional degree, and almost universally. With this happy condition is united that of increased strength and stability. The annual reports filed with the R. W. Grand Secretary will show a net increase in membership for the year of nearly 3,600; not only the greatest aggregate annual increase in the history of the M. W. Grand Lodge, but representing the largest percentage of annual increase recorded in our history, viz: five and seven-tenths per cent.; and showing on June 30, 1903, that almost 67,000 good men and true were then enrolled upon the rosters of our Lodges." The Grand Master reported a case of invasion of jurisdiction wherein the offending Lodge had elected and conferred the degrees upon two men previously rejected by another Lodge. He ordered that the candidates, their recommenders and the investigating committee be placed on trial for unmasonic conduct. The trial resulted in the indefinite suspension of the brother who had been mainly Instrumental in securing and presenting the unlawful petitions. Such discipline as this is greatly needed elsewhere than in Illinois. The position of recommender and of investigator are responsible positions, and those who assume them shou'd be made to understand that if they fail in their duties they wrong Masonry and subject themselves to exclusion from its portals.
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The Committee on Correspondence had reported last year against the recognition of members of Grand Lodges with which the Grand Lodge of Illinois was not in fraternal correspondence, and consideration of the report had been deferred to this year. When the matter came up for consideration a motion was made to amend, so as to except from the unfavorable action the Grand Lodges of Egypt, Sweden, Three Globes, Denmark and Norway. This amendment was lost and the report of the committee was adopted. Bro. James B. McFatrick, R. W. Grand Orator, delivered an oration from which we quote: " The world into which we have been thrown, without choice upon our part, is a blending of sunshine and shadow, of laughter and tears, of beautiful bloom and the faded splendor of the flowers; and every human being's duty is to make the bright side of life the brightest that he may,—to reach the high level that Uod made possible in his creation and endowments of man and to aim at the ideal of the brotherhood of man and the fatherhood of God. This is the holy mission of Masonry. There has never been a time when man was not wronged by man, when the human heart was not yearning for rights and liberty and brotherhood of which the stronger and despotic were ruthlessly robbing it; and if we will read the history of the decay and the significance of the decadence of ancient cities and civilizations; if we will decipher the meaning of the broken pillars and crumbled temples and clouded magnificence of the world, we shall find that they all proclaim that most of the storms that have come to shatter the finest creations of man, and that have lined the pathway of time with blackened, frowning wrecks, were nurtured into fury by that saddest and most inexplicable of all truths—the greatest enemy of man is man. "And it has been the men who were the friends of man, who link themselves with him in the ascent of the rough, steep hills— as companions are chained together in climbing the Matterhorn—aijd reaching the top, pointed him to the splendor of the opening morning, spreading itself upon the distant gloom and flashing hope into his heart, whose memories are the most beautiful that we cherish. " In the brilliant history of our own country men have touched the mountain, and it has yielded golden treasure, until we have thought the Nation was built upon a rock of exhaustless wealth; genius has burned like the quenchless flame in the night, building marvelously elegant cities, adorning them with art that is equal to that of the masters, and linking them together with bands of steel and flaming wires, across mountain ranges and rivers and lakes, and the deep silence of the broad prairies. The husbandman has walked over the plains in his tracks, the harvest has blossomed, the vine has purpled with the fruits of autumn, and gardens have bloomed until vast America is a harvest field and a bed of laughing flowers. But none of these is the most flashing brilliant in the bewildering beautiful collection of American historical gems. While all stir our pride until the lips break forth in our National anthems that sweep the continent, rising with the thundering music of one great ocean, and melloWinginto a soft cadence in another, our idols of the soul's worship are not these. We listen for the echo of the great heart throbs of the mighty lovers of mankind coming from hallowed battlefields, from monuments that have been lifted to flash the names of the immortal, and from the graves that are the most sacred mounds that have been rounded upon the bosom of the earth, to fill the ear with the choicest melody and the
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heart with the softest warmth of liberty. Out of the storm of his tears that rained like sweat from the stars, from a heart that was as noble as ever God imbued with life and from amidst the eloquence of his prayers that cut the gloom at Valley Forge, as the lightnings streaked the clouds, with the flag clinging timidly to its staff and hope eclipsed, has come down the century, as the light of the Nation and the sweet comfort of the world, the humanity and nobility and spirit of brotherhood of our illustrious brother, the immortal George Washington. There will never be a night in American history that will be as dark as the blackness at Valley Forge, and there never will be a light that will paint the old flag and human character with greater glory than the manhood of Washington painted it amidst the discouragements of the greatest of American battlefields—bloodless, smokeless, hopeless Valley Forge; and the brilliant victory that the great master spirit of splendid colonial manhood won upon the field of contest was the bud of universal liberty bursting into flower, 'rayed in the flaming beauty of the burning sentiment and daring treason of Patrick Henry: ' Give me liberty, or give me death.' It was the dash of courage in the face of obstacles that seemed insurmountable:,it was fidelity to man that tore the heart with agony; it was the Gethsemane of the Father of his Country; it was Masonry in its sublimity, burning and dazzling, the only light of the night; it was flinging out the stars and stripes; whose fluttering won the applause of the skies, and it bade it float forever, the insparition of liberty and the flower flag of the world." The report on Correspondence is again from the pen of that able writer, M. W. Bro. Joseph Robbins. In review of Louisiana Grand Lodge, he says: " Other projects for home building, for the inauguration of a muchto-be-desired system of mileage and per diem, and for appropriations to disseminate the work, all betokened the early extinguishment of the temple debt—now reduced to about $14,000.00, and all owed their defeat or postponement—in part at least—to the fact that the extinguishment was not yet accomplished. The steadfastness with which our Louisiana brethren have refused to be swerved from their purpose'to get out of one debt before getting into another, is something to command one's admiration." He criticises the proposition that not the individual but the Lodge is the proper judge of the member's ability to contribute to the relief of the distressed: " While we are all familiar with the fact that for a score or more years several Grand Lodges have substantially denied to their membership the guarantee of the unwritten law that the individual is to be the judge of his own ability to help his distressed brethren, their widows and orphans, this is the first direct, bald-faced assertion that in such matters the individual shall not, and 'the Lodge shall be the exclusive and final judge.' " Further on, he says: " Brother Duncan's report embraces a paper on 'Lodges of the Scotch and Modern Rite,' which is very interesting. Had we not already written quite fully on this topic we should give it to our readers with comments. Most defenders of the alleged right of the Scottish Rite system to plant symbolic .Lodges anywhere, never undertake to tell how that system became possessed of it. They say that the exercise of the right proves that it posseses it and that is enough (Justin Pinney's Grand Lodge in Ohio, exercises it, for that matter). But
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Brother Duncan, less wary, says it came into the possession of the Scottish Rite through the Rite of Perfection, of which latter the Scottish Rite was an extension. Now, will he tell us how the Rite of Perfection became possessed of it?" Our good and well-informed brother probably does not mean his question seriously, for he certainly knows what the answer must be. Or else he seeks an avowal from us as to the '• York Rite " as the true author and foundation of everything Masonic. If this be the purpose, we shall be perfectly frank about it, for certainly there can be no necesssity of being " wary." Drummond, in his history of the Scottish Rite, says in his introductory sentence of his "Historic Summary:" After the organization of the Grand Lodge of England in 1717, Masonry soon acquired a high degree of popularity. Degrees, almost numberless, were invented and termed Masonic; there was apparently no general governing authority for very many of them, but they were what are now known as "Sidedegrees." In 1754 twenty-five of them (including the three symbolic degrees) were arranged in a series called the "Rite of Perfection." From this he traces the rise and organization of the so-called Scottish Rite. We are entirely agreed that Pinney did not make a Grand Lodge of Masons by calling his body by such title, and that he has never really made a Mason .by so declaring. We are entirely agreedjthat historic and tactual succession are absolutely necessary to legitimacy. We are also free to say that we cannot prove, by documentary evidence, that when the emissaries of the Grand Lodge of England went over to the continent and made Masons there, that they gave those Masons authority to work the symbolic degrees of Masonry. Yet we have never heard it denied that the institution of a Lodge meant that it had power to work. We assume that. It may be a weak point in the argument, but in our opinion it is not, and this, for the reason that we find constant acts of recognition extended by the Grand Lodge of England to French, German and other like Lodges. It is to be remembered we are not now concerned with the right of those old French and German Lodges to work degrees other than those of symbolic Masonry, but solely with their right to work the degrees, which we call Eutered Apprentice, Fellowcraft and Master Mason. We hold that the Grand Lodge of England had that right, and that she gave it to exercise to the Lodges she founded in France, Germany and elsewhere. We hold that those Lodges cumulated other rites and ceremonies which came to be organized and called degrees, and that such cumulation did not militate against the continuance of this right to confer the three degrees of symbolic Masonry. If Brother Perkins' Lodge should confer the Master's Reliance and call it a degree, it would not thereby be depriving itself of any right to make Master Masons. For this reason, we hold that in those old days the Lodges of the Bite of Perfection were endowed with the light to confer the symbolic
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degrees and that this right passed to the Scotch Rite because that Rite is only a reorganization and an extension of the Rite of Perfectionjust as the Grand Lodge of England was and is a reorganization and an extension of what Masonry previously was. The Scotch Rite having inherently the right to confer the degrees of symbolic Masonry can extend that right just as far as Masonic law permits, to-wit, each governing body of the Rite within his own country or State, and beyond it in unoccupied territory. When, then, the Scotch Rite came, we will say, to Central America, they found no Masonry there. To plant it, to confer the fourth degree, or the thirty-second, it was absolutely necessary to have the preceding degrees conferred. We say that authorities of the Rite had the right, derived by legitimate succession from the Grand Lodge of England to confer those degree. Again, we say, that when the authorities of the Scotch Rite came to South Carolina they found legitimate Masonry there, and that, therefore, they had no right to confer the degrees of symbolic Masonry in that State, but must, perforce, limit themselves to those degrees that they numbered 4 to 33, be they real and historic, or imaginary and modern—it matters not at this time, or to this contention. We gladly join with any brother in the contention that in these United States the Scotch Rite has made no concession in declaring that none of their Lodges not entirely subordinate to a Grand Lodge will be permitted to confer the degrees of symbolic Masonry—but that in so doing an acknowledgement was made that such governing body could not confer such authority without violence to the fundamental principles of Masonic government. To complete our statement of position, we hold that, when there are three or more symbolic Lodges in a State, or country, planted there by a Supreme Council, it is their duty so soon as they feel able to do so to renounce the authority of the Supreme Council and to organize a sovereign and independent Grand Lodge, as the Masons of Co3ta Rica have recently done We may add that the Grand Lodge of England unquestionable knows whether she gave to the original Lodges of the Rite of Perfection the authority to confer the degrees of symbolic Masonry, and her unanimous recognition of the Grand Lodge of Costa Rica demonstrates her belief that the" gift was so given and that it has been properly l transmitted to the Lodges of Costa Rica. It may be well to add that these considerations have nothing to do with the question as to the present Masonic character of certain of the continental powers called Masonic, for we believe that however legitimate the Grand Orient of France, for example, may have been once, it is so no longer. But even it occupies a quasi Masonic position, in that to its Jegitimatising an internal reformation worked out of itself is necessary, and no new grant of authority, as the Pinney Grand Lodge would have to receive, even if there were no Grand Lodge of Ohio.
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INDIANA.
The Grand Master, M. W. James W. Dunbar, in his address has the following to say on the Ritual. While much of it is of local interest only, there is much that is of general interest, and the two are so interwoven that we have been obliged to present the matter as given to our * Indiana brethren: "There is in the archives of this Grand Jurisdiction no authorized ritual available for reference, although what is termed as the ' Webb Work' is the authorized Work for Masonic Lodges in Indiana. Who is to inform me where and how I can lawfully obtain the ' Webb Work?' And who has the right, authoritatively, to teach what does constitute the ' Webb Work ?' And who has the right, if a copy of the ' Webb Work ' though it be genuine, is in existence—to have; it in his possession ? Furthermore, some high in authority in the councils of this Grand Lodge, who, to-day, are staunch supporters of the ' Webb Work,' as exemplified by the Robert Morris mnemonics, claim that Webb never taught any Work in its entirety, beyond some ceremonies and lectures. "An edict published in 1899 is as follows: " ' Resolved, That the making, sale, purchase or use of any cipher work in this Grand Jurisdiction is in violation of Masonic usage.' 1 ' The m nemonics exemplifying the Work as promulgated by Robert Morris and Special Deputies in 1860 and 1861, which is generally accepted as the 'Webb Work,' was preserved by a cipher code— this cipher code is not in existence in the archives of this Grand Lodge, for the reason that the edict above mentioned would prohibit its use for reference and prohibit any Mason in the State of Indiana from having it in his possession. The action of the Grand Lodge of Indiana and the practices current relative to what constitutes the ' Webb Work,' the edict against its being obtained, and the inability of the Grand Lodge officers to furnish the Work, coupled with the edict above mentioned, and with repeated proclamations that the standard authorized Work must be conformed with, requires a most contradictory, somnambulistic and elastic mind to attempt to reconcile the position of this Grand Lodge. See the dilemma of a conscientious Mason being elected Worshipful Master of his Lodge—he finds: " First—He must conform to the ' Webb Work.' " Second—He finds that Webb probably never had a Work. "Third—If he did, he must not have a 'Webb Work' in his possession. " Fourth—In the archives of the Grand Lodge there is no authorized version of the 'Webb Work.' " Fifth—If an authorized version of the ' Webb Work ' was to be found, the Grand Lodge would have no right to have it. "Sixth—The Grand Lodge provides no adequate means to have the Work transmitted 'by word of mouth,' and if it was attempted, without the aid of those spurious unauthorized Rituals, at variance with each other, the confusion resulting would be worse than that which stopped the building of the Tower of Babel. " Then the question confronting us is, shall this Grand Lodge publish its own Ritual, for the purpose of permitting an honest acquirement of a uniform, genuine standard, authorized work, or must the pernicious practice continue to prevail of Masons violating the edicts of this Grand Lodge, attendant with the confusion and contentions that now exist?
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"From the best information obtainable, Lodges in the same cityconfer the degrees differently. Work that has been learned in Ohio, Michigan, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky and Arkansas is us-ed at the pleasure of the officers conferring the degrees. " The ' Webb Work ' was adopted by the Grand Lodge of Indiana in 1818 as the authorized work for this Grand Jurisdiction. In 1860, the condition of Masonry in Indiana disclosed the fact that there was no uniformity prevailing in the conferring of the degrees, much variance being the rule rather than the exception In 1860 the Grand Lodge, in order to correct this evil, divided the State into eleven districts, and appointed special deputies, who were empowered to call to their assistance any competent Mason within or without the State, to instruct them and the Lodges in a uniform system of conferring the degrees. They called to their assistance Rob Morris, of Kentucky, who taught them what he termed to be the 'Webb Work.' These deputies then endeavored to teach this uniform work in their respective districts. " From the proceedings of the meeting of 1869, we are informed that Robert Morris and the special deputies appointed in 1870 taught the Webb Work ' as taught by Thomas Smith Webb to John P. Barney, and the Grand Lodge in 1869 repudiates this version of the Webb Work.' I am, therefore, at a loss to know what constitutes the 'Webb Work.' I am informed- by one of our oldest Past Grand Officers that there was an error in publishing the proceedings, and that Thomas Smith Webb never taught any work to Barney, which was communicated to Robert Morris and that, although the Grand Lodge, as reported in its proceedings, refused to endorse the ' Morris' version of the ' Webb Work,' yet the Grand Lodge did not intend it so. I find in the Grand Lodge Proceedings of 1897, pages 87 to 90, that the Committee on Jurisprudence, iu support of a question which had been referred to them, sustained their position by referring to the 'Webb Work ' as contained in the Robert Morris mnemonics (which mnemonics contain the exact work as promulgated by the district deputies in 1860) as a law to us superior to any other under discussion. " Two years ago, a Committee on Ritual was appointed, whose duty was to select a Ritual and present it for approval and adoption at the 1902 meeting of the Grand Lodge. This Ritual was prepared and the work exemplified being witnessed by many members of the Grand Lodge. The work was an identical reproduction of the so-called ' Webb Work ' as contained in the Robert Morris mnemonics. The Grand Lodge at its session last year refused to adopt an official Ritual containing the work as exemplified, so that to-day it is a fact that we have no Ritual in the archives "available for reference. There is no way in which a dispute as to the manner of conferring of degrees can be lawfully settled and the truth arrived at, unless reference is made to a Ritual, which the edicts of this Grand Lodge prohibits our having in our possession. " I , therefore, recommend, in order that this Grand Lodge may occupy a consistent position, when disputes arise they can be honorably settled a n d t h a t w h e n i t is attempted to disseminate knowledge as to the proper conferring of degrees, that we adopt as the authorized Ritual of this Grand Lodge the one presented by the Committee on Rituals to the 1902 meeting and that a copy of the same be preserved in the archives of this Grand Lodge, and that the edicts prohibiting cipher codes be amended so as not to include the Official Ritual. "The Ritual Committee appoiuted at the 1901 meeting of the Grand Lodge, the membership of which was composed of enthusiastic, competent Masons, labored conscientiously and unceasingly in comparing all Rituals supposed to be authority, and after consulting with the
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best informed Masons of the State, concluded that the mnemonics of Robert Morris came nearer containing the lectures of Thomas Smith Webb than any other. They also found that a majority of Lodges were closely following a spurious Ritual copied from the mnemonics and that the adoption of a Ritual in accordance therewith should be their aim. I have read a copy of the Ritual they prepared and find they have followed the Robert Morris mnemonics almost literally and in addition prepared foot notes explaining the work which can but prove beneficial and helpful to all Master Masons. I, therefare, most earnestly recommend this Ritual for your adoption." Thomas Smith Webb is often called the father of American Masonry. Without any sort of question he had more to do with the organization of York Masonry in the United States than any other one man. While he made several of our degrees in the capitular rite, invented the myth of the monument in the third degree, and added here a little and there a little, yet also beyond any sort of question he builded upon a very large foundation already prepared—rather, we are inclined to characterize his work not as a building erected upon a foundation already laid, but as the ornamentation, furnishing of a house already erected, and the construction of some additions necessary to the completion of the beauty of the edifice. The action of the Grand Lodge on the ritual matter is not recorded, as per its own order. Among his decisions we find one that a minor can petition for degrees twenty-eight days before his twenty-first birthday. As argued elsewhere, we do not believe that a petition of degrees should be received from any one not able to exercise his own free will. It may be said that the profane makes no progress in his last month of minority, and is just as capable of making a petition while a minor, as subsequently. Possibly, this may be true. It is also equally true that some boys of eighteen are better qualified to be candidates for the mysteries of Masonry than some men of forty. It seems to us that the age question is not the vital issue. It is rather the freedom of will, actually and legally. INDIAN TERRITORY.
The Grand Master, M. W. Bro. Henry Marshall Furman, gives the following statement of progress: '' On the 5th of October, 1874, representatives of Muskogee Lodge of Eufaula, now Eufaula Lodge; -Doakesville Lodge, then located at Doakesville, but now meeting at Grant, and Caddo Lodge, of Caddo, met at Caddo for the purpose of forming a Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons for the Indian Territory. The combined membership of these Lodges was less than one hundred. On the 7th of September, 1875, the first Annual Communication of this Grand Lodge was held at Eufaula Notwithstanding the fact that we surrendered jurisdiction to half of our territory when the Grand Lodge of Oklahoma Territory was organized, we have increased our membership and number of Lodges over four thousand per cent."
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We quote the following passages from the oration of R. W. Bro. Harry W. Fielding: "Among all persons who should thoroughly understand, and as thoroughly discharge, the great aud important duties owed to the home and family, the Master Mason stands pre-eminent From his very first admission into a Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons, and at every step thereafter, is he thoroughly inculcated in the great principles of Friendship, Morality and Brotherly Love, and while this should prepare him to discharge the great duties he owes to humanity in general, yet should he be particularly qualified to discharge them toward thosewho have upon him the highest and most binding claims recognized among mortal men. " I t must not be understood that a profane, or one who has not been initiated into the solemn mysteries of Masonry, cannot entertain the same high degree of respect and affection for his family as can a Mason, but it may be safely asserted that no man who has ever been made a Mason at heart, will intentionally, by thought or deed, wrong those who are near and dear to him. " Accordingly, the very first one to arrive at a knowledge of the important fact that the husband has been raised to the sublime degree of a Master Mason, will be the wife, and she will not require a certificate under the hand and seal of the Secretary of the Lodge to advise her on this point. She will read it in his 'daily walk and conversation.' " Even the little child that can barely totter over the floor to meet and list the name of 'Papa,' will note and feel the beneficial results. "Further, the whole world in which he moves will notice a change for the better. Bear in mind that reference is had only to those who have learned the great lessons of Masonry, who have drank in the sublime truths that it teaches, upon whose lives a deep and lasting impression for good has been made. "If, notwithstanding the solemn admonitions of Masonry he finds his chief pleasures in evil associations, and allows his life to be controlled by habits that do not conform to the measurements of the Plumb, Square and Level, the whole purpose and object of Masonry, so far as he is concerned, has been a signal failure. Masonry is calculated to confer everlasting benefits upon everyone who crosses its threshold. First last and all the time it seeks the mental and moral elevation of mankind. It teaches no other doctrine than this: that goodness alone is worth striving for/that only the truly good can become truly great, or truly happy. ' " It would divest the heart of ever* trace of evil, and substitute a pure and contrite heart, by which alone can we expect to gain admission into that ' Holy of Holies ' on High." The Grand Master, M. W. Bro. Royall Jonathan Allen, rendered a number of decisions, but we quote but one of them: "Should report of investigating committee be recorded on our minute book, if report is unfavorable? Answer. Yes. We do not deem the opinion of the Grand Master a wise one. Would it be well to have the man, who might afterwards be elected and made a Mason, read the minutes and discover who had rendered a written report against him ? It is the custom of some Secretaries to record a favorable report as such, and an unfavorable one, as a report without the appended adjec-
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tive. But even this we deem uuwise and inexpedient, for a little investigation would show what such a record meant. We think it best in all cases that the record should simply show that the committee reported, without mention of the character of the report. That is really all that is necessary and all that is proper to be written. The Grand Secretary, Bro. Murrow, says of the growth of the Craft: "Growth in the number of Lodges has been large. Twelve new Lodges organized during the past year. Growth in membership has not been remarkable for this rapidly growing Territory. There have been raised, 449; affiliated, 395; reinstated, 43. Total gain, 857. Dimitted, 364; suspended, 137; expelled, 7; died, 65. Total loss, 552. Net gain, 305. Total number of members, 4,992. IOWA.
The Grand Lodge adopted the following resolutions: " W H E R E A S , The work and teachings of Masonry involve a descriptive account of the Pillars at the entrance of the porch of King Solomon's Temple, known in Masonic and Biblical history as Jachin and Boaz; and " WHEREAS, The Grand Jurisdictions vary in their teachings as to the height of said pillars, showing a difference of understanding as to the height thereof to the extent of the difference between eighteen and thirty-five cubits; and 11 WHEREAS, It is important that the teachings in this Grand Jurisdiction should be in harmony with truth in this respect, or with the best evidence of truth; therefore, " Be it Resolved, That the Grand Master is hereby authorized to appoint a committee to consist of one member of this Grand Lodge to collect information, as best he can, as to the correct height of said pillars, and make report of his findings and recommendations to the next Annual Communication of this Grand Lodge." The brother appointed on this task has an impossible work set before him. He might just as well endeavor to discover what was Solomon's hat measure, unless he should be able to discover the pillars themselves. The discrepancy between the Books of Kings and Chronicles alluded to has baffled in its solution the wisest commentators The most generally accepted explanation is that there is a fault of transcription on the part of the scribe from whom the received text of Chronicles has come to us—that he wrote a "lamech" instead of a " yod," a mistake easily made, and that the real height was eighteen cubits. But what difference does it make, anyway? There is no more symbolism or moral teaching in a shaft thirty-five cubits high than in one of only eighteen. KANSAS.
The Grand Master, M. W. Thos. E. Dewey, says: " The report of the Grand Secretary will show to you that during the past year the growth of our beloved Fraternity in Kansas exceeded that of any previous in its history, and the fact justifies much honest pride and sincere self-congratulatiou." GL 3
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His report on the administration of punishment is as follows: " The practice, and perhaps the requirement, of reporting to this body matters of discipline, giving the names and offenses of the offenders, seems questionable where the good sought has been accomplished, and no action at this time is necessary. In only one instance was there a failure of proper respect show n the Grand Bast by an officer of a Lodge, and in that instance a vacancy was immediately declared and a special dispensation for an election issued. In another instance one of the principal officers of a Lodge wrote to headquarters for some sort of ' cipher' work and wrote in such manner that he knew he was doing wrong. He was promptly removed and a dispensation issued to fill the vacancy. In another instance the officers of a Lodge accepted a petition, knowing that the candidate had not resided in its jurisdiction the requisite time. When knowledge of it reached the Grand East, the original petition was sent for, but before the request was complied with an important erasure was made in the petition. Thereupon the Grand Master removed all of the officers of the Lodge and sent our Grand Secretary with a special commission to hold an election to fill the vacancies. In many cases wrongs have been done by mistake, and in these no punishment has been administered other than a reprimand." Again, on the subject of charity, M. W. Bro. Dewey speaks well: "Have you ever realized that there is not a word of real charity in the formal obligations of Masonry? To help, aid and assist poor destitute brother Master Masons, their widows and orphans, is simply taking i.-are of our own, and we deserve little credit for it, but, because it is so slight, a virtue, we deserve the severest censure for its neglect. But there is more in Masonry than the contents of its vows. In the charge to a Master Mason he is told that universal benevolence he is always to inculcate. In the funeral rites we say: ' May our charity be as boundless as the wants of our fellow-men.' There we get the true spirit of the kind of charity we ought to practice Do you know that many of the States have refused to exempt Masonic property from taxation because it could not properly be called a charitable institution? Heaven forbid that such a thing ever be said of the Craft in Kansas. John the Baptist told the whole story. No Mason has the right to have two coats, if his neighbor, whether he be a Mason or not, has none; ' and let him that hath meat do likewise.' Masonry is far from socialism. It seeks not an equal distribution, but it insists upon a division, and will never permit destitution among the Craft or the neighbors of the Craft. And, remember this, my brothers, that that charity is the worthiest which has some element of sacrifice in it. Give to your neighbor the dollar you need, and soon there will come into your own hearts something you need that is worth more than the dollar. No Masonic Lodge should ever permit a Christmas or a Thanksgiving to pass without the performance of some act of charity within its jurisdiction. It is the least that a Lodge can do. "Nowhere has the advancement of civilization wrought more serious injury than in Masonry. While its benefits have been great, yet the misfortune outweighs them Organized charity, as the term is now used, has become a part of Masonry as it has of the churches, and it has eliminated, from our life the element of sacrifice. It was a sorry day for our Fraternity when personal sacrifices on the part of its members became unnecessary, and it is unnecessary. A Mason can live and die nowadays and leave a very respectable reputation without ever having given away a dollar that he needed. Perhaps he deserves no blame for having so lived, but it is a lamentable condition thatpermits
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" Organized charity is better for those who receive it, because of its regularity; that is, it is more convenient, and takes away the danger of 'a feast or a famine.' However, it gives to some of its recipients the idea of a 'vested right,' thereby preventing auy feeling of gratitude. But in organized charity, as we use it in Masonry, there is no element of sacrifice, and the practice of it is of no benefit to the giver. " I n the city of Wichita we have a great means for the dispensation of our charity. To buy it, equip it, improve it, and run it for six years, it has cost each craftsman in Kansas the small sum of $3.25. This expenditure has been so managed and extended that in any one year it has not exceeded one dollar. In most of the years it has been twentyfive cents—the sum we spend for cigars as we come out from our meals. Even in these small contributions we have not had the benefit of direct giving, for in every instance it has been paid from the general funds of the Lodges. It is a great monument—this Masonic Home of ours— and we are justly proud of it, but how much more tender would be our love for it were it the product of our sacrifices ? How much more real would be our love did it represent something of our very selves that we had given for it? For ' self is the only thing truly givable,' after all has been said. . ' ' I n our local Lodge life the charity is all disbursed from the general fund so that no member feels it. If a needy brother calls on us or is discovered by us, we send him around to the Master or to the relief board. If a brother be sick, we hire a nurse at the expense of the Lodge, so that we may not sacrifice so much as a night's sleep. The hired nurse may be better for the sick brother, which is the argument we use to quell our conscience, but how about ourselves ? "Some months ago, at a little banquet, a Past Grand Master of another State remarked that his Masonry never entered into his business; that in his office, at his counter, he dealt with a Mason as with any other man; that business is business. He was asked if he meant by that, that he would rob a Mason just as quickly as he would any other man. In a hotel office at Topeka, a few weeks ago, a traveling man, who is a Mason, said that customers often asked favors in the way of extension of times of payment, on Masonic grounds, but that it did not go. My brethren, why does it not go ? Has it come to pass that Masonry is so far removed from business that it is not worth a favor? Not worth the sacrifice of a mere method ? Not worth the sacrifice of a dishonest dollar? " And we all know how it is in politics. So many brethren seem to take pride in announcing that their Masonry never interferes with their politics, as though it were a virture Most men's politics would be cleaner if they would let their Masonry interfere with it. " After all, the question is, whether Masonry is more than a mere recreation—a mere means for congenial, social intercourse. As a recreation, it is a godsend, for man needs nothing more. It'is, then, that we live—then that our souls make for Heaven or Hell. A man's work seldom ruins him—it is his play that does it. In this respect alone our Fraternity is worth existence. But let us not.make it all play. " It is a remarkable fact that we are so careful in our charities and so liberal in our luxuries. We are ever afraid that we may give a dollar to some unworthy person, and in our carefulness we withhold many a dollar from those who deserve it. It is such an easy matter to spend money for those things which satisfy our own appetites and lusts, and it is such a difficult matter to give money to those who really need it." Thus the Grand Master speaks on the ritual matter: "The subjectof the proper and improper dissemination of the secret work is not new, and one hesitates to call your attention to itance
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more. Recommendations have been made by Grand Masters again and again, with little result. Certainly something ought to be done. The miserable ' ciphers' are becoming so common that the new Mason fails to discover that they are contraband. Even the Grand Master has been asked to pass on them time and again during the year. Officers of Lodges have asked whether certain • ciphers' were correct and official, all of which brings to mind the fact that some action is necessary. A subterfuge is always a fraud, and just so long as men's memories are treacherous, and just so long as (he secret ceremonies of Masonry are so extensive, something in the way of aids will be used, and the question might as well be met squarely and honestly. If this Grand Body is of the opinion that nothing in the way of an official aid ought to be issued, under proper regulations and conditions, then it ought to enact legislation that would make' it plain to every craftsman that every 'cipher'in existence is contraband. t)oubtless it will never be possible to get all of the Grand Jurisdictions to think alike on this subject. Some of them are very bitter. The review of the Committee on Correspondence covering Tennessee should be carefully read by every brother. It not only states the feeling of that Grand Body toward contraband ' ciphers ' and every other kind, but it states the feeling of our own committee in favor of an official ' cipher,' and the Grand Master is disposed to believe that the opinion of the committee is right. "Before anything is dorje in that line, our secret work should be revised, not substantially, but in a literary way. It would be a misfortune to revise this work to such extent as to change the substantial part of our esoteric ceremonies, but there is absolutely no reason or excuse for the inartistic expression of much of it. The men who made it were doubtless good Masons, but it is also doubtless a fact that they were not good rhetoricians. Sometimes age makes errors sacred, but the age of the Webb Work is a limited thing compared with that ' well of English undefiled,' the King JAMES Bible. This Grand Lodge has the ability and power to make the necessary changes, and a committee ought to be appointed for that purpose, its work to be submitted for approval at the next AnnualjCommunication." The remarks of M. W. Bro. Wm. M. Shaver, of the Correspondence Committee, alluded to above, and in favor of the official " cipher," are as follows: "These spasms of virtue along this line always amuse us. In these busy days of mental activity, the memory of every Masonic worker who takes pride in accurate worfe, demands some ' aid ' or ' standard ' to refresh that memory when occasion requires, and we never saw an effective, active ritualist who did not possess or have access to some such ' aid,' or who was not in touch with some other brother who had such access. * "Such an edict as Tennessee adopted cannot be enforced. Masonic ritual mongers will continue to peddle such things for gain, and Masons in Tennessee, as well as elsewhere, will continue to invest in them. Kansas, although not having any such edict, has always quietly acted upon the same theory whenever attention was called to any necessity for action, and yet Masonic workers all over Kansas continue to purchase and use such things. We never saw such a commercial article in Kansas that was correct, and the majority of them are absolutely dangerous as being merely phonetic abbreviations that any persons of intelligence can read closely enough for practical purposes. " Careful practical study of this problem for many years has convinced us that the Masonic cipher is a necessary evil come to stay, and not eradicable. In our judgment, the best method of control of this
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vexing question lies in each Grand Lodge issuing its own official and absolutely correct initial cipher, or more properly, ' aid to the memory,' useful only to the Masonic Memory already possessed of the work through thorough oral instruction of the Lodges by competent lecturers furnished by Grand Lodge. Such a method, intelligently and systematically pursued by a Grand Lodge, will soon destroy the market for the commercial trafficker, and in that way only will the evil be reduced to its least dangerous and objectionable form." The Grand Orator, Rev. Francis S. Blayney, delivered an oration on "The More Noble and Glorious Use." We quote a paragraph of great value to the keepers of the Ritual. We trust its warnings will forever keep closed the parrot factories that some would set up in our Grand Lodges: "Creative imagination furnishes the ideal which controls moral and social elevation. The characteristic power of the true symbol is that it furnishes just enough truth to awaken imagination, suggest theory and create the ideal, and yet leaves the mind free from the bondage of form and custom, and thus allows it to suit the action to the occasion without modifying the impulse or diverting the energy. The Ritual is rightly committed to memory, but the beautiful symbols should be left free to flash and gleam upon the mind anew with each occasion, in order to retain their power. The soul must be kept alert for these impressions within itself, since the full meaning cannot be imparted in either word or picture, because it would then cease to be a symbol. Its very essence is that the longing soul should receive its invigoration by drinking at the fountain to satisfy a thirst arising from its own experience. Without this thirst the purest water would seem brackish. The Mason who has answered no call on his sympathy, done no individual deed of charity, resisted no temptation, fought no demon, comes onlv to the banquets and counts the oysters at a charity fair." The Committee on Correspondence advised that the protest of the Supreme Council of Central America against the Grand Lodge of Costa Rica be disregarded as [untimely and improper; that the application for recognition of the Grand Lodge Ignacio Ramirez of Temaulipas, Mexico, be refused; and that the consideration of those of Porto Rico, Argentina and Egypt be postponed for lack of sufficient information. This action in respect to Costa Rica, Temaulipas and Egypt is on the same line as our own. We have not received any communication from Porto Rico or Argentina. M. W. Bro. Shaver, in reviewing our proceedings of 1902, says of the decision of M. W. Bro. Cage: " We are not prepared to accept the theory of the Grand Master. The published proceedings of a Grand Lodge usually give the names of those expelled from the Fraternity during the year, but a discussion locally of a Masonic trial, and its result, is always out of place. The outside world will soon discover that a Mason is no longer in the counsels of the Craft." MAINE.
The Grand Master, M. W. Alfred S. Kimball, notes that death hath laid heavy hands upon his Grand Lodge and has taken thence Past
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Grand Master Burnliam, Past Senior Grand Warden Chadbourne, Past Grand Master Drummond, Past Senior Grand Warden Simonton. The following interesting decision is on lines similar to those adopted in Louisiana some years since: " Statement. In one of our cities containing two Lodges exercising concurrent jurisdiction throughout its limits, a candidate made application to one of its Lodges, and was rejected; he continued to reside in the same city, and more than five years thereafter presented his application to the other Lodge. " Question. Was it necessary to procure a waiver from the Lodge first applied to ? ' " Answer. No. Much thought was bestowed upon the decision of this question, some counsel taken, and the reasons rehearsed thatmight be urged in support of either position, ending in a careful study of the conditions which led up to the adoption of Section 96 of the Constitutions of the Grand Lodge of Maine. Before the adoption of the amendment of 1898, the obvious and plain meaning of thejanguage, as it seems to me, was to have the rejected candidate entirely free to apply to any Lodge having territorial jurisdiction over him at the expiration of the five years. The 1898 amendment and all the discussion attending its adoption show conclusively that it was the intention to enlarge and not abridge the privileges of candidates, and the phrase ' be a resident within the jurisdiction' does not limit the first part, but was intended to make it more liberal. I ruled, therefore, unqualifiedly that no waiver was required." The Grand Lodge refused to adopt a regulation forbidding the use of any " printed document purporting to be a Ritual, or key to a Ritual." Consideration of the recognition of the "Argentine Grand Orient of the Blue Rite " was postponed. The same action was taken in the case of Costa Rica. MANITOBA.
The Grand Maste'r, M. W. R. H. Myers, concluded his address with these words: " Before closing* this address, let us meditate upon this subject, that is dear to every heart. May the spirit of Freemasonry find deep lodgment in every breast, and continually inspire us to pure and noble thoughts, words and actions. The spirit of Freemasonry has dwelt among all men in all climes, and in all ages. Its outward manifestations, its structual form, and some of its ceremonies have reflected the changeful growth of the human family, but its spirit is the same yesterday, to-day and forever. Spirit is eternal and changeless. Forms are mutable and variable. Rites and ceremonies are but employed to express ideas. In ancient times wise and upright men sought to find out and worship the one God, the one Spiritual Power; Job was not the only prominent figure of antiquity who was asked: 'Canst thou by searching find out God'?' Let us not be too much concerned about material things The precise date when any particular password was used, whether the signs used by the builders of Solomon's Temple were brought to Jerusalem by the Phoenicians or the Tyrians, whether the rites we practice are identical with those by which Plutarch or Pythagoras was initiated, or whether the symbolism by which we teach the doctrine of the resurrection originated in the Hebrew mysteries or was imported by the Jews from Egypt into Palestine. These may be of
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importance from their historical significance, but it is with the inner life of man that Masonry is mostly concerned. We, in these days of greatest enlightenment, whose search for the Infinite One is aided by the light of the Holy Bible, in addition to that which emanates from the book of nature, and that which burns within the human breast; we to whom rites and ceremonies are merely additional object lessons rather than original and primary instruction; we, who dwellin the full blaze of the light of the twentieth century, should never confound the form with the substance, should never mistake rites and ceremonies for the spirit itself, should not live so closely to the shadow as to escape the reality, nor be so devoted to that which may change as to forget the unchangeable spirit. Each one of us may well conduct every rite and ceremony in the spirit of the hymnal prayer: 'O Thou that changest not, abide with me.'
" Brethren, shall we seize upon and incorporate into our lives the teachings which Freemasonry imparts, or shall we permit ourselves to disobey her commands ? Shall we think only of the good fellowship which is fostered by the Lodge ? Shall we point to its generous charities as its chief accomplishment? Shall we not rather, while welcoming these rich fruits of Masonry, especially seize upon that which is its life, its strength and its never-ending power, the deep spiritual import wrapped up in all its ceremonies, winch rightly comprehended, lifts us higher and higher toward the Creator ?" MARYLAND.
This Grand Lodge has been greatly afflicted by the angel of death: Lewis R. Keizer, Senior Grand Warden; William Henry Shryock, Past Grand Treasurer, and brother of the Grand Master, and George L. McCahan, Past Deputy Grand Master, all were taken by the grim reaper. Says the Grand Master as to the condition of the Craft: , " The past year has been uneventful, except for the fact of the large number of those seeking admission into the Fraternity. We have probably added, during the last twelve months, a larger number of brethren to our roll than ever heretofore, in the same period of time, in the history of our Grand Lodge. The Craft is working most harmoniously, and we are at peace with all the sister Grand Lodges throughout the world." The Grand Secretary, R. W. Jacob H. Medairy, was elected for his fortieth term. The report on correspondence is again from the pen of the veteran, Edward T. Schultz, who, by the way, was absent from Grand Lodge celebrating his golden wedding. He says anent M. W. Bro. Cage's ruling on making public the expulsion of a Mason, that it seemed to him to be a correct ruling. MASSACHUSETTS.
Upon the occasion of the dedication of a Lodge-room, the Grand Master read the following from the pen of the historic Paul Revere, prepared by him for use on similar occasions: "How many pleasing considerations, my brethren, attend the present interview. Whilst in almost every other part of the world
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political animosities, contentions and wars interrupt the progress of humanity and the cause of benevolence, it is our distinguished privilege, in this happy region of liberty and peace, to engage in the plans and to perfect the designs of individual and social happiness. Whilst in other nations our Order is viewed by politicians with suspicion, and by the ignorant with apprehension, in this country its members are too much respected, and its principles too well known, to make it the object of jealousy or mistrust. Our private assemblies are unmolested, and our public celebrations attract a more general approbation of the Fraternity. Indeed, its importance, its credit, and, we trust, its usefulness, are advancing to a height unknown in any former age. The present occasion gives fresh evidence of the increasing affection of its friends; and this noble apartment, fitted up in a style of elegance and convenience, does honor to Masonry as well as the highest credit to the respectable Lodge for whose accommodation and at whose expense, it is erected. " We offer our best congratulations to the Worshipful Master, Wardens, officers and members of the Lodge. We commend their zeal, and hope it will meet with the most ample recompense. May this hall be the happy resort of piety, virtue and benevoleuce; may it be protected from accident, and long remain a monument of your attachment to Masonry; may your Lodge continue to flourish, your union to strengthen and your happiness to abound; and when we all shall be removed from the labors»of the earthly Lodge, may we be admitted to the brotherhood of the perfect, in the building of God, the hall not made with hands, eternal in the heavens." In the installation of the Grand Master we find the installing officer, the retiring Grand Master, saying: "And now being fully invested with authority to perform the duties of your new office, it is my pleasure to ask at your hands the performance of your first official duty; made so by no regulation, but by time-honored custom aud the sacred injunction of the fathers. " In January, 1801, Samuel Dunn, as Grand Master, received in charge from a committee of Past Grand Masters this sacred urn which, with its inscription and this mahogany casket, were the handiwork of Paul Revere. The urn contains a lock of hair of the immortal Washington, and was presented to our Gra'nd Lodge 'by his amiable widow,' with a letter from Tobias Lea, the Secretary of George Washington. The recipient was eharged to sacredly keep it and transmit it to his successor with a like injunction as to its custody and disposition, and thus through thirty-six Grand Masters has this priceless relic come to my hands. It is the only trust placed especially in the Gr-ind Master's personal charge, and in delivering it into your hands I do it with all the impressive ness that imagination can add to the limitations of human speech. When this sacred relic shall cease to inspire respect and awe, and shall fail to urge man to higher and nobler thoughts and deeds, then, indeed, may we fear for the safety of our institution and all that we hold dear in life. Sacredly guard it and carefully deliver it to him who shall be honored by being placed in your position as your successor." We quote, also, this record of an interesting piece of ceremonial: " Upon the conclusion of this portion of the service, the brethren present, three hundred and eighty in number, were formed in procession, and saluted the newly-installed Grand Master, in accordance with due and ancient form. " The Grand Marshal then proclaimed M. W. Baalis Sanford Grand Master of Masons in Massachusetts, and invoked the blessing of Almighty God upon his government of the Craft. To this the Grand
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Master, rising from the Oriental Chair, made the ancient response: ' May the Grand Architect of the Universe pour down His blessings on this society, and enable me to discharge the great trust reposed in me, to the honor of His name and the royal art. And may there never be wanting such to fill the chair who shall promote Masonry and the good of mankind, so long as the world endureth. Amen.' " A large part of the printed proceedings is occupied by an account of the annual feast on St. John the Evangelist's Bay. From this we might infer that a large part of the time of our brethren given to "Masonic Work' 1 is consumed at the table, and if we should we would but be noting that they were observing the ancient usages and walking in the footsteps of the fathers of speculative Masonry. We observe that, according to the suggestion of the Junior Grand Chaplain, they sang Little Drops of Water with much spirit; but inasmuch as we opine that the wit was largely the resultant of the excellent quality of the viands—feed well the man that happy and joyous he may be—and further, as we were unable to partake of those viands, toothsome, as no doubt they were, being ably vouched for by a distinguished member of the bar, we feel ourselves not qualified to criticise the jokes, and therefore we refrain from further comment. The Grand Secretary, R. W. Bro. Sereno D Nickerson, has collected some interesting historical information. We quote as follows: "The First Lodge, often called the 'Mother Lodge,' was constituted by Henry Price on the 31st of August, 1733; the Second Lodge was constituted by Thomas Oxnard on the 15th of February, 1749. On the 7th of February, 1783, under authority granted by John Rowe, Grand Master, these two Lodges were united under the title of Saint John's Lodge, which has had a continuous existence ever since and has preserved its records, without a break, from the date last named to the present time. "So far as is now known, the first 'Grand Master's Warrant' granted for America was a deputation from the Duke of Norfolk appointing Daniel Cox Provincial Grand Master of the provinces of New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania It was dated at London, on the fifth day of June, 1730, and was limited to the term of two years from the feast of Saint John the Baptist then next ensuing. There is no evidence that Cox ever availed himself of the powers conferred by this deputation or exercised any authority under it. "The second commission for this country was the deputation granted by Lord Viscount Montague, appointing Henry Price Provincial Grand Master of New England. It was dated at London, on the thirtieth day of April, 1733, and was without limit as to time. It was issued to Brother Price in hand, brought over by him, and a Provincial Grand Lodge organized under its authority, in Boston, on the 30th of July, 1733. In the following year Price's authority was extended over all North America by the Earl of Crawford, or as the record describes it: 'Our Right Worshipful Grand Master having this year received orders from the Grand Lodge in England to establish Masonry in all North America.' "The year last named is memorable in Masonic history—Franklin's as well as our own—memorable for his appointment as Master of the First Lodge in Pennsylvania, and for his reprint of Anderson's Constitutions, the first Masonic book published in America. Under date of June 24, 1734, the record of the St. John's Provincial Grand Lodge
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furnishes the following item: ' About this time our Worshipful Brother Mr. Benjamin Franklin from Philadelphia became acquainted with our Right Worshipful Grand Master Mr. Price, who further instructed him in the royal art, and said Franklin on his return to Philadelphia called the brethren there together, who petitioned our Right Worshipful Grand Master for a constitution to hold a Lodge and our Right Worshipful Grand Master having this year received orders from the Grand Lodge in England to establish Masonry in all North America did send a deputation to Philadelphia, appointing the Right Worshipful Mr. Benjamin Franklin First Master, which is the beginning of Masonry there.' " In 1735 Henry Price granted warrants for Lodges in New Hampshire and South Carolina. " I n 1738, Robert Tomlinson, the immediate successor of Price, while on a voyage to England, tarried at Antigua long enough to make Masons of 'the governor and sundry other gentlemen «f distinction, whereby from our Lodge sprung Masonry in the West Indies.' "Our third Provincial Grand Master, Thomas Oxnard, was especially busy in granting warrants. In 1746 he authorized a Lodge in Newfoundland; in 1749 one in Newport, Rhode Island; on February 15 of that year (as already stated) the second Lodge in Boston,,and on the 7th of March the third Lodge in Boston; in 1750 a Lodge in Annapolis, Maryland, and one in New Haven, Connecticut; in 1753 a Lodge in New London, Connecticut; in 1754 a Lodge at Middletown, Connecticut." MICHIGAN.
The Grand Treasurer had on hand at the beginning of the fiscal year $11,588.00; out of this he paid the expenses of the year, $6,495.54, leaving a balance of $5,092.46, so that the entire receipts of the year, $27,538.27 were to be added to the balance, showing a cash balance on hand of $32,630.73; of this amount some $3,000.00, as we understand it," was to be paid the Home, and some $6,500.00 was likely to be needed for mileage and per diem of current session. In the report of the chairman of the Finance Committee we find this interesting paragraph respecting'the amounts paid Grand Secretaries: '•The State of New York pays her Grand Secretary a salary of $4,800.00, extra clerk hire $2,700.00 and extra forwritingcorrespondence reports $600.00. Illinois pays her Grand Secretary a salary of $2,500.00, iind for writing correspondence reports $300.00 extra. Kansas pays a Secretary's salary of $1,800.00, and $300.00 extra for correspondence reports. Pennsylvania pays her Secretary a salary of $5,000.00, and extra for writing correspondence reports $500.00. Missouri pays her Grand Secretary $2,500.00 salary; $600.00 extra for clerk hire, and $500.00 extra for writing correspondence reports " The Grand Lodge of Western Australia was recognized. An engrossed copy of the following resolutions were presented to the Grand Lodge: 11 To the Worthy Grand Matron, Officers and Members of the Grand Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star of Michigan: "Your Special Committee on Resolutions beg leave to report the following: " WHEREAS, The Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of
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Michigan did, at their last Annual Communication, adopt a resolution recognizing and commending the Order of the Eastern Star; and " W H E R E A S , This is the first official recognition accorded by the Free and Accepted Masons to the Order of the Eastern Star; therefore be it "Resolved, That the Grand Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star of Michigan, composed of the wives, widows, mothers and daughters of members of the Masonic Fraternity, and members of that Fraternity, do hereby extend fraternal greeting to the Grand Lodge F. and A. M. of Michigan; and be it further " Resolved, That this Grand Chapter does hereby return sincere thanks for the kindly expressions of good will conveyed in the resolutions adopted by the Graud Lodge F. and A. M. of Michigan, and that we assure them of our earnest endeavors to aid them in their glorious work of humanizing the world and of furthering the doctrine of the fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man; and be it further " Resolved, That these resolutions tie presented in person to the Grand Lodge F. and A. M., at their next Annual Communication, by the Worthy Grand Patron of this Grand Chapter. " EMMA F. LYONT, " LILLIAN B. DIMMICK, " LEO A. CAEO,
" Committee. " I hereby certify that the above resolutions were unanimously adopted by the Grand Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star. [SEAL]
" W I . E. BROWN,
" Worthy Grand Patron." A conspiracy was proven against the officers of a Lodge in declaring a certain ballot clear that was, in fact, foul. The Junior Warden was punished by twelve months' suspension; the Senior Warden, sixty days; and the Master by a reprimand. It seems to us that this gross crime was very inadequately punished, specially so in the case of the Master. To tamper with a ballot box is destructive of the rights of citizenship, whether in State or Lodge; to make false returns of an election is not only immoral—it is tyranny, revolution, an act that ipsofaoto unmakes a Mason and destroys a Masonic character, and in a Lodge, utterly disqualifies a man as a teacher of the pure principles of the institution. The correspondence report is from the facile pen of the Grand Secretary, R. W. Bro. Jefferson S. Conover. Reviewing Louisiana, he says of our Eastern Star resolution (the substitute of Bro. Thomas), " rightly, the substitute was adopted." We quote a criticism: " He knows of no good reason why any one should be compelled to become a charter member of a Lodge against his will, and says: ' The whole of Masonry is permeated with the teachings that everything a man does in connection with it must be done of his own free will and accord.' That is true as to his petition for the degrees and his receiving them, but not true concerning his obedience to the requirements of Masonry after he had obligated himself to conform to and abide by them." Why is it not true concerning his obedience to the requirements of Masonry after he has obligated himself to conform ? Does he not in
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his petition agree to submit himself to the requirements, and does lie not do it of his own will, and is not the obligation voluntary ? We understand our brother to mean that submission to a requirement, a new edict, for example, contrary to one's judgment, is not according to one's free will; that is, that the will is constrained and bound in the act. Now, this we question. The inclination may be to disobedience, but the will dedicated to obedience produces acquiescence and co-operation, and the brother is as willing a workman as any of them. It is of the essence of the true Masonic spirit that the craftsman does his task freely, although inclination may be obtrusive. He is an accepted Mason because he is a Freemason. The will of the devotee is never bound, it always and under all circumstances readily acquiesces in the requirements of the law, for he knows that perfect freedom is to be found only in perfect obedience to the behests of the Great Master. Does the obligated Mason kick against the law, and does he surrender the freedom of his will in observing it? Sometimes, yes; when he forgets for what he comes to the Lodge of the Holy Saints John; when he forgets Masonic principles, then he is a slave Mason, no longer a Freemason. The Lodge is better without him. If his will is not free towards the keeping of the law he excommunicates himself from the children of light and of liberty. Let him go to his own place. Let the Freemason's Lodge ever be the resting place of those whose wills are ever free, and who find in the keeping of the law not slavery and death, but freedom and life. Let us remember in any discussion of the freedom of the will of the obligated Mason that his obedience is therein bound to those edicts that are not subversive of the ground-work and principles of Freemasonry. We care not whether some Grand Lodges have eliminated the phrase from their Ritual. We claim that the obligation is under its interpretation whatever may be its phraseology. And we hold that in pure Freemasonry, there is nothing contained that will coerce a man to do anything contrary to a right and properly educated will. Like the man who said he could not swallow the creed, a little examination showed thiit the trouble was not in the creed but in the swallow; so the man that finds his will coerced in any required Masonic act will probably discover that the trouble inheres not in the act but in the will, which is not will, but inclination which he has mistaken for will. And so we revert to our proposition with which we started. Any edict of a Grand Lodge that coerces the will has probably something wrong about its Masonic character, or else the brother who finds obedience a grief has something radically wrong in his Masonic make-up. On one side or the other there is something unmasonic. MINNESOTA.
We quote the decisions of Grand Master, M. W. A. D. Countryman: " 1. Question: Does a man have to take the Bible as his rule and guide of faith before he can be made a Mason in this State?
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"Answer: Belief, in God being a prerequisite, the Bible must necessarily be taken as the rule and guide of faith, as Masonry is founded upon its teachings. Scoffers must not be admitted, as they lack the proper foundation upon which to build their future moral and Masonic edifice. " 2. Question: Can a Lodge rightfully receive the petition for the degrees of a man whose Masonic residence is in another city containing more than one Lodge, without a waiver of jurisdiction of all such Lodges ? " Answer: No. All must join in the waiver. " 3. Question: Can a petition for the degrees be received before the candidate is 21 years old? '' Answer: No.' He must be of full age before he signs the petition. "4. Question: Should petitions be destroyed after being acted upon ? " Answer: No. They are a part of the records and should be kept. ''5. Statement: A motion was made, put to a vote and carried, after some discussion. The acting S. W. then moved a reconsideration. The W. M. asked what was the objeet in reconsidering. The S. W. then struck his pedestal violently and told the W. M. it was none of his business, asked permission to retire and went out of the room, remaining in the anteroom until after the Lodge was closed, when he returned, and filed with the Secretary a written request for a dimit. "Question: Shall we grant him a dimit or does his act constitute a Masonic offense? " Answer: The conduct of the brother was subversive of good order and discipline, and an insult to the Master and Lodge. The dimit should be denied and charges be preferred at once." We agree with the spirit of all these decisions; on the first, we would remark, that the neophyte who should attempt to penetrate the mysteries without light, or by the help of a lesser light—that of the Sun of human knowledge, or of the Moon, with its reflected rays alone to intimate its presence, or of the Lodge's Master, and not by the help of the Great Light would, indeed, be that fool of Whom the Psalmist sings. In respect to number two, we admit that a strict interpretation of the law would require such decision. Personally, as we have before said, we believe in allowing a man to select his own associates. In respect to number four, we can see no object in preserving them, though there can be no objection to so doing. They form an interesting set of souvenirs. It seems to us that is about all that can be said in favor of their preservation, for the record of petition is better preserved in the minute book and register. The oration was delivered by W. Bro. Wellington C. Masterman. We quote: " Masonry is a progressive science; therefore, Masonry is progress. Whatsoever has related to the progress and development, material, mental, moral, of our State, the nation, the world, relates to Masonry. For the great principles that are laid down in Masonic law and that are taught within these walls are responsible for the happy homes and firesides, are responsible for the wide diffusion of knowledge, are responsible for governments by the people, are responsible for declarations of independence, are responsible for Magna Charta, and all the good that has come therefrom. And while I disclaim the intention of appropriating the credit for the wonderful development of our time or of other
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times to the institution of Masonry, yet I am but axiomatic in saying that the principles for which Masons contend are eternal, are those taught by the Grand Master of the Universe, and have been forever the mighty forces that have moved the hearts of men in all undertakings that resulted in great good." The Grand Lodge observed last year the semi-centennial of its founding and the journal of proceedings is enriched by a great amount of commemorative material. There are photographic reproductions of the founders and of all the twenty-three Grand Masters. In the biographical sketch of Grand Master Nash we find the following statement: "ThePierson Work and Lectures were abandoned, and a Ritual, the result of the examination and deliberation of the Board of the District Deputies, and whose report may be found in full on page 52, et seq., Proceedings of 1869, was adopted, and means were taken to disseminate it and to make it obligatory. Their report is an exhaustive one, and proves conclusively, as do like reports of other Grand Lodges in regard to their ' Work,' that the pedigree of ' Minnesota Work' is without a flaw in its continuity, and is 'thegenuine Webb Work.' As a matter of fact, ' Minnesota Work' is neither better nor worse, neither purer nor more corrupt than that of scores of the American Grand Lodges. Webb took the English 'Work' in vogue during the closing decades of the eighteenth century and absolutely revolutionized its outward dres*. He bad the same right to do so, if the Masons of America were willing to accept and to adopt it, as Hemming had to reclothe the 'English Work' in 1813, which is now th'e ' Standard Work' of the United Grand Lodge of England, and Is known as the 'Emulation Working.' The 'old Work' of before and immediately after 3750 is to-day exemplified in only two Grand Jurisdictions, that of Ireland and of Pennsylvania, and in all probability could an eighteenth century Mason be resurrected long enough to visit the Lodges now scattered over the earth, the Lodges of those two jurisdictions would be the only ones in which he would find himself entirely at ease." MISSISSIPPI.
The Grand Master being absent, and also his deputy, the Senior Grand Warden, acting as Grand Master, rendered the following decision: " My decision was that every non-affiliate must pay dues to the Lodge under whose jurisdiction he resides; that this does not make him a member of the Lodge, or entitle him to participate in its proceedings. That if he does not pay dues he is, to all intents and purposes, a suspended Mason, and is entitled to no Masonic consideration; that if he does pay dues, he is entitled to the same rights that a member of another Lodge, in good standing, enjoys. That' if this brother has had a dimit in his pocket since 1873, and has never paid any dues to the Lodge in whose jurisdiction he resides, he occupies the position of a suspended Mason, and is entitled to no more Masonic privileges or benefits than a suspended Mason would be entitled to." We have endeavored to find a report on this decision by the Committee on Jurisprudence, but have failed to do so. There certainly can be no objection to a non-affiliate paying dues, though we should suppose such a thing to be about as rare as hen's
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teeth. But to declare that if he does not pay dues he is not entitled to any Masonic consideration is, we think, stretching the matter a little too far, for there surely is one consideration to which he is entitled, the right to petition a Lodge for affiliation. Beyond this, however, Bro. Thomas is correct as to his privileges. This sole Masonic right that he has does, then, differentiate him from a suspended Mason. A suspended Mason cannot apply for affiliation; a non-affiliated one can. It is not right to catalogue every non-affiliated Mason with those suspended for some Masonic offense, fora man may be unaffiliated through no fault of his own. When he has applied for affiliation, a single prejudiced black ballot has kept him out of the Lodge. We believe the Louisiana law much the best—that a non-affiliated Mason is not in good standing unless he applies for affiliation on* e in every six months. We must dissent from another decision of R. W. Bro. Thomas. We quote him: "August 15, I received a letter from Uriel Wright, Leakesville, Miss , addressed to 'M. W. Harry T. Howard, Grand Master.' This letter was forwarded to me by the Most Worshipful Grand Master, who was then in Canada. Brother Wright said that Leakesville Lodge No. 422 had initiated a candidate; that after the initiation, the question was raised as to the eligibility of the candidate for advancement. The facts are as follows: The candidate was a native of New Orleans, who has been working in Mississippi for the last three years as a railroad conductor. He has never registered as a voter in Mississippi, but he could do so if he desired. I decided that under section 4, of the amendments adopted since the text-book edition of 1891, and adopting the construction given by the Law Committee to thissection, to-wit: that a candidate for initiation must have resided for twelve months within the jurisdiction of the Lodge to which he petitions, having the intention of making it his fixed place of abode during the entire period. That whether this candidate had so resided within the jurisdiction of Leakesville Lodge was a question of fact which it was the Lodge's duty to inquire into and determine. That the Lodge must have determined this fact in favor of its jurisdiction when it initiated the candidate; that it settled the question of jurisdiction by initiating the candidate, and that it should proceed to pass and raise the brother, if this question of jurisdiction was the only obstacle in the way. This candidate was or was not the material of the Mississippi Lodge. Consequently, they were either right or wrong in entering him. If they were wrong the doing of the deed did not make it right and it seems to us exceeding bad advice that they receive—no matter whether you were right or wrong, you have done it, stand by your action, nay, go and triple it. What the Senior Grand Warden ought to have said, in ouropinion, was, determine whether you have been in the right or not. If you were, go fearlessly ahead; but if you find that you were wrong be men enough to apologize for the wrong to those whom you have offended, and do not repeat it. The Grand Master, M. W. Bro. Harry T. Howard, has this to say in concluding his address: " I have learned that neither the Ritual, obligation nor lecture
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makes the Mason, because if they were distasteful one could ignore them, but it is the study of the symbols, the unselfish living, and the striving to walk in the footsteps of the great men of Masonry that helps the young craftsman to understand and live the truths taught in the Blue Lodge." The Grand Lodge took action declaring that any Mason found guilty of having in his possession any Cypher Ritual, or expose, so-called, should suffer indefinite suspension. In Mississippi the Committee on Law take jurisdiction of cases and decide, pretty much as a Grand Master does, although we presume that its decisions are not effective until affirmed by the Grand Lodge. Among the decisions of the committee we find this.' It is all right, except the summoning of members to pass sentence who were not present at the trial: " I n the trial of a brother for unmasonic conduct, the charges were sustained. In voting on the penalty, two-thirds of the members piesent voted in favor of expulsion and the Worshipful Master declared the brother expelled. After the Lodge was closed, in looking over the law, the Worshipful Master discovered his mistake, finding it took a threefourths vote to expel. What course should the Lodge pursue? "Answer. Summon the Lodge, and especially all who were present at the trial, and proceed with it as if there had been no interval, by voting on the next grade of punishment, under Rule 24." Here is another decision of the committee. There can be no question that he who is not properly installed in office according to the requirements of the law of the jurisdiction is not, dejure, a Master, but query, if some of the requirements be neglected and he be suffered by the Grand Master to hold and exercise the functions of a Master is he not a Master de facto, and if ever a man is a Master of a Lodge, the time must come upon his ceasing to be so, when, ipso facto, he becomes a Past Master: " Question: Is a brother, who is elected to serve as Master of the Subordinate Lodge from March until December, but failed to get the P. M. degree, a P. M. or not ? " Answer: He is not a P. M. until he shall have received the P. M.'s degree, which is acknowledged to be a necessity, in this jurisdiction, in qualifying a Master for the chair." We are free to say that we believe the wise compilers of the Monitors were eminently correct when they wrote of the Past Master's Degree—it sheds no light upon itself. As a relict possessing some little interest we do not object to its survival or use, but to insist that a Master of a Lodge needs it, or that the Masonic institution is in any ways ennobled or improved by it, is, in our estimation, folly. The following interesting report on the work is from the pen of M. W. Bro. Phineas M. Savery: " Germain to this topic, your committee regret to have to say that it lias been brought to their attention that there are in use in this jurisdiction a number of cypher rituals, purporting to be the genuine adopted work of this Grand Lodge. It is needless to say that if any such cyphers exist, that it is not by authority; on the contrary, the
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Grand Lodge has always looked upon cypher rituals with the greatest disfavor, and it was made a Masonic offense to use one in the work, many years ago, 45-1888. If the Masters of Lodges would impress upon their membership the fact, which is well known to those who have investigated the subject, that there is not in existence any expose of the Masonic rituals which, in the hands of the novitiate, would not be misleading and endanger his future Masonic career, they would open their eyes to the necessity for avoiding contact with an unclean thing. The very fact that elderly Masons, as a rule, suppress all knowledge of the existence of exposes, from the younger brethren, it is believed, has a deleterious effect, because it makes them appear in the nature of forbidden fruit; whereas, if they would speak the truth plainly to the young men and say to .them that experience has taught, there is no royal road to a knowledge of the ritual and it can only be acquired by the old mouth to ear plan; that all cyphers and exposes contain so many errors as to make the knowledge they pretend to reveal absolutely dangerous. For instance, no one could take all the information contained in the so-called Morgan book and work his way with it into any Lodge, for there are words in it which would inevitably lead to the detection of an imposter in the hands of a committee with the slightest qualifications. "As we are all rapidly approaching the Bast Gate, out of which we must soon pass, it may not be amiss at this time, to place on record a few facts as to the origin of our present Mississippi work, for which the committee are indebted to Bro. Speed. It will be remembered that before the era of railroads, this State was composed of two separate and distict autonomys: the eastern portion, whose commercial trend was towards the Tombigbee, and the western, which found its outlet by the Mississippi. There was but little intercourse between the two sections, and so great were the hardships of traveling in early days, that it involved a journey on horseback of three weeks' duration for the Master of the Lodge at Columbus to attend Grand Lodge at Natchez. Naturally there was almost no Masonic intercourse between the Lodges. Early in the century Bro. Jeremy L Cross, visited the Southern States and lectured all along the Atlantic Seaboard, going as far west as Mobile. He taught what was known as the Cross Work, in contradistinction to the Webb Work. Bro. Thomas Smith Webb visited and lectured throughout the West, and was probably in Kentucky and possibly as far south as Nashville and Knoxville. The path pursued in their joumeyings by these two distinguished ritualists, is clearly traceable by the number of early copies of their monitors which they sold, to be found where they lectured, and it is remarkable that so many ^ copies of the earliest editions of their books have been found through- * out this State. The early immigration into East Mississippi came principally from the South Atlantic States, while West Mississippi was settled mainly from Tennessee and Kentucky, with a considerable number from the States bordering on the Ohio river. These people all brought their Masonry with them; those going into the east, the Cross Work, and those going to the west, the Webb Work. Of course, neither were letter perfect, and there were many deviations from the original standard; but so marked were the characteristics of Webb and Cross that it was easy to see where any particular individual got his Masonry—at the Webb and Cross fountain. There were numerous other lecturers of local prominence, who propagated Masonry in the State, but none who had a work, which was not clearly traceable to Webb or Cross. The Grand Lodge early prohibited itinerent lecturers, a measure which seems not to have been so much in the interest of purity of ritual as it was of individuals who profited by it, for it was not until 1840 that there is GL4
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any record of our having a Mississippi Work, when the Baltimore Convention Work was adopted, but the Monitor, Moore's Trestle Board, promulgated by the Committee of the Baltimore Convention, was rejected, and afterwards the Baltimore Work seems to have fallen into disfavor, for in 1847, ' the lectures and mode of Work of T. S. Webb, transmitting through Cross, Cushmau and others, were adopted as the true and only mo le of lectures to be observed and inculcated in Lodges.' In 1851, Bro. Gray's Mystic Circle was adopted as the true exponent of the monitorial portion of the work, but it is clearly traceable to Webb. The Blue .Lodge Text-Book, while in general use, was not adopted by the Grand Lodge as supplanting the Mys ic Circle, which was retained as the authoritative exponent of our monotorial work. The Text-Book, therefore, is authorized only so far as it is a duplication of the .Mystic Circle. In 1882, owing to greater intercourse between the eastern and western portions of the State, the differences between the secret work had become more manifest, and the present Board of Custodians were organized to agree upon and maintain a standard secret work. This body met at Columbus, and after many concessions and compromises agreed upon a work in which there is manifested more of the Webb than Cross peculiarities, and to both there was added some unimportant phraseology, whose paternity is unknown. And at the same time there was omitted a great many surplus words, and some bad grammar corrected. The result is, that we now have, perhaps, as nearly perfect an adopted Work, as at this time it is possible to attain. While the time never will come when all Masters of Lodges will be letter perfect, and there will always be diversities of language and modes of work in different Lodges; the great object has been accomplished, and if the Board of Custodians remain true to the trust committed to them, and retain the work thus agreed upon and adopted, we have removed for all time from the Grand Lodge a question which, at times, threatened to produce discord. If the writer of this portion of the report were called upon to give his last words of advice (o the Grand Lodge it would be for the Grand Lodge to set its face, like a stone wall, against making any changes in the work, no matter from whom they might emanate, or how plausible they may seem." MISSOURI.
The Grand Lodge mourns the death of its Grand Master, M. W. Bro. John Campbell Yocum. The Acting Grand Master, R. W. Bro. Wm. F. Kuhn, had this to say about printed notices: " I t is the custom of some Lodges to issue printed notices of stated and special communications, containing the name or names of candidates to be balloted for, or to receive one of the degrees, and these notices sent to the membership unsealed. " The printing of the names of candidates on any notice not contemplated by the law is not a good practice and should be discouraged. But sending such notices through the mail open, or unsealed, must be stopped. The balloting or conferring of degrees is a Lodge matter and belongs within the tiled recesses of the Lodge." If this might be said anent printed circular notices to members, how much more could be said about causing the publication of such
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The Acting Grand Master rendered the following important, and we believe, correct decision: " Question, (a) If a summons from Missouri Lodge No. 1, served by a member of Missouri Lodge No. 1, on a member of Beacon Lodge No. 3, to be present and give testimony in a case on trial in Missouri Lodge No. 1, and he refuses to obey such summons, would it hold him liable under Section 81 of the Grand Lodge By-Laws? " (b) Should such summons be ordered by the Master of Beacon Lodge on the request of Missouri Lodge to hold witness liable under Section 81 ? "Answer. Subdivision (a) is dependent on subdivision (b). Every Master Mason has promised to obey a summons coining in a constitutional manner; not necessarily from my Lodge but from a Lodge. I hold that every Mason is bound to obey a summons coming to him from a regular Lodge, whether it be from his own Lodge or not, but as a matter of courtesy, the summons should come from Beacon Lodge at the request of Missouri Lodge. The Committee on Appeals and Grievances in 1875 held that the Lodge to which the member belonged had a primary right, the other Lodge had a secondary right. Hence, Missouri Lodge has only a secondary jurisdiction over the member. M I, therefore, ordered that Missouri Lodge request Beacon Lodge to issue iuch summons. Should Beacon Lodge refuse or neglect to do so, the secondary jurisdiction of Missouri Lodge becomes a primary one, and has full power to enforce its rights and issue the summons direct." ' We also quote another interesting decision: "Question, (a) If the Senior Warden dies or removes from this Grand Jurisdiction, is there a vacancy in his station and may it be filled by an election ? " Answer. Yes. There is no succession to the station of Senior Warden. The vacancy may be filled by an election under a dispensation of the Grand Master. Should the Junior Warden be elected to the vacancy, then the station of Junior Warden becomes vacant, and should be filled at the election. " (b) If the Master and Senior Warden die or remove from this Grand Jurisdiction, what stations are vacant, and may they be filled by election? "Answer. The station of Senior Warden is vacant. The station of Master is filled by succession of Junior Warden. The Junior Warden becomes Acting Master until the station of Senior Warden is filled by election. He then returns to his former station and the new Senior Warden becomes Acting Master. If the Junior Warden should be elected to the station of Senior Warden, then the station of Junior Warden becomes vacant and may be filled as heretofore specified. " (c) If the Master dies or removes from this Grand Jurisdiction, is there a vacancy ? "Answer. No. The Senior Warden becomes Acting Master but his station of Senior Warden is not vacant, for by virtue of his station of Senior Warden he acts as Master. The station of Senior Warden can be filled pro tempore at each communication. " (d) If the Junior Warden dies or removes from this Grand Jurisdiction, is there a vacancy ? "Answer. Yes. There is no succession to this station and it should be filled by an election under dispensation. "The laws for our Fraternity are framed for normal conditions. The expectancy of life in these stations is a least a year. In the event of the death or disqualification of the Master of the Lodge, the Senior Warden, or in the event of his death or disqualification, the Junior
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Warden succeeds to the station of Master, not by election but by right of succession. Because, according to an ancient custom and laws of our Fraternity, no member can become a Past Master except by election, installation and service as Master for twelve months. "There is no such requirement for the Wardens; they are elected the same as all the other officers, for one year, not because of any past grade of official distinction, but because the term under normal conditions has been fixed at one year. " I believe that the officers of a Lodge are elected for the sole reason ' that the business of the Craft may be expedited thereby.' A vacancy in any position below that of Master may greatly interfere with this purpose, not only interfere but in some cases absolutely stop all business of a Lodge. " Hence, any arbitrary rule or law that would prohibit the best efforts of a Lodge from being used in the furtherance of the business of the Craft is harmful and without reason." The only question that can arise in the event of a vacancy in office of Senior or Junior Warden, is that of the expediency of filling it, and that must be determined by the Grand Master, in each case, as it is presented to him. E. W. Allan McDowell, Grand Lecturer, submitted his thirty-third annual report. We quote him on a single point, for it is one common to Grand Lecturers that understand their- duty, and one that is not understood, to any great extent, among the Craft: " It has been objected, occasionally, to myself and to some of the lecturers, that I and they ' moralize ' too much, whatever that term may mean. Some say, ' All we want is the work, we don't care why it is the work.' I have held and hold that he is the best teacher of Masonry that can properly explain its symbols, interpret its ceremonies and unfold and enforce its teachings. I have encouraged my deputies to the performance of these duties, regardless of the cavilings of captious critics. " It has been claimed by good and well-intentioned brethren in various parts of the State that I intentionally, deliberately and arbitrarily change the work of the Grand Lodge from year to year. Brethren sometimes say, ' I learned the work from you ten, twenty or thirty years ago, as the case may be. I have the work as you taught it then, but I can't keep up with your changes.' Perhaps the best answer I can make to this is by relating a circumstance which occurred while M. W. Bro. J. P. Woods was Grand Master. He was presiding at a Lodge of Instruction when some brother arose and said: ' I have the work as Bro. McDowell taught it ten years ago, but I can't keep up with his changes.' Brother Woods immediately arose and said: ' You are mistaken my brother. Brother McDowell used to change the work every year, until about fifteen years ago, when I became thoroughly posted, since which time he has not changed it.' He meant, of course, that one thoroughly versed in the work would necessarily know that it had not been changed through the changing years, except such proper verbal changes as have been made by the Grand Lodge itself." We imagine that Bro. McDowell has a deeper meaning in his closing sentence than his words express; that what M. W. Bro. Woods meant was that the work of a Masonic Lodge consists not in the verbiage with which it is clothed, but in the thought that is covered by the verbiage. Brother McDowell wears a different suit of clothes this
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year from that which covered him last year, but he is the same McDowell this year as last. Bro. Woods having learned the kernel of the work fifteen years ago, ceased to observe whether it was clothed in " tweed " this year and " broad cloth " the next. Nevertheless, something must be said, for verbal accuracy and identity. Granted that the idea is what is sought—there are a good many Masters of Lodges who, if turned loose to express the idea, would clothe it in such language as to probably convey some other idea to the candidate than that which he should receive. The Grand Lodges of Cuba, New Zealand, New South Wales, South Australia, West Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Valise de Mexico, were recognized. MONTANA.
Past Grand Master Edward C. Day delivered an address on the occasion of laying the corner-stone of the Masonic Temple at Butte. From it we make this extract: " At the outset let it be upderstood that in what shall be said of Masonry, especially with reference to its antiquity, a distinction must be borne in mind between the substance and the form of the organization. I claim for the Fraternity, so far as regards its present form as an organization, no greater antiquity than a couple of centuries. But as regards its underlying principles, its symbolic teachings, and its ritualistic practices, it is as old as society itself, and in its growth and development it has kept pace with the growth and development of man from the lowest to the highest form of his civilization, and shows forth ' completely the evolution of the principles of the fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man. As the theme in complicated music heard here and there, and often when least expected, connects variation after variation into one harmonious whole, so do we recognize at long intervals and among different peoples the unity of thought and similarity of rites, which associate Freemasonry, as we understand it, with the remotest times. As the rivers of some lands disappear only to reappear, and disappear again to seek once more the day on their course from the fountains to the sea, so the fact that Freemasonry may not be able to trace each step of its progress with the accuracy of a geometrician's survey, affords no argument against the remoteness of its origin, if its principles and types, like the taste and color of the waters, are found to be the same throughout. Uneven has been the course of man's progress from the Garden of Eden to this the opening year of the twentieth Christian century. Nations and people's widely separated in their origin have become merged into one larger stream, and it in turn swallowed up in the vast ocean of progress into which it emptied. Yet through the whole course of time is seen the guiding hand of an overruling, int lligent first principle. "From the very fact of the secrecy surrounding its rights and ceremonies, it is natural that the origin and growth of Masonry, using the term in its broad sense, should rest upon legend and tradition, rather than the written tablets of history." The question of the origin of Masonry must always be interesting to the student. There is ample room in meditating upon it for play of the imagination. Yet, we take it, that the Masonic iconoclast who
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would cry bosh to all assertion of origin ante-dating the earlier years of the eighteenth century, can find but little standing among Masonic students. In all investigations of the source and origin of Masonry, as we have it to-day, there are certain well-defined facts, amply proved, that will serve as beacons and guides. In the remote past, for example, in the days when Egypt was the seat of the world's light and learning, there were mysteries practiced. Into these mysteries men were initiatt d, and thereby constituted into a society, imperfectly organized, possibly, but evidently with some organization, for otherwise there could be no initiation. Initiation implies, of necessity, a qualified initiator, and something into which there is an initiation. Of the philosophy and. the vital teachings of those mysteries we know a good deal, not by tradition, but from the discovery of symbols traced and engraved, without any sort of question, in those remote days. There is a marked similarity in the philosophy and vital teachings of those mysteries and the philosophy and vital teachings of the " work " o f to-day's Freemasonry. Whence came these things into the Mason's Lodge-room? It must have been by heritage or adoption. Against the acceptance of the latter hypothesis looms up the fact that the unveiling of the symbols of Egypt must be given a date subsequent to that when those teachings are known to have been inculcated in the Lodge. The Masons of the early days of the eighteenth century could not have adopted and appropriated the philosophy and vital teachings of much of the Ancient Mysteries, for to a very large extent the symbols that have revealed the character of those mysteries were hidden in their day by the dust of ages and were unknown then to anybody. Historic Masonry ante-dates " Egyptian Research." While we know that much of the Freemasonry of to-day has been adopted and originated by our degree-makers and embellishers, yet we cannot but admit that much, very much, of our " work " must have come to us by heritage from the ante-historic days. By what channels and at what length we know not. That is for investigation. The fact of the heritage is all that we can now assert. That seems to us indisputable. On the occasion of the laying of the corner-stone of the Courthouse at Great Falls the oration was delivered by Past Master, Arthur J. Craven. We quote a couple of his paragraphs: "The line of battle will not be in the far islands of the sea. It will be here, in the adjustment by lawful means of these social and economic questions which concern the general welfare. It will be here, a contest between the powers of greed and that spirit of fraternity which recognizes all neighbors as brothers. It will be here, in the exaltation of a general sentiment that the chase for a dollar is only a means to an end; in teaching men that in their zeal to get a living they must not'forget how to live; that when they are housed and clothed and fed, the real object of existence has only commenced to be wrought out— the development of the man himself, the quickening of mind and of soul.
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" How pleasing, then, the prospect, when wealth gives birth to leisure more generally than now, iu which the moonlight sonatas, which play upon the pines and sweep the mystic height of every mountain peak with entrancing melody, shall no longer call in vain for the composer to transpose their wild notes for the rapture of the world; when some Montana, Scott shall stop to listen to the tale of every mountain glen, to the tragedy of every canyon and river arid with glowing pen transmit the emotions of his heart to the page of poesy; when the future artist shall find no theme so grand as our own native ranges and paint a canvas for the admiring gaze in yonder galleries, whereon these towering mountains and sweeping plains will hush to reverent awe; when Montana literature shall at last take its place in the world of letters, whose every page will thrill with the rugged experiences of its people, and with the more rugged scenery whose constant visiou cannot fail to upbuild them into an abiding character of beauteous strength, independence and honor." The Grand Master, M. W George T. Slack, made, among others, the following decision: " I s there any way that the application for the degrees of Masonry can be received from a man who has not resided in the jurisdiction for one year? Arid stated the circumstances. " A gentleman, an officer in the United States Army, has been away from his legal residence for several years, in fact, never expects to return there to reside; but according to law cannot gain a legal residence anywhere else. He has no permanent place of abode, but is being continually changed from one part of the United States or its possessions to another, with the probability of remaining but a short time. He desires to receive the degrees of Masonry, but has not been in the jurisdiction a year. I desire to know if there is any way the gentleman can apply for the degrees and if elected, receive them? " I answered that it would be necessary to have the consent of the Lodge, under whose jurisdiction he formerly resided. See Sec. 47, Art. X of the Code." If the man that roams the sea, and claims no home, may petition . for degrees, why may not the man that roams the land and claims no home, do likewise? Is there anything in the sea more Masonic than in the land? There is an old adage worthy of thought—the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth iife. The mariner may petition, not because he is a seaman, but because he is a roamer. While the letter spells sea-man, the spirit confines not the principle, but would include the land-man as well, whose life is parallel to that of the sea-man. The Grand Master of Montana is right in his appeal to the Montana law to sustain his adverse decision; but, in our opinion the law of that jurisdiction and of others, needs amendment where it is written in the letter and not in the spirit of the ancient enactment in favor of the mariner. We quote from the proceedings the following: "Upon the proposed amendment of Brother Fred. H. Allen (24), to Section 44 of Article IX of the Code requiring visitors in this jurisdiction to produce a receipt showing dues paid to one year preceding the date of application to visit, the Jurisprudence Committee reported adversely. The report after considerable discussion was put to a vote and declared lost. A separate motion was then made to adopt the pro-
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posed amendment of Brother Allen and on a careful count of the vote did not command the required two-thirds vote and was declared not adopted by. Grand Lodge." Also thus: ' B r o . A. D. McPherson (18) moved that a committee of three be appointed to provide a uniform arrangement of the lights about the altar for the Lodges of this jurisdiction. An amendment to this motion was made by Bro. B. D. Neill (3) that the lights be placed as follows: All three on the south side of the altar so that one will be at either end of the altar and the third placed so as to form the apex of a triangle of which the two near the altar form the base. Upon being put to vote the amendment prevailed." The Grand Secretary, R. W. Bro. Cornelius Hedges, for the thirty, second time writes the report on correspondence. In his review of Louisiana, he says: " By the aid of the Eastern Star ladies considerable improvements were made on the Grand Lodge cemetery. From the same source came tenders of help to build and sustain a Home. A committee was appointed to consider an offer of land at Zachary for the purpose. It will probably await the extinction of the temple debt. Before that time we hope to see a more liberal spirit manifested towards the O. E. S. sisters, admitting them to the use of the Lodge rooms for their meetings. Surely halls dedicated to Masonry cannot be desecrated by the attendance of those to whom we are bound by such sacred ties and who only ask to be associated in the charitable work of our Order." NEBRASKA.
The Grand Master, M. W. Bro. Nathaniel M. Ayres, rendered the following decision: " A Lodge losing its charter by fire, and a dispensation being granted by the Grand Master, authorizing said Lodge to continue its usual work until the time for making returns to the next session of the Grand Lodge, cannot elect and install its officers or do other Masonic work without further authority from the Grand Lodge or the Grand Master, after the expiration of the time provided for in such dispensation." As we have heretofore written, a charter is not an authority to work, but only an evidence of authority. The authority is in the Grand Lodge, not in a piece of paper. A mayor of a city receives his commission from the Governor of the State, and if that commission should be burned, nobody would assert that the city was without a mayor until a duplicate commission could be received. A chartered Lodge, on losing its charter, may receive a certificate from the Grand Master that it is a chartered Lodge, which certificate may be displayed until the Grand Lodge can meet and give a duplicate charter. But it surely is not to be considered as defunct, and a new Lodge, U. D., substituted for it. In no case that we ever heard of has a Grand Lodge required a Lodge that has lost its charter to be reconstituted—all that is ever done is to give it a charter duplicate of its old charter, with the old date and the old name, and the old number. If the theory of M. W, Bro. Ayres is to prevail that the Lodge was burned
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up with the charter, and that the "dispensation" that he issued was one with dispensations to other brethren not heretofore associated together in Lodges, then when the Grand Lodge granted a charter it would be necessary that everything that would be necessary in the case of the latter class of brethren should be done also with the former aggregation. The Grand Lodge disapproved the decision. We quote another decision, and with it we entirely agree: " In the absence of the Master and the Senior Warden the Junior Warden calling a brother to the East, the brother so called to the East acts only as proxy of the ranking Warden, and should not sign any legal papers issued by the Lodge, but the said papers should be signed by the Junior Warden." Here is another decision: "'Affirm' or 'declare' by a candidate for initiation are not sufficient, according to all Masonic practice and usage. The usual form of preparation must be used in all cases of initiation or advancement." We question very much whether ancient usage will bear out this assertion. We quote again, and respectfully ask for the authority of the quotation, " white balls elect and black balls reject." " A member of a Lodge objects to the use of black cubes for black balls in place of black round balls for balloting on candidates. "Ruled that the objection is well taken. ' White balls elect and black balls reject.' No other form but round should be used in the ballot-box, and I find no authority for the use of cubes." The Grand Lodge disapproved the decision. The Grand Lodge of Victoria was recognized. The question of the recognition of the Grand Orient of Argentina was postponed. NEVADA.
From the address of the Grand Master, M. W. Bro. A. O. Percy, we learn that the stars blossom and that "Masonry is love." We really don't know what the first assertion means, and as to the second we think the Most Worshipful Brother has confounded the institution with one of its principal tenets. The Grand Master thus reviews the condition of the Craft: " It affords me great pleasure to report that the constituent Lodges are in a fairly prosperous condition; that they have performed more work, and although their loss by death and dimissions has been quite large, still the net gains are much larger than for many years. Lodges that have been comparatively dormant have taken on activity and added materially to their membership, and, above all, that perfect harmony prevails in their internal affairs, that in their intercourse with each other as members, they are ever mindful of the three great tenets of a Mason's profession, Brotherly Love, Relief and Truth, and, as a consequence, the needy aud distressed of their members are afforded ready relief." The Grand Lodges Vall6 de Mexico and Ignacio Raminez (Tamaulipas) were recognized. GL5
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The Grand Master, M. W. Isaac Arthur Trueman, thus reports on the condition of the Craft in his jurisdiction: "Harmony and fraternity prevail throughout our jurisdiction, and the fraternal relations with other Grand Lodges have not been disturbed. Nothing whatever has occurred to impair in the slightest degree that perfect accord which should ever exist among Masons; on the contrary, I am pleased to report that our statistics will show a steady and marked growth in Freemasonry in this province. This peace and prosperity is not entirely due to the efforts and labors of any one year. The seed was sown in the past, and the harvest is now being reaped. As a flower grows, ripens into blossom and scatters its fragrance around, so our Order, founded to promote the morality and happiness of mankind, grows and ripens in the hearts of its members till the lustre and beauty of their lives are beheld by the world, and it is taught to search for the hidden truths that lie concealed from all who have not passed within our portals. Let our bodies be chaste, our thoughts pure, our words gentle, and our lives useful, to the honor and commendation of Freemasonry." The following interesting ruling was made by the Grand Master: " I n reply to an inquiry from Howard Lodge No. 15, as to the degree on which the business of the Lodge should be transacted, accompanied with a copy of a ruling received in October, A. D. 1883, from the then Grand Master, Bunting, that it should be transacted on the first degree, I answered that I concurred in the ruling of Past Grand Master Walker, as stated in his address to Grand Lodge in the year 1891, that, as a member of a Lodge must be a Master Mason under the Constitution as amended in the year 1884, it would be better that all business should be transacted on the third degree, but that it is not imperative." There can be no doubt that the transaction of business in an Entered Apprentice's Lodge is an older practice than the provision that it shall be done only in Masters' Lodges, nor can we doubt of the right of a Grand Lodge to limit the suffrage and to place the entire control of the business of Lodges in the Masters alone. While the latter practice is now general in the United States, if called on for an opinion, we think that the ancient practice is the best and that all Masons should enjoy the suffrage and be entitled to a voice in the transactions of the Lodge, except balloting on petition for advancement. NEW HAMPSHIRE.
This Grand Lodge has, during the year, built a Masonic Home, and a large part of the proceedings are filled with the records of the laying of its corner-stone and subsequent dedication. The Grand Master, M. W. Bro. Harry M. Cheney, rendered this decision: "Is it in accordance with Ancient Craft Masonry for a Lodge to receive a sum of money to be held in trust, the income to be used for all time to keep a brother Master Mason's grave in repair ? "Answer: Yes." The Grand Lodge adopted the following regulation: " Resolved, That no visitor to a Lodge shall be examined for admission until he exhibits to the Examining Committee his diploma, issued
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to him as a Master Mason in good and regular standing by his Lodge and under its seal and the seal of his Grand Lodge, and that no visitor shall be examined by such a committee unless he is a member of a Lodge chartered by this Grand Lodge or by a Grand Lodge which is recognized as genuine by this Grand Lodge; and that no visitor shall be admitted to a Lodge without an examination unless he is avouched for by a member of the Lodge as a Master Mason in good and regular standing, and as a member of a Lodge chartered by this Grand Lodge or by some Graud Lodge recognized as genuine by this Grand Lodge; and that no non-affiliated Mason shall be examined for admission to a Lodge as a visitor without first exhibiting to the Examiniug Committee a dimit from the last Lodge of which he was a member, showing that he is a Master Mason in good and regular standing, or a duly authenicated certificate of the Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge under whose jurisdiction he resides, showing that he is a Master Mason in good and regular standing; and that such visitor shall not be admitted unless the Lodge of which he was last a member was chartered by this Grand Lodge, or by a Grand Lodge that is recognized as genuine by this Grand Lodge; and that the Grand Master send a copy of this resolution at once to the Worshipful Master and Secretary of every Lodge, and direct them to have it read in their Lodge at its next stated communication, and order the said Worshipful Master strictly to enforce this resolution." Bro. A. S. Wait presented the report on Foreign Correspondence. From it we quote his remarks on cypher ritual: "The use of cypher rituals has been made the subject of protest by some Grand Masters and Foreign Correspondence writers, but while their utterance have been largely assented to the practice does not appear to have been lessened or curtailed by their animadversions. It appears to be among that class of vices which once gaining a foothold is found difficult to eradicate, and we suspect it is with us to stay. The most we can hope from the efforts against it is that it may be so hedged about and held in check as to reduce its mischiefs to their lowest proportions. It seems to us that this is insufficient. If it is a vice, no matter how much of a foothold it may have, it ought to be eradicated. Our own opinion is that it is a vice, and in so far as it is the dissemination of anything written or printed that would expose the secrets of Masonry, so that they might be thereby unlawfully Obtained, it is a" violation of the very ties that bind us together as Masons. It is always a question how vice can best be exterminated, but it is a question that is up to every Grand Lodge to determine and to answer. Furthermore, it is the unquestionable duty of every Mason to support and maintain such determination when reached. NEW JERSEY.
The Grand Master, M. W. Bro. W. Holt Apgar, says in his address: " I would not for a moment forget the duties we owe to each other as Masons, but I want, if possible, all to know that Masonry is big enough and broad enough, and spreads itself so widely, that even though all men cannot be numbered among its members or devotees, yet the honest, the true and the good of the world owe something to it and its benign influences because of what Masons are. And, brothers, this influence among ourselves or upon others who are not Masons can only
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be exerted by living such lives as make each man pure, gentle and sweet, and thus one upon whom the world may look and say, surely he has something concerning which we know not. Your life and mine, if we are true Masons, must be better than it otherwise would have been if we had not been entered, passed and raised, and if this 'beautiful system of morality, veiled in allegory,' in which we are enmeshed has not implanted its insignia deeply in our ' thoughts, words and deeds,' even unconsciously, then, indeed, have Masonic Ritual and Lecture failed in their essential." The extent to which wavers of jurisdiction is carried may be judged by the fact that New Jersey asked for it fourteen times from New York, and New York asked New Jersey for it 103 times during the year. The Grand Master had eighty times to decide OK the physical qualifications of candidates. In several instances he declared candidates irregularly made and in need of healing when the charter was not physically present in the Lodge-room. We believe that the authority of a Lodge to work lies in the grant of the Grand Lodge so to do, and that the piece of paper called a charter or warrant is but the evidence of the grant and not the grant itself. We do not believe its physical presence a sine quanon of regularity. If the Grand Lodgeievokes the authorization, the Lodge would no longer possess the right to work, however prominently displayed might be the charter. The authority to work and the evidence of authorization to work are very distinct and different things. If the authorization to work at some passed and distant day be present, and the authority to work be wanting, there can be no regular Lodge. The converse of this seems to us to be equally true and Masonic—if the authority to work be regnant, work may lawfully be done, even if there be no physical evidence of that authority. It might be well to remember that warrants themselves are modern inventions. The Grand Master also decided -that in the case of the reception of a petition for degrees in a Lodge, U. D., and the failure to act upon it by reason of lack of sufficient time by reason of the expiration of the dispensation, the Lodge subsequently chartered could not take into consideration the time between its reception and the date of expiration of the dispensation, but that the delay required for consideration of a petition could only run from the day on which the Lodge was constituted under charter. We have always thought, and can see no reason for altering our opinion, that a chartered Lodge could take up the unfinished work of the same body while under dispensation, at the point and in the condition it which it was left while working IT. D. A committee reported under instructions to ascertain what the landmarks are, ihe following as constituting them: " God— " 1. Belief in God as the Great Architect and Supreme Ruler of the universe. '' The Gfreat Light in Masonry— " 2. The acceptance of the revealed Word of God as the rule and guide for our faith and practice, and its visible presence in every Lodge.
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" The Grand Master— " 3 . The Grand Master is elected by the Craft, and holds office until his successor is duly installed. He is the ruler of the Craft and is, of right, the presiding officer of every assemblage of Masons as such. He may, within his jurisdiction, convene a Lodge at any time or place and do Masonic work therein: may create Lodges by his warrant, and arrest the warrant of any Lodge. He may suspend, during his pleasure the operation of any rule or regulation of Masonry not a ' Landmark.' He may suspend the installed officers of any Lodge and reinstate them at pleasure, and is not answerable for his acts as Grand Master. He may deputize any brother to do any act in his absence which he himself might do if present. " The Lodge— " 4. A Masonic Lodge must have a Master and two Wardens, and when convened for Masonic work must be duly tyled. " The Candidate— "5. No person can be made a Mason unless he be a man, free-born, of mature and discreet age, of good character and reputation and having no maim or defect in his body that may render him incapable of learning the art or of being advanced to the several degrees, nor unless he apply for admission without solicitation and take upon himself the Masonic obligations. Nor can he be admitted to membership in a Masonic Lodge except upon a secret ballot by the brethien of that Lodge. " The Brethren— "6. Masons, as such, are equal; possess the right to visit every Lodge or assembly of Masons where their presence will not disturb the peace and harmony of the same, and to appeal to the General Assembly of Masons, or its substitute, the Grand Lodge, whenever aggrieved by any act of a Lodge. " Masters and Wardens— " 7. The Master of a Lodge, before his election as such, must have served as a Warden. He aud the Wardens are elected by the members of the Lodge, but hold their offices by virtue of the warrant of the Grand Master, until their successors have qualified. They are his representatives in the Lodge, and are not, therefore, responsible to the Lodge for their official acts, nor can they be tried or disciplined by the Lodge during their term of office. " Jurisdiction— "8. Every Mason, for Masonic purposes, is subject to the jurisdiction of the Lodge within whose jurisdiction he resides. " Secrecy—
" 9. The legend of the third degree; the means of recognition; the methods of conferring degrees; the obligations of those degrees and the ballot of every brother are and must continue to be inviolably secret. "Degrees— ' •' 10. Ancient Craft Masonry includes only the Entered Apprentice, Fellow Craft and Master Mason degrees." The report on correspondence is from the hand and pen of Past Grand Master Charles Belcher, and is an able paper of 156 pagep.
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The proceedings indicate that the jurisdiction is a hive of busy workers. A little cloud had arisen—certain brethren having petitioned the Grand Lodge of Scotland to invade the territory, but that body replied, that having recognized the Grand Lodge of New South Wales, they could not think of entertaining such a proposition. So the cloud was dissipated. We are very thankful that the episode is closed. There are now 189 Lodges on the register, and over 8,000 Masons acknowledge their allegiance to this Grand Lodge. Everything is prosperous. We gladly note the continuance of a report on Foreign Correspondence. NEW YORK.
Representatives have been exchanged with the Grand Lodge Zur Sonne, at Bayreuth. The Grand Master, M. W. Elbert Oandall, speaks as follows on the subject of discipline: "Shortly after the summer vacation I assembled the District Deputy Grand Masters of Greater New York and instructed them, in view of the large number of applicants for admission to membership in the Fraternity iu this city, to at once commence their visitations to the Lodges in their respective districts, and to charge each Lodge to guard well the outer door, and especially to see to it that the committees of investigation were particularly instructed to submit each candidate to the closest scrutiny as to his character, reputation and standing in the community. Notwithstanding the fact that the District Deputy Grand Masters promptly, faithfully and intelligently obeyed the instructions given them, and in their visitations to the Lodges made the question of acceptable candidates paramount, information came to me that Doric Lodge No. 280 had initiated, passed and raised a candidate of unsavory reputation. I caused an investigation to be made, and finding the information furnished me to be true, arrested the charter of the Lodge, and directed that charges be preferred against all implicated iu the admission of this member to our ranks. The trials are now in progress, and all connected, with this nefarious transaction will undoubtedly have meted out to them the punishment they deserve. " vVhile the investigation in the Doric Lodge matter was in progress the newspapers of the day pointed to the fact that other undesirable members had gained admission into the Fraternity in several other Lodges. I instructed the Masters of these Lodges to make a thorough investigation, and that if the newspaper statements had any foundation, in fact, to adopt measures under the Code of Procedure to rid the Fraternity of the membership of these brethren, and I have reason to believe that my instructions in the matter will be fully carried out. " I t is only just for me to say, with reference to the Doric Lodge case, that the majority of its memoers were entirely ignorant of the antecedents of the undesirable member in question, and I am persuaded that to forfeit its charter would be a great wrong to the 150 good brethren of that Lodge. I suggest, therefore, when the roll of the Lodge has been purged of its unfaithful brethren, that the Grand Master be authorized to restore the charter to those members who are entirely innocent of any wrong-doing in the matter.
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" I cannot permit the occasion to pass without calling the attention of all Lodges to the laxity apparent in the investigation of candidates for the degrees in Masonry. It is popular to be a Freemason, and it is natural that every profane of questionable reputation should desire membership with us. The time has come when drastic measures must be adopted, and I submit, harsh as it may appear, that a brother proposing a candidate for the degrees of Masonry, should be held responsible for the worthiness of that candidate If such responsibility had heretofore been placed upon the proposer of a candidate, the disgrace brought upon the Craft in the recent past wouldbave been impossible." The Grand Lodge of Western Australia was recognized. It is proposed to amend the constitution so as to provide that the Lodges of the boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn and the Bronx of Greater New York City shall have concurrent jurisdiction, and the boroughs of Richmond and Queens each exclusive jurisdiction. The Grand Lodge adopted the following regulations: " Any visitor from another jurisdiction, unless personally known, applying for examination for admission to a Lodge in this jurisdiction, shall be required to present a certificate of his membership in the Lodge from which he hails." Past Grand Master Anthony presented his fifteenth annual report on correspondence. In his review of Louisiana, he says of the decision of Past Grand Master Cage: " We should not agree with the Grand Master in his conclusions. It does not follow that because a brother is expelled that he is beyond reformation. We also think it safe to adhere to the rule that the private affairs of a Lodge should not be discussed in the presence of those not members of the Fraternity." Referring to our Eastern Star resolution, he remarks that, in his opinion, a Masonic Home should be under the exclusive control of the Fraternity. May be so, but if a destitute brother came to the door of Bro. A nthony, would he object to his wife's giving the brother a cup of water while he was dividing his loaf? Saying to one's neighbor that he claimed the exclusive privilege of attending to the wants of a wandering brother knocking at his door is a very different thing from refusing the kindly and fraternal offices of one's wife or daughter co-operating in clothing the naked, binding up the wounds of the afflicted, nursing the stricken. In the offices of charity woman is "more apt than man. It is kindness to the destitute, afflicted, stricken brother to let one's wife help him rather than to attempt to help him oneself. She will do it better, more considerately, to larger purpose than he can do it. Interesting tables of the numerical strength and work of the various Grand Lodges are appended. From these we learn that from the then latest returns in the hands of the New York Committee on Correspondence, Louisiana ranked among American Grand Lodges as thirty-third. The percentage of new work for Louisiana is given as 11.52, which is larger than that of any other, except that of Oklahoma.
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The average for the year is 6.94 per cent. The. total number of affiliated Master Masons is given as 944,188. In numerical standing, the most prominent rank in following order: New York, 111,365; Illinois, 63,034; Pennsylvania, 57,266; Ohio, 51,374; Michigan, 45,304; Massachusetts, 42,090; Missouri, 36,138; Indiana, 35,107; Iowa, 31,693; Texas, 31,568; California, 24,735; Maine, 23,224; Kansas, 22,388; Kentucky, 21,819; Georgia, 21,138. NEW ZEALAND.
The Grand Master, M. W. Bro. Herbert John Williams, said in his address: " It was not customary in this jurisdiction for the Grand Master to deliver any formal address on the opening of Grand Lodge. That was done, he thought, in all the Grand Lodges of the United States of America, and also in the Grand Lodge of New South Wales, and he understood that it was greatly appreciated. The brethren would be aware that on this occasion they met under an entirely new system of representation. Perhaps it was inevitable that some slight anomalies had occurred. Amongst the earliest things that would have to be done was to decide as to the regularity of the credentials which would be presented by some of the representatives, whose commissions had not reached Grand Lodge office in due time. O tie matter that would arise out of the report of the Board of General Purposes was the question of rulings, In this respect it was unfortunate that our procedure had not been more closely assimilated to that of America. There, it was customary for the Grand Master to review the whole position of the Craft in the territory. To him applications were made for rulings on various questions of Masonic law or custom. These rulings were embodied in his address, and Grand Lodge was asked either to accept them or disagree with them. The value of such a system would at once be seen. There were in Grand Lodge many brethren of eminence and of professional ability, and the rulings were discussed with the utmost freedom, so that when decisions were finally given they formed an important portion of the Masonic jurisprudence of the State to which they related. In New Zealand this had not been the practice, and the consequence was that if any one were asked to compile a digest of our laws he would have a very difficult task. On more than one point it would be found that the rulings given by different Boards of General Purposes or different Grand Registrars were in conflict. It would probably not be very difficult in the years to come to bring about the adoption of some such system as he had indicated, for he thought the value of such a plan would be appreciated." It is proposed that decisions or rulings given by the Board of General Purposes, a sort of Executive Committee, of any Grand Lodge of Australasia should, before coming into force, be submitted to and discussed by all other Boards of Australasia, and the opinion elicited would be finally dealt with by the Administrative Board chosen by the whole body, all being agreed to abide by the result thus arrived at. The recognition of Costa Rica was postponed. NORTH CAROLINA.
The Grand Secretary, R. W. John C. Drewry, mentions the restoration of a charter to a Lodge that had been dormant twenty-five years.
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The youngest member of the Lodge was sixty-five years old, and some of them were bordering on ninety years. The Grand Orator, Bro. M. C. 8. Noble, delivered a very interesting address, from which we extract a few paragraphs: " T H E MODESTY OF MASONRY,
for, my brethren, in these days of parade and show and advertising I love Masonry more and more because she never goes before the public with noisily made statements of how much she has done for the needy and the afflicted, but in silence and devotion, like a ministering angel, uncaring whether the world ever knows of her work or not, she goes about doing good with a gentle hand that never tires. ' To soothe the unhappy; to sympathize with their misfortunes; to compassionate their miseries, and to restore peace to their troubled minds, is the great aim' she has in view and she never pauses in her work to point the world with proud hand to her good deeds, but with the regularity and beauty of the movements of the stars moves on and on in her helpful, sympathetic and practical ministry. " THE PERSONAL UPLIFTING POWER OF MASONRY.
" Masonry's constant, quiet and steady labor of love for others is her effective method of leading us into the habit of and desire for right doing. I love Masonry, therefore, becauses she teaches that a man to be a good Mason should ever be striving to do good with Masonry rather than to reap financial profit from her Ours is not a mutual benefit organization, necessary and helpful as such an institution is in our modern civilizaiion, to which we pay a certain amount and then under certain conditions receive a certain amount. Ours is a society that trains her members for acts of charity, for nobler deeds, for purer thoughts and for higher actions. She labors to fit Her votaries for better work in the better Lodge above, so that when ' the working tools of life shall drop forever from our nerveless grasp' and our trembling souls ' shall stand naked and alone before the Great White Throne.' we may hear from the Judge Supreme the welcome words: 'Well done, good and faithful servant; enter thou into the joy of thy Lord.' "MASONRY AND MERIT.
"The desire of our Order to fit members for better work in the better Lodge above fruits out into the additional desire for men in the best sense of the word, and hence another life-sustaining principle of Masonry is her unfailing disregard of a man's wordly wealth or honor and her abiding faith and hope in him who is industrious, honorable and true. The great and inspiring belief in the final triumph and reward of merit must have been the sustaining inspiration of Entered Apprentice and Fellow Craft, far back at the building of the temple, as tbe former cheerfully bore his burdens, and the latter patiently felled the cedars upon tbe mountains of Lebanon, or hewed the fine Parian marble in the quarries. As they toiled away at their work, their breasts must have often heaved in glorious anticipation of the time when the temple should be completed and they should go up to the City of Jerusalem to become Master Masons along with our first three Most Excellent Masters. And when the temple was completed and the day of dedication had come, I know that every burden-bearer and every cutter from the mountains and hewer from the quarries so fortunate as to be present must have reveled in glorious pride as he looked at the beautiful structure, and that, in the joy of his soul, as the building flashed before him in the full blaze of the noon-day sun, he rejoiced at G
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having had a hand in bringing forth the beautiful creation. And so may we, my brethren, who work in speculative Masonry only, so labor for the institution of Masonry that it, standing among the other great, worthy and successful institutions of human endeavor for the alleviation of suffering and the betterment of humanity, that it, I say, may as farexcel them all in good works as did the temple of old excel the other buildings of antiquity in beauty, solidity and strength, and then we may rejoice at our part in the great work, however humble that part may have been." NORTH DAKOTA.
Among the mistakes of King Solomon was his declaration that there was nothing new under the sun, and our North Dakota brethren can prove it. Here is an abstract from their minutes: " M. W. Bro. Robert M. Carothers (4) stated that the Grand Secretary had prepared a ritual, consisting of two degrees, for an order to be confined to the sons and brothers of Master Masons between the ages of fourteen and twenty-one; that he and other Masons had seen the ritual and were favorably impressed with the possibilities which it presented in giving to our sons and brothers better lessons in life than are ordinarily at hand, at the same time preparing the mind for the Masonic degrees, and therefore he moved: " 'That a committee be appointed by the incoming Grand Master to investigate the ritual and report at the next grand annual communication.'
"Carried." We notice, also, this rather odd record: Page 32—the Committee on Foreign Correspondence made a report which was adopted. Page 38— The chairman of this committee moves that the report of the Committee on Foreign Correspondence be recommitted to the Committee on Finance. Note there is no record of its previous commitment to the Finance Committee, nor of any report from said committee thereon. We infer that the Grand Secretary has been guilty of a clerical error and meant to publish the motion as a commitment and not as a recommitment. Page 48—The Finance Committee recommends an appropriation of $100.00 for the work of the Committee on Foreign Correspondence. Was it the object of the writer of the report to have a money value placed upon his work ? The Grand Lodges of Costa Rica and Western Australia were recognized. The Grand Master, M. W. Bro. Walter L. Stockwell, thus speaks interestingly about Lodge property: "Question: The Lodge a t ' A ' is about to incorporate, and while I was in Bismarck I looked over some of the forms used in the Articles of Incorporation of Masonic Organizations and found that they vary very materially in substance. Some articles provide that the property of the Lodge will go to the Grand Lodge when its charter is revoked; others provide that the property be divided among the members, etc. The members of our Lodge propose putting up a Lodge-room, and in all probabilities if we do we will have to draw from our private funds iu order to complete it, and for this reason we do not feel like incorporating in such a way as not to be in a position to control our property in event our charter was taken from us Is there anything iu the Grand Lodge Constitution governing subordinate Lodges on this posi-
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tion ? Is there anything to prevent us from holding our own property and distributing it as we deem best in event we cease to use it for Masonic purposes? "Answer: Section 35 of the Grand Lodge By-Laws of this State, governing property of suspended Lodges, is as follows: ' Upon suspension of any Lodge in this jurisdiction the last Secretary and Treasurer of said Lodge shall, within three months thereafter, forward to the Grand Secretary all the books, papers, jewels, funds and furniture of the Lodge so suspended, to be retained by him until disposed of hy the Grand Lodge.' " I should place the following construction upon this section: That this means such property as is incident to and proper for Lodge work. As to real estate or other property which does not directly appertain to Lodge work, the by-laws and decisions of this Grand Jurisdiction are silent, but, inasmuch as this, question is liable to come up frequently in the future, it seems best that some ruling be made upon this question. It is almost the uniform law throughout the Grand Jurisdiction of the United States, and the decisions of practically all authorities on Masonic Jurisprudence, that all property of every kind reverts to the Grand Lodge, and so I shall huld in North Dakota, with this modification, that the Grand Lodge becomes the trustee of such property, with power to administer it for the benefit of those directly concerned in the acquirement of such property, and to discharge the obligations due to any member or individual who has invested his money in such real property. This is in the event that the individual members or others have invested money in property used for Masonic purposes. However, if such property has been acquired out of the funds of the Lodge proper, I do not see how any distribution of the property could ever be made. The Lodge acquires all its rights to existence from the Grand Lodge, and, even though the subordinate Lodge becomes a corporate body, that does not eliminate the prior right of the Grand Lodge, and should the subordinate Lodge cease to exist the Grand Lodge must assume responsibility of all property held in the name of the subordinate Lodge. Tbe only way by which you can control your own property is not to incorporate the Lodge, but to organize and incorporate a building association among the members of your Lodge, but separate and distinct from the Lodge itself." He thus summarizes the condition of the Craft. We are inclined to doubt whether his advice is more applicable to the small Lodge than to the large one. In our experience the large Lodge needs such admonition as much, if not more, than the small one: "From our Grand Secretary's report it will be seen that the Craft has grown substantially during the past year. We have this year a membership of 4,397, against 3,999 last year; 469 have been raised, 41 have died. From this it appears that we have a gain of more than 10 per cent, in membership in one year. I am satisfied that this is sufficiently rapid, and I cannot but reaffirm my belief that quality in membership, rather than quantity, is to be sought. This, I believe, is the watchword of most Lodges, but in the small Lodge there is a temptation to overlook this. My hope is that all Lodges will resist this temptation. ">So far as I am able to know, harmony prevails throughout this Grand Jurisdiction, and I trust that such a condition will always prevail." The report on correspondence is from the pen of Fast Grand Master Robert M. Carothers. He notices the action of our Grand
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Lodge on uniformity of work, and thinks we are a little late about it. Let not our brother suppose that this is a new thing with us. For many years the work has been in charge of a committee and they have done much to insure its uniformity. But, as no doubt, the brother knows work that is preserved only in the breasts of the brethren must come in time to have its variations. Louisiana is simply plumbing up a bit, and straightened out irregularities that are inevitable among all workmen. NOVA SCOTIA.
Arrangements have been made for an exchange of representatives with the Grand Lodge of Egypt. There is a Lodge in Halifax working under warrant of the Grand Lodge of England. A question came before the Grand Master whether a member of this Lodge while retaining his membership therein could affiliate with another Lodge in Halifax on the Nova Scotia Eegister. While the Grand Master decided against the proposition he stated that it was the custom in Nova Scotia to permit a sojourner to affiliate, while still retaining his connection with his mother Lodge, but that this was intended to apply only to Lodges located without the bounds of Nova Scotia. While dual membership is prohibited by our Grand Lodge, and we believe every other in this country, yet it is well to have it known that it does exist in some jurisdictions. OKLAHOMA.
The Grand Master, M. W. Mortimer F. Stillwell, made some interesting decisions. We quote as follows: " Kingfisher Lodge No. 8 states that the degrees of Masonry were conferred by said Lodge on one T. J. lies; that after the degrees were conferred it developed that his real name was T. J. Pegram; that he was doing business and owned property under the name of T. J. lies, and asked whether in the absence of specific charges for unmasonic conduct, they would have grounds for proceeding to trial on account of his having entered the Lodge under an assumed name. "Answer: This matter should be investigated thoroughly by a committee of one or more, and if said committee finds that the name was assumed to protect any fraud or crime, it should so report, and the Lodge expel the member, but if after careful investigation the Lodge finds nothing wrong, then heal the member in the usual way, under his his real name." He thinks a minor can petition a Lodge. We have heretofore filed our views in dissent: "Bro. Geo. Ruddell, W. M., of Western Star Lodge No. 46, of Weatherford, asks: ' Can a man lawfully sign a petition a month before he is twenty-one years of age, and if elected, can I confer the E. A. degree the day he becomes twenty-one years of age ?' "Answer: 'Yes.'" We quote again: " H. H. Gilpin, W. M., of Billings Lodge No. 55, states: That prior to initiation an objection was filed, and fee returned to candidate, and
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that at a succeeding stated meeting the objecting brother appeared and asked to have the said objection removed as he had since learned he had been wrongly informed in the matter and had no objection; that on motion a vote of the Lodge was had as to whether or not the brother be allowed to withdraw his objection, which vote was unanimous, and that the Lodge then wished to initiate the candidate, and asked whether the candidate had to wait according to Section 21 of Article 8 of the Constitution, or whether they could consider his election good and upon payment of ihe fee by the candidate, initiate him, since the objector had withdrawn his objection. " Answer. I held, in view of the facts as above stated; the objection not having been filed as temporary and for the purpose of making further inquiry, and the fee having been returned to the candidate, that in accordance with Section 21 of Article 8 of the Constitution, said objection had the same effect only as a black ball, and could not be set aside any more than had the brother been present and cast a black ball, and that the Lodge did wrong in offering and voting on the motion that the brother be allowed to withdraw his objection, and that the brother's attention should be called to the last clause of the section above referred to." It seems to us that if this decision accords with Oklahoma law.that law needs amendment. It is not just nor Masonic, because hot fraternal, to cause the innocent to suffer. We much prefer the practice where if a member of a Lodge has doubts about the propriety of admiti ting a certain applicant, he can ask to have the ballot postponed for further investigation, or the ballot having been taken he can file an objection, which is simply a temporary bar, and not at all equivalent to a black ball, nor having its force. When the investigation is ended and the party found clear of the doubt as to his character, the objection is withdrawn, the bar is removed and the candidate admitted. The difficulty lies in the law which makes an objection have the same effect as a black ball—when an objection is not a verdict or a decree, but sim ply what it purports to be. The edict that identifies an objection and a rejection ought to be repealed for it is unjust, unfraternal and unmasonic. We quote again: " Bro. John A. MeKeene, W. M., of Hobart Lodge, U. D., asks whether a Lodge, U. D., has to accept the dimit of every brother who presents one for affiliation and forward same on to the Grand Secretary without any action by the Lodge, or whether it is within the province of a Lodge, TJ. D , to take a ballot as to whether or not the Lodge will accept the dimit and forward same to the Grand Secretary, and whether a Lodge, U. D., has no control over its charter membership coming from this source. '' Answer. Our law provides that at any time, prior to the limitation of the dispensation the Lodge may (not shall) receive dimits from nonaffiliates, and further provides what the Grand Secretary shall do after same have been received by him, therefore, in order that a Lodge, U. D., may have some control over its charter membership, I decided that when a dimit has been received by a Lodge, U. D., to be forwarded to the Grand Secretary, any member of a Lodge, U. D., whose dimit (not certificate of good wtanding from a chartered Lodge) is on file with the Grand Secretary, and whose uame is entered upon the dispensation, may make objection to the W. M. to the forwarding of the dimit and
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the entering of the name on the dispensation and the M. W. deeming the objection sufficient shall order the dimit returned to its owner, informing him that after the Lodge is chartered and constituted he may petition for affiliation." Affiliation with a Lodge, U. D., has been dealt with generally in one of these ways. It has been permitted under the same regulations as in the case of affiliation with a chartered Chapter; it has been prohibited altogether; or the mode has been followed as outlined above. The latter method is, so far as our knowledge goes, unique and confined to Oklahoma. We are free to say that we do not like the last method at all—to receive a Mason because he holds a dimit to full fellowship against the protests of one or more members; to grant him all the social privileges involved during all that time the Lodge is under dispensation, however obnoxious he may be to one or more members; and then to turn him out when a charter is obtained, seems to us poor policy. We cannot see the wisdom of permitting a body of Masons to make any number of Masons and refusing them permission to permit a Mason already made to affiliate with them. We believe the first method altogether the best, for it no wise infringes the rights of the individuals nor of the whole body of Masonsi and it permits the incohate Lodge to be strengthened, perhaps to large extent, and assists, perhaps materially, in moulding it into good form to become a chartered body. Of course, in this matter, as in others, we write our own opinion, and our criticism is directed, not so much to the interpretation of the law as to the law itself, not to the decision of the Grand Master as to the law by which he is governed and in accord with which he must render his decisions. But, in this instance, we question very much the logic of the Grand Master. He says the law says a Lodge, U. D., may [not shall] receive dimits. His own interpolation furnishes the ground of our contention. The Lodge is not obliged to receive a dimit. It haa an option. If it may receive dimits can it now refuse to receive a dimit? Does not the law grant the right to accept or reject an application? It seems to us that it does, and that the Grand Master erred in not sustaining the right of the Lodge to exercise the privilege granted it of putting the question to a vote whether it would receive the dimit or not. We note the adoption of the following resolution: " Resolved, That the Grand Secretary be, and he is hereby instructed to have printed in artistic style suitable for framing the encyclical letter of Grand Master David Ramsey, of South Carolina, written in 1862, and to furnish the same gratis to all subordinate Lodges that .will frame and hang the same in their Lodge rooms or pay actual cost of framing and sending." This letter of M. W. Brother Ramsey was an address on the duties and action of Masons when in the midst of a civil war and was most timely and admirable.
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The following amendments to the Constitution were adopted: " 1st. That Section 33 be amended to read as follows: . " Any kind of gambling, profane swearing, or the intemperate use of intoxicating liquors is hereby declared to be a Masonic offense and a bar to initiation, parsing, raising, and affiliation in a subordinate Lodge, and the practice thereof shall subject offenders, who are Masons, either to admonition reprimand, suspension or expulsion. " 2d. That Section 35 shall be added and read as follows: " Section 35. The sale of intoxicating liquors at wholesale or retail is hereby declared a Masonic ofjfense and shall subject the offender, who is a Mason, to suspension or expulsion and shall be a bar to initiation, passing, raising and affiliation, in a subordinate Lodge. ' I t shall be the duty of the Master to order charges preferred against all offenders in his jurisdiction who shall violate this section and a trial shall be had as in other cases. " 3d. That Section 36 shall be added and read as follows: '' Section 36. If any Lodge shall fail to enforce the provisions of Section 35, the Grand Master shall arrest the charter of such Lodge and report his action to the Grand Lodge at its next Annual Communication." Quite a number of Grand Lodges have taken similar action. The report on Foreign Correspondence is from the able pen of E. W. Bro. James S. Hunt. A feature of this report is a very full index. OREGON.
The Grand Master, M. W. W. F. Butcher, rendered the following interesting decision, with all of which we concur: 1 '• Has any member of our Lodge a legal right to object to our Lodge conferring the degree ? "A. This question is somewhat indefinite, but if it is intended to inquire as to the right of a member of your Lodge to object to the candidate receiving the degree, my answer is that any Master Mason has a right to object to any man being advanced in Masonry, in the manner provided by our law. " Can the Grand Master of Oregon vouch, in writing, for a brother in all of the subordinate Lodges of the jurisdiction, provided he has set in Grand Lodge with the brother? "A. No. There can be no vouching in writing; the party vouching, the one vouched for, and the one or ones vouched to must all be personally present, together. " At a regular meetingof this Lodge, the committee reported favorably upon the application of a candidate. The ballot was spread and the candidate rejected. After passing over other orders of business, two brothers rose to their feet and admitted that they believed they had deposited a black ball, when they intended to deposit a white, when, in fact, only one black had been deposited. Two brothers had left the room in the meantime. The request was made that the two claiming that they believed they had deposited a black ball be permitted to vote again. The ballot was spread, resulting in the candidate's election. Can he be initiated ? " A. No. Section 5 of Article 2 of the Constitution provides the manner in which balloting shall be done. There can be no lawful variation therefrom. When a candidate is declared rejected, that ends the matter. No brother balloting upon the petition of a candidate for the degrees of Masonry has any right, either in Lodge or elsewhere, to •disclose the nature of his ballot to any one, and the only time when he
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can do anything of that kind is, when in voting, before the result is declared, he discovers his mistake he can state to the Master of the Lodge that he made a mistake in voting, without declaring how or what, and the Master should declare the whole ballot no ballot, and order that the ballot be again prepared. " Can a Masonic Lodge meet and do work in a hall which stands north and south ? " A. Certainly." Bro. E. J. Smith was Grand Orator, and thus closed an eloquent address: " Masonry should never become common. Its perpetuity and its value rests upon the intelligence and moral personnel of its membership and a daily exemplification in their lives of its cardinal virtue". Let us heed well the points of fellowship, and not only put forth the hand to save a falling brother, but also to assist him to rise to higher planes of life and usefulness. Let not the rivalries of trade or the jealousies of ambition mar the enviroment of the Temple; and may we take to our hearts the great truths that there is no service so acceptable to the infinite God as the unselfish, sacrificing service of our fellowmen. It has been said 'that when God conceived the idea of making man, He called to Him the three who constantly wait about the throne, and said to them: "Shall We make man?" And Truth answered and said: ' Oh, make him not, for he will pollute thy sanctuary.' And Justice also answered and said: 'Oh, God, do not make man. for he will trample on thy laws.' But Charity, who-e other name is Love, dropping on her knees and clasping her hands, looked up through her tears and said: 'Oh, God. let us make man, and Twill guide his every step.' And so God made man and said unto him: 'Oh, man, thou art the child of Charity; go deal with thy fellows.' " The Committee on Jurisprudence, in reviewing the decisions of the Grand Master, say in respect to one of them quoted above: " That the first part of Decision No. 3 be approved. " In respect to the second part, the committee report that where a Lodge has decided to confer a degree at the request of a Lodge of a foreign jurisdiction, a member of the Lodge has no right to object to the conferring of the degree which would have the effect to prevent conferring the degree; but the committee think in case valid objections exist, which render the candidate unworthy to become a Mason, these should be communicated to the Master, and by him transmitted to the Lodge whose material the candidate is, for consideration, and in the meantime the conferring of the degree should be delayed." As stated above, we concur with the Grand Master rather than with the committee. The latter admits that the degree should not be conferred when a member objects, but they would compel him to make known his objection to the Master, and he to be the judge of the sufficiency of the objection. Again, they would delay the conferring of the degree, but insist that it shall be confered some time, objection or no objection. As stated above, we believe that according to Masonic principles a brother has the right to object to the initiation of a pro" fane, or the advancement of a brother, and that it is a wise provision that permits him to refrain from publishing his reason for objecting. The Grand Masters, past and present, have organized themselves into a society and have acquired from a Past Grand Master of Tennessee certain secrets that are said to appertain to the office. We feel quite
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incompetent to write as to the secrets of a Past Grand Master, but we do feel quite competent to say that we believe any banding together a clique within the body of a Grand Lodge is bad and to be deprecated. Our Past Grand Masters have, the right, of cour.se, to form a little secret society of their own and to originate its work and signs of recognition. They have the right to cry it is nothing and to adopt a title as its «mblem. But ought they not to pause and consider well if the banding of themselves together as members of the Grand Lodge is not to be symbolized as a mere " yod," but is a serious breach of the peace and fellowship of the Grand Lodge and their organization as possibly a menace to the harmony of that Order of which one of the first Grand Masters is exhibited to us as declaring that in Lodge the smith from the forge was his equal, and one that should be abolished as quickly as may be. PENNSYLVANIA.
We quote the following interesting record from the address of the •Grand Master: " The year just closing goes into history with many marks of distinction, and features of it will live in sweet memories while life shall last; but among the most conspicuous and unselfish as well as most valued and respected is the added gift of Brother Thomas R. Patton, whereby he gave to the Thomas E. Patton Memorial Charity Fund, which fund was founded in loving memory of his wife, Ellen H. Grahatn Patton, at our Quarterly Communication in September last, the further sum of $42,624.08, making the total of that fund one hundred thousand dollars, and giving him the distinction of becoming this Grand Lodge's greatest benefacior. No other Mason in our day has acted out so beautifully in deeds the spirit of the words of St. Paul to the Corinthians, ' Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am becoming as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymoal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.' With a modesty that charms and the gentleness of a nature warmed by love, our brother teaches charity, not by precept only, but exemplifies it by acts while living among us, and while such exemplars walk the earth the whole world must know that our's is an institution based on that never-failing charity which upholds universal love, which calms the troubled sea of our evil passions and leaves a smooth surface, in which all men who are sincere and conscientious worshipers of God m»y unite, bless each other, and rejoice in practically realizing the sublime sentiment that " Gofl hath made mankind One mighty Brotherhood; Himself their Master, And the World His Lodge."
We quote the following from among the decisions of the Grand Master, B. W. Edgar A. Tennis: " A petition can be withdrawn after favorable action by ballot, by permission of a majority of all the members present." Suppose a majority should vote in the negative on the question of permitting the withdrawal of the application, what would happen? GL 7
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We presume the case would be hung up until it dried out and the record would be barren. It seems to us that the case is parallel to that of a member. The member has the right to withdraw, being clear of the books, when he pleases. Why should not the member-elect have the like privilege? He cannot be compelled to take the degrees, and the Lodge certainly would not wish, or consent, to keep his money when the Lodge had not delivered the equivalent for which it had been paid, nor would it desire to resort to the flimsy excuse for retaining the money that it was ready to deliver it. We can see no reason for not releasing the material on the same conditions that a member would be released. We also quote the following decision: "No Lodge banquet or function of any character, where ladies are present, can be held at the expense of the Lodge or under its direction. "Ladies cannot attend a banquet given under the direction of or at the expense of a Lodge. If ladies are invited the expense must be borne by the individuals and not by the Lodge." We fail also to perceive the propriety of this. If it would not be wrong to use the Lodge funds to relieve a destitute widow or daughter of a Master Mason, why should it be wrong to give her the pleasure of participating in a banquet? And if it is wrong to give such pleasure to a sister of a Mason, because it is a mere pleasure, why is it not wrong to use the Lodge funds to merely afford a pleasure to certain of the brethren ? Is it because of the probable conduct of the brethren on such an occasion? Then we say emphatically it is wrong to permit it for the brethren. We believe that there should never be a Mssonic banquet of such a character that ladies could not be admitted thereto. We quote again: " Once a member has passed the scrutiny of physical perfection asa petitioner for initiation, and has received the Entered Apprentice Mason's Degree, if misfortune overtake him thereafter, it is entirely in the judgment of the brethren whether he shall be advanced to a position of authority, the landmark having been fully complied with at the time of his initiation." We dislike to dissent so much from the Right Worshipful Brother, but we feel compelled to say that we feel that physical perfection is as much required in the case of a Fellow Craft and of a Master as in the case of an Apprentice. While we have advocated, and shall probably continue to advocate, the admission of candidates otherwise qualified, who are possessed of sufficient physical qualification to earn a livelihood and not be a charge upon the brethren, and who are able, physically considered, to make themselves known as Masons, we insist that the same rule be applied in every degree as in the first. With the following we are in entire accord. It seems to us that during the administration of the obligation it is a matter of importance that every one should be able to hear the words uttered by the candidate, that they may be the better reminded that they themselves stand pledged to the like obligation and be witnesses to the assumption of it by the candidate:
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" Music of any character, instrumental- or vocal, seems not to be a part of the authorized work of this jurisdiction, but there may be instrumental music whilst the candidate is entering the Lodge and whilst traveling around the room in the several degrees, but no music•' should be given during the dialogue or the administering of an obligation." We are also in entire accord with the following decision: "The brother filling the station of Worshipful Master of a Lodge ' in the absence of the Worshipful Master, is responsible for the proper conduct in the Lodge while occupying the chair, and should rule its deliberations in accordance with his best judgment and in conformity to the constitution, rules, regulations and edicts of Grand Lodge and. the by-laws of his Lodge. He need not follow the instructions of an absent Master. His first duty is to the Lodge over which he is temporarily presiding." We quote also the following. We have heretofore expressed our objection to a minor signing a petition to a Lodge for initiation: " A candidate can be balloted for and receive his first degree on the night he is twenty-one years of age." " Bro. Lamberton writes the report on correspondence. Reviewing Louisiana, he says he is uncertain whether the writer of our reports on Foreign Correspondence should be called Right Worshipful or Very Worshipful. The immemorial custom of the Grand Lodge of Louisana is to style its Grand Chaplain "Worshipful," and nothing more, and to that title the writer also has claim by virtue of being a Past Master. In Masonic circles we feel that the Masonic title is the proper one to use. In other circles we may claim other titles according to their customs. Our Grand Secretary has thought proper in his records to introduce the more common ecclesiastical title of our chairman. As his title in those circles it is substantially correct. No one in Louisiana, so far as we know, has objected to its use in Masonic records, and as there would seem to be some reasons for the recognition of our ecclesiastical status we have raised none ourselves. The word " very " is not used iu Louisiana in connection with any title in symbolic Masonry. In Templar circles we are entitled to it. Nor do we, nor can we claim to be called "Right Worshipful." While some among the brethren in Louisiana claim that the office of representative of a Grand Lodge entitles the holder to the position of an honorary Grand Junior Warden, the Grand Lodge of Louisiana has not so enacted, nor are we aware that the Grand Lodge, our chairman represents, has done i?o. Our Pennsylvania brother will, therefore, find himself quite correct according to Louisiana custom if he confines himself in writing of our chairman to the title, Worshipful. Brother (we quote from the prelude to his report) Lamberton in his review of Virginia writes as follows: " vve regret very much that our brother did not 'choose' to point out a, few of the ' many errors ' in our work. We have one consolation; perhaps our brother does not always recognize a mistake when he sees it. For instance, in Brother Eggleston's very interesting ' Masonic
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Life in Washington in the Washington Centennial Souvenir, at page 110, he speaks of the change in the calendar which ' changed the beginning of the year from April 24th to January 1st' (this in connection with an effort original with our brother to account for a ' supposed' irregularity in the initiation of Washington before he was twenty-one, the same being attributed to the 'confusing change in the calendar,' which was made in the September preceding the November (1752) when Washington was entered, a suggestion not very complimentary, we think, to our ancient Fredericksburg brethren). "We knew that the year for a long time began on Lady Day, as it was called, March 25, and were puzzled at our brother's statement, until the Encyclopaedia Britannica supplied the explanation; for, in the second column, page 677, Vol. IV., ninth edition, the statement appears as to the change ' from April 25 to January 1st.' (Italicsours.) We had previously noted the error on the margin of our copy. '24th ' for ' 25th ' was doubtless a slip of the pen. " An amusing circumstance in this connection is that, when we called the attention of the London publishers to the misprint, quoting the Act of 24, Geo. II. c. 23, We were sent a copy of the page in question showing ' the latest printing,' in which the misprint is corrected (?) to May 25, and this, too, in spite of the fact that the work, in other place, gives the date of March 25, correctly." Some little time back we asked a question suggested by the date of the initiation of Bro. George Washington, and have not seen any answer from any of the "correspondents." Let us repeat, hoping for light upon it. Our distinguished brother was born in February, 1732. We omit the day to avoid bringing in any question of the change of style of reckoning time, and it is immaterial to the issue. He was initiated into Masonry in November, 1752. That is the records show that he was initiated before he reached his majority, and this without any regard to the change in the time for beginning a civil year. We do not suggest irregularity. The presumption is that there was none. But our inquiry is, what was the law at that date as to age of candidates, or under what provision of law was he initiated ? We are free to say that our own thought was not of irregularity, but that the time between the dates suggested that he was a Lewis, and if this could be shown it would be interesting. Can Brother Lamberton, or any one else, specially a Virginia brother, enlighten us ? We desire to avail ourselves of this opportunity to thank our Pennsylvania brethren for a copy of the handsome memorial volume of the session of their Grand Lodge in commemoration of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the initiation into Masonry of Bro. George Washington. PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND.
The Grand Master, M. W. William Robert Ellis, thus reports on the condition of the Craft: " I am pleased to be able to report that the past year has been one marked by very great prosperity and growth in membership and general advancement in Masonic circles throughout this jurisdiction, both insubstantial gains in membership,financial and business matters."
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He thus deservedly denounces cipher ritual: " I would denounce the use of the cipher ritual or the evils of book Masonry, properly so-called; indeed, they are many. Flippancy and superficiality take the place of thought and understanding; the mental cultivation is practically lost, consequently, one of the first impressions acquired by the initiate is one of contempt for that which is learned and carried in the head and heart instead of the pocket, in evident violation of the very first instructions given to the initiate. " This is not alt; the older brethren who have learned Masonry as it should be learned, are, by these parrot ritualists and lightning repeaters, ignored and set aside, shelved with contempt! Finally, what becoiues of our esoteric knowledge as attest and proof of our genuineness as Masons ? What protection have we from imposition when the safeguard, the test itself, may be obtained, read and used by anyone, a little ingenuity being combined with cheek?" QUEBEC.
We quote, as follows, from the able and intensely practical oration of R. W. Bro. the Rev. Arthur H. Moore: "The details of our work, to which we have listened with such pleasure and encouragement, would lead us to conclude that our work is to make Masons. But let us use those words in no formal or technical sense. Let us not empty them of their profound significance. It is only when we attempt to exbaust the meaning of those profound words, that we come to realize the boundless scope for au exercise of all the powers and faculties which we, as Craftsmen, possess. •' Brethren, before we became Master-Craftsmen, we were taught the beauties of sweet charity and self-control; aye, more, we were taught to fulfill our religious duties, with reverence, to our great Architect, the all-Father of Heaven. Then, with these lessons fresh in mind and heart, we were led to one of life's mountain tops and bidden to promote the glory of God by study of His works in Nature, thereby enriching our intellect and ennabling us to serve Him with all our mind as well as with heart and soul. " And finally, with these sweet and stern lessons from nature upon us, we were taught how to die; that, through Him who overcame death, we might rise from the tomb of transgression, and shine as the stars for ever and ever. " And at each successive step in our journey, virtue is nourished, vice opposed, and God is ever glorified and adored. " In the light of our careful thought, how the shell of formalism and familiarity opens away from those words which define our work and reveal their inherent beauty ! " A mighty vision steals upon us, the boundless horizon of human possibilities. And there rises before us in the thought of the result of our work, the vision of regenerate man, freed from the stain of sin and vice, redeemed for his true destiny. With this vision before us, we exclaim: ' Who is this that rises, crowned with, glorious splendor, All His Brow and Breast made glorious with scars, In his eyes a lfght and flre as ol pain long ended, On Hi3 lips a song as of the morning stars.'
"This is the result of our work. And, mark well, that work will last. It will last in you, through ages, through eternity; it is as eternal as the aspiration and longings of your inmost soul. " We are each individual instruments in the work of the Craft, and we must be Masons, before we can make Masons.
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" I sometimes think, Most Worshipful Sir, that we unimaginative people of this Western World need to be on our guard lest the language of symbolism be lost upon us. I sometimes think that we need very elementary interpretations of our ritual in many of our Lodges; that we need to give elementary instructions upon the language of our ritual, which contains so much of that condensed wisdom and poetry •which is never light or shallow. It is the expression of many truths of faith and practice. It is not merely a system of thought: it is a great deal more. "Two German friends once stood and gazed upward inside the Cathedral of Amiens. They paused for a while in speechless admiration. One of them looked at his friend and said: 'You can see here the difference between opinions and convictions. Opinions cannot build such cathedrals, convictions can.' Brethren, opinions cannot build such instruments as those with which we work. Convictions can. They come down to us colored through and through with the convictions of earnest human hearts. "And, to-day, such motives are to be found in human hearts inflaming a desire for Masonic lore. ' There are those who wish to know that they may know; this, however, is curiosity. And there are those who wish to know that they may themselves be known; and this is sheer vanity. And there are those who to wish know that they may get gain fr.im what they know; and this is basest greed. There are also those who seek to know that they may be built up; and this is prudence. But there are those who seek to know that they may build up; and this is charity.' : "Now, if we know, at all, the lessons we have been so often taught, we have learned well that none of these but prudence and charity have any right in the true Mason's heart. When selfish curiosity and vanity and sordid greed of gain come in, the true Masonic spirit goes out. " The true Mason builds himself up for no selfish end, but in order that he may build up others also. The Lord and Master whom we serve said: ' For their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also may be sanctified,' and He hands this spirit on to us. The true Mason is full of reverence" for his God, and shuns every form of impiety, irreligion and profanity. The true Mason has banished sordid selfishness; he has gone beyond the narrow horizon line of his own needs, and in a spirit of true charity he opposes ignorance and intemperance and impurity because of their death-dealing power in the world of men. As an Ancient, Free and Accepted or speculative Masou, he trusts not in any moral excellence he may achieve, or in any product of his own labor to effect the salvation of humanity. Brethren, it cannot be, and he U no disciple of Masonic truth whose spirit is fired by lower motives than these which I have thus set forth. But as Masons following in the steps of our patron Saints, let us try to raise to the high ideals of moral, social and religious life to which we are pledged, aye more, to the pursuit of which we have bound ourselves by the most solemn possible tie ! As we go back to this our real work " ' Let us trust in the will of the Being, Whose fingers have spangled the night With dust of the myriad worlds, And Who spealss in the thunders of space. Tbough we see not Life's start nor the finish, Though vainly we cry for the light, Let us mount in the glory of manhood, And meet the God-man face to face.' "
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RHODE ISLAND.
From an address before the Grand Lodge, delivered by Rev. Bro. Hopkins B. Cady, we make this extract: " Then, again, there may be danger in selecting men for the subordinate offices. Put men in the line of promotion and they expect to be promoted, and all expect some time to be Master. The danger is that we do not think of this when we fill the lower chairs. A man is a good fellow, popular in the Lodge, of fine form and figure, and the members say—' Let us put him in,' and in he goes. They forget that a man can have all of the qualities of which we speak and then not be the man for the place, and in this way we get officers that are not a credit to the Lodge. Very much depends upon the officers, for they have it in their power to build up or tear down a Lodge. In the selection of a man for a subordinate office the question should arise—'Will he make a good Master of the Lodge?' If you think that he will not, don't put him into any office. Don't say—' O, he will do for a Deacon.' If you give him the office you will be obliged to disappoint him by a ' turn down' or afflict the Lodge with a poor Master." We regret'to find the Grand Lodge still in debt for printing their Centennial Volume, to the amount of $2,150.00, and they are now twelve years away from the celebration. They are proposing to pay it off within three years. We notice that their per capita tax is only 50 cents, and that an extra tax of 40 cents would have cleared off the debt. We notice, also, an item in the expense of account, reading "refreshments and cigars, $276.80." These are matters purely of domestic concern, and we, therefore, refrain from comment. SOUTH AFRICA (WESTERN DIVISION).
This is a Provincial Grand Lodge under the Grand Lodge of England. The District Grand Master, Eight Worshipful the Very Rev. Charles William Barnett-Clarke, thus utters his plaint: " Painfully aware have I been of many keen disappointments in matters Masonic, and especially during the past few years. Glaring inconsistencies, flagrant hypocrisy, defiant violation of our most sacred principles, hypocritical, false brothers doing untold harm to our brotherhood by systematic lying, by dishonorable fraud, by heinous causing of offense to the outside world. All these distressful scandals have wearied and agonized me, as District Grand Master and Minister of God. Sundry times have I resorted to trusted and endeared advisers, and resolved to withdraw from any connection with the Craft, and my continuance therein in my position seemed to countenance and connive at the gigantic evil I have detailed and have in my sore, sad heart. But reluctantly I stay on, with the eager hope that by so doing and with your ready help I may stem the tide of evil, and help in some betterment of this District Grand Lodge of South Africa (Western Division) whose loving officers so kindly conjure me and so affectionately say: ' Don't give in, Don't leave us, Sir, matters will mend.' Methinks, alas! affairs are far worse instead of better from what I hear to-day, and so the disappointed District Grand Master once more burdens you this year also by occupying the chair of the Royal Solomon, tho,' alas! sadly lacking the talent of that monarch's proverbial, marvellous yet superhuman wisdom, the gift of the Great God."
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A Grand Master whose soul is filled with the moral beauties of Freemasonry and who knows what a devotee of its sublime principles ought to be cannot but sympathize with our brother of South Africa. The Craft everywhere lack the attentive ear to heed the call to build the spiritual being according to plumb and square and rule—and everywhere are found coming far short of the measure of their Masonic duties. It is a heavy burden on the heart of the ruler to have to recognize in the Lodges scores of men who are at best are but nominal Masons. He hears the solemn obligation of friendship, of moral living, of sublime purpose, repeated again and again, and he finds in the home of trial that the profession of friendship is a sham; of moral living a cloak thrown about the blackest of hearts; of purpose but an intention to be assumed some day but not in the noonday of life. Betrayed by friends; befouled by contact with hypocricy; grievously disappointed by discovery that the avowed purposes of life were without sincerity, he is disposed to think it all a sham. He may come to think that the power of Masonry to build aright human character is too weak for the task and he may be disposed to cast away the institution as incompetent to the task of inculcating its own moral precepts. Many and many a Mason will find in his own heart an echo of the words of the District Grand Master. Alas ! the experience here depicted is but that that is found everywhere in the realms of Freemasonry. What shall be done? Give up in despair? We say no. Inconsistency is not eradieable. The evil lives of Masons are not irreformable. Granted that there are numerous liars, libertines, hypocrits among the Craft—the duty of the Master is all the plainer—let him teach the principles of Masonry, let him emphasize the object of the Lodge, let him cry all the stronger that the symbols point to an upbuilding of man according to a Divine model; let him do the duty of his office and let him be ever teaching that a man, to be a Mason, must live by Masonic principle. Brethren every where, let us not pull down and fling away Masonry, but let us live the Masonic life—every Mason a brother to be treated as of kin—every Mason a friend to be befriended everywhere and at all times. Brethren everywhere, let us be true men and set our faces against the liar and the hypocrite. If but half of the members of our Lodges would live according to Masonic principles, the liars and the hypocrits in our Lodges would soon find that they were at the crossing of the ways, and that they must either leave the Lodge or turn and live the Masonic life. "We deeply regret that our experience makes us sympathize with the quoted outpouring from the burdened heart of the District Grand Master, but come what will, we shall carry the burden and labor all the more ardently for the spread of Masonic principles among the Craft— for the living the Masonic life by Masons. Truth and sincerity must
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characterize the true Mason, and this can only come to pass when the Masters shall insist that so it must be. We despair not. We await the day with confidence when the Master of the Lodge shall be indeed the Master, demanding that the Craft live by the light from the East and be animated by a diligent endeavor to work out in the inner man the designs laid upon the trestle board and traced by the Great Architect. Clandestine American Masonry seems to be spreading itself and is now "up t o " the Grand Lodge of England. We copy the following letters: " P. O. Box 146, Cape Town, I " 3rd February, 1903. I " EDWARD LETCH WORTH, ESQ.,
"Grand Secretary, London— "Dear Sir and Very Worshipful Brother: " I have received a communication of which the enclosed is a copy. " I have heard of the movement, of which this letter indicates the result, for some months past, and I understand that the ' Ethiopia' Lodge is a colored man's Lodge, pure and simple. Bishop Coppin is the Bishop of the African Episcopal Methodist Church, which is a religious organization amongst the colored people in South Africa. "We are rather in the dark as to the authority under which these brethren propose to work, at any rate the granting of a charter in this way, and the creation of a Deputy Grand Master, appears to be highly irregular. I very much regret that I am not in a position to give you any further details at the present writing, as I know nothing further excepting from hearsay. I would be glad, however, if you could advise me as to what steps we ought to take in the matter, and as to whether there is such a body as the Grand Lodge of Philadelphia. If there is, have they any constitutional right to appoint a Deputy Grand Master in this colony, and grant charters for private Lodges under their jurisdiction? " I would esteem the favor of an early reply. 1 ' Yours faithfully and fraternally, (Signed)
" HERBEBT S. EVERETT,
" District Grand Secretary."
"ETHIOPIA. "F.A.A.M. "No. 1. . "AFRICA.
" 11 St. Philip's St., " Cape Town.
" RESPECTED SIR—
" I have been instructed by Deputy Grand Master Bishop L. J. Coppin to communicate to you that a Working Dispensation has been granted by the Right Worshipful Grand Master of the Right Worshipful Grand Lodge of Philadelphia, Pa., U. S. A., to the above Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons, and that the same has been received by the Worshipful Master and brethren. Whom greet thee. " I remain, sir, " Yours fraternally, (Signed)
" W. COLLINS,
" Secretary.
" M K . EVERETT, P. M ,
" Prov. Grand Secretary, " British Constitution." GL8
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" Provincial Grand Lodge in South Africa, '' Netherlands Constitution, " P . O. Box 387, Cape Town, " 5th February, 1903. " H E R B E R T S. EVERETT, ESQ.,
" District Grand Secretary ' "of South Africa, W. D. English Con., " P , O. Box 146, Cape Town. ' • Dear Sir and Worshipful Brother— " In answer to your letter of the 4th instant, I beg to inform you that I have received a similar communication from the Secretary of the ' Ethiopia' Lodge, which will be considered by the Board of Provincial Grand Lodge Officers at the meeting to be held this month. "Beyond this intimation I know nothing of the 'Lodge;' but, according to precedents, I am of opinion that no Grand Lodge has the right to grant a charter to any body of Masons in South Africa without the consent of the four Grand Lodges already exercisjng jurisdiction here. This point has been clearly established; and you are'doubtless aware that German and Italian Grand Lodges have signally failed in their attempts to set up Lodges in this district. , " I will address a further communication to you. " Yours fraternally, "W. H. TIFFANY,
" P . Gs Secretary."
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" Provincial Grand Lodge in South Africa, •" Netherlands Constitution, " P. O. Box, 387, Cape Town, "21st February, 1903.
" HERBERT S. EVERETT, ESQ.,
" District Grand Secretary, "District Grand Lodge of South Africa, W. D., E. C. " Dear Sir and Worshipful Brother— " With reference to your letter of the 4th instant, and to my reply thereto of the 5th idem, I am now desired to inform you that, with regard to the ' Ethiopia' Lodge, the view of the Board of Provincial Grand Lodge Officers:—That the Masonic field in South Africa is admittedly covered by the Grand Lodges working under the English, Scottish, Irish and Netherlands Constitutions: that this is an equal arrangement arrived at between the Grand Lodges concerned very many years ago; and that, therefore, it is out of our power to recognize any other independent jurisdiction in South Africa. " I am to add that, if desired, my Provincial Grand Lodge will be prepared to act with your District Grand Lodge, with a view to such joint action as may be decided upon. " Yours faithfully and fraternally, "W. H. TIFFANY,
" Provincial Grand Secretary, " for South Africa, N. C." We are very glad to find the Grand Lodge of England and its District and Proviriciai Grand Lodges standing so firmly by the "American" doctrine of exclusive territorial jurisdiction. But we regret that Very Worshipful Bro. Letch worth has written in such wise as to imply that the body in Philadelphia, granting the warrant to the Ethiopia, was an American Grand Lodge, when he knew, or ought to have
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known, that the very same reasons that" he assigns for his opinion that " Ethiopia Lodge " is clandestine, operate to make the so-called Grand Lodge of Philadelphia clandestine. The Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania claims exclusive jurisdiction in the State of Pennsylvania, on the same • principle on which it is claimed by the District Grand Lodges of South Africa. The so-called Grand Lodge of Philadelphia is clandestine, arid its offsprings are clandestine, whether in Philadelphia or Cape Town. We wish very much that the Grand Secretary of England had said this, and not left the implication which lies in his letter that an American Grand Lodge of rightful jurisdiction in its own territory had invaded the territory of South Africa. There has been a good deal of false sympathy extended to the clandestine bodies of negroes in the United States, and we cannot but feel satisfaction when they develope their true nature, and demonstrate to the world their clandestine character. We are very glad that the Grand Lodge of England has come to appreciate and to unite with us in our denunciation of the bogus character of their pretensions. It is with pleasure that we can write thatitis no more, no less, unmasonic for Prince Hall Lodge of Boston to set up a Lodge in Pennsylvania in defiance of the sovereign rights of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, than for the Lodge so set up to in turn set up a Lodge in South Africa. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.
The reports show a very healthy condition among the Craft. They now number 2,756 in forty-eight Lodges. All of the funds show increase, and the unincumbered assets amount to about $100,000.00. The amount distributed in charity is illustrative of large-hearted Masonic sentiment permeating the Craft. SOUTH DAKOTA.
The Grand Master, M. W. Bro. Frank A. Brown, reports the following action as taken by him:. " On the evening of March 5, 1903, I received a telephone message announcing the death of Bro. William B. West, a member of Ash ton Lodge No. 33. It was desired that there should be a Masonic funeral, but owing to the absence of the Worshipful Master and the illness of both of the Wardens, Ashton Lodge could not act. I, therefore, made Bro. R. A. Hammond, a Past Master of Ashton Lodge, my special deputy, to open an emergent session of the Grand Lodge for the purpose of burying the deceased brother with proper Masonic honors. It was done accordingly." • This case is, we believe, unique. After a good deal of study we have come to the conclusion that, to accomplish the end in view, he was forced to either take the action that he did or open Ashton Lodge in person. We have a ruling in Louisiana that a Deputy cannot open a Lodge in the absence of the Master and Wardens. On the presumption that usage in South Dakota is similar to that of Louisiana, we come, therefore, to the above conclusion.
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The Grand Master remarks as follows on the status of a decision by a Grand Master in South Dakota: " Since the adoption of the by-laws at the last session of the Grand Lodge decisions of Grand Masterslose much of their dignity and standing as a law of this jurisdiction. Formerly, such a decision, approved by the Grand Lodge, had much the same force and effect of a formal law. Now, it governs only iu the case wherein it is rendered, and is no sure guide to follow in subsequent similar cases. This may be a wise provision, but it surely adds an element of uncertainty to the administration of our laws. Under it no Grand Master will feel bound by former approved decisions when they do not accord with his own interpretation. " In view of this fact, it may hardly be worth while to encumber the records with a report of decisions rendered, as all of them have outlived their usefulness, and iu every instance it is wholly immaterial whether they are approved or not. They have already accomplished their work in the cases involved, and this cannot be undone. If they are no guide for the future, then why permit them to consume the time and attention of the Grand Lodge." We may be pardoned, however, for quoting from him, as his decisions do show the drift of opinion in his jurisdiction. We, therefore, do so, as follows: " I t is not improper for a Lodge to remain at the grave side of a deceased brother buried with Masonic ceremonies after the ceremony is completed, to observe the burial service of another fraternal society of which deceased was a member. It would, however, be improper for Masons, as Masons, to participate in the subsequent ceremonies. " A profane, who has removed from the jurisdiction of a Lodge, cannot petition that Lodge for the degrees. From the day of such removal, the Lodge has no jurisdiction, and therefore cannot waive jurisdiction in favor of a Lodge into whose territorial sphere the candidate has removed. Such a candidate cannot apply for initiation until he has resided the statutory time 7within the jurisdiction of the Lodge to which his application is made.' The Grand Lodge of Costa Rica was recognized. Also the Grand Lodge Valiee de Mexico. SOUTH CAROLINA.
The Grand Master, M. W. Walter M. Whitehead, thus reports upon the condition of the Craft: "Within the borders of our own jurisdiction, Masonry has prospered and there are signs of steady progress and healthy growth. The brethren are united, earnest and full of zeal for the furthering of the great eause which they all have at heart. The membership of the Lodges has been increasing and the average increase, as far as I am able to judge, has been larger than in many years past. There is an improvement in the exemplification of the work, better places of meeting have been secured and fitted up, and more care is exercised ill scrutinizing the character of the material which is being added to the 'temple." We find the Grand Master delivering some interesting decisions. Among them we find the following: " Aikeu Lodge No. 156 received an application for affiliation from a gentleman residing iu Aiken. The petition was accompanied by a
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dimit from, a Lodge in a foreign jurisdiction. The usual course was pursued and the party was duly elected a member of the Lodge. It was then discovered that the petitioner was unable to prove himself by the usual tests, and there was no one who could identify him to be the person who had originally received the degrees. The Lodge was satisfled that the brother was all that he claimed to be, and wished to instruct him in the work at one communication and without charge. " I held that the evidence of the dimit was insufficient—it did not satisfactorily establish the identity of this person with the person who had taken the degrees some thirty or forty years ago; that the action of the Lodge was illegal and void in hastily electing to membership and proposing to introduce within the body of the Lodge a person who was absolutely ignorant of the secret work; that the Lodge could not proceed to instruct him as proposed; itnd that the proper course to pursue was to have him apply as in the case of a profane, receive the degrees at the regular intervals of one lunar month, between each two, and pay the fees prescribed by the Constitution of the Grand Lodge and the by-laws of Aiken Lodge." :i Of course, the possession of a dimit does not itself prove that the holder of it is a Mason, but it does not follow that inability to prove a Masonic character does prove the lack of it. While the established methods of proving a Masonic character are unquestionably the best to use to that end, it seems to us they are not the only methods available to that end. A personal voucher by one who has " traveled " with the applicant is universally admitted as a sufficient proof. It is a good rule of evidence which provides that when the best means of proving a fact are unavailable other methods may be resorted to. The proven integrity of a man ought to count for something for example. We are pretty much of the opinion that the advice given the Lodge was bad. If the material is so bad that his assertion of a Masonic character is to be taken as a falsehood, he is, in our opinion, not fit to be affiliated, and his coming into the Order ought to have been prohibited. Here is another decision: " A request was received from a dimitted brother asking for a duplicate dimit to replace one issued several years ago, the original having been lost. The question was asked if the Lodge had the right to grant a duplicate dimit. I replied that in my judgment it wan unsafe to issue the duplicate, but if the Lodge was positively certain that the statement made by the brother was true, they could issue to him, under the seal of the Lodge, a certificate setting forth the fact that it was a matter of record that on a certain date he had applied for and had been granted a dimit." What is a dimit but a certificate of discharge with good character? And what is a second certificate but a certificate of the same fact to which the first was intended to witness We fail to perceive any real difference between a "duplicate dimit" and a "certificate of a dimit." We can see no difficulty in the issuance of a duplicate, or triplicate, so long as but one act ean be accomplished by the use of original, duplicate or triplicate. The identity of the holder of an original or a dupli-
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eate dimit with the erstwhile member of the issuing Lodge being a necessity to be established, it is impossible for that one individual to duplicate himself and join one Lod^e with his original and another with his duplicate. But if this were possible, could it not be effected as readily if he possessed a " d i m i t " and a "certificate of a dimit," as if he held a " dimit " and a " duplicate dimit?" We quote another decision: " Can the committee to whom a petition for degrees has been referred, on learning that it was likely the applicant would receive an unfavorable ballot, withhold the report, aud in this way prevent action being taken by the Lodge ? I ruled that it was the duty of the committee to submit its report at the next regular communication of the Lodge, unless further time was granted by the Lodge for good and sufficient reason, and that in case the committee proved recalcitrant and refused to make such report, the W. M. had the power and it was his duty to discharge the old committee and appoint a new one." With the ruling we fully agree. We quote again: " [ was asked to decide the question involving the territorial jurisdiction between Winyah Lodge No. 40 and Harpers Lodge No. 225, upon the following statement of facts: " Two persons, A and B, made application to Winyah Lodge. The petitioners were balloted for and rejected. Upon investigation it appeared that these parties were not properly the material of Winyah Lodge, inasmuch as they resided only a few miles from Harpers Lodge. The members ofi Winyah Lodge knew nothing of these parties, had heard that they'were in the employ of a concern in Georgetown, supposed that they resided at Newton, but because they knew little or nothing of them voted against them. The parties were well known to the members of Harpers Lodge who were anxious to receive them. Question: ' Are the parties to suffer oti account of the action of Winyah Lodge in thus receiving applications from material that did not of right belong to it, or m*y application be made to Harpers Lodge?' I ruled that the parties could not send a petition to Harpers Lodge; that the action of Winyah Lodge, even though it was taken under a misapprehension, was binding on the Lodge within whose jurisdiction the candidates were afterwards found to reside, and further that jurisdiction over the rejected material could not be waived by the rejecting Lodge." This decision is, we think, sound. The violation of the local law of jurisdiction was in the act of receiving the petitions. With that the applicants had nothing to do. The wrong done was not to them but to the other Lodge and to the Grand Lodge. The fact of rejection is an independent fact and stands irrespective of the action of the Lodge in violation of law in the reception of the petitions. We question very much, however, the assertion that by such rejection the rejecting Lodge acquired perpetual jurisdiction. Had they elected the men they would have been obliged to surrender them on complaint of the Lodge rightfully holding jurisdiction. Not having jurisdiction at the time of reception of the application they could not acquire it by an unfavorable ballot. Jurisdiction is to be acquired only by the change of residence
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of the applicants to within the territorial jurisdiction of the Lodge, or by an extension by Grand Lodge of the said jurisdiction to embrace their residence. Our opinion is, that after the .expiration of the time limit, when a rejected candidate can re-apply to a Lodge, the parties at bar had a right to.apply to the Lodge rightfully holding jurisdiction. We quote again: " I was asked to decide whether an unaffiliated Mason could preach a special sermon to a Lodge on the occasion of the celebration of the Festival of St. John by the Lodge. I ruled that he could not do so. The fact that he was an unafflliate prevented him from participating. Non-affiliation is a Masonic offense, and the penalty prescribed therefor, Article 1
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" The whole institution has been changed in later times from an operative art to a purely speculative science. It was a necessary requirement among the ancient craftsmen who worked in wood and stone, that no apprentice who was unfit to pursue his calling, or who might become a burden to'the other members of his Guild by reason of physical imperfection, should be admitted. This was all right and proper, and we see the reason for it; but in the present age, when Masonry is taught and practiced for the purpose of building character, we should look rather for moral excellence than physical perfection. " No one can be more zealous than I am in upholding the ancient landmarks, and I believe, of course, that it is not in the power of any man, or body of men, to make innovations in the body of Masonry by changing these landmarks, but I have been unable to persuade myself that this special clause of our constitution is founded on any landmark. It will, I think, be admitted without any question, by the most ardent advocate of the doctrineof physical perfection, that all of our Masonry . -was originally derived from England. No such landmark is known to the Grand Lodge of England or any of the subordinate Lodges under its jurisdiction, and the question as to the precise amount of injury which shall disqualify a man from membership in our ancient and honorable institution, is left entirely to the common sense of the Worshipful Master. A respectable number of jurisdictions in the United ritates know no such landmark, and it is highly probable that we are adhering too much to the ideas which prevailed in the strictly operative Masonry. I submit that the man who has lost a finger or a toe is perfectly able to understand and appreciate the beauties of Masonry, and there is no reason in excluding him. As long as the law stands as it now does, many worthy men who would be ornaments to our society are disqualified by the operation of this landmark to which we attach so much importance. It is to be hoped that the day is not far distant when this Grand Body will decide to relegate this rule to the oblivion to Which it consigned the doctrine of Perpetual Jurisdiction, and to admit meritorious men who are able to comply with all the ritualistic ceremonies of Masonry, even though they may have lost a portion of the joint of the little finger of the left hand, or a small part of the auricular appendage. *' I do not desire to make any recommendation proposing to change the article of the constitution which refers to this subject, but I trust some day to see such a modification of the existing regulation, that all such cases may be referred to a court or tribunal, consisting of the Grand Master and the next highest officers, or of the Grand Master and two Past Grand Masters, who will have power to examine into the extent of the injury and admit to the degrees those whose physical condition will admit of their conforming literally to all the requirements of the ceremony of initiation." The Grand Lodge accepted for consideration at next communication the following amendment to its constitution, therein following the above suggestion of the Grand Master: "Provided, That the Grand Master, Deputy Grand Master and Senior Grand Warden shall constitute a board to whom all applications for a modification of this article shall be referred, and upon the approval of a majority of said board the Grand Master shall grant his dispensation to receive such candidates as in their judgment can literally comply with all the requirements of the ritual—the right of dispensation being restricted to such cases."
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TENNESSEE.
We quote the following decisions of the Grand Master, M. W. John Robert Smith. They cover several interesting points, but do not appear to need a further comment at our hands than perhaps the expression of our agreement with them in principle. We only desire to say that we think that on a lost dimit much more equitable was the decision on a like issue quoted above from the Grand Master of South Carolina: " Query—From Claiksville Lodge No. 89: ' In case a companion is found guilty of embezzlement of the funds of the Chapter, can he be tried and punished for that offense by the Blue Lodge of which he is a member? That is, does the fact that he has been found guilty of embezzling the funds of the Chapter bring him under the law of the Lodge for stealing from or wronging a brother, the Chapter members also being members of the Blue Lodge ? "Answer—The embezzlement or theft of the funds of any institution or individuals is a criminal offense, and certainly a Masonic offense. Charges should be preferred against the brother at once. u QueryMFrom Cumberland Lodge No. 8: ' A brother petitioned for affiliation, but could not produce a dimit. He presented a letter from a former secretary of his Lodge, saying that a dimit had been granted him by Troy (Ala.) Lodge in 1896. Our secretary has several times written to Troy Lodge and asked for a duplicate dimit and information, but has received no reply. The committee having made a favorable report, shall we ballot on the petition ?' " Answer—If the committee has evidence enough to make a favorable report, I can see no reason why Cumberland Lodge shouldn't ballot on the petition. However, if it should appear that the brother has never been dimitted from the Alabama Lodge, Cumberland Lodge may become liable for whatever dues he may owe the other Lodge. " Query—From East Nashville Lodge No. 500: ' A petition for the degrees has been received by this Lodge from, a gentleman who had more than half of his foot cut off in infancy. The foot was cut through from the instep, slanting from the heel, leaving a perfect instep and ankle. He wears a cork foot, and limps only slightly. We wish your decision whether we can ballot on this petition, and if elected, confer the degrees on him ? ' "Answer—The candidate being able to receive and impart the secrets of Freemasonry, there is no reason why he should not be made a Mason. If you are going to make a Mason of him through his toes, then you cannot do it, but if you are going to make a Mason of him through his head and heart, as should be done, you can receive his petition; and if elected, confer the degrees on him. ' The letter of the law killeth, but the spirit giveth life.' •'Query—From Johnson City Lodge No. 486: ' Has the M- W. the power to excuse a brother who has been summoned to attend a meeting of the Lodge, or must his excuse be presented to the Lodge ?' " Answer—The M. W. has the power to excuse him. "Query—From Deer Creek Lodge No. 556: 'Can a brother who has been definitely suspended be restored to membership before the time for which he was suspended expires?' "Answer--He can. The Lodge should be summoned, and if twothirds of those present vote to reinstate him, he will be restored."
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We quote again from the Grand Master: " After witnessing the conferring of degrees in several of the jurisdictions, I am of the opinion that we do not only have the best ritual, but many of the brightest ritualists in the country. Our boardr of custodians and leeturers are doing mnch good. While not reaehing all th& Lodges, yet when one Lodge learns the work and lectures, they impart it to others, and gradually and surely the work is going forward, and greater improvement is being made each year. We have fewer dead Lodges and more bright ones than at any time in the history of the Grand Lodge. Our system of lecturers is fast being adopted by our sister jurisdictions. It is less expensive, and more good is accomplished than by any other system, as a greater number of Lodges are reached, and in my opinion, it cannot be improved upon." Their system is to have a lecturer in each district There is certainly much to commend in the system. It insures much more instruc. tion than is possible where there is only one lecturer. We speak of Grand Lodges of large territorial jurisdiction. And it cuts at the root of the great evil of undue influence so frequently, and almost inevitably, exerted in Grand Lodge by a Grand Lecturer, where there is but one'. The Grand Secretary calls attention to the fact that in 1891 there were 17,329, and in 1903, 17,895 members. In fact, in 1894 there was a larger membership than there is at present. He says, " the trouble is shown to be both in the withdrawals and suspension for non-payment of dues." It is not our province to try to find a remedy for our Tennessee brethren, but this we may venture to say: a withdrawal from Masonry ought to be a very rare thing, and if Masonry is properly taught and properly understood in the Lodges, it would be; and, again, a brother ought never to be suspended for non-payment of dues unless his Lodge is thoroughly convinced of his ability to pay dues. We find the following valuable remarks in the report on correspondence. We are unable to say whether they fell from the pen of Bro. Ingersoll, chairman of the committee, or from that of Bro. Walton, who wrote the body of the report, for we find them in an addenda to it. But it matters little who wrote them, they ought to be read, marked, learned and inwardly digested. " For instance, we find, among Masters of Lodges and even pror fessed lecturers on the Kitual of Freemasonry, many using and insisting upon the correctness of ungrammatical phrases and improper words as part of the Ritual of Freemasonry. They contend they learned it so in the long ago, and therefore that is the Ancient Work. Perhaps they do not know what is grammatical or proper. But they have abounding faith in their own memory, and are cock-sure they can speak the word aright. " I t is only necessary to remind these blind leaders of the blind that Freemasonry respects the arts and sciences, and instructs all Fellow Crafts that they must learn to respect and follow grammar as one of these. Whoever, therefore, assumes to give ungrammatical sentences or phrases.as Masonic Ritual, is doing violence to the very body of Fieemasonry. One must needs know before he can teach.;, and he does wrong to Freemasonry who does not respect his mother tongue."
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From the same pen we quote as follows: " Another new thing under the sun, born not in Massachusetts but in the Great Northwest, is an appendant order created by soine ingenious brother in the Rocky Mountains, who confers degrees upon children between the ages of fourteen and twenty-one, and thereby, he says, turns their footsteps toward our Fraternity when they shall have attained unto manhood. " This is like practicing a boy to sing bass when his voice is at the gosling stage; it can be done, but results are not satisfactory. It not only gives discord now, but may ruin the voice forever. Our Fraternity does not pertain to adolescence; it calls for adult material; it starts best at mature manhood. It never had needed in times past any such kindergarten as this. Indeed, it may possibly weaken the manly desire for the meat of Masonry to have received in childhood milk and water doses of some childish substitution. Let our children understand that there are many pleasures and duties which do not come to children— which are, indeed, forbidden to^hem. Don'tspail the boyhood of our boys by making them meis1-&eft«E& their time. There is abroad in our land too much of this spirit now7 Young America too often holds the domestic reins under present conditions. Let not Freemasonry foster this foolish fad; but rather let us go in the ancient ways and tell the boys there is nothing of Freemasonry for them until they pass the age of twenty-one. " Craft Masonry has already too many other things appendant to it without need for this puerile order. Added to the Chapter and the Commandery, which consummate the American system of Freemasonry, we have the Council and the Shrine, and the Scottish Rite, all of which have at least the merit that they belong to men, and men alone belong to them. And then there is the Eastern Star for women— a most beautiful appeudant order; and now we are to have the Northern Light or Western What-Not appendant for the children of the Craft, until what shall become of us Heaven only knows. Lord send that it may not be a case of Masonic appendicitis !" Very good, but what about the Tennessee appendix,, the new fangled Past Grand Master's Degree? The gravel in it may necessitate an operation. We regret to learn of the retirement from the Correspondence Committee of Bro. Ingersoll, but as his last word is au revoir, he must anticipate a re-appointment, which, we may say, would be very welcome to those who have for so long profited by the reading of his reports. TEXAS.
We find the following in the" address of the Grand Master, M. W. William Clark: " On March 21, 1902, the secretary of Yellow Pine Lodge No. 679 presented the following case for a ruling thereon: Evergreen Lodge No. 189 at Evergreen, La., requested that Yellow Pine Lodge examine Bro. Virgil Easton as to his proficiency in the Entered Apprentice Degree, collect the fees for and confer the Fellow Craft and Master Mason degrees upon him, and report the same to Evergreen Lodge No. 189, so that Brother Easton's name could be enrolled as a member of Evergreen Lodge No. 189. "Held that Yellow Pine Lodge No. 679 could not act as proxy for, nor confer the degrees without a full and complete waiver from Evergreen Lodge, No. 189."
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This decision was, we believe, in accord with Texas law, nevertheless it traverses on almost universal Masonic practice. We do not know of another jurisdiction that would refuse the courteous request of a Lodge foreign to it to do a piece of work for it that it could not conveniently do itself. This Texas practice because it contravenes the general practice gives rise to considerable inconvenience at times. We know of a case where a Fellow Craft of a Mississippi Lodge moved to Texas. His Lodge requested a Texas Lodge to confer the Master's Degree, he having already paid the fee. The Texas Lodge did as requested, but assumed that iii so doing they made him a member thereof. Soon thereafter the brother moved again, this time to Louisiana. Bills were sent him for dues froiri the Mississippi Lodge, but none from the Texas Lodge. After a time he applied to the Mississippi Lodge for a dimit, which was granted. He then applied to a Louisiana Lodge for affiliation, and was received. Subsequently he received a letter from the Texas Lodge stating that he had been suspended by them for non-payment of dues. There is uo doubt in our mind that this brother is in good standing and that there is not a Lodge auywhere in the world that would refuse to receive him, not even in Texas except perhaps the Lodge that did not do what it was asked to do, but did that which it was not asked to do and had no right to do, assume jurisdiction over the brother without a waiver from the Lodge holding it. We do not know anything of the case first above named beyond the Texas record, but on examination we find that Evergreen Lodge reported last year the entering, passing and raising of Virgil Easton, whom we presume to be the same man, and he is reported as a member of Evergreen Lodge. The very next decision of the Texas Grand Master is on the other side of the question. We quote it: On March 21, 1902, the following case was presented by B. W. Bro. E. C. Pew: Bro. R A. McCulloch was initiated in El Paso Lodge No. 130, and afterwards elected to take the Fellow Craft Degree in El Paso Lodge, but left the State the following day in search of work. Some time thereafter he requested El Paso Lodge No 130 to have Evanston Lodge, at Evanston, Wyoming, to confer the Fellow Craft Degree upon him. El Paso Lodge No. 130 granted his request and Evanston Lodge conferred the degree, and soon thereafter notified El Paso Lodge of their action and sent therewith the fee of fifteen dollars to El Paso Lodge, which fee was accepted by El Paso Lodge, and Bro. R. A. McCulloch's name enrolled therein as a Fellow Craft Mason. Question: Did El Paso Lodge No. 130 err in asking Evanston Lodge to confer the degrees for SI Paso Lodge ? And did the Worshipful Master err in accepting the fee and in having Bro. McCulloch's name enrolled as a Fellow Craft in El Paso Lodge ? What proceedings are necessary to have the Master Mason Degree legally conferred on Bro. McCulloch ? " Answer: The action of El Paso Lodge No. 130 was irregular and illegal. The Worshipful Master was justifiable in accepting the fee and having Bro. McCulloch's name enrolled as a Fellow Craft Mason,
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and, if Bro. McCulloch so desires, he can petition Evanstown Lodge far the Master Mason Degree, and Evanston Lodge petition El Paso Lodge for waiver of jurisdiction, which, when granted, will enable Evanston Lodge to lawfully confer the degree on Bro. McCulloch." While the action of El Paso Lodge was probably in breach of Texas law, why should they be allowed to take advantage of their own wrong and pocket the money? For if they had waived jurisdiction and followed their local law they could have had no right to the fee. Because, forsooth, they acted illegally, ''the Worshipful Master was justifiable in accepting the fee." But they must not do this naughty thing again—they must waive jurisdiction to enable the man to be made a Master in Wyoming. They may keep the fee for Fellow Craft, procured by confessed irregularity and obtained through illegal action, but that must suffice, and they can't play the trick over. We don't admire this method of doing business. The fact is, that while the Grand Lodge of Texas has the unquestionable right to prohibit a Lodge from requesting another Lodge to do its work, or from accepting an invitation to do so, it causes inconvenience on every hand, and so with every other bit of legislation that is a departure from the common customs. It is much better to adhere, not only to the landmarks, but also to the customs of Masonry. Grand Master Clark could not, of course, do otherwise than decide the case from Yellow Pine Lodge than in accordance with Texas law, but we should like very much to find his Grand Lodge repealing its legislation that prohibits this custom generally prevailing of requesting a Lodge to do work for another. In the matter of El Paso Lodge the Grand Lodge, on report of its Committee on Jurisprudence, reversed the decision of the Grand Master in respect to the fee, and decided that the Lodge had no right to it. The Grand Lodge was able to transfer $18,000.00 from its general to its Widows' and Orphans' Funds. The new Temple at Waco is to cost $150,000.00. We copy the following, on Porto Rico from the admirable report on Foreign Correspondence of M. W. Bro. Thos. M. Matthews: " Like other Latin Grand Lodges, this body holds annual and quarterly sessions, and almost invariably on Sunday. At each of these communications routine business is transacted. The jurisdiction being small in area-and the membership few in numbers, this is no great inconvenience. "This Grand Lodge was organized on the 20th of September, in the year 1885. Previous to that, the Island of Porto Rico had been under the jurisdiction of the United Grand Lodge of Colon and Cuba. In the year 1896, by reason of political persecution, the functions of this body ceased until the treaty of peace between Spain and the United States, by which the Island secured the blessings of liberty. Accordingly, on the 18th of February, 1899, the Grand Lodge met again and transferred its official residence from the city of May^guez to the capital. At that time there were working in the Island thirteen constituent Lodges.
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" It is announced that ' the Grand Lodge is the only and supreme authority within the jurisdiction in relation to primitive Masonry, or, rather, the degrees of Entered Apprentice, Fellow Craft and Master Mason. It exercises both, legislative and judicial powers.' Also, that ' women are not permitted to enter the Lodges when in session, the Society of Free and Accepted Masons being composed of men only.' And that ' the Lodges are permitted to work in the different rites and in the language which suits them.' And, further, that ' any brethren who have been non-affiliate for more than six months, have no right to Masonic relief.' --_ " It is also required in visiting that, ' aside from a perfect knowledge of the three degrees, it is indispensable to possess a Master's diploma, in order to be able to show that the degree has been lawfully obtained.' "The last annual session was held on the 23d of March (it being the fourth Sunday), in the city of San Juan, in the hall of Regeneration Lodge. There were twenty-three members present, including eight delegates from Lodges. '' The Lodge called ' Union and Labor,' from the Island of Vieques, which had theretofore held its authority from the National Grand Orient of Spain, desiring to acknowledge the Masonic legality of this Grand Lodge, was admitted, and a charter granted it free of charge. A similar course was taken at the extraordinary session held on the 20th of April, by the Lodge known as' Caballeros de la Verdad,' or ' Knights of Truth.' " The oldest Lodge in the Island is the ' Star of Luquillo,' which was founded in Bayamon in 1863 or 1867. "The Lodge which works in the English language and whose membership is composed largely of Continentals, is. St. John the Baptist's Lodge, of which Bro. Frank Techter, the Chief of Insular Police, is Master. The Lodges have names, but are not numbered. " Grand Master Jose Francisco Diaz delivered an excellent address, in which he pays a beautiful tribute to- the memory of those in whose honor a Lodge of Sorrow was held. " The report of the Grand Secretary gives a summary of the work of the Grand Lodge and the subordinate Lodges during the year, and is quite a creditable document. " The Grand Treasurer's report shows an income of $710.60, and disbursements of $655.55, leaving a balance of $55.05. The balance is small, but-it is on the right side of the ledger. There is $35.27 in the charity fund. " The report of the Committee on ' Exterior Relations,' which, by the way, is an expressive and appropriate name, is very concise, covering only four pages. It reviews in a kindly spirit the Latin Grand Lodges, and especially that of Cuba, saying of it ' we can never forget thafCuba y Puerto Rico son de un pajaro las dos alos;' which is, in English, 'Cuba and Porto Rico are the two wings of one bird.' " The committee takes up the opinions which some of the Grand Lodges of the United States—notably those of Kentucky and Indiana— entertain of the regularity of Masonry in Porto Rico. Contrary to our custom, we copy the remarks of the committee thereupon believing that it will be better to do so than to try to give, as usual, a summary of them. We think, too, it will be more satisfactory to ourselves: " ' ADd if this be pleasant, it is painful, on the other hand, that the Grand Lodges, such as those of Kentucky and Indiana, who admit and respect our regularity, still withhold from us their fraternal representations while waiting to decide upon our conduct and regularity in the future.
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" ' I t is painful to us that the obstinate Dr. Robbins, of Illinois, says that we have deviated from the original plan of Masonry, in that our Lodges still belong to the Grand Orient of Spain R. W. Thomas B. Long interprets our reorganization incorrectly. " ' We will not continue our statements of the mistaken ideas concerning us. Our sole intention is to present to the Masonic world the methods of acting, and the flimsy pretexts of some individuals in the United States, many of whom pass for men of learning. " ' We take the liberty of advising these wise men that there is nothing to prevent the use of force. We desire to inform those who have not taken the trouble to investigate Porto Rican Masonry, that it is as regular as that in any part of the world. Let them know that since the Grand Lodge of Cuba founded its first Lodge in Bayamon in 1863, called " Star of Luquillo," everything has proceeded regularly here; that, in 1884, the Provincial Grand Lodge was founded, and, in 1885, the independence and sovereignty of the Grand Lodge of Porto Rico was acknowledged, acknowledgment proclaimed immediately and simultaneously by those of New York, Florida, Montana, Louisiana, Utah, Michigan, Egypt. Italy, Portugal, New South Wales, San Domingo, Peru, Mexico, and a large number of others. What more is wanted? That we had a period of inactivity? Who has not suffered the same in time of war and persecution ? « ' More charity, brethren of the North. No theory, but practice. The Territory of Porto Rico belongs to you, but never Masonic sovereignty, for it has its title perfectly regular, authorized alike by law and reason. " ' And now, to-day, the Grand Sovereign Lodge of Porto Rico, which has seventeen sub-lodges (now twenty), and a multitude (668) of members of the best class, should be attended to, should be considered, should be loved, should be encouraged, should be admired, for the suffering and tears which Masonry has cost her are all well known. " ' Now, then, our future must be condensed in a few brief words, Morality is not the basis, but the product of civilization; and, if our Masonry is no other than the most faithful exponent of the most exquisite plan of universal morality, that is equivalent to saying that it will progress equally with universal humanity.' " No application for recognition has come to us from the Grand Lodge of Porto Rico, and this is the best presentation of its case that we have seen. We have felt that caution was necessary in dealing with the question and now we know it. This body, through its Committee on Exterior Relations, states that in 1885 it received recognition from the Grand Lodge of Louisiana. It received nothing of the kind. The Grand Lodge of Louisiana has never even considered the question of its recognition. We suspect that they sent their communication to the Clandestine Negro Lodge in New Orleans. This may have been done unwittingly. They, of course, very willingly "recognized" them. Now, it behooves the Grand Lodge of Porto Rico to say what they mean by claiming recognition in 1885 from the Grand Lodge of Louisiana, and to declare plainly whether they are now, or will hereafter be, in communication with a clandestine American Grand Lodge.
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We extract the following report on the condition of the Craft from the address of the Grand Master, M. W. William John Lynch: " It has been my fortune to have been permitted to visitduririg the past year Corinne, Damascus, Uintah, Story, Mt. Moriah, Wasatch and Argenta Lodges. On the occasion of these visits I have had an opportunity of getting a close insight into the real condition of Masonry in this jurisdiction; of the interest manifested by th« officers and members relative to the principles of Masonry, and the earnestness and zeal manifested in acquiring a better knowledge of the work and lectures of the several degrees. And it is with pleasure that I report to you that the condition of the institution in these respects is on the advance and that the Craft is in a most healthy and prosperous condition in the jurisdiction. Masonry in Utah, judging from my standpoint, is a grand organization for the accomplishment of the purpose for which it was designed and handed down taus by as noble a band of men as ever lived within the boundaries of the Commonwealth of Utah. "Brethren, perfection in the work and lectures is a consummation earnestly to be hoped for. But if this is to be attained at the sacrifice of the great moral principles whieh Masonry teaches, they are purchased at too great a cost. We should never lose sight of these important lessons, nor forget that our Eitual, beautiful as it is and as desirable as it may be to have a correct knowledge of it, is only the scaffolding by the aid of which we iare to erect the inner temple of our lives. It is well to be able to work well in the Lodge, but it is far better to practice the Masonic virtues at all times; in the home, at our business places and before the world." The seas upon which the Grand Lodge sails seem fair and without ripple and prosperity follows everywhere the work of the Craftsman. VEBMONT.
The Grand Master, M. W. Charles R. Montague, thus reports on the condition of the Craft: "The condition of the Craft throughout the State is most encouraging. With but very few exceptions, Lodges are in sound financial coudition, doing a good amount of work, and adding to the number of good and true Masons, men who are of value as citizens in every community. But few cases of dispute have arisen between Lodges, and all such have been amicably adjusted to the satisfaction of all. With pur sister jurisdictions our relations have been and are of the most cordial and friendly nature." We note with pleasure the payment of $7,000.00 in reduction of debt This, however, is still quite large, $56,000.00. VIRGINIA.
We note the following decision of the Grand Master, M. W..H. Oscar Kerns: "The Worshipful Master and Junior Warden were not present at a stated communication of a Lodge. The Senior Warden requested a Past Master to open the Lodge arid preside, which he did. The District Deputy Grand Master came in during the meeting, and decided that the Lodge was not legally opened; that the Senior Warden should have opened the Lodge him?elf, and that the word to ' congregate,' in
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section 181, meant to open the Lodge, after which he could ask a Past Master to preside. I decided that the Lodge was legally opened, and that the word to ' congregate,' in section 181, simply meant to call the Lodge to order, and, even if he had failed to do this, and requested a Past Master to open the Lodge and preside, the Lodge was legally opened, and remained a legal body to transact business under the laws or the Grand Lodge of Virginia, so long as the Senior Warden was present. " In connection with the above, the question was asked: Should the Senior Warden be recorded as acting Master, or should the Past Master who presided be recorded as Worshipful Master pro tern. I decided that if the Senior Warden filled his station, then the Past Master who presided should be recorded as Worshipful Master pro tern., as the Senior Warden could not be recorded as acting Master and as filling his own station, too; but if the Senior Warden's station was filled pro tern., aud he was seated in the Bast beside the brother who was doing the work for him, then he should have been recorded as Senior Warden acting as Master." We believe the Grand Master to have been substantially correct. The point in the second paragraph is a fine one. No one should occupy two offices at the same time—a man cannot act as Master and Warden at one and at the same time. But if the acting Master should sit in the Bast or the West what matters it? And if he choose to sit in the West and appoint some one to act as Master then he is to be recorded as Senior Warden present in his place, but if he ask some one else to occupy the chair and act as Master, why should not that brother be recorded as such, whether the Senior Warden occupy a seat in the East. (N. B —Not in the Oriental Chair), or on the floor. What is essential under the circumstances noted is that the presence of the Senior Warden be recorded, not the position that he elects to occupy. We think the situation would be more peispicuous if we suppose the case of the Master being present and requesting some one else to occupy the Oriental Chair. The minutes then should read, Bro. A. B., Worshipful Master being present, requested Bro. C. D. to occupy the Chair. The other stations and places were filled as follows—naming them. So we think a similar record should be made when the Senior or the Junior Warden is acting Master. The Master or the acting Master has the unquestionable right to occupy any place that he elects in the Lodge so long as the duly installed occupant thereof is absent. There ought not to be any difficulty of distinguishing between a waiver of jurisdiction and a request to another Lodge to finish certain material, but there is, and so we quote the following lucid explanation of the Grand Master: " The Lodges, or many of them, seem to get confused on the difference between requesting 'another Lodge to confer degrees on a candidate and relinquishing jurisdiction. I have had quite a number of letters asking for instructions along this line. A Lodge relinquished jurisdiction over an Entered Apprentice, and he applied to another Lodge to be advanced. The Lodge to which he applied asked me if they should ballot on his moral qualifications, or should the Lodge that relinquished jurisdiction ballot upon him, and, if they must ballot, 6L9
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should they not ballot on his moral qualifications first, as otherwise he would have to be admitted into their Lodge on the First Degree, to be examined on his Masonic proficiency before they knew if they would receive him or not. I wrote them that, as an Entered Apprentice in good standing, he had the right to visit their Lodge anyway, when working in the First Degree, and they should proceed just as if he had been made an Entered Apprentice in their Lodge; his mother Lodge, having relinquished jurisdiction, had no further control. Whefl a Lodge requests another to confer degrees upon a candidate for them, the Lodge conferring the degree is doing it through courtesy' for another; but when a Lodge relinquishes jurisdiction over a candidate, or, in other words, surrenders their right and title to him, then the Lodge accepting his application for advancement is working for itself, and should proceed accordingly." We note with pleasure the payment of $4,464.68, balance due on purchase of Temple. There is, however, a mortgage on the building to cover a loan of $75,000.00: The Grand Lodge has Jevied a special per capita assessment of twenty-five cents for eight years to pay off this debt. That is the projper and best way to do it, according to our experience. We note the following record and add our congratulations on the remarkable event. Has such a thing happened since the days of Solomon ? "Whereas, The unusual, if not unprecedented, occurrence of the birth of a son to the M. Wor. Grand Master, while he was sitting in the Grand East, has occurred during this session; therefore, be it "Resolved, That the hearty congratulations of the Grand Lodge Of Virginia be tendered M. Wor. H. Oscar Kerns, and a telegram sent Mrs. Kerns, extending our best wishes." The following from the Jurisprudence Committee is lucid and correct: "If a profane moves into another jurisdiction he instantly loses the right to apply in the old locality, but must reside in the new twelve months before he acquires the right to apply there. The Lodge in the old locality no longer possesses any rights in the case, because he has left its territory, and therefore it possesses nothing to waive." WASHINGTON.
The Grand Lodge joined with Olympia Lodge in celebrating its Semi-centennial Anniversary. From the address or the Grand Master, M. W. Bro. John Arthur, we clip this interesting item anent the celebrated Morgan: "An ordinary man of slight build, light complexion and cleanshaven face had gone from Culpeper, Virginia, to Rochester, New York, aud there obtained employment as a journeyman mechanic on the aqueduct of the Erie canal over the Genesee river. While there he received the first two degrees of Masonry. Removing thence to Batavia, in the same region of western New York, he and his wife became intimate with one George W. Harris, a watchmaker of literary pretensions, and one David C. Miller, the printer and publisher of a weekly newspaper. Harris was a Royal Arch Mason and a Craft Lodge lecturer. The trio formed a partnership or conspiracy for the composition and
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sale of a book professing to reveal the secret obligations, words, grips, etc., of the Masonic Fraternity. The book was to be written by Harris, printed by Miller, and fathered by the Fellow (Jraft, William Morgan. With the assistance of Morgan's wife and a Miss Winchester, both of whom were bright and educated women, the plan was carried out, and in 1826 appeared Morgan's ' Illustrations of Freemasonry.' Morgan alone was supposed to be responsible for it. Assuming that the purpose of the book was to rriake money for Morgan and that he would have it suppressed if he got his price, Masons in the neighboring towns took the matter up. Under the laws of New York at that time debtors could be arrested and imprisoned until the debts were paid. Morgan was indebted to several persons and was proceeded against accordingly, for the purpose of getting him out of Batavia and entering into negotiations with him to suppress the boob. Realizing that he had raised a storm and fearing personal injury, Morgan is credibly said to have concurred heartily in the proposition to take him to the armory at Lewistoii on the Niagara river, there to await the result of negotiations with a general convocation of Royal Arch Masons then in session at Lockport, New York, for money sufficient to pay his debts and compensate him for suppressing the book. Taken thither, he was left in charge of Edward Giddings, author subsequently of ' Giddings' Anti-Masonic Almanac' When the negotiators returned from Lockport to Lewiston, .Morgan had disappeared. Giddings refused to give any account of the disappearance, and no authentic account of it has even been given to the world. The mystery will doubtless remain forever unsolved." From the address of the Grand Orator, Bro. Clifton A. Snowden, on the Wisdom of Solomon, we quote these profound thoughts: " He had a dream in which the Lord appeared to him and told him to ask what gift he would, and it should be given him. Note carefully what the request was. It was not for universal wisdom; it was uot for wisdom in the abstract; it was not for the gift of prophecy, nor for skill to foretell the future. It was for wisdom of that special and peculiar kind that a successful ruler of men would most want. " 'Give, therefore. Thy servant an understanding heart to judge Thy people.' This request, we are told, pleased God, and He not only promised to make him wise, according to his request, but added riches and honor. '' To the youthful King this dream had all the meaning of reality. In his time it was believed that the fancies that so mysteriously affect our minds in sleep were directly communicated by good or evil spirits, and that God Himself sometimes chose to speak to His favored servants in this manner. " The young king awoke from that sleep with a new idea in his mind. His soul had been illumined by a gleam from the long-distant nineteenth century. A new and fixed purpose was in his heart. He would be useful to his people. He would multiply their occupations, increase their comforts, enlarge their liberties, and inspire them with new aspirations. He would not hold, as all other rulers held then, and for mauy centuries thereafter that peoples were created for kings only. He would reverse that theory. This king would be useful to his people. That idea was the soul of Solomon's greatness. " I believe that he who consecrates himself to a great and welldefined idea, becomes in that very consecration great; and that was where this king began to be great. He went back to his capitol, but he did not immediately begin the great work that he was expected to begin; the work that his father had committed to his care, and which it had been his fondest ambition to perform. It was
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the work that all his people were looking to see him begin, and yet he did not begin it for four years; he devoted himself first to his government. His empire was then the largest on the face of the earth. As he had said to God in his dream, ' I am but a little child in the midst of my people, who are like the sands of the sea.' They had but few occupations, but few ambitious. They were mostly agriculturists and herders, and they performed their labors with the crudest possible instruments. There was no manufacturing at that time, except such as was done in the homes of the people themselves. There were no employers of labor. There were but few traders, and the things traded in, if you will note carefully, were, for the most part, only rich fabrics, sweet smelling gums, jewelry and precious stones—things that princes only could buy. The only article of general utility that I have, in my reading, been able to make sure of, that was imported at that time into Solomon's kingdom, was the flax that was brought from Egypt. " In this way he then devoted himself to his people. He first made his borders secure. As Mr. Milman relates, lie made treaties with adjoining countries, beginning with Egypt, Arabia, Assyria, and ending with Phoenicia on the north These treaties were not simply treaties of peace; they were treaties of commerce as well. They brought business into his country. He was the first king to have business, or trade and commerce, in view. His father had been a mighty man of war; he was to be a mighty man of peace, and, as the Bible tells us, ' he made gold as cedar, and silver as the stones in the streets of Jerusalem.7 If he did so, he did it by trade and commerce, and by finding his people employment. Having done these things, he arranged his revenue, placed deputy governors and collectors of his revenues in the various provinces of his kingdom, and promoted the general welfare of his people by providing for the regularity of their employment, and promptness in their payment. " Having done this, he turned to the great work which prophets had foretold he was to accomplish—the building of the Temple. For this his father had provided money and much material, but Solomon seems not to have been satisfied with his father's plans. He would build a much largerand grander building. ' For this a site had been provided— the threshing floor of Oman or Arunath, the Jebusite, on the summit of Mount Moriah. It was a place of many sacred associations. It was here that Abraham had prepared to sacrifice his son Isaac. It was here, also, theangel of the Lord had appeared to David when he prayed that the plague might be stayed. The Jews called it the Mount of Vision, because of these traditions, and because of its commanding prospect. It was a narrow rugged hill, too small for his enlarged and elaborate plans; so he proceeded to enlarge it. This he did by walling up its faces with large stones, so nicely fitted together, that it was difficult to discover their joints, and so high that, as Josephus says, 'it was painful to look down from the top of it.' He filled up the interval between mountain and wall with the debris made in leveling the foundations, and dug from an immense system of tunnels and vaults in the living rock beneath—a system so large that the soldiers of Titus, a thousand years later, spent many days in exploring it. This done, he began the great work which was to make his name famous to the end of time. He sent eighty thousand men to the woods and quarries to provide material, and seventy thousand bearers of burden to drag this material to Jerusalem, over a hilly country. All this was to be done by hand and with the rudest tools. This being the situation, the first requisite for the successful management of such a multitude of men would be to provide for order. This required organization, and therefore it seems to me most probable that Solomon began, as our
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traditions recite, to so organize and arrange these hundred and fifty thousand men that ' neither envy nor discord should disturb the peace and tranquility that pervaded the earth at that time.' But something else was needed. Enlightenment was required to get the best results from their work, and to do the best that could be done for them. How natural, at a time when printing was unknown, and only the few understood the art of writing; when men thought in allegories, and expressed their ideas by symbols, that the teaching should be by symbols! And how beautiful it was, if it was so, that the tools with which these men worked were made the symbols of the ideas that it was most useful to teach them; that the square should inculcate morality: the level equality, and the plumb rectitude of conduct! That even the twenty-four-inch gauge, the gavels, mauls and the stout cords with which the stones and timbers were dragged over these steep hills, should be made to mean something to them ! and it is not improbable that it was so. " But something more than order and enlightenment was required. An incentive was needed. And what incentive could be more to the purpose than liberty ? These one hundred and fifty thousand men were not Jews. We have the authority of the Bible, and that of every historian, so far as I know, for saying that they were the captives of David's wars. They were slaves, and the incentive of liberty was placed before them. We are told that the Fellow Craft was admitted to the middle chamber; I think that a doubtful meaning; but if we read 'middle court,' it has a profound significance, as I take it, for the temple consisted of three courts. First, there was the sanctuary, containing the Holy of Holies, and the Holy place, the chamber or hall of the priests. Around that was the Court of the Priests, and they were the only persons admitted to it. Outside that was the Court of the Jews. That was the court of citizenship. Outside that was a third court, the Court of the Gentiles. And Mr. Milman mentions this significant fact about it, that each of these courts was higher than the one outside it, and that there were fifteen steps from the floor of the outer gate to the Court of the Jews. 80 I take it that the Fellow Craft was admitted to the Court of the Jews, and became a free man and a citizen as a reward for his industry and fidelity. You know, also, that he was paid in corn, wine and oil, which are not the bread of slaves. They were ' the bread earned by their own hands which they might eat,' as our own Lincoln said, ' without asking the favor of anybody.' " " But something else was needed—something to unify and cement the whole; and that was found in the idea of God. Every created human being has in his heart a desire to know whence he comes and how. In the heathen religions, the gods are simply ideals. Jove was the symbol of power, Venus of love, Bacchus of frivolity; and so they had a god for everything. There was no unity in this. But belief in the one ever-living and true God—that is the cement which has made this organization live from the time it was founded to the present day. " I do not know, my brothers, whether it can be proven that Solomon founded this organization of ours; but I believe and know it must have been founded byj some wise man; some man who had the welfare of his fellow-men clo e to his heart. Solomon was such a man, and the first among kings who had it. It must have been founded by some man who was a great builder, and Solomon was a builder during all the long years of his reign. He was seven years in building the temple, thirteen in building his house, and the house of the Cedars of Lebanon, and after that he builded cities in various parts of his empire, and later began ship-building. " Further than that, if he organized this order at all, and planted
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in it the seed of liberty, though it may have lain dormant for thirty centuries, it at last took root; and when nurtured by Washington and Franklin and Warren and Livingston and Raudolph, and hundreds of others, by brethren, whose names are familiar to you, and watered with the blood of others whose names unfortunately are lost, but who bled at Lexington, Concord and Bunker Hill—then it began to grow and be a tree that filled the whole earth. I say, if Solomon organized this society and planted that seed in it, God's promise was as abundantly fulfilled in him as any promise ever was or can be." Past Grand Master, J. M. Taylor, addressed the Grand Lodge on Masonry and Science. We quote him on the apron, and we desire to call the attention of our Committee on Work to this matter: " I wirih to show you how the triangle may be made to demonstrate some other principles of Masonry. The highest science is the greatest simplicity, and iVLasonry is simplicity itself: its language is exact; its symbols cannot be misunderstood. Its clothing is the simplest: a plain lambskin or white leather apron is all; no ornaments; white, pure white. Let us see what the lambskin apron should be. The ground part should be a perfect square. The square, which, next to the triangle, is the simplest geometrical figure, has four equal sides. This form, or the perfect square, represents, as it did in the ancient philosophies, the four elements: earth, air, fire and water. These elements constitute but one part of the badge of a Mason, which is more ancient than the Golden Fleece, more honorable than the Star and Garter. There should be an equilateral triangle resting upon the upper side While the lower part of this apron is a symbol of the four elements, the equilateral triangle which rests upon the upper side alludes to the three attributes of Deity—Omniscience, Omnipresence and Omnipotence. We find here a very comprehensive symbol, and one that few Masons understand. " In my work as schoolmaster among the Masons, I have quite a good deal of trouble to get them to use the correct language in describing how to wear the apron. I find a great difference of expression among Grand Lodges in their manner of teaching the candidate how to wear it. " The best way for any Mason to wear his apron, is to keep it pure and unspotted; and as he wears it, to study its symbolism and try to understand what it means. Why it is turned down, and why it is turned up, we are told; but underneath t here is more than you get in the language. Masonry just shadows forth great truths; and in order to understand Masonry a man must be intelligent." " The badge of a Mason is formed by a combination of these two geometrical figures. "The Entered Apprentice is a novice—one just entering on the pursuit of light and knowledge. , "The attributes of Deity are held up before his vision as a guide pointing out the direction to travel in the pursuit of knowledge. " The two coincident lines representing omnipresence and air also represent the coincident boundary line between the terrestrial and the celestial concepts. The Apprentice should always wear his badge with the triangle turned up; the apex pointing upward, as a most significant symbol. " The Fellow Craft has made some progress in the study of science. His mind is expanded from the earthly upward toward the heavenly; consequently, there is a reflex action, the heavenly bends down to meet the upward psychic current, and the two blend together. Hence the true badge of a Fellow Craft is a combination of the square and the triangle.
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"The Master is an adept in knowledge. He has spent his life in the most careful study of both earthly and heavenly concepts. The ignorance of his apprentice period has passed into the partial knowledge of the fellow Craft. His intellect has expanded upward toward his God; and while the attributes of Deity descend to his earthly abode, his mind ascends toward his future heavenly home. All blend together and form one complete whole; therefore, the badge of a Master should be in form." It seems to us that Brother Taylor did not quite complete his demonstration. In the reason assigned for the tucking up of the corner of the Master's apron we would interline thus: In the mind of a Master the knowledge of God has permeated to its depths, and so the lower corner of the perfect square which symbolizes the due admixture of the material elements in the earthly life of the Mason comes to present a second triangle—God in man—the Divine breath developed so as to be apparent. And this symbol is not separated from the proper symbol of the Divine, the flap of the apron, but is mingled with it—while subordinate to it and partially hidden by it, mastered, shadowed by it. It is to be noted, also that the flap of the apron stands for science, its lines presenting the celebrated proposition of Euclid. Here, then, we have a symbol that represents at once God and Science, identifying knowledge with God—the greatest of achievements, the acme of knowledge is to know God. The Grand Master rendered the following very proper decision: " A petitioner reached the age of twenty-one on September 16, 1902; he desired to be made a Mason on that day. " Held, That his petition could not be received until he was twentyone years old." This volume of proceedings is a mine of wealth. We should be glad to quote even more extensively than we have done, but the space at our command forbids. The report on correspondence is written by Past Grand Master Win. H. Upton, one of the best informed and best read of Masonic students. His review of Louisiana is highly complimentary. He says anent the Grand Master's single decision of last year that it is unquestionable sound, but he doubts the wisdom of delegating authority of the Grand Lodge in the adoption of a standard work to its four principal officers. He reviews our report in a truly fraternal spirit. He differs with us occasionally, but when he does he so expresses himself that we arequite ready to thank him, for we are always ready to be corrected when in the wrong, and we are always glad to know when an argument intended to prove some postulate that we feel to be correct is in need of strengthening. We would, however, say a single word to our kindly critic. When we wrote last year of the "ability" of a Masonic Grand Body, our meaning was its power of action within the bounds of law, and not in contemplation of acts of license.
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In the matter of the Grand Orient of Belgium, he gives us an important piece of information that will materially help to a right judgment of the Masonic character of that body. We quote: " We have also before us a list of ' Questions to be answered by all brethren prior to passing'in the Lodge Anglo Beige, at Antwerp, of the jurisdiction of the G. O. of Belgium. One passage, which we do not venture to print, covers the point in the E. A. degree between the first reception and the first rising to the feet, and the things done, the questions asked and ttie answers given are exactly the same as with us. The answer is ' in God.' " Bro. Upton received our proceedings the last of all, and wrote his review while the printer was working on "Kentucky" We also are compelled to write our review under almost similar disadvantages. Our Grand Secretary has found it necessary to admonish us to haste. WEST VIRGINIA.
The Grand Master, M. W. Peyton R. Harrison, reports a year of progress, and from all parts of the State good accounts of the subordinate Lodges. On the occasion of the laying of a corner-stone, Past Grand Master Robert White delivered the oration, from which we quote: " Masonry has three degrees: First, the boys' degree; ' The Entered Apprentice ' who starts to learn the A. B. O's of a great profession in life. "Second, the Fellow Craft Degree—the school and college of the Mason, in which he learns to become a Master of the third degree. In this, the Fellow Craft Degree, he receives his Masonic education. He learns grammar, arithmetic, rhetoric, music, astronomy, but chiefly geometry, for by the aid of the science of geometry, the architect lays his plans and builds his temple; the general marshals his armies into columns, eschelons and squares; the mariner calculates the distant miles of stormy sea, and the astronomer studies and places the stars of the firmament. ''Masonry is mysterious, you say; yes, to the profane it must and needs be, but its deepest mystery, if mystery there be, is that ' hieroglyphic bright,' which none but Craftsmen ever saw, which binds men of every nation and every clime into one common brotherhood. Masonry teaches men to revere and practice the purest lessons of life. "Truth is its center, and from that center radiates the beautiful teachings and tenets of our noble profession. Go to our Lodge-room; see there the altar of prayer, and resting on it the Holy Bible, that greatest light of Masonry. See upon the charts which hang upon its walls those characters which teach, in purest thought, life's earnest sublimest lessons; for instance, that ladder which Jacob in his vision saw ascending from earth to heaven, with its three rounds of Faith, Hope and Charity, or Love—Faith in God, the unseen God—the great Architect of the Universe—unseen but not unknown to Masons. " We are told by some men that science tells us that there is no God. " Did you ever think what a mere sounding phrase Science itself would be did it not acknowledge the power of the'Unseen ?—that great
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unseen power we call Mind ? Yes, it is that unseen-power that wields the pick to dig the stone from yonder quarry, and it is mind that holds the hand to guide chisel as it cuts that stone into beautiful statuary." Past Grand Master Geo. W. Atkinson writes the report on Foreign Correspondence. His conclusions on Certain matters now under discussion are so apt that we take the liberty to copy them: " How physically perfect one should be before he can gain admission to our Lodges. Some of the brethren hold to the old teachings, when Freemasonry was purely operative, that to be received one must be absolutely ' perfect in all of his parts.' Others, again, have relegated this doctriiie to the rear, and claim that all that should be required outside of a good moral character, is to be able to fulfil all the requirements of the Ritual, since Masonry is now speculative, and is no longer an operative institution. 'There appears at present a growing sentiment with many brethren that the true adjustments of the iustitution to modern civilized conditions, require that the narrow interpretation of the ancient charges formeriy prevailing too much limit and circumscribe its capabilities, while others hold them to be among the symbolisms, and, consequently, to belong to its landmarks, not to be removed or enlarged. With the constitution of the human genius as everywhere apparent, it is probable that these opposite ideas will continue to find exemplification in different classes of mind, though, according to present observation, the latter view appears to be weakening, if not giving way to the more liberal and progressive sentiment." " 2. The Gran Dieta Symbolica of Mexico, after having made an earnest effort to secure recognition by our American Grand Lodges, and managed to 'work' quite a number of them, finally threw up the sponge and died of its own weight and weaknesses. While we should not rejoice over the death of anything, even though it be a mere worm of the dust, yet it were best for the future of Mexican Masonry, I am sure, that the Gran Dieta is no more. But another Grand Lodge rises up out of the ashes of the Grand Dieta, and it, too, is now knocking at our American doors for recognition. I refer to the Grand Lodge Valiee de Mexico. If it were the only Mexican Grand Lodge, and could satisfy our American Bodies that it had purged itself of all the heresies that were peculiar to the Gran Dieta, its requests for recognition would, doubtless, be generally accepted. But there are several other Grand • Lodges down there which claim to be of equal legitimate origin with the G. L. VallSe de Mexico, and they, too, are knocking at our doors. Our Grand Bodies will most likely ' go slow ' in recognizing any of them, until careful examinations are made with a view of shaping future action. "3. The matter of perpetual jurisdiction over a rejected candidate is still a very vigorous bone of contention. The older Grand Lodges, as a rule, are adhering tenaciously-to this doctrine, while the younger' Grand Bodies, and especially those west of the Mississippi, have discarded it in toto. Indeed, some of them have fixed one year as" an ample period of time for a Lodge to hold this sword of Damocles over the head of an individual who had been black-balled. The Grand Lodge of Maine adopted a period of five years as reasonable jurisdiction over rejected material, and many of the Grand Lodges accepted it as their law. It is very evident that the end of the discussion of this question is not yet, and it is most likely that a long period of time will elapse before an uniform rule will be adopted by all of our Grand Lodges. "4. The Grand Orient of Belgium is receiving a, large share of discussion in this country over her intimate relations with the Grand G L 10
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Orient of France, an avowed atheistic body of so-called Masons. Some of our American Grand Lodges have severed fraternal relations with her, and more are likely to follow. " 5 . The ever-existing discussion of the subject of non-affiliates seems to be warmer than ever before. Some of our Grand Lodges adopted drastic measures of dealing with the matter, and so far as I have been able to observe, such action proved a failure. Men usually can be persuaded, but they cannot be forced or driven. How to save the thousands who drop out of the ranks yearly for non-payment of dues, and the other thousands who procure dimits, and thus sever their relations with active Masonry, is, in my judgment, the gravest problem which is now confronting us as an organization. Moral suasion is about all that we can use upon them, and it does not seem to be very effective. " 6. Many subordinate Lodges in different jurisdictions have fallen into the habit of using the black-ball too frequently purely for personal reasons and personal spite. I find a number of Grand Masters, the present year have referred to this unfortunate unmasonic condition, and have earnestly pronounced against it. A number of strong Lodges in several States have been greatly crippled in consequence of this fact. It is wise and proper to guard the ' outer door' carefully, but when a Mason votes against a worthy applicant because he entertains purely personal spite against him, he votes himself out of Freemasonry. No true Mason will be guilty of such conduct. It is to be hoped that such conduct may not continue, because if it does, our great moral edifice will surely crumble, fall and disappear." WISCONSIN.
The Grand Master, M. W. D. McL. Miller, rendered several interesting decisions. We quote, with approval, the first of these: "Question.. Can the W. M., 8. W. and J. W., no other Mason being present, open a Lodge of Master Masons and act upon a petition for degrees ? " Answer. Yes. But the practice is censurable. There is an unwritten law that seven Master Masons, one of whom must be one of the first three officers of the Lodge, constitute a quorum for business in a Master Mason's Lodge. I have been unable to find any authority for this law. The constitution, laws and edicts of the Grand Lodge are silent upon the subject. We are, therefore, forced to have recourse to the Ritual of the Order, which says, ' three constitute a Master Masons' Lodge.'" The Grand Lodge approved this decision, but only after striking out of it all after the word "yes." Another decision was this: " Question. At the Masonic funeral of a brother, who was also a member of the I. O. O. F.. can the pall-bearers, by the request of the family of the deceased brother, be chosen equally from Masons and Odd Fellows ? " Answer. No. A Lodge is prohibited from burying a deceased brother with Masonic ceremonies, or from joining in the funeral procession thereof as a Lodge, or in a body, unless it has the entire control thereof (Art. II, Sec. 1.) The pall-bearers being prominent participants in the ceremonies must be Masons."
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With this we cannot agree. We believe that a Lodge can, with propriety, attend the funeral of a brother when the said funeral is in charge of a clergyman. We would not think well of a Mason, Christian or Hebrew, who would not desire to have his body interred according to the rites of the chnrch or the synagogue, and also have, his Masonic brethren present to pay their tribute of respect. There is absolutely nothing unmasonic in the arrangement. In such cases, there ought not to be a moment's hesitancy in acknowledging that it should be the church, and not the Lodge, who should be in charge. Masonry is the handmaid of religion, not its master. Again, where the Lodge is in charge of the funeral, it derogates nothing from its privileges in such respect to have certain necessary parts of the office done by others than Masons. What is there unmasonic in permitting an undertaker t<> close the casket? What is there unmasonic in permitting the " funeral director" from arranging the occupation and arrangement of carriages ? What is there unmasonic in permitting any competent person from handling the casket, or driving the hearse, or leading the horses, or from touching the pall ? What is there unmasonic in permitting anyone, not a speculative Mason, from filling the grave with earth or sealing it with a stone? And if these things be not unmasonic why try to make them so? Does the Grand Master desire to emphasize the prominence of the pall-bearers, and would make no objection to participants less conspicuous, not being Masons? If this be so, we admit that " aline must be drawn " somewhere, and we would differ only as to where it should be drawn. We would draw it at the confines of the Masonic ceremonies. We do believe it unwise and unprofitable to strive to draw it somewhat, or at all, beyond them. The following decision is all right: " A brother made application for affiliation, his petition was accompanied with a dimit. The application was referred to a committee of investigation, which reported favorably, but before the ballot was ordered the dimit could not be found. " Question. Should the ballot have been taken? " Answer. Yes. In my opinion the ballot should have been passed. The affiliating brother should not suffer because of the carelessness of the secretary. It is necessary that the petition for affiliation shall be accompanied with the evidence of non-affiliation, which is the dimit. It the petition is granted this evidence is destroyed; if denied, it is returned to the petitioner." We quote again: " The latter part of December, 1902, I received the following: " ' On the 18th of December, 1902, our Lodge elected S. W, Edward Hougan to the office of W. M., and I, as Master, appointed a meeting of the P. M.'s for the 20th, at which time we met for the purpose of conferring the P. M. degree upon the W. M. elect. Objection was made to the conferring of the degree for the reason, it was said, no Lodge of P. M.'s can be convened except by the Grand Master, or by a P. M., after receiving permission from the Grand Master. Myself, Brother
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Hougan and one more brother, being the only ones present who had not received the P. M. degree in a Chapter of R. A. M., were informed by those present, who were Chapter Masons, that they could not sit in a Lodge thus convened, and would, therefore, have to withdraw. Will you please inform me, what our right, privileges and duties were on the 20th, when there were ten P. M.'s present for the purpose of conferring the P. M. degree on Brother Hougan ? ' " Answer. There can be no conflict between the Grand Lodge and the Grand Chapter as to the P. M. degree. In the Grand Lodge we know of no P. M.'s except actual—those who have actually been electe I Master of some Lodge, and have presided as such—so the Grand Lodge by tradition says: ' A convocation of P. M.'s may be opened anywhere, when three aotual P. M 's are present, and the degree of P. M. conferred as a part of the installation ceremony.' The obligation is all that is necessary, and virtual or Chapter P. M.'s may be present. The Worshipful Master was right, and should have proceeded and obligated Brother Hougan, which is all there is to the actual P. M. degree. It is rather a startling proposition for brethren to exercise a prerogative in establishing what they, without true knowledge of Masonic affairs, desire to have their brethren accept as law. Virtual P. M.'s have spent uo money, nor done an hour's work for what they possess. They simply have thrust upon them honors which they should n thave, and never have earned, and then for them in turn to expect to be seated in a convocation of actual Past Masters, which even the Grand Lodge permits, is preposterous to one who is really an actual P. M.. arid has ' borne the burden and heat of the day.' " We may say, frankly, we speak as both an actual and a virtual Past Master. We cannot imagine how any " virtual Past Master" could, with the slightest regard for his obligation, sit in his character as such in a congregation of any but virtual Fast Masters, nor be present at the conferring of the degrees of which he is in possession, upon one who was not a Mark Master. In our character as an actual Past Master, we do not understand how any convocation of actual Past Masters could permit the presence in it of one who was not their equal as an actual Past Master. If the Grand Master had stopped when he had )ead the law, he would have been all right. When he goes further and says that virtual Past Masters may be present in a convocation of Past Masters, we differ from him. Craft Masonry knows only actual Past Masters. She is ignorant of virtual Past Masters. A virtual Past Master has no right in a convocation of Past Masters called to confer the honors of the chair upon a Master elect, not a Mark Master, for their obligation forbids it. The Grand Mastei' lias no right to say that virtual Past Masters have spent no money nor done an hour's work for what they possess. He talks of that of which evidently he knows nothing We have seen a good many virtual Past Masters, and never yet have we met one who had not spent his money for the honor, and who had not labored in the quarries, and, as a consequence, brought up work for inspection. The Committee on Jurisprudence, commenting on the above, say that the permission for the presence of virtual Past Masters at a convocation of actual Past Masters is "contrary to sound principles of
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Masonic law, and is not supported by the writings of any Masonic jurist. It is founded on neither reason or authority. Those who are virtual Past Masters only, have no right as such outside of a Chapter of Royal Arch Masons, and should not be permitted to be present at a convocation of actual Past Masters." The report on correspondence is from the pen of Past Grand Master Aldro Jeuks. We take pleasure in reproducing what he has to say about Masonic Homes: " The subject of Masonic Homes is being very generally considered by the Grand Lodges of the United States. " A few years ago it appeared as if the Masonic world was about to be swept along upon a wave of sentimentalism, which would require that every Grand Jurisdiction, no matter how weak numerically or financially, would deem a Masonic Home an imperative Masonic necessity. A reaction appears to have set in and Grand Lodges are now more disposed to consider the necessity for such an institution, and their ' ability to support one without crippling I he finances of the Grand Lodge before embarking upon such an undertaking The opinion also seems to be increasing that this is perhaps not the wisest, best or most economical means of dispensing Masonic charity. "The policy of rinding homes by adoption in private families for dependent orphan children is regarded by many as preferable to bringing a large number together in Orphans' Homes. "The old time method of administering Masonic charities, certainly has several advantages which should not I e overlooked: '• 1. It is bestowed secretly, so that its recipients are not made to feel humiliated by realizing that the world knows that they are the objects of charity. "2. Every dollar bestowed in charity is expended in charity, while iu the support of a Home, a considerable percentage of the money employed must be expended in paying for the institution, as well as in salaries and managing expenses. "3. Where relief is extended through Lodges those receiving assistance are frequently, to some extent, at 'east, if not in a great measure, self-supporting, while on the contrary, in Masonic Homes, they must be supported entirely at the expense of the Craft; and last, by not by any means least, those supported or relieved in the timehonored methods of the Fraternity are permitted to remain in the locality where, as a rule, they have spent the greater part of their lives and have formed friendships and attachments which it is almost cruelty to ask them to sunder. To these considerations we might add another that appeals to our mind with considerable force, and that is, that frequently those who are most worthy, deserving and needy cannot be induced to accept the shelter of a Home, while those who have perhaps suffered themselves years before to be suspended for nonpayment of dues and have become impoverished through their own vices, are most prompt and energetic in endeavoring to secure admission to such institutions." WYOMING.
The Grand Master, M. W. Bro. Charles N. Potter, rendered the following decision: " A resident of this State and within the jurisdiction of a Masonic Lodge enlisted in the volunteer service of the United States Army. While in San Francisco, prior to his departure for the Philippines, by
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special dispensation of the Grand Master of California, he was initiated, passed and raised in a regular Lodge in that State. Upon his return to Wyoming he was elected a member of a Lodge in this State, on his petition for affiliation. '• Question. Is there anything wrong with the brother's Masonic standing, and, if so, how must he be healed? " Answer. Without discussing the question whether it was illegal for the California Lodge to assume jurisdiction, I decided that the Masonic standing of the brother was good and regular, upon the principle that, regardless of the right of the California Lodge to assume jurisdiction, it having done so, and there being no evidence of bad faith on the part of the brother, his standing should not be subject to legitimate question, fn this connection I referred to the rule prevailing in some jurisdictions that, where a person has been made a Mason in a regular Lodge, but in an irregular manner, he becomes an irregular Mason. I stated that I perceived no justice or good reason in such a rule; and that there seems to be no sensible reason in holding a candi-, date responsible for blunders and irregularities of the Lodge in the matter of his initiation. When a candidate is accepted by a regular Lodije and is initiated therein, he is not to be considered at fault if the Lodge has unlawfully and in violation of Masonic custom invaded the jurisdiction of another Lodge; and it runs counter to our sense of justice to place blame on his shoulders and deny him Masonic honors and privileges. It should be assumed, under the circumstances mentioned, that the California brethren believed that they had a right to act in the matter under the dispensation of the Grand Master." Since Wyoming makes no claim to invasion of jurisdiction, we may not discuss that issue, but we must have a word to say against the declaration that a candidate is not to be held responsible for the manner of his initiation. Ignorance of the law is notoriously no plea in extenuation of the violation of law. A man may be initiated in a clandestine Lodge without his knowledge of its true character, but that would not justify a regular Lodge in affiliating him. His ignorance may be allowed in extenuation of his fault and may be accepted as cordoning it. But the effect of this.is not to make him a regular Mason and a proper person to be affiliated, but to remove from consideration that particular episode in his life when passing judgment upon his character as a fit person to become a Mason. Again, we desire to say, that irregularities in the manner of making a Mason differ in degree; some are more serious than others, and every case must be decided on its merits. Another decision was as follows: " No Lodge in this jurisdiction has a right to waive jurisdiction in favor of a Lodge in another State over a profane who resides in this State. The only authority to make such waiver is the Grand Lodge or Grand Master." We presume this decision is predicated on some local law, but it seems to us that it would be much betier if the right was vested in the Lodge, to be exercised only by consent of the Grand Lodge or Grand Master.
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B. W. Bro. W. L. Kuykendall, the Grand Secretary, presents, as usual, the Report on Foreign Correspondence. Under Louisiana he says: '"Louisiana is one of the few jurisdictions in which the Grand Master appoints the Deputy Grand Master, to which there is at least two objections, and there is no landmark calling for such appointment, as evidenced by the fact that most Grand Lodges elect that officer, and a few elect some of those generally appointed. We are not objecting to the Louisiana practice, but we believe that Masonic government, as now constituted, generally recognizes the Grand Lodge as the supreme power, and should elect the Deputy as well as the Grand Wardens, which places them all upon an equality, whilst in our opinion the appointment of the former does not." Will our good brother kindly read the ancient charges?
PART II. We have to add to our regular report the following matter: 'MASONIC
CONGRESS."
W e find a very interesting review of the Congress held in September, 1902, at Geneva, Switzerland, in the report prepared by Bro. Frankel, for the Grand Lodge of N e w York. The following is a list of the participants: 1. The Grand Orient of France. 2. The Grand Lodge of France. 3. The Supreme Oounoiiof the Thirty-third Degree of Belgium. 4. The Grand Orient of Belgium. 5. The College of the H i g h Degrees of the Netherlands. 6. The Grand Orient of the Netherlands. 7. The Supreme Council <>f the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg. 8. The Grand Lodge of H a m b u r g . 9. The Grand Lodge ' Zur Sonne " in Bayreuth. (This Grand Lodge had sent some delegates for information only.) JO. The Grand Lodge of H u n g a r y . 11. The Grand Lodge of Spain. 12. The Grand Lodge " Catalana Balear " in Barcelona. 13. The United Grand Orient of Lusitania. 14. The Supreme Council of the Thirty-third Degree of Greece. 15. The Grand Orient of I t a l y in Milan. 16. The National Grand Lodge of Egypt. 17. The Grand Orient of Egypt. 18. The United Grand Lodge of Victoria. 19. The Grand Lodge of Tasmania. 20. The Grand Lodge of Western Australia. 21. The Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Ohio.
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2-. The Colored Grand Lodge of the District of Columbia. 23. The Grand Lodge Ignace Ramirez of the State of Tamaulipas, Mexico. 24. The Grand Lodge of the Valley of Mexico. 2o. The Grand Orient of Bahia, Brazil. 26. The Grand Orient of the Supreme Council in Brazil, at Rio Janeiro. 27. The Grand Orient and Supreme Council of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. 28. The Supreme Council of Minas Geraes, Brazil. 29. The Supreme Council of the State of Ohio, U. S. A. 30. The Supreme Council of the Thirty-third Degree in Lausanne. 31. The Swiss Directorium at Geneva. 32. The Swiss Grand Lodge " Alpina." 33. The Grand Lodge of the Republic of Liberia. 34. The Lodge of Avignon. " La Sincere Union." Upon this list Bro. Frankel remarks: " I t appears that three-quarters of the members of the Union of the German Grand Lodges were not represented at all, and the Grand Lodge of Hamburg seems to have been the only German Grand Body actually officially represented, the Bavarian Grand Body having instructed its delegates to simply attend the meeting for the purpose of getting information regarding the propositions under consideration of the Congress. The remaining six members of the Union of the German Grand Lodges considered that active participation in a Convention of this kind was only permissible, under the statutes of their organization after the Diet has passed upon the advisability of such step, and no Diet having been held, they preferred the more conservative way, taking no action and remaining away. Some of the Grand Lodges, however, expressed their sympathy with the movement and regretted that owing to the technical impediments stated they were compelled to keep aloof, but that this was in no way due to any lack of interest." The M. W. Grand Master of Switzerland, Bro. Edward Quartierla-Tente, in his address, said: " T h e principal objection of some of the American Grand Lodges was plainly given, and the regular Grand Lodge of the State of Ohio, the Grand Lodge of Nevada and the Grand Lodge of Iowa did not hesitate to say that they could not co-operate with the ' Alpina' in the establishment of a permanent international office of Freemasonry in Switzerland, because one of the bodies comprising the Congress was the Grand Orient of France, which had violated the ancient landmarks of the Order by not insisting upon the belief of the Great Architect of the universe as a ' eonditio sine qua non' from applicants to its Lodges and because it had also substituted the Book of Constitution for one of the great lights on the Masonic altar. " The Grand Lodges of Louisiana, Kansas, Wisconsin and Indiana, while quoting no specific reasons, had simply declared that they did not recognize the necessity of attending. Taking it all in all, there appear to be no serious objections to the work before the Congress on one side, and with the many encouraging features on the other hand, the auspices could not be more brilliant and the future offer richer promises for a more successful conclusion of their endeavors. As a
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matter of course, it was necessary to continue this tentative cohesion for the anproachment of Masons of all countries with prudence and wisdom, and to march forward with courage, in spite of all obstacles, towards an ideal brotherhood. He closed his remarks asserting the Masonic aspirations to progessive ideas, to a spiritual amelioration and emancipation and to a closer union of every truly Masonic heart." The following "theses" have been put forward for consideration, as we presume a future basis of union for all Supreme Masonic Bodies are invited to express opinions upon them, and these expressions are to be gathered into a report to a future Congress: " 1. Whatever may have been the origin of Freemasonry, it is certain that the idea of a universal brotherhood has always been existing. "2. Whatever may actually be the diversity in their tendencies, it is certain that the Freemasons of all countries consider themselves as being personally united by the ties of friendship with all the Freemasons of the whole world. "This idea of fraternal fellowship is the most ancient, the most general, and the most characteristic feature of Freemasonry. " 3. This unity also exists in a second point, an inference from the former—i. e., these Masonie ties are independent on any difference in the social position, the nationality, or the religious and political views of the brethren. "4. This accordance, besides, exists in a third point—namely, the Lodge is to be a central seat of moral and intellectual improvement. "5. These primitive and lasting traits are sufficient for us to see that, at the base of Freemasonry, there is the conception of an association having as rules: (a) an equal esteem for all doctrines and opinions; (b) the persuasion that an intelligent and familiar contact—without violence, or hatred, or anger—-gives a greater aptitude to see what is just, and to discern what is good; (c) the idea that such an association is an element of happiness for its adepts, and instrumental towards the progress of humanity; (d) the fact that, though the terms of this association may not be understood by men in general, yet they are comprehended by a choice part of them. 6. From this it results that a Masonic Body cannot—without mistaking its own fundamental laws—adopt any religious or philosophic doctrine, and cannot adhere to any political party, if not in order to assert the liberty of conscience.* 7. In order to reconcile this abstention with the study in common, it is sufficient to follow these two principles: (a) any doctrine may be brought forward in a Lodge; (6) no doctrine may become the object of a vote or of any measure implicating adhesion. 8. Such is the historical and logical sense of the Masonic laws. For this reason Freemasonry is the highest conception formed by mankind, both from the point of view of social peace and from that of the growth of common intelligence. "9. The universal alliance of Freemasons does not require that any international relations should be stipulated by a written constitution. It is sufficient that this alliance, in fact, is existing, regulated by practice. * Zwei Grundsatze bezeichnen vor allem unaer Streben: 'Gewissensfreihelt und Duldung;" an ihnen wollen wir festhaltea mit all UDserer Kraft.—From a speech of the Wmperor FREDERICK In the Lodge " Zum treuen Herzen " in Strasburg, March 12, 1866. . . . G L 11
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" 10. At an international Masonic meeting it is quite useless to deliberate on principles which are not unanimously admitted by the Masonic Governing Bodies. " 11. Each Governing Body is independent as to the organization of its rites. Similarity, however, is desirable in the essential and the historical traits of the initiation into the degrees of the Entered Apprentice, the Fellow Craft, and the Master Mason. " 12, It is unanimously recognized that the degree of the Master Mason confers the full possession of the Masonic quality. " The ulterior degrees are but methods of teaching. It is of no use to revive any controversies concerning these higher or additional degrees. "The Governing Bodies dispose of these higher degrees according to their conveniences. " 13. As Freemasonry thus realizes the advantages of a loyal and intelligent friendship among a great number of men, great importance mast be imputed to relations personal and collective, to traditional, festivals, to visits to neighboring Lodges and those abroad, to the reception of visiting brethren, and to the historical good humor of the Freemasons. " 14. In fine, Freemasonry is a natural phenomenon in life intellectual and moral. Men, absorbed by professional work, want to have reunions where their thoughts may soar on high. " In every country Freemasonry preserves its national character, but its unity results from the common wish to realize fraternal ideas. The power of Freemasonry lies in the superiority of this thought, in that of peace, of love and of good sense. " I t s universality proceeds from its success being favored by the same aspirations, the same adversaries, the same circumstances. '' Its adversaries are those who, either from blindness, cannot comprehend it, or, from interest, cannot practice it. ' Freemasonry will increase and flourish as long as we are safe from the moral miseries from without; as long as we breathe the air of ideals and of liberty: as long as we find in it the charm of the communion with kindred souls and hearts that know no rancor." It is difficult to recognize where the Freemasonry of these theses is to be found. In fact, to us, they serve but to demonstrate that those who are putting forward these propositions have lost sight of the fundamental principles of Freemasonry; that they are but iconoclasts who are destroying the Temple. These propositions would better befit a literary guild than a Masonic Grand Lodge. While the spirit of universal tolerance is a degenerate development of brotherly forbearance, while unrestrained liberty is anarchistic license, so freedom of speech and of pen, unguided by the Great Master, must find its ultimate in utter lawlessness. The Lodge of Masons has its Master to direct its work, and it is his duty to absolutely prevent the introduction of anything into the Lodge that will disturb its harmony. Freemasonry has its landmarks, has its philosophy exemplied in its work, and the Master must prohibit any discussion of change. The men who are represented in this Congress are largely those who have permitted unlicensed debate in the Lodges on the fundamental
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principles of Masonry. No vote was taken on paper after paper as they were presented. That is true, but the poison enunciated by the radical speakers has done its work, and we find Supreme Bodies trampling on the rights of their brethren of other jurisdictions, denying their rights to exercise their sole authority within the spheres of their own activities, and setting up opposition Lodges to preach and teach in the foreign land the new fangled notions of so-called fraternity. Then we find these Supreme Bodies farther influenced by the pernicious speeches of radicalism, and throwing out the Great Light and substituting for the word of the Supreme Architect a constitution of builders who know less of true Masonry than an uninstructed Apprentice. The poison works, and we can see a Congress of Supreme Bodies putting forth a body of " theses " in which there is not one word of the landmarks of the institution—absolutely not the slightest protection for the preservation of anything that has heretofore been considered fundamental, no bar against the utmost innovation. They tell us these men are "charitable," and they point to many institutions that they have reared for the alleviation of the sufferings of men. It is well, and we are thankful for the humanitarian efforts of these men. These things ought they to have done, we are ready to say, but we must add, there are other things which they ought not to have left undone. Any and every man ought to have done those things. There is nothing distinctively Masonic about them. The charitable man is not necessarily a Mason. Neither a Peabody or a Carnagie is to be admitted into a Masonic Lodge because of his philanthropic acts. They must prove themselves in other ways. Perhaps those ways of proving may not be as conducive to character building as these acts of benevolence. But it remains and must remain a truth if the institution is to endure that no man can enter its portals unless he give the token, and that token is not to be confounded with that which commends the profane for initiation. The glittering generalities of these theses may be commendable expressions to mark a man as a lover of his kind, but we shall not, and we cannot, admit a man as a Mason, into a Masonic Lodge, solely for the reason that some angel has written his name upon the scroll of fame, first, upon the lists, perchance, as a lover of his kind. Freemasonry teaches humanitarian philanthrophy, but it is not a convertable term with it. .Charity is a round of the Mason's theological ladder, but it is not the whole ladder, much less the whole institution. Aid and assistance to the poor and indigent brother is a principle builded into the Masonic Temple, but it is no more to be identified with the Temple itself, than is the cement with which the stones of the house is laid, is to be identified and confounded with the house itself. A pile of cement may be a very solid mass, but, of itself, it is a very useless one. There are no lines of instructive beauty about it. There are no chambers of refuge and of comfort about it. There is no
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progress in it towards a Divine ideal, nor any approaohment about it towards the eternal truth. The society for general debate, but in which no vote for action is to be taken, may afford to many entertainment, amusement, an increase of knowledge, but it is not Masonry. Any Mason may, perhaps, with profit to himself, unite with such an institution, but no Masonic body can do so without risking the arrest of its warrant of constitution, or a loss of recognition as a Masonic body. The propositions of the Congress are largely the methods of the Grand Orients of Prance, of Belgium and of others. In them and in their Lodges their members can and do read essays on any subject that they please. "Any doctrine may be brought forward in a Lodge." What has resulted—first, invasion of foreign territory, to the end that the "liberty" of thought and speech as conceived by the teacher of this new " Masonry " may be planted in that land. The displacement of landmark after landmark, until the Holy Bible itself has been discarded. Then the proposition to substitute for Freemasonry a universal society, into which all men are to be united without tests, save only a profession of desire to be called brother everywhere, and in which they are to seek only moral and intellectual improvement. In this society there is to be "an equal esteem of all doctrines and opinions." In fine, a society which may be considered " a natural phenomenon in life, intellectual and moral," in which, " men, absorbed by professional work," may find a plea in which " their thoughts may soar on high;" a society " whose unity results from the common wish to realize fraternal ideas." We cannot travel on that road. Our path lies hedged in by the ancient landmarks. Obedience and reverence for the Grand Master of heaven and earth are animating and soul-absorbing principles. His Word, the light to our feet and the guide for our faith and practice. Respect for the rights of all others, specially brother Masons. No doctrines to be introduced and debated in Lodge save those that are evidently those of the ancient Craft. No innovation in the body of Masonry. Moral improvement to be sought by the canons of ancient philosophy exemplified in the work prescribed for making perfect, rough ashlars. Intellectual improvement to be sought in contemplation of those methods which the fathers have provided for the importation of "light." A direction and guidance of the soul's flight, not as a mental diversion, but a journey to result in the highest conception of not a fancy but of divine truth. A society, whose unity results from a single and concrete origiu, from the will of the Supreme Architect, the Maker of heaven and earth, and whose unity is to be preserved only by the prevailing authority of the settled and determined and unalterable principles, teachings and methods of procedure and an absolute prohibition of innovation, save by general and universal consent. The spirit of Fraternity and of Charity are proper and necessary deductions, but they are only deductions and developments.
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While our concepts of Freemasonry are, as they are, we cannot step upon the Geneva platform. GERMANY. >
We are indebted to R. W. Bro. Frankel, of the Correspondence Committee of New York, for the following information: " There has been practically no change in the situation within the German Grand Lodges' Union during the last twelve months. True, there have beea attempts made by both sides to settle the existing difficulties between the Grand Lodge of the ' Three Globes' and that of Hamburg. It is well known that the misunderstanding between these Grand Bodies has practically divided the members of the Grand Lo,dges' Union into opposing factions. Though M. W. Bro. Brand, the acting executive of the Union, has not relaxed his efforts to restore the former status of mutual esteem and peaceful co-operation, there was no actual progress in this direction. Propositions and counter-propositions were made. Conferences and even extraordinary sessions of the interested Grand Bodies were called, and the situation has been discussed from every point of view, each party stubbornly claiming the justice of its cause, but no harmony or amicability could be established. There is no doubt that an earnest desire exists on both sides to find the proper way out of the existing dilemma; the more so. as the continuance of the prevailing situation cannot last much longer. We believe and hope, in the interest of the Craft, that some means may be found to end the contest and if we are not mistaken, a decided step to this end has at last been taken." , Reviewing the proceedings of the Grand Lodge "Three Globes" of Prussia, Bro. Frankel says: " At an extraordinary meeting held on October 26, 1902, 'The Crisis within the German Craft' formed the only subject for discussion, and R. W. Bro. Bernhardi explained, in an exhaustive address, that the whole trouble was a consequence of the affiliation of the former ' Settegast' Lodges with the Grand Lodge of Hamburg, which had thus received them under its protection, and so transformed these irregular Masonic Bodies into duly and truly constituted Lodges, in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Union of the German Grand Lodges. The speaker related how the friendly relations between the Grand Lodges of Hamburg and the ' Three Globes' were consequently broken off in April, 1901, and cited the various attempts that had been instituted to re-establish again a fraternal co-operation of the eight Grand Bodies. He also dwelt upon the proposition submitted through the confereuce of Grand Masters held in Leipzig on September 5, 1901, and in Fjisenach, on July 6, 1902, which did not prove acceptable either to the Grand Master or to the ' Bundes-Directorium.' A counter proposition submitted by the three Prussian Grand Lodges defined the position maintained by the Executive Committee of the ' Three Globes-,' and a vote of confidence on .this point was asked arid given by the Grand Lodge, when it accepted the motion of Bro. Vogel, as follows: " ' The Grand Lodge approves the decision ol the " Bundes-Directorium " in so far that It has no Interest in the continuance of the Union of the German Giatd Lodges on the basis of its present statutes, and that for the present time all negotiations regarding a reconstruction of the Union are to be abandoned, unless In accordance with the views expressed by the three Prussian Grand Bodies. At the same time the Grand Ltdge expressed its gratitude to its Executive Officer for the energetic defense of the interests of German Masons, regretting the groundless personal attacks Bro. Gerhardt, in consequence of his attitude, had experienced.'" . ".' i; 0
" But aside from the ' Settegast' question, as heretofore explained (Report on Correspondence, 1902, page 172), the chartering of a subordi-
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nate Lodge by the Grand Lodge of Hamburg, in Copenhagen, against the protest of the Grand Lodge of Denmark, has been another cause of contention in this regrettable dissension, and the recalling the charter of this irregularly founded Lodge has also been made, by the Prussian Grand Bodies, a oonditio sine qua non for the resumption of fraternal co-operation and the convocation of the Diet of the Union of the Grand Lodges." Bro. Frankel thus summarizes the proceedings of the Grand National Lodge at Berlin: "The only matter of more than local importance, calling the attention of the Grand Lodge, was its declaration regarding the position assumed in the present differences existing within the Union of the German Grand Lodges. A circular letter had been issued and sent to the Lodges, and the most experienced Masons came together in conference to discuss the situation and give their views on so difficult a problem. The result of their efforts crystallized in an expression of the views held by the National Grand Lodge, and was comprised in a concise statement giving a historical review of the facts that had caused the sad rupture. The National Grand Lodge declared, however, its willingness to aid in healing the difficulties, and considered a mutual understanding possible upon the seven cardinal points: " 1 . All efforts for a closer union which have brought about nothing but discord are to be abandoned. " 2. The full autonomy of the individual Grand Lodges remains inviolable. " 3 . The German Grand Bodies recognize as a platform upon which they stand united, the principle of mutual regard towards the Masonic views of others. " 4. The Union of the German Grand Lodges pledges itself not to permit hostilities, neither in Lodge meetings nor in the Masonic press under their control, against different systems, and therefore promises to restrain Masonic publication in order to make it impossible to breed discord. ''5. The German Grand Lodges agree as regards a representation of common interest towards Foreign Grand Bodies. They bind themselves to avoid conflicts with Foreign Masonic Powers, and if such be imminent, to abide by the decision of the diet of the Grand Lodges. " 6. It goes without saying that the Grand Lodge of Hamburg will recall the charter of its subordinate Lodge in Copenhagen, the foundation of this Lodge having been disapproved both by the majority of the German Grand Lodges and the Grand Lodges of Denmark, Norway, Sweden and England. (The Grand Lodge of New York has also taken a similar view—see report on Correspondence, 1901, page 166.) " 7. If the formation of a Masonic Supreme Court as proposed by the Grand Lodge of the ' Three Globes ' is desired, the National Grand Lodge would not oppose the same, although it regards such tribunal of little value, as Masonic Bodies should rely more upon fraternal complaisance than upon judiciary institutions. " The Grand Master was authorized to consult with the presiding officers of the other two Prussian Grand Bodies as to what further steps should be taken to bring about practical results." The review of the proceedings of the Grand Lodge Royal York, the third at Berlin, shows that it is in line with the others as above stated. While we deprecate Grand Lodge unions as of necessity resulting in surrender of certain rights of independence, which rights we
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consider indispensable to a sovereign power, yet we would not feel that the establishment of a court of arbitration infringed of necessity upon the independency of the powers establishing it. While it seems to us unwise to establish a permanent court of arbitration to which appeals should lie from Lodges of a number of different obediences, yet the fact of such establishment would not, in our opinion, vitiate the right of any Grand Lodge uniting in such establishment to claim that it had not thereby surrendered an iota of its independence. We take note that the three Grand Lodges in Berlin have "mutual representatives" in connection with the Grand Lodge of New York. We have understood that these Grand Lodges had heretofore established a "Grand Lodge Union," to which, among other things, they had surrendered the control and management of their foreign relations. Are we to understand that this control and management is not now so conceded and transferred ? ITALY.
The Grand Master, M. W. Bro. Ernesto Nathan, has issued a circular letter containing a program for " Masonic " work, as follows: • " 1. Continued agitation of permissibility of divorce. "2. Enactment of a law making the civil marriage compulsory before the ecclesiastical ceremony. " 3. An enactment of law demanding investigation into the paternity of children. "4. Erection by communities of buildings for workingmen, and renting the same on a plan that the houses become the absolute property of the lessees after a specified time. " 5. Abolition of religious instruction in primary schools. " 6. Workingmen should share in the profits of their principals. " 7. Consolidation of benevolent societies. "8. Strict enforcement of the law regarding the duty of sending children to school. " 9. The study of proper means to foster national sentiment and strengthen patriotism. " 10. Abolition of laws restricting the right of settlement in any part of the country. " 11. Exact and strict enforcement of the law against ecclesiastical corporations, and the extension of such statutes in view of the new clerical dangers. " 12. Modification of the terms of industrial partnerships in accordance with modern social views. Brother Frankel, of New York, reviewing this program, very well says: " I t is difficult to conceive how our Italian brethren, with a program as above stated, can avoid controversies with the various political parties, a peril which, according to our views, should be avoided within the Masonic sphere. The proposition of the Grand Master to constitute the Masonic Order as a legal corporation and be recognized as such by the State, was rejected by the Grand Lodge, as it did not consider the time opportune for such movement."
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The following report, made to the Grand Lodge of Michigan, so fully coincides with our own views that we present it entire as expressive of the opinion of your committee in respect to Masonry in Mexico. We shall greatly rejoice when the internal conflicts in Mexico cease and a single Grand Lodge exists in each of its States. We shall greatly rejoice when we find ourselves able to recognize Grand Lodges in the sister Republic: " Your Committee on Jurisprudence to whom was referred so much of the address of the Most Worshipful Grand Master as refers to the petition of the Grand Lodge Vallfie de Mexico for fraternal recognition, and to whom was referred by the Most Worshipful Grand Master the question as to what action should be taken upon the petition of said Grand Lodge, beg leave to report that they have given the matter considerable careful investigation. Realizing that Masonry in Mexico was in a very confused and chaotic condition, that a number of local and Grand Lodges have been organized from time to time with conflicting claims as to jurisdiction and even as to legitimacy, and also realizing that the constantly increasing tide of immigration in Mexico is necessarily carrying with it a number of legitimate, capable and enthusiastic Masons from the different Grand Lodges with which this Grand Lodge isjn fraternal correspondence, and that, if possible, such action should be taken as to enable these legitimate Masons, if no others, to continue the ennobling and uplifting practice of the mysteries of our art, also realizing the universality of Masonry, which renders it almost a necessity that Masonic altars should be erected la every proper spot in civilized countries where travelers and sojourners may give and receive fraternal greetings, your committee have made a careful, extended and impartial investigation of the entire subject, so far as the limited time at their disposal has enabled them to do so. "The first step of your committee in conducting this examination was t i open up correspondence with the Grand Representatives of this vGrand Lodge near the Grand Lodge of every State and country immediately adjoining the Republic of Mexico, also with all the different Grand Lodges which it was claimed had entered into fraternal relations with the Grand Lodge Vallee de Mexico, and such of its other members as were most active in securing recognition of that Grand Lodge by this and other Grand Lodges. The results of that investigation cannot be adequately expressed in a few words, and in order to save the time of this Grand Lodge, will appear in an appendix to this report, which we shall ask to have printed at length in the minutes of the proceedings of this communication so that the brethren will have the opportunity to consider the subject more carefully than they could here. "Your committee beg leave to report that in every case where they have applied for informatio a they have received the utmost kindness and fraternal consideration. They would make here their acknowledgments of the fraternal courtesies and valuable assistance rendered to them by the Most Worshipful Grand Master, and the Right Worshipful Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge Vall6a de Mexico, Senior Manuel Levi and Felix M. Iglesias, respectively; Most Worshipful Brother F. E. Young, Most Worshipful Brother F. H. Kent, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, Past Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of New Mexico, and Grand Representative of this Grand Lodge near that Grand Lodge; Most Worshipful Brother Rounasvall, of Waco, Texas, Grand Representative of this Grand Lodge near the Grand Lodge of
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Texas; Most Worshipful Brother W. T. Nichols, Past Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Arizona, and the Grand Representative of this Grand .Lodge near the Grand Lodge of Arizona; Most Worshipful Brother George W. Tyler. Past Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Texas, and Grand Representative of this Grand Lodge near the Grand Lodge of Texas: Right Worshipful Brother Cornelius Hedges, Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Montana; Right Worshipful Brother Richard Lambert, Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Louisiana; Right Worshipful Brother Calvin W. Prather, Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Indiana; and last, but not least, our own Most Worshipful Brother, Past Grand Master Hugh McCurdy. '•At the present time, however, your committee feel that while the statement of practices and principles made by the Grand Lodge Vall6e de .Mexico in its petition for recognition cover all the substantial and technical requirements of Grand Lodges that now sustain fraternal relations with us, we are not at the present time convinced that the condition of Masonry in the jurisdiction of that Grand Lodge is such, nor are the history and antecedents of that Grand Lodge and the character of its memberhip proven to be such, as would justify this Grand Lodge in granting that Grand Lodge fraternal recognition. When we enter into fraternal relations with a Grand Lodge, we say to the entire Masonic world that its practices, its principles and its membership, are such as to claim our unreserved respect and confidence, and will justify us in admitting into our own Lodges any of its members in good standing as Masons, and men who believe as we do, who should have the same high aims and noble principles as we profess to have, and with whom we can hold Masonic intercourse upon terms of perfect confidence and equality. We are not prepared at the present time to recommend that this Grand Lodge take such a position. " Neither are we prepared to say that we should absolutelyvrefuse to give the recognition prayed for in the petition. We realize that the mere fact that such a petition has been presented to us has laid upon us the burden of considering it carefully, candidly and fully, We ought not to grant it hastily, nor should we brush it aside without due consideration. The future of this young and growing republic is full of material promise. • The energy and wealth of our own people are fast developing its wonderful natural resources, and the time is not far distant when the brawn and brain of Americans will make of his wonderful country a second United States of America commercially. Our American Masons who are the pioneers of this movement, should be given every Masonic advantge that may be safely accorded them. Our own members traveling or temporarily residing there should have the right of Masonic visitation in every place where they may legitimately visit. The subject is worthy of further investigation upon the part of this Grand Lodge before our final decision is given. " We. therefore, respectfully recommeud that the subject be laid over until our next annual communication, and that in the meantime either the present or some other committee be directed to make further investigation of the subject and prepare a report to be submitted at our next session. " Respectfully submitted, " FBANK T. LODGE, " FRANK H. WATSON, " FRANK G. ROTJNSVILLE,
" Committee."
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We also desire to call attention to a very important matter, and as we can only obtain information on the subject from our brothers of the Correspondence Guild, we address the following to them specifically: To Chairmen of Foreign Correspondence Committees: BKETHREN—It has come to our knowledge that the Committee on Exterior Relations of the Grand Lodge pf Porto Rico wrote in 1902 that they were recognized in 1885 by the Grand Lodge of Louisiana. They were not, in that or any other year, so recognized, and it is probable, therefore, that they have reference to the clandestine body of negroes in New Orleans who claim to be Masons and are not. It would seem, therefore, that the Grand Lodge of Porto Rico may be in fraternal recognition of a clandestine American body. It is a matter requiring investigation, and we respectfully ask that those Grand Lodges who have recognized Porto Rico make such investi. gation. If it is found that they are clear in this matter, we shall rejoice. But, if they are guilty, we call upon all legitimate Grand Lodges to again vindicate the right of the Grand Lodge of Louisiana to exclusive jurisdiction in the territory of Louisiana, by withholding communication with a body that associates with the clandestiue within our borders. We respectfully refer to the extract from their proceedings copied from the report of the Committee on Correspondence of Texas, and to be found above, under the caption of Texas, and to .our comments thereon.
We have received the following letter from the Chairman of Committee on Correspondence of the Grand Lodge of Cuba: ;
" G B A N LOGIA DE LA ISLA DB COBA. ' COMISION DE RELACIONES EXTEBIORES, I " HABANA, CUBA, July 1st, 1903..
"Rev. Dr. H. C. Duncan, Alexandria, La.: " REV. SIB AND BROTHER—I take the liberty to ask your most valued opinion on a motion presented to our Grand Lodge at our last quarterly communication and sent to this committee for report. " The question is this: It is desired to invest the representatives of foreign Grand Lodges with full diplomatic powers, that they may intervene in the affairs of their respective bodies. I considered this idea dangerous and impracticable and easily seen that our representatives abroad will not be willing to work in that sense. Besides, I believe that practice unmaeonic, and, as I am opposed to innovations in Masonry, desire to hear the most enlightened members of the Craft on the subject before reporting. I am sure that the majority of our Grand Lodge is againt the measure. " Believe me, Rev. Sir and Bro., most fraternally, " P . DB P. RODRIQUEZ,
" Chairman Committee on Correspondence."
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The following was our reply to the above: ALEXANDRIA, LA.,
July 10, 1903.
F. deP. Rodriguez, Esq.: DEAR BROTHER—Your favor of July 1st is duly received. Let me thank you for your great compliment in consulting me in this matter. I believe that the system of representatives, as practiced by the Grand Lodges, is valuable and productive of the best results. In but one way could it be improved—by insisting that as far as possible the representative should be, or have been, a member at some time of the Grand Body he represents. I believe that it would be well to enhance the honor of the position by confidmg to his charge any interchange of business matters affecting the interest of the Grand Lodge he represents, and that to which he is accredited. But, "to intervene in the affairs of their Grand Lodge" as representatives of a foreign body is, I agree with you, dangerous. It ought not to be permitted. Much depends on the maintenance in its integrity of the independence and sovereignty of a Grand Lodge. I believe that we would do well to imitate the powers of the world. The repesentative of a nation is to simply represent and speak for the nation he represents at a foreign court or seat of government of a foreign power. Any interference by him in the domestic concerns of the power to which he is accredited, or any intervention by him; is not to be tolerated. Intervention means an exercise of the war power—that cannot be placed in the hands of a representative, but is to be exercised by the .sovereign alone. Applying this to Masonry, I think that the power of a representative ought, under no circumstances, to be extended to intervention. If the Grand Lodge to which he is accredited is guilty of any unmasonic act that merits intervention by a foreign power, as, for example, a repudiation of the landmarks and fundamental principles of Masonry, the representative ought to report the facts to the Grand Lodge he represents—that is all. That body must then judge of the propriety of intervention by decree of non-intercourse, or, otherwise, as it deems proper, and it may communicate its decree through its representative. In which event he ought to carry it and deliver it to the Grand Master. To invest a representative with any element of the sovereign's prerogative would be extremely dangerous and unwise. I trust the Grand Lodge of Cuba will retain to itself every element of its sovereignty, and not attempt to make its representatives more than the channels and means of communication with her sister Grand Lodges. Very truly and fraternally yours, HERMAN C. DUNCAN.
May I add, that I believe that very few, probably no Grand Lodge would permit the representative of a foreign Grand Lodge as a repre-
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sentative to intervene in its affairs. For the Grand Lodge of Cuba to authorize its representative as such to intervene in the affairs of any foreign Grand Lodge would probably be resented and the mere authorization itself would be productive of ill-feeling and very likely something more. I know that the Grand Lodge of Louisiana would not permit the representative of any Masonic power on earth, as such, to intervene in its affairs, and, I believe, that any attempt to do so will result only in his being "given his papers." Fraternally yours, HERMAN C. DUNCAN. CONCLUSION.
: In submitting this report we have also to add that a few months ago the Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Italy wrote to a brother of our obedience relative to what he termed the re-establishment of fraternal relations with us. We have searched diligently to find some record that would bear out our Italian brother in his assertions, but have not been able to find that there ever existed any relations between the governing bodies of Louisiana and those of Italy. We are not able, therefore, at this time to make report on this matter. , In the course of our investigations in preparing the above report we have been impressed with the absence, the almost entire absence of all irritating issues. It may be said, indeed, our great Masonic family, or at least, of that portion of it which we have had under review, that the men are of one mind in the house. We very much regret that we have not received the proceedings of all the Grand Lodges with whom we are in fraternal correspondence. We fear that "second-class" mail matter means with some of the traveling clerks matter that does not demand the case to be given " first class" matter. Your committee do not find it necessary to submit any matter requiring action by the Grand Lodge, and therefore do not append any resolutions. Kespectfully submitted, For the Committee, HERMAN C. DUNCAN,
Chairman.
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Appeals for Assistance . Committee on ' Work " Discipline Dispensations,. Special Finances of Grand Lodge Fraternal Relations Masonic Cemetery Neurological Permanent Committees State of the Craft Visitations
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Account Current Alphabetical List of D. D. G. Masters Alphabetical List of Lodges Amendment to General Regulations Atchafalaya Lodge No. 163, donation from Balance Sheet, Grand Lodge Bonds of Grand Lodge By-Laws of Lodges
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Certificates of Good Standing issued Charters granted Charters issued Committees— Appeals and Grievances : Audits and Accounts.. Chartered Lodges, Work and Returns Credentials Foreign Correspondence History Lodges, U. D., Work and Returns Masonic Law and Jurisprudence Masonic Relief Mileage State of the Order Worm Committees of Grand Lodge for 1904 Diplomas issued Dispensations, new Lodges Dispensations to Lodges Dispensations continued District Deputy Grand Masters, 1904 Election of Grand Officers for 1904 Estimate of Receipts and Expenditures 1904 Evergreen Lodge No. 189, donation from
15 17 14 1(5 i7 IB 18 18 lit 13 15
30 177 188 50, 59 51 55 35 30 28 57, 67 23 47, 60 46, 54, 60, 65, 67, 171 42 4, 57 48, 59 48 46, 64, 65 59, 60 49, 68 62, 07, 69 .'.... 60 57 171 29 24 26 57 173 70 50 51
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Lodges in Fraternal Relations Secretaries , Masonic Bodies, Louisiana Officers, Past and Present Representatives to Louisiana Representatives from Louisiana ,. Representatives, Commissions received Represeutatives,Commissions issued Chapter of Louisiana, R. A. M., donation from Chapter of Louisiana, vote of thanks to
Historical Table of Lodges....
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I n Memoriam Installation of Grand Officers for 1904
201 „.. 71
Lodge Statistics Lodges, IT. D
199 199 165 192 195 197 28 28 64, 68 65
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Petitions for New Lodges
25 57
Reception of Grand Representatives 65 Reports— Board of Hall Directors 34 Grand Treasurer 21 Grand Secretary 22, 34 Grand Lecturer 39 ; Louisiana Relief Lodge 36 Register and Work of Lodges 261 Repairs to Temple 35 Representatives present 4, 53, 63 Roll Call of Lodges 10, 53, 63 Resolutions— Amending Sec. 2 Art. I I , Chap. I l l , General Regulations...50, 59 Appropriations , 71 Exemplification of Work 71 Increasing Salary of Grand Secretary.... 48, 66, 69 Increasing Salary of Grand Lecturer... 50, 66, 09 On Plan of Masonic Relief 49, 65, 68 On Mileage 61, 62, 67, 69 On Tenure of Office of Grand Master 50, 00 Of Sympathy to Grand Lecturer 49 On Giving the " Grand Honors " 52 Widows' and Orphans' Relief Fund 68 Special Fund, Widows' and Orphans' Relief Fund
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Widows' and Orphans' Relief Fund Widows' and Orphans' Relief Fund, donation to Withdrawal of mileage and per diem resolution
68 68 61
PROCEEDINGS
]VLW. STATE OF F R E E AND ACCEPTED MASONS.
NINETYTHIRD ANNUAL GRAND COMMUNICATION, FEBRUARY 6TH,
7TH
AND
8TH, 1905.
A. I,. 5905.
L. P. DELAHOUSSAYE, Grand Master. RICHARD LAMBERT, Grand Secretary.
PUBLISHED BY T H E GRAND LODGE AND ORDERED TO BE READ IN A I A T H E LODGES.
NEW ORLEANS : A. W. H Y A T T STATIONERY M A N U F A C T U R I N G CO., L T D . , N. O.—98073.
1905.
OFFICERS
MOST WORSHIPFUL GRAND LODGE OF FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS
STATE OF LOUISIANA. A. D. 1908.
L. P. DELAH0U8SAYE M.W. Grand Master. L. C. ALLEN .f.B.W. Deputy Grand Master. L. E. THOMAS ~....B.W. Grand Senior Warden. O. H. SIMPSON B.W. Grand Junior Warden. A. G. RICKS B.W. Grand Treasurer. RICHARD LAMBERT B.W. Grand Secretary. CURTIS T. HINES B. W. Grand Lecturer. REV. DR. HERMAN C. DUNCAN W. Grand Chaplain. C. C. KRAMER W. Grand Senior Deacon. AARON STEEG W. Grand Junior Deacon. GEORGE W. BOOTH W. Grand Marshal. JOHN PULESTON W. Grand Sword Bearer. JOS. T. LABIT... W. Grand Pursuivant. WILLIAM C. WRIGHT... W. Grand Steward. ROBERT W. IRVINE W. Grand Steward. J. D. MARKS. . W. Grand Steward. N. B. NULL W. Grand Steu:ard. JOSEPH CATHCART Grand Organist. JOHN A. DA VILLA Grand Tyler.
FIRST DAY'S SESSION. GBAND LODGE HALL, ) Monday, February 6, 1905. •) The Ninety-third Annual Grand Communication of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons, of the State of Louisiana, convened in the City of New Orleans, at the Masonic Temple, corner of St. Charles and Perdido streets, on Monday, February 6th, A. D. 1905, at 7:30 o'clock, P. M. The M. W. Grand Lodge was opened by the M. W. Grand Master, Louis P. Delahoussaye, in ample form, on the third, or Master's degree, of Masonry, after prayer by Eev. Bro. Herman Cope Duncan, Grand Chaplain. NEW ORLEANS,
OFFICERS PRESENT.
The roll of Grand Officers was called and the following were present: LOUIS P. DELAHOUSSAYE M. W. Grand Master. GEORGE W. BOLTON, P. G. M. as....B. W. Deputy Grand Master, L. C. ALLEN B. W. Grand Senior Warden. O. H. SIMPSON ....E. W. Grand Junior Warden. A. G. RICKS B. W. Grand Treasurer. RICHARD LAMBERT.. B. W. Grand Secretary. C. T. HINES B. W. Grand Lecturer. REV. DE. HERMAN C DUNCAN W. Grand Chaplain. C. C. KRAMER W. Grand Senior Deacon. A. STEEG W. Grand Junior Deacon. GEORGE W. BOOTH W. Grand Marshal. GUS. D. LEVY ..as W. Grand Sword Bearer. JOSEPH T. LABIT W. Grand Pursuivant. JOSEPH MEYERS W. Grand Steward. ROBERT W. IRVINE W. Grand Steward. J. D. MARKS : W. Grand Steward. N. B. NULL W. Grand Steward. JOHN S. ALFRED W. Grand Tyler. JAS. A. CHADWICK Grand Organist.
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PROCEEDINGS OF T H E GRAND J,ODGE PAST GRAND OFFICERS PRESENT.
Past Grand Masters— David R. Graham, Charles F. Buck, George W. Bolton, Albert G. Brice, A. C. Allen, Robert H. Cage, Robert R. Reid. GRAND REPRESENTATIVES PRESENT.
Arizona, Connecticut, Canada, Colorado, Costa Rica, Cuba, Florida, Illinois, Indian Territory, Maryland, Mississippi, North Dakota, Nebraska, Nova Scotia, New Mexico, New Hampshiie, Peru, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Vermont, Victoria, Washington, West Virginia, Western Australia, Wisconsin. REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON 0REDENTIA1S.
'The M. W. Grand Master appointed the following brethren as a Committee on Credentials: E. W. Bro. Bichard Lambert and W. Bros. Joseph Meyers and John S. Alfred. This Committee subsequently submitted the following report: NEW ORLEANS,
February 6, 1905.
To tlie Grand Lodge, F. and A. M., i- tate of Louisiana:
Your Committee on Credentials respectfully report that they find the following Lodges have made returns, paid dues and are entitled to representation on the floor of this Grand Lodge. The following named brethren are their duly accredited representatives: PERFECT UNION NO. 1—William C. Wright, W- M.; Wm. Frank, Jr., S. W.; A. L. Cline, J. W. POLAR STAR NO. 1—Paul Vandenborre, W. M.; B. Simon, S. W.;
Joseph Laguens, J. W. PERSEVERANCE NO 4—Henri BeriS, W. M.; TJ. Sahuqne, proxy; Adolph Barrere, S. W.; Frank X. Dufour, J. W. CERVANTES NO. 5—Usebio Ruiz, W. M.; J. C. Suarez, proxy; Augustin Mateu, S. W.; Jose Venta, J. W. HUMBLE COTTAGE NO. 19—F. P. Butler, W. M.; J. E. Allen, S. W.; L. S. Haas, J. W. WESTERN STAR NO. 24—J. W. Dunn, W. M.; Graham Surghnor, proxy; E. G. Courtney, S. W.; W. M. Washburn, J. W. SAINT ALBANS NO. 28—Guy M. Tomb, W. M.; H. B. Barrow, S. W.; W. F. Norsworthy, J. W.; F. M. Norseworthy, proxy for all. FELICIANA NO. 31—Sidney Powell, W. M.; Rudolph Teutsch, S. W.; William Kahn, J. W. PHCENIX NO. 38—J. C. Trichel, Jr., W. M.; R. H. Aby, S. W.; Wm. T. Bell, J. W. GERMANIA NO 46—B. Von Schlemmer, W. M.; H. H. Hutten, S. W.; Eugene Schwartz, J. W.
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SAINT JAMES NO. 47—L. G. Stirling, W. M.; F. L. Rosenthal, proxy
L. T. Powers, S. W.; A. M. Herget, J. W. No. 51—George Life, W. M.; R. H. Miller, S. W.; C. D. Gould, J. W. OMVE No. 52—Wm. H. Bennett, W. M.; Wm. M. Empson, S. W.; C. W. Ball, J. W. UNION FRATERNAL NO. 53—Edward Everett, W. M.; J. C. Taylor, S. W.; L. H. Barnes, J. W. MOUNT GERIZIM NO. 54—J. F. Watson, W. M.; F. M. Odom, S. W.; J. R, Harkness, J. W. FRANKLIN NO. 57—D, M. Campbell, W. M.; A. C. Allen, proxy: S. T. McCardell, Jr., S. W.; H. C. Rose, J. W. FRIENDS OP HARMONY NO. 58—A. W. Steeg, W. M.; M. S. Steeg, K. W.; Emanuel Steeg, J. W. MINDEN
MOUNT MORIAH NO. 59—Edward H. Walsdorf, W. M ; Edward J.
Huhner, S. W.; Charles E. Cross, J. W. 65—Jacob C. Code, W. M.; James Cronan, S W.; George Wattigny, J. W. HIRAM NO. 70— Isidore Grossman, W. M ; James Reid, Jr. S. W.; D. M Ferth, J. W. ALPHA-HOME NO. 72—William G. Tebault, Jr., W. M.; Frank Davies, S. W.; Richard H. Lewis, J. W. SABINE NO. 75—James H. Caldwell, W. M.; J. W. Taylor, S. W.; C. Law, J. W. QUITMAN No. 76—T. D. Stewart, W. M.; Byron Holley, S. W.; Wm. P. Miller, J. W. ST. JOSEPH NO. 79—Leopold Elgutter, W. M.; S. A. Russell, S. W.; W. G. Kalow, J. W. MOUNT VERNON NO. 83—A. M. Garrett, W. M.; P. G. R. Bell, S. W.; L. H. Adams, J. W. OLIVER NO. 84—C. F. Crockett, W. M.; George C. Wilson, S. W.; J. M. Goldberg, J. W.; H. C. Duncan, proxy for all. LAFAYETTE NO. 87—William Davis, W. M.; Henry Hausmann, S. W.; David Hausmann, J. W. CYPRESS NO. 89-E. M. Laughlin, W. M.; B. A. Kelly, S. W.; C. O. Gayle, J. W. BELLEVUE NO. 95—J. B. Hall, W. M.; S. T. Hobbs, S. W.; Thomas , Hickman, J. W. ST. HELENA NO 96—W. G. Hamberlin, W. M.; A. S. Hutchinson, S. W.; F. E. Parker, J. W. HERMITAGE NO. 98—Claude H. Solanis, W. M.; Paul J. Cendon, S. W.; Joel J. Prowell, J. W. FRANLINTON NO. 101—Henry W. Hulinghorst, W. M.; T. D.'Foil, S. W.; Herman E. Gayer, J. W.; J. Leon Pounds, proxy. LOUISIANA NO. 102—H. H. Jones, W. M.; J. Chr. Neilsen, S. W.; Chas. E. Cormier, J. W. GEORGE WASHINGTON NO.
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No. 106—E. L. Kidd, W. M,; C. H. Carson, Jr., S. W.; J. G. Bond, J. W. SPARTA No. 108—John W. Lucky, W. M.; Henry M. King, S. W.; BurtTooke, J. W. HARRISONBURG NO. 110—J. C. Segrist, W. M.; J. W. Walters, S. W.; A. G. Hodges, J. W. URIM NO. Ill—T. I. Watson, W. M.; N. C. Calhoun, S. W.; Thomas Ashcroft, J. W: ' SHREVEPORT NO. 115—Harry M. Weil, W. M.; Moses P. Jacobson, 8. W.; Joseph J. Lyon, J. W. ACACIA NO. 116—F. E. Tuxworth, W. M ; J. E. Hill, S. W.; J. A. Gourrier, J. W. MILFORD No. 117—R. E. Webb, W. M.; T. A. Sibley, S. W.; H. M. Cooper, J. W. D E L H I No. 120—J. M, Barrier, W. M.; Nash Collins, S. W.; J. E. Thompson, J. W. MACKEY NO. 122—W. T. Stevens, W. M.; J. W. Caldwell, S. W.; B. H. Evans, J. W. LIBERTY No. 123—William H. Morgan, W. M..; W. G. Spilker, S. W.; C. D. Graves, J. W. KELLERTOWN NO. 124—James R. Freeman, W. M.; William D. Lees, S. W.; John Y. Reily, proxy; M. L. Palmer, J. W. RUSTON
PEABL RIVER NO. 125—N. E. Piggott, W. M.; W. Q. McKenzie, S. W.;
H. P. Pittman, J. W. 126—W. M. Baker, W. M.; D. E. Brown, Jr., 8. W.; W. P. Theus, J. W. SPRING H I L L NO. 127—E. A. Dawkius, W. M.; J. H. Gathright, S. W.; W. F. Usrey, J. W. GORDY No. 133—Alcide Leigh, W. M.; Wade Jones, S. W.; Wm. C. Strickland, J. W. PLAINS NO. 135—R. T. Y. Loudon, W. M.; Joseph Millican, S. W.; J. L. Walls, J. W. ATHENS NO. 136—B. W. Baker, W. M.; H. B. Atkins, S. W.; F. R. Dillon, J. W. DOWNSVILLE No. 143—1. F. Hammons, W. M.; T. H. Roberts, S. W.; J. T. Richardson, J. W. OCEAN NO. 144-Joseph Cathcart, W. M.; Ward C. Flanders. S. W.; Samuel M. Best, J. W, HOPE NO. 145—Joseph A. Chargois, W. M.; A. R. Trahan, S. W.; Crow Girard, J. W. ARCADIA NO.
SILENT BROTHERHOOD NO. 146—C. E. Edgerton, W. M.; H. B. Hines,
S. W.; Fred A. Wilson, J. W-; T. W. Howell, proxy for all. H. Cain, W. M.; Lee McAlpine, S. W.; James A. Grant, J. W. RED LAND NO. 148—A. A. Barnett, W. M.; J. A. Boggs, S. W.; J. H. Arnold, J. W.
ANACOCO NO. 147—W.
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151—Geo. A. Kelly, W. M.; W. M. Wallace, S. W.; E. E. Kidd, J. W. HOMER NO. 152—H. C. Walker, W. M.; John S. Richardson, S. W.; Charles W. Seales, J. W.; Walter Wai d, proxy for all. SAINTS JOHN NO. 153—John W. Howe, W. M.; C. J. Conklin, S. W.; Joseph E. Lorio, J. W. KISATCHIB No. 156—J. E. Jordan, W. M.; W. H. Gandy, S. W.; L. E. Coburn, J. W. LIVINGSTON NO. 160—T. W. Cate, W. M.; Merritt Miller, S. W.; Chas. G. Baltzell, J. W.; W. R. Stevenson, proxy for all. BROOKVILLE NO. 161—T. E. Barham, W. M.; J. W. Flynn, S. W.; F. A. EvaDs, J. W. ATCHAFALAYA No. 163—C. T. Leigh, WT. M.; F. L. Cason, S. W.; W. A. White, J. W. COLUMBIA NO. 164—John R. Brown, W. M.; N. L. Hower, S. W.; J. W. Clarkson, J. W. LAKE CHARLES NO. 165—Daniel B. Gorham, W. M.; John H. Tuttle, 8. W.; Thomas H. Watkins, J. W. LINN WOOD NO. 167—Robert H. McQuiston, W. M.; George A. Treadwell, S. W.; Chas. B. Wills, J. W. MONTGOMERY NO. 168—R. M. Horn, W. M.; R. W. Horn, proxy; Matthew E. Jackson, S. W.; Bedford E. Woods, J. W. KOSMOS No. 171—Henry Reininger, W. M.; Julius Wyler, S. W.; O. H. Lehmann, J. W. UNION No. 172—Wm. R. Mandeville, W. M.; L. D. S. Gaster, S. W.; Jas. B. Humphreys, J. W. DANTE NO. 174—Giuseppe Viviano, W. M.; Arturo Dell'Orto, S. W.; Cesare Capanna, J. W. AMITE CITY NO. 175—C. S. Stewart, W. M.; A. J. Holton, S. W.; Clay Elliott, J. W. CADDONO. 179—T. H.Scovell, W. M.; L. E. Thomas, proxy; W. A. Kerley, S. W.; Alf. W. Cheesman, proxy; J. A. Sewall, Jr., J. W. SAM. TODD NO. 182—G. W. Richardson, W. M.; N. A. Jones, S. W.; R. A. Sigler, J. W.; J. A. Jones, proxy. SPRING CREEK NO. 184—George W. McDaniel, W. M.; E. McDaniel, S. W.; I. E. Corkern, J. W.; Jas. P. Morgan, proxy. ORPHANS' FRIEND NO. 185—E. W. Hicks, W. M.; J. H. Rutledge, S. W.; Willie Hudspeth, J. W. COVINGTON No. 188—F. B. Martindale, W. M.; A. Theobald, S. W.; W. P. Fussell, J. W. EVERGREEN NO. 189—S. O. Easton, W. M.; S. W. Cappel, S. W.; W. V. Easton, proxy; S. L. Campbell, J. W. CORINTHIAN NO. 190—J. D. Graybill, W. M.; Ed. Pierson, S. W.; T. D. Sadler, J. W. JEFFERSON NO. 191—Will Moss, W. M.; Samuel Wolf, S. W.; Robert H. Polack, J. W. EASTERN STAB NO.
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ABBEVrLLE No. 192—C. A. Schilling, W. M.; C. J. Edwards, S. W.; Joseph T. Labit, proxy; Summerfield Caldwell, J. W. AURORA NO. 193—Henry A. King, W. M.; M. Galliard, S. W.; W. J. Bernard, J. W.; C. C. Kramer, proxy for W. M. and S: W. ASHLAND NO. 196—R. J. Pullin, W. M.; J. K. Chestnut, S. W.; C. A. Sullivan, J. W. BROOKLINE NO. 198—R. B. Nash, W. M.; R. E. Womack, S. W.; David Z. Smith, J. W. DORIC NO. 205—Simon Leopold, W. M.; Theodore Lehmann, S. W.; David W. Gouner, J. W.; Gus Drews, proxy for all. N. H. BRAY NO. 20S—A. J. Davis, W. M.; J. H. Rudisill, S. W.; W. T. Harville, J. W. R. F. MCGUIRE No. 209—Charles Titche, W. M.; C. W. Gaines, S. W.; T. E. Speight, J. W. BLAZING STAR NO. 212—H. G. Parker, W. M.; C. S. Devall, S. W.; Alphonse Rivault, J. W. KEYSTONE NO. 213-W. H. Harrington, W. M.; J. D. Usher, S. W.; Charles J. Gordon, J. W. LAND MARK NO. 214—J. F. Henderson, W. M.; D. W. Keith, proxy; P. P. Keith, Jr., S. W.; J. D. Woolworth, J. W. FRIENDSHIP NO. 215—E. A.'Mixon, W. M.; A. P. Collinsworth, S. W.; G. W. Reinhart, J. W. GOOD INTENT NO. 216—J. T. S. Thomas, W. M.; R. L. Jones, S. W.; W. F. Ferguson, J. W. FELLOWSHIP NO. 217—T. A. Cranford, W. M.; James E. Dyess, S. WT.; A. B. C. DeShazor. J. W. LIVONIA NO. 220—M. T. Hewes, W. M.: E. G. Beuker, S. W.; L. O. Davis, J. W. SOLOMON NO. 221—F. P. Bolton, W. M.; G. W. Bolton, P. G. M., proxy; Henry Aaron, S. W.; Michael Aaron, J. W. PECAN GROVE NO. 222—R. J. Walker, W. M.; J. W. Hill, S. W.; F. D. Galanty, J. W. CADEVILLE NO. 229—W. H. Roberts, W. M.; W. L. Burkett, S. W.; J. F. Lolly, J. W. PLEASANT H I L L No. 230—W. J. Robersen, W. M.; J. J. Browne, S. W.; L. T. Dykes, J. W. GRANGEVILLE NO. 231—E. O. Powers, W. M.; D. H. Harvell, S. W.; J. T. Ott, J. W. W E L S H NO. 232—H. A. Davidson, W. M.; C. A. Carr, S. W.; E. H . Boling, J. W.; Wm. P. Russell, Jr., proxy for all. KYICHE NO. 233—N. G. W. Adams, W. M.; L. R. Simmons, S. W.; N. S. Adams, J. W.
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234— Thomas G. Coburn, W. M.; D. T. Treadway, S. W.; W. M. Douden, J. W.; L. A. Treadway, proxy. SIMSBORO No. 235—Otis W. Bullock, W. M.; W. A. Burt, 8. W.; W. • A. Morris, J. W.
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LITTLE FLOCK NO. 236—E. P. Curtis, W. M.; J. S. Carroll, proxy; C.
C. Sullivan, S. W.; J. W. McMellon, J. W. 237—W. B. Boggs, W. M.; Jonah Perry, S. W.; R. H. Blackman, J. W. MAGNOLIA NO. 238—W. P. Simpson, W. M.; W. A. Smith, S. W.; J. F. Lyles, J. W. BERNICE NO. 239—R. J. Tabor, W. M.; W. F. Grafton, S. W.; G. P. C. Lansing, J. VV. LEESVILLE NO. 240—Thomas J. Davis, W. M.; C. F. Malzacher, S. W.; W. B. Williamson, proxy; James G. Paltrier, J. W.; A. L. Franklin, proxy. CONLY No. 241—D. A. Newman, W. M.; J. B. Waters, S W.; L. C. Thomas, J. W. WESTON NO. 24.'—J. T. McBride, W. M.; C. M. Tolar, S. W.;W. G. Rasberry, J. W.; J. C. Brown, proxy for all. OEOWLBY NO. 243—F. C. Labit, W. M.; Shelby Taylor, 8, W.; Benj. R. White, J. W. CENTER NO. 244—M. B. Richardson, W. M.; L. A. Pierce, S. W.; T. . G. D. Richardson, J. W. MILLERTON No. 245—J. W. Norton, W. M.; W. T. McEachern, S. W.; J. L. Moss, J. W. WINNSBOKO No. 246—C. L. Remage, W. M.; L. M. Calhoun, S. W.; t J. E. Adams, J. W. CLEAR SPBIXG NO. 247—B. E. Teer, W. M.; W. W. Teer, S. W.; G. W. Anglin, J. W. KENTWOOD NO. 248—J. B. Edens, W. M.; H. G. Morris, S. W.; P. M. Lamberton, J. W. JENNINGS NO. 249—J. W. Mitchell, W. M.; S. A. Spencer, S. W.; V D. Tilden, J, W. MANSFIELD NO. 250—L. A. Cowley, W. M.; W. H. Farmer, S. W.; S. G. Sample, J. W. ASCENSION NO. 251—M. Tobias, W. M.; R. P. Henderson, S. W.; Robert N. Slator, J. W. MITCHELL NO. 252—C. W. Hall, W. M.; J. F. Jackson, S. W,; J. A. Barrott, J. W. TORO No. 253—W. J. Davis, W. M.; S. E. Self, S. W.; G. G. Leach, proxy; F. B. Jones, J. W. JEANERETTE NO. 255—J. C. Bussey, VV. M.; S. Wormser, S. W.; Alexander Allain, J. W. PLAIN DEALING NO.
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256—W. J. Potts, W. M.; J. A. Davenport, proxy; C. G. Scott, S. W.; D. E. Ivy, J. W. W H I T E CASTLE NO. 257—George N. Gleason, W. M.; Henry Gonzales, S.W.; Samuel Bolshaw.J. W. . MABTHAVILLE NO. 258—1. D. Rains, W. M.; C. C. McCartney, S. W.; R. M. Wagley, J. W. COLFAX No. 259—W. L. Richardson, W. M.; R. W. Richardson, 8. W.; R. B. Roach, J. W.
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CHARLES F. BUCK NO. 260—Henry E. Hardtner, W. M.; J. T. Hinton,
S. W.: W. E. Davis, J. W. 261—J. M. Chapman, W. M.; H. T. Kent, S. W.; H. P. Gray, J. W.; Wm. P. Robinson, proxy for S. "W. and J. W. PROGRESSIVE NO. 262—W. J. Ferris, W. M.; Rodney P. Woods, S. W.; F. B. Browne, J. W. FLORIEN NO. 263—W. K. Holt, W. M.; James E. Ewing, S. W.; T. J. Dowden, J. W. PINE NO. 264—T. E. Bennett, W. M.; M. P. Knight, S. W.; George W. Rester, J. W. DALLEY NO. 265—P. A. Smart, W. M.; J. M. Barr, S. W.; .1. J. Prestage, J. W. * ATKINS No. 266—D. J. Me Ann, W. M.; A. J. Moss, S. W.; J. -L. Page, J. W. UNITY NO. 267—R. B. Butler, W. M.; E. P. Roberts, S. W.; A. O. Hebert, J. W. MELVILLE NO. 268—H. S. Joseph, W. M.; L. H. Lyons, S. W.; E. G. Richard, J. W.; 8. H. Whatley, proxy for all. MARKSVILLE NO. 269—V. L. Roy, W. M.; W. F. Couvillion, S. W.; J. D. Sheldon, .1. W. BENEFIELD NO. 270—R. C. Carroll, W. M.; Ernest Hutto, S. W.; A. C. Thigpen, J. W.; S. M. Vardeman, proxy for all. DERIDDER NO. 271—W. K. Ford, W. M.; A. I. Shaw, S. W.; J. H. Cannon, J. W. BOYCE No. 273-Joseph D. James, W. M.; O. S. Haworth, S. W.; George H. Woodruff, J. W.; J. E. Dugger, proxy for all. OBERLIN NO. 274—George W. Ford, W. M.; J. A. Reed, S. W.; W. I. Cole, J. W. BENSON No. 275—W. H. Bilbray, W. M.; J. H. Bilbray, S. W.; James Hughes, J. W. DORCHEAT No 276—William W. Kaylor, W. M.; W. A. Howell, S. W.; J. W. Martin, J. W. DUBACH No. 277—G. A. Colvin, W. M ; J. A. Green, S. W.; M. P. Fuller, J. W. ANCHOR NO.
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278—George W. Erskins, W. M.; J. B. Herring, S. W.; Willis A. Erskins, J. W. DEQUINCEY No. 279—John Redmond, W. M.; G. 8. Lyons, S. W.; A. B. Otis, J. W.; P. V. Wadleigh, proxy for all. JONESBORO No. 280—J. M. Bradley, W. M.; R. L. Hardy, S. W.; W. T. Blackwell, J. W.; W. 6. Stewart, proxy for all. R. M. CKOWSON NO. 281—W. L. Joyner, W. M.; S. T. Neal, S. W.; C. Joyner, J. W. YELLOW PINE NO. 282—James H. Leggett, W. M.; Edgar T. Nichols, S. W.; Pinckney R. Hinson, J. W. MARION NO. 283—E. J. Hale, W. M.; O. H. Thompson, S. W.; M. G. Jarman, J. W. OAK GROVE NO. 284—W. G. Cagle, W. M.; Walter Noble, S. W.; G. W. Berry, J. W. MANY NO. 285—W. A. York, W. M.; J. Wiley Miller, S. W.; Silas D. Ponder, J. W.; J. B. Dover, proxy. CHENEYVILLE NO. 286—Geo. M. Simmons, W.M.; Elihu K. Branch, S. W.; Edward S. Bart, J. W. ROSEMARY NO.
PINE GROVE NO. 288—Jacob Bogue, W. M.; H. P. Mitchell, S. W.;
Blass Spiller, J. W.; S. L. Bjorkgren, proxy. No. 289—John R. Elliott, W. M.; James W. Gaar, S. W.; William J. Sikes, J. W.; John Stinson, proxy for all. ROSE PINE NO. 290—C. C. Wilson, W. M.; J. M. Howell, proxy; W. Oakes, S. W.; H. S. Fletcher, J. W. DODSON
On motion, duly adopted, the report was received and made a part of the printed proceedings. ROLL CALL OF CHARTERED LODGES. The roll of chartered Lodges was called and the following were psesent: P. IT. 1, P. S. 1, 4, 5, 24, 28, 31, 38, 46, 47, 53. 54, 57, 58, 59, 65, 70. 72, 75, 76. 79, 83, 8t, 89, 96, 98, 101, 102, 106, 111, 115, 122, 123, 124, 126, 127, 133, 135, 143, 144, 146, 147, 152, 153, 156, 160. 163, 165, 168, 171, 172, 174, 179, 184, 185, ]8S, 189, 180, 191, 192, 193, 198, 205, 208, 212, 214, 217, 221, 229, 230, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 239, 240, 242, 243, 244, 245, 247, 248, 249, 25), 253, 256, 258, 259, 260, 261, 264, 268, 269, 270, 271, 273. 274, 275, 276, 278, 280, 282, 2S5, 288, 289, 290. One hundred and eight Lodges and a constitutional quorum
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being present, the M. W. Grand Master, Louis P. Delahoussaye, declared the M. W. Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Louisiana ready for business. The M. W. Grand Master then delivered the following
ADDRESS. MY BRETHREN :—Silently and swiftly—like autumn leaf wafted to mother earth—day has succeeded day until another year has fallen asleep in the lap of time and is now numbered with those of the countless eons that have passed "Since first the flight of years began."
For some its record is written in tears and regret, while for others its pages hold the golden glint of joy and peace and pleasure. * For our great country it has been a year of marvelous progress along all the lines of grander development. For our State it has been an era of prosperity and commercial advancement and for our Craft one of unparalleled growth and success. With this condition to encourage us to greater effort, blessed by the Almighty Father with these manifold evidences of His power and love, we meet under the most flittering auspices in this our 93d Annual Grand Communication to render thanks unto Him " who is good and whose mercy endureth forever,'' and to deliberate upon the methods and measures which shall crown our labors for the welfare of a common humanity with the bast results. With the prayer that He will direct and and control us in all things and that His blessing may rest upon each of us during all of life's journey, let me ask your attention to the more material features of my official report. PROGRESS OF THE CRAFT.
This, I am pleased to report, has been of a most satisfactory and encouraging character.
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New Lodges have been formed in localities which have hitherto been strangers to the great humanizing influences of Freemasonry, and these new Lodges present evidences of permanent development which must in time bear fruit for the good of all. Inquiries relative to the formation of others have been frequent and the promise of the future is bright with the prospect of their organization. Among our chartered Lodges there are but few that fail to indicate a healthy growth and the hopes and aspirations of the brethren, as a body, foretell of grander achievements. An analysis of the returns evidence a nearer approach to a full conception of the purposes of Freemasonry and an earnest desire to elevate our '"Ancient Institution" to that plane which it, of right, should occupy among the great factors in the development of a higher and nobler civilization. In a circular published in 1859 and sent to each Grand Lodge on the North American continent, and which bore the names of the most prominent Masons of that period, it is said: •' The Masonic Fraternity on this continent is in a course of resistless progress in numbers, in mental and moral force, with increasing desire for more light and a broader humanity. * * * We believe that Freemasonry has yet a mission, an altar and a Priesthood with a future more glorious than the past; and that the advancement of civilization, so far from rendering it obsolete, will but enlarge and elevate the sphere of its labors and make still higher demands for all the consecrated talent and Masonic skill we can train around our altars." As it was true in 1859 so is it true of this present era, and it seems to me that the dawning of the day is near when the influences of Masonry shall be felt and understood as never before in the history of our Craft. But here I would sound a warning note. It is declared in our monitors that: "The great object of Freemasonry is to culvate peace, harmony and fraternity among the families of mankind ; it fosters none of the malignant passions which divide
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and destroy society. Its great mission is peace, its chief implement of warfare is love." To you, my brethren, who are charged with the administration of the affairs of your respective Lodges, let me urge that you keep the great purposes of our Craft ever present in thought and word and deed. In the development of your Lodge remember that numerical strength is frequently an indication of actual weakness and in the earnest desire to witness the growth of your Lodge, do not overlook the essential of intelligent co-operation on the part of, those to whom you unfold our mysteries. "Booms" are always hurtful. In Masonry they are disasters. He who is truly prompted by a high regard for Freemasonry, a desire for knowledge and a sincere desire to be more serviceable to his fellow-men is worth a thousand who are content to be known as "high degree" Masons and whose only act is the payment of an annual contribution to prevent suspension. We, of Louisiana, are increasing in numbers and I earnestly hope that each one who is now or may hereafter become a Mason in this jurisdiction will be in spirit and in truth a Master of his Craft. DISCIPLINARY ACTION.
I presume that it has fallen to the lot of every Grand Master to find some thorns amid the flowers that deck his pathway of official life and my experience is not an exception. However, in the few instances where I was compelled to act in the direction of maintaining discipline the results were entirely satisfactory. The evident regret of the offending brethren in quickly admitting their mistake and accepting the punishment meted had a salutary effect extending far beyond those who were more directly interested. I will not particularize as there is no reason for further punishment. FRATERNAL RELATIONS.
These continue to demonstrate the sincerity of Masonic fellowship and the existence of that fraternal bond which is the cement of our brotherhood.
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I have had some correspondence with a Masonio body styling itself "The Symbolic Grand Lodge of Prance," which I referred to the erudite brother who is so well versed in the status of Masonic bodies all over the world, our Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Correspondence, whom, I doubt not, will submit his conclusions in this particular instance. I am advised that our sister of California has abolished the system of Grand Representatives. As our Grand Lodge has a duly accredited representative to the Grand Lodge of California it would seem proper to define the exact status of such representative. Some time since Bro. Samuel Weil, Past Master of a Lodge in Bluefields, Nicaragua, on register of Grand Lodge of Scotland, presented his commission as a representative from that Grand Lodge to this Grand Lodge. Believing that the accepted custom in this jurisdiction was to select the representatives, by nomination of the Grand Master, from the Past Masters of Lodges of our own jurisdiction, I did not feel justified in recognizing the commission as issued to Bro Weil. Bro. Weil then severed his connection with the Bluefields Lodge and affiliated with one of the Lodges in this city. The question then assumed another phase. Was the commission issued to him as a Past Master of a Lodge on the Scottish register valid when lie severed his connection therewith ; and, again, was it not a prerogative of this Grand Lodge, through the Grand Master, to indicate who would be acceptable as a representative from a sister Grand Lodge? Personally I have no feeling in the matter, but my investigation leads me to believe that the nomination should come from the Grand Lodge to which the representative is to be accredited. The determination of the question I leave with you. NECEOLOGIOAL.
Just as I had concluded a paragraph felicitating this Grand Lodge on being spared the loss of any of its corps of Grand Offi-
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cers, came the sad tidings of the death of E. W. Bro. E. T. Sellers, Deputy Grand Master, who died on January 27th, at Minden. His remains were removed to Downsville, his former residence, where they were interred with Masonic honors. We shall sadly miss him in our Grand Lodge and among the brethren. His genial good nature and merry quip has often served—like oil upon troubled waters—to soothe the acrimony of heated debate and change the flush of anger to the smile of pleasure. In our councils he was cool in argument, conservative in his reasonings and his conclusions reached only after careful deliberation. Never an aspirant for office, he aecepted only when he sincerely believed that by so doing he could further the interests of Masonry. The loss of such an adviser, counsellor and brother is deeply regretted by the entire Craft in this jurisdiction. I endeavored, as soon as news of his death reached me, to convey the sympathies of this Grand Lodge to his bereaved family, but it was impossible to reach Downsville by telegraph, and I, therefore, sent a letter expressing our regrets and sympathies. On February 1st, at 11:10 p. M., there passed from earth's labor to eternal rest the gentle spirit of one of whom to write of his Masonic life would be, virtually, to write much of the history of the Craft in this jurisdiction, our Senior Past Grand Master Samuel Manning Todd. He was Grand Master in J869, and again in 1869, '70, '71 and '72. He has also been at the head of every Masonic department in this State. I shall not attempt to write his eulogy or to describe the influence he exerted in the development of Masonry in our midst. For more than half a century he had been most intimately identified with this Grand Lodge, and even after his advancing years precluded that active effort which had ever been so char-
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acteristic, he maintained his interest in the Craft and kept abreast of its progress. On December 26th, last, when even then, although we knew it not, the last rays of his life's sun were gilding the western horizon, he met with his brethreD, and in the warm grasp of his hand and the clear tones of his voice, there was no intimation that he was so soon to leave us. On Friday evening, in the presence of a large assemblage of brethren and citizens, we laid to rest all that was mortal of our brother. In his life is presented an illustration of duty well performed, and in his death, the passing of a Christian gentleman and a Freemason. To other hands I leave a more complete expression of our esteem for him while living and deep regret for his death. The " Silent Messenger " has also invaded the ranks of our brethren and in a number of homes once familiar voices are now forever silent. "We miss the presence and counsel of some who were members of this Grand Lodge and who had been called by their brethren to positions of honor and trust. Although their places are vacant in our Lodges shall it not be truly said of them: " Bum tacent clament," and in the heritage of their good works may we not profit. " Just a little sunshine, just a little rain, Just a little happiness, just a little pain ; Just a little poverty, just a little gold, Just a few shortfleetingyears and life's story's told." As with them, so must it be, sooner or later, with each of us. May the tribute we pay the dead be useful as a lesson to the living and prepare us for that time when we shall be called upon to lay aside forever the working tools of life. I doubt not that the Committee on Necrology will fittingly commemorate the virtues and good deeds of our deceased brethren.
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While occupying the position of Grand Master, M. "W. Bro. Eobert H. Cage, became interested in the condition of the property known as the "Masonic Cemetery." Its deplorable condition was a reproach to the Fraternity and in his address he said : " Let us take hold of this matter of the Masonic Cemetery with a determination to succeed and instead of it being a burden to this Grand Lodge it will become at least self-sustaining if not a source of revenue." In the light of succeeding events these words seem almost prophetic. The improvements determined upon have all been completed and our Cemetery is now one of the most beautiful of the " Cities of the Silent." Here rest the ashes of those who were among the brightest intellects that give lustre to the history of our Craft in this jurisdiction ; of others who fell at the post of duty amid the dark hours of pestilence ; of others who were "strangers in a strange land" but whose " W o r d " brought to them all we could give of hope and love and who laid down to dreamless sleep glad in the knowledge that by the hands of brothers their remains would be tenderly laid away in the narrow house appointed unto all the living.. The Cemetery Committee have transformed our Masonic Cemetery into a place where our deceased brothers may rest surrounded by those evidences of fraternal regard which testify the sincerity of our past esteem. I would say more, but will not anticipate the report of the Committee through its chairman, M. W, Bro. Cage; but it occurs to me that we might, with perfect propriety, select a particular day to be dedicated to our brethren who have solved the "Great Mystery1' and with appropriate ceremonies do honor to their memory. TEMPLE PROPERTY.
While this property has been materially improved and to some extent modernized, much yet remains to be done in the
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way of increased accommodations for our tenants and the brethren of Lodges occupying the building. The repairs have been largely in the line of improved plumbing and accessories. I call your especial attention to the recommendations of our Board of Grand Lodge Hall Directors relating to contemplated alterations and renovations. More than thirteen years have elapsed since erection and the equipment now in use was installed at that time. The building requires a thorough renovation and if this is determined upon it might be economically advantageous to make certain structural changes. If we desire to retain the excellent class of tenants which we have been fortunate in securing, we must expect to give them the facilities and conveniences of modern buildings. I am thoroughly in accord with recommendations which the Board will submit and ask your careful consideration of the feasibility of adopting and putting them into effect. RULINGS AND DECISIONS.
But few questions have come before me for official determination. In treating these I have contented myself with, referring the inquiring brother to the law as already laid down. I am •convinced that the W. Masters, and other brethren, do not read, •carefully, the ''Grand Lodge Digest of Laws" of which seven copies have been sent, at intervals, to each Lodge. A pertinent example of this failure of the brethren to fully inform themselves as to the laws of .this Grand Lodge, and of Masonry, is presented in a letter received from a brother occupying a position which made him the conservator of the peace and of the dignity of the laws of our State and country, in which he inquired as to the course he should pursue in event of a possible appeal to mob law in his jurisdiction. It appeared that a party had been arrested, charged with a henious offence, and the anger of the community aroused to an extent that the law was
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about to be ignored and violated by a mob. It further appeared that some of the members of the Masonic Lodge in the vicinity contemplated taking active part as members of the mob. My answer was emphatic. I told him in positive terms that his duty as an officer of the law was paramount and that any Mason who did not actively assist him in defending the law was recreant to his obligations and duties as a Mason, and that I would assert every prerogative of my office to punish by expulsion every such so-called Mason. I am not advised of any further action and think the calmer reasonings of the brethren avoided the commission of an act that would have stained the escutcheon of every Mason in that section. " In the State you are to be a quiet and peaceable citizen, just to your government and true to your country. You are not to be concerned in plots and conspiracies but patiently to submitto the constituted authorities and conform with cheerfulness to the laws of the country in which you reside, " is given as a duty of every Mason, and that it may be impressed on the mind of the seeker for '' Light," we admonish him to this effect on the very night of his initiation. Nothing can palliate or condone a willful violation of the civil and moral law by a Master Mason and he who so forgets his duty as to take part in acts that constitute such violation merits no milder punishment than to be forever placed outside the pale of Masonry which is degraded by his membership. Another case recently presented was not so much an illustration of lack of information as it was a disregard of our laws. Differences arose between two members of a Lodge. One accused the other of an offense which, if proven, merited not only expulsion but social ostracism. The brother charged denied, in unequivocal terms, the commission of the wrong and asked for an investigation by the Lodge. The W. M. appointed a committee who investigated and exhonerated the accused brother of any wrong-doing. The accusing brother refused to accept the de-
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cision and openly threatened to do bodily harm to the brother with whom he was at variance. The W. M. asked what should be done under these circumstances. I advised him to immediately appoint the committee provided in Section 25, Article II, Chapter II, General Regulations, and permit no circumstance or incident connected with the alleged offense to escape investigation. That if any evidence be discovered upon which to base charges, that such charges be at once preferred and the offending brother brought to trial and punished if found guilty. That if innocent, his innocence be so completely established that the community, not alone the members of the Lodge, be convinced thereof. That if, in event of the established innocence of the accused, the accusing brother still continued to threaten, then to bring him, the accuser, not only before the bar of Masonry but before the bar of the outraged law of his country. I have heard nothing further of (his case and judge the differences were arranged without further procedure. DISPENSATIONS.
Requests for dispensations have come with usual regularity and frequency and for about all the purposes for which a dispensation might be issued as well as for purposes which would seem to indicate that some of the brethren think a Grand Master is superior to the laws of the Grand Lodge of which he is the executive head. Those which I granted were not in any manner different from those granted by my predecessors, and the same may be said of those refused. I have maintained the precedent already established by our laws and the rulings of previous Grand Masters. If the brethren would more fully understand that a Grand Master is charged to enforce the laws, not to set them aside, and that the dispensations, permitting a temporary suspension of the law or regulation, can only apply to those laws or regulations which have been specially excepted from a rigid enforcement by
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legislation of the Grand Lodge, much valuable time would be saved by all interested. A. summary of those granted, as well as those refused, will form part of the report of our Grand Secretary. OFFICIAL CHANGES.
On March 4, 1904, I appointed E. W. Bro. O. H. P. Bawls as District Deputy Grand Master for Eighth Masonic District, vice B. W. Bro. J. A. Bell, resigned and removed from district. On March 28, 1904,1 appointed B. W. Bro. Benton B. Boggs as District Deputy Grand Master for Tenth Masonic District, vice B. W. Bro. A. B. Thompson, resigned and removed from district. On March 12, 1904, I appointed W. BrO. John S. Alfred as Grand Tyler, vice Bro. John B. Lambert, resigned and removed from State. On March 14, 1904, I appointed W. Bro. Geo. W. Booth as Grand Marshal, vice W. Bro. John S. Alfred, appointed Grand Tyler. APPEALS FOE ASSISTANCE.
As long as there exists no well-defined system of Masonic relief in this jurisdiction, just so long will there be occasion for the issuance of appeals for assistance from our Lodges for pecuniary aid in caring for the sick and destitute, the protection of the widowed and the care and education of the orphan. Several of these appeals caine before me for official sanction. Nearly all were refused, but in one or two instances I felt justified in permitting the appeal to go to the Lodges. In at least one instance I felt that to permit the appeal would be an injustice to the general body of the Craft in this jurisdiction and that until the Lodge making application had demonstrated that it had done all in its power to supply the needs of the distressed, I would not allow an appeal. Inasmuch as the evidence has not been produced I judge the brethren found a better method than that of an appeal.
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OFFICIAL VISITS.
If there is one feature of my career, as Grand Master, that is especially pleasing and a cherished memory, it is the fraternal regard evidenced by my brethren in their numerous invitations to visit their Lodges and to meet and mingle with them in their homes. I would that it had been permitted me to accept each and every one, but the demauds, of a commercial position and the obligations attendant compelled me often to say: "No," when my heart said "Yes." On February 26th, accompanied by P. G. M. Robert H. Cage, Grand Junior Warden, O. H. Simpson, Grand Secretary, Eichard Lambert, GraDd Junior Deocon, A. Steeg, and Grand Marshal, J. S. Alfred, I visited New Iberia for the purpose of laying the corner-stone of the new Jewish Synagogue. On arrival we were received by a large delegation of the brethren of Aurora Lodge No. 193. The ceremonies, which attracted a large audience, were conducted at the request of the directorate of the Synagogue, many of whose most prominent members are also active Freemasons. The oration was delivered by our Eev. Bro. C. C. Kramer, an Episcopal minister, and was entirely worthy of the man and the occasion. It seemed to me that the spirit of our Institution was thus fittingly symbolized and that there in the presence of the God of Israel, the God of the Gentile and the God of Masonry was being laid deep and strong and sure a corner stone of Toleration and Truth upon which shall rest, a Temple in whose principal arch shall be placed, as a cape-stone, Love of God and Love of Man. I desire to personally thank Eev. Bro. Kramer for his eloquent presentation of the great purpose and end of Freemasonry. The congregation of the Synagogue and their learned Eabbi are worthy of special mention for the consideration shown our "Ancient Craft" and for the musical and vocal selections which added much to the general interest and to the impressiveness of the ceremonies.
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On April 23d, accompanied by R. W. Bro. E. T. Sellers, Deputy Grand Master, L. C. Allen, Grand Senior Warden, and Grand Tyler, J. S. Alfred, I visited Farmerville and laid, with Masonic ceremonies, the corner-stone of the new courthouse. In these ceremonies I was assisted, in addition to those already mentioned, by Past Masters T. H. Eoberts as Grand Treasurer, Rudolph Haas as Grand Secretary, and H. H. Ward as Grand Chaplain. The brethren of Union Fraternal Lodge No. 53 were present in force, as well as delegations from all the Lodges in the vicinity. W. Bro. L. E. Thomas was the "Orator of the Day" and it is perhaps needless for me to state that his able address was listened to with attention and interest not only on the part of the brethren but by a large and appreciative audience. On May 1st, accompanied by Grand Secretary Lambert and Grand Tyler Alfred, I visited Progressive Lodge No. 2t>2, Lutcher, and assisted in conferring the Master's Degree. The attendance of the brethren of this "Progressive" Lodge was most gratifying. We were the recipients of every possible courtesy and the trip, other than that it required two hours and twenty-five minutes for the "limited" to cover the forty-two miles, was of a most pleasant character. On May 31st, accompanied by Past Grand Masters Edwin Marks, Chas. P. Buck, Geo. H. Packwood, A. G. Brice, Robert H. Cage and Robert R. Reid, Grand Senior Warden, L. C. Allen, Grand Junior Warden, C. H. Simpson, Grand Treasurer, A. G. Ricks, Grand Secretary, Richard Lambert, Grand Junior Deacon, A. Steeg, Grand Marshal, Geo. W. Booth, Grand Sword Bearer, John Puleston, Grand Steward, Robert W. Irvine, Grand Tyler, J. S. Alfred, and W. Bros. Horace Vallas, Samuel Alston, J. C. Suarez and others, I visited Baton Rouge for the purpose of laying the corner-stone of the " Alumni Building " to be erected in recognition of the great services of D. F. Boyd, who was for a number of years the President of the Louisiana State Uni-
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versity and recognized as one of the foremost educators of the South. It was with feelings that cannot be described that I accepted the invitation. It was in this University, before the tocsin of war had sounded the rude alarum that arrayed the sections against each other, that I had been enrolled as a cadet. It was Professor Boyd that first greeted me as a student, and in that greeting laid the foundation of a friendship that was to last until death. Then came the Civil War, in which both of us had "worn the gray/' fought the same battles and endured the same hardships. Both had accepted the result and returned to the duties of life under the changed conditions. The teacher to take up the tangled threads of ignorance and rime of war and from them weave the warp and woof of heart and intellect and in the education of the Southland's sons give birth to latent powers that should restore, her fallen fortunes. The cadet put away all hope of former days and tronted by necessity took up the toil of daily effort. And now, to me, amid life's varying scenes, had come the duty of laying the corner-stone of a building that was to commemorate him who had been my teacher, my friend, my comrade and my brother. How all insufficient are words to express emotions such as filled my heart upon this occasion. I shall not make the attempt. And in this I was not alone. Past Grand Master Buck was a cadet about the same time as myself, and Past Grand Master Cage at a later period. Many of those present, since grown to eminence, paid loving tribute to the worth of one whose every thought, hope and aspiration had been the upbuilding of the Louisiana State University; of one whose death, just as his life-work was budding for fruition, came as a distinct loss to the entire State and to the cause of education. M. W. Bro. Buck had been selected as the orator representing the Masonic sentiment, and it is doubtful, if in his entire career, this distinguished brother has ever been more eloquent.
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At the banquet, following the dedicatory exercises, addresses were made by several members of the faculty of the University and by distinguished members of the "Alumni Society." The entire arrangements were in keeping with the occasion and carried to most successful completion. The Masonic programme was in charge of the brethren of St. James Lodge No. 47, F. and A. M., and I desire to especially commend the care and attention with which they carried out every detail. I also desire to most sincerely thank them personally and for those who accompanied me, for the numerous courtesies so fraternally extended. The occasion was of a particularly interesting character and I may be pardoned for having dwelt upon same. On June 26th, accompanied by Bros. William 0. Wright and H. C. Brown, I visited White Castle Lodge No. 257 and assisted in conferring the Master's Degree on two Fellow Crafts of that Lodge who had been found proficient. The evening was most pleasantly spent not only in the "work," which was specially interesting, but in the exchange of opinion and friendly intercourse. I left much impressed with the earnestness and zeal of the brethren of this Lodge, whose kind attentions to myself and those of my party are highly appreciated. On October 23d, accompanied by Grand Secretary Lambert^ Grand Junior Deacon Steeg and Grand Tyler Alfred, I visited Jeanerette Lodge No. 255, Jeanerette, to witness the holding of a "Lodge of Sorrow" by that Lodge. Here I was fortunate in meeting Past Grand Master A. C. Allen, E. W. Bro. Fred. CMarsh and others. Bro. S. L. Jacobs, W. M., and a delegation of the brethren met us on arrival of train. The evening was devoted to conferring the Master's Degree on an accepted F. C. of the Lodge. At 7:30 p. M. we proceeded to the church where the exercises were to take place and which we found had been most appropriately decorated and arranged for the solemn ceremonies. These were conducted in a manner that was most
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creditable to the brethren of the Jeanerette Lodge, and theaudience that filled the church evidenced the closest attention and appreciation. The address by Past Grand Master Allen was entirely worthy of this gifted brotber, eloquently suggestive of the duty of the living to the dead; logical in submitting the claims of Masonry to pay its homage of love and esteem in its own manner and custom and clothed with those beauties of rhetoric and metaphor of which our brother is a master. The tributes paid to the departed by E. W. Bro. Fred. C. Marsh and by Rev. Bro. Floyd F. Vaughn^ were peculiarly appropriate and beautifully expressed. In the conception and carrying out of this "Lodge of Sorrow" the officers and brethren of Jeanerette Lodge deserve especial commendation. On Friday, October 19th, accompanied by the Grand Tyler, Bro. J. S. Alfred, I visited Ascension Lodge No. 251, Donaldsonville, and assisted in conferring the Master's Degree on a well-qualified F. C. of that Lodge. The attendance of the officers and brethren was in keeping with the high character of this Lodge for zealous activity and the ceremonies were, therefore, as they should always be, of an impressive, interesting and instructive nature. The evening was most pleasantly devoted to the work and to the exchange of opinion on some of the symbolical applications, as a basis for moral development, to be derived from the ceremonies of the degree. Here, as everywhere, I was overwhelmed with fraternal attentions and courtesies, for which I thank the brethren of the Lodge, especially Past Masters Thibaut and Landry, most sincerely. During the year I visited, officially, every Lodge in this city and in every instance the courtesy and attention of the brethren were all that could be desired. Through these visits I was enabled to come in close touch with the actual labors of the Lodges, to learn of the internal management of affairs; of the present conditions surrounding each Lodge and of the hopes
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for future progress and consequent development. In those known as: " Our Latin Lodges." working in the French, Spanish, German and Italian languages, and designated as "Scottish Eite Lodges," I was most cordially and fraternally received and treated. I found in every instance a warm devotion to the great purposes of Masonry, a faithful performance of duty and an unswerving loyalty to this Grand Lodge. Meeting and mingling so intimately with the brethren in their Lodges and at their social reunions has given me a broader view of my individual duty, a clearer conception of the grandeur of the mission of Freemasonry and a firmer determination to "act well my part" as a Mason. To those Lodges and brethren who so frequently and fraternally invited me to be their guest, I give my thanks. While I may not have accepted the invitation, believe me, my brethren, that it was not of my own free will and accord that I did so. I would that it had been in my power to be with you. To know that in the grasp of your hand was a "Token," and that in your heart was a " Word" that made you and I more than friends, that made us brothers. But it could not be, and I can but repeat: " I thank you." LODGE-ROOM VS. ANTE-ROOM.
In connection with my visits to the various Lodges the thought occurs that some of the brethren are prone to consider the ante-room as separate and distinct from the tyled Lodge. That it is an outer chamber intended for the convenience of the brethren previous to entering the Lodge, I am prepared to admit, but that it may be used as a lounging place for smoking, loud talking and conversation foreign to the purposes of Freemasonry, I am not prepared to admit. I think that every ante-room should be regarded as an integral part of the Lodge-room proper, and that whatever is calculated to disturb or interfere with the labors within the
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Lodge-room should be positively prohibited. An expression of opinion from our " Committee on Masonic Law and Jurisprudence '' would serve to settle the differences of opinion as to the relation of ante-room and Lodge-room. EXAMINATION OF VISITORS.
Too much caution cannot be exercised in the strict trial and due examination of visitors. Especially is this applicable to the Lodges meeting in the City of New Orleans. The importance of thiscity as a seaport and commercial centre naturally attracts a large floating population, an element of which, highly undesirable as residents, prey upon the community. The well-known usages of Freemasonry in relieving distress make our Lodges a favorite object for schemes of imposition. Instances have come to my notice of successful imposition by persons claiming membership in -Lodges that were afterwards discovered to be clandestine. Possibly it might be well to secure a list of such Lodges and bring it to the attention of our brethren. I am of opinion that an additional protection might be given to the Masons of this jurisdiction by making it obligatory upon our Lodges to provide each brother with a suitable certificate of his good standing. This, as I have reason to know, would be of value when visiting other jurisdictions. It might also be well to require this certificate from those who assist in the formation of new Lodges. Such a certificate would tend to insure the prompt payment of the annual dues as it should not be issued except to the brother who is "clear of the books." The details of this certificate may be left to the knowledge and experience of our Grand Secretary. The satisfaction that appears to have resulted from the adoption of such a method by a number of our sister jurisdictions would seem to indicate that it had been effective in accomplishing the desired end.
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Your Finance Committee will present a complete report of the financial status of this Grand Lodge. There is one item in their report which will give unmeasured satisfaction to the entire membership in this jurisdiction. I refer to the complete extinction of the "Temple Debt." An old maxim has it "that all things come to him who waits." Patiently, for nearly thirteen years, have we waited for the time when the burden of debt —contracted only by reason of then existing exigencies—should be removed and our resources applied to the philanthropic purposes of Freemasonry—the relief of the aged and dependent, the protection of the widowed and the care and education of the orphaned. The hour has come and the "Temple Debt" casts its shadow no more athwart our path. On December 3, 1904, the Board of Grand Lodge Hall Directors unanimously adopted a resolution providing for the payment of all the outstanding bonds amounting to $6,000.00, with interest to March 15, 1905, as soon as the required amount was in hand. With more than usual gratification I now announce to you that on January 30th the sum of $6,375.00 was set aside for this purpose. For the first time in the history of our Grand Lodge we are absolutely free from debt. Every other outstanding obligation, such as insurance on Temple property, city and State taxes, have been paid. The extinction of the "Temple Debt" will enable this Grand Lodge to devote the revenues arising therefrom, after deduction of necessary expenses of operation to the purposes of the Craft. It is believed that under the terms of the original " Act of Incorporation " o f this Grand Lodge, the Giand Lodge Hall will then be exempt from assessment for State and city taxes. I suggest that this is an important item and recommend that the "Committee on Masonic Law and Jurisprudence" be •requested to ascertain if such exemption results.
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If the exemption can be secured, it will result in a saving of about $1,400.00 per annum, which can be applied to charitable purposes. PLAN OF MASONIC BELIEF.
Section 6, Article I, Chapter III, General Regulations, provides: " So soon as the property (Grand Lodge Hall) shall be paid for, the whole revenue which may be derived from it, after the payment of the necessary and unavoidable expenses on its account, shall be devoted exclusively to charitable purposes, in the relief of worthy distressed members of the Order, their widows and orphans, and be distributed in such manner as the Oraud Lodge shall determine, not inconsistent with general good.'; The time has arrived to carry into effect these beneficent purposes of Freemasonry. At the last Annual Communication a resolution was adopted creating a " Committee on Plan of Masonic Relief." I am informed that this committee is prepared to submit their report. I know, personally, that the committee have been diligent in securing information that would be valuable in considering the adoption of a comprehensive system of Masonic relief. Personally, I greatly favor the method adopted and now in use by our sister Grand Lodge of Iowa. It seems to me to be thoroughly adapted to the purpose intended, economical in disbursement of funds; practical in application and entirely devoid of those objections so often urged against "Masonic Homes," besides obviating the cost of erection of buildings representing the investment of large sums without corresponding benefits and the subsequent expense of operation. I do not think that the time has arrived when this Grand Lodge can attempt to solve the problem of a "Home." I do not think that for Louisiana a " H o m e " is the method best adapted to secure the result desired. In a letter from Past Grand Master Thomas Lambert, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the "Grand Charity Fund," Grand Lodge of Iowa, occurs the following passage : " I think one of the strongest arguments in support of
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our plan of relief is the fact that it does not separate the beneficiary from his or her old friends and family ties. It provides them the comforts of life in their own home, among their old friends, and where the members of the local Lodge can do much towards dispersing the shadows that would otherwise hang over them. In many, probably most instances, the brother who is approaching the evening of life has a little home of his own with the good wife who has shared his joys and sorrows, for almost a lifetime, still by his side. It goes.almost without saying that he would much prefer an allowance that would enable them to live together in their old home, among their friends of a lifetime, including, possibly, their own children, who are unable to assist them, rather than be taken to a 'Hoine 7 among strangers." The argument advanced by M. W. Bro. Lambert cannot be easily confuted and the experience of our brethren of Iowa in solving the question of personal relief seems to logically prove its efficacy and value. The conditions in this jurisdiction ; the strength of home-ties; the independent character of our people and their general abhorrence of anything having the semblance of a restriction of their free will and action, convince me that the "Iowa Plan," with such modifications as will adapt it to oui?' needs and purposes, is capable of giving that satisfaction which uo Masonic Home will ever give, not to consider, the large nonproductive investment which the erection and maintenance of a " H o m e " must necessitate. It seems to me that a trial of the Iowa method is justified and I trust that action to that end will be initiated. M. W. Bro. Lambert expresses a desire to give every detail of the operation of the "Grand Charity Fund " of the Grand Lodge of Iowa with such suggestions as experience has demonstrated of value in its administration. COMMITTEE ON " W O R K . "
This committee has labored most efficiently in carrying out the intent of the resolution adopted at last Annual Communica-
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tion. The "Revised" work is now ready for promulgation. Our Grand Lecturer has been actively engaged in this duty and reports his efforts as uniformly successful. He has, however, encountered an unsurmountable obstacle. It has been impossible for him to reach all the Lodges or to visit a large number of those who really need instruction. We now have 159 chartered Lodges, 8 under dispensation (of which 6 have applied for charters) and several in process of formation and to be organized immediately after the close of this Annual Communication. A total, approximately, of 175 Lodges. Deducting those Lodges that possess advantages for acquiring the " work " and where a visit from the Grand Lecturer is not absolutely necessary, it leaves about 145 Lodges which should be visited and instructed. It is a physical impossibility for any one man to visit 145 Lodges each year, to instruct and to prevent unlawful change or interpolation. It requires at least two days with each Lodge, one day is lost, as an average, in going from one Lodge to another, even when conditions are favorable and trains are on time, and allowing the Grand Lecturer only the 52 Sabbaths for rest—which he does not get—makes a total of 487 days. This allows for no delays, missed trains, broken buckboards, etc. I think the conditions justify the employment of an additional Grand Lecturer and a division of the jurisdiction. Justice to our ever-increasing membership; justice to those who are willing and anxious to become proficient; justice to those who have been called to preside over the destinies of our constituent Lodges and justice to the best interests and future development of our Craft, all, in my opinion, demand such action on the part of this Grand Lodge. The constant requests for the services of the Grand Lecturer and his inability to visit—without borrowing the days from the "next year—all the Lodges that desire instruction, are entitled to consideration. This recommendation is endorsed by the Committee on Work as expressed to me by its Chairman, M. W. Bro. R. H. Cage.
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In the conferring of the Master's Degree, which it has been my pleasure to witness many times during the year, I felt that an injustice was being done, possibly inadvertently, to every brother "raised to the Sublime Degree," in this, that there is no regulation or provision whereby the new Master Mason is more fully equipped for the additional duties and responsibilities of his position, or a more thorough knowledge of those duties. We require the E. A. and the F. C. to stand an examination as to proficiency, but when we invest them with the honors and privileges of a Master Mason, they are left to discover, for themselves, the extent of the solemn obligation assumed and the controlling influence that obligation should assert in daily life and conduct. I have never comprehended why this should be and I suggest the advisability of requiring, as in some other jurisdictions, each Master Mason to pass an examination as to his1 proficiency in the "Sublime Degree." I think it would give them greater confidence in their own abilities; greater interest in the labors of their Lodge and of Masonry, and greater care in the observance of that bond of Brotherly Love, Belief and Truth without which all our promises and pledges are but "as sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal." These are, of course, personal views, and their expression actuated by a desire to, in turn, secure an expression of opinion from those best qualified to judge of their correctness. RECOMMENDATIONS.
Inquiries as to the exact construction and application of Edict No. 137, led me to reply to such inquiries by giving the accepted construction that a brother was not in arrears until the amount due had been exigible for twelve months after it became due and demandable. This was because it had been previously so decided. The edict says : "The dues of a member must have been demandable over twelve months before he can be subject to discipline under the law about non-payment of dues, etc." Ac-
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cording to the accepted interpretation a member suspended in •consonance with the edict would owe dues for two years and three months before actual suspension; that is, annual dues for one year; demandable one year; three month's notice of intention to suspend if not paid ; total, 27 months. I am impressed with the idea that an injustice is done our Lodges by such construction and I recommend that our "Committee on Masonic Law and Jurisprudence " be requested to consider this subject and report their conclusions. WIDOWS AND ORPHANS OP MEMBERS OP EXTINCT LODGES.
I am informed, and the report of the W. M. of Louisiana Belief Lodge confirms same, that numerous requests have been and are now frequently made to our Belief Lodge by the widows and orphans of members of extinct Lodges of this jurisdiction; Under the regulations governing that Lodge its funds can only be used for temporary relief and many of these cases require a monthly allowance. Something should be done at once to care for these and similar cases. It might be well to place in the hands of our- Belief Lodge an amount to be used exclusively for the relief of such cases, and I so recommend. In this connection, I recommend that the duties of Louisiana Belief Lodge be clearly and fully defined. I suggest this in jus^ tice to this Lodge and that its duties be confined to the giving of temporary relief, except in event that it be given any funds, or monies for a specific purpose, and that it be not authorized to allow monthly sums to brethren of this or other jurisdictions. At least one case has arisen where the action of the Lodge was harshly criticised for what it deemed a proper action in refusing to allow ii considerable sum monthly to a brother from another jurisdiction who had elected to make New Orleans his'home. In my opinion the Lodge acted equitably and justly, but it might be well to have the Grand Lodge define the scope of its duties in such cases.
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Several requests have been made to me for "duplicate" charters to replace those lost or destroyed. Under existing precedent such charters can only be granted by the Grand Lodge at Annual Communication. As the issuing of a " duplicate n charter is purely a clerical act, and so regarded by many of our sister jurisdictions, I recommend that the Grand Master be (authorized to grant such charters during the interim between Annual Communications, reporting thereon to Grand Lodge. CONCLUSION.
My thanks are due, in highest measure, to iny brethren throughout this Grand Jurisdiction for their innumerable acts of kindness and courtesy when visiting their Lodges. It has been a pleasure to witness their earnestness and zeal in the labors of their respective Lodges and their observance of the moral teachings of our Craft. They have been faithful, obedient and loyal, and for this reason I shall go down to posterity as a, " Grand Master that never made a decision." To my Grand Treasurer and Grand Secretary I give thanks. All that cau be said in commendation of their faithful attention to duty and careful performance of every detail of their important offices I here say. To my Board or Grand Lodge Hall Directors, to the several committees of the Grand Lodge, each and all have contributed of their time, energy and experience to advise and strengthen me in the discharge of my duties. Never had a Grand Master a more efficient, intelligent, conservative and faithful coterie of true brothers and officers than myself. May Our Father ever have them in His holy keeping. Positions of honor bring with them corresponding responsibilities, but where these responsibilities are shared by those whose willing hands and long experience make the burden light as gossamer flowers, when the time comes for a severance of official life and interest, it is as if some strong tie was broken
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with the realization that it was never to be restored and only memory would remain of the many pleasant incidents of association. The following exquisite gem I take from the address of M. W. Bro. "Win. P. Kuhn, Grand Master of Missouri, to the Grand Lodge of that great State. " God is a Father, Man is a Brother, The Earth is our Mother. Life is a mission and not a career. Knightship is service, His Scepter is gladness. The Least is the Greatest Saving is dying— Giving is living— Life is Eternal and Love is its Essence."
May that fraternal love which is the essence of our union lead us safely and surely through the darkness of earth's turmoil and strife to the light of that eternal life which is the essence of Him who was, and is and is to be. On motion, duly adopted, the address was received and distributed as follows : So much as relates to "Progress of the Craft" and to "Official Visits," to the Committee on State of the Order. So much as relates to "DisciplinaryAction," "Killingsand Decisions," "Lodge-room vs. Ante-room;" that portion under "Temple Debt," relating to exemption from taxation; that portion, under "Eecommendations," relating to construction of Edict No. 137 and co-relative laws, and that portion relating to "Lost or Destroyed Charters," to the Committee on Masonic Law and Jurisprudence. So much as relates to " Necrological Matters" to the Committee on Necrology. So much as relates to "Fraternal Eelations," to the Committee on Foreign Correspondence.
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So much as relates to "TempleProperty," to the Board of Grand Lodge Hall Directors. So much as relates to "jExainination of Visitors;" "The Employment of an Additional Grand Lecturer," and to "Proficiency in the Lecture of the Master's Degree," to the Committee on Work. So much as relates to the examination of the " Iowa Plan " of Masonic Belief and to "Widows and Orphans of Members of Extinct Lodges," to the special Committee on Plan of Masonic Belief. REPORT OF GRAND TREASURER.
B. W. Bro. A. G. Bicks, Grand Treasurer, submitted the following report: NEW ORLEANS, LA., February 6, 1905. To the M. W- G r i n d Master and Grand Lodge of Louisiana, F . and A . M . :
Most Worshipful Sirs and Brothers—I respectfully submit herewith my annual report for the year ending December 31, 1904: 1904. Jan. 1. To cash balance on hand $ 1,534 43 Amount received from Grand Secretary 33,731 21 Total $35,265 64 By 247 warrants paid during 1904 33,794 91 Balance on hand December 31, 1904 $ 1,470 73In addition to the above balance your Grand Treasurer has in his keeping the following special funds: Widows' and Orphans' Home Fund, deposited in the Germania Savings Bank and Trust Company of this city f 152 37 Interest on same to December 31, 1904 4 59 $ 156 9ft Widows' and Orphans' Permanent Relief Fund, deposited in Metropolitan Bank $ 1,584 45 Interest on same to December 31, 1904 40 01 $ 1,624 4ft Respectfully and fraternally submitted, A. G. RICKS, Grand Treasurer.
On motion, duly adopted, the report was received and referred to the Committee on Audit and Accounts.
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EEPOET OF GBAND SEOEETAEY. E. W. Bro. Eichard Lambert, Grand Secretary, submitted the following report: NEW ORLEANS, February 6, 1905. To the M. W. Grand Master, Officers and Representatives of the Grand Lodge, F. and A. M., of the State of Louisiana:
In compliance with the regulations of this Grand Lodge I have the honor to report, as your Grand Secretary, the following synopsis of the transactions of my office since the close of the Ninety-second Annual Communication. GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS.
Agreeably to the provisions of the resolution adopted and with the concurrence of the M. W. Grand Master, I prepared the proceedings of the Ninety-second Annual Communication and placed copy for same in the hands of the A. W. Hyatt Printing Company. Same were duly printed and the distribution made in accordance with established usage. MONTHLY CIRCULAR
Has been issued monthly as required by the standing resolution. Notwithstanding Lodge Secretaries have been repeatedly notified of the importance of reporting promptly and correctly all matters intended for publication therein, but little attention is given to such notices and delays are still frequent. This can only be ascribed to inattention and laziness. CHARTERS ISSUED.
February 22. Mailed charter for Oak Grove Lodge No. 284 to E. W. Bro. D. N. Thompson, D. D. G. M., Twenty fourth District. Lodge organized thereunder, May 9, 1904. February 24. Mailed charter for Bose Pine Lodge No. 290 to B. W. Bro. C T. AUis, D. D. G. M., Twenty-sixth District. Lodge organized thereunder, March 5, 1904. February 24. Mailed charter for Dodson Lodge No. 289 to E. W. Bro. Henry E. Hardtner, D. D. G. M., Twenty-third District. Lodge organized thereunder, April 14, 1904.
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February 24. Mailed charter for Pine Grove Lodge No. 288 to E. W. Bro. John Puleston, D. D. G. M., Second District. Lodge organized thereunder, March 2, 1904. February 24. Mailed charter for Globe Lodge No. 287 to E. W. Bro. J. F. Sikes, D. D. G. M., Seventeenth District. Lodge organized thereunder, March 21, 1904. February 24. Mailed charter for Many Lodge No. 285 to E. W. Bro. J. Wiley Miller, D. D. G. M., Twenty-ninth District. Lodge organized thereunder, April 2, 1904. February 24. Mailed charter for Cheneyville Lodge No. 286 to E. W. Bro. Benj. F. Scotf, D. D. G. M., Thirteenth District. Lodge organized thereunder, March 3, 1904. February 24. Mailed charter for Marion Lodge No. 283 to E. W. Bro. T. H. Boberts, D. D. G. M., Sixth District. Lodge organized thereunder, March 12, 1904. • DISPENSATIONS FOR NEW LODGES.
By direction of the M. W. Grand Master dispensations for new Lodges were issued as follows : February 10. For a Lodge at Belmont, parish of Sabine, to be known as "Belmont" Lodge. This Lodge was formed under said dispensation on March 5, 1904, by E. W. Bro. Jas. H. Caldwell, D. D. G. M., Eighteenth District. February 10. For a Lodge at Hico, parish of Lincoln, to be known as " H i c o " Lodge. This Lodge was formed under said dispensation on March 1, 1904, by E. W. Bro. N. B. Null, D. D. G, M., Fifth District. February 15. For a Lodge at Fordoche, parish of Point Coupee, to be known as "Fordoche" Lodge. This Lodge was formed under said dispensation on April 6,1904, by E. W. Bro. J. A. Hollingshead, D. D. G. M., Twenty-fifth District, February 18. For a Lodge at Goldonna, parish of Natchitoches, to be known as "Goldonna" Lodge. This Lodge was formed under said dispensation on April 9, 1904, by B. W. Bro. O. H. P. Eawls, D. D. G. M., Eighth District. April 29. For a Lodge at Denham Springs, parish of Livingston, to be known as "Denham Springs" Lodge. This Lodge was formed under said dispensation on June 9, 190*, by E. W. Bro. John Puleston, D. D. G. M., Second District. May 29. For a Lodge at Eros, parish of Jackson, to be known
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as " E r o s " Lodge. This Lodge was formed under said dispensation on June 9, 1904, by R. W. Bro. Graham Surghnor, D. D. G. M., Seventh District. July 12. For a Lodge at St. Joseph, parish of Tensas, to be known as "Tensas" Lodge. This Lodge was formed under said dispensation on December 20, 1904, by "Special" D. D. G. M., John S. Alfred. LODGES UNDER DISPENSATION.
The following Lodges, now "under dispensation," have made returns, paid all amounts due this Grand Lodge, returned dispensations and now apply for charters : Kinder Lodge, Kinder, parish of Calcasieu. Fordoche Lodge, Fordoche, parish of Pointe Coupee. Goldonna Lodge, Goldonna, parish of Natchitoches. Hico Lodge, Hico, parish of Lincoln. Belmonb Lodge, Belmont, parish of Sabine. Denham Springs Lodge, Denham Springs, parish of Livingston. Bros Lodge, Eros, parish of Jackson. EXTENSION OP DISPENSATION.
Tensas Lodge, Sb. Joseph, parish of Tensas, has made returns, and, as Lodge was organized December 20, 1904, asked that the dispensation be continued until next Annual Communication. INQUIRIES RELATIVE TO NEW LODGES.
I have received letters of inquiry relative to formation of new Lodges from brethren in the following locations: Belcher, parish of Caddo, Bon Amie, parish of Calcasieu, Collinston, parish of Morehouse, Georgetown, parish of Grant, Gibsland, parish of Bienville, Ciappe's Bluff, parish of Natchitoches, Isabel, parish of Washington, Olla, parish of Catahoula, Eayne, parish of Acadia, Tallulah, parish of Madison, and it is more than probable that several petitions will be presented for your consideration and action.
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By direction of the M. W. Grand Master dispensations were. issued as follows: To rent Lodge-room to other secret societies : Mt. VernonNo. 83, Springhill No. 127, Covington No. 188, Cadeville No. 229, Kentwood No. 248, Dorcheat No. 276, Cheneyville No. 286, Globe No. 287. To meet in halls occupied by other secret societies : Franklinton No 101, Jonesboro No. 280. To appear in public as Masons : Oliver No. 84, Euston No. 106, Mackey No. 122, Gordy No. 133, Fellowship No. 217, Leesville No. 240. To elect and install officers out of time: Mt. Vernon No. 83, Eastern Star No. 151, Homer No. 152, Atkins No. 266. To fill vacancies in elective offices : Western Star No. 24,. Feliciaua No. 31, Fellowship No. 217, White Castle No. 257r Dodson No. 289. To continue labors, charters burned : Spring Creek No. 184r Atkins No. 266, Dubach No. 277. To appeal for assistance to sister Lodges : Bernice No. 239,. White Castle No. 257. DISPENSATIONS REFUSED.
To rent Lodge-rooms: Euston No. 106, Fordoche, TJ. D. OTHER DISPENSATIONS REFUSED.
To Feliciana No. 31, to receive petitions from profanes who had been residents of this State less than six months. To Bellevue No. 95, to receive petition of profane who had been a resident of State less than twelve months. To Bellevue No. 95, to receive petition of profane who had lost the three first fingers of right hand. To Columbia No. 164, to receive petition of profane who had lost the thumb of right hand. To Boyce No. 273, to receive petition of profane who was a resident of New Orleans, without first obtaining waiver from all Lodges there located. To Globe No. 287, to dedicate their Lodge-room, for reason that it "Was to be used by other secret societies. To Fellowship No. 217, to give a public entertainment. Letter was too indefinite to determine just what character of entertainment was contemplated.
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WAIVERS GRANTED.
By direction of M. W. Grand Master, issued a i( waiver of jurisdiction" in favor of Riblah Lodge No. 556, Arkansas, to receive petition of Mr. James Gilmore, a resident of Louisiana, living near the State line and only a few miles from the Arkansas Lodge. Nearest Louisiana Lodge was fifteen miles distant. To Tyrian Lodge No. 553, Wilmot, Arkansas, to receive the petition of Mr. John B. McKain, a resident of Louisiana, but residing very near the Arkansas line and convenient to the Tyrian Lodge. GRAND REPRESENTATIVES—COMMISSIONS ISSUED.
To 11. W. Bio. W. J. Roberts, Salem-Winston, N. C, as our Representative near the Grand Lodge of North Carolina. To R. W. Bro. W. G. Moore, Perth, West Australia, as our Representative near the Grand Lodge of Western Australia. To M. W. Bro. Robert E. Evans, P. G. M., as our Representative near the Grand Lodge of Nebraska, vice R. W. Bro. Albert Crites, resigned. To R. W. Bro. Howard M. Gillman, Washington, D. C , as our Representative near the Grand Lodge District of Columbia, vice M. W. Bro. Malcom Seaton, P. G. M., deceased. To R. W. Bro. Thomas G. Farrar, Carson, Nevada, as our Representative near the Grand Lodge of Nevada, viceR. W. Bro. Trenmor Coffin, deceased. GRAND REPRESENTATIVES—COMMISSIONS RECEIVED.
For R. W. Bro. John S. Alfred, New Orleans, as the Representative of the Grand Lodge of Western Australia. GRAND LODGE CERTIFICATES ISSUED.
To D. C. Stanhill, late of Providence No. 50. To C. E. Reid, late of Howard No. 207, To J. M. Howze, late of Howard No. 207. To W. S. Palmer, late of Howard No. 207. To C. W. Lyles, late of Mt. Lebannon No. 104. To J. F. Peterson, late of Beacon No. 211. To J. D. Calhoun, late of Beacon No. 211. To J. G. Harris, late of Centennial No. 225, duplicate. To A.. G. Gibson, late of Centennial No. 225.
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To Mitchell Lodge No. 252. To Dalley Lodge No. 265. To Yellow Pine Lodge No. 282. To Marion Lodge No. 283. To Eose Pine Lodge No. 290. GRAND LODGE DIPLOMAS ISSUED.
To Bro. Curt Goeldner, Saints John No. 153. To Bro. Chris. Nelson, Perfect Union No. 1. To Bro. W. C. Wright, Perfect Union No. 1. To Bro. L. P. Delahoussaye, Perfect Union No. 1. To Bro. Louis Medus, Perfect Union No. 1. To Bro. Olaus Johnsen, Perfect Union No. 1. To Bro. James D. Connell, Saints John No. 153. To Bro. L. V. Laurents, Saints John No. 153. To Bro. Herman Krauss, Jefferson No. 191. To Bro. Sigmund Levy, Jefferson No. 191. To Bro. Eoydan B. Douglas, Hiram No. 70. To Bro. Frank Davies, Alpha-Home No. 72. To Bro. Angus K. McNair, St. James No. 47. To Bro. Achille Bauer, Oliver No. 84. To Bro. Ivan Ilo Vulevich, Daute No. 174. To Bro. Max. Hermann, Louisiana No. 102. To Bro. Frank Cotton, Welsh No. 232. To Bro. Jacob Blum, Ascension No. 251. APPEALS AND GRIEVANCES.
June 29. Eeceived from Bro. L. S. Haas, Junior Warden of Humble Cottage Lodge No. 19, an appeal from action of said Lodge in case of Bro. T. A. Jackson. Appeal was not accompanied by transcript of proceedings as required. Placed same in hands of Committee on Appeals and Grievances and wrote Bro. Haas to send up transcript. Nothing since. July 13. Eeceived appeal from Bro.'J. L. Thiel, of Crowley Lodge No. 243, from action of said Lodge taken April 24, 1903. Placed all papers in hands of Committee on Appeals and Grievances. ACCOUNT CURRENT.
I have the honor to herewith submit my account current, trial balance and accounts against which warrants were drawn during the year 1904.
KICHABD LAMBERT, GRAND SECRETARY, IN ACCOUNT WITH THE GRAND LODGE, F. AND A. M., STATE OF LOUISIANA, FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1904.
To To To To To To To To To To To
amount received, rent of stores and offices <§ 7,688 96 amount received, rent of Masonic Bodies 3,927 50 amount received, Grand Lodge dues 18,999 00 amount received, sale lots in Masonic Cemetery 2,194 00 amount received, Dispensations 350 00 amount received, Diplomas 31 50 amount received, Grand Lodge Certificates 35 00 amount received, Register Account 25 00 amount received, Charter Account 400 00 amount received, Insurance, return premiums.. 20 25 amount received, Grand Secretary 60 00 $33,731 21
March 31,1904. By amount Treasurer June 30,1904. By amount Treasurer Sept. 30, 1904. By amount Treasurer Dec. 31, 1904. By amount Treasurer
transferred to Grand transferred to Grand transferred to Grand transferred to Grand
121,077 24 4,863 99 2,756 99 5,032 99 $33,731 21
EXPENSES, 1904.
By By By By By By By By By By By By By By By By By By By By By By By By By By By By By
salary Grand Secretary $ 1,775 00 salary Grand Lecturer 1,475 00 salary Grand Tyler 25 00 salary Janitor 840 00 salary Engineer and elevator attendant 800 00 salary Sexton Masonic Cemetery 900 00 salary Porter 420 00 Masonic Cemetery, improvements 1,239 00 Grand Lodge Bonds redeemed 10,000 00 Grand Lodge Bonds, interest on bonds redeemed 745 00 N. O. & C. R. R. L. & P. Co., electric light and power 842 50 N. O. Waterworks Co 73 65 expenses engine room, oil, waste, etc 256 00 insurance on building and contents, 5 years 3,403 50 Telephone 66 00 expenses Grand Master and officers, official visits 408 25 printing proceedings, circulars and stationery... 1,331 66 postage and express charges jt 265 00 City taxes 880 00 Louisiana Relief Lodge 400 00 repairs to Temple property 6,137 32 repairs to fire escapes 350 00 City of New Orleans, repairs to St. Charles st... 529 20 fire extinguishers 75 00 painting and varnishing 210 00 badges. 156 00 Committee Foreign Correspondence 100 00 Grand Chaplain and Organist ($10 00 each) 20 00 incidentals 71 84 $33,794 91
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TRIAL BALANCE ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1904. CB.
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143 387 66 2 290 36 3 868 97 1 470 73 9997 50 1 238 62 745 00 10 132 37 Electric and Gas Plant 5 915 00 3 383 24 1 010 62 6 137 32 152 37 Germania Savings Bank Metropolitan Savings Bank 1,500 00 Louisiana Relief Lodge 400 00 Jos Spielberg 60 00 8S0 00 H. A. Testard 83 40 S Diamond 120 00 G. H. Mat news 60 00 Suarez & Busch 12 00 F . H. Field.. S5 00 L. Schneidau. ....... 15 00 L. DePoorter 100 00 .J. F . Piprson . .. 10 00 Buck, Walshe & Buck. 50 00 25 00 15 00 John D Nix Orleans Levee Board 50 00 N D McDonald 20 00 United Wi. Agency 18 00 J. Zach Spearing 27 50 T. Atchioson. 20 00 T. G. SpttzfadeD 23 00 Louisiana Council 45 00 Grand Consistorv 200 00 Geo.Washington LodgeNo 65 100 00 jHiram Lodge No. 70 82 50 A)pna-Home LodgeNo 72... 50 00 •Quitman Lodere No. 76 50 00 St. Joseph Lodge No. 79 8 00 Hermitage Lodge No. 98 50 CO Ocean Lodge No. 144 50 00 Eastern Star Lodge No. 151. 235 50 Kosmos Lodge No 171 50 00 •Corinthian Lodge No 190 67 50 Doric Lodge No. 205.. 12 00
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Certificates .
G r a n d Lodge Bonds
F Deibel
155 187 08 35 00 16 50 360 00 25 00 18,814 78 315 00 10 590 96 6.000 00 1,229 50 1,652 37 30 00 13 00 S 194,269 16
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STATISTICAL.
, Eeturns have been received from 155 of the 159 chartered I/odges from which I take the following : Initiated Passed Eaised
1,036 994 974 3,004 ACCESSIONS.
Raised Affiliated Reinstated
974 181 56 1,211 DEDUCTIONS.
Dimitted Died Dropped Suspended Expelled
214 158 15 94 3 Net gain, chartered Lodges
484 727
Our Lodges, now under dispensation, have a membership of 178. In these Lodges were conferred 191 degrees. Considering these items it would make the total number of degrees conferred 3,195, and our present membership, 8,960, a net gain during the year of 841. It has been one of the most successful years in the history of Freemasonry in Louisiana. The year we have now entered upon-already presents indications of a continuance of that prosperity, and if the efforts now in progress for the formation of new Lodges are successful, which seems assured, the record in this particular direction will have been without an equal in this State. I desire to compliment a number of the Secretaries of constituent Lodges for the very neat and complete manner in which the returns of their respective Lodges were made out and for their promptness in forwarding. This does not apply to all, however, as I have written over 400 letters since December 15, 1904, referring to errors in returns.
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Congratulating the Grand Lodge upon the splendid growth of the constituent Lodges, and grateful for the many courtesies extended, I am, Fraternally yours, EICHAED LAMBERT,
Grand Secretary. On motion, duly adopted, the report was received and that portion relative to account current and trial balance was referred to the Committee on Audit and Accounts. REPORT OP BOARD OF GRAND LODGE HALL DIRECTORS. The Board of Grand Lodge Hall Directors submitted the following report: NEW ORLEANS, LA., February 1, 1905. To the M. W. Grand Loige, F. and A. M., of the State of Louisiana:
Your Board of Grand Lodge Hall Directors respectfully submit, as their report, the following synopsis of the transactions of the said Board during the year 1904, as required by the provisions of the laws of this Grand Lodge, and also, in compliance with Section 7, Article I, Chapter III, General Regulations, append the required financial statement. ORGANIZATION OF BOARD.
On February 6, 1904, the Board met and organized as follows: MEMBERS EX-OFFICIO.
L. P. Delahoussaye, M. W. Grand Master A. G. Ricks, R. W. Grand Treasurer. Richard Lambert, R. W. Grand Secretary
President. Secretary.
MEMBERS.
Chas. F. Buck, Past Grand Master. Robert H. Cage, Past Grand Master. Robert R. Reid, Past Grand Master. Gus. D. Levy, W. M., No. 191. Henry A. Jones, W. M., No. 102. Frank W. Breedlove, W. M., No. 72. The President announced the following appointments on the several sub-committees: TEMPLE PROPERTY.
L. P. Delahoussaye. A. G. Ricks. Richard Lambert.
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CEMETERY.
Robert H. Cage. Gus. D. Levy. F. W. Breedlove. BUILDING AND IMPROVEMENTS.
Chas. F. Buck. Robert R. Reid. H. H. Jones. BENTALS.
All of the stores and offices are now rented and at the rates previously obtained, The upper floors—fourth and fifth—are occupied, as heretofore, by Masonic bodies. The rents are paid punctually, as our tenants are of a most desirable class. But little is owing from this source. TAXES.
The taxes for 1904 were paid on an assessment of $40,000. INSURANCE.
Believing that, as a matter of business economy, a term policy might be obtained which would obviate the necessity of annual renewal, we secured, through the efforts of a committee consisting of Directors Lambert, Ricks and Jones, policies of |42,500.00 each in the Home Insurance Company, of New York, and the Royal Insurance Company, of Liverpool, England, for the term of five years, com. mencing February 15, 1904, and expiring February 15, 1909, covering $75,000.00 on building and $10,000.00 on furniture, library, paintings and fixtures. The premiums for entire term being $3,260.00. REPAIRS TO TEMPLE PROPERTY.
Complaints with regard to condition of toilets on each floor were brought to the attention of Board, and, with a view to avoiding such, it was determined to modernize these adjuncts to the building, and after careful examination of the existing condition, it was decided to entirely remove the old furniture and plumbing and replace same with new and improved. This was accordingly done, and the floors were also removed and sanitary tiling substituted. They are now entirely satisfactory and a much needed improvement. The soil pump had, from long use, become practically worthless, and the constant outlay for repairs was most disagreeable. A new and larger pump was purchased and installed, the connecting pipes thoroughly overhauled and renewed where necessary, and the equipment is now entirely adequate and in excellent condition. A complete equipment of filters was installed, as the water supply had for some time been inadequate to the needs of the tenants. This has proven of advantage in the satisfaction given and the plant is of ample capacity for any increased demand.
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In April your Board were advised by the Chief Engineer of the Fire Department that, in his opinion, the fire escapes were not in a safe condition. Sometime later we were officially notified to this effect, and directed to have all fire escapes placed in good condition, with several additional improvements, such as an extension of stairway escape on north side and railings around those on outside of building. The repairs and additions were made at once, but the expense incurred had not been contemplated by your Board. As an additional precaution and protection five "Standard" fire extinguishers were purchased and placed on the several floors. A severe hail and rain storm seriously damaged the roof of the building necessitating considerable and immediate repairs to same. The activity of the Lodges and increased length of the meetings necessitated the employment of an additional elevator attendant as the hours of service, necessary to accommodate the brethren, were more than could reasonably be expected of a single attendant. The arrangement gave great satisfaction to the Masonic bodies and is thought to have materially increased the attendance. On January 10, 1905, Mr. Sachs was compelled by failing health to resign the position of day attendant and an arrangement was then made with the night attendant, Brother Harney, which has proven entirely satisfactory. In March, Bro. John R. Lambert having decided to remove from the State tendered his resignation as hall-keeper and Bro. John S. Alfred was appointed in his place. The electric light service continues to be satisfactory. The monthly expense is well within the estimated allowance. TEMPLE DEBT.
Your Board are more than gratified to report to this Grand Lodge the practical extinction of this liabflity. On March 15,1904, the amount of $10,000.00 was, after legal publication, redeemed and cancelled, leaving the amount of 16,000.00 still outstanding. On December 2,1904, by unanimous action, the Board decided to set aside the sum of $6,000.00 with such additional amount as might be required to pay the accrued interest, for the purpose of liquidating ail the outstanding bonds. On January 30, 1905, the sum of $6,225.00 was set aside for this, purpose. The complete extinction of the debt, a " consummation most devoutly wished for," is now realized, and your Board join with this Grand Lodge and the brethren generally that our prosperity has permitted the faithful carrying out of every promise and obligation. MASONIC CEMETERY.
This property which possesses a peculiar value to the Masons of this jurisdiction is now in excellent condition. All of the contemplated improvements are now completed, and your Board is of opinion that it will compare favorably with others more pretentious. Believing that it might be of general interest to the Representatives
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here assembled, your Board have requested the Cemetery Committee to present their report for your information and consideration, and will, therefore, omit further mention. EECOMMENDATIONS.
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When your Board were contemplating the improvements in the plumbing and sanitary arrangements, it was deemed advisable to thoroughly examine the building for such other repairs and alterations as might be deemed essential to the comfort and convenience of our tenants. For this purpose a competent brother was engaged and after a most thorough and careful inspection and examination presented a report embracing all the repairs and changes which might be urgent or necessary in the immediate future. From this report we take the following items which we recommend as of first importance and necessity: 1st. The unsanitary condition of the flooring in the hall; the impossibility of keeping it clean and other objections which could consistently be raised, make its removal essential, if not at onee, in the •course of a few months. When removed it should be replaced by the sanitary tiling such as is to, be used in the toilet rooms on the several floors. The walls should also be wainscoted with marble for a suitable height, continued to the landing on second floor. Your Board recommend that this improvement be made. 2d. The condition of the carpets in all of the Lodge-rooms, especially in room A, which have not been cleaned since first laid make them a menace to health, for it is impossible, without taking it up, to remove the accumulation of dust and dirt gathered during the thirteen years they have been in place. Many portions are rotten and decayed, and the expense attendant to renovate and supply the defective portions would, in my opinion, be greater than the purchase of new •Carpets. Your Board recommend the purchase of new carpets for all the Lodge-rooms and the office of Grand Secretary. That new window shades be placed on windows in all Lodge-rooms except room A, Your Board also recommend that the Lodge-rooms be painted and varnished as may be needed. While the general painting and completion of the Lodge-room interiors is highly desirable, we are of •opinion that the expense attending cannot be incurred at this time but may be deferred until the finances of this Grand Lodge will fully justify the placing of the building in a high state of repair, and when we may be financially in a position to also install a modern heating plant and thus do away with the dust, dirt and inconvenience of our present antiquated system. Your Board have recommended only those improvements which they deem of present importance and necessity. We congratulate the Grand Lodge, and its constituent Lodges, upon the magnificent prosperity which marked the year 1904, and
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sincerely trust that the present indications of a continuance of that prosperity may be more than realized. Fraternally submitted, RICHARD LAMBERT,
Secretary.
On motion, duly adopted, the report was received, ordered printed in the proceedings, and that portion referring to proposed improvements in Temple property referred to the Committee on Audit and Accounts. . EBPORT OF LOUISIANA BELIEF LODGE No. 1. The W. Master, Bro. Joseph Meyers, and the Secretary, Bro. John S. Alfred, submitted the following reports: N E W O R L E A N S , L A . , February 6, 1905.
To the M. W. Grand Master and Representatives, Grand Lodge of Louisiana, F. and A. M.:
In compliance with the regulations of this Grand Lodge, I have the honor to submit the following as a report of the operations of Louisiana Relief Lodge No. 1, for the year ending December 27,1904: Detailed information as to the source and amount of contributions and to the manner of disbursement of the funds entrusted to this Lodge will be found in the report of the Secietary, Bro. John S. Alfred, and which is hereto attached. Calls for assistance have been numerous during the year and I have to here state that, upon investigation, a very large percentage were found without claim to Masonic aid and sympathy. While I had had some experience with this class, I did not fully realize how numerous and importunate they were until thrown into daily contact through the performance of duties connected with our Relief Lodge. Bro. Richard Lambert, Grand Secretary, and Bro. Alfred, Secretary of Lodge, have been of great assistance to me in detecting these imposters and preventing the success of their specious and false pleas. The item "For account applicants from Louisiana," includes, in the $158.50 reported, a number of donations to widows of brethren whose membership was in Lodges of this jurisdiction now extinct. While, under the regulations, they are excluded from participation in the funds contributed to the Relief Lodge, yet their distress and destitution was so evident, and their trust in the good offices of Masonry, of which their husband or father was a member, so implicit, that I could not bring myself to refuse their piteous appeals, and as far as was possible, I relieved their pressing necessities. There being no special provision for these cases, or a fund for the purpose, I gave them from
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our general funds. There are many of these particular cases, where the applicant is entirely worthy and where the brother, to whom they are Masonically related, was in good standing at the time of his death, since which the Lodge has ceased to exist, thus leaving them without any source of relief except that of actual charity. I may have exceeded my authority in thus dispensing the funds of the Relief Lodge, but if so it was with the best of motives. In another instance our Lodge was asked, rather peremptorily, to make a monthly allowance of quite a large sum for the support of a brother who had elected to reside in our city and who claimed to be •unable to work. Inasmuch as the regulation governing disbursement of our funds requires that they shall be used for the temporary relief oi sojourning brethren from other jurisdictions, and as this contemplated a stated allowance for an indefinite period, I declined to allow such payments. This action provoked criticism, and I referred my action to the M. W. Grand Master for revision, who, after fully investigating all the conditions, confirmed as being entirely within the laws and regulations governing the Eelief Lodge. Another feature in the distribution of relief appears with monotonous regularity—a letter from a brother who has been "touched " and then refers the "toucher" to the Relief Lodge asking the Lodge to secure transportation, or the equivalent, to some far-off point. If the brethren would refuse, in every case, to individually contribute, but would refer the party to our Lodge, much money would be saved to purchase other and more valuable experience. In one case the individual secured about $40.00 before he was sent to the Relief Lodge. As is our custom, we wrote the Lodge from which he claimed to hail. The answer was as follows: " Never had a member of that name in our . Lodge. He is not known at No. 16 Duane Street. He is a fraud. Hope this may reach you before you give him any more money." This party has printed address cards, giving Lodge, Chapter, Oommandery and other Masonic bodies. A particular value of the Relief Lodge to the brethren lies in its facilities for detecting impostors, and in this work it can be greatly aided by the co-operation of the brethren in refusing personal appeals but referring all such for investigation by our Relief Lodge. Our receipts have been about as usual and have sufficed for our needs. By careful investigation and the elimination of some previous charges against the funds, we have been able to provide for every worthy case and to relieve the distresses and necessities of many sojourning brethren. The rapidly improving conditions of our city, especially along the avenues of commerce, make it a favorite resting place for those who come in search of health or employment, and it is highly probable that appeals for our aid and sympathy will'become more frequent as our city becomes commercially important.
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During the fifty years of the existence of our Relief Lodge it haa never failed to care for those entitled to its protection, and I feel assured that in succeeding years it will not be found wanting. Fraternally yours, JOSEPH MEYERS,
W. M.i Louisiana Relief Lodge, No. 1, F. and A. M. JOHN S. ALFRED, SECRETARY, IN ACCOUNT WITH LOUISIANA RELIEF LODGE NO. 1, F. AND A. M., FOR YEAR 1904.
N E W ORLEANS, LA. February 6, 1905. To tlie W. M., Wardens and Brethren. Louisiana Reliel Lodge No. 1, P. and A. M.
1903. Dec. 27. Balance cash on hand this date $ 323 05 Dec. 28. Cash received from Ocean Lodge No. 144... $ 25 00 Dec. 29. Cash received from Grand Consistory of Louisiana 50 00 1904. Jan. 5. Cash received from W. Bro. Geo. W. Booth 5 00 Jan. 5. Cash received from Polar Star Lodge No. 1. 10 00 Jan. 5. Cash received from George Washington Lodge No. 65 ..." 10 00 Jan. 8. Cash received from Dante Lodge No. 174 10 0) Jan. 14. Cash received from Linn Wood Lodge No. 107 25 00 Jan. 22. Cash received from Germania Lodge No. 46 25 00 Jan. 22. Cash received from Union Lodge No. 172.... 25 00 Feb. 8. Cash received from Quitman Lodge No. 76... 25 00 Feb. 9. Cash received from Kosmos Lodge No. 171... 10 00 Feb. 13. Cash received from Perseverance Lodge No. 4 15 00 Apr. 8. Cash received from W. Bro. Geo. W. Booth 2 00 Oct. 15. Cash received from Grand Lodge of Louisiana, F. and A. M 200 00 Oct. 20. Cash received from Grand Lodge of Louisiana, F. and A. M.... 200 00 Dec. 16. Cash received from Jerusalem Temple, N. M. .8 100 00 Dec. 30. Cash received from friends of Harmony No. 58 25 00' Ca->h received from beneficiaries, returned... 233 20 995 20 Turned over to Treasurer, as per receipts $1,318 25 By warrants Nos. 1 to 88, inclusive 731 10 Cash balance in hands of Treasurer, January 1,1905
$ 587 15
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DISBURSED BY LOUISIANA RELIEF LODGE NO. 1, F. AND A. M., DURING THE YEAR 1904.
For account applicants from England Georgia Illinois Indian Territory Louisiana Maryland Mississippi Missouri Nebraska New Jersey New Mexico New York Ohio Scotland South Africa South Carolina Virginia Telegrams Donations to charity societies Board and lodging Funerals and advertising same Books, stationery and printing , Incidentals, medicine, etc Salaries
I
34 00 5 00 25 00 122 85 158 50 3 00 10 00 5 00 10 00 5 00 10 00 49 65 52 70 2 50 5 00 10 00 20 00 6 82 13 50 14 25 19 50 16 10 15 73 117 00
$ 731 10 In the item "Cash received from beneficiaries, returned," is included the amount of 1107.50, which had been disbursed by the previous administration, but was returned by beneficiaries during the year. Fraternally yours, JOHN S. ALFRED.
Secretary Louisiana Relief Lodge No. 1.
On motion, duly adopted, these reports were received and ordered printed in the proceedings.
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REPORT OF GRAND LECTURER. R. "W. Bro. C. T. Hines, Grand Lecturer, submitted the following report: NEW ORLEANS, LA., February 6, 1905. To the M. W. Grand Master and Grand Lodge F. and A. M., State of Louisiana:
I beg to report that, since the close of the last Annual Communication of this Grand Lodge, I have visited and instructed the following Lodges in the Ritualism of "Ancient Craft Masonry," as adopted by the Committee on Work: Mindeti No. 51, Minden, Webster parish. Oliver No. 84, Alexandria, Rapides parish. Ruston No. 106, Ruston, Lincoln parish. Urim No. Ill, Calhoun, Ouachita parish. Mackey No. 122, Ringgold, Bienville parish. Arcadia No. 126, Arcadia, Bienville parish. Athens No. 136, Athens, Claiborne parish. Silent Brotherhood No. 46, Coushatta, Red River parish. Eastern Star No. 151, Winnfield, Winn parish. Homer No. 152, Homer, Claiborne parish. Kisatchie No. 156, Mount Carmel, Sabine parish. Columbia No. 164, Columbia, Caldwell parish. Montgomery No. 168, Montgomery, Grant parish. Sam Todd No. 182, Sugar Town, Calcasieu parish. Orphans' Friend No. 185, Big Cane, St. Landry parish. Ashland No. 196, Ashland, Natchitoches parish. Brookline No. 198, Hood's Mill, Jackson parish. N. H. Bray No. 208, Walnut Hill, Vernon parish. Kyiche No. 233, Gaar's Mill, Winn parish. Simsboro No. 235, Simsboro, Lincoln parish. Little Flock No. 236, Negreet, Sabine parish. Magnolia No, 238, Barnes' Creek, Calcasieu parish. Bernice No. 239, Bernice, Union parish. Leesville No. 240, Leesville, Vernon parish. Weston No. 242, Weston, Jackson parish. Millerton No. 245, Haynesville, Claiborne parish. Mitchell No. 252, Mitchell, Sabine parish. Toro No. 253, Hornbeck, Vernon parish. Colfax No. 259, Colfax, Grant parish. Charles F. Buck No. 260, Urania, Catahoula parish. Anchor No. 261, Pollock, Grant parish. Florien No. 263, Florien, Sabine parish. Melville No. 268, Melville, St. Landry parish. Benefleld No. 270, Rodessa, Caddo parish. DeRidder No. 271, DeRidder, Calcasieu parish.'
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Oberlin No. 274, Oberlin, Calcasieu parish. Benson No. 275, Benson, Sabine parish. Dorcheat No. 276, Dorcheat, Webster parish. Dubach No. 277, Dubach, Lincoln parish. DeQuincy No. 279, DeQuincy, Calcasieu parish. Jonesboro No. 280, Jonesboro, Jackson parish. Yellow Pine No. 282, Oakdale, Calcasieu parish. Many No. 285, Many, Sabine parish. Cheneyville No. 286, Cheneyville, Rapides parish. Globe No. 287, Yellow Pine, Webster parish. Dodson No. 289, Dodson, Winn parish. Rose Pine No. 290, Rose Pine, Vernon parish. Kinder, U. D., Kinder, Calcasieu parish. Hico, U. D., Hico, Lincoln parish. Eros, U. D., Eros, Jackson parish. Goldonna, U. D., Goldonna, Natchitoches parish. Fordoche, U. D., Fordoche, Point Coupee parish. The above Lodges were all that I was enabled to visit. The excessive heavy rains during Christmas week, while in the neighborhood of Coushatta, causing the creeks to overflow so that it was impossible to cross them, prevented my meeting several Lodges which I had previously notified, and sickness prevented my meeting others, which I sadly regret, but, under the circumstances, I have the consciousness of knowing that I discharged my duty the best I could, and believe my efforts in rendering the Ritual and confering degrees, proved more effectual and better appreciated and received by the brethren than ever before. The Lodges are well pleased with the changes in the Ritual made by the Committee on Work. All agree that it is more condensed, more simplified, easier comprehended, more effective, and much more beautiful, and are striving to become proficient. I have thought ever since I have been on the work, that each year was the "Banner Year" of Masonry in our State, but the amount of work has been greater and far exceeds any previous year's work in the history of our Grand Lodge, but far better than this, I am happy to report, so far as I have been enabled to learn, that peace, harmony, good fellowship and brotherly love prevails throughout our Grand Jurisdiction, and most of our brethren are carrying out practically the special advice given me to be delivered to them from our Most Worshipful Grand Master in " Living Masonry." Fraternally submitted, C. T. HIKES,
Grand Lecturer.
On motionr duly adopted, the report was received and ordered printed in proceedings.
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The Committee on Audit and Accounts submitted the following report: NEW OKLEANS, February 6, 1905. To the M. W. Grand Lodge, F. and A M., State of Louisiana:
Your Committee on Audit and Accounts respectfully report that they have made quarterly audits of the books of accounts of the Grand Treasurer and .Grand Secretary, for the year 1904, and have found the same correct. Herewith we submit the annual balance sheet of the Grand Lodge for 1904 and the estimate of revenues and expenditures for the year 19,05. Fraternally submitted, HENRY M. DANNBEL, Chairman. THOS. D. STEWART, CHAS. F. BUCK, J R .
BALANCE SHEET OF THE GBAND LODGE OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA, F. AND A. M. ] FACE OF LEDGER.
NAMES.
DR.
Grand Lodge Masonic Temple
CE.
$155,187 08
Furniture and fixtures Cash
,.
Rent Interest Grand Lodge Bonds
Germania Savings Bank
Taxes Lodges, Chapters, Etc
$143,387 66 30 00 2,290 36 15 00 3,868 97 1,470 73 40 00 9 997 50 27 75 35 00 85 00 1 238 62 38,100 00 745 00 13,423 37 9,950 00 3,403 49 1,010 62 6137 32 152 37 1 500 00
6500
' '"il'Sa
INVENTORY OF PROPERTY.
PROFIT AND LOSS.
GRAND LODGE.
LOSSES.
IB.
GAINS.
$155,187 08
$U$,S87 66 i,061 SS 11 00 3,h8Z 08
$35 00
$229 03
44,100 00 2,194 00 2,326 50 4 035 00 20 25
BALANCE. Resources. $143,387 66
360 00 25 00
9,997 50
18,814 75 315 00 10 590 96
2,314 76
123 S6
1,114 76
9,71,6 77
745 1,482 60
9,746 77
5,328 BO 909 56
5,323 50
591 50 3 383 24 'l01 06 6 137 32
$6,000 00 2,326 50
oat
909 56 152 37 1,500 00 1,652 37
1,652 37
400 66 880 00 18,039 91 17,289 01 7,584 00 6,618 50 $263,812 67 1263,812 67 $166,036 66 Net Gain of the Grand Lodge.......
Liabilities.
2,06'i 33 11 00 8,482 08 1,470 73
27 50
386 89
400 00 25 00 18,842 50 350 00 10,675 96
CR.
400 66 880 00
750 90 965 50 5,710 21
5,710 n $30,168 21 Net worth 3/ the Grand Lodge
$30,168 21 $160,897 %9
$160 897 29 $160 897 29
180,897 29 $170,876 16 $170,876 16
Respectfully submitted by N E W ORLEANS,
January 1,1905,
COMMITTEE ON ATJPIT AND ACCOUNTS,
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To the Most Worshipful the Grand Lodge of the State of Louisiana, F. and A. M.:
Your Committee on Audit and Accounts, agreeably to the. provisions of a " Standing Resolution " of this Grand Lodge, present the following budget of estimated revenues and expenditures for the year 1905: ESTIMATE OP REVENUES.
Annual dues on 8,500 members, at $ 1.00 each Degree tax say 1,500 degrees, at $2 00 each
$8,500 00 3,000 00
Registers Rents from stores, basis of $263.00 monthly, 12 months Rents from offices, basis of $350.00 monthly, 1L' months Rents from Masonic bodies, $187.50 monthly, 12 months Total amount of revenues
$11,500 00 30 00 3,156 00 4,200 00 2,250 00 $21,136 00
ESTIMATE OF EXPENDITURES.
Taxes on an assessment of, say $45,000.00 $1,350 00 Insurance on plate glass, elevator, accident and bonds 175 00 N. O. C. E. L. & P. Co., electric light and power, 12 months 1,000 00 Elevator repairs, oils, etc., 12 months 300 00 Salary of Grand Secretary 1,800 00 Salary of Grand Lecturer 1,500 ('0 Salary of Grand Tyler 25 00 Salary of Janitor 780 00 Salary of Elevator Attendant and extra service 1,000 00 Salary of Sexton of Masonic Cemetery 900 00 Salary of Porter ; 420 00 Gas, estimated 100 00 Organist and Grand Chaplain, $10.00 each 20 00 Chairman Committee on Foieign Correspondence. 100 00 Louisiana Relief Lodge 500 00 Printing Proceedings, estimated 1,100 00 PrintiDg "Monthly" and other circulars, estimated 200 00 Stationery and postage 400 00 Incidentals and small repairs to building 1,000 00 Incidental expenses of Grand Master 500 00 Library expenses, binding, etc 200 00 Mileage, estimated.... 2.100 00 Special Permanent Fund, Cemetery 2,326 50 Excess of revenues over expenditures Respectfully submitted,
$17,796 50 $3,339 50
H. M. DANNEEL,
Chairman. Committee on Audit and Accounts.
On motion, duly adopted, the report was received and ordered printed in the proceedings.
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WORK AND EETURNS OF CHARTERED LODGES.
The Committee on Work and Eeturns of Chartered Lodges submitted the following report: NEW ORLEANS, LA., February 6, 1905. To the M. W. Grand Lodge, F. and A. M.. of the State of Louisiana:
Your Committee on Work and Returns of Chartered Lodges respectfully report the examination of the returns of 156 chartered Lodges for the year 1904, and submit the following as the result of that examination: Perfect Union No. 1. Correct. Polar Star No. 1. Correct; very good. Perseverance No. 4. Correct; very good. Cervantes No. 5. Correct; very good. Humble Cottage No. 19. One omitted; one not accounted for; since corrected. Western Star No. 24. Correct; very good. St. Albans No. 28. Correct; very good. Feliciana No. 31. Essentially correct. Phoenix No. 38. Very good; neatly made out. Germania No. 46. Very good; neatly made out. St. James No. 47. Very good; neatly made out. Minden No. 51. Twelve omitted. Olive No. 52. Two duplicated; otherwise correct. Union Fraternal No. 53. One omitted, one duplicated; otherwise correct. Mount Gerizim No. 54. Correct; very good. Franklin No. 57. Correct; very good. Friends of Harmony No. 58. Very neat and correct. Mount Moriah No. 59. Very neatly made out. George Washington No. 65. Correct; very good. Hiram No. 70. Neatly made out; very good. Alpha-Home No. 72. Correct. Sabine No. 75. Very good; some slight errors; since corrected. Quitman No. 76. Correct; very good, but might have been sent in sooner. St. Joseph No. 79. Some slight errors, since corrected. Mount Vernon No. 83. Correct; very good. Oliver No. 84. Correct; very good. Lafayette No. 87. Correct; very good. Cypress No. 89. Correct; very good. Bellevue No. 95. Correct; very good. St. Helena No. 96. Neatly made out; correct. Hermitage No. 98. Excellent. Franklinton No. 101. Twelve omitted; two duplicated, but since corrected.
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Louisiana No. 102. Correct; very good. Euston No. 106. Correct; very good. Sparta No. 108. Neatly made out; some slight errors, since corrected. Harrisonburg No. 110. Correct; neatly made out. Urim No. 111. Three omitted; since corrected. Shreveport No. 115. Correct; very good; neatly made out. Acacia No. 116. Correct; very good. Milford No. 117. Correct; very good. Delhi No. 120. In pencil; eight omitted; two not accounted for; not alphabetical. Mackey No 122. One omitted; since corrected; full names and ages not given. Liberty No. 123. Two not accounted for; headings not rilled in. Kellertown No. 124. Correct; very good. Pearl Biver No. 125. Essentially correct. Arcadia No. 126. Correct; very good. Spring Hill No. 127. In pencil; three not accounted for; one omitted. Gordy No 133. One omitted; no ages; since corrected. Plains No. 135. Correct; very good. Athens No. 136. Correct. Downsville No. 143. Five omitted; names not alphabetical. Ocean No. 144. Correct; very good. Hope No. 145. Correct; very good. Silent Brotherhood No. 146. Neat; correct; typewritten; among the best. Anacoco No. 147. Neat and correct, except one not accounted for. Red Land No. 148. In pencil; headings not filled. Darlington No. 149. No returns or answers to letters of Grand Secretary. Eastern Star No. 151. .Eleven omitted; Grand Secretary states that he cannot get answers to his letters. Homer No. 152. One not accounted for; one omitted. Saints John No. 153. Correct; very good; neatly typewritten. Kisatchie No. 156. Correct; very good. Livingston No. 160. Very good. Brookville No. 161. Two omitted; one not accounted for; no full names or ages. Atchafalaya No. 163. Correct; very good. •Columbia No. 164. Very neat, but ages not given. Lake Charles No. 165. Very good. Linnwood No. 167. Correct; excellent; among the best. Montgomery No. 168. Correct, except full name and ages not given^ Kosmos No. 171. Very good; neat and correct. Union No. 172. Correct; neatly made out; typewritten. Dante No. 174. Correct; neatly made out.
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Amite City No. 175. Correct. Caddo No. 179. Correct. Sam. Todd No. 182. Correct; very good. Spring Creek No. 184. Correct; neat. Orphans' Friend No. 185. Five omitted; two not accounted for; names not alphabetical. Covington No. 188. Correct; neatly made out. Evergreen No. 189. Correct; very good. Corinthian No. 190. Correct. Jefferson No. 191. Correct; neatly made out; typewritten. Abbeville No. 192. Full names and ages not given; otherwise very good. Aurora No. 193. Correct; very good. Ashland No. 196. Correct. Brookline No. 198. Correct. Doric No. 205. Some slight errors, since corrected. N. H. Bray No. 208. Seven omitted; ages not given; full names not in all cases. R. F. McGuire No. 209. Correct; except as to full names and ages, which are not given. Blazing Star No. 212. Very good, except as to one not accounted for. Keystone No. 213. F,ive omitted; no ages; names not alphabetical. Land Mark No. 214. One omitted. Friendship No. 215. One not accounted for; one duplicated; no ages; names not alphabetical. Good Intent No. 216. Correet. Fellowship No. 217. Names not alphabetical; two omitted. Livonia No. 220. Second return correct. Solomon No. 221. Correct, except that ages are not given. Pecan Grove No. 222. Full names and ages not given; two not accounted for; one omitted. Bethany No. 223. Asks permission to surrender charter. Cadeville No. 229. Names not alphabetical; headings not filled. Pleasant Hill No. 230. Four not accounted for; full names not given. Grangeville No. 231. Correct, except one omitted. Welsh No. 232. Correct; neatly made out; all details given. Kyiche No. 233. Some errors, since corrected. Eobertsville No. 234. One omitted; headings not filled. Simsboro No. 235. Correct. Little Flock No. 236. Neat and correct. Plain Dealing No. 237. Correct; very good. Magnolia No. 238. Error in calculating per capita tax. Bernice No. 239. Very good, except that two names omitted. Leesville No. 240. Correct. Conly No. 241. Three omitted; full names not given. Weston No. 242. Correct. Crowley No. 243. Correct.
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Center No. 244. Correct. . Millerton No. 245. Five omitted; two not accounted for; no ages; error in per capita. Winnsboro No. 246. One duplicated; five omitted; no full names; no ages; headings not filled. • Clear Springs No. 247. Correct; very good. Kentwood No. 248. Neatly made out and correct, except three names omitted. Jennings No. 249. Names not alphabetical; otherwise correct. Mansfield No. 250. Correct; very good; neatly made out. Ascension No. 251. Neatly made out; correct; details fully given. Mitchell No. 252. Essentially correct, except one omitted and onenot accounted for. Toro No. 253. Iu pencil, but essentially correct. Forest Hill No. 254. Sent back for correction; not yet returned. Jeanerette No, 255. Correct; very good. St. Andrew No. 256. Correctly and neatly made out. White Castle No. 257. Three not accounted for; one omitted; full names and ages not given. Marthaville No. 258. Six omitted; one not accounted for; error in per capita, since corrected. Colfax No. 259. Very good. Chas. F. Buck No. 260. Correct, neat, typewritten; a modelreturn* Anchor No. 261. Correct. Progressive No. 262. Correctly and neatly made out. Florien No. 263. Correct, except that full names and ages are not given. Pine No. 264. Not alphabetical; full names not given. Dalley No. 265. Essentially correct; some errors, since corrected. Atkins No. 266. Lodge records burned; present returns thought ta be correct. Unity No. 267. Correct; very good. Melville No. 268. Correct; very good. Marksville No. 269. Names not alphabetical; three not accounted for; two omitted. Benefield No. 270. Correctly and neatly made out. DeRidder No. 271. Names not alphabetical; nine omitted; four not accounted for; full names and ages not given. Serepta No. 272. No returns received at time of our examination. Boyce No. 273. Correct. Oberlin No. 274. Full names and ages not given; other errors corrected. Benson No. 275. Some slight errors, since corrected; names not alphabetical. Dorcheat No. 276. Correct. Dubach No. 277. Fourteen omitted; dates of degrees not given.
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Rosemary No. 278. Names not alphabetical; not made with care and neatness. DeQuiney No. 279. Names not alphabetical, full names not given. Jonesboro No. 280. Correct; very good. R. M. Crowson No. 281. Names not alphabetical; full names not given. Yellow Pine No. 282. Names not alphabetical; seven omitted; four not accounted for. Marion No. 283. Several errors, which have since been corrected. Oak Grove No. 284. Names not alphabetical; one omitted; one not accounted for. Many No. 285. Full names and ages not given; headings not filled. Cheneyville No. 286. Correct. Globe No. 287. No returns received at time of our examination. Pine Grove No. 288. Neat and correct, except that two are not accounted for. Dodson No. 289. Correct. Rose Pine No. 290. Correct; Omega was Alpha in making returns and paying Graud Lodge dues. Your Committee regret they are denied the pleasure of reporting to you that all Lodges had made returns and paid Grand Lodge dues. One hundred and fifty-five Lodges have made returns, of which number 155 have paid Grand Lodge dues, or the greater portion thereof. We desire to call attention to the failure of Secretaries, in many cases, to answer letters written at the instance of this Committee and containing inquiries relative to errors in returns. Some Secretaries are very prompt in answering and in giving the required information, while some letters written in December, 1904, remain unanswered at this date. Inasmuch as they have not been returned by the postoffice authorities, we have reason to believe they were delivered. Your Committee direct attention to this matter of neglect on the part of some Secretaries, as the examination of returns in a number of instances has been greatly delayed by failure to answer the letters. Secretaries may deem these letters unimportant, but courtesy requires an answer. Your Committee gather from the returns that the year 1904 was marked by an unusual activity among the Lodges. Of the number examined but two report no degrees conferred, while one reports ninety-six conferred and from the number of rejections we conclude that while the increase has been remarkable, it has not been at the sacrifice of quality for quantity. Bethany Lodge No. 223 has made returns, paid Grand Lodge dues and asks that its charter be forfeited. The proceedings appear to have been regular and as the brethren express a desire to affiliate with other Lodges, believing it impossible to maintain the Lodge, we append the following resolution : Henolved, That the charter of Bethany Lodge No. 223, located at Campte, Natchitoches parish, be and is iiereby declared forfeited and
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the W. M. thereof is hereby instructed to turn over all property of said Lodge to the Grand Secretary, who will issue Grand Lodge certificates to such brethren of said Lodge as shall be entitled to' same. Fraternally submitted, R. W. RlORDAN,
Chairman.
On motion, duly adopted, the report was received and ordered printed in proceedings. WORK AND RETURNS OF LODGES, XI. D.
The Committee on Work and Eeturns of Lodges, U. D., submitted the following report: N E W O R L E A N S , L A . , F e b r u a r y 6, 1905.
To the M. W. Grand Lodge, F. and A. M., of the State of Louisiana:
Your Committee on Work and Returns of Lodges " U. D.," respectfully report that they have examined the returns and other papers of the following Lodges now " under dispensation," and report as follows: Kinder Lodge has made returns and paid degree tax. No application has been received for a charter although this Lodge was organized in March, 1903. This Lodge has failed to answer letters of inquiry and your Committee are without information as to intentions relative to charter. Fordoche Lodge has made returns, paid degree tax and otherwise complied with the regulations. This Lodge desires a charter and has paid the required fee therefor. Goldonna Lodge has made returns and paid degree tax. No formal application has yet been received for a charter. Hico Lodge. This Lodge has made returns, paid degree tax and otherwise complied with the regulations. Asks for a charter and has paid the required fee therefor. Belmont Lodge. This Lodge has made returns, paid degree tax and otherwise complied with the regulations. Asks for a charter and has paid the required fee therefor. Eros Lodge. This Lodge has made returns, paid degree tax and otherwise complied with the regulations. Asks for a charter and has paid the required fee therefor. Denham Springs Lodge. This Lodge has made returns, paid degree tax and otherwise complied with the regulations. Asks for a charter and has paid the required fee therefor. Tensas Lodge. This Lodge was organized December 20, 1904, and has had no opportunity for development. The brethren fraternally ask that the dispensation be continued until the next Annual Communication of this Grand Lodge. Your Commitree have also received a petition for a new Lodge to be located at Georgetown, parish of Grant. Petition is signed by
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twenty-four brethren from Lodges of this and other jurisdictions. Is properly recommended by the nearest chartered Lodge and highly endorsed by R. W. Bro. Henry E. Hardtner, D. D. G. M., for the District. Dispensation fee has been paid and all requirements complied with Your Committee append the following resolutions: Resolved. That charters be granted to the following Lodges now working " under dispensation:" - Fordoche Lodge, at Fordoche, parish of Point Coupee. Hico Lodge, at Hico, parish of Lincoln. Belmont Lodge, at Belmont, parish of Sabine. Eros Lodge, at Eros, parish of Jackson. Denham Springs-Lodge, at Danhatn Springs, parish of Livingston. Resolved, That the dispensation of Tensas Lodge be extended until the next Annual Communication of this Grand Lodge. Resolved, That in the event of a failure of Kinder Lodge to apply for a charter prior to the close of this Annual Communication, that the dispensation of said Lodge be revoked and cancelled. Resolved, That the petition of certain brethren for a new Lodge to be located at Georgetown, parish of Grant, be referred to the M. W. Grand Master, elected at this Annual Communication, for his action. Your Committee are unable at this time to submit any resolution with reference to Goldonna Lodge. We are of opinion that this Lodge contemplates asking for a charter, but has been delayed in forwarding application. We ask the privilege of submitting a supplementary report thereon. Fraternally submitted, B. W. RIORDAN, R. W. IRVINE, HORACE VALLAS.
On motion, duly adopted, the report was received, ordered printed in the proceedings, and action on resolutions submitted deferred to session of to morrow evening. APPEALS AND GRIEVANCES.
Report not completed. MASONIC LAW AND JUKISPKUDENCE.
No report at this time. COMMITTEE ON WORK.
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The Committee on Work submitted the following report: NEW ORLEANS, LA , February G, 1905. To the M. W. Grand Lodge, F, and A. M., State ol Louis'aia: •
YourCommittee on Work respectfully beg leave to report that it is the earnest desire of the Committee to carry out the resolutions of this Grand Lodge as to uniformity of work, and to that end M. W. Bro. R.
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H. Cage, Chairman, in June last convened the Committee and, together with R. W. Bro. C. T. Hines, Grand Lecturer, devoted six days to a careful rehearsal of the opening and closing ceremonies and the Ritual of the three " Symbolic" Degrees. The " work" as now revised and adopted by the Committee, is no "new work," as it is sometimes termed, but the true work that has existed in this Grand Jurisdiction for years, shorn of its redundancies and useless verbiage. We realize that it will be almost impossible to have all the Lodges " letter perfect,' yet we believe that the great object of uniformity of work can be accomplished. We deem it very important that the resolution of the Grand Lodge requiring uniformity of work be carried into effect at as early date as possible throughout this jurisdiction. Fraternally submitted, R. H. CAGE, Chairman. R. R. REID ,
A. C. Allen, D. R. GRAHAM,
Committee.
On motion, the report was received and ordered printed in the proceedings. COMMITTEE ON MASONIC CEMETERY.
In connection with, the report of the Board of Grand LodgeHall Directors, and as a part thereof, the Committee on Masonic Cemetery submitted the following report: NEW ORLEANS, LA., To the Board of Grand Lodge Hall Directors:
February 6, 1905.
Your Masonic Cemetery Committee respectfully report that all work in the Masonic Cemetery is now complete, and herewith submit for your consideration the itemized report of Bro. H. C. Brown, the Sexton, to this Committee, and ask that it be embodied in the report of Board of Grand'Lodge Hall Directorsand printed in the proceedings;: NEW OBLEANS, L A . , January 12, 1905. R. H. Cage, Chairman, Cemetery Committee, Citj: M. W. Sir and Brother—I beg to submit this my report of work done, lots sold, in Masonic Cemetery during the past year: The Board of Directors have expended from the Grand Lodge Fund the sum of $1,141.60 for work, grading, filling and the new office. The entire work inside of the cemetery has been completed. During the last four years lots have been sold amounting to about $7,000.00; in the nine years previous to your administration as Grand Master, thirteen lots had been sold in this cemetery; the improvements
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made by the Grand Lodge and O. E. S. have cost about $7,000.00, and I am satisfied that from now on the cemetery will be self-sustaining, solving the problem that has disturbed the Grand Lodge for fifteen or twenty years. During my time as Sexton, the following improvements have been made on lots in the cemetery, owned by Lodges and private individuals: 18 concrete copings, costing $2,000 00 9 marble copings, costing 3,600 00 1 concrete tomb, costing 400 00 1 brick tomb, costing 400 00 b marble tombs, costing 4,100 00 1 stone tomb, costing 500 00 Total The following woik is now being done: 1 marble tomb, costing 5 copings, costing
$11,000 00 600 00 3,400 00
$4,000 00 Total improvements, including that in process,.. $15,000 00 There are still the following lots vacant: 313 lots, at $50 00 116 lots, at 40 00 122 lots, at 30 00 73 lots, at 35 00 Total amount of lots, 624; this does not include about 400 lots in the square that the office and house is on. Should the demand for lots keep up, within the next eight years all lots in the large square will be sold; the value of the unsold lots is $27,505 00. I would respectfully recommend that all of the $40 00 lots in squares Nos. 4, 5, 11, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22 be raised to $50.00 each, and all lots in the cemetery, except the first ten lots fronting on Grand Lodge avenue, be raised to $40.00 each, as it is in my opinion that this increase of price will not affect the sale of lots. Fraternally yours, H. 0. BROWN,
Sexton Masonic Cemetery. This report is full and complete in every detail, and your Committee feel that the present condition of the cemetery, the beautiful manner in which it is kept, the great amount of work begun and completed, is largely due to the efforts and zeal of our worthy Sexton, Bro. H. C. Brown, and we desire to express our appreciation of the valuable aid he rendered your Committee in carrying out the work entrusted to them. While it is the good fortune of this Committee to make its report of the completion of .the work done in the cemetery and its good financial
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•condition, we wish it understood that we have merely carried out to completion the plans inaugurated by the Grand Lodge Committee in 190.1, of which P. G. M. Graham was Chairman, and the sub-committee appointed by the Grand Master in that year, of which R. W. Bro. Delahoussaye was Chairman. These two Committees " bore the burden and heat of the day," who by their untiring efforts and the valuable assistance rendered by the ladies of the Rob. Morris Chapter No. 1, O. E. S., have made the work of this Committee both easy and pleasant, and to them, more than to us, does the credit rightfully belong. In closing our report we are most happy to state that, in our opinion t the Masonic Cemetery from now on will be self-supporting, and cease to be a burden on this Grand Lodge. Fraternally submitted, R. H. CAGE,
Chairman Committee.
On motion, the report of the Committee was received, and that portion relating to increase in price of lots was referred to the Committee on Audit and Accounts. NECROLOGY.
Beport not completed. FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE.
This Committee submitted a printed report which was, on motion, received, ordered printed as an appendix to the proceedingSj and action on resolutions submitted by Committee deferred until session of to-morrow evening. HISTORY.
No report. STATE OF THE ORDER.
No report at this time. MILEAGE.
Committee on Mileage, through the Chairman, Bro. L. B. Thomas, announced that the pay-roll of delegates had been prepared and that payment of the mileage due would take place on Wednesday at 4:30 p. M. COMMITTEE ON PLAN OF MASONIC RELIEF.
The Special Committee on Plan of Masonic Relief, appointed
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at last Annual Grand Communication, asked for further time in which to make their report. On motion, duly adopted, request of Committee granted. RESOLUTIONS.
W. Bro. L, E. Thomas, Caddo No. 179, offered the following resolution: Resolved, That the sincere thanks of this Grand Lodge be extended to R. W. Bro. C. T. Hines, Grand Lecturer, for his splendid exemplification of the esoteric work of the " Symbolic " Degrees, as given in the School of Instruction held this day under the auspices of the Committee on Work. Resolved, That said exemplification was extremely beneficial to the Craft, and that such a School of Instruction be convened on the first day of each Annual Grand Communication of this Grand Lodge. That the Grand Secretary be instructed to notify all constituent Lodges to this effect in the "Monthly Circular" issued in January. Fraternally submitted, L. E. THOMAS,
Caddo No. 179. On motion, duly adopted, the resolution was received and action thereon deferred until session of to-morrow evening. MILEAGE.
W. Bro. L. E. Thomas, Caddo No. 179, offered the following resolution: Resolved, That after the present Annual Communication of this Grand Lodge no constituent Lodge shall be permitted to draw mileage for its representative unless it shall have made returos and paid dues within the constitutional limit and is represented by either its W. M., Warden or a proxy from its own membership, which representative shall be present and attend all sessions of the Grand Lodge unless excused for cause by the M. W. Grand Master. Fraternally submitted, i
L. E. THOMAS,
Caddo iVo. 179.
On motion, duly adopted, the resolution was received and action thereon deferred until session of to-morrow evening. COMMUNICATION FROM SPRING CREEK LODGE NO. 184.
A communication was read from Spring Creek Lodge No. 184, asking for the remission of Grand Lodge dues for the year 1904, owing to the destruction by fire of their Lodge-room and other property.
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On motion, duly adopted, the communication was received and referred to the Committee on Audit and Accounts. COMMUNICATION FROM CYPRESS LODGE NO. 89.
A communication from Cypress Lodge No. 89, informing of the destruction by fire of the Lodge-room and other property and asking permission to meet in the hall occupied by the Knights of Pythias, at Alden Bridge, six miles from Benton, until December 31, 1905, was read, received and request granted. COMMUNICATION FROM ROB. MORRIS CHAPTER NO. 1., O. E. S.
The following communication was received from Eob. Morris Chapter No. 1., O. E. S.: NEW ORLEANS, LA., February 6, 1905. To the M. W. Grand Master, Officers acd Members, Grand Lodge, F. and A. M., State of Louisiana:
Greeting: The undersigned Committee, appointed by Rob. Morris Chapter No. 1, Order of the Eastern Star, to draft suitable resolutions expressing the well-wishes of that institution, to offer its aid in all your laudable undertakings, beg leave to submit the following: Resolved, That Rob. Morris Chapter No. 1, Order of Eastern Star, conveys its felicitations to the M. W. Grand Lodge, F. and A. M., of Louisiana, on its prosperous year just closed, and sincerely express its good wishes for its continuation; be it further Resolved, That Rob Morris Chapter No. 1, through its officers and members, individually and collectively, pledges its hearty co-operation to this M. W. Grand Lodge in any work it may undertake looking to the care of the Masons, widows and orphans and the aged and infirm, and will lend its moral and financial assistance to further any plan that may be adopted by this Ancient and Honorable Fraternity, and would deem it a special privilege to assist the Masonic brethren in their noble and glorious work. Respectfully submitted, Gus. D. LEVY, Chairman, 1 MRS. C. BEIN, P. W. M. j- Committee. Miss EVA C. WEIGHT, Secretary, j
On motion, duly adopted, the communication was received and ordered printed in the proceedings. LABOR SUSPENDED.
Nothing further appearing at this time, the M. W. Grand
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Master, Louis P. Delahoussaye, after prayer by the Eev. Bro. Herman Cope Duncan, Grand Chaplain, declared the labors of this Grand Lodge suspended until to-morrow evening, Tuesday, February 7, 1905, at 7 o'clock. NOTE.
A pleasing feature of the evening's session was the presence of M. W. Bro. Henry M. Furman, Past Grand Master of the Grand Lodge, F. and A. M., of the Indian Nation, who entered immediately after the address of the Grand Master, and was cordially welcomed, to which the distinguished visitor made a most fraternal and eloquent response. He was then saluted with the "Private Grand Honors" and escorted to a seat in the Grand East.
SECOND DAY'S SESSION. GRAND LODGE HALL, \ February 7, 1905. j , The M. W. Grand Lodge, Free and. Accepted Masons, of the State of Louisiana, after prayer by Rev. Bro. Herman Cope Duncan, Grand Chaplain, was called from refreshment to labor by the M. W. Grand Master, Louis P. Delahoussaye, on this, Tuesday, February 7, 1905, at 7 o'clock P. M. , ORLEANS, LA.,
GRAND OFFICERS PRESENT.
All of the Grand Officers were present and in their stations, M. "W. Bro. Robert R. Reid, P. G. M., acting as Deputy Grand Master. PAST GKASD OFFICERS PRESENT.
Past Grand Masters—-D. R. Graham, Unas. F. Buck, G. W. Bolton, A. C. Allen, R. H. Cage, R. R. Reid. GRAND REPRESENTATIVES PRESENT.
Arizona, Connecticut, Canada, Colorado, Costa Rica, Cuba, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indian Territory, Maryland, Mississippi, North Dakota, Nebraska, Nova Scotia, New Mexico, New Hampshire, Peru, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Vermont, Victoria, Washington, West Virginia, Western Australia, Wisconsin. ROLL CALL OF CHARTERED LODGES. P. U. 1, P. S. 1, 4, 5, 24, 28, 31, 38, 46, 47, 53, 54, 57, 58, 59, 65, 70, 72, 75, 76, 79, 83, 84, 89, 96, 98, 101, 102, 106, 108, 111, 115, 122, 123, 124, 125, 127, 133, 135, 143, 144, 146, 147, 152, 153, 156, 160, 165, 167, 168, 171, 172, 174, 175, 179, 182, 184, 185, 188, 189, 190, 19J, 192, 193, 198, 205, 208, 212, 214, 217, 221, 229, 230, 232, 233, 235, 236, 237, 239, 240, 242, 243, 244, 245, 247, 248, 249, 251, 255, 256, 258, 259, 260, 261, 263, 264, 266, 268, 269, 270, 271, 273, 274, 275, 276, 278, 279, 280, 282, 283, 285, 286, 289, 290.
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One hundred and fourteen Lodges and a constitutional quorum being present, the M. W. Grand Master, Louis P. Delahoussaye declared labor resumed. MINUTES OF "FIRST DAY'S SESSION."
The minutes of the "First Day's Session" were read and approved. REPORTS OP STANDING COMMITTEES. AUDIT AND ACCOUNTS.
The Committee on Audit and Accounts submitted the following report: NEW ORLEANS, L A . , February 7, 1905. To the M. W. Grand Lodge, P. and A. M., State of Louisiana:
We, your Committee on Audit and Accounts, to whom was referred the application of Spring Creek Lodge No. 184, asking to be relieved from the payment of the dues to this Grand Lodge for the year 1904, beg leave to report that we do not see our way to recommend the same, as this question has been before the Grand Lodge on numerous occa.sions and has been continually refused. Our reasons for the refusal will be found more fully explained in the proceedings of this Grand Lodge for the year 1902, page 70. Fraternally submitted, H. M. DANNEEL, Chairman. T. D. STEWART, CHAS. F. BUCK, J R .
On motion, the report of the Committee was received, recommendation adopted and the request of Spring Creek Lodge No. 184 for remission of Grand Lodge dues for 1904, was refused. NEW ORLEANS, LA., February 7, 1905. To the M. W. Grand Lodge, F, and A. M,, State of Louisiana:
We, your Committee on Audit and Accounts, to whom was referred the recommendations of the Board of Grand Lodge Hall Directors, relating to certain repairs to the Temple, beg leave to report that we are fully in accord with the said recommendations, except in so far as to the walls being wainscoted with marble. We recommend the adoption of the recommendations, except as here stated, provided there be sufficient funds in the treasury to carry out the same. Fraternally submitted, H. M. DANNEEL, Chairman. T. D. STEWART, CHAS. F. BUCK, J R .
On motion, the report was received and recommendation adopted.
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N E W ORLEANS, L A . , February 7, 1905. To the M. W. Grand Lodge, F. and A. M,, State of Louisiana:
We, your Committee on Audit and Accounts, to whom was referred the recommendation of the Board of Grand Lodge Hall Directors (report of Committee on Masonic Cemetery), beg leave to report that we have given the matter our careful and earnest consideration, and after having a full explanation from the Sexton, we have decided to report unfavorably on the recommendation at present, as the cemetery is thriving, and if the sale of lots is as great this year as it has been during the past twelve months, we believe the cemetery will show a profit at the end of 1905, instead of a deficit as heretofore. Furthermore, from our view point, the cemetery is not to be considered in the light of a private corporation, but rather as an accommodation to the Masons of this city. Fraternally submitted, H. M. DANNEEL, Chairman. T. D. STEWART, CHAS. F. BUCK, Jr.
On motion, duly adopted, the report was received and the subject-matter referred to the Board of Grand Lodge Hall Directors. WORK AND RETURNS CHARTERED LODGES.
The resolutions submitted by this Committee were now taken up for consideration and same were duly adopted. WORK AND RETURNS LODGES, U. D.
The resolutions submitted by this Committee were now taken up for consideration and, on motion, same were adopted, except resolution relating to Kinder Lodge, which was laid over for future action. MASONIC LAW AND JURISPRUDENCE.
The Committee submitted the following report which, on motion, duly adopted, was received, approved and ordered printed in proceedings: NEW ORLEANS, February 7, 1905. To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Masons for the State of Louisiana:
Brethren — Your undersigned Committee, to whom have been referred certain portions of the Grand Master's address, beg leave to report, first, in a general way, that none of the matters referred require any specific action, and therefore no special conclusions or recommendations on the part of the Committee. We think proper to state, however, that what the Grand Master says in regard to discipline and
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the obligations of Masons as citizens are eminently proper, and in line and harmony with the latter as well as the spirit of the laws of Masonry, its usages and teachings. We approve and recommend to the careful consideration of the brethren what the Most Worshipful Grand Master has said in regard to the connection between the Lodge-room and the Ante-room. The ante-room is a part of the Lodge premises, and the conduct to be observed therein should conform to the order and dignity which should prevail at Masonic meetings. With reference to matter of lost or destroyed charters, we are of opinion that, as in any other case of a lost instrument, the essential fact remains that the Lodge is a chartered body and its existence does not depend upon the piece of paper on which the authority is shown, so that it should be in the power of the Grand Master and the Grand Secretary, on proper evidence being presented, that the charter of a Lodge has been lost or destroyed, to simply issue a duplicate, stating the date of the original charter; in fact, as near a copy thereof as the records will enable them to make. With reference to the construction of Edict 137, we respectfully submit that while we appreciate the motive of the remarks of the Most Worshipful Grand Master, conceived in the interest of the good order of the Lodge, we do not deem it advisable to change from the accepted construction thereof to which the Lodges have accustomed themselves and which they understand to be the law. In the spirit of our institution something must be granted in favor of the good faith of every brother, and eases where a worthy brother may be in default are rare. The default or delay in payment may be the result of temporary embarrassment or inability to do so. The Lodge loses little by this construction as good members will pay regularly, and it is better to err on the side of charity and good feeling than on that of harshness, and perhaps, over-hasty action by which injustice might be done. With reference to the matter of taxation on the Temple property, there is nothing to do. The Grand Lodge of Louisiana enjoyed exemption from taxation under special act of the Legislature for many years—in fact, until the Constitution of 1879, which provided that a charitable organization shall be only exempt on property actually used by them, but not on property yielding a revenue. Under this article of the Constitution of 1879, which is re»embodied in the present Constitution of 1898, the property of the Grand Lodge was assessed for taxation and it was decided by the courts, after careful litigation, that the Constitution of 1879 repealed the exemption which the Grand Lodge had enjoyed, but under the provision that property actually used by charitable associations shall be considered exempt. A compromise assessment is being made by which an appraisement is reached for purposes of taxation based upon a division of the building as determined by the use of the Lodges in the upper stories and by the business part of the building up to and partly including the third story.
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This is the status now and your Committee are informed that it is in accordance with the laws of the State, and nothing can be done in this regard. Fraternally submitted, CHAS. F. BUCK, Chairman. D. R. GRAHAM, A. C. ALLEN, ROBT. R. REID.
FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE.
This Committee submitted the following resolutions: NEW ORLEANS, LA., February 7,1905. To the M. W. Grand Lodge, F. and A. M., State of Louisiana:
Your Committee on Foreign Correspondence has carefully considered the matter of the issuance of commissions to Grand Representatives and the reception of representatives accredited by other Grand Lodges to this Grand Lodge, which were reported to us, and recommend the adoption of the following resolutions: Resolved, That the action of the M. W. Grand Master in the appr>intments of representatives, be and is hereby approved. Resolved, That the representatives of other Grand Lodges, recently appointed as such, be received and fraternally welcomed. Fraternally submitted, H. C. DUNCAN, Chairman.
On motion, the report was received and the resolutions adopted. PTATtIS OF REPRESENTATIVES, GRAND LODGE OF SCOTLAND. .
That portion of address of Grand Master referring to status of Representative from Grand Lodge of Scotland, previously referred to Committee on Foreign Correspondence, was taken therefrom and referred to Committee on Masonic. Law and Jurisprudence. COMMITTEE ON WORK.
The Committee on Work submitted a report, which was taken up for discussion, pending which and at request of the Committee, the report was, on motion, duly adopted, referred back to the Committee to be re-submitted and considered, at session of to-morrow evening. RESOLUTION ON MILEAGE.
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On motion, the resolution was duly adopted and becomes effective at Annual Grand Communication of 1906. SCHOOL OF INSTRUCTION.
The resolution offered by Bro. L. E. Thomas, at session of last evening, was taken up for action. On motion the resolution was duly adopted. MEMORIAL ON DEATH OF PAST GRAND MASTER, SAMUEL M. TODD.
M. W. Bro. Edwin Marks, Past Grand Master, selected as a ''Special Committee of One," to draft a memorial on the life and services of Past Grand Master, Samuel Manning Todd, submitted the following: NEW ORLEANS, LA., February 7,1905. To the M. W. Grand Lodge, State of Louisiana:
Brethren—Your Special Committee, appointed to draft a memorial on the death of P. G. M. Samuel Manning Todd, would report as follows: Your Committee approach their task with a melancholy pleasure, for they feel that in this entire jurisdiction there lives not a Mason who could combine qualities and present as distinguished a career as our beloved brother. An active participation with the Fraternity for fiftynine years, mainly in this State, and only interrupted by illness and physical infirmity for the past ten or twelve years; in a position of leadership and frequently of distinction, he established for himself a reputation so marked and enduring that it became a part of the annals of Masonry in Louisiana. The abstract biography of Bro. Todd published by the Grand Lodge in the proceedings of 1881, succinctly, though briefly, reviews his Masonic life and demonstrates his remarkable eminence in the Craft. When it is considered that this prominence was bestowed upon him unsolicited and as a deserved reward from the great fraternity he relatively honored, we are constrained to believe that merit claimed these great distinctions and that in honoring him we honor ourselves. An analization of his career outside of his preferment by his brethren testifies to an intrinsic worth and character that fitted him as a good man for his exaltation; He lived and acted and moved as a Mason; he made its text-books and truths his very life. He practiced out of the Lodge th6se great moral principles which are taught in it, and so conducted his life that truth and honor stood for synonyms for him with all who new him. In,the latter part of his life, on two or more occasions, this Grand Body tendered him resolutions of
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respect and congratulations at his advanced age and testified their appreciation of his worth. He received them with much feeling, and only regretted his physical condition that prevented his attendance at the Annual Grand Communications. As a citizen of New Orleans, he commanded the respect of all, and his long commercial career was untarnished by any act unworthy of a true man. Keen in his appreciatiou of suffering and distress, and regardful of the fact of the claims of humanity he ministered unostentatiously to others according to his means. He was, by nature, and improved by Masonic teachings, a generous, charitable man. Many pages could be filled in eulogium of our brother, and he would not be over-lauded. May his pure life be emulated. Fraternally submitted, EDWIN MARKS.
On motion, and by an unanimous rising vote, the memorial was received and ordered printed in the proceedings. RESOLUTIONS OF COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE.
The resolutions submitted by this Committee, as apart of their report, were now taken up for action, and after being separately considered were severally adopted. RESOLUTION BY DOWNSVILLE LODGE NO. 143.
Bros. I. F. Hammons and T. H. Eoberts, of Downsville Lodge JSo. 143, submitted the following: WHEREAS, R. W. Bro. E. T. Sellers, Deputy Grand Master, has been called from labor to refreshment in the Grand Lodge above, causing Downsville Lodge No. 143 an irreparable loss and bringing great sorrow to the brotherhood; therefore, be it • Resolved, That a Special Committee from this Grand Lodge, composed of Bros. C. C. Kramer, H. C. Duncan and L. E. Thomas, be appointed to prepare and submit suitable resolutions commemorative of the virtues of our departed brother and expressive of the sentiments of this Grand Lodge on the loss of its Deputy Grand Master. Fraternally submitted, I. F. HAMMONS, W. M., T. H.ROBERTS, 8. W.,
Downsville Lodge No. US. On motion, the preamble and resolutions were adopted. COMMUNICATION FKOM FRANKLINTON LODGE NO. 101. A communication was read from Frank!inton Lodge No. 101, informing of the destruction by fire, August, 1904, of the Lodgeroom and other property of said Lodge and asking for a remission of the Grand Lodge dues for 1904.
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On motion, duly adopted, the communication was referred to the Committee on Audit and Accounts. COMMUNICATION FROM FRIENDSHIP LODGE NO. 215.
A communication was read from Friendship Lodge No. 215, asking that the name of Bro. B. L. Boydston be placed on the roll of "Grand Lodge Life Members." On motion, duly adopted, the communication was referred to the Committee on Audit and Accounts. REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON PLAN OF MASONIC RELIEF. The Committee on Plan of Masonic Belief, through its Chairman, W. Bro. J. C. Wickliffe, submitted the following report: NEW ORLEANS, L A . , February 7, 1905.
To the Most Worshipful the Grand Master of Masons of Louisiana, Officers and Members of the Most Worshipful the Grand Lodge of Louisiana: Your Committee on Plan of Masonic Relief begs leave to submit the following report: At a meeting held by the committee shortly after the closing of the last annual communication of the Grand Lodge the chairman was directed to address a letter to the M. W. Grand Master of every Masonic Jurisdiction in the United States, enclosing a circular containing a copy of the resolution of this Grand Lodge providing for the appointment of this committee, together with the following eighteen questions, requesting answers thereto: : QUESTIONS BY THE COMMITTEE.
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1. Does your Grand Lodge dispense any relief to aged Masons or Masonic widows and orphans? 2. How is that relief given, by means of direct donations of money in individual cases, or by means of a Masonic Home, or both? 3. If the first, is there a permanent fund from which such donations are taken? How was that fund created and how is it kept supplied? Please give us information on this point. 4. How are the donations determined upon? Who administers the fund and determines the cases in which relief is to be granted? 5. What are the average number of cases per annum in which relief is given, and what is the average amount dispensed in each case per annum? 6. Does relief in this manner give general satisfaction among the Craft?
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7. If Masonic relief is given by means of a Masonic Home, how long has the Home been in operation? 8. What is its capacity? 9. How many inmates has it? 10. What is the total amount per annum that it costs the Fraternity, and what is the cost of maintenance per capita of the inmates per annum? 11. How is the Home maintained? 13. What was the cost of the Home? 14. How is the Home governed, and who decides upon who shall be admitted? 15. Please give a general description of the Home, its plan,, location and government, and any other information in regard thereto which would give us any light on the subject. 16. Is your present plan of relief satisfactory, and is there any sentiment among the Craft in favor of changing the same, either from the system of direct donations to the Home system, or from the Home system to that of direct donation? 17. How many affiliated Masons are there in your jurisdiction? 18. How many constituent Lodges are there in your jurisdiction? From the answers received, together with other data obtained by the committee, we find the following facts: ALABAMA.—In this jurisdiction no relief of any kind is given by the Grand Lodge, the matter being left entirely in the hands of the constituent lodges. CALIFORNIA.—Maintains a "Masonic Widows' and Orphans' Home," where aged Masons are also cared for. The grounds and improvements cost about $104,000.00. It has about 106 inmates, 19 widows, 45 orphans and 42 aged and infirm Masons. The average cost per capita per year of maintaining the Home is about $206.00. The Home is maintained by an annual per capita tax on the Craft of one dollar, which is added to by donations and by payments from certain of the inmates of the Home. The M. W. Grand Master of that jurisdiction, in his letter, characterizes it as "a splendid, excellent Home." COLOEADO.—Has no fund for relief, and no Home. The M. W. Grand Master writes that at a recent communication of the Grand Lodge steps were taken looking to the creation of a. fund for the purpose of establishing a Home, and when it reaches sufficient proportions measures will be taken in line with ours. CONNECTICUT.—Has a Home which has been in operation since 1895. It has a capacity for 100 inmates and the number in the Home is 66. The average cost of maintenance per capita per year is $154.00. The Home cost about $50,000.00 and was built by subscriptions from the lodges and the individual brothers. It is maintained by a per capita tax on the Craft of seventy-five cents per year. It also has a small endowment fund of about $20,000.00, the interest from which goes to
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the maintenance of the Home. The M. W. Grand Master writes that the Home is eminently satisfactory to the Craft. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.—The Grand Lodge of this jurisdiction dispenses no relief. The individual lodges care for their own members. FLOBIDA.—This jurisdiction is building a fund to establish and maintain a Home. The Grand Lodge used to give relief in individual cases, but in 1902 began the creation of a fund for a Home by imposing an annual assessment of fifty cents upon each member of the Craft. This was continued for two years, when it was repealed, and the "Indian Territory plan" (which we will report later on) was adopted and is now being carried out. As soon as a sufficient sum is raised the Home will be built. GEOBGIA.—Has just completed a Home at a cost of $25,000.00, which it built from the surplus in the Grand Lodge Treasury. It has a capacity of 60 inmates, and there are now before the Board of Trustees 20 applications for admission. It will be maintained by the surplus in the Grand Lodge Treasury and by donations. IDAHO.—This jurisdiction has no Home, but the Grand Lodge gives direct relief from a fund known as "Grand Lodge Orphan and Indigent Fund." This fund was created by an annual per capita tax on the Craft of one dollar. The money so raised becomes an irreducible fund, the interest of which is used to give relief. Persons desiring relief apply to the nearest Lodge, which appoints a committee to investigate, which committee reports to the Worshipful Master in writing, who certifies to the report and sends it to the Trustees of the fund, who consider each case and decide if the relief shall be granted, and how much. The amount is sent to the Worshipful Master of the Lodge, whose duty it is to see the amount properly disbursed. The law now fixes a minimum of fifty dollars and a maximum of one hundred dollars, below or above which the Trustees cannot go. The amount disbursed in 1904 was $1,250.00, averaging about $74.00 in each case. As the Craft numbered 1,954, this was about seventy cents per capita. In addition to this, relief was also given by constituent lodges, which, the Grand Master writes, "amounts in many cases to one hundred dollars, or more." The plan gives satisfaction. ILLINOIS.—Maintains both an Orphans' Home and a Home for Aged Masons. The Illinois Masonic Orphans' Home was incorporated in 1885 and was at first the enterprise of individual Masons who conducted it, in which they were assisted by donations from the Grand Lodge, Grand Chapter and Grand Commandery and the Craft at large. In 1902 it was turned over to the Grand Lodge. In the same year the Grand Lodge received a farm near Sullivan as a Home for Aged Masons. There was also a Home for Aged Masons conducted by individual effort. This institution had no building, but had accumulated some ten or twelve thousand dollars in cash, which was transferred to the Grand Lodge. The Home at Sullivan has been completed and was dedicated
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in September last. It has now about sixteen inmates, with a capacity for one hundred. The Orphans' Home has about eighty inmates. Last year the Grand Lodge appropriated $12,000.00 for the support of the Aged Masons' Home, and $15,000.00 for the Orphans' Home. ThisGrand Lodge also dispenses relief by direct donations of money in individual cases. The Relief Committee of the Grand Lodge consists of the Grand Master, Deputy Grand Master, Grand Wardens, Grand Secretary and Grand Treasurer, who are limited to $100.00 in each case. The maintenance of the Homes and the direct charity fund are all provided for by an annual per capita tax on the Craft of thirty-five cents, and the cost of maintenance in the Homes is about $195.00 per capita per annum. INDIAN TERRITORY.—This jurisdiction, which has only 150 constituent lodges with 5,669 affiliated members, has instituted measures for the building of a Masonic Home. Some two years ago the Grand Lodge by resolution created a "Board of Trustees of the Orphans' Home Fund,'' which was to receive and invest money raised for the purpose of building a Home. The Grand Lodge fixed the sum to be raised at $50,000.00. It also appointed M. W. Bro. Henry M- Furman, of Ardmore, I. T., Past Grand Master, financial agent of the fund, whose special duty it was to raise the money. In four years a fund of about $30,000.00* has been raised, and is now invested by the board, and M. W. Bro. Furman reports that he expects to have the remaining $20,000.00 raised by the time the Grand Lodge next meets. M. W. Bro. Furman has written most fully to your committee explaining the methods so successfully used by himself and his co-workers in accomplishing these atonishing results, which we would report in full to this Grand Lodge but for the fact that he has most generously offered, if it was desired by us, to attend this Grand Communication and personally address thisGrand Lodge on the subject. This offer, by direction of the Most Worshipful Grand Master of Masons of Louisiana, we have accepted, and we expect that this Grand Lodge will hear those methods recounted at first hand. We cannot, however, forbear from quoting the closing sentence of M. W. Bro. Furman's letter to us: "With your greater resources you ought to be able to raise $100,000.00 as easily as we could raise $50,000.00." Your committee thoroughly endorses the plan adopted by Indian Territory for raising its fund (whether the Grand Lodge will determine to use that fund for establishing a Home or giving direct relife in indivdual cases), and advises its adoption in this jursdicton. IOWA.—Has no Home, but dispenses relief (which it calls "Charity") by means of direct donations to individuals. The Grand Lodge sets apart 12% per cent, of its annual revenues for this purpose, which it usually supplements with an additional appropriation of from $1,000.00 to $2,000.00. Of this sum $1,000.00 is annually put into what is called the "Permanent Fund," which is invested, while the balance goes into what is known as the "Temporary Fund." The interest on.
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the amounts in the Permanent Fund also goes into the TemporaryFund. The idea of the Permanent Fund is to create a fund, growing 31,000.00 larger each year until finally it will be large enough to afford, from its interest, sufficient money to furnish all relief needed. In the meantime the Temporary Fund furnishes this relief. These funds are administered by a committee of three appointed by the Grand Lodge. Applications are made by the Lodge to which the beneficiary belongs, or to which the husband or father (if it be a widow or orphan) belonged. An investigation is made by correspondence by the chairman of the committee, who writes out the result of his investigation, together with his opinion, and forwards same to the secretary, who reads over the papers, writer his opinion and forwards all to the treasurer, who •does the same and returns them to the chairman. The majority governs. If relief is granted, the local Lodge is required to appoint a trustee for the beneficiary, who must receive and administer the money, and must make a detailed and itemized report to the board at the end of each year, filing a voucher for every cent expended by him. In no case does the committee send the money directly to the beneficiary and prmit him or her to disburse it as they see fit. In 1904 the sum disbursed by the committee was $4,271.00, and the number of persons relieved was 44, being an average of about $97.10 per capita. The chairman of the Grand Charity Fund Committee writes that this method gives perfect satisfaction in that jurisdiction. He also sends us samples of twenty-one different kinds of blanks which are used in getting the iacts, granting the relief, making reports and keeping the accounts. KANSAS.—Has a Masonic Home which cost $26,000.00, which was built by the Grand Lodge, Grand Chapter, Grand Commandery, the A. A. S. Rite and the Grand Chapter of the Eastern Star. It is governed by a Board of Directors, nine from the Grand Lodge and two each from the other bodies named. The building was furnished by the Order of the Eastern Star, which also pledged itself to pay annually towards its support $1,000.00. It was opened in the fall of 1896, with a capacity for 60, and now has 47 inmates—21 Masons, 2 widows and 24 orphans. The cost of maintenance per capita per annum is about $160.00. It is supported by a per capita tax levied by the Grand Lodge of fifty cents, and another ten cents levied by the Grand Chapter of the Eastern Star. Besides this it has the income from an $18,000.00 endowment fund and is in the constant receipt of donations from various sources. The Grand Lodge levied a per capita tax of one dollar to build the Home. KENTUCKY.—This Grand Jurisdiction was the pioneer in the matter of a Masonic Home, beginning as early as 1866. It now has two Homes, one for the widows and orphans, in Louisville, and one for aged Masons, near Shelbyville. The Widows and Orphans' Home was built by subscriptions, both in cash and in notes payable in the future, and by a per capita tax of one dollar per year for five years, voted by the Craft
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on the proposal of the Grand Lodge. The Old Masons' Home was built by donations and subscriptions. The Widows' and Orphans' Home has a capacity of about 250 and is about full. The Old Masons' Home has a capacity of about 15, and is full. The Widows' and Orphans' Home costs about $115.00 per capita per annum for maintenance. The Widows' and Orphans' Home is maintained by an endowment fund and a per capita tax of $1.00 on the Craft; and the Old Masons' Home is maintained by the profits of the farm on which it is located, by a small endowment fund and by donations. The Widows' and Orphans' Home has cost in all about $180,000.00, and the Old Masons' Home cost about $12,000.00. The Widows' and Orphans' Home is, to a small extent, selfsupporting. Trades are taught the children there, and a shoe shop and printing office are conducted in it. The printing office does all of the work for the Grand bodies and a great deal of the commercial printing in Louisville. Three hundred and fifty-three out of the 740 lodges in Kentucky have taken life memberships, besides 27 other Masonic bodies; 290 brethren have taken life memberships and 27 hold honorary memberships, and 182 Masons and Masonic bodies have subscribed to the endowment fund, usually on the ten-year plan. How the Homes are regarded in this Grand Jurisdiction can best be expressed by quoting from the letter of R. W. Bro. Henry B. Grant, Grand Secrer tary, to your committee: "The plan is entirely satisfactory so far as I know, and the sentiment of the Craft is entirely favorable. The inmates 6f our W. and O. Home are esteemed as 'Our Jewels.'" MAINE.—Gives relief by direct donations from the Grand Lodge supplementing aid from the subordinate lodge. There is a permanent fund of about $36,000.00, which has been about fifty years in accumulating and which is slowly growing. The interest of this fund is used. The subordinate lodges send up applications for relief, which the Trustees of the Grand Lodge Charity Fund refer to a committee appointed to consider the case, and which assigns such amount as it may think proper. The average number of cases in a year is 90, and the average amount of relief granted in each case is $14.00. The plan is satisfactory to the Craft and no change is probable. MICHIGAN.—Has a Masonic Home, which cost about $75,000.00, and the funds were raised by subscriptions. It has been in operation about ten years, and costs about $160.00 per capita every year to maintain. The funds for its support are furnished by the several Grand Masonic bodies of Michigan each year, the Grand Lodge levying a per capita of fifteen cents, and the other Grand Bodies making such appropriations as they can afford. The Home has a capacity of 100 and has now 52 inmates. MINNESOTA.—Gives relief by means of direct donations taken from the interest on a permanent fund known as the "Widows' and Orphans' Fund," which now amounts to $30,000.00. Applications are made by Worshipful Masters of subordinate lodges to the Grand Lodge; these
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applications are referred to the Appropriations Committee of the Grand Lodge, which determines as to the amount in each case and reports its finding to the Grand Lodge, which takes final action in the matter. There have never been over 15 cases per annum, and the average amount dispensed in each case is $100.00. The sentiment in this jurisdiction is against the establishment of a Home. MISSOURI.—Has a Masonic Home, which cost about $50,000.00 to build and equip. The movement for a home was started by the Grand Lodge in 1884 by the appointment of a committee similar to this one, and it culminated in 1886 by the establishment of a Home. The Grand Lodge appropriated $10,000.00, the lodges, chapters and commanderies of the State subscribed $20,000.00 additional, and about $35,000.00 was raised by an entertainment given by the Triennial Conclave of the Knights Templar. This provided the Home and furnished a nucleus for an endowment fund. The annual per capita tax for the Grand Lodge is $1.00, one-half of which goes to the maintenance of the Home. The Home has now about 150 inmates, about one-half orphans, and one-quarter each widows and aged Masons. MONTANA.—Is now building a Masonic Home. It has a "Grand Lodge Charity Fund," but does not dispense charity by direct relief, the fund being used as a nucleus for the purchase of a Home. A member of the Craft by his will bequeathed one-half of his estate to the Grand Lodge to be used in the construction of a Home, and the Grand Lodge has increased its annual dues to $2.00, fifty cents of which goes into the fund for the Home. There are but 52 constituent lodges in this jurisdiction, with a membership of about 4,000, yet the M. W. the Grand Master writes your committee that a committee, of which he is the chairman, is now making preparations to build the Home. -, NEBRASKA.—Gives relief both by means of a Home and by direct donations of money in individual cases. There is no permanent relief fund, the Grand Lodge setting aside 10 per cent, of its dues and fees for the purpose. Applications for relief are made to a standing Committee on Relief, which disposes of each case as it arises. There are from five to ten applications each year, and the amount allowed in each case is from five to ten dollars per month. The Home has been in operation since September 1, 1903. It has a capacity of about 25, and there are now in it 15 inmates. The cost of maintaining it from September 1, 1903, to September 1, 1904, was $1,800.00; so far it has been supported by donations, interest on money and money subscribed for stock. Last year the Grand Lodge levied an annual per capita tax of fifty cents for its support. The R. W. the Grand Secretary writes us that this plan is entirely satisfactory, providing a Home for those who have no home, and giving direct relief in the shape of money to those who are partially provided for, and that he does not believe there will be any change made. NEVADA.—Has no Home and the Grand Lodge dispenses no relief;
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this is done entirely by the subordinate lodges. The M. W. the Grand Master writes that there are but 22 subordinate lodges and only 985 Masons in. the jurisdiction. NEW HAMPSHIRE.—Has a Masonic Home. This much we learn from a letter from the M. W. the Grand Master of that jurisdiction; but v e have no particulars. The Grand Master wrote us that he had referred our letter of inquiry to the chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Home for answer; but up to the time of the writing of this report we have heard nothing from the chairman. NEW JERSEY.—Has a Masonic Home, an Orphanage, and dispenses relief by direct donations of money in special cases. This relief money is derived from a fund of about $28,000.00, which is made up of sums left over after building and enlarging the Home and Orphanage. The Home and Orphanage were built and this relief fund was obtained as follows: After many years of discussion, in 1897 the Grand Lodge voted to establish a Home and levied a $2.00 per capita tax on each brother in the jurisdiction, to be paid immediately. Most of it was paid at once, and all of it within the year. A Home was purchased for $25,000, which Bro. Rutan, Grand Secretary, writes could not be duplicated for $150,000.00. In 1900 it was found that the Home's capacity had been reached, and the Grand Lodge, by a 75 per cent, vote, determined to enlarge it, and imposed a further per capita tax of $1.50 for the purpose. It is from the surplus of these two taxes, left after the Home had been provided for, that the fund was created out of which the Grand Lodge gives direct relief in such cases as are not suitable for the Home. The number of inmates continued to grow until, about two years ago, the Grand Lodge determined, by a unanimous vote, to erect a separate Orphanage for the children, and again the Masons of New Jersey taxed themselves $2.00 per head to build the Orphanage. The entire tax was paid within six months, and the Orphanage has already been built, wras dedicated October 14, 1904, and is now occupied. There is an annual per capita tax on the Craft of thirty cents for the maintenance of these institutions; besides which, as each brother has paid three assessments aggregating $5.50, the Grand Lodge requires that each lodge collect this sum, $5.50, of each initiate and turn it.into the maintenance fund. R. W. Bro. Rutan writes that, while there was some opposition manifested at first, it has entirely subsided, and the Craft is entirely satisfied. The per capita cost of the maintenance is about $225.00 per year. NEW YORK.—Has a Masonic Home for aged Masons, widows and orphans at Utica, which has been in operation since 1892. It is supported by the rentals of the Masonic Hall in New York City and a tax of $3.00 levied upon each initiate in the jurisdiction. A reserve fund of $225,000.00 has also been accumulated, from the interest of which a part of the support is also provided. Last year there were 301 inmates of the Home, and the cost of maintenance was about $200.00 per capita.
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NORTH CAROLINA.—Has the "Oxford Orphan Asylum," originally instituted by the Craft, where all the orphans of the Craft are sent and cared for. As it receives orphans other than those of Masons, it receives an annual appropriation from the State as well as support from the Craft. It has a capacity of about 350, and the inmates at present number about 350. The Grand Lodge appropriates $3,000.00 per year to its support, having increased its per capita tax to sixty cents to enable it to do so. The children also help in their own support by working on the farm and in the printing office and furniture factory which are conducted at the Asylum. The cost of maintenance last year was $85.70 per capita. NORTH DAKOTA.—Has started a fund for a Home, but has not made much progress. The Grand Lodge has never given any direct relief by donations of money, this being left entirely to the subordinate lodges. OHIO.—We give the information from this jurisdiction verbatim from the letter of Bro. John W. Parsons, Superintendent of the Ohio Masonic Home, to whom our letter of inquiry was referred by the W. M. the Grand Master of that jurisdiction: "We have to-day 152 inmates. Capacity of Home, about 175. Cost of maintenance last year, per capita, $180.80. Grand Lodge contributes thirty cents per capita of its membership and as much more as can be spared from its treasury at annual meetings. Grand Chapter, five cents per capita and as much more as can be spared. Grand Council, whatever can be spared, generally from $1,000.00 to $2,000.00. Grand Commandery, whatever amount it can spare, usually from $2,500.00 to $3,000.00. A. A. S. Rite, occasional donations and such other voluntary contributions as are received from subordinate bodies, individual Masons and friends." The M. W. the Grand Master writes: "I need but say that our method of supporting and maintaining a Masonic Home has proven very successful, and I believe it will be difficult to find any Mason in the State of Ohio who is not in hearty sympathy with this method of dispensing Masonic Relief, so far as the Grand Lodge is concerned." OKLAHOMA.—Is now creating a Masonic Home Fund, with the intention of establishing a Home as soon as the fund attains sufficient proportions. OREGON.—Has no Home, and its Grand Lodge dispenses relief by direct donations of money. These donations are taken from the general funds of the Grand Lodge, it having no special fund for the purpose. Requests come from committees of the lodges under whose jurisdiction the applicant lives; they are investigated and a report made direct to the Grand Lodge, which votes, or refuses to vote, relief, as it sees fit. The number of cases each year are about 3 or 4, and the amounts dispensed are $300.00 or $400.00. PENNSYLVANIA.—Has a Masonic Home, incorporated by Masons, and working in harmony with the Grand Lodge. It was originally intended to care for Masons, their widows and orphans, but up to now has only
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taken in the first named. It has at present 64 inmates, and the cost of maintenance last year was about $250.00 per capita. It is supported by contributions from the several Grand Masonic Bodies of Pennsylvania and by individual donations. Pennsylvania is now engaged, through the liberality of Bro. William L. Blkins, recently deceased, in erecting a "Home for Masons' Orphan Girls." SOUTH CAROLINA.—Gives relief by means of direct donations of money by the Grand Lodge. This relief is dispensed by a Committee of Charity or Board of Relief. The number of cases and amounts annually expended are not reported to us. The M. W. the Grand Master writes that there is soirre talk in the jurisdiction of establishing a Home. TENNESSEE.—Has maintained a Masonic Widows' and Orphans' Home since 1897, when it took the Home over from a private corporation. It, cost about $35,000.00 to build and equip, which sum was raised by subscription. It has now about 130 inmates and costs about $77.00 per capita per annum to maintain it. It is maintained by a per capita tax of fifty cents per year imposed on the Craft by the Grand Lodge. R. W. Bro. W. H. Bumpas, to whom our letter of inquiry was referred by the M. W. the Grand Master of Tennessee, closes his letter to us as follows: "Build a Home. Don't give it up. You will find plenty to fill a Home that need it." This R. W. Brother has been connected with the Tennessee Home from the time it was started by a few individuals until now. TEXAS.—The Grand Lodge of Texas submitted to its subordinate lodges the question whether or not they would build a Home. The vote was in favor, and in 1887 the Grand Lodge unanimously set apart one-half of its annual revenues for the purpose. The sum of $25,000.00, which was then in the Charity Fund of the Grand Lodge, was made the nucleus of the fund. In 1899 the Home had been provided at a cost of about $50,000.00, with an endowment of $124,000.00. It was opened October 6, 1900, and has now about 65 inmates. The per capita cost of maintenance is about $149.00 per year. It is supported by an income from the securities in which its endowment fund is invested and by a fifty-cent per capita tax on the Craft. UTAH.—Neither has a Home, nor gives any relief from the Grand Lodge. This is left entirely to the subordinate lodges, of which there are only eleven in the jurisdiction. The R, W. the Grand Secretary writes that, as there are but about 1,200 members of the Craft in the jurisdiction, and that it grows there but slowly, owing to peculiar local conditions, there is no likelihood of any Home in that jurisdiction in the near future. VIRGINIA.—Has a Masonic Orphans' Home, which has been in operation since 1891. It was established on a farm of about forty-five acres, donated for- the purpose, upon which has been expended about $35,000.00. It has a capacityl of about 150, and now has 57 inmates, whose main-
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tenance last year cost about $135.00 per capita. It is maintained by a fixed appropriation by the Grand Lodge of $3,000.00 annually and voluntary contributions from subordinate lodges and individual Masons. The Grand Lodge of Virginia gives no relief by donations of money to individual cases, leaving this to be done by the subordinate lodges. R. W. Bro. Geo. W. Carrington, Grand Secretary, writes us that this method is eminently satisfactory to the Craft in that jurisdiction. VERMONT.—Gives relief by direct donations of money by the Grand Lodge. There is no permanent fund from which these amounts are taken. It is given by a vote of the Grand Lodge itself in each case, except that the Grand Master, in his discretion, and within certain limits, may give relief without waiting for the action of the Grand Lodge. R. W. Bro. H. H. Ross, Grand Secretary, writes us that this method is not satisfactory to the Craft, and that there exissts a strong sentiment in favor of the establishment of a Home, and that he thinks one will be esablished before long. WISCONSIN.—Has no Home and the Grand Lodge gives direct relief to individuals. A tax of ten cents per year is levied on the Craft, which gives annually about $2,000.00 for a charity fund. In addition, the Grand Master has a fund of $500.00 annually at his disposal as an emergency fund for cases ihat will not wait the meeting of the Grand Lodge. Each lodge is expected to care for its own as long as it has funds; when its funds are exhausted it then appeals to the Grand Lodge. R. W. Bro. Wm. W. Perry, Grand Secretary, to whom the Grand Master referred our inquiry, writes: "We have no Masonic Home, nor is it the intention of the brethren of Wisconsin to have a Masonic Home founded on debt. We can care for our charities better in the manner now in vogue." WEST VIRGINIA.—Has neither a Home nor any Grand Lodge Relief Fund. The subordinate lodges are expected to take care of their own needy as long as they are able to do so; and when any lodge finds its burden too heavy it appeals to the Grand Lodge, which assists it out of its general fund. Occasionally the Grand Master directs relief to be given out of the Grand Lodge treasury. Five years ago the Grand Lodge set apart $2,000.00 as a nest-egg for a fund to build a Masonic Home. This money is out at interest. The present plan is satisfactory to the brethren, and it will be many years before a Home is built in this juricdiction, if ever. WYOMING.—Has neither Home nor Grand Lodge Relief Fund. All relief is given by the subordinate lodges. In this jurisdiction there are but 23 subordinate lodges and 1,649 members of the Craft. These comprise all the Grand Jurisdictions from which your committee has been able to procure information on the subject. This information we summarize as follows: We have received information from thirty-eight Grand Jurisdictions. Of these, fifteen have Homes already established and in opera-
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tion; ten give relief by direct donations of money to individuals; two have both Homes and give relief by direct donations of money to individuals; five give no relief and have no Homes; six are raising funds with which to establish Homes. Of these, the fifteen that have Homes and the two that have both Homes and give relief by direct donations, express themselves as satisfied with their systems. Of the ten that have no Homes, but who give relief by direct donations of money to individuals, six express themselves as satisfied with their system, two express themselves as dissatified and desiring a change to the Home system, while two do not express themselves at all on the subject. Thus, out of thirty-one Grand Jurisdictions • which have expressed themselves on the subject, most of which have tried them both, twentyfive have pronounced in favor of the Home system and six in favor of the direct relief system. Your committee next sent out circular letters to the "Worshipful Masters of all the subordinate lodges in this Grand Jurisdiction, containing the five questions which follow: "First—How many aged or infirm Masons, and the wives of such, and the widows and orphans of deceased Masons, are there in the jurisdiction of your Lodge, who would be proper inmates of a Masonic Home, if one were provided in this State? "Second—What was the total amount expended by your Lodge, during the year 1904, as relief for Masons, their wives, widows and orphans, belonging to this jurisdiction? "Third—How many cases of relief were there in your Lodge during the year 1904? "Fourth—Is there any sentiment among the members of your Lodge on the subject of the establishment of a Masonic Home in this Grand Jurisdiction; and, if so, is that sentiment for or against such establishment? "Fifth—Are there any Masons in the juricdiction of your Lodge who would contribute to a fund for the erection and endowment of a Masonic Home? If so, about how many are there and what amount would they, in the aggregate, probably contribute?" To these inquiries we have received answers from 78 lodges, which we summarize as follows: There are, in the jurisdictions of the lodges heard from 44 persons, aged or infirm Masons, and the widows and orphans of deceased Masons, who would be proper inmates of a Masonic Home, who are known to the Worshipful Masters of these lodges. The total amount given by the lodges reporting in charity during 1904 was $4,366.92; the number of cases reported during the year was 150; 30 Worshipful Masters report that the sentiment in their lodges is in favor of the establishment of a Home, and 26 Worshipful Masters report that the sentiment in their lodges is against establishing one, while 22 Worshipful Masters either do not report on the sentiment at all, or say
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that they do not know what the sentiment is on the subject. Eleven Worshipful Masters report that within their lodges sums aggregating about $1,115.00 would probably be subscribed in aid of such an institution. Your committee has also examined the subject of the ability of the Grand Lodge, now that the debt upon the Temple is extinguished, to dispense relief. We find, from examining the report of the R. W. the Grand Secretary to the last session of this Grand Lodge, that the receipts and expenditures for 1903 were about as follows: We have divided the receipts and expenditures into two classes, first the receipts and expenditures from and on account of the Temple, and, second, the receipts and expenditures other than those connected with the Temple. We have made this division for the reason that this Grand Lodge has declared that as soon as the debt upon the Temple was extinguished all the revenues from the Temple should be devoted to charity. The receipts from the Temple in 1903 were as follows: Rent from stores and offices Rent from Masonic Bodies Total
$ 7,265.96 3,275.00 $10,540.96
The expenditures on account of the Temple (exclusive of the amounts paid on account of the debt, which will no longer figure as an expenditure) were as follows: Salary Grand Tyler . $ 825.00 Salary Engineer and Elevator man 620,00 Salary Porter 370.00 Expenses Engine Room 148.00 Insurance 144.00 Repairs 683.65 City Taxes 1,035.00 State Taxes 315.00 New Orleans Gas Co 60.00 Electric Light Co 750.00 Waterworks Co 60.00 Coal 40.00 Total
$5,051.05
Taking these expenses and receipts as the average for the future, this would leave a surplus every year of, say $5,000.00 from the Temple to be devoted to charity. In 1903 we find the receipts of the Grand Lodge from sources other than the Temple to have been as follows: Grand Lodge Dues $16,587.25. Dispensations 350.00 Diplomas 24.00 Grand Lodge Certificates 30.00 Register Account 5.00 Total
$16,996.25
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We find the expenditures, other than for the Temple, to have been as follows: Salary Grand Secretary, (then $1,500.00), now .Tfl^TOO.OO Salary Grand Lecturer, (then $1,300.00), now 1,500.00 Masonic Cemetery, Sexton, etc 793.45 Louisiana Relief Lodge 400.00 Printing Proceedings, Stationery, etc 1,220.00 Postage and Express 210.00 Telephone 48.00 Expenses Grand Officers, visitations, etc. 196.50 Library Account 104.00 Dispensations 75.00 Charters 60.00 Grand Chaplain and Organist 20.00 Committee on Foreign Correspondence 100.00 Incidentals 113.20 Total $6,640.15 This and all future years will undoubtedly show an increase of both receipts and expenditures over the above. The receipts will be larger on account of the increase in the number of the Craft, while the expenses will be increased on account of the increase in the membership and especially on account of the payment of mileage to representatives to the Grand Lodge. We think we will be safe in estimating the receipts at at least $17,500.00, and the ordinary expenses at $7,000.00. The expense for mileage, we understand, is estimated at about $3,000.00, which would bring the expenses up to about $10,000.00. This would leave a surplus of about $7,500.00. Of course we understand that all of this surplus would not be immediately available for charity; that there are sundry matters which would have to be attended to before all our surplus could be devoted to charity, but the above figures indicate about what the Grand Lodge would have at its disposal each year for this purpose. As soon as all the revenues from the Temple are devoted to charity, in our opinion, the sum of $1,350.00, which now figures on the debit side of the account for city and State taxes, could be charged off and entered on the other side. We thus find that the Grand Lodge will have in the future, beginning, not later than next year, possibly this year, available for charity the following amounts: Surplus from the Temple $ 5,000.00 Taxes saved on the Temple 1,350.00 Surplus from ordinary revenue 7,500.00 Total $13,850.00 Your committee thinks, in view of this showing, that it is safe in asserting that from now on this Grand Lodge will have every year at its disposal for purposes of charity the sum of ten thousand dollars, without one single cent's worth increase of the burdens on the Craft in this jurisdiction, and without taking into account what may, and most certainly will, be done by the individual brethren, the subordinate
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lodges, the other Grand Masonic Bodies and the Order of the Eastern Star. This last organization has already addressed formal communications to this Grand Lodge informing us that whenever we undertake the task of erecting a Masonic Home that it desires the privilege of assisting in the work. The Most Excellent Grand Chapter has already given earnest of what it proposes to do by handing over to this Grand Lodge last year the sum of $1,500.00 to be applied to charity in whatever manner this Grand Lodge may seem best; but we know that it was the thought of the donors that it would, in all probability, be applied to the erection of a Masonic Home. From the foregoing facts your committee draws the following conclusions: First, That there is work for this Grand Lodge to do in this jurisdiction in the way of giving, not charity, but help, aid and assistance to worthy, distressed Master Masons, their widows and orphans. Second, That this can be done, either by means of the establishment and maintenance of a Home, or by direct donations of money to individuals, or by both, without aiding anything to the burdens of the Craft by way of additional taxation. Third, That steps should be taken at once to accomplish this end. Your committee finds that the overwhelming majority of Masonic opinion in the United States is in favor of extending this help by means of a Masonic Home, in preference to giving direct donations of money, and with that opinion your committee coincides, and so reports. We further find that, under conditions, as they at present exist in this Grand Jurisdiction, a combination of the two systems should be established for the present, and to this end the committee recommends: First, That this Grand Lodge direct that all the revenues from the Temple after the payment of the running expense thereof, including improvements and repairs, be placed in a separate fund to be known as "The Masonic Home Fund," and which shall be invested as hereafter directed, the interest accruing therefrom to be added to the fund as it accrues. Second, That the surplus from the general funds of the Grand Lodge, at the end of each year shall be put into a fund to be known as "The Direct Relief Fund" for the following year, out of which the "Direct Relief Committee," as hereinafter provided, shall dispense relief during that year. That at the end of each year the amount left in the Direct Relief Fund shall be transferred to the Masonic Home Fund. Third, That the M. W., the Grand Master, the R. W., the Deputy Grand Master, the R. W. the Grand Senior Warden, the R. W. the Grand Junior Warden, the R. W. the Grand Treasurer and the R. W. the Grand Secretary shall constitute the Direct Relief Committee, any four of whom, or any two of whom together with the M. W. the Grand Master shall constitute a quorum, whose business it shall be to dispense re-
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lief from the Direct Relief Fund, under such rules as said committee shall adopt. Fourth, That the M. W. the Grand Master shall appoint eight Past Masters, who, with himself, shall constitute the Board of Trustees of the Masonic Home Fund; two of said Past Masters shall be appointed for one year, two for two years, two for three years and two for four years, and the vacancies at the end of the terms of themembers shall then be filled by appointment for four years; all vacancies caused by deaths or resignation shall be filled by appointment by the M. W. the Grand Master for the unexpired term. That the Board of Trustees of the Masonic Home Fund shall cause to be invested the money in said fund in safe interest bearing securities, and shall re-invest the interest when same comes in. It shall receive all donations and subscriptions to said fund and shall invest same in the same manner. It shall also appoint a Financial Agent who shall be empowered to solicit and receive subscriptions to said fund, which shall be turned over to said Board of Trustees to be placed in said fund as above provided. Said Financial Agent shall have authority to appoint representatives in each subordinate lodge in this jurisdiction to solicit and receive subscriptions, who shall report to said Financial Agent. Said" Financial Agent shall once in each year, during the first week in January, report to said Board of Trustees his actions during the year giving' a list of subscriptions received by him, showing the name and amount subscribed by each person or body to said fund during the year. Said1 Board of Trustees shall during the third week in January make out a report to the M. W. the Grand Lodge, which shall include the report of the Financial Agent, and said report shall be printed as a part of the Grand Lodge Proceedings, including th report of the Financial Agent, and a sufficient number of copies thereof in pamphlet form shall also be printed and sent to the subordinate lodges to furnish a copy to each and every brother desiring one. Fifth, That whenever the money in the Masonic Home Fund shall amount to the sum of Fifty Thousand Dollars the Grand Lodge shall proceed to provide, equip and open the Masonic Home for Aged Masons and Masonic widows and orphans. The committee appends appropriate resolutions, and recommends their adoption. Fraternally Submitted, JBTO. 0. WICKXTFFE, P. M.. Chairman. BYRON HOIXEY, P. M. A. STEEG, P. M. G. PASSALAQUA, P. M. GEO. W. BOOTH, P. M.
By the Committee on Plan of Masonic Relief: Resolved, That all of the revenues derived from the Temple, after the payment of the running expenses thereof, including improvements
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and repairs, shall be placed by the Grand Treasurer and Grand Secretary in a separate Relief Fund to be known as "The Masonic Home TTund." By the Committee on Plan of Masonic Relief: Resolved, That the.surplus from the general funds of this Grand Lodge, at the end of each year, shall be put by the Grand Secretary and Grand Treasurer into a fund to be known as "The Direct Relief Fund" for the following year, out of which shall be dispensed relief during said last named year, ana at the end of the said last named year, any balance left in said "Direct Relief Fund" unexpended shall be transferred by the Grand Secretary and Grand Treasurer to "The Masonic Home Fund." ** • ' By the Committe on Plan of Masonic Relief: Resolved, That the M. W. the Grand Master, the R. W. the Deputy •Grand Master, the R. W. the Grand Senior Warden, the R. W. the Grand Junior Warden, the R. W. the Grand Treasurer and the R. W. the Grand Secretary shall constitute the' Direct Relief Committee, any four of whom, or any two of whom with the M. W:. the Grand Master, shall constitute a quorum, which committee is empowered to dispense relief from the Direct Relief Fund under such rules as said committee may adonlt. By the Committee on Plan of Masonic Relief: Resolved, That the M. W. the Grand Master appoint eight Past Masters, who, with himself shall constitute the Board of Trustees of the Masonic Home Fund; two of said Past Masters shall be appointed for one year, two for two years, two for three years and two for four years, and the vacancies at the end of the terms of the members shall be jfilled by appointment by the M. W. the Grand Master for four years; all -vacancies caused by deaths or resignations shall be filled by the M. W. t h e Grand Master by appointment for the unexpired term. Resolved, That the Board of Trustees of the Masonic Home Fund shall cause the money in the Masonic Home Fund to be invested in safe, interest-bearing securities, and shall re-invest the interest when same comes in. It shall receive all subscriptions and donations to said fund ,and shall invest them in like manner. Resolved, That the Board of Trustees of the Masonic Home Fund shall appoint a Financial Agent who shall be empowered to solicit and receive subscriptions and donations to said Masonic Home Fund, which shall be turned over immediately to the said Board of Trustees to be placed in said fund and invested as above provided. Said Financial Agent shall have authority to appoint representatives in each subordinate lodge to solicit and receive subscriptions and donations, who shall report to said Financial Agent. Said Financial Agent shall, during the first week in January each year report to said Board of Trustees his actions during the preceeding year, giving a list of subscriptions und ^donations received by him, showing the name and amount subscribed or donated by each person or body to said fund during said year. Said Board of Trustees shall, during the third week in January of each year, .inake out a report to the M. W. the Grand Lodge, showing the condition of said Masonic Home Fund, which report shall include the report is full of the Financial Agent, and said report, including the report of _the Financial Agent in full, shall be printed as a part of the Grand Lodge Proceedings, and a sufficient number of copies thereof shall be printed in pamphlet form and sent to the subordinate lodges to fur"riish a copy to each and every brother desiring one. ,
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By the Committee on Plan of Masonic Relief: Resolved, That whenever the money in the Masonic Home Fund shall amount to the sum of fifty thousand dollars this Grand Lodge will proceed to build and equip a Masonic Home for Aged Masons and Masonic Widows and Orphans in this jurisdiction.
The report of the Committee was now taken up for consideration, previous to which. M. W. Bro. Henry M. Furman, P. G. M., Grand Lodge of the Indian Territory, addressed the Grand Lodge, giving an account of the experiences of the Grand Lodge of Indian Territory in caring for its aged and indigent, and in the care and education of the orphan. The address was listened to with marked interest and attention. The conclusions of the Committee were then considered, and after a lengthy discussion it was moved, duly seconded, that the entire subject-matter be recommitted and further consideration postponed until the Annual Grand Communication in 1906. A call of Lodges was demanded and granted. Yeas, 266; nays, 29; and the motion to recommit and postpone was adopted. RESOLUTION APPROPRIATING $2,000.00 FOR MASONIC BELIEF.
W. Bro. L. E. Thomas, Caddo No. 179, submitted the following resolution: Resolved, That the sum of two thousand dollars, or as much thereof as may be necessary, be and is hereby appropriated from the funds of this Grand Lodge and placed in the hands of the M. W. Grand Master, to be by him disbursed in the relief of the aged and indigent Master Masons and the widows and orphans of deceased brethren under such, regulations and restrictions as may be established. Fraternally submitted, L. E. THOMAS, Caddo No. 179.
On motion, duly adopted, the resolution was received and referred to the Committee on Audit and Accounts. WITHDRAWING COMMISSION OF GRAND REPRESENTATIVE CALIFORNIA.
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E. W. Bro. Eichard Lambert, Grand Secretary, submitted the following resolution: WHEREAS, The Grand Lodge of California has found that representatives near its Grand East are in serious danger, and having due regard for the health of him who has so faithfully represented us in the past; therefore be it
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Resolved, That the commission of R. W. Bro. William F. Pierce, •our representative near the Grand Lodge of California, be and is hereby withdrawn without prejudice to our fraternal relations with said Grand .Lodge. On motion, the resolution was adopted. PRINTING REPORT OP COMMITTEE ON PLAN OF MASONIC BELIEF.
E. W. Bro. L. 0. Allen, Grand Senior Warden, submitted the following resolution: Resolved, That the Grand Secretary be authorized to have printed five thousand copies of the " Report of the Committee on Plan of Masonic Relief," and that the same be given to each individual member of the Craft in Louisiana, through the several subordinate Lodges, in order that the members may become familiar with the best methods of dispensing Masonic relief as shown in the above-mentioned report, and in order that the next representatives may vote intelligently on the subject of Masonic relief. The resolution was adopted. LABOR SUSPENDED. There being nothing further, at this time before the Grand Lodge, labor was suspended until to-morrow evening at 6 o'clock, after prayer by Rev. Bro. H. C. Duncan, Grand Chaplain.
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The M. W. Grand Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, of the State of Louisiana, after prayer by the Eev. Bro. Herman C. Duncan, Grand Chaplain, was called from refreshment to labor by the M. W. Grand Master, Louis P. Delahoussaye, on this Wednesday, February 8, 1905, at 6:15 o'clock p. M. GRAND OFFICERS PRESENT.
All the Grand Officers were present and in their stations, P. G. M. Eobert B. Eeid acting as Deputy Grand Master. PAST GRAND OFFICERS PRESENT.
Past Grand Masters—Edwin Marks, Chas. F. Buck,D. R. Graham, Geo. W. Bolton, Robert H. Cage, A. C. Allen and Robert R. Reid. GRAND REPRESENTATIVES PRESENT.
Arizona, Connecticut, Canada, Colorado, Costa Rica, Cuba, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indian Territor5', Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Montana, North Dakota, New Jersey, Nebraska, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, New Mexico, New Hampshire, New South Wales, Peru, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Victoria, Washington, West Virginia, Western Australia and Wisconsin. ROLL CALL OF CHARTERED LODGES. P. IT. 1, P. S. 1, 4, 5, 24, 28, 31, 38, 46, 53, 54, 57, 58, 59, 65, 70, 72, 75, 76, 79, 83, 84, 89, 96, 98, 101, 102, 106, 108, 111, 115, 116, 122, 123, 124, 125, 127, 133, 135, 136, 143, 144, 146, 147, 153, 156, 160, 163, 165, 167, 168, 171, 172. 174, 175, 179, 182, 184, 185, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 198, 205, 208, 212, 214, 215, 217, 221, 229, 230, 232, 234, 235, 236, 237, 239, 240, 242, 243, 244, 245, 247, 248, 249, 251, 253, 256, 258; 259, 260, 261, 263, 264, 266, 268, 269, 270, 271, 273, 275, 276, 278, 279, 282, 288, 289, 290.
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One hundred and twelve Lodges and a constitutional quorum being present, the M. W. Grand Master, Louis P. Delahqussaye, declared labor resumed. , MINUTES OF SECOND DAY'S PROCEEDINGS.
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The minutes of the second day's proceedings were read andr approved. EEPOETS OF STANDING COMMITTEES. AUDIT AND ACCOUNTS.
The Committee on Audit and Accounts submitted the following report: NEW ORLEANS, LA., February 8,1905. To tfee M. W. Grand Lodge, V. and A M., State of Louisiana:
We, your Committee on Audit and Accounts, "to whoni was referred the resolution of Bro. L. E. Thomas, relative to the placing of $2,000.00 in the hands of the M. W. Grand Master to be distributed by, him for purposes of Masonic relief, beg leave to report that the resolution is an excellent one, and we recommend its adoption. Fraternally submitted,
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To the M. W. Grand Lodge, F . and A. M., State ol Louisiana:
We, your Committee on Audit and Accounts, to whom was referred the application of Franklinton Lodge No. 101, for a remission of Grand' Lodge dues for 1904, beg to report, as we did yesterday in a similar case, that We are unable to see our way to recommend the granting of this request, as this matter has been before the Grand Lodge upon numerous occasions and has been constantly refused. Our reasons for refusing to recommend the granting of the request will be found more fully set' forth and explained in the proceedings of the Grand Lodge for 1902,' page,70.: ' . ' ' '. ' " " ' ', Fraternally submitted, -''
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Bro. H. M. Danneel, Chairman of Committee on Audit and Accounts, called attention to the valuation of Temple property, and that no allowance was made for depreciation in carrying value of said property on books of Grand Lodge. On motion, duly adopted, the Committee on Audit and Accounts were instructed to apply the usual business methods in determining, annually, the value of the Temple property and other realty of this Grand Lodge. APPEALS AND GRIEVANCES.
The Committee on Appeals and Grievances submitted the following report: N E W OBLEANS, L A . , February 8,1905. To the M. W. Grand Lodge, F. and A. M., State of Louisiana:
In the matter of the appeal of Bro. J. E. Allen, from action of Humble Cottage Lodge No. 19, dismissing charges against Bro. T. A. Jackson, a member of said Lodge. In the above case, your Committee on Appeals and Grievances, would respectfully report: STATEMENT OF FACTS.
An examination of the record in this case shows that charges of un-masonic conduct were regularly preferred against Bro. T. A. Jackson by the Junior Warden, and same were duly served, and the defendant filed an answer. He was duly notified of the taking of the testimony and failed to appear. Evidence was duly taken by a committee appointed for that purpose. The Lodge was thereafter duly assembled for the purpose of trial, and a brother appointed to represent the accused. At the trial, another brother argued the case and offered much additional evidence, so the record says, though the nature and substance of said testimony is not given. He then made a motion to dismiss the case for insufficient evidence, which motion was carried by a open vote of eight to five, and the charges were dismissed; from which action the Senior Deacon, J. E. Allen, has appealed, on the grounds that no brother other than the one appointed to represent the accused has a right to speak in his behalf, nor can subsequent evidence be presented at the Lodge trial other than that taken by the Committee appointed for that purpose. That the Lodge had no right, under Article III, Sec. 23, Grand Lodge Regulations, to dismiss the charges.
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Your Committee is of the opinion that the record discloses error in the manner of taking the vote of the Lodge at the trial. A motion was made to dismiss the charges, which carried. Ko> motion at all should have been made, but the Lodge should have proceeded to vote on the guilt or innocence of the accused, and not upon the question of a dismissal of the charges or not. The Lodge further erred in permitting Bro. Littell, who was NOT appointed to defend the accused, to speak in his defens-e and offer further testimony, none of which appears in the record. Further testimony* of new'witnesses is permissable'or further time may be granted for this purpose, but all such evidence should be reduced to writing. But P.\ Q^M- Uloddilift I860,; ruiesUtllfftfenQ isWaseokifli speakin • defense of the accused except himself, or some one duly appointed to represent him. In this case Bro. Littell was not so appointed, and had no right to add ressthe Lodge upon 4he -meritsrof the.case. «• We, therefore,, feel •constrained to remand the case" for further proceedings, in accordance with the view herein expressed. We also wish to call the attention of the Lodge to the character of the very un-masonic answer filed by the accused, which is clearly in contempt of the Lodge and a disgrace to the Fraternity. All answers should be drawn in courteous and fraternal language, and free of denunciation and abuse. For these reasons, be it JResolved, That the case of L. S. Haas, Junior Warden, vs. T. A; Jackson, be remanded to Humble Cottage Lodge for a due and legal trial and further proceedings, in accordance with the views herein expressed. Respectfully and fraternally, ROBT. R. REID, J. H. CALDWELL, EDWIN MARKS, L; E.THOMAS.
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On motion, the report of the Committee was received and the resolution adopted. NECEOLOGY.
The Committee on Necrology, to whom was referred the resolution relative to a memorial commemorative of the services of R. W. Bro. E. T. Sellers, Deputy Grand Master, submitted the following: N E W O R L E A N S , L A . , February 8,1905. To the M. W. Grand Lodge, F. and A. M., State of Louisiana: IN MEMOEIAM.
Bro. E. Thomas Sellers, R. W. Deputy Grand Master. Life and death are two mysteries, insoluble the one without the other. Man is
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born into this world. He developed hopes and aspirations. He labors in the building of individual character. He enlarges life and expands the influence of'his personality. All that there is in culture, in refinement and purity of soul he contributes to the world about him. Human society is enriched and adorned by his living, and men call him gre&t'ahd useful. Yet in the plenitude of his power, when his friends and companions love him most, and seem to need him most, he passes away tothe great beyond and nothing is left but the sweet memory of an honored and noble life. But the life/ whither has it flown? So all' philosophy, all religion and the holy emotion in the human breast, called love asks the question: " I f a man dies, shall he live again?" I t is the thought of the incomplete, symbolized by the broken column, that makes us realize that life's journey ends not with the tonrby Therefore, death must open somewhere the solution of life, and finds that solution in the unfolding1 of other and higher life. So all nature teaches us the evolution from the lower to the higher existence, and' Masonry, after the analogy of its earthly order, beautifully pictures iii the imagination the Celestial Lodge above where the Grand Architect of the Universe forever presided " V ' Our dear Brother ' ' T o m " Seliefs has knocked at the door of that; Lodge. Being duly and truly prepared, Worthy and well qualified, her' lias found'entrance itito those sacred portals. The day of his[initiation "was January 27, 19.05; when we may say this was the day he died, but" death, dear brother, Jg'a passipginto life'Trrlai'^r, fuller, jiiore beautiful life;;
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While, however, we reflect upon his rest and happiness in thfe* celestrial environments of peace, it'May1 not be amiss to call to mind who he was anfl what he was to us. We have often been delighted ta call him a rottgh diarnond, because we had discovered the great value of life and "character beneath a rugged exterior; but Tom Sellers was a cultured gentleman. He had not the culture that would shine in the drawing-room. The glittering halls of polite society was not his habitat.' But if culture- bef a thing of the soul and refinement, 8, thing of the heart, thus Brother Tom was the peer of any gentleman. He was aj Mason of the blood royal. He bestowed upon Dowrisviile Lodge a peculiar honor by representing it' so ably in the Grand Lodge of Louisiana. : He- aervexj .as Grand Ju-niqr Warden in 1900-01, as Gr,and Senior W.ardenLin; 1902-Q3. When p pur.Repent Most Worshipful Grand-Mast^rRp d d t t t i hi i d dti needed a strong man to sustain, him in Ji Jiis many andd arduous dutieSr He appointed Brother Sellers his Deputy. : ' ' If Brother Tom acted on the square, especially with a brother M?aJ son, lie- didsb also with all mankind. The duties of citizenship had their urgent call and Tom always obeyed.^ He sat in the Constitutional Convention of Louisiana in 1898.. Heswas? frequently elected to one or the otherbrapchofithje StateLegislatijre;, He e.¥ershowed,sW;isdQm, eijfrgy and< cansesvaitisHi..: He was- especially an a.4ept in alljimatter8
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related to agricultural interests, and was an authority on all such legislation. As a true friend, counsellor and advisor he was especially dear to all who came within the immediate circle of his acquaintance. There are some souls who are the natural priests of humanity, not by any ordination vows, but by the original endowment of an intense and earnest sympathy. Brother Sellers was " one to whom the burdened heart may pour out its sorrows; to whom distress may prefer its suit." We remember a few years back at one of the annual sessions of this Grand Lodgea brother asked for assistance for a young girl, the prphan of a Master Mason. The girl was trying by hard labor and close economy to prepare herself for teaching. There was plenty of advice " how not to do it," when Bro. Sellers arose in his station of Grand Junior Warden and, with his characteristic emphasis exclaimed: "Let's do i t now! Let some brother pass around the hat." I t is needless to say that Brother Sellers' personal contribution was far in excess of his means'.'
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otherwise complied with the regulations, and submitted the following resolution in connection therewith: Resolved, That Kinder Lodge, now U. Df, having complied with the regulations of this Grand Lodge, be and is hereby granted a charter. On motion, the report was received and the resolution adopted. RECEPTION OF GRAND REPRESENTATIVES.
The M. W. Grand Master announced that the reception of representatives from sister Grand Lodges was next in order and directed the Grand Secretary to call the roll of representatives. The following were present: Arizona, • A. C Allen; Connecticut,! Richard . Lambert; Canada, Robert H. Cage; Colorado, G. Palssalaqua; Costa Rica, F. W. CalongDe; Cuba, Jos6 Venta; Florida, D. R. Graham; Georgia, Mark Quayle; Illinois, Chas. F. Buck; Indian Territory, James H. Caldwell; Maryland, C. C. Kramer; Michigan, A. G. Brice; Mississippi, R. R. Reid; Montana, Philip Pfefler; North Dakota, Owen Gernon; New Jersey, E. D. Craig; Nebraska, A. G. Ricks; New Brunswick, Edwin Marks; Nova Scotia, L. P. Delahoussaye; New Mexico, Hugh Breen; New Hampshire, G. W. Bolton; New South Wales, P. M. Schneidau; Peru, D. R. Graham; Rhode Island, A. Steeg; South Carolina, George O. Elms; Tennessee, H. M. Danneel; Vermont, L. E. Thomas; Victoria, Chas. F. Buck; Washington, H. C. Duncan; West Virginia, Gus. D. Levy; Western Australia, J. S. Alfred; Wisconsin, C. T. Hines. The M. W. Grand Master addressed the assembled representatives as follows: My Brethreh—It'is with feelings of more than ordinary gratification that I now apeak to you-thnse words, which, while they convey the greeting of our Grand Lodge and a welxjo&ie'&tfeacb, do not convey the full measure of the pleasure we feel at your presence. It requires but slight effort of the imagination to here behold not only the great galaxy of States that constitute our great Republic, but of that great influence for humanity'^ good, which is an integral'part of each State, and which, in its perfect organization and practically irresistible power, has largely directed and controlled many of the factors which have placed our country in so prominent a position among the powers of the world, commercially, scientifically and morally. We rejoice that in you are represented so many of our sister jurisdictions of the Ancient Craft of Masons. We are glad of this opportunity to testify to the sincerity of our fraternal love for each. We ask you to take to your respective Grand Lodges the warmest and kindest wishes for their continued peace and prosperity. To those of you Who represent Grand
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Lodges beyond the seas, we also ask that you bear to them the same warm, fraternal and sincere greeting that we extend to those of " our own home and family," for, after all, this fact remains, that no matter what be the political name of your State or country, you are with us one in heart, in purpose and in the mystic bond of brotherhood. In the name of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Louisiana. I give you " welcome, thrice welcome." The representatives were then saluted with the "Private Grand Honors," most heartily given. Past Grand Master, Edwin Marks, Eepresentative of the Grand Lodge of New Brunswick, feelingly alluded to the "death of Past Grand Master, Samuel Manning Todd, the Senior Past Qraod- Master send Representative of the Grand Lodges of Alabama,.District of Columbia, Maine, North Carolina, New York and Nevada, and concluded his remarks by requesting Past Grand Master, Charles JT. Buck, Representative of the Grand Lodge of Illinois and Victoria to respond for the representatives as a body. M. "W. Bro. Buck addressed the Grand Lodge as follows: M. W. Grand Master and Brethren of the Grand Lodge of Louisiana: M. W. Bro. Marks, Dean of Past Grand Master and Senior Representative here embarrasses me by the complimentary reference with which he calls on me to supplement his remarks;—the more so as he has fully covered the occasion by his own earnest and heartfelt words. Besides, I have occupied so much of the time of the Grand Lodge during this important session that I feel I ought not to do anything more that might tax the patience or good will of the brethren. Having sincerely this feeling—and recalling as many of the brethren, rio doubt, that I have from time to time on prior, similar occasions, expressed my sentiments as a representative of sister Grand JurisdijstSt^j* I iwbiild not detain you with further remarks and content myself with asking ;the Grand Representatives to join me in connrn^nfeour*ej;pjefsjon of pleasure and satisfaction at the reception and welcome tendered to us by the usual means of the " Private Grand Honors" of Freemasonry. But an incident has transpired which arouses my interest and stimulates my devoted energies to a defense of the system of Grand Lodge representation. Several Grand Jurisdictions have discontinued it, and much has lately been said about it, officially and unofficially. It ia referred to by many in terms of ridicule and derision,—as useless, purposeless, unmeaning. In a communication conceived in this spirit, expressed in terms of flippant indifference—the Grand Lodge of California informs us of the permanent withdcawl of her representative.
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I beg to take issue with our esteemed sister Grand Jurisdiction on the subjectiT-^not directly, for it is her own affair throughout, and I donot venture to criticize—merely as a member of the great Brotherhoods I use the incident to express my views on the custom of Grand representation with such reasons as I may be able to suggest on my feet, without special preparation, why it should be, continued and preserved,, I concede that it serves no practical purpose as a.rule—although I have at least one case of practical experience in my mind when the representatives of two foreign Grand Jurisdictions had important work to present to this Grand Lodge in the interest of their respective principals, who were involved in a very serious, controversy, I admitthey serye no business purpose, and if any such arise the respective Grand Masters are the persons to transact them. The Grand Representative is riot appointed for business purposes;— he merely rises, if you will, as an evidence,;a tangible symbol expressive of the friendship and fraternal relations which exist between the bodies—a link in the chain of unity—oneness,—identity of being and s purpose of all the Masonic Bodies-on earth. < Every Masonic Grand Lodge has its own specific affairs of administration, of discipline, of finance, of property, as a business concern, sa to speak, that is its own exclusive province, in which no one can properly interfere by criticism or comment. But as a representaW*e=^an exponent of the Body of Freemasonry-^, every Grand Lodge is the distinct co-worker of every other Grand Lodge—al!,equai and all supreme—yet all bound by the.same obligation^ and ties to guard theUndmarks of Masonry and-transmits them "unim-. paired." to posterity, "Each sitting in judgment on all the otherseach subject to that judgments—to: see that Masonry remains the one— immutable—uniyersal unity which nothing can change or destroy. A "universality," in fact and in .philosophy;—going around all the earth, with the,rays,of the sun, holding,the heart-beats of humanity in the unison of brotherhood of man. , , Each Grand Lodge is the keeper—the custodian—in its domain-^ of indiyisible a part of this ideal unity and to strike at the system of interchange of Grand Lodge representations-is to deny the existence* of common sympathy, ,the;ideal of universal aspiration. - In this Most Worshipful and historic Grand Lodge the representa-t tiyes of other jurisdictions,have always been received in the spirit of true brotherhood, and we are gladtobe able to testify that the present occasion isbuta new chord in the woof and webb of fraternal concourse and,collaboration which should hold together all the Masonic Bodies' of .the world,, that we may truly cherish the: very climax of our being— the universality, in fact and in spirit of Freemasonry. • ••.,.•
The remar&sof M-W. Bro. Buck were received with hearty applause and approbation after w-hich, the (Jrand Eepresenta-.
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tives present joined in saluting the Grand Lodge with the ""Private Grand Honors " and were then escorted to seats in the Grand East. RESOLUTION BY BEO. JOHN C. "WICKLTFi'E.
W. Bro. John C. Wickliffe, of George Washington No. 65, submitted the following: WHEREAS, The Order of the Eastern Star has proclaimed itself the handmaiden of Ancient Freemasonry, and the members thereof have always acted in accordance with that declaration, and both the Order and the members have always upheld the hands of the Craft in all good works; and WHEREAS, We specially recognize the beautifying touch of woman's hand in the present condition of the Masonic Cemetery; therefore, be it Resolved, That the Board of Grand Lodge Hall Directors be, and they are hereby authorized to rent the use of the Lodge-rooms in the Temple to Chapters of the Order of the Eastern Star, and that the edict against joint occupancy shall not apply to the occupation of Lodgerooms in the Masonic Temple, New Orleans, by such Chapters. Fraternally submitted, JOHN C. WICKLIFFE,
George Washington No 65. After some discussion and on motion, duly adopted, the further consideration of the resolution and subject-matter was postponed until the Annual Communication of 1906. COMMITTEE ON WOKK.
The Committee on Work submitted the following report: NEW ORLEANS, LA., February 8,1905. To the M. W. Grand Lodge, P. and A. M., State ol Louisiana:
Your Committee on Work would respectfully report on the portions of the address of the M. W. Grand Master, referred to this Committee, as follows: We have carefully considered the recommendation of the M. W. Grand Master on the subject of the " Examination of Visitors," and heartily endorse the same. We are satisfied that more thorough examination of visiting Masons ought to be had, and that the various Lodges throughout this jurisdiction should be furnished with all possible means to detect imposters. We make what we believe a useful and valuable recommendation in the appended resolution on the subject. The next matter presented to us for examination was that of improving the means by which the Craft may be put in possession of the esoteric and ritualistic part of Freemasonry—in other words, maybe taught the "work" of the Committee. The suggestion of the M. W.
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Grand Master, briefly stated, is to have an additional Grand Lecturer to aid in disseminating the work. We recognize the necessity of hastening the teaching of the " work " and interesting the Craft in our ritual, and endorse the suggestion of the M. W. Grand Master. And, to that end, would recommend that the Grand Lecturer or Lecturersbe required to hold "Schools of Instruction" in the various MasonicDistricts whenever possible. That at such " Schools of Instruction " and visitations the Grand Lecturer or Lecturers be required to devote the time to instructing and perfecting the officers in the knowledge of the ritual and esoterie work of this jurisdiction. That pending the successful investigation of this system, the sum of $1,500.00, or as much thereof as may be necessary, be placed at thedisposal of the M. W. Grand Master, to be used by him in employingan additional Graud Lecturer, competent to instruct such Lodges ashe, the M. W. Grand Master, may deem necessary. or advisable to make such provisions for, or to send to such Lodges or districts as, in his opuion, the exigencies of the situation may require. Provided, that the competency of the brother so selected as Grand Lecturer shall have been certified to by the Chairman of this Committee. The recommendations of the M. W. Grand Master on the subject of proficiency in the Master's Degree is fully approved by this Committee. In order to keep this report within reasonable length, we embody our recommendations on these subjects in appended resolutions: Jieso'ved, That the Grand Secretary be required to furnish each constituent Lodge in this Grand Jurisdiction with a register of all theregular Lodges, under such regulations as may be provided, that imposters may be more readily detected; Resolved. That the K. W. Grand Lecturer or Lecturers be instructed to hold "Schools of Instruction" in the several Masonie Districts, whenever practicable, and to specially visit such Lodges asin their opinion, or that of the M. W. Grand Master, may require special instruction. And that said Grand Lecturer or Lecturers devoted the time, both at said " Schools of Instruction " and said special visits, to instruct the brethren in the esoteric and ritualistic work as prescribed by the Committee; Resolved, That every Master Mason, at the first stated meeting of the Lodge in which he is raised, after thirty days after being raised, shall be examined in open Lodge as to his proficiency in the Master's Degree, as in the preceding degrees, and this examination shall be repeated from meeting to meeting until he shall have been found proficient in the lecture. And he shall be bound to attend for such examination. Fraternally submitted, E. H. CAGE, Chairman. D. R. GRAHAM, A. C. ALLEN, CHAS. F. BUCK.
Previous to the consideration of the report, and on motion, duly adopted, a reconsideration was had of the resolution adopted
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at session of last evening, requiring the Grand Secretary to furnish each Lodge in this jurisdiction with a list of all clandestine Lodges in the United States. On motion, duly adopted, the present report of the Committee on Work was accepted as a substitute for the report presented last evening and which had been recommitted. On motion, duly adopted, all of the resolutions submitted by the Committee were approved, except that resolution requiring an appropriation of $1,500.00, which resolution was referred to the Committee on Audit and Accounts with request to report forthwith. After conference, the Committee on Audit and Accounts reported that they were unable to reach any satisfactory conclusion, and returned the resolution to the Grand Lodge without recommendation. The Grand Lodge then proceeded to the consideration of the resolution. On motion, duly adopted, the resolution was approved and the appropriation ordered made for the purpose indicated in the resolution as submitted by the Committee. MASONIC LAW AND JURISPRUDENCE.
The Committee on Masonic Law and Jurisprudence submitted the following report. Your Committee on Masonic Law and Jurisprudence beg to report on the matter of the appointment of the Grand Lodge of Scotland of a representative near this M. W. Grand Lodge, referred to by the M. W. Grand Master at page 4 of his address. The brother appointed was, at the time of his appointment, not a member of this jurisdiction, but a Past Master of a Lodge in Bluefields, Nicaragua. Your Commtttee is advised, informally, that the brother has since affiliated with Jefferson Lodge of this jurisdiction. This method of proceeding is radically at variance with minutes reported, and we think universal custom or usage observed in this regard that the M. W. Grand Master has, so far, refused to recognize the brother in his said capacity, and propounds the following questions and solicits a report thereon from this Committee: First. Whether the subsequent affiliation of the brother in this jurisdiction could have any defect in the original appointment when he was not a member here; and, second, was it not the prerogative of
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the Grand Master of this jurisdiction " to indicate who would be an acceptable person," etc. To the first question, the answer as matter of Masonic law, is free from difficulty; the question of fitness, or legal capacity, in the absence of special provision of law, aud there are none—rests with the body appointing, and it may appoint any W. M. who is entitled, as a Mason, to sit in Lodge at work on the Master Mason's Degree. We hold, therefore, that the Brother Weil is a matter of law; is eligible or legally qualified to be the Grand Representative of any Grand Body with which we are in fraternal relations. The question of his acceptance by this Grand Lodge, or by the Grand Master, is one purely of comity, and involves the element appertaining to such conditions, whether the intended representative is persona grata, or not, and this question, comity, also embraces the question whether the appointment has been made in a manner agreeable to the Grand Master of this jurisdiction. It has been the universal custom for the Grand Master to designate a brother whose appointment would be agreeable and acceptable, and many good and urgent reasons could be advanced why this custom should be regularly observed. But we do not consider the issue as involving a point of law; indeed, there are no laws, either of Masonry in general or of this Grand Lodge; as above stated, the whole system, as well as the method of upholding it, rests purely on comity and free will. The question of the acceptability of the representative lies with the Grand Master. In the particular case we are of opinion that he acted judiciously and in accordance with the usages of this Grand Lodge, and the only suggestion we can make is that the matter be left finally with the M. W. Grand Lodge alone to determine as it thinks best. We venture to add, however, that nothing be done that might offend the Grand Lodge of Scotland. Possibly the Grand Master of ..that jurisdiction, with which we are in fraternal relation, is not informed as to the usage of this and, we believe, all American Grand Lodges. A communication addressed to him in this spirit would, no doubt, lead to a solution of the situation without disturbing the pillars of that "peace and harmony" which should prevail, not only in the Lodge-room, but in all the spheres of the Masonic Institution. CHAS. F. BUCK, Chairman.
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A. G. BBICE, A. C. ALLEN, EDWIN MAKES, L>. E. GRAHAM.
On motion, duly adopted, the report was received, ordered printed in proceedings and conclusions of Committee adopted as #he sense of this Grand Lodge,
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RESOLUTION BY BEO. S. M. VARDEMAN.
Bro. S. M. Vardeman, Benefield, No. 270, submitted the following resolution: Resolved, That the R. W. Grand Secretary be and is hereby instructed to issue a " Grand Lodge Certificate " to Bro. William Motes, late a member of Adonijah Lodge No. 219, now extinct, without cost to said brother, he being in indigent circumstances at present, but in good standing in said Adonijah Lodge at the time of surrender of charter. On motion, the resolution was adopted. ELECTION OF GEAND OFFICERS. The M. W. Grand Master declared that the next business before this Grand Lodge was the election of Grand Officers for the current Masonic year, and appointed Bros. "William C. Wright, Perfect Union No. 1; James H. Caldwell, Sabine No. 75, and J. D. Marks, Crowley, No. 243, as tellers. An election was then had with the following result: LOUIS P. DELAHOUSSAYE, of Perfect Union Lodge No. 1, M. W. Grand Master. L. C. ALLEN, of Caddo Lodge No. 179, appointed by Grand Master, R. W. Deputy Grand Master. L. E. THOMAS, of Caddo Lodge No. 179, R. W. Grand Senior Warden. O. H. SIMPSON, of Mt. Moriah Lodge No. 59, R. W. Grand Junior Warden. By unanimous consent the M. W . Grand Master elect cast the vote of the Grand Lodge for Grand Treasurer, Grand Secretary and Grand Lecturer, with the following result: A. G. RICKS, of Kosmos Lodge No 171, R. W. Grand Treasurer. RICHARD LAMBERT, of Mt. Moriah Lodge No. 59, R. W. Grand Secretary. C. T. HINES; of Urim Lodge No. Ill, R. W. Grand Lecturer. The M. W. Grand Master elect, Louis P. Delahoussaye, announced the following appointments: REV. BRO. HERMAN C. DUNCAN, of Jefferson Lodge No. 191, W. Grand Chaplain. C. C. KRAMER, of Aurora Lodge No. 193, W. Grand Senior Deacon. A. STEEG, of Friends of Harmony Lodge No. 58, W. Grand Junior Deacon. GEORGE W. BOOTH, of Corinthian Lodge No. 190, W. Grand Marshal.
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JOHN PULESTON, of Amite City Lodge No. 175, W. Grand Sword Bearer. JOSEPH T. LABIT, of Abbeville Lodge No. 192, W. Grand Pursuivant. WILLIAM C. WRIGHT, of Perfect Union Lodge No. 1, W. Grand Steward. ROBERT W. IRVINE, of George Washington Lodge No. 65, W. Grand Steward. » J. D MARKS, of Crowley Lodge No. 243, W. Grand Steward. N. B. NULL, of Ruston Lodge No. 106, W. Grand Steward. JOHN S. ALFRED, of Jefferson Lodge No. 191, W. Grand Tyler. JOSEPH CATHCART, of Ocean Lodge No. 144, Grand Organist. INSTALLATION OF GRAND OFFICERS.
All of the above named officers, elect and appointed (excepting the Grand Lecturer and Grand Sword Bearer), were then duly installed in their respective offices by M. W. Bro. Eobert H. Cage, P. G. M., assisted by M. W. Bro. Eobert E. Eeid, P. G. M. RESOLUTION BY W. BRO. WILLIAM 0. WRIGHT.
W. Bro. William C. Wright, Perfect Union No. 1, submitted the following resolution: Resolved, That the sum of 1100.00 be and is hereby appropriated to W. Bro. John S. Alfred for his services at this Annual Communication. Fraternally submitted, W M . C. W K I G H T ,
Perfect Union No. 1.
On motion, the resolution was adopted subject to the approval of the Committee on Audit and Accounts. CLOSING.
No further business appearing, the M. W. Grand Master, Louis P. Delahoussaye, after prayer by the Eev. Bro. Herman C. Duncan, Grand Chaplain, closed the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Louisiana, in "ample form," until the Ninety-fourth Annual Grand Communication, which will be held in the Masonic Temple, City of New Orleans, on the first Monday in February (5th), 1906. L. P. DELAHOUSSAYE, Attest: GRAND MASTER. EICHAED LAMBEET, GRAND SECRETARY.
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GRAND SECRETARY'S OFFICE,
GRAND LODGE OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA, GRAND LODGE HALL, Corner St. Charles and Perdido Streets.
I HEREBY
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that the foregoing pages, from 1 to
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I have hereunto affixed the seal of the Most WorsMpful Grand Lodge of the State of Louisiana, F. and A. Masons, together with my official signature, this twentyseventh day of February, A. I). 1905, A. L. 5905.
N. B.— All communications should be addressed to LAMBERT, Orleans, La.
RICHARD
Grand Secretary, Room 21, Masonic Temple,-New ;
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Next Annual Grand Communication on Monday, February 5th, A. D. 1906, A. L. 5506.
WORK AND RETURNS OF CONSTITDENT LODGES FOR
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PERFECT UNION LODGE No. 1. Chartered August 15th, 1812. Original Organization, 179a Masonic Temple, New Orleans. Meets first and third Thursdays. OFFICERS.
William C. Wright Wm. Frank, Jr Archie L. Cliae Joseph Bein Zach T. Black L. P. Uelahoussaye
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer. Secretary. Chaplain.
George Langtry S. D. J. A. Sidney J. D. W. L. McConnell [ «*tOw,rrf« Tbeo. M. Breehtel S DlewdrusJ. R. Davis Tyler. J. Cathcart, Organist; not a member.
PAST MASTERS.
Adams, Jno. Wm. Baker, Edward Benedict, Win. S Benedict, Percy S. Black, Z. T.
Craig, E. D. Hamilton, E. J. Perry, Horace A. DeGrange, Jos. H. Hero, Andrew (juayle, M. Danneel, fi. M. Heyman, Michel Strong, Robert Delahoussaye,L.P. McFarland, Jno.B. Turck, C. E. G. M. Wright, Wm. C. LIFE MEMBERS.
S. M.Todd, P.G.M. R. H. Browne,P.M. Z. Bruenn, Edwin Marks, T.D.VanHorn,P.M S. S. Herrick, P. O. M.
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George Bain, Jacob Roth.
MEMBERS.
*R.R. Reid, P.G.M Dirmeyer, A. L. *R.H. Cage, P.G.M .Donnellan. M. Abrams, N. S. Drennen, A. W. Baad, C. H. Douglas, J. H. Baldwin, A., Jr. Downman, R. H. Bassetti, U. Drevar. Ed. tf. Bayhi, J. H. Edwards, W. J. Bedell, Charles Ehrlich, Samuel Bender, J. J. Ellison, Luke Bernius, H. Elmer, Chas. 0. Bertran, Fred Elmer, J. O. Bloom, Albert Endel, Wolf Bloom, Jeff. D. Evans, N. J. Boning, George Figueres, N. G. Brown, J. J. Fredericks, C. H. Burbank, A. J. Gaines, C. A. Cage, Hugh C. Garson, O. F. Cahn, M. Gast, Gustave X. Chafle, W. H. Gaudet, C. A. Chafle, D. B. H. Gause, H. C. Carlys, H. I. Gerdes, A. Collins, Win. J. Goesling, Peter Collins, Wm. A. Graham, A. S. Curran, D. D. Grandiean, C. W. Daniel, J. D. Gast, G. H. H. DeLanzac, A. Gutman, J. H. Dickinson, M. M. Hakenjos, L. P. * Honorary members.
Mann, Walter B. Hammer, E. E. Hamilton. J. D. Martin, W. A, Maxwell, Alex. Hansell, F. F. Haubtman. Victor McColgin, J. B. Hawkins. Charles McGaw, Wm. H. McGehee, E. L. Hire, G. M. McKay, F. E. Hooper, R. H. Mellen, D. C. Hopkins, J. P. Hummel, Jas. H. Meyer, A. L. Meyer, Ike Hunter, E. W. Johanssen, Olaus Mouchon, John A. Johaneson, L. J. Moulin, Thos. J. Jordan, Wm. A. Mudge, C. Kahn, Emanuel Nelson, Chris. Keenan, John E. Noble, J» H. Noble, W. R. Klotz, Bernard Orr, Philip A. Knee, Thomas Labarre, C. F. V. Osborne, R. J. B. Lashey, Wm. A. Pardee, D. A. Lawrie, And. W. Pardue. C. A. Lincoln, Alfred K. Peete, G. A. Lincoln, C. K., Jr. Pfeiffer, Henry Littlefleld, Jos. A. Powers. J. E. Quirk, H. C. Loeffler, Jules Rainey, Charles tiOtt, Fred J. Raynor, H. W. Lytle, W. C. Richard Elias Macon, T. L.
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CONSTITUENT LODGES. Roberts, Bertran Seekman, Ivan F. Rousseau. J. A. A. Smith, Bernard Rub, John Stern, N. S. Ruefl, Geo. W. Steinhart, J. D. Satterley, Sam Simon, Joseph Schenck, C. H. Shute, C. M. Scott, John H. Sprague, F. E. Shearer, D. L. Stemler, Jacob Shields, James Sutcliff, W. W.
Thomas, H. C. Thomson, C. B. Thomson, John Todd, W. E. Tutwiler, A. S. Walshe, B. T. Waite, C. W. Walton, J. F. Walz, A.
Warmoth, H. C. Weber, P. R. Weeks, W. E. VYhitehead, M., Jr, Wilson, J. H. Wolf, Isidore Wolff, Louis Wood, P. T. Wright, H. W. Total, 178 members.
Initiated— Isidore DeLanzac, Rufua J. Paddock. Initiated and Passed—George J. Edelston. Philip Caldwell Buckingham. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Alexander Maxwell, Norman Gayle Figueres, Frank Emile Sprague, William Hugh McGaw, Albert Wallace Drennen, Joseph Hipolyte Bayhi, Olaus Johansson, Charles, H. Frederick, William Lockie McConnell. Raised—Gustave Zavier Hilaire Gast, Charles Francis Volant Labarre, Theodore Matthew Brechtel, George Langtry, James Herndon Noble,,William Kobinson Noble. Affiliated—Bernard Smith. Dimitted—R. H. Carter, E. Regard. Died—John R. Jaeger, Henry Bensel, John J. Aberle, Seymour Shelby. Suspended, N. P. D.—George Selby. W. B. Lillard, W. J. Morgan, Daniel Edwards.
POLAR STAR LODGE No. 1. Chartered August 15th, 1812. Original organization, 1794. Polar Star Hall, corner Rampart and Kerlerec streets, New Orleans. Meets first Friday in each month. OFFICERS.
Paul Vandenborre B.Simon Joseph Laguens F. W. Calongne Wm. Gomez H. Fourment A. Ochmichen
W. M. S. W. , . . . J . W. Orator. Treasurer. Secretary. M. Exp.
Prosper Ballex H. Vandenborre h. Medus M. Piverts Irenee Armandeil J. A. Bermudez J. Grabot
. .M. of C. S. D. J. D. Al. or Hosp. Econ. I. G. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
Silviaii Chanfrau, P. M. Godchaux, P. D. D. G. M. W. Gomez, H. Vandenborre, Alb. Cadessus.
F. W. Calongne, Bernard Maylie,
J. M. Verges, R. Lafontaine.
MEMBERS.
Artigue, F. Aurensan, L. Bagueries, L. Bessec, A. Biffi, Chas. BougUue, L. Briant, T. P. Bringier, M. C. Brunot, F. A. Bulot, C. Cailliot, J. Chretien, J. F. Claverie, Alf. Claverie, Eug. Cooper, John B. Copping, Thos. F. Coroeau, Leon
Daboval, H. B. Delord, P. Dezelos, Jas. P. Dorignac, J. Dours, Irenee Dupuy, A. Dusse, Ernest Erard, Chas. J. Frere, E. V. Garrett, Jean Gauthier, L. Gele, Leon Gonzalez, G. G. Gruber. Victor Guiraud, M. Journee, J. Junqua, J. B.
Junqua, Wm. Kroft, O. F. Lamothe, F. Laporte, Jos. Larroux, E. Laurent, C. T. Letellier, F. P. Louis, J. B. Lux, M. Mailhes, Paul Marshall, J. B. Maumus, Henri Melancon, N. Mioton, Eugene Mioton, J. S., Jr. Moirie, Jos.
Morel, J. T.
Mutti, A. Noto, C. Ranna, V. Rault, L. Rodriguez, E. J. Rousset, P. Royerre, Aug. Sacerdotte, A. Seelhorst, W. G. E St. Martin, J. St. Upery, Pierre Tuiague, G. TUT ague. L. Valentinien, V. Vergnole, J. M. Waldmeier, H. Total, 87 members.
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Initiated—Etienne Junqua. .'••••' Initiated, Paissd and Raised—Irenee Armandeil, August Royerre, Leon Bougiguo, Louis Medus, Jean Garret, Henry B. Daboval, Joachim Andre Bermudez, Emile Larroux, Nicole Melancon. Reinstated—Paul Mailhes. . Died—Rudolf Beer, P. H. Guerchoux. • Dropped—Vital Mailhes.
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PERSEVERANCE LODGE No. 4.
CUar|erea,August 15th, 1.812. Original organization, 1810. Corner Dumaine and St. Claude streets, New Orleans. Meets second and fourth Thursdays. OFFICERS.
Henri Berie Adolph Barrere Prank X. Dufour Octave Garsaud Jean Duffoure J. Magendie Henri Cazentre
W. M. S. W. J. W. Orator. Treasurer. Secretary. Almoner.
Leon D. Dupont Henri Dours U. deReyna, Jr James J. Leinare Etieune J. Anouilh Albert P. Bejottes U. Sahuque
M. Exp. M. of C. S. D. J. D. Econom. I. G. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
Henry St. Gez, P.D. D. G. M., Octave Garsaud.
J. Magendie, Henri Berie.
U. Sahuque.
LIFE MEMBERS.
J. Lapeyrolerie, ;
F. Fick. MEMBERS.
• R. Lafontaine, Gombret, J. Langlois, H. J. Paysse, J. C. P. M.* Darre, J. M. Langlois, Alex. Plaggio, Angelo D. F. de P. Villasana, Dauga, Pierre Larroude, Leon Piaggio, Vincent P. M.* Daverede, A. Latil, A. F. Pizzini, Paul *G. X. Gast. Descomps, Pierre Lavigne B. Sahuque, Paul Aime. Gabriel Ducasse, J. Magne, Jacques Salles, J. E. Alciatore, F. Dufour, Joseph Manzoni, P. R. Silva, Frank Baron, Jean Dufour, Paui J. Martin, J. Sotti, A. A. Baricosj Leo. Duthu. Joseph Melun, John Soulie, George. Jr. Bertrand, Fred. Fourreau, A. Mothe, Guillaume Tujague, Sylvan Blanchin, George Gabriella, Ant. Neuhauser, Albert Weinhill, John S. Brejon, Andre Gouaze, Fred. Neuhauser, Sam'l Yrle, Gillaume Castaing, Urbain Herbert, John Ortet, J. M. A. Yrle, Jean Charbonnet, F. D. Igau, Chas. Oustalet, Paul Zeller, Theo. Colomes, F. Labon, Jean Palette, R. F. Total, 71 members. Initiated, Passed and Raised—J. M. Darre, Albert P. Bejottes, Edouard Dauvergne, Etienne J. Anouilh, Henri J. Cazentre, Henri Langlois, Jean Baron, Pierre Descomps, Guillaume Yrle, Jean Yrle, Leopold Baricos. Passed, and Raised—Viacent Piaggio. Reinstated—A. A. Sotti. Dimitted—Baptiste Meleum, Edouard Dauvergne. Died—Jean Mandot, P. M. Dropped— Jean S. Latour, August Saunie. ' Suspended, N. P. D.—Ernest Guitterrez. "Honorary members.
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CONSTITUENT LODGES. CERVANTES LODGE No. 5.
Formed by union ot Los Amigos del Orden Lodge No. 5 and Sllenoio Lodge No. 9. Organized September 17th, 1883. Chartered No. 5, February 13th, 1884. Organized March 10th, 1884 (to date from 1842). Meets corner St. Claude and Dumalne streets, second and fourth Mondays. OFFICERS.
Usebio Ruiz Augustin Mateu JoseVenta J. C. Suarez J. B. Besangles Juan Gonzalez Juan Mercadel
W. M. S. W. J. W. Orator. Treasurer. Secretary. Hospitaler.
D. J. Villareza S. D. John Mangaraccini J. D. R. Galante M. E. F.Bell M.olC. G. Simoni Econ. Jose Menendez I. G. U. Sahuque (not a member) — Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
Jose Venta, Usebio Euiz,
P. de P. Villasana, D. B. Martinez. John C. Suarez, P. D. D. G. M.
HONORARY MEMBERS.
G. Passalaqua, George H. Packwood, John S. Alfred, F. Chalona,
David R. Graham, Angelo Danna.
MEMBERS.
Amiero, li. Caballero, Manuel Montepre, Pablo Sansovich, M. Bacciardi, E. Garcia, Juan F. Papania, G. Ubert, Ramon Barrios, Simon Gormia, Cefeliello Parpal, Juan Valle, V. Del. Barzana, Jacinto Lamia, Vincent Planas, Jose M. Total, 32 members. Bugueiro, M. A. Lombardo, G. Initiated—Jose Nuaez, Manuel Estalote. Reinstated—Pablo Montepre. Dirnitted—Jose Vega. Died—V. B. Angaud, Felipo Liuza, Sebastian Poblador.
HUMBLE COTTAGE LODGE No. 19. Chartered July 13th, 1820. Opelousas, St. Landry parish. Stated meetings, Wednesday on or before full moon of each month. OFFICERS.
F.P.Butler J. E. Allen L.S. Haas J. A. Haas F. C. Allen J. M. Sanders
W. M. ..S. W. J. W. Treasurer. Secretary. Chaplain.
J. P. Boagni Bernard Bennett D. S. Edwards., Andrew Morisi F. L. Sandez Sol. Jacobs
S. D J D ...M of C ) S ) fetewaros ,p(i, \ Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
H. L. Garland, P. D. D. G. M., J. W. Jackson,
Geo. Pulford, P. D. D. G. M. B. A. Littell, O. H. Terwilliger,
I. E. Shute, D. S. Edwards, F. P. Butler.
LIB'E MEMBER.
C. Mayo, P. M., P. D. D. G. M. MEMBERS.
Bailey,Jonas W. J. Bittle, A. W. Burt, Wm. Thos. Butler, Lee Carey, Z. T. Crawford, Wm. Depres, Maurice Fauntlerov, C. M. Gibbons, T. C. Gourney, S. A.
Haas, Sam'l Hebrard, S. L. Isaacs, I. Jackson, T. A. Jacobs, Jonas Kahn, Henry Klaus, Max. Kohler, Ira A. Littell, R. M. Loeb, Aaron
Loeb, E. L. Maher, Wm. Martin, F. P. Mayo, Thad. Meyers, Julius Mornhinveg, J. L. Nolan, Arthur Plonsky, J. Pridgeon, H. R. Ray, James O.
Ray, W. H. Reynolds, C. A. Roos, Isaac Shute, F. C. Skiles, A. C. Slack, W. S. Walker, R. L. Williams, Harry Wolff, Leon Total, 58 members.
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Initiated—John LeBlanc. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Walter Francis Voorhies, William Thomas Burt, Ira Augustus Kohler, John Posey Boagnl, Charles MorganPauntloroy, Harry Williams, Andrew Morisi. Reinstated— Charles Blocb, M. Guslinski. Dimitted—Charles Bloch, M. Guslinski, Fred. H. Eddy, J. W. Callahan, W. F. Voorhies. Died—Jonas P. Smith, Louis Solomonson. (1903).
WESTERN STAR LODGE No. 24. Original charter, July 12th, 1823. New charter granted 1840. Monroe, Ouachita parish, La. Stated meetings, first and third Tuesdays ol each month. OFFICERS.
J. W. Dunn E. G. Courtney W. M. Washburn Slg. Haas J. D. Oakley
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer. Secretary. S. Goldman
C. E. Faunt LeRoy J. G. Sanders W. D. Edwards D. A. Johnston fl. D. Apgar.... Tyler.
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S. D. J. D. M. of C.
PAST MASTERS.
J. B. Illingsworth, Graham Surghnor, F. P. Stubbs, Sr., F. Endom, P. D. D. G. M., P. D. D. G. M., D. D. G. M., P. G. J. W., S. Haas. John E. Hanna. W. P. Renwick, J. C. Berry, J. W. Dunn. MEMBERS.
Latch, A. Alderson, H. B. Duty.iM. J . Lee, J. M< Alexander, L. P. Elehel, C. N. Levy, F. Allison, J. S. Frantom, J. R. Anderson, E. W. EMrgerson, W. R. Madden, E. P. Marx, H. P. Awl, W. fl. Gaunt, J. M. MasseDgill, M. J. Baer. L. Geismar, C. McClure, F. J. Bareswiil, D. George, L. C. McDuffy, J. Barr, A., Jr. Goldman, L. H. Barringer, V. C. Goldschmidt, A. A. McGehee, J. D. McLain, T. C. Baxter, J. W. Handy, J. S. McNeeley, James Bell, J. R. Hanna, F. Meyer, Jonas Benninger, T. H. Harrison, G. E. Miller, W. G. Bird, W. P. Haynes, J. T. Mitchell, W. R. Blancke, J. G. Hebeler, G. B. Bowman, W. J. Heffrington. J. B. Moore, R. L. Moore, R P. Bradley, F. D. Herring. A. J. Morris, - J. E. Brazil, B. Hirsh, M. Morris, Lane H. Brooks, C. D. Hoggard, W. E. Morris, T. L. Buckingham, F. D. Hood, T. L. Moritz, I. Burke, C. Hudson, F. G. Nelson, James L. Byers, J. H. Hunnicutt, W. Newhauser. D. Causey, E. L. Jarman, J. S. Newman, E. F. Chappell, J. T. Johnston, L. G. Chappell, Geo. D. Johnston, J. W. Newwith, E. Crenshaw, H. M. Johnston, D. A. Packwood, H. H. Parker, A. F. Crook, G. M. Johnston, C. B. Parker, C. K. Crow, J. B.i Kaliski, Julius Culpepper, E. L. Kaliski, Marcus Parker, J. P., Sr. Parker, J. P., Jr. Cul pepper, W. S. Keller, J. M. Peters, F. C. Cummings, W. F. Kern, L. Pipes, W. Downs, R., Jr. Key, D. H. Potts, J. J. Drago, Will King, W. D. Potts, W. N. Duff, B. N. Langfelder, A.
Preston, G. A. Reagan, S. E. Richardson, J. R. Ross, F. M. Ruffin, W. M. Sandel, Win. Scarborough, J. W. Scriber, W. J. C. Searcy, W. J. Showalter, D. B. Simpson, John B. Slack, A. L. Sour, Henry Speed, H R. Strong, E. Strong, W. A. Stubbs, G. P. Stubbs, L. W. Stubbs, F. P., Jr. Sugar. Sam'l Sugar, Isidor Swartz, Harry R. Swartz, E. Tennyson, W. A. Walstein, J. Washburn, W. M. Weil, S. D. Wheatley, E. Williams, B. G. Williams, H. M. Wiseman, C. H. Wright, T. Total, 148 members.
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Initiated—George McDuffle, W. J. Cantley, W. E Allen, Lewis Dibble, G. W. Cook. Initiated and Passed—Jesse K. B. Carlton, Bert. G. Williams. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Albert, A. Goldsmith, R. L. Moore, William D. King, Jeff. B. Crow, Frederick Hanna, Simon Goldman, Berry N. Duff, John Earnest Morris. Affiliated— William R. Mitchell, Barney Brazil. Died—A. Mitchell, W. J. Boyard, Herman Meyer, J. E. Pope.
ST. ALBANS LODGE No. 28. Chartered January 6th. 182 7. Jackson, East Fellctana parish, La. Stated Meetings, Saturday on or before full moon ol each montli. OFFICERS.
Guy M. Tomb H. B. Barrow W. P. Norsworthy A. S. Tomb John C. Roberts J.W.Lea
W. M. S. W. J. W. ..Treasurer. Secretary. S.D. D. M. Tomb
P. M. Norseworthy..... J. D. P. W. Roberts Chaplain. Wm. Kennedy M. of C. E. C. McKowen ....Marshal. J. S. Slocum ) ot.™j. Geo. G. Keller \ Stewards. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS,
E. C. McKowen, P. D. D. G. M.
P. W. Roberts. D. M. Pipes. J. S. Slocum. MEMBERS.
Daniel, Robert Harvey, A. A. Kemp, R. C. Singleton, H. R. Daniel, Ruffln Harvey, R. D. Mun-son, A. G. Slocum, Randolph Daniel, M.O. Hays, Geo. A. B. Pipes, Wm. H. Tomb, S. G. Dawson, C. D. Heins, W. O., Jr. Reaser. J. M. Tomb, J. S. Durnim, James Jones, J. W. Rhodes, M. G. Wolf, Joseph Gayden, W. P. Jones, S. L. Rogers, L. W. Woodside, Geo. J. Harbour, R. H. Total, 39 members. Initiated—George Edings Glasspool. Initiated, Passed and Raised—John Charles Roberts, Joseph Miekley Reaser, William Henry Pipes, Mark Oliver Daniel, Ruffin Daniel. Reinstated—-N. G. Rhodes. Dimitted—P. A. Reams. Suspended—J. R. Preeland, PELICIANA LODGE No. 31. Chartered March 25th, 1828. Originally organized 1817 (as 46 Ky.), St. Francisville, West Feliclana parish, La. Stated meetings, first and third Mondays. P. O., Bayou Sara., OFFICERS.
Sidney Powell Rudolph Teutsch Wm.Kahn J. R.Matthews
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer. A. B. Briant..
W. W. Leake, P. G. S. W.,
O. D. Brooks, J. R. Hutchison, A. P. Barrow,
George Baier A. P. Barrow Henry Graber Louis Tucker Tyler.
Secretary. S. D J. JU. Chaplain.
PAST MASTERS.
T. T. Lawson, H. C. Leake, A. "Villeret.
LIFE MEMBER.
W. Town.
J. R. Matthews, D. I. Norwood,
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MEMBERS. Phillips, E. B. Ahrenbeck, J. B. Fraenkel, H. Lopez, H. C. Raas, Ike Alexander, M. Greenwald, A. L. Mann, Abe Eaynham, T. Allain, V. F. Harris, A. M. Mann, Ben. McQueen, J. W. Richardson. W. H. Austin, J. M. Harrison, R. A. Tempel, C. W. Blum, Joe, Hiller, I. Meyer, Joe White. G. P. Michael, A. S. Campbell, J. W. House, W. C. Wolf, E. Corrigan, Felix Kilbourne, L. P. Michel, M. Wolf, Morris Muller, A. Dreyfus, S. Leake, R. M. Folkes, Cheston Leopold, B. Mumford, F. M. Forrester, W. T. Levy, Morris C. Mundinger, J. J. Total, 55 members. Initiated—Samuel C. Gastrell. Initiated and Passed—P. B. Jeffries. Initiated, Passed and Raised—W. C. House, John J. Mundlnger. Raised—A. S. Mtohael. Louis Tucker, Felix Corrigan. Affiliated— Le wts P. Kilbourne. Died— Wiiliam H. Magearl, James B. Thomas, P. M.; Julius Freyhaa J. G. Plettinger, P. M.
PHOENIX LODGE No, 38. Chartered October 6th, 1833. Natchitoches, Natohitoohes parish, La. Stated meet ings, first and third Wednesdays of each month. OFFICERS.
J. C. Trichel, Jr W. M. R. H. Aby S. W. Wm. T. Bell J. W. F. T. Lattier Treasurer. R. S. Calves Secretary. Jacob Levy
Geo. D. Pickels Charles F. Powell J. L. Weaver.
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S. D. J. D. Chaplain.
[Stewards. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
P. Brazeale, J. E. Breda,
C. Chaplin, T. P. Chaplin,
J. W. Jones, A. Kaffle,
S. Walmsley. J. L. Weaver.
LIFE MEMBER.
J. J. A. Martin. MEMBERS.
Bath, A. E. Browne, A. R. Caldwell, B. C. Carver, M. H. Caspari, S. Clinton, J. M. Cook, G. J. Dezendorf. E. L. Dietrich, A. M. . Dowden, S. G. Friedman, J. I. Friedman, Sam'l
Furlow, John T. Hargrove, J. B. Harrison, E. J. Holston, Me K. Irvjng. W. C. Jaffa, Louis Kaffie, Harris Kaffie. Sidney Kaffie, Leopold Kramson, Sam'l Lestage, A. J. Levy, Edgar
Levy, H. M. Simon, H. Levy, Sam'l Simon, H. L. Monroe. W. L. A. Simon, S. Nelkin, S. Stephens, Geo. W. Payne, M. L. Stephens, J. H. Pharis, Wm. H. Sompayrac, G. A. Phelps, B. T. Trichel, C. E. Phillips, Ed Unter, Charles Porter, T. F., Jr. Viner.'J. Scarborough, D. C. Williams, M. W. Semmelman, I. Williams, P. A. Simon, A. E. Winebarg, S. Total, 67 members. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Samnel Caspari, W. T. Bell, Phillip Anthony Williams. Passed—C. W. Page. Passed and liaised—N. W. Williams. Raised—J. E. Keeney. Affiliated—A. K. Browne. Dimitted—H. M. Hyams, J. E. Keeney. Died—A. Mfchelson. G. L. Trichel. Suspended— R. L. Montgomery.
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GERMANIA LODGE No. 46. Chartered April 18th, 1814. 1834 St. Louis street, between Derbigny and Roman streets, New Orleans. Meets every second and fourth Wednesdays. OFFICERS,
B. Von Schlemmer H. H. Hutten Eugene Schwartz M. Heiseman Henry Schwartz, Sr JohnE. Sommer F. Borches
W. M. Wm. Losch S. W. David Bonhagen J. W. F. K. Silberbauer ..Orator. H. Hoehn Treasurer. Leon Mann Secretary. Paul Blum S. D. Max. Schulz William O. Schmidt Tyler.
... .J. D. Almoner. M. Exp. M. of C. K. of S. Econom. I. U.
PAST MASTERS.
Charles F. Buck, Ph. Pfeffer, M. Heiseman, Albert Heim, P. G. M., P. D. P. G. M., Engelbert Behrens, Chas. Koerrenzig, J. J. Klein, TJlrich Baehr, Emil Pier. B. Von Schlemmer. LIFE MEMBERS.
E. G. Wunderlich,
Chris. Wild.
MEMBERS.
Argus, Benj. D. Freitag, H. Knick, Aug. F. Schroeder, H. Bach, Solomon Frelich, B. Kohlman, Wm. Schwartz, H., Jr. Baum, Simon Fulda, L.P. Kuhl, John Spitzfaden, T. G. Bender, Louis Gastrock, A. Lemley, David Standinger, E. Bernhardt, K. Goetz, Edward Levi, Herman Theurer, F. E. Blytt, Hans J. Grosz, A. F. Meyer, F. Wahl, C. Burchardt, Joseph Hagstette, B. G. Mysenburg, E.von Walter, D. A. Castillan, Victor Heber, H. Raquet. F. Weil, H. Dennery, Charles Hoerske, Chas. Schilling, Adam Werner; Albert Eichenberg, Carl Hunzelmann,J.H.CSchilda, M. Werner, Jacob Flucke, A. • Kasche, H. Total, 67 members. Initiated, Passed and 'Raised—A. Gastrock, Beoj. D. Argus, Herman Freitag, John E. Sommer. Passed and Raised—Rudolph BernhardtjTheo. G. Spitzfaden. Raised—Charles Dennery, D A. Walter, Hans J. Blytt. Died—H. Engelhardt, John Friedrich.
ST. JAMES LODGE No. 47. Chartered June 35th, 1841. Baton Rouge, La. Meets first Friday in each month. OFFICERS.
L. G.Stirling L. T. Powers A. M. Herget O. B. Steele
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer.
R. N. Ross A. T. Prescott E. F. Wieck R. J. B. Fairie
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
E. L. Woodside, W. H. Reynaud,
M. Klein, C. C. Bird, Geo. K. Favrot, Charles O. Weick, Henry L. Fuqua, Charles McVea. W. P. Burden, L. G. Stirling. LIFE MEMBER.
Henry Gentles.
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Pike, B. A. Bates, J. W. Day, W. O. Jones, G. Q. Bauer, C. E. Denson, Thomas S. Jones, Thomas S. Pirie, James Blouin, J. E. Doherty, A., Jr. Jones, Sambola T, Pruyn, E. L. Eandolph, W. G. Brogan, John Dougherty, J. A. Kidd, W. P. Brooks, C. M. Farnbacher, S. Kidd, George B. Eobertson, M. P. Eosenfleld, A. Brunot, H. P. Fisher, John D. Knox, King H. Eosenthal, F. L. Burden, Daniel B. Flower, E. P. Mayer, Ben E. Eoux, Jules Caruthers, J. A. Frank, A. Mayer, E. H. Stewart, Thos. D. Chamberlin, W. B. Fitch. D. C. McCarty, L. S. Cohen, Morris Hamilton, J. C. McNair, Angus K. Stevens, W. Lewis Cohn, H. L. Hare, J. B. Mendelsohn, I. J. Stroube, H. K. Thomas, J. N. Cross. T. Jones Harrelson, W. D. Pino, Joseph Total, 68 members. Day, E. B. Hochendel, Ben F. Initiated—John Eomain Eieker, John L. Walker, Charles B. Dean, John Hampden Eandoklh, Jr. Initiated and Passed—Daniel Cohn, Alexander Campbell White, Frederick Charles Sachse, James Ed ward Byram, John Fred. Odom, Lester J. Williams. liaised—Arthur T. Prescott, James Pirie, James A. Caruthers. Affiliated—J. C. Hamilton, F. L. Eosenthal, Morris Cohen. Dimitted—H. J. Saunders
MINDEN LODGE No. 51. Chartered April 19th, 1845. Minden, Webster parish, La. Stated meetings, first and third Tuesdays in each month. OFFICERS.
George Life.... E. H..Miller ... C. U. Gould .... S. M. Scott....
..W. M. .S. W. J. W. Treasurer.
C. E. Davis W. H.Webb W. E. sprouts J. M. Chanler
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
J. C. T. Chaffe,
E. C. Drew, C. P. Chaffe.
W. H. Webb, George Life.
W. J. Eeams,
LIFE MEMBER.
E. T. Nickerson. MEMBERS.
Ancher, Oscar McGee, C. E. Sandlin, J. N. Goodwill, A. Atkerson, B. S. Mims, D. S. Scott, E. A. Johnson, W. F. Barlngton, E. S. Jones, P. A. Minis, J. B. Sledge. J. M. Berry, W. H. Monzmgo, J. L. Smitn, W. F. Jones, J. H. Blackmail, J. S. Kennon, Floyd Monzingo, A. S. Taylor, W. H. Colbert, J. A. Norton, S. G. Tillman, J. H. Kennon, E. E. Colvin, S. I. Petty, T. J. Tort, A. H. Lucas, S. D. Cox. A. L. Lunsford, W. B. Eandolph, J. E. Tudor, J. T. Drake, A. C. Eeagan, J. W. Wiggins, L. H. McCoy, Neeley Dyer, 1. M. Eickerson, B. W. Willis, M. A. McCoy, W. W. Goldberg, Joe Total, 54 members. Initiated— W. D. Alford, J. M. navies. Initiated, Passed and Raised—G. E. McGee, M. A. Willis, Oscar Ancher, S. G. Norton. Passed and Raised—C. D. Gould, J. S. Blacktnan. Affiliated—W. F. Johnsoa. L. H. Wiggins.> Dimitted—H. L. Blackwell. Edward Cleveland, Fred. Cobb, JohnL. Dyer, J. C. Fingerle, J. M. McOabe, J. H. Morgan, William Eeagan, in 1903. Suspended—C. H. Curtis, T. J. Dickens, 1903. Died—T. J. Tabor, 1903.
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CONSTITUENT LODGES. OLIVE LODGE No. 52.
Chartered November 27th, 1845. Clinton, Parish of East Felieiana, La. Stated meetings, Saturday on or before full moon of each month. OFFICERS.
W.H.Bennett Wm. M. Empson C.W. Ball fl. L. Meyer
W. M. S. W. J.W. Treasurer.
Jesse L. Cravens JonienLevy A. P.Irwin E. Ross
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
G. H. Packwood, I. B. Wall, P. G. M., W. H. Bennett,
Geo. N. Record, F. W. Lewis.
Geo. J. Reiley,
MEMBERS.
Anderson, George Corcoran,T. 0. Hochendel, G. M. Mills, R. Y. Baird, Moses Felps, Isaac T. Irwin, E. L. Moore, Gabriel Bauman, Henry Ford, Harry Israel, Joseph Munday, D. E. Bennett, Owen L. Forrester, H. H. Jones, R. P. Ross, Chas. L. Bennett. T. S. Grippen, J. W. Kilbourne, Chas. Tempel, John D. Bennett, Wilbur Haine, Edward Knox, R. G. Thomason, H. B. Brame, Scott'M. Haney, W. Lee Mayer, Isadore Wall. I. B. Brown. C. C. Hatcher, W. C. Mayer, H. L. White, Geo. W. Cain, W. A. Hays, W. F. McKeely, S. G Williams. Thos. J. Cain, S. P. Hays, X.D. McKnight, It. M. Worms, S. E. Cook, Allen Total, 54 members. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Gabriel Moore, Thomas Jones Williams, W. Lee Haney, Scott Miller Brame. Affiliated—H. B. Thomason. Dimitted—Wm. R. Perkins. Died—Samuel Adler, P. M. Suspended—B. A. Mayer.
UNION FRATERNAL LODGE No. 53. FarmersviUe, Union parish, La, Meets third Saturday in each month. Reorganized under charter, March 12,1890. OFFICERS.
Edward Everett J.G.Taylor L. fl. .Barnes G. Hartman R. Haas
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer. .Secretary.
D. E. Laupheimer J. D. Evans John W.Taylor D. L. Bailey J. G. Evans
S. D. J. D. ) Q+n „ ^ Ste \ wards. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
John R. Shultz,
J. K. Atkinson,
Edmund Haas.
MEMBERS.
Abbot, John P. Allen, Henry E. Arent, Louis Atkinson, Wm. J. Atkinson, T. C. Boughman. J. D. Boughman, Oscar Breed, Thos. J. Brunner, Laz. Callaway, A J. Cargill, J. C.
Colsen, J. F. Cromwell, D. L. Dillard, Louis W Gardner, Will Gates, Henry E. (•*ully, A . A.
Henry, L. H. Hollis, D. W. Hollis, W. T. Jamerson, C. H. Love, R. L.
Ludwig, H. Roberts, Wm. R. Marley, F. E. H. Selig, Sid. McFarland, W. A. Stein, Abe McVicker, P. H. Stern, Eugene Murphy, C.'H. Tatum, P. A. Nolen, S. M. Thompson, O. H. Nolen, S. R. Underwood. J. M. Pardue, L. Ward, H. W. Pardue, Lee L. Ward, L. A. Roaten, John Ward, H. H. Roberts. Robt. Total, 56 members.
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Initiated, Passed and Raised—A. A. Gully, H. Ludwig, Jr. Rdised—S. M. Nolan. Affiliated—J. G. Evans. iMmitied— R. H. Read. R. J. Raspberry. Suspended— N. B. Osborne, J. H. Hughes, O. C. Dawkins.
MOUNT GERIZIM LODGE No. 54.
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Chartered November 28th, 1846. Bastrop, Storehouse parish, La. Stated meetings, Monday on or before full moon of each month. OFFICERS.
J. F. Watson F. M. Odom J R. Harkness Mosos Wolff W. A. Harrington
W. M. S. W. J.W. : Treasurer. :. ..Secretary. T.Turner
J. C. Riley, J. T. Howell W. R. MCreight J. N.Jones J.T.Dalton Tyler.
..S.D. ..J. D. Chaplain. I (,(._..J. j stewards.
PAST MASTERS.
D. Sims Brown, L. E. Hall, R D. D. G. M., P. D. D. G. M.
J. R. Brodnax, W. A. Harrington. W. R. McCreight,
MEMBERS.
Stevenson, S. M. Patton, G. M. Bilberry, Lee Frye, C. L. Terzia, F. A. Patton, W. F. Burwell, S. E. Harkness, J. R. Vaughn, D. H. Collins, W. A. Jones, Alfred S. Pettiss, A. B. Vaughan, W. H. Cook, J. W. Lee Geo. A. Potts, E. N. Washburn, A. B. Dominique, John Madison, ..... J. P. Pratt, W. A. Watson. G. F. Driesbacb, Lee Montgomery, C.W. Rector, J.M. Wolff, Eugene Fox, W. B. Page, W. A. Riles, W. W. Total, 42 members. Freeman, Z. D. Initiated—Louis G. Robinson. Initiated and Passed—J. W. Spier. Initiated, Passed and Raised-Z. D. Freeman, G. Maley Patton, W. F, Patton, W. A. Page, G. A. Lee. Passed and Raised—J. Nelson Jones. Dimitted—B. Silbernagel. Died—F. C. Overby, R. D. Marble, P. M.
FRANKLIN LODGE No. 57. Chartered January 24th, 1848. Franklin, St, Mary parish. La. Meets Urst Tuesday and third Sunday in each month and 27th December. OFFICERS.
D. M. Campbell S. T. McCardell, Jr H. C. Rose J. D. Bull.
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer.
A. C. Allen U. P Sims O. J. Byerle J. T. Baldwin
PAST MASTERS.
A. C. Allen, P. G. M., Victor Von Shoeler, P. D. D. G. M. M. J. Foster, W. T. Jones, R. W. Allen, P. D. D. G. M., B. W. Smith, J. H. McCardell, LIFE MEMBER.
Felix U. Levy.
Secretary. ..S. D. J. D. Tyler.
Minos T. Gordy, R. R. Cocke, P. D. D. G. M.. F. C. Marsh, P. D.D. G. M., J. B. Bateman, Wm. Brandt. J. S. Underwood, 0. N. Frost.
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Levy, Bernard Abby, S. M. Foot, J. W. Lohman, Chas. Atkinson, C. M. Fourmy, J. C. Martin, E. D. Barbour, C. A. Frere, T. F. Mayer, Isaac Bell, M. Gates, S. J. Migeot, John Blanchard, E. D. Giles, W. F. Milling, T. M. Hine, C. P. Bowman, Ira Morgan, E. F. Hoffpauir, J. I. Buford, C. A. Muller, J. N. Hudgins, L. S. Caffery, D., Sr. Coeke, J. S. Keenze, Rudolph Murphy, James C. Daniels, T. G. Kyle, Wm. Peterman, W. T. Dlnkins, H. H. Popkin, Isaac Latham, W. H. Dinkins, W. P. Radcliffe, Jas. W. Lauve, Chas. . Reeves, A. G. Disch, Thomas F. Lee, R. E. Ferriot, Paul Le Normand, F. Robichaux, H. J. Initiated—Murphy F. Hine. Initiated, Passed and Raised—John D. Bell. Passed and Raised—William Schwan. Affiliated—J. I. Hoffpauir.
Sanders, J. Y. Saucier, J. R. Schwan, Wm. Sewell, J. B. Simmons, W. P. Sims, H, L. Smith, A, M. Short, Adam Tillotson, Frank J. Todd, John E. Trowbridge, W. D. Underwood. A. M. Wooster, J. S. Total, 77 members.
FRIENDS OF HARMONY LODGE No. 58. Chartered June 18th, 1848. Masonic Hall, New Orleans. Meets second and fourth Tuesdays. OFFICERS.
A. W. Steeg M.S. Steeg Emanuel Steeg W. F. Bohne Henry Walters E.S.'Keitz
W.M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer. Secretary. S. D.
B. Y. Wolf John A. Gildig M. M. Tannenbaum
J.D. .Chaplain. M. of C.
P. Machray
Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
A. G. Brice, P. G. M., John Berry,
W. H. Holland, P. D. D. G. M., C. A. Kauffman, A. Steeg, Wm. Pfaff.
H. L. Nick. Henry Walters.
LIFE MEMBERS.
John H. Clark, P.M.,
G. Guslinski,
Joseph Dreyfus,
John Hougham.
MEMBERS.
Badt, A. H. Goldstein, A. Miller, Geo. W. Bancroft, W. M. Grube. H. C. Miller, H. A. Causse, Robert, Jr.Guthrie, R. D. Mimms, John A. Connifr, J. H. Hainkel, J. M. Moulidous, L. Dale, P. Hinckley, Hugh O'Neil, James A. Damonte, Joe A. Hutcheson, E. T. Pajewski, Charles Davis, N. L. Hutchison, John Parker, Jeff Davis Doran, Wm. Johnson, E. E. Petermann, Jacob Dussel, Alex. Kann, G. Pettit, Absalom Edminster. A. J. Kokosky, H. Rahm, P. Exnicios, Sam L. Levi, Sol Rawlings, L. W. Farish, R. L. Mayer, P. D. L. Reuter, G. A. Farrell, John M. McKechnie, A.J.L.Rizzoti, John W. French, W. K. McWilliams.Rozill Robeson, S. B. Goldberg, H. B. Meyers, John H. Rush, S.
Sadler, P. H. Saux, G. Schwartz, M. Seiden, Morris Seebohm, E. C. Shields, B. C. Shwartz, N. I. Simms. Geo. A. Stern, Henry Stern, Solomon Strand, J. Vigo, Joseph Vosbusch, A. H. Waite, J H. Wilson, W. K. Total, 82 members. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Allen J. Edminster, Nelson L. Davis, Bernard C. Shields. Emile Silvester Keitz, Max. M. Tannenbaum, Benjamin Y. Wolf. Raised—John J. Swiler. Reinstated—John H. Waite, Charles E. Kurtz.
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Dimitted—Harry B. Goldberg, Charles E. Kurtz. Died—Thomas Fielding. Suspended—Louis Hoffman, W. H. Bacheller, Geo. S. Balmer, Charles G. Carlton, Frank H. Peck. MOUNT MOEIAH LODGE No. 59. Chartered March 24th, 1849. Masonic Hall, New Orleans. Meets first and third Tuesdays. OFFICERS.
Edward H. Walsdorf Edward J. Huhner Charles E. Gross Richard Lambert John A. Davilla Frank J. Herman Louis Haft
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer. Secretary. S. D. J. D.
James I. Richard W. A. Simpson George W. Long MarkC.Sintes A. DiTrapani Robert C. Bell Peter Christo
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PAST MASTERS.
D. R. Graham, P. G. M., I. S. Richard,
J. Olle, L. Schneider, O. H. Simpson.
R. Lambert, G. S., James I. Richard, Francis M. Cook, P. D. D. G. M., R. W. Riordan.
LIFE MEMBERS.
A. Barrera,
George Benson,
J. W. Black, P. M.
MEMBERS.
Alberti, Louis Doty, Thomas P. Klein, E.'E. Roberts, David C. Anderson, John Doyle, Thomas Kenney, Henry P. Roberts, Thos. H. Roberts, J. R. Anderson, Jas. fi. Ducasse, A. L. Knoop, Otto Rosenthal, Jacob Avery, John Dufour, Michel J. Kolter, Henry Ruella, M. Baker, S. F. W. Dunn, Edward T. Kuntz, Fred. G. Baker, Lucien F. Dunn, Morris J. Lambert, JohnR. Saunders, Jas. B. Baltar, Jos. T-. Eichinger, Jo3. Leonhard. L. F. Schertz, Christian Banville, John F. Eitman. George J. Lindner, John F. Schmidt, Hugo Schmutz, Gaston Barr, Thomas, Jr. Englehardt, J. W. Machray, J A. Schumann, L. H. Bartholemew, A. Jr Evans, David R. Mallerich, F. Bell, Francis H. Ferran, John Manchiner, J. P. Sheen, D. Bernard, Adolph Fettis, C. E. Marcour, RalphO. Shott, Chas. A. Biggar, James R. Fisher, Jules G. Marshall, W. D. Shropshire, H. E. Steward, A. H. Birdrow, Geo. W. Fisnel. M. Frank Marsolan, E. J. Simpson. W. A. Boehm, George A. Fitts, Henry L. Mattes, Sam'l Borne, Victor R. Fitzmaurice, W. S. Mattingly, J. M. Smith, E. K. Smith, Wm. G. Bowie, John H. Flaspoller, Henry Mayer, Moses Brady, C. Milo Freund, Paul Mazurette, A. E. Solomon, Ange. Braun, Francis W. Gautier, Emile McEckron, C. C. Stanton, W. C. Brewer, James A. Gery, Louis W. McLeod, Malcolm Storck, Jacob A. Stow, W. Burleigh, Wm. T. Gazin, James J. Michel, Ben. A. Thilborger, E. J. Calongne, F. W.,Jr.Gillespie, R. P. Morgan, K. Toledano. W. R. Cearns, Joseph, Jr. Goodrich, I. T. Morris, E. J. Thomas, Ed. W. Cipriani, Louis Habans, J. B. Morse, H. V. Chas.T. Clifton, William Haughton, B. H. Newhauser, M. R. Thurston, Usner, Fred. Collins, Conrad G. Hebel, John F. A. North, David B. Van Horn, T. D. Coman, Paul M. Heinemann, A. J. Oechsner, H. Verlaque, Alph. Commons, John R. Hernandez, R. S. Owen, Robert 0. Veros, Aristos C. Copping, Leon T. Heroy, Fred. W. Pendleton, Wm. L. Vidrine, E. Cornett, H. HisgeubHhem,S. Phillips,MorrisH. Wagner, Geo., Jr. Corson, Chas. W. Hinjrle, R. E. Phillips, Isaac Walker, James D. Cramond, M. Hinshelwood, C. E. Popp, J. F. Ward, Robt. L. Crawley, C. Hirsch, Heary Probst, Walter H. Westwick, Jos. B. Dannenmann, E. Hirsch, Leon Pumilia, Lucas Whelan, Joseph Davie, Wash. Hoefeid, A. O. Rambaud, E. I. Winters, Fred. L. Deaver. S. C. Hopps, Emery O. Richardson. J. F. Wolff. Is. S. Dell'Orto, Luigi Huhner, George Ringe, George Wolfe, James T. DePass, A. H. Kearney, W. J. Ritcher, A. F. Wunder, L. J. DePass, D. A. Kelt, Henry C. Ritson, Ed O. Total, 160 members. Dorr, A. G.
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Initiated—F. C. Peterson. Initiated, Passed and Raised—John F. Richardson, Henry Vick Morse, Wilmer A. Simpson, Louis Hufft. Henry flirsch, Stephen C. Deaver, A. G. Dorr, Fred. W. Heroy, Stephen W. Higginbotham, Clarence E. Fettis, Edw. F. Henriques. Julian B. Habans. James Andrew Brewer, John George Eitman, Edw. T. Dunn, Morris J. Dunn, Weaver E. Toledano, Louis Alberti, A. Louis Ducasse, Ernest J. Marsolan, John Ferran, Herman Oechsner. Passed—John Jos. Madden, Louis A. Freyder. Passed and Raised—Henry P. Kenney, Chas. E. Hinshelwood, John M, Mattingly. Henderson Cornett. Raised—A. Bartholomew, Jr, Reinstated-Chas. G. Weishaar, Giles W. Millspaugh, W. T. Smith. IHmitted—C. W. Shropshire. Died—Robert Dunn. Suspended, N, P. D.—Ralph W. Lees, Jas Machray, Jr A. G. Garrett
GEORGE WASHINGTON LODGE No. 65. Organized 184 7. Chartered Marco 3d, 1850. Masonic Hall, New Orleans. Meets first and third Mondays. OFFieERS. Jacob C. Code , . W. M. John C. Wickliff Chaplain. James Cronan S. W. Wm. Rooney M. of C. Oeorge Wattigney J. W. Leon J. B o u r g e o i s 1 Wm. fl. Rooney Treasurer. J. F. Ducoing Robert W. Irvine Secretary. M. A. Schmidt JohnGilmore .....S.D. W. J. Bellot J John J. Irvine J. D. Jacob Casper Tyler. PAST MASTERS. R. W. Irvine, W. H. Rooney, Oscar. Schumert, Wm. H. James, Robert H. Welsh. JohnC. Wickliffe. LIFE MEMBERS. William A. Wilson, Chas. Walker, Paul J. Christian, Jacob Sandak. HONORARY MEMBER. James I. Richard, P. M. MEMBERS. Andrew?, H. C. Fink, John F. Lester, H. S. Remack, G. N. -Apffel, F. J. Ganucheau, Ed Lowe, E. P. Rich, Isidore Armstrong, F. L. Gibbon?, C. N; Macaidhy, R. Rooney, H. Bailey, H. J. Gilmore, Henry McEnany, if. Y. SandaK, Jacob Baxter, Eugene Goldstein, David Marcuse, S. H. Satterley, C. G. Billington, J. W. Goldstein, S. . Meade, R. E. Schumert, E. Bryant, John W. Harrison, Ed, Molitor, John, Jr. Somers, George Carruth, W. E. Hirtzler, Theodore Munch, John Stubbs, R. B., Jr. Chavigny, C. N. Holle, H. J. Neely. Robert Thurber, Thomas Code, Fred W. Hyatt, H. J. Neinaber, Jacob Vorhaben. H. W. Code, J. F. Hyatt, Frank F. Norris, G. G. Wagner, F. C. -Cotton, L. J. Kelly, John O'Dowd, D. C Weston, A. C. Edgely, R. W. Lamia, Patrick Perkins, B. . Woods, Geo. M. Ellzey,, Robert L. Lanehlin, N. P. Powell, Geo W. Young, Van Zandt Eyster, J. A. Leininger, J. R. Ramos, H. C. . Yeary, M. L. 1 ... . Total, 76 members. Initiated—Albert E. Bouflreaux, Jacob Jacobs, Robert Lock Reinhardt. Initiated and Passed—Henry Jacob Veith. Initiated, Passed and Raised—William J. Bellot, Leon Joseph Bourgeoi?, William Ebenezer Carruth, Joseph Francois Ducoing, John Joseph Irvine, Dudley Currey O'Dowd, George WU'iam Powell, Mirantus Arthur Schmidt, HeDry William Vorhaben. Raised—Robert Neely.
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H I R A M LODGE No. 70. Organized 1847. Chartered March 3d, 1850. Masonic Hall, New Orleans. Meets Srst and third Mondays. OFFICERS.
Isidore Grossman James Reid, Jr D. M. Perth B. A. Testard H. A. McGregor R. R. Douglas
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer. Secretary. S, D.
B. M. Phillips J. H. Bruns W. D. Breen G. T. Hatry, Ira A. .Powers John F. Ritchie
.J. D. ..Chaplain. M. of C. l«*Qwawic ffctewaras. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
O. Czarnowski,
James Reid, Chas. L, McKenzie, David Ettinger, Isidore Grossman. MEMBERS.
Altman, David Greenberg, Charles Langlum, George Rosenthal, W. U. Anderson, P. S. Grunewald, Rene Levy, W. M. Scherr, Morris Anderson, R. E. Hainkel, Geo. M. Mahler, E. W. Schmitt, Nicholas Barcelo, Wm. H. Hirsch. Hyman McCarthy, R., Jr. Stoval, H. L. Bursley, H. A. Herbert, Victor McCarthy, R. Shushan, George Campbell, A. Hollander, Laz. F. Michelis, Charles Sincer, Louis Gonn, Joseph Huxen, Robert Morals, A. J. St. Clair, Louis Davenport, F. B. Itzkovich, Jacob Myerson, Simon Sternberg, Jos. Davis-. D. M." Jacobs, Wolf Newhauser, M. Thalsheimer, H. Peingold, M. W. Jacobson, I. J. Parker, John J. Thiel, John Fogerty, Joan J. Johnson. August Pincus, Jos. Van Os, Herman Gallegher. Ed. F. Kaiser, H. B.' Redding, Joseph F. Vega, J. Garlick, Junius Kaiser, J. N. Reid, George R. Virgets, N. C. Goldman, J. J. Keiffer, Isidore Roberts, H. S. i Vogel. J. G. Gonsenheim, Jos. Kirsky, Meyer Rosenbaum, B. Wellborn, W. D. Goodman. H. Kohlman, W. B, RoseDbaum, David Werner, Victor Grimm, Geo. A. Krumm, J. J. Rosenthal, S. U. • Zetzmann, Wm. Grossman, Adolph Total, 85 members.. Initiated and Passed—Joseph Ferry, J. Rabinowitz, Thomas Killeen. Initiated, Passed and liaised—I. J. Jacobson, Harry Goodman, G. T.. Hatry, James G. Vogel, Morris Seherr, Henry A. Bursley, Mayer Newhauser^ Henry S. Roberts, George A. Grimm. Passedr- Victor A. Sachse. Passed and Raised—Louis St. Clair. Raised— Benj. M. Phillips, Herman Van Os. Affiliated—Jose Vega. Died—Terence Crampton. Suspended, N. P. D.—J. E. Richard, Sol. Werner. ALPHA-HOME LODGE No. 72. Alpha organized 1§48. Home organized 1855. Chartered as Alpha-Home, February 14th, 18(10. Masonic Hall, New Orleans, Meets first and third Tuesdays. OFFICERS.
"Wm. G. Tebault, J r Frank Davies Richard H. Lewis H. G. F. Hubener Wm. T. Jones .T. James H. Barnwell
W. M. J.J.Norton J. D. S. W. A. Gordon Bakewell Chaplain. J. W. D. A. Capdau M. of C. Treasurer. Joseph E. Truch........ ) atowavriQ Secretary. Harry C. Dowty f oiew
CONSTITUENT LODGES. MEMBERS. Abadie, L. Gilbert, H. T. Kentzel, John E. Anderson, J. S. Gitskey, Edward, Kern, W. H. Kowaiski, E. Anderson, Louis Gowland, J. Q. Gowland, Wm. Krantz, J. F. Baker, John Green, W. H. Lagman,Oetave A Baltar, D. A. Grundy, Daniel W. Langford, Henry Baringer, B. A. Guzel. A. G. ' • - ' -J .- E. •' Billington, J. E. udiigi 1U£O, Bogner, F. J. Hadesty, Chas. Lederer, w. Breedlove, A. B. Harzen, E. Leggett, W. W. Briard, E. A. Hauser, J. G. Lewis, P. H. Brinker, F. Henriques, J. C. Lewis, S. A. Carroll, E. F., Jr. Henriquez, A.D.,JrLopez, Antonio M Cordiil, F. M. Heres Alphonse Mollegan, Thos. Cnrrie, U. R. Hill m i i j H. XX. " • Manion, J. E. Desangles, A. L. Hoelzel, Phil Marks, Edward Desangles, A. J. Holderith, A. Marks, M. Dillon, Robt. Hoth, Jacob Mclntosh, J. J. Douglass, James A, Holzhalb, Leon B Meserole, E. N. Ehlert, J. M. Houston, R. C. Michel, B. Falk, A. Irwin. Leon Mooney, Frank J. Ford, F. B. Jahncke, Fritz Morales, R. Fox, F. E. Jungblut, Wm. Murphy, W. C. Fox, R. A. Karger, M. Murray, Wm. P. Freeland, Nick E. Keifer, E. L. Nunez, M.
131 Russell, Chas. JEL. Ryan, Edward J. Saltalamachia, F, Samuels, Gus. Schully, Wm. Schumacher, F. M. Scott, Charles A. Shannon, H. J. Sharp, J. Frank Steen, Clark Stiles, H. F. Tharp, Henry Vinet, Harry P. Vogt, H. E. Wadick, James K. Wenck, Jackson M. Will, Charles Wilson, A. W. Wimberly, E. G. Woodlief, W. Wunsch, E. E. Zeller, L. E. Zerr, P. Total, 113 members.
Initiated, Passed and Raised—Harry P. Vinet, A. David Henriquez, Jr., Alphonse Heres, Thomas Mollegan John E. Kentzel, Felix Saltalamachia, James K. Wadick, E.N. Mesero!e, Daniel W. Grundy, Albert B. Breedlove, Charles H. Russell, Antonio M. Lopez, Edward J. Ryan. Affiliated—Ernest A. Barringer. Dimitted—Harry McGeary. Died—Thomas A. Oliver, David Barry, William Starr, Norman C. HunJ» Orlando C. Betz.
SABINE LODGE No. 75. Chartered March 4th, 1850. Fort Jesup, Sabine parish, La. Meets Saturday before second Sunday. OFFICERS. J. H. Caldwell W. M. George R. Pattison Secretary. J.W.Taylor S. W. W. H. Cox S.D. C. J. Law J. W. J. W. Tindall J. D. W. R. Alford Treasurer. J. M. Franklin Chaplain. Andrew M. Parker Tyler. PAST MASTERS.
J. M. Franklin, P. D. D. G. M., James H. Caldwell, D. D. G. M., J. W. Taylor. MEMBERS. Hamlin, E. W. Lilly, C. W. Hammond, A. A. Lites. T. J. Harrison, Wm. H. Manheim, H. Murphy, Horn, D. J. Jhy, fl. t C. Houck, Harry Middleton, W. R. Hyde,Wm.,F. Mitchell, W. T. Jackson, A. S. Page, Luther Jackson, F. V. Peters, W. H.
Rains, A. B. Ryan, J. C. Self, Thos. M. Sellers, Thomas B, Sibley, Wm. F. Slater, James M. Tramel, J. A. Tramel, T. M. Jackson, W. F . Ponder, A UUU^I , Amos ziiuuo L. u. Welch, John F. Franklin, J. E. Jones, Edgar Wm. Power, Frank R. Wood, J. B. Wood, Robert A. Gandy, Edward R. Jones, Frank M. Prothro, R. S. Total, 51 members. * Honorary members.
Cage, E. H.* Hines, C. T.* Asby, J. L. Bailey, Daniel W. Barlow, A. J. Brown, E.G. Cassidy, A. S. Cole, L. M. Cox, W. C.
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Initiated, Passed and Raised—Thomas Monroe Self, James Monroe Slater, Thomas B. Sellers, Andrew M. Parker, Robert Allan Wood, Luther Page, William Edgar Jones. i Affiliated—h. M. Cole, H. Manheim. Reinstated—W. H. Cox, W. C. Cox, M. B. Petty, Charles W. Lilly. Dimitted—Charles C. Lewis, W. O. Batas. Died— Thomas J. Franklin, W. S. Middleton, T. J. Ramsey. Suspended— M. B. Petty.
QUITMAN LODGE No. 76. Chartered March 4th, 1850. Masonic Hall, New Orleans. Meets second and fourth Tuesdays. OFFICERS. J. D. TvD. Stewart W. M. E. C. Siriacques Byron Hol'ey S. W. Guy M. Green M. of C. Wm. P. Miller J. W. E. Landauer ) et ftW !irrl« M. Levy Treasurer. Sam'l Dreyfus \ stewards. E. T. Duckert Secretary. Chaplain. E. H.Addington S. D. R. S. Rickey Wm. 0. Schmidt (not a member)Tyler. PAST MASTERS. Erich Brand, Kobt. H. Cage, G. L. Hall, James E. Bays, H. Dreyfus, S. I. Jay, P. G. M., Chas. V. Carroll, Gust. Keitz. A. H. Goodin, W. C. Peirce, S. J. Flatow. J. C. Drew. George Johnston, T. D. Stewart, LIFE MEMBERS. Geo. Soule,P.M., C.W.Clark, A. H. Isaacson, W. H.McKay. MEMBERS. Dreux, Charles A. Jay, John W. O'Neal, W. P. Alston, S. Parham, Eug. V. Dunn, A. Johnson, F. H. Anderson, Wm. Peter, Chas. G. Edwards, B. J. Jones, F. A. Bailey, E. C. Ricketts, R. E. L. Baptist, Edward Eichholz, F. W. Kirkland. J. T. Richards, Barr, Thos=. T. Ellis, Warren R. Kouns, J. ....W. J. Benedict, John T. Fayssoux.W. McL. Lamphier, H. P. Radetszki, Gus. Berkson, Theo. Forman, D. R. ••---->-•--•. ™-" . • Landfried, Frank Sa]m, A. Lavine, S. Scheyer, Mose P. Forno, L. Berniard, John Schwarze, H. W. L. Bernstein, E. Garcia, E. J. Levy, E. H. Soule, Frank Bernstein, M. Gill, Thos. M. Lipsher, George Boyd, John L. Gillian, William Lukowick, Izydor Soule, A. L. "" ' • ~ Soule, JLli. E. E. Brundige, J. P. Gogreve, E. R. Maybin, J. W. LlA-dy WILL} rJ « \J . kJUUlC, ill. Cartwright, A. Gough, Maybin, Warren Stansbury, H. J. = _, James Cooley, LeV. Halloway, Chas. McBride, R. S. Thomson, P. H. Corry, E. J. Hansell, Wm. S. McChesney, W. H. Valloft, L. E. Cortie, C. S. Harral, J. H. McCann, Wm. S. Verlander, W. J. Cottraux, E. R. Herwig, P. F. Muller, T. W. Wadsworth,Geo.M. Coyle, W. G. Holmes, L. M. Newman, Henry Wakeman, J. P. Crawford, R. S. Howard, T. J. Noha, A. Wood, Wallace, J r . Dill, Louis M. Ivy, E. D. O'Donnell, Wm. A.Xydias, Geo. A. Dow, William D. i Total, 109 members. . Initiated—Richard Wilkinson, Emile Magnus. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Gay M. Green. Passed and Raised—H. C. Bailey, L. M. Holmes. 'Raised-J. T. Kirkland. Affiliated—T. W. Muller, Samuel Dre?fus. Reinstated—Carl Alwes, John Berniard, A. Dunn, Edward Baptist, E. Bernstein. , Dimitted—Carl Alwes, M. J. Evans. . Died-Joseph Faidy, A. S. Davidson, Benj. Bloomtield, P. M.; Frank Landfried.
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ST. JOSEPH LODGE No. 79. Stated meetings held at Newelton, Tensas parish, on first Wednesday in each month Old charter restored February 13th, 1874. OFFICERS.
Leopold Elgutter S. A. Russell W. G. Kalow John .Murdoch
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer.
Sol. Elgutter Adolph Elgutter D. Rosenbauni W. J. C. Austin
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
M. W. Bland,
T. W. Castleman,
Sol. Elgutter.
H. R. Steele.
MEMBERS.
Bland, L. Goldman, C. C. Love. Abraham Routh, S. Bloch, Felix Graves, E. E. Marshal, Jesse Sachse, T. C, Campbell, John C. Harper, Joseph F. Marx, Samuel Smitha, H. L. Cohn, Alex Henessee, James Meyer, Maurice Snyder, R H. Cordill, C. C. Hunter, Guy M. Morris, Daniel Solomon, S. Douglass, Geo. Hunter, Louis T. Morris, Albert Watkins, McD. Goldberg, B. Kullman, Leon Murdock, Lewis. Total, 38 members. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Leon Kullman, Albert Morris. Affiliated—S. A. Russell, L. A. Murdoch, Morris Meyer. Reinstated—John C. Campbell. Died—William Moore.
MOUNT VERNON LODGE No. 83. Chartered March 4th, 1850. LogaDsport, DeSoto parish, La. Meets fourth Saturday in each month. OFFICERS.
A. M. Garrett P. G. R. Bell L. H. Adams H. B. Liles
W. M. S W. J. W. Treasurer.
C. R. Caraway John R. Nash T. T. Calhoun W. R. Crosby
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
James K. Pye,
W. M. Byrd,
J. W. Peek.
J. R. Nash.
A. M. Garrett.
MEMBERS.
Alexander, B. J. Grogan. J. L. Lupton, W. A. Shirley, W. B. Alston, F. R. Hamilton, M. E. Midgett, S. Sims, J. F. Bacon, C. B. Henry, J. I. Miller, W. T. Smart, E. E. Brook, Wm. M. G. Hoard, D. L. Noble, R. T. Smart, S. J. Caraway, N. J. Hood, D. M. ' Prather, C. W. Whittim, L. L. Christian, F. V. Jay, W. H. B. Price, E. E. Wilson, Charles Foshee, John H. Johnson, G. W. Prichard, J. L. Wrinkley, A. D. Garrett, J. B. Legg, Frank Shirley, M. B. Total, 42 members. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Fealon Vann Christian, Charles William Prather, Wiley Burke Shirley, Leonidas Lafayette Whittim. Passed and Raised—William A. Luptoa, Spence Midgett. Raised— Milton E. Hamilton. Affiliated—D. M. Hood, W. H. B. Jay, E. E. Price, J. F. Sims, A. D. Wrinkley. Reinstated—Charles Wilson. D-imitted—W. A. Land.
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WORK AND RETURNS OF OLIVER LODGE No. 84.
Chartered March 4th, 1850. Alexandria, Kapldes parish, La. Meets first and third Wednesdays In each month. OFFICERS.
C.F.Crockett George C.Wilson J^M. Goldberg L. P. Whittington Algernon Hilton J.W.Mitchell
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer. Secretary. S. D. B. Gilberg
V. H. Ridge J. M. Barrett Julius Levin U C. Johnston J. E Baker. A. J. Dunn Tyler.
.. J. D. Chaplain. Marshal. M. of C. Stewards.
PAST MASTERS.
J. M. Barrett, P. D. D. G. M., T. Clements, C. Goldenberg, C. F. Crockett, Sol. Hess, John J. Ferguson, H. W. S. Lund,
J. G. White, P. D. D. G. M., R. C. Rogers, Henry St. John G. A. Staples, H. H. White. J. L. Wilson,
LIFE MEMBER.
Julius Levin, P. M. MEMBERS.
Kavanagh, W. J. Rosentli al, I. Fellows, Sam. Adams, C. N. Kirschner. A. Flower, W. P. Rosenthal, Jonas Adams, Furney Knowles, Geo. B. Rubin, Sam. Alexander, J. W. Gates, O. N. Kretf chmar, O. Gates, E. C. Sanford, Wm. Ball, J. N. bBPkie, A. G. Gates, J. N. Schmalinski, E. Bauer, Achille, Lehman, D. Schmalinski, Sam. Baynard, L. B., Jr. Gates, J. P. Levin, Jacob Gates, John W. Schmalinski, Sid Bender, J". M. Maddox, R. G. Shevnin, John Blackman, J. C. Gehr, Gus. Malloy, M. S. Simmons, R. O. Blackman, W. F. Gibson, W. I. McCann. F. H. Ginsberg, B. Smith, L. E. Boutte, C. S. McGinnis, J. I. Gregory, J. F. Suelling, GBO. M. Brian, F. N. Hardeman, A. B. Miller, John W. Snelling, J. P. Caplan, David Moore, A. N. Haas, Harry Sumrall, Jas. T. Carter, H. C. Neal, Joe. J. Harris, W. C. Swayze, C. C. Chase, H. B. Overton, John H. Tilden, R. E. Hill, Win. Choppin, A. R. Hemenway, F. S. Pettingill, A. Thompson, R. F. Clark, H. T. Hemenway, G. G. Pierson, C. Tunney, Joseph Clarke, C. H. Hoffman, W. E. Pierson. Percy H. Warshauer, Sam. Clarke, M. L. Polk, Win. Hoover, M. J. Watts, G. O. Connerly, S. L. Reams, P. A. Hudson, A. G. Weil, Ben. Contois, C. F. Rand, Ed. Hudson, W. C. Wettermark, A. Craig, J. W. Randolph, R. L. Wheadon, T. C. Cunningham, H. Hynson, D. W. Roberts, Geo. A. Jeffrey, Thomas Wilson, J. M. Davout, A. R. Roberts, H. R. Johnston, J. M. Wilson, Lee Dorsett, Oran Total, 121 members. Dunn, John Initiated—H. R. Bell, Henry R. Davis. Initiated and Passed—Julius Gerardus JohnstoD. Initiated, Passed and Raised— John W. Gates, Frank S. Hemenway, W. J. Kavanagb, Alvin Newell Moore, John F. Gregory. Passed and Raised—0. N. Gates, E. C. Gates, A. Kirschner. Affiliated—J. N. Gates, G. G. Hemenway, P. A. Reams, H. C. Carter, Edward Rand. F. N. Brian, Otto Kretschmar. Dimitted—James T. Sumrall. Died-James C. Wise.
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LAFAYETTE LODGE No. 87. Chartered March 4th, 1850. Patterson, St. Mary parish, La. first and third Thursdays In each month.
Meets
OFFICERS.
William Davis Henry Hausmann David Hausmann T\ Hausmann
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer.
J. A. Duplan T. W. Tarleton Julius A. Lund. W. H. Kramer
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
J. A. Loret,
Henry Hausman, T. W. Tarleton,
W. H. Kramer.
LIFE MEMBER.
Bernard Levy, P. M., P. D. D. G. M. MEMBERS.
Bauer, A. Gooeb, VV. N. Norman, W. Sanders, J. B. Bellissein, T. Levy, Louis Norman, H. Stansbury, A. J. Cameron, M. A. Levy, Leon Bentrop, O. V. Total, 21 members. Affiliated—M. A. Cameron. Died—James N. Watford. Suspended, JSf. P. D.—Joseph Schwartz, C. H. Peterson, J. E.Richardson.
CYPRESS LODGE No. 89. Benton, Bossier parish, La. New charter, February 12th, 1890. Meets Thursday on or before full moon ID each month. OFFICERS.
E. M. Laufiin B. A. Kelly C. O. Gayle E. E. Wyche O. R. Denton
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer. Secretary.
P.P. DuBoir J. F. Wise B. Wise J. P. Seabaugh Joseph E. Adger
S. D. J. D. I StpW!1 ,. H , f btewardsTyler.
PAST MASTERS.
John T. Gardner, W. H. Scanland,
Chester Smith, A. R. Thompson,
T. J. Tidwell, J. M. Brown.
H. W. Ogden, S. H. Dowell.
MEMBERS.
Abney, W. A. Hobbs, P. G. Scales, J. L. Thompson, J. B. Alger, J. B. Hughes, Wm. J. Scanland, A. D. Tucker,>C.>M. Crouch, J. J. Jewel, ITerd. Smith, L. G. Vance, S. W. DuBois, J. W. Logan, J. C. Smith, Wilmer Wallace, L. E. Elder. I. F. Martin, I. H. Sword, Luke Ziegler, W. A. Ford, T. M. Martin, W. A. Smith, L. W. Zuber, A. R. Hicks, J. W. Murff, A. J. Thomas, S. M. Total, 47 members. Hill, R. B. Initiated—Benj. R. Nash. Initiated, Passed and Raised—T. M. Ford, Samuel P. DuBois, J. W. DuBois. Passed and Raised—Richard Wilmer Smith, John B. Adger. Affiliated-C. M. Tucker. Died— G. T. Fleming.
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WORK AND RETURNS OF BELLEVUE LODGE No. 95.
Chartered January 24th, 1851. Haughton, Bossier parish, La. Stated meetings, second Friday of each month. OFFICERS.
J. B. Hall S. T. Hobbs Tom Hiekman....: B . Barncastle.
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer.
A. H.Ratcliffe E. E. Walker H. H. Barncastle W. C. Chanler
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
J. A. Snider, H. Barncastle, W. D. Wadley,
J. W. Elston, C. D. Sandidge,, J. B. Hall.
MEMBERS.
Allen, John W. Brandt, W. C. Allen, P. D. Burch, J. E. Allen, H. B. Burch, Wm. Barnett, J. G. Chanler, John F. Bates, James M. Colbert, W. W. Bettick, fi W. C. Durdin, G. W. Bland, G. H. Edwards, J. Ford ^ledsoe, W. H. Grant, R. W. Boyett, W. R. Gray, C. J. Braden, T. N. Initiated-^J. O. Matthews. Initiated
Griffin, D. E. Hall, Marion Hiekman, W. B. Hollingsworth, J Hood, W. O. Lawrence, T. H. Lawrence, P. A. Mathews, H. C.
Mobley, Jesse W. Odom, M. O*ilvie, J. R, O wens. C. G. Reed, Wm. C. Rogers. A. J. Sibley, J. H. Sheppard. J. K. Snider, T. H. Total, 49 members.
and Passed—P. P. CooV.
Initiated, Passed and liaised—W. Oscar Hood, Robert C. James, John F . Chanler, William D. Reed. Candy G. Owens, George H. Bland, Thomas H. LawreDce, W. R. Boyett. Affiliated—R. W. Grant, J. H. Sibley, H. W. 0. Bettick. Reinstated—George W. Lilly. IHmitted—George W. Lilly. ST. HELENA LODGE No. 96. Chartered February 22d, 1851. Greenstmrg, St. Helena parish, La Saturday In each month. OFFICERS.
W. G. Hamberlin W. S. Hutchinson F. C. Parker C. M. Sitman W. E. Hamberlin
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer. Secretary. J. M. Hutchison
VV. T. HDlland W. K. Session E. B. Watson W.S.Holland W. M. HutchiDSon Tyler.
Meets third
....S. D. J. D. M. of C. j Sot et fw,. vafrl rdf sk \ '
PAST MASTERS.
John Freiler. W. G. Hamberlin, W. R. Parker. P. D. D. G. M., W. S. Hutchinson, A. P. Richards, John Durnin,
M. A. Strickland,. R. E. Womack,
LIFE MEMBERS.
C. H. Allen,
W. L. Thompson. MEMBERS.
Burton, C. E. Burton, R. Y. Boyd, D. K. Carrutb, J. M. Chandler, J. J. Cole, S. M. Cole, C. J. Cole, C. G. Cole, J. W.
Cole, Thos. J. Cole,T. R. Freiler, F. J. Gill, J. B. Lambert, J. W. Lindsey, 0. D. Matthews, W. A. McClendon, H. P. Metuvin, A. D.
Methvin, T. J. Mixon, Geo. W. Parker, F. C. Powell, J. W. Randle, R. O. Reeves, C. N. Richards, D. G. oSessions, K. W. Sitman, G. W.
Strickland, H. K. Taylor, G. R. Tidwell, J. D. Thompson, O. T. Townsley, A. J. Watson, A. T. Wilson. M. C. Wilson,' J. E., Jr. Total, 54 members.
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Initiated—James Bond, Richard A. Blount, John Franklin Davis, J. Dudley William?. Initiated and Passed—John Braselman Dean. Initiated, Passed and liaised—James Monroe Carrutb, Fred. Charles Parker, Robert Oakley Randle, Kendall Webster Sessions, Alphonse Inriman Townsley, Alexander Thompson Watson. Raised—James David TidwelJ. Reinstated— C. N. Reeves. Died—T. G. Day, G. R. Varnaio. Dropped—I. E. Burton.
HERMITAGE LODGE No. 98. Chartered January 21st, 1851. Masonic Hall, New Orleans. Thursdays. Claude H. So'anas Paul J. Cendon Joel J. Prowell Horace Vallas Albert B. Davif A. J. Peters... Charles W. Groff Horace Vallas, J. L. G. Jackson,
Meets first and third*
OFFICEBS. W. M. Louis R. Hoover Chaplain. S. W. C. M. Eustis M. of C. J. W. J. F. Witcher 1 Treasurer. Samuel Preis ! Q+owaria fetewaras Secretary, Theo. C. Hobn f S 0. J . B . Roser, Jr J J. D. H. A. M cGregor (not a member) Tyler. PAST MASTERS. J. D. Taylor, J. H. H. Taylor, Frank L. Martin. H. R. Fine, Louis K. Hoover.
W. D. White, Caspar P. Geibke.-
MEMBERS. Andrews, Samuel Clark, Ed. J Hardie, C. M. Preis, R. L. Arnold, Chas. Coats, Will. J. Harte, E. P. G. Reynes, Joseph Ashby, Lewis Cook, A. G. Hebert, A. J. Rogers, Walter H. Atkinson, B. Cooper, E. J. Henrich, J. H. Sampson, N. R. Balmer, P. A. DeWass. M. B. Hester, C. E. Schmidt, C. W., J r . Bauer, L. DeSaussure, H. D. Hollander, M. F. Schwartz, David Baumann, August Desmare, L. J. Huber, Wm. Sparks. C. Baxter, W. N. Dicks, A. H. Huey, W. R. P. Stich, Wm. Beattie, John Dicks, R. Lee Hufft, Fred Sweetman, D. V. Bergeret, H. J. P. Drumm, F. S. Illy, Carl Switzer, Wm. Berry, P. Drumm, R. W. Jannarelli, A. B. Toledano, R. K. Blafier, R. L. Dunn, J. D. N. • Kelly, Daniel M. Titche, Bernard Boebinger, John,JrEhlert, Emile Kohn, Edwin C Trouilly, C. R. Bollwitt, C. F. Ehlert, Wm. Kustaborder, J. F. Ulrich, Paul Bosse, E. C. Elliott, Andrew Lee, Julius Upton, John R. Bo3tick, Geo. W. Espinosa, M. L«iienheimer, C.F.Urban, A. S. Brandt, L. Feste, Ernest Miller, John Vienna, A. Brown, F. G. Fichtenburg, H. Misse, Aug. Weatherby, T. M. Brummer, Theo. Forsyth, Chas. L. Montagnet, E. Welmaa, Geo. Brunei, L. O. Gelbke, Chas. F. Montgomery,W. J. Werlein, P. Burk, J. H. Gogreve, W. A. Morgan, Will J. Wieland, L. Burt, T. R. Gomila, J. H. Oplatek, Joseph Willard, F. C. Burwell, R. T. Groff, D. A. Payne E. H. Wintz, F. H. Byrne, B. G. Groff, A. R. Preis, E. B. Zemurray, Sam. Casey, John P. Hannegrif, E. W. Total, 114 members. Initiated, Passed and Raised—John Randolph Upton, Charles L. Forsyth, Clifford Morton Eustis, Albert Baker Davis, Morris Barnett DePass, Edward Joseph Byrnev Tobias Meiggs Weatherby, Andrew Elliott, Fred. C. Willard, Fred. Harrison Wintz, Chas. Fred. Leidenheimer, Passed and Raised—David Schwartz, Samuel Zemurray, Eugene Montagnet, Henry J. P. Bergeret, William Switzer.
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Baised—George Welman, Daniel M. Kelly, Cornelius Sparks. DimiUed—Louis Wieland. Dropped— Manuel Espinosa. Suspended, N. P. D.—Charles Earl Hester.
FEANKLINTON LODGE No. 101.
Chartered January 21st, 1851. FrankliotoD, Washington parish, La. Stated meetings, first Saturday of each month. OFFICERS. Henry "W. Hullinghorst T. D. Foil Herman E. Gayer T. M. Babington J . E. Wood
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer. Secretary.
Thomas A. Pettitt E. T. Haley D. P. Foil T. J. Graves.... A. C. Pool.
S. DJ. D. \ aiCkVaarAa f s^w*1™8Tyler.
PAST MASTERS. W. W. Babington, C. J. Burcb, T. D. Foil, J. E. Wood, H. W Hullinghorst.
C. D.Ott,
LIFE MEMBERS. Jacob Magee, P.M., Welcome Penny, J. E. Wood, P. M.,
J. E. Burcb, E. Babington, P. M., J. M. Burris, P. M.
MEMBERS. Babington, E. H. Brumfield, U. J. Kemp, J. M. Parker, J. P. Bankston, J. L. Burris, J. M., Jr. Magee, D. N. Pounds, J. L. Bateman, Jas. L. Byrd, T. M. Magee, Marcus F. Eichardson, S. P. Bickham, A. C. Carter, P. B. Magee, Wm. C. Simmons, A. N. Bickham, C. M. Corkern, J. B. Magee, Wiley C. Simmons, H. N. Bickham, Louis A. Gayer, Adolph Mile?, Edward Simmons, J. N. Boughman, Henry Graves, T. J. Miller, M. N. Simmon?, E. P. Brock, J. Vol. Haley, JS. T. Morris, C. P. Varnado, C. L. Brown, F. M. Johnson, J. K. Ott, E. W. Wascom, P. Y. Brumfield, M. E. Total, 55 members. Initiated—Jeptha Latimon Brock, John LeMorla, Thomas Jefferson Simmons. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Joseph Pinckney Parke1-. Reinstated—E. W. Ott, Louis A. Bickham, U. J. Brumfield.
Dimitted—'W. P. Fusseil
Died—I. D. Bickham, J. E. Morris, George W. Knight, W. A. Burris, 1903. Suspended—James M. Brock, J. S. Burkhalter, E. D. Magee, Jeremiah Smith, W. M. Sullivan.
LOUISIANA LODGE No. 103.
Chartered January 23d, 1851. Masonic Hall, New Orleans. Stated meetings, first and third Thursday evenings. OFFICERS. Henry H.Jones J . C. Nielsen C. E. Cormier B.M.Gilbert John B. Parker J . E. Fitch M. C. Vaughn
W. M. C. W. Stumpf M. of C. S. W. E. D. Screven Chaplain. J. W. E. F. Spangenberg, Jr.. ] Treasurer. JohD Craig. Jr I bctt eowwaor,ajsa Secretary. Ja mes Eaine t, Jr f S. D. Edward Schwartz J J. D. E. M. Fisher 'not a member) Organist. Joseph D. Dantagnan Tyler.
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PAST MASTERS.
Alex. K. Finlay, Owen Gernon, J. W. Keeffe, Henry H Jones.
L. Luderbach, E. J. Madden, James Rainey,
H. F. Rugan, L. F. Keynaud, E. I. Kursheedt.
R. D. Screven, T. D. Wharton, C. E. Fenner, Jr.
MEMBERS.
Quittans, D. Arms, W. E. Faust. W. C, Jr. Kabn, Henry Kaufman, Louis Rainold, Frank E. Aschaffenburg, A. Finley, W. W. Rebentisch, C. G. Larcade, Kd. Babcoek, C. McA. Ford, F. Codman Renner, F. L. Lee, Charles I. ~ ' • A. " Gardner, L. H. Baldwin, Romanski, H. J. Levy, F. L. Gardner, S. P. Baldwin. H. F. Ross, J. W. Link, C. J. Barksdale, I. W. Garic, W. M. Rowland, H. T. Lipman, J. Garner, G. G. Bonito, F. A. Sampson, Max. Loeber, F., Jr. Generelly, M. Brewer, W. P. Smith, W. S. Marr. C. O. GernoD, Robert Brown, A. B. Smith,, P. Marthe, Leon - F. Buchanan, J. A. Gibbens, W. J. Goldstein, L. S. Mathers, John, Jr. Solomon, H. H. Busch, Fred Mathews, W. B. Spano, Paul Campbell, W.S., Jr.Groves, J. B. Maunsell, E. S. Spearing, J. Z. Chamberlain, C. H. Hansard, H. E. Chandler, C. A. Hay, Alex. xMerrick, E. T., Jr. Stokes, Chas. A. Merritt, P. G. Stream, E. L. Chaplain, H. C. Heaslip, S. F. " L. ~" Swetman, Jos. W. Clark, P. C. Herndon. Edward Metz, A. Tebo, A. G. Coteman. H. D. Hfirrman. M., Jr. Millard, Philip Trotot, J. A. Cooney, W. T. Hill, J. ~ D. ~ Miller, W. C. Trust, A. M. Cormier, Louis E. Hoft, Geo. C. Molinger, C. B. Montgomery, R. B. Walker, W. L Cotting, C. C. Horton, C. L. Nathan, G. McD. Weber, A. Cummings. A. N. Hughes, W. L. Wellborn, M.J. Norcrosx, A. C. Cusachs, P. L. Ittman, J. Dannenmann, F. Jahneke, E. ti. North, Thomas P. Westmoreland,E.G Dupre, Emile Jahncke, P. F. Norton, Thos. B. Wigginton, J. F. Ellis, T. C. W. Jahneke, W. F. Will, T. C. Nunez, N. H. Emery, R. L. Janney, J. Palfrey, Herbert Witherspoon, J. T. Epstein, Abram Jones, T. H. Parker, John M, Wolf, A. J, Ewing, Robt. Jordan, Wm. Woods, L. E. Parker, Walter Faust, Wm. C. Joseph, L. H. Total, 138members. Plume, John I. Initiated—Norman D. Burke. Initiated, Passed and liaised—Cornelius B. Modinger, Edward Larcado, John I. Plume, Walter Parker, Milton 0. Vaughan, John Craig, Jr., Domingo Quintans, Hamilton Taylor Rowland, Charles I. Lee. Passed and Raised—William C. Faust, Jr., Andrew J. Wolf, Edward Schwartz. Affiliated—Phillip Millard. Dimitted— E. C. Chayt«r, S. R. Olliphant, L. F. Reynaud. Died—George F. Bowers, Harry M. Isaacson, Kmile Dupre. Suspended, N. P. D.—Wils J. Carter, F. C. Fenn. RUSTON LODGE No. 106. Chartered January 31st, 1852. Ru3ton, Lincoln parish, La. Stated meetlrgs, second Saturday and fourth Monday In each month. Name changed from Vienna, 18S>2. OFFICERS.
E. L. Kidd C. H. Carson, Jr J. G. Bond G. W. Braswell W. S. May
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer. Secretary. G. W. Edmistoii
S. B. Ritchee W. J. Norris N.B. Null J. Blumenthal. R. G. Null . Tyler.
S. D. ...J. D. M. of C.
PAST MASTERS.
E. L. Kidd, N. B. Null, D. D. G.M., R. Roberts, S. L. White, M. A. Lawrence, W. E. Redwine, R. F. Brooks, T. J. Mangham. LIFE MEMBER.
J. R. Ball,
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"WORK AND RETURNS OF MEMBERS.
Abbott, Jack Allen, C. W. Ambrose, J. O. AndersoD, H. Atkinson, Shelby Beck, Jehu Bell, M. A. Blumenthal, Dave Bond, J. L. Bransford, J. G. Bransford, J. R. Brothers, A. M. Brothers, G. L. Brown, S. W. Cain, J. O. E. Cantrell, J. E. Carroll, T. H. Carroll, W. R. Colvin, G. H., Sr, Colvin, C. C. Colvin, J. P., Jr. Colvin, A. F. Cook, W. H. Cossman, Jacob _
Davis, M. A. Dear, H.D. Delony, M. Driggers, M. A. Duncan, W. K. Elrod, M. W. Everett, W. J. Ford, A. H. Funderburk, ~ . - . V. J. Goodenough, C. S. Graham, ,Ji<*i,<».ij, E. ±*.M. i Griggs, J. C. Hall, A. S. Hardy, G. M.
Johnston, E. N. Sauls, W. B. Sharpe, J. P. Kendall, W. S. Kirkland, L. T. Sims, J. M. Simon, J. B. Kushner, Isaac Lawrence, C. H. Singleton. H. R. Skinner, Sam. Mabry, J. T. Smith, I D. Martin, W. F. Smith,, James W. Martin, W. H. McCullough, H. R. Smith, Robt. J. McBride, J. S. Smith, Wro. Meek, J. H. Smith, W. J. Messell, H. D. Staples, O. B. Miller,.C.'E. Taylor, A. A. Moss, H. J. Y. Terry, W. T. Newcomb, Frank Thompson, B. F. Si* t* " H. M. Venaole C. H. Hattaway, L. C. Newel), Herman, Ernest NorrR A. W. Walker, H. E. Hodges, C B. Walker, T. L. ~ ' Oxford, A. G. Hodges, W. H. Wharton, J. IT. H. Pitts, J. L. Holman. John R. Pyrkle, L. H. Walmsley,R.M.,JrHuey, J. McE. Rasber'ry, ~ " T. L. Warren. H. R. Ray, J. G. Watts, C. J. Jones, James Rhea, C. H. Wright, J. M. Jones, N. B. Robinson, W. C. Wynn, R. H. Johnston, J. F. Total, 114 members. Initiated—Allen Pace, James H. Murphy, Lewis Marvin Morehead, Allen Thos. Jones. Initiated and Passed—Edward Andrew Buelow, John Franklin Howard, Nicholas Lewis Bovd. Initiated, Passed and liaised—Robert Graham Null, Robert Henry Wynn, Charles H. Venable, John Burirum Simons, William Franklin Martin, James Griffin Bond, James G. Bransford, James Jones, J. R. Cantrell, Noah Buford Jones, Jr.; Shelby Atkinson. Passed—L. J. Bell. Affiliated—A. A. Taylor, James M. Sims, J. 0. Ambrose, R. N. Johnson, J. R. .Bransford, William Smith. Reinstated—G. L. Brothers, J. P. Sharpe. Bimitted—S. W. Miller, J. E. Caver. Died—C. F. Walker, H. W. McLeod, L. F. McLendon. Dropped—Robert L. Adams. Suspended—K. I. Smith. -i_i
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SPARTA LODGE No. 103. Chartered January 31st, 1852. Re-chartered December 24th, 1856. Bienville, Bienville parish, La Stated meetings, third Saturday on or before full moon. OFFICERS.
John W. Lucky Henry M. King BurtTook W. P. Lucky
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer R.T.Hays
W. J. Murphy G. C. Lucky W. M. Kemp Mlkie R. Stricklin Tyler.
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Chaplain-
PAST MASTERS.
H.M.King,
A. L. Crowson,
B.P.Edwards.
MEMBERS.
Hines, C. T.* Franklin. J. M.* Blume, Ira Campbell, W. 0. Crowson, R. M. Crawford, E. A.
Cummings, 15. Farrell, J. J. Foster. D. P. * Grigs, Robert C. Hammett, P. W. Hammett, A. E.
* Honorary members.
Jones J. p . Lewis, C. C. Loe, Joseph R. Loe, Will J. Lucky, L. J. Moon, George W.
Ruff, Thos. F. Smelly, J. E. Smith, J. C. Sprawls, J. J. Webb, I. P. Wilson, Geo. F. Total, 33 members.
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Initiated—John Lee Denson, T. Jeff. Kemp. Cnitiated. Passed and Raised—Mible B. Stricklin, Doctor Emmett Cummings. Will J. Loe, Robert C. Grigg. Affiliated—George W. Moon. Reinstated—W. M. Kemp. Dimitted—John S. Crowson.
HAREISONBUEGLODGENo.110. Chartared January 21st, 1852. Harrisonburg, Catahoula parish, La. meetings, second and fourth Wednesdays in each month.
Stated
OFFICERS.
J. C. Segrist J . W. Walters A. G. Hodge? H. C. Holloman Albert 8. Harrell
W. M. H. W. Bethard S. W. S. C. Hallaman... J. W. D. N. Thompson Treasurer. Ebbert H. Young Secretary. W. S. Dorsey Thomas J. Wilson Tyler.
S. D. J. D. M. of C. ) ofowarja f stewards.
PAST MASTERS.
James Forsythe, P..D. D. G. M., H. B. Taliaferro. P. D. D. G. M., J. F. Ellis, William H. Holloman, D. N. Thompson. MEMBERS.
Bates, P. P. Cole. R. K. Brown, M. C. Cotton, G. S. Blackman, J. C. Cotton, N. E. Campbell, F.L., Jr. Dale, O. M. Campbell, H. P. Dempsey, M. Cantwell, A. B. Fairbanks, S. D. Carter, J. W. Hailey, Albert
Hardin, J. C. Holloman, Carey McClendon, J. B. Meyers, Wm P, Miller, B. F. Pearcs, Geo. W. Eeider, Peter
Ehinehart, Thos. Taliaferro, J. G. Taylor, Harney Trichell, E. H. Watson, W. J Wiggins. L. F. Wilson, E. J. Total, 43 mbemere. Initiated and Passed—Archie Burnett, John Lewis Bryant, Thomas Walter Whatley, Cyrus P. hurley. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Silas Cicero Halloman, John William Walters, William Cowser Brown, Howard Preston Campbell, 1Oscar Milton Dale. Fountain LivinestoniCampbell, Eugene Hypolite Trichel . Raised -Harney Taylor, Benjamin Fnnklin Miller. Died—John F. Hailey.
UEIM LODGE No. 111. Chartered February 2d, 1853. Calhoun, Ouachita parish, La. Stated meetings, second Saturday of each month. Postoffice, Calhoun. OFFICERS.
T. I. Watson N. E. Calhoun Tom Ashcraft C. H. Peevy D. N. Barrow G. W. Butler
W. M. S. W; J. W. Treasurer. .Secretary. S. D.
W.V. Brownlee L. C. Calhoun.. N. G. Watson J. T. Hattaway J. D. Goodson.. H. L. Eubanks
J. D. Chaplain. ...Marshal. ) e + n „ *a f Stewards. .......Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
H.C.Henry, M. A. Childs.
C. H. Peevy, ' ' J. D. Goodson. LIFE MEMBER.
A. W. Sheppard, P. M.
C. T. Hines, G. L. N.Wineger.
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Anders, W. H. Holmer, M. I. Partin, E. M. Pinklea, W. B, Bryan, J. E. Humble, J. F. Heevy, L. H. Finkjea, S. E. Camp, S. N. Jones, H. M. Pipes, J. E. Garland, J. A. Carleton, J. W. Lee, S. Pipes, S. W. Gentry, T. C. Carleton, C. C. Maxey, J. M. Stewart, J. A. Grisham, C. M. Carleton, W. F. McDaniel, J. W. Turner, A. M. Hammons, M. Dunn, W. G. McKenzie, G. T. Young, W. E. Heath, J. A. Evans, B. A. Total, 46 members. Initiated—Jordan Gray Lee. Initiated, Passed and liaised—Leon Cornelius Calhoun, James Edwin Bryan, Lannie Howard Peevy, Charles Columbus Carleton, Thomas Ashcroft, James A. Stewart, Thomas Arnett Heath, Malcolm Ichabod Holmer. Affiliated— Absa'om M. Turner. Reinstated—W. G. Dunn. IHmitted—J. M. Collins.
'SHEEVEPOET LODGE No. 115. Chartered January 27th, 1853. Shreveport, Caddo parish, La. Stated meetings, first and third Thursdays of each month. OFFICERS. Harry M. Weil W. M. Harry W. Bechtell Moses P. Jacobson S. W. Chris. O'Brien Joseph J. Lyon J. W. F. A. Tusten Simon Hohenthal Treasurer. E.W.Jackson James D. Jenkins Secretary. J. H. Gulher J. J. L. Goodman Tyler.
S. D. J. D. Chaplain. 1 Stewards.
PAST MASTERS.
B. P. Barker, John J. Scott, P. D. D. G. M., P. D. D. G. M., J. J. L. Goodman, H. Florsheim, Wm. Winter, G. W. McDuffie,
F. A. Tusten, P. D. D. G. " M., ' Ben. Holzman, W. T. Boiling.'
J. D. Lee, John D. Wagner, Sid. H. Florsheim, J. B. Harding.
MEMBERS.
Abramson, Louis Campbell, W. W. Kahn, Arthur T. Eipin, M. Clegg, Thos. H. Kahn, Aaron Sacks, Sig. Allen, E. G. Cupples H. E. Klein, Bernard Samuel, D. B. Bahr, Simon Deal, Charles Lemle, Isaac Serwich, Frank Barlow, T. L. Dreyfus, S. G. Le Eosen, David Silverstein, E. Barron, Isaac Dreyfuss, I. T. Levi, Julius Simon, J. C. Belcher, W. C. Dreyfuss, Dave Levy, Max. M. Sutherlin, W. K. Benjamin, E. Linman, H. Tarkington, A. E. Benjamin, Louis Eastham, J. H. Florsheim, S. L. Lutz, A. S. Thompson, W. H. Benson, Meyer Frank, Moses Marionneaux,W. J .Turner, D. F. Benson, Jos. Goldman, H. Mooty, Eobert F. Wagner, A. J. Bishop, L. C. Goldstein, S. Mottley, James A. Wagner, L. G. Boazman, H. C. Hail, W. A. Nickle, Wm. Warner, B. 8. Boetz, C. Hart, H. S. Patterson, E. J. M. Washburn, D. A. Bowers, F. W. Harris, C. H. Phillips, J. M. Weiler, A. Braunig, S. Hicks, S. H. Phillips, F. E. Whitehead, T. P. Bryson, T. J. Wolff, A. Buchanan, J. C. Hunter, W. H., Jr. Fitluck, M. Jarrett, W. P. Porter, E. J. Young, K. A. Bullard, W. C. Jeffries, J. L. Eeinheimer, H. E. Zwally, Henry Busbey, W. H. Johnson, C. A. Total, 99 members. Callahan, J. E. Initiated—T. Foreman Parker, William Strube Insrain. Initiated and Passed— Charles Larkin Eeierson, William Bennett Kline, Jacob G. Levy. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Walter J. Marionneaux.
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Affiliated—William White Campbell, B. B. Warner, Thomas Hardeman Clegg, Dennis F. Turner. Dimitted—J. D. H. Smith. Died—L. H. Fisher, Charles Leadman, Alfred E. Jones. Suspended, N. P. D.—Lawrence M. McDuffle, Theodore Meyer, JacquesMeyer, John A. Sorrell, S. Carter Schwing, A. E. Tarkington.
ACACIA LODGE No. 116. Chartered January 17th, 1854. Plaquemtne, Iberville parish, La. Stated meetings, first Friday on or before full moon. OFFICERS. F. E. Truxworth W. M. C. P. Harrell S. D. J. E. Hill S. W. M. Cohn J. D. J. A. Gourrier J. W. C. E. Laraway 1 q ™ ras & to t e w aor/1o Jacob McWilliams Treasurer. P. S. Postell j E. C. Thomas Secretary. Jos. Molaison Tyler. PAST MASTERS. C. P. Harrell. A. A. Browne, Wm. L. Erwin, C. K. Schwing, O. G. Browne, W. J. Thiry. H. N. Sherburne. MEMBERS. Alfords, L. F. Hill, J. E. Postel, S. L. Singletary, A. B. Arnold, M. L. Hoell, August D. Rhodes, Lyman P. Singletary, A. G. Blouin, E. K. Holloway, W. A. Richard, O. O. Skelly, Sam'l Booksh, C. E. Jeffreys, Alex Robbins, James B. Talbot, Ed B. Botten, N. L. Jumel, Allen Robertson, A. S. Thomson, M. F. Jr. Brown, J. C. Laplace, John Rose, L. N. Uhry, Hip. Caneza, Edward Leblanc. Simon Rosser, James L. Ventress, W. W. Creever, J. F. Leche, Ed. D. Scharff, M. Wallenburg, F. A. DeBlum, John Levy, Leon Schlater, T. W. Wang, J03. H. D'Hemecourt, J. A.Levy, M. L. Schwing, S. P. Weil, Philip Dinwiddie, Wm. S. Lopez, W. E. Schwing, E. B. Wilbert, Fred Dollinf?er. John McCardle, T. S. Schwing. C. E. Williams, L. K. Eberhardt, Wm. Melancon, Elpheze Silber, Mitchell Wilson, C. H. Epstein, D. Mora, J. G. Silber, Louis Wilson, John M. Ferchaud, John B. MurrelL Geo. R. Sliber, Ed. Wolfork. J. B., Jr. Gutekunst, Chas. Posey, F. E. Total, 77 members. Initiated—James E. Dimlop. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Louis Narcisse Rose, Daniel Joseph Molaison, John Deblieux. Louis Flemon Alfords. liaised—Joseph B. Wang. Affiliated—J. B. Wolfork, Jr.. Hippolvte Uhry. Dimitted—Theodore Scharff, Hyman Uhry. Died—G. B. N. Wailes, John W. Austin, P. U., Louis Lozano, P.M.
MILFORD LODGE No. 117. Chartered January 20 th. 1854. Hope Villa P. O , East Baton Rouge parish, La. State* meetings, Saturday on or before full moon of each month. R.E.Webb T. A. Sibley H. M. Cooper E. D. Dixon J. L. Vialet O. A. Bullion,
OFFICERS. W. M. D. H. Dyer S. W. W. P. Dixon J. W. J. M. Delaune I Treasurer. Pierre A. Gautreaux.... f Secretary. J. O. Edmondson PAST MASTERS. D. H. Dyer, A. B. Booth,
S. D. J. D.. , , cot l/ e> m w oa r /a sD Tyler.
Pliney Puckett.
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Packwood, G. H-, P. G. M> jlines, C. T.* Bankston, S. A. Chambers, C.
Conerly, L. W. Courtney, J. N. Delaune, J. W. Denham, W. P. Dixon, V. L.
Foreman, T. C. Hillman, J. W. Littles, John M. Miliet, J. A. Picard, M. S.
Picard, J. R. Sibley, W. A. St. Amant, A. St. Amant, Jo?eph St. Amant, P. T. Total, 30 members.
Initiated and Passed—James Oliver ModisettP. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Thomas Coleman Foreman, Pierre A, Gautreaux, Clinton Chambers, John Allard Millet, Mitchell Shelly Picard. Joseph Ralph Picard. IHed—H. T. Brown, P. M., Elijah A. Dixon. "Honorary members.
DELHI LODGE No. 120. Chartered January 17th, 1854. [Name changed from Deerfleld, 1873 ] Delhi, Richland parish, La. Slated meetings, Saturday on or before fullmodn of eachmonth. OFFICERS.
J. M. Barrier Nash ColliDS J. E. Thomson W. S. Buchanan
.W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer.
F. A. Miles Fred. Cook. J. B. Anderson E. D. Eundell
—Secretary. S. D. J. D. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
;S. Stein, E. Karpe,
N. Collins, J. F. Trezevant,
J. M. Barrier. T. A. Miles.
W. A. Spiers, W. L. Cooper.
MEMBERS.
Packwood, Geo.H.Dollerhide,M.McG.Jackson, Andrew Pool, B. S. P. G. M.* Dresser, Jessup,J.S.C. T. Quattlebaum Andrews, F. Dunham,J.C.M. B. Jones, Redmond. W. A.iVl B. . Karpe, Benjamin Roberts, E. B. Armstrong, M. A. Dunham, E. C. g, Fell, W. Leggett, J. A. Robinson, J. H. B G W. W F l l D. D W Berry, G. Uibson, R. A. Levy, Ernest Snyder, C. G. Birdsong, S. E. Graves, P. S. McLemore, B.R. Jr.Snyder, J. A. Bishop, J. Griffin, W. E. Montgomery,G.W. Tharp, E. E. Bloom, B. I. Hawley, R. H. Montgomery, E. C. Thomson E. W. Bornstein, J. Herring, J. D. Munholland, C. T- Trezevant, J. W. Bradley, John Hirsch, T. Munholland, J. M. Watts, T. W. Brumby, R. H. H l l White, H. 0. Bh J Buchanan, J. M. Holloway, y, W. W. Myrick, D. M. Winnbish, W. A. Buie, D. Oakes, J. H. Hulse, P. G. Total, 65 members. Dean, E. A. Initiated—M. J. Abington, C. J. RundeH, J. L. Fowler. Initiated and Passed—©. O. Hill. ^Honorary member.
MACKEY LODGE No. 123. Chartered January 20th, 1854. Ringgold, Bienville parish, La. Stated meetings, third Saturday of each month. : OFFICERS.
"W. T. Stevens ' . . . . . . . . W. M. J. W: Caldwell................. S. W. B.H.Evans J. W. L. C. Page Treasurer. U. N. Page Secretary. C. A. Stevens .S. D.
B. F. Allums J. D. W. J. Page. •."........ .Chaplain. S. L. Manning...............M. of C. B. F. Stevens j; oh tteowwaai <',,l sa JamesoM. Wright ) J. W. Cook Tyler.
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. C. Page,
U. N. Page, P. D. D. G. M.
T. G. McGraw,
W. T. Stevens.
MEMBERS.
Allums, C. C. Booth, W. F. Bryant, H. Cook, J. J. Graham, N A.
Graves, T. P. Hall, H. J. Harper, F. N. Huckaby, J W. Lester, Chas.
Martin, F. J. McElroy, W. T. Perry, J. B. Perry, J. C. Poulin, J. O.
Stevens, J. H. Thomas, I. B. Tucker, C. S. Tucker, J. B. C. Woodward, J. E. Total, 33 members.
Iniiiated—William O. Bullock. Initiated and Passed—James D. Martin, George Edward Tipton. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Charles Lester, James William Huckaby, Benjamin F. Stevens, James Milton Wright. Died—Daniel U. Htcks. LIBERTY LODGE No. 123. Original charter, February 14th, 1855. Restored, 1866. Keachle, DeSoto parish, jLa. Meets third Friday in each month. OFFICERS.
Wm. H. Morgan W. G. Spilker C. D.iGrave3 Robert Horn
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer.
W. S. Logan J. M. Alexander W. X. Mosley R. H. Jay
Secretary. S. D. '. J. D. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
Charles Schuler,
Robert Horn,
W. G. Spilker,
G. W. Thigpen.
LIFE MEMBER.
T. D. Coty. MEMBERS.
Bennett, I. 0. Gatlin, T. M. Buford. H. T. Gibbs, A. P. Estis, R. F. Affiliated—-W. X. Mosley.
Lawsen, Thos. Morgan, W. H.
Riley, W. S. Schuler, E. Total, 19 members.
KELLERTOWN LODGE No. 124. Chartered February 14th, 1855. Meets second Tuesday in each month, at Wilson, East Feliciana parish, La. OFFICERS.
James R. Freeman Wm. D. Leas M. L. Palmer R. C. Ramsey
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer.
John Y. Reiley A. E. Miller John F. McKneely Cass Palmer
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
James R. Freeman,
A. E. Miller.
MEMBERS.
Adler, Julius Bland, O. P. Burkett, E. A. DeLee, A. W. DeLee, John Durkee, A. W.
Freeman, Gus S. Gore, C. E. Hastings, E. S. Haynes, C. B. Herr, Frank Miller, C. C.
Norwood, A. J. Norwood, L D. Palmer, N. C. Reily, C. F . Scott, G. A. Singletary, S. L.
Smith, Jos. R. Stanley, J. S. Storey, S. G. Whatley. L. E. White, J. A., Sr. White, J. R. Total, 32 members.
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Initiated—Harry Johnson. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Merritt Lanier Palmer. Passed and Raised—Joseph R. Smith. Raised—Adalbert W. Durkee, William D. Leas. Died—H. C. McCall.
PEARL RIVER LODGE No. 125. Chartered February 14th, 1855. Line Academy, Washington parish, La. Town, La. Stated meetings, third Saturday in each month.
P. O., Ball
OFFICERS.
N. E. Pigott W. M. W. Q. McKenzie. S. W. H. P. Pittman J. W. S. E. Rankin Treasurer. E. J. McKenzie..
I. J. Ball G. W. McKenzie James Williams A. Z. .McKenzie.... Tyler.
Secretary. S. D. J. D. M. of C.
PAST MASTERS.
J. W. Ball,
W. M. Camron,
J. I. Grimsley,
I. J. Ball,
N. E. Pigott.
LIFE MEMBER
N. W. Pigott. MEMBERS.
Grimsley, W. T. J. McKenzie, L. W. Singley, H. H.
Ryal, Hardy Total, 17 members.
Initiated— William Rester, Enoch David McKenzie. Reinstated—Hardy Ryal. Dimitted—James N. Carter. Suspended—Albert Patten, N. "E. Forbes.
ARCADIA LODGE No. 126. Chartered February 14th, 1855; renewed, 1885. Arcadia, Bienville parish, La. Meets first Saturday and third Wednesday in each month. OFFICERS.
W. M. Baker D. B. Brown, J r . . W. P. Theus P. W. Kennedv T. S. Sirpell.."
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer. Secretary. W. A. Lindsey
D. M. -Atkins V C. Pipes F. L. Cox W. C. Howell J.W.Allen Tyler.
S. D. J. D. ChapL,m. ) «+„„.„ w,. ....f btewaias.
PAST MASTERS.
Joseph Atkinson, J. A. Miller, W. M. Baker, D. R. Shehee,
F. M. Thornhill, R. A. Smith,
W. J. Fields, L. F. Wakeman.
LIFE MEMBERS.
James Brice, P. M.,
R. Murphy.
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Andrews, J. C. Arrington, E. D. Atkin, P. M. Baird, S J. Barnette, W. C. Boddie, N. Brown, M. F. Bur«ess, J. F. Butler, J. L. Butler, C. T. Butler, C, H. Capers. B. Carriker, S. S. Cole, A. B. Courtney, E. Culbertson, N. A. Carrie. J. E. Daniel, H. W. Davies, B. E. Davis. J. A. Davis, I. H. Dawidoff. Jos.
Driskill, W. D. Driskell, W, P. Ellis, J. N. Ellis, I. B, Evans, James Fleming, J. W. Foster, C. E. Foster, J. F. Gaines, M. M. Gladney, F. C. Hardie, A. L. Holston. J. D. Hayes, D. H. Head, W. P. Henry, M. A. Howell, J S. HowelJ. G. B. Jones, R. M. Jones, C. N. Jones. R. L Jordan, J. H. Kennedy, P. W.
Kidd, 0. L. Rasberry, W. J. Landon, B. B. Reynolds, J. E. Lawler. W. H. Roberson, G. W. Leslie, W. H. Sailes, J. T Leslie, W. J. Shebee, H. T. Madden. B. A. Smart, T. L. Manly, J. M. Sheppard, J. L. P. Marsh, J. T. Sheppard, Wm. D. Mayfield, F. L. Simmons, T. H. McConathy, J. B. Stall, B. H. McConathy, Sam'l Storey, J. A. Miller, Will. Theus, J. C Moore, J. T. Tilley, T. J. Murphy, R. C. Wakeman, W. B. Nelson. A. B. Wallace, W. A. Oden, W. P. Welch, W. W. Odin. H. C. Williams, S. A. Pennington, T. H. Whitlow, G. C. Picard, Nathan Wilson, B. W. Pullen, W. R. Wimber ey, J. R. Ras berry, J. P. Young, Wm. D. Ras berry, S. Youngbiood J. D. Total, 109 members. Initiated—William H. McGuire, Thomas Clayton Henry, Henry Pelham Corry, William Rowland Watson, James William Nickelson'. Initiated and Passed—Benjamin Hawkins Welch. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Henry Thomas Shehee, Frank Capers Gladnev, Henry Wise Daniel, Fielden L. Cox. Samuel Alfred Williams, O. L. Kidd, William Alexander Wallace, Addie Lee Hardie. Passed and liaised—James D. Youngbiood, Washington P. Driskill. Raised—Warren W. Welch, Charles Thomas Butler. Affiliated—J. R. Ellis. Henry G. Odin, Wesley Jacob Rasberry, William R. Pullen, Martin Francis Brown. Reinstated—A. M. Odiu. • . Dimitted-A.. M. Odin, T. A. Walker. Died—R, R. King, M. S. Marsh, A. Stall, P. M , D. A. Tilley.
SPRING HILL LODGE No. 127. Rechartered February, 1893. Oakland, Union parish, La. Meets Saturday before third Sunday in each momh. Postofflce, Truxno. OFFICERS.
E. A. Dawkins J. H. Gathright W. F. Usrey Fred Tucker
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer.
W. H. Brasheer J. R. Howard T. J. Hollis F. M. Burns
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
W. R. Taunton.
E. A. Dawkins. MEMBERS.
Adams, J. L. Bilbray, E. B.
Burges, J. Q. Burgey, L. A.
Shaver, J. E. Smith, J. M.
Initiated and Passed—W. J. Poo'e. Initiated, Passed and .Raised—Lack Tanner.
Smith, W. T. Tanner, Luck. • Total, 17 members.
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Chartered February 14, 1855. Lecompte, Eapldes parish, La. P. O., Lamourle. Stated meetings, second Thursday ol each month. OFFICERS.
Alcide Lfiigh. Wade Jones Win. G. Strickland A. G. Swatrn
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer.
Joseph H. Kirkpatrick... Secretary. J. L. Penniger S. D. Edmund W. Wiley, Jr J. D. Joseph Cruse Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
H. F. Long, J. D. Everett,
A. T. Allen, Jonas Wolf.
B. F. Scott, P. D. D. G. M. A. W. Carroll.
MEMBERS.
Boyd, E. Z. Freeman, C O . Honk, G. M. Randolph, T. E. Broida, Sam. Garnie, Mar. Jones, Wade H. Roberts, Apps Carroll,Wm. Linus Goldberg, A. Maddox, John H. Rougeon, L. C. Collins, Otis Haag, Ernest Mason, Charles B. Scott, J. W. Duncan, DeWittM.Harris, C. M. Odom, G. O. Stafford, D. T. Duncan, R. M. C. Henry, B. L. Odom, W. A. Warner, W. S. Duncan, Doctor Hilburn, C. M. Pruitt, C. B. Weingert, Joseph Falvey, James W. Total, 42 members. Initiated-Sam'l Hule Brenen, Joseph Lloyd Barrett, Arthur L. Brewer, Wm. P. Corly, George Wilson, Eli J. Simmons. Initiated, Passed and liaised—Claude M. Harris, Joseph H. Kirkpatrick^ William (i. Strickland, Abraham Goldberg, E. W. Wiley, Jr. Raised—Marcelon Garnie. Affiliated—Thomas E. Randolph. Reinstated—J. I. Hoffpauir. Dimitted—Joseph J. Barnidge, J. I. Hoffpauir, G. P. Maddox. Died—M. Bluestein. Suspended—William M. Stewart.
PLAINS LODGE No. 135. Chartered February 12th, 1855. Zacharle, East Baton Rouge parish, La., P. O., Zaoharle. Stated meetings, second Friday ot each month. OFFICERS.
R. T. Y. Loudon. Joseph Millican J. L. Walls ,, B. S. Harrell
W, M. Charles F. Ratcliff S. W. AlbertMills J. W. . Howell Morgan Treasurer. A. Z. Young I. N. Doyle Tyler.
Secretary. S. D. .J. D. Chaplain.
PAST MASTERS.
H. Carter, W. B. Loudon, P. D. D. G. M., J. D. N ettles, I.N.Doyle.
T. J. McHugh, T. E. McHugh, A. Z. Young.
LIFE MEMBER
James M. Loudon.
T. L. Mills, Sr., Charles R. Ratcliff,, P. D. D. G. M.
CONSTITUENT LODGES. MEMBERS. Amrhein, M. F. Harper, H. C. Mills, Thos. J., Jr. Thompson. F. M. Ball, I. W. Kelly, L. J. Pettit, Albert S. Troth, R. S. Barnett. Thos. L. Kent, Wm. M. Reinburg, Morris Waller, J. G. Brown, Thos. B. Louaon, ~ R. ~ ~ E. Ridgely, Geo. B. Westbrook, W. D. ~ • • - S. ~ Williams, J. R. Collins, C. R. Mayhall, J. 0. Rodriguez, J. Corcoran, R. E. McBurney, R. W. Ronaldson, A. J. Williams, South B. Davis, R. A. Metnvien, Wm. S. Samuel, T. N. Wilson, John G. Doyle, W. E. Miller, Jac. Slaughter, W. S. Wolf, Leon H. Graham, T. R. Miller, Morris Smith. George Young, J. T. Gourrier, S. A. Young, J. W. Millican,.TohnH, Speg, Philip Green, Fred G. Young, W. C. Mills, A. C. Story, Ernest Griffith, W. P. Total, 61 members. Initiated—John H. Tucker. Initiated and Passed—Herbert W. Taylor, Albert Strenzke. Initiated, Passed a/nd liaised— George B. Ridgely. Affiliated— R. A. Davis, Howel Morgan. Suspended—W. L. Ronaldson.
ATHENS LODGE No. 136. Chartered February 12th, 1856. Athens, Claiborre parish, La. Stated meetings, Saturday before third Sunday in each month. Monday night after first 8unday. OFFICERS. R. W. Baker.... W. M. W. G. Beauchamp Secretary. H.B. Atkins S. W. S. J. Crump S. D. F. R. Dillon J. W. W. W Cobb J. D. J. A. Walker Tyler. James U. Marsalis Treasurer. PAST MASTER J. R. Dillon. LIFE MEMBER.
J. F. McFarland, Atkins, W. A. Atkins, M. W. Bailey, T. E. Baker, L. E.
MEMBERS. Culpepper, W. W. Moreland, W. C. Gandy, J. H. Moseley, W. C. Johnson, P. D. New, A. G. Marsalis, F. E. Pecoy, Wm.
Walker, G. W. Ward, N. Webb, Conquest Webb, R. J. Total, 25 members. Initiated and Passed—A. H. Caldwell, William H. Pace. Initiated, Passed and liaised—James Gordon Marsalis, P. D. Johnson, William W. Cobb. Passed and Raised—J. Aimer Walker. Affiliated—Sidney J. Crump. Dimitted—J. N. Cunningham, Thos. A. Newton. Suspended, N. P. D.—W. C. Mosley.
DOWNSVILLE LODGE No. 143. Chartered February 12th, 1858. Downsville, Union parish, La. Stated meetings, first Saturday of each month. OFFICERS. I. F. Hammons W. M. G. P. Hinton Secretary. W S. Hammons S. D. T. H. Roberts S. W. Trion McFarland J. D. J . T. R'chardson J. W. F. M. Gaskins Treasurer. W. W. Richardson Tyler. PAST MASTERS. E. T. Sellers, I. F. Hammons, T. H. Roberts.
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"WORK AND RETURNS OF MEMBERS. Hammons, A. C. Dillard, F. L. Hammons, John Edwards, J. B. Henry, G. P. Elkins, J. W. Hicks, J. L. Ellis, John Leak, W. D. Puttrell, J. J. Glass, T. L. Lewis, S..P. Goldeo, G. Maxwell, J. J. Golden, H. H. McFarlaad, A. A. Golden, J. McKenzie, W. Griffin, . _ . _ _W. , . P. . Miles, P. P. Hale, John Miles, J. T. S.
Newton, G. R. Owens, G. W. Pardue, B. W. Ransom, W. Roach, David Robertson, R. T. Smith, W. P. Smith, W. G. Wade, Tom Wilson, H. Wilson, M. W. Total, 51 members. Initiated, Passed and liaised—John J. Maxwell, David Roacb, Cleveland Brooks, James W. Davis, Henry T. Brown, W. P. Calaway, P. L. Glass, J. Lu Anderson, J. T. Richardson, H. H. Golden. Affiliated—William G. Smith, W. D. Leak. Dimitted—H. P. Wilson, J. R. Bransford. Died—J. W. Rioehart, C. H. Railey, P. M.
Hines, C. T.* Albritton, W. H. Anderson, J. L. Auld, J . S. Ball, F. M. Brewster, W. Brooks, Clive Brown, H. T. Callaway, W. P. Cary, M. P. Davis, J. W.
*Honorary member.
OCEAN LODGE No. 144. Chartered February 10th, 1857. Masonic Temple, New Orleans. Meets second and lourth Wednesday in each month. OFFICERS. Joseph Cathcart W. M. L. G. Hooper S. D. W. H. Joliy... J.D. WardC. Flanders S. W. P. R. Bempei M. of a Sam'IM. Best J. W. L. W. Kotfskey Treasurer. James P. Sullivan 1 James Parker Secretary. Charles NTyler.. I August Buuck Tyler. PAST MASTERS. Charles A. Adams, James Parker, H. L. Soulies, George Koffskey,. John C. Crimen, William Erslew, M. F. B. Weeks, L. W. Koffskey, L.G.Emery, Frank Tarver, Frank Caldwell. LIFE MEMBERS. A. Buuck, Webster Long. MEMBERS. Christensen, Jas. Kirk, J. M. Pitt, John B. Graham. D. R., Cook, C. B. Larssen, L. H. Rayner. F. W. P. G. M.* Cotter, John A. Lender. E. L. Richard. E. Babin, L. O. Cousins, W. H. McCarthy, T. J. Salles, W. L. Basart, Philip Cranmer, Thos. E. McSweeney, J. R. Sleeper, Henry A. Bollinger, J. M. Dumas, Theodore McWhirter, Wai. Theodore, N. Briggs, D. D. Ernstman, G.W.H. Milde, E. H. Thompson, J. E. J . Brown, C. F. Fairbanks, J. H. Moore, M. Tusson, J. R. Brown, J. Brunstrom, Aug. Guy, Wm. "" D. ~ Nielson, T. M. Vienne, F. A. Caldwell. John Haley, " Norwood, Sam. D. Vincent, P. C. Carroll, Thomas Howell, B. F. Park, James Wall, H. E. Case, Chas. W.. Jr. Johannesson, A. G. Pecoul, John B. A.Zoeller, L. W. Chretien, Joseph Karr, J. Total, 69 members. Initiated and Passed—Theodore E. Case, Louis J. Tognoni. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Lee O. BabiD, Piccorey C. Vincent,William> B . Jolly. liaised—L. G. Hooper, James Brown. Affiliated—Charles E. Cook. Reinstated—W. H. Cousins. Died—Theodore C. Buuck. "Honorary member.
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HOPE LODGE No. 145. Chartered February 10th, 1857. Lafayette, Lafayette parish, La. Meets on first and third Fridays in each month. OFFICERS.
Jos. H. Chargois A. R. Trahan Crow Girard W. J. Avery..
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer. E. A. Chargois
L. O. Ernes C. D. Caffrey Joseph 0. flerpin E. L. Stephens Tyler.
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Chaplain.
PAST MASTERS.
F. S. Mudd, Crow Girard, Charles D. Caffrey, F. E. Girard, Wm. Campbell. LIFE MEMBER.
E. Bernard. MEMBERS.
Babin, Charles S. Chambers, Joseph Conniff, George L. Francez, Romain
Herpin, Don.Louis Judice, L. L. Mayo, Sidney Melchert, C. F.
Meyer, F. J.' Nickerson, J. C. Olivier, Louis P. Plonsky, Leon
Roger, George L. Rosenfield, M. Simpson, A. H. Trahan, J. D. Total, 29 members. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Louis Paul Olivier, Albert Edwin Chargois. Passed and Raised—Joseph Ovie Herpin. Raised—V. J. Meyer. Affiliated— William J. Avery. Dimitted—A. F. Cayard. V. L. Roy.
SILENT BROTHERHOOD LODGE No. 146. Chartered February 10th, 1857. Coushatta, Red River parish, La. Saturday In each month.
Meets first
OFFICERS.
C. E. Edgerton... H. B. Hine? Fred. A. Wilson Wm. A. Boylston
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer. T. W. Howell
T. E- Paxton George W. Singleton Leon Bernstein Frank J. Pierson Tyler.
Secretary. Chaplain. S. D. J. D.
PAST MASTERS.
J. A. Bell, D. M. Giddens, Sam Lisso, P. D. D. G. M., J. R. Hayes, J. J. Stanfill. W. H. Wamsley.
L. E. Scheen, J. D. Cawthon,
LIFE MEMBER.
Benjamin S. Lees. MEMBERS.
Atkins, John B. Beard, E. W. Bernstein, Eugene Brown, John B. Brown, Robert H. Cagle, T. L. Clarkson, J. Peter Cloud, N. N. Elliott, Phil. C. Elliott, James M. Galloway, Charles Giddens, R. A. Grigsby,W. W.
Hickson, J. M. Hutchinson, W. J. Jones, M. L. Lee, P. A. Liggtn?, Thos. P. Lisso, Paul, Sr. Lisso, Paul, Jr. Lisso, Roy M. Lockett, Keet Mangham, G. B. Marston, Henry McGoldrich, J. McLemore, J. M.
McMillan, Steve J. Stanflll, Thos. F. Perryman, R. A. Terry, C. H. Pierson, J. F. Terry, T, H. Pierson, Thos. J. Threat, A. F. Powell, Geo. M. Wardlaw, J. C. Freslar, C. B. Webb, Charles H. Preslar, E. F. Webb, Ogden T. Preslar, T. J. Woodard, J. E. Ricks, M. Wilkinson,W.T. Sr. Robinson, E. T. Williams, F. B. Scheen, W. H. Wilson, Fred., Sr. Stayton, R. P. Wilson, T. J. Stall, F. A. Total, 69 members.
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Initiated and Passed—Walter H. Powell. Raised--James M. Elliott, Fred. A. Wilson. Affiliated—Thomas S*. Stanfill. Dimitted—Charles D. Cawthon, Joel H. Wilson, J. R. Moss.
ANACOCO LODGE No. 147. Chartered February 10th, 1857. Restored May 14th, 1885. Anaooco, Vernon parish, L,a. P. O., LeesVille. Stated meetings, first Saturday in each month. OFFICERS. W. H. Cain W. M. I. T. Lamberth S. D. LeeMcAlpin S. W. J. W. Harris :.J. p . James A. Grant J. W. John Franklin Chaplain. Z. T. Craft Treasurer. A. B. Craft I a towo _H a John P. Cain Secretary. F. R. Nolen f htewaras. J. A. Brown, Jr Tyler. PAST MASTERS. John Franklin, Lee McAlpin, W. H. Cain, W. T. Franklin. MEMBERS. Avard, Samuel Cain, Wm. P., Jr. Franklin, A. J. Paine, R. B. Bolgiano, J. M. Cain, Wm. M. Franklin, B. J. Price, John Bray, J. D. Cain, Thos. E. Gibbs, C. N. Reagan, Wm. Bray, David Cain, J. Henry Harris, Jos. W. Simmons, S. G. Brown,cj. T. Craft, M. M. Johnston, Thos. H. Washburn, F. A. Butler, J. T. Davenport, D. W. Kay. Wm. Elf Word, J. H. Cain, J. A. Evans, D. N. McConathy, J. H. Walteiman, N. N. Cain, Ed. J. Franklin, J. J. Nolen, F. R. Wright, R. T. Total, 42 members. Initiated—John O'Grady, Samuel Luther Craft. Initiated, Passed and, liaised—N. N. Walterman, J. Henry Cain, Thomas Edward Cain, John P. Cain. Passed and liaised—S. G. Simmons. Affiliated—William Reagan. Dimmed-W. Y. McConathy.
RED LAND LODGE No. 148. Chartered February 10th, 1857. P. O., Carterville, Bossier parish, La., Stated meetings, third Saturday in each month. OFFICERS. A. A. Barnett W. M. H. E. Martin S. D. J. A. Boggs S. W. S. M. Mattock/ J. D. J. H. Arnold J. W. W. T. Idom.../ Chaplain. J. Heifner Treasurer. O. C. Cason I ,
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Initiated and Passed—Walter E. Dekes. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Hugh Edgar Martfp. Dimitted—A. 3. Herrick.
DARLINGTON LODGE No. 149.* Chartered February 16th,1858. Darllngion, St. Helena parish, La. Stated meetings, second Saturday of each month. P. O., Chipola, La. OFFICERS.
O. L. Collins M. M. Collins W. K. Kemp H. W. Pipkin
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer.
Wiley Williams R. M. Collins W. J. Hurst S. S. Nettles
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
W. B. Kemp.
0. L. Collins, P. D. D. G. M., MEMBERS.
Adams, A. A. Carruth, A. W.
Nettles, J. L.
Story, W. L.
Wofhack, J. H. Total, 13 members.
* No returns for 1904.
EASTERN STAR LODGE No. 151. Chartered February 10th. 1858. Winnfleld, Wlnn parish, La. second Saturday of each month.
Stated meetings,
OFFICERS.
Georse A. Kelly W. M. Wallace E. E. Kidd M. Bernstein J. J. Peters C. M. Durham
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer. Secretary. S. D.
J. R. Hall J. T. King J. J." Dickerson W. P. Dickerson J. Bernstein R. Porter
J. D. Chaplain. Marshal. I stpwai,ds f btewaids. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
S. M. Smith. R. E. Milling, G. P. Long.
Joseph Smith, Jas. T. Wallace. M. F. Machen,
Abel, S. M. Bernstein, Philip Bradford, H.F. Carpenter, Sol. Cockerham, C. A. Coekerham, H. M. Dark, J. L. Davis, Calvin Derrett, B. L. Dunham, W. M. Dunham, .1. T. Elliott. C. H. Farrell, W. R. Gorham, E. S. Hagan, E. H. Hall, J. R. Hlghtower, R. R. Jackson, E. H. Jackson, M. E.
Jackson, W. F. James, Christ James, Jesse Johnson, E. T. Jones, R. C. Jones, W. R* Jordan. Eli Leary, 3. O. Long, A. J. Long, H. P. Long, W. E. MacheD, M. F. Mathews, J. H. McCain, L. McConathv, J. D. McGinty, H. McGinty, R. B. M'lam, T. G.
Henry Bernstein, W. D. Bevillo, P. K. Abel, W. J. Teddlie, A. J. Lonpr.
MEMBERS.
Milling, T. M. Mfxon J. J. Moore. J. F . Morris, N. D. Morris, D. P. Morris, H. y. Mosley, John Norman, W. T. NugeDt, V. R. Pace. J. D. Parish, T. W. Peters, A. S. Peters, J. S. Porter, Ibzen, Si\. Porter, S. Porter, J.. Jr. Porter, H. Preslar, R. L.
Roberts, H. M. Smith, J. A. Smith, Patrick Smith, W. A. Sowers, N. C. Tannehill, R. L. Tannehill. H. N. Warner, Jno. T. Wasson. J. M. White, A. J. White, Chas. A. Williams, C. A Williams, D. B. Williams, W. H. Woraack, J. P. Womack, J. B. Woodruff, W. H. Wright, W. K. Total, 95 members.
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Initiated—B. W. Baily. Initiated and Passed—1\ M. Mattox, E. M. Hall. Initiated, Passed and Raised—J. B. Hall, W. M. Denhnm. Passed and liaised—H. S. Morris, E. L. Preslar, W. R. Jones, J. B. Womack. Raised—J. H. Mathews, M. H. Horning, J. J. Mixon, J. D. McConathy,. J. D. Pace. Dirnitted—B-. James, J. E. Tullos, M. H. Horninpr, J. R. Witt.
HOMEE LODGE No. 152. Chartered February 10th,1858. Homer, Claiborne parish, La. Meets flrst Tuesday in each month. OFFICERS.
H. C. Walker John S. Eichardson Charle* W. Seales C. O. Ferguson
W. M. S W. J. W. Treasurer.
Frank C. Greenwood Walter Ward J. H. Kirkpatrick J. E. SmHfi
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
Drew Ferguson,
Walter Ward, H. C. Walker.
C. O. Ferguson,
MEMBERS.
Allen, J. C. Bridges, B. A. Deen, S. A. Eichardson, J. A. Bailey, O. P. Brown, J. M. Edwards, C. M. Smith, Ben Boring, W. C. Carter, A. W. Kerlin, M. L. Taylor, J. H. M. Barnett, W. C. Clingman, A. K. Knighton, J. C. Wilder, A. E. Beardsley, C. H. Coles, T. G. Odom, John D. Willis, J. C. Bolen, L. C. Day, J. W. Ptteison, J. F., Total, 32 members. Initiated—S. M. Pate. Initiated, Passed and Raised— Charles W. Seales, M. L. Kerlin. A-fflliated—J. F. Peterson. Reinstated—Aaron Odom. Dimitted—Aaron Odom.
SAINTS JOHN LODGE No. 153. Chartered February 10th, 1858. Algiers, New Orleans, La. Meets every Tuesday evening. OFFICERS.
John W. Howe C. J. Conklin Joseph E. Lorio Geo. Herbert, Jr
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer. Geo. W. Kulp
L. J. Petersen E. W. Burgis Louis Acker Thomas Prior Tyler.
Secretary. S. D. J. D. M. of C.
PAST MASTERS.
D. J. Brown, E. W. Burgis,
A. S. Daniels, O. I. McLellan, Albert E. Hotard, J. A. Peterson, LIFE MEMBER.
J. F. Deseamus, P. M.
Win, H. Eiley, P. W. Sherwood.
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Ahsen, F. W. Farrar, F. J. Aucoin, E. C. Fink, Peter Barrett, J. A. Foto, Philip Bauman, Emile Francis, M. W. Bodenger, J. French, H. D Borne, Ben W. Frlscb, P. Borne, F., Jr. Gait, Henry Brown. Thomas H. Gerdes, E. G. Bucholz, T. U. GoeJdner, Curt. Burke, Frank Guillaud. Andrew Burke J. T. Hanson, Vermund Cayard A. F. Hasling, J. H. Clement. P. Hawlev, J. W. Connell, J. D. Heap, W. P. Gorbett, C. E. Herbert, Geo., Sr. Cotie, Joseph Holland, Jos. M. DeAyala, A. A. Howard, John J. Dilzell, W. A. Howard, Price E. Driebholz E. Wm. Hunter, J. J. Dupuis, A. P. Keihl, C. I. Duvic, Arthur Kennedy, J. E. Duvic, Frank C. Lahausen, J. J. Ellingsen, H. M. Laughlin, P. A.
Eutledge,W.A., Jr. Laurents, L. V. Ryan, Frank G. Legett, A. J. Sadler, F. Ward Legget, J. Schabel, W. E. Leary, Jere Schoen, F. P. Levine, J. D. Schroeder, Jno., Sr.. Lewis, I. M. Schroeder, Jno., Jr. Lucas, William Seymour, E. H. Lusted, James Mackie, Thos. G. Sperier, A. A. Martin, Francis Stevens, E. B. Sumners, E. Mellor, C. E. Sutherland, C. A. Mfmms, L. Montgomery, W. B.Swanson, A. H. Thorning, Jos. M. Moore, F. B. Trist, N. P. Morse, M. A. Turnbull, T. F. Naismith, Wm. Ughland, A. E. Northen, H. S. O'Donnell, P. F. Umbach, W. F. Vezien, J. P. O'Pry. W. J. White, W. J. Oser, W. Pollack, Geo. W. Wiebelt, A. Popp, Eugene A. Yeager, Wm. Proctor. John C. Total, 108 members.
Initiated—Carl TollefsoD. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Julius Bodenger, Louis V. Laurents, Charles R. Corbett, Peter Frisch, Louis Acker, Charles A. Sutherland, Felix Borne, Jr., Joseph E. Lorio, Arthur A. DeAyala, Joseph Legget, John E. Kennedy, Isaac M. Lewis, John J. Hunter, Arthur P. Dupuis, John W. Hawley, Nicholas P. Trist, Passed and Raised—Charles E. Mellor, Elihu Summers, Peter Clement, Frank B. Moore. Raised—John H. Hasling, Peter F. O'Donnell, William J. White. Affiliated—Albert F. Cayard, Arthur A. Sperier, Fioyd J. Farrar. Reinstated—J. Turner Burke, James Mitchell, Louis Mimms. Dimitted—Theis Salvensori. Died—Andrew Lennox, James Mitchell. Dropped—Adnee Petersoc Suspended—John V. Kumpfert.
KISATCHIE LODGE No. 156. Chartered February, 12th 1858. Mount Carmel, Corlejville P. O., Sabine parish, La. . Stated meetings, first Saturday ot each month. J. E. Jordan W. H. Gandy L. E. Coburn J. H. Skinner
OFFICERS. W. M. D. M. Miller S. W. P. J. Herrington J. W. J. W. Tynes Treasurer. W. M. Lester L. W. Byrd Tyler.
J. H. Skinner,
H. Knippers.
Secretary. S. D. J. D. ChaplaiD.
PAST MASTERS.
J. E. Jordan,
E. L. Tynes.
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Abbitt, F. M. Hays, W. B. Mauasco, C. H. Stewart, J. R. Steward, A. M. Jr. Asberry, Jordan Herrington, C. E. Miller, Taylor Strickland, J. M. Boltoiij J. M. Hildebrand, W. M. Miller, A. M. Thompson, Rad. Cook, P. I. Holt, W. T. Miller, W. E. Cassel, Joe Knippers, C. F RyaD, W. E. M. Tynes, S. W. Wagley. A. C. Dowden, A. uvnucu, R. i*. a.. Knippers, D. T. Self, J. I. Dowden, S. E. A. Lewing, W. G. Stewart, W. D. Welles, R. C. Total, 43 members. Franklin, E. K. Lewing, J. M. Stewart, A, M. Initiated and Passed—Joseph C. Leach. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Collen E. Herrington, Lud. E. Coburn, J. Monroe Strickland, James M. Bolton, Andy M. Stewart, William McHenry Lester, Asbery Jordan. Passed and Raised—Robert C. Welles. Raised— Lafayette W. Byrd. Died—W. M. Cobb. Suspended—W. R. Ellzey. LIVINGSTON LODGE No. 160. Chartered February 16th, 1860. Hammond, Tangipahoa parish, La. Meets Friday on or before full moon of each month. OFFICERS.
T. W. Cate Merritt Miller C.G. Baltzell W. R. Stevenson O. F. Donaldson F.H.Myer
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer. Secretary. S. D.
A. L. May R M. Boone. W. M. Johnson
J. D. Chaplain. M. of C.
L e o n F b ^ . : l Wm. Patrick
Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
Wm. H. Holden, N. Olivier,
L. S. Phillips, T. W. Cate,
F. B. Thomas, G. J. Goetsch.
J. B. Adams,
LIFE MEMBER.
W. W. Bankston, P. M. MEMBERS.
Albee, F. A. Appleby, N. Arnold. J. B. Baltzell, S. L. Bankston, G. W.
Dagley, F.-H. Holmes, Ike F. Pantall. O. C. Davidson. M. M. Howard, Charles Payne, F. T. Dawson, Chas. G. Hungate, Harry P. Potter, C. W. Dunn, M. R. Keaghey, W. F. Reining, F. J, Eastman, R. M. Kussman, E. L. Robinson, J. L. Elliott, Joseph Lillie, R. Rounds, W. B. Baumgartner,G.E. Eubanks, C. K. Livingston, Wm. Ryan, Joseph Brent, H. E. Eubanks, C. W. Mathews, Louis P. Settoon, J. W. McDonald, J. A. Starns, Burlin Brist, F. M. Farley, J. C. Bueler, F. G. Farrell, George McDougal, A. Vining, J. U. Chapman, Wm. Hagg, S. A. Mott, A. H. Williams, R. J. Corbin, John 0. Hayden, M. J. Neelis, J. G. Williamson, J.W. Henkle, W. E. Total, 69 members. Currie, D. Initiated—Lee Barnes, Rudolph Flatstick, Ralph L. Henderson. Initiated and Passed—Charles Zachariah Lucker. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Charles Gilbert Baltzell, Oscar Frederick Donaldson, Leon Ford, Francis H. Myer, John George Muller, William Phillips Paterick, Ovie Claire Pantall. Passed and Raised—Frank John Reming, Arthur Lyman Way. Affiliated—-F. G. Bueler, F. A. Albee, F. H. Dagley, J. W. Williamson. Dirnitted—William E. Branch, H. P. Mitchell. Dted—J. B. Eubanks. Dropped—G. E. Dunn.
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BROOKVILLE LODGE No. 161. Chartered February I6th, 1860. Oak Ridge, Morehouse parish, La, Stated meetings, second Tuesday in^ach month. OFFICERS.
T. E. Barham J. W. Flynn F. A. Evans T. O. Files
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer.
J. S. Rolfe W. E. Conger S. L. Williams John P. Daily
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
T. W. Baird, Wm. E. Conger, G. W. Higginbotham,
John H. Hamby, W. D. Whetstone,
T. L Hawsey, W.O. Files.
'MEMBERS.
Allen, T. W. Barham, Wm. T. Barr, D. C. Binion, F. M. Binion, W. C. Binion, R. L.
BrodDa*. J. W. Brown, J. E. Cain, Z. J. Carter, Theo. A. Caruthers, B. F. Conger, A. B.
Hampton, W. H. Hathcox, W. S. Hope, C. L. Kanadv, James Mass, Gabe McAdams, T. B.
Nettles, J. C. Nolan, J. J. Parnell, J. H. Reid, George A. Smith, Jno. F. Windsor. R. B. Total, 37 members.
Initiated—Zi. F. Julian. H. C Blakeman. Initiated and Passed—J. D. Wilkiias. Initiated, Passed and Raised—J. J. Nolan, T. W. Allen, F. A. Evans, R. L. Binion. Passed—D J. Thomas. Passed and Raised—~R B Windsor, Gabriel Mass. Died— R. B. McDougald.
ATCHAFALAYA LODGE No. 163. Chartered February 16th, 1860. Simmsport, Avoyelles parish. La. on or before full ncoon. P. O., Redflsh, La. C. T. Leigh..
F. L. Cason W. A. White Noel Norwood W. D. Merrlck T. J. PerkiDS,
Meets Tuesday
OFFICERS. W. M. J o h n H. Hill
S. W. R. L. Lindsay ...J. W. H. C. Pnrkins Treasurer. C W.Keller Secretary. J. C. Taylor PAST MASTERS.. C.'T. Leigh,
S. D.
J. D. Chaplain. M. of C. Tyler.
W. A. White.
MEMBERS. Addison, D. I. Dodridge, I. S. Perkins, J. B. Blazer, J. A. Gray, D. M. Powell, S. B. Bonett, T. J. Harmanson, S. R. Rogers, W. B. Boyer, A. O. Kennerly, Selser Seeling. Henry Boyer, John H. Lackey, J. M. Sherrouse, B. F. Carbo, B. J. Magee, L. E. Simpson. C. C. Carruth, R. L. Morgan, Gordon Sparks, B. B. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Jacob Alton B'azer, George Washington Waggoner, Gordan Morgan. Raised—J. A. Smylie. Dimitted—n. T. Merrick, H. S. Perkins.
Simmon', A. C. Smylie, James A. Turner, J. M. Waddell, H. A. Waggoner. Geo W. Wills, T. J. Total, 38 members. John Henry Hill,
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WORK AND RETURNS OP COLUMBIA LODGE No. 164.
Rechartered February 9th, 1892. Meets at Columbia, Caldwell parish, La., third Saturdajjin each month. OFFICERS. W. M. S. D. S. Walker S. W. O. M. Smith J. W. J. C. C. Hines Treasurer. O. B. Hundley
John R.-Brown N. L. Hower J. W. Clarkson W. E. Goifrey John R. Brown,
Bailey/C. P. Barham, J. A. Blanks, F. A. Blanks, Henry C. Bridger, I. C. Bridget C. C. Brown, F. Brown. S. H. Bush, Clifford L. Carroll, A. W. Chick, J. S. Clark, M. S. Cosby, 0. W. Estess, 0.
Secretary. S. D. J. D. ...Tyler.
PAST MASTERS. N. M. Davis, A. B. Hundley, R. R.. Reddltt, George Wear. MEMBERS. Ferrand. W. G. McCabe, J. M. Fisher, D. C. McSween, G. T. Furlow, Wm. H. Mecom, M. L. Gilbert, J. M. Meredith, J. A. Graves, J. Q. Meredith, J. B. Grayson, E. M. Meredith, Newton Grayson, W. B. Meredith, T. A. Howe, E. S. Meredith, T. R. Humphries, Daniel Murohy, J. W. Humphries, G. W. Nettles, F. H. Jarre.ll, C. M. Newsou, W. H. Kirby, C. I. Palllett. L. W. Lntleoage. J. R. Parker, T. P. May, Irby B.
J. J. Meredith,
Pharis, T. T. Roberds. G. F. Rogers. G. B.. Rushing, E. H. Sheppard. J. H. Sherrod, John M. Sneed, A. L. VoleDtine, W. M. Vollman, G-. A. Wear, Thos. C. Welch, W. C. Wood, Thomson. Wright, R. E. Total, 67 members.
Initiated—John Wesley James. Initiated and Passed—Clyde Vernon Breithaupt. Initiated, Passed and liaised—John Walter ClarksoD, George Franklin Roberds, Arthur Lewis Sneed. Raised—Thomas Theodore Pharis. Affiliated—J. M. McCabe, G. B. Rogers. Dimitted—W. M. Kent. Died—W. T. Claunch. Suspended—S. E. Brown, W. K. Bash.
LAKE CHARLES LODGE No. 165. Chartered February 16th, 1860. Lake Charles, Caloasieu parish, La. Stated meetings, first and third Wednesdays of each month.
Dan. B. Gorham John- H. Tuttle. Thomas H. Watkins Sam. Kaufman Thomas Vf. Scarlett
OFFICERS. W. M. Charles P. Martin .S. W. M. A. vjuilty J. W. F. Chavanne Treasurer. S. J De'monlev Secretary. Josepli Walker
PAST MASTERS. Thos. R. Reynolds, George H. Wells, S. 0. Shattuck, P. D. D. G. M., P. D. D. G. M., A. M. Mayo, A. Rigmaiden, Paul Sullivan, Leon Sugar,
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S. D. J. D. aeraw-,aarr a,*s a ..Tyler.
D. M. Foster, George O. Elms. Leon Chavanne.
CONSTITUENT LODGES.
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MEMBERS.
Albertson, W. H. Findley, A. W. Lyons, S. M. Richardson, C. L. Arlington, E. H. Foster, D. M., Jr. Manson, Thos. Jacob Martin, Jos. T. C. Rigmaiden, Sandrack, W. G. Barbe, Eaphael Fox, J. R. Melancon, J. L. Santos, Fiolev Barrett, J. T. Frank, Julius Meyer, Adolph Scarlett. T. W. Benoit, M. Gayle, Wm. J. Seltzer, H. K. Bland, John C. Geary, Harry J. Miller, E. D. Mitchell, A. R. Shell, John Bloch, D. Goos, A. E. Moore, Benjamio Shutts, Frank Bloch, Sol. Gorham, W A. Bryan, James W. Gossett, G. M. Moss, C. D. Simmons, W. H. M o s s , L . H. Smith, ~ • •" James * S. Bullock, J. J. Gray, J. G. Muller,oM. J. Smith, P. E. Cah.il, John Gray, F. H. Squires. L. L. Nix, J. E. Campbell, John A. Green, H. R. Stanton, T. H. Packard, C. H. Carlson, A. W. Gunn, R. J. Stanton, Jos. G. Harland, Aaron D.Parks, Jos. M. Carter, Ira C. Cessford, R. J. Hereford, J. Lee Pearson, Charles Steidley, Wm. A. Cfiaisson, C. J. HerrinstOD, J. J. Pels, Henry Stewart, George W. Chavanne, C. E. Hildebrand, James Pfitzing, C. Stoker, Robert W. Chavanne, E. A. House, Geo. W. Pickett, J. M. Thompson, T. H. Chavanne, Francis Howe, M. F. Pierce, A. N. Toomer, J.S. Vincent, J. J. Collette, Jos. H. Hundley. A. C. Pitre, John Wakefield, T. J. Coley, John Wm. Jardine, C. H. Platz, Peter Walker, Jos. L. Cooper, Allen B. Johnson, H. W. Pope, Geo. W. Waters, J. H. Courtney. J. L. Johnston, Geo. W. Powell, J. G. Watson, J. M. Cram, W. Ed Jordan, W. R. Powell, J. W. Davis, Gollin Kaufman, Leopold Prater. Chas. H. Watson, John W. Weber. Ab. Draughon, W. W. King, George Pray, R. L. Drost, John J. Knapp, W. A., Sr. Ramsey, Chas. S. West, Abel Dugan, Lewis Kraase, Rudolph Reeves, George W. White, Egbert Dot Ellis, Argus Levy, Armand Reinauer, Isaac Whitman, W. S. Elstner, Joseph C. Love, D. W. Reimers, H. J. Williams, W. A. Escoubas, Hilair Lyons, E. J. Reynolds, F. S. Winterhaler, C. H. Fancher, James W. Total, 143 members. Initiated—Gus. C. Harms, William Antoine Guillemet. Initiated mid Passed—William J. Daily, Eugene E. Gibson. Initiated, Passed and Raised—William Andrew Williams, Joseph Lullus Melancon, George M. King, Warren Abbott Gorham. John C. Pitre. Mark Anthony Quilty, Clement D. Moss, Leland H. Moss, Walter Edward CramtD, Stephen James Delmonley, Maurice Joseph Muller, Joseph J. Vincent, Charles Pearson. Passed and Raised—Uoyd. L. Squires, Thomas H. Watkins, Charles P. Martin. Affiliated—John A. Campbell, John Shell, Finley Santos, J. Lee Hereford, John Cahill. J. R. Fox. Initiated—Edwin M. Foster. Died—D. W. Jessen, William Murray, Ivan A. Perkins, J. C. Malcolm. LINN WOOD LODGE No. 167. Chartered February 13th, 1861. Masonic Hall, New Orleans. Meets second and fourth Wednesdays. OFFICERS.
•Robert J. McQuiston Geo. A. Treadwell Chas. B. Wills C. W. Davison E. E. Adams Charles D. Cottrell
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer. Secretary. S. D.
Henry McGeary J. D. Joseph Meyers Chaplain. Gaston Cabiro M. of C. James D. Beck ) bot tpw!1 ,. flt , Henry Brisbi f e w a l dsG. E. Pearson (not a member), Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
C. A. Scott, E. E. Adams, C. W. Keeting, P. D. D. G. M., John B. Ballard, E. N. Stringer, Frank Chalona, P. D. D. G. M., Joseph Meyers, Alfred Levy. LIFE MEMBER.
Joseph Gitzinger.
Geo. W. McDuff, H. Clay Riggs. Alfred E. Billings,
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Alfred, Jno, S., P. M.* Abraham^ Jos. H. Adams, P. H. Aikman, J. B. Ames, Roger P. Anderton, Geo. P. Aucoin, A. M. Bach, William Bagnetto, Emile Bailey, T.
Frazier, Julius 0. Leche, Emm'l T. Rose, Sage Fredrick, H. H. Leopold, Simon Rosenthal, Sol. Gainsburgh, S. G. Lesslie, George Roth, Jacob . . . . .John . . . A.Lichtenstein,I.M. Rowles, Wm. H. Galbraith, Gibons, Fred S. " ~ Lob, Chas. Runkel, Wm. Gilliam, J. P. Locascio, Ant. Russ, Edw. K. Godchaux. J?. L. Loetfel, Ged. J. Sanders, D. J. Goldstein, Lewis Loewengardt, I. Sanders, John A. Grant, Frank Lusse, Henry Savell, Frank M. Grethen, Theo. O. Mallly, S. B. Schaefer, Geo. J. Schmid, E. F. Gretzner, Gustave Mainegra, R. J. Schwab, N. Griyot, Adolph Manent, G. V.. Schwartz. W. B. Barkley, John Hall, Archibald Mann, Geo. E. Barrett, A. J. Hall, Geo. A. Manning, Guy E. Segari, Sam'l Segrave, Mathers, S. S. . . „ . . . . . , John K. Behrends, Fred Harding, H. A. McClure, Robt. C. Seiler, C. T. Bell. Jas. L. Harding, W. H. McCorkindale,Wm Sellers, Thos. B. Biersoll, Frank J. Hart, M. H. McGeary, Harry Shearman, E. J. Bloeh, Theophiie Hart, M. J. McRacken, James Silverstein, Sam'l Blouin. Robt. E. Hart, S. J. Merrick, E. H. Simmons, M. L. Bokenfohr, J. Haspel, I. L. Merritt, Chas. H. Sirjacques, W. L. Bonart Samuel Hauler, E. A. '--- S. " St. Cl air, Chas. H. Booth, John Havner, Harry A. Messina, Boutall, Chas. Hedberg, Herman Meyer, Louis Stancil, Hiram N. Boyden, Walter A. Helmann. Otto ~ Meyer, Manfred SteagalL E. F. Bray, Royal C. Herwig, Jos. L. Moate, Geo. H. Steel e, Thos. F. Bruenn, Bernard Heslin, John L. Mohr, Ignatius Stinson, Louis Campbell, T. W. Holdridge, H. D. Montayerde, A. Stlte?, Wm. Carnahan,J.W.,Jr. Hudson, W. O. Moroni, G. Stoutz, Henry L. Casanas, Ben. C. Hufft, Rudolph Muller, Emile Strain, Robt. C. Chamberlain L. C. Hugo, Chas. W. Muller, Jean N. Sweet, Owen J. Chevalley, L. L. Hurry, Andrew Mustaiche, Jos. Taylor, J. Gordon Thomas. Chas. E. Christianson, L. Jaspriza, A. J. Nickerson, A. Titehe, Henry H. Clark, Alfred Jensen, L Harold Noren, G. S. Tinney, W. H. Johnson, John F. Padley, E. S. Coates, Henry Tortorich, D. J. Journey, Geo. O. Pearson, Geo. Coxe, Frank M. Treadwell. A. L. Jung, Peter, Jr. Perkins, Robt. C. Crawford, W. S. Kamlade, J. H.,Jr. Pilcher, Chas. H. Wagner, Geo. Curtis, Edward Katz, Jos. Ragan, W. H., Jr. Wagner, R. L. Czar, John Keen, Alfred Rantz, Chas. F Walker, Jos. N Dempsey. M. J. Denver, S. A. Kelsey, Geo. A. P. Rea, Jesse K. Bell Weil], Jos. Kemp, E. B. Reeder, W. A. Weingrun. Ira DiMaggio, Ant. ' Reilly, Patrick Wenck, Jeff. C. Dimand, Jacob KernaD, ~ B. J. Donnelly, Hugh Killilea, Jas. Reudelhuber, J. E. Wheat, Geo. W. Kline, William Drury, John Rice, Chas. S. Williams, Asa L. Duke, Abram K. Knolle, WilkesH. Rice,'John C. Whiteman, E. W. Kohn, H. E. Riggs, Wm. A., Jr. Whiteman, I. B. Faget, Arthur Rilev, Arthur J. Widmer, Henry Feldner, Geo. D. Kranz, Julius - A. • ~ "" " Wilder, James Feldner, Henrv W. Kranz, P. Robinson, Geo. Williams, Hugh Felix, Alexander Kronenuold, H. Robinson. Wm. Flettrich, John L. Lambert, Robt. V. Rodgers, Thos. J. Williams, J. G.R. Flettrich, L. Landry, Henry Root, Dwight C, Young, A. J. Flick, Louis O. .. Lane, Patrick H. Rose, Dan. A. Zigler, John J. Flynn, T. P. Leathers, B. S. Total, 838 members. Initiated— Henry Rudolph Frye. James Faulkner Wilson. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Thoma,* Patrick Flynn, William Andrew Reeder, Charles Frederick Rantz, Henry Kronengold, Samuel Segari, Gabriel Victor Manent, Mosby Lindsay Simmons, Hiram Nathan Stancil, Joseph Mu3taiche, Albert Louis Treadwell, H«nry Haas Titehe, Arthur James Riley, Charles William Hugo, Gaston Cabiro, James McRaekeo, Fraak Joseph Biersoll, Patrick Reilly, John Jacob Zigler, Jacob Roth, Robert Cowan StraiD. Passed and Raised—William Robinson. Affiliated—Alfred Levy, P. M., Henry Louis Stoutz, Asa Lewis Williams,, Harry McGeary. Reinstated—Thomas W. Campbell. * Honorary member.
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Died—Matthew Reilly, Calvin E. Sorsby, Andrew J. Young, Edward 1 Decker, Daniel E. McDonald, Albion K. Miller, Jesse H. Massie. Dimitted— Robert Martin. Suspended—Charles H. Hamilton, John Kane, J. W. Roberts. MONTGOMERY LODGE No. 168. Chartered February 13th, 1861. Montgomery, Grant parish, La. before the fourth Sunday in each month. OFFICERS.
R. M.Horn W. M. MathewE. Jackson S.-W. Bedford E. Woods J. W. J..Monroe Plunkett Treasurer. R. W.Horn Secretary. E. Watson Rodgers .... S. D. J. L. Megison...
Meets Saturday
Wash W. Fowler L. M. Nickols Clarence M. McCain.. R. M. Plunkett W. B. Carter... Jefferson Holmes Tyler.
J. D. Chaplain. I 1M-aMt,«i= j- Marshals. j of .„.„„,,\ stewards.
PAST MASTERS.
H. Van McCain, P. G. J. W., ,._,
J. S. Payne,
R. M. Horn.
MEMBERS.
Sines, C. T., P. M.* Dean, John W. Beyett. Vinson R. Dean. T. Lee Clark, Wm. C. Fletcher, Jas. N. Davidson, Geo. W. Gilcrease, Wm. P.
Gilcrease, Geo. W. Smith, Henry D. Horn, Ernest G. Smith, Griffen D. Holmes, Jefferson Stanfleld. J. W. Musgrove, J. G. Wagner, R. W. Total, 30 members.
Initiated—Joseph Holmes. Initiated and Passed—Lucius B. Woods. Initiated, Passed and Raised—William B. Carter, W. Clark, Clarence M McCain, Robert W. Wasner. Affiliated—George W. Gilcrease, E. G. Horn, Jefferson Holmes, Matthew E. Jackson, James G. Musgrove, L. M. Nickols, Bedford E. Woods. Died—Seaborn Dean. * Honorarv member. KOSMOS LODGE No. 171.
Chartered February 9th, 1864. Masonic Temple. Meets second and fourth Mondays. OFFICERS.
H. Reininger Julius Wyler O. H. Lehmann J. F. Falkenheiner Val. Fuchs Wm. Woessner
W.M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer. Secretary. M. Exp. H. Kick
C. A. Wagner Jos. Grunewald Ger. Mannier F. F. Lang Aug. Gerhard Frank Kruse Tyler.
Orator. M. of C. S. D. J. D. Econ. I. G.
PAST MASTERS.
J. F. Falkenheiner,
J. Voegtle, Jos. Harz,
R. G. Holzer, H. Reininger.
Chas. A. Wagner.
MEMBERS.
Bieber, Gus. Hambacher, Max Kappler, John Moosmann, G. F. Dihlmann, Hy. Hambloch, Henry Kolb, C. Ricks, A. G. Ellermann, C. Hartel, T. F. Leonard. V. Schmid, Fred. Engelhardt, P. Herforth, R. Lnssen, P. H. Schwartz, A. Foerster. Henry Hill, F. Mattern, Carl Staehle, F. Oelder, J. E. Heinrichs, J. H. Meyer, W. H. Total, 39 members. Initiated—Charles N. Kehl, August Scherr, John J. Schutten, Bruno Schlegel, Mayer Joseph. Initiated and Passed—Franz Christian Lohmann, Michael Jacobs. Initiated, Passed and liaised—Frank Kruse, John Kappler, Friedrlch Schmid.
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Chartered February 1.7th, 1865. Masonic Hall. Meet3 first and third Thursdays to 1 each month. OFFICERS.
W. R. Mandeville W. M. U D. S. Gaster S. W. James B. Humphreys J. W. Martin L. Costley, Sr Orator. JohnT. Shearer Treasurer. Thad. G. Stehle Secretary. P. Marches! Almoner. J. H. Croll
Chris. Nungesser Jacob Easch L. Keynolds L. Hausman W. E. Hogue E. 0. Lehde W. L. Banister Tyler.
M. Exp, M. of 0. S. D. J. D.
I stpwards! ] »tewar
PAST MASTERS.
G. H. Pabst, P. D. D. G. M., John T. Shearer, P. M. Schneidau, P. D. D. G. M., Win. Hincks, James T. Nix, H. T. Cockburn, W. R. Mandeville. MEMBERS.
Drawe, J. J. Keith, Henry Byron Holley* Dressel, H. J. Kennedy, C. U. Cage, R. H., Kerwin, • R. " H. " P,/& M.* Duke, W. A. Abadie, Lucien Dussel, Julius Killeen, Geo. H. Abbott, C. F, Earhart, Fred A. Kirwin, J. J. Adams, C. C. Earhart, Morgan Knost, J. j l . Alba, L. R. Ellerman, John Koretke, F. H. Alciatore, Hy. F. Elliott, E. Lacroix, H. L. Andrews, E. W. Estopinal, A. S. Lais, A. Arnold, J. P. Lamberlin, E. E. Evans, H. F. Ashby, James H. Eyrich, G. A. Lastrapes, C. W. Avegno, J. Leach, N. M. Fabacher, Jos. Badger, J. A. Legendre, J. A. Fallon, L. J. Barker, C. E. Ferguson, W.T. Lehde, E. O. Barriere, E. P. Leibe, A. Fine, R. H. Berlin, H. Ficken, Edw. J. Levi, Nathan Bernard, H. A. Levy, Alfred Fisher, D. Bisso, J. A. Long, George W. Fitzner, Wm. Bonne, F. T. Fourment, John Lumberd, W. B. Bray, C. E. Magnitzky, A. Frank, C. L. Brehop, H. C. Manion, M. H. Freeling. John Bres, W. A. Manion, W. J. Fulton, J. D. Brook-i, A. L. Marcotte, Gus. J. Geifers, R. JBroussard, W. P. Gessner, T. F. McDowell, C. Brown, R. H. McFall, E. H. Goss, C. M. Brown, P. H. McGivney, J. R. Gray, Vincent Burg, P. C. Mclntyre, E. J. Green, M. C. Calmes, J. S. Milam, Geo. M. Gurtner, H. Capo, Thomas Mitchell, John Hailey, H. C. Carambat, Frank Halns,.P..C., Jr. . Muhs, J. C. Che valley, S. J ^ VHargrave, J. Muller, Fred Clerc, R. F. Muller, Geo. 'fiarney,.D. Coats, W. T. J. Paul Murphy, J. C. Converse, W. H. Hecker,Philip Nagelvoort, F. Converse, W. W. Helm, Hillery, Jno. A. Nix, John D. Cooke, A. M. Nixon, J. R. Hoffstetter, J. A. Cooney, P. A. Offner, E. Houg, N. C. Costley, F. D. O'Donnell, L. Hoyt, R. A. CosMey, W. P. O'Rourke, C. H. Hull, E. S. Costley. M. L., Jr. Ivy, Parker, Chas. S. George E. Daly, Theo. T. Jackman, A. W. Patton, M. W. Davies, E . H . W. Jensen, Pearson, J. J. M. Dequede, W. Poelstra, J. H. L. Donellan, W. H. Jensen, Jonveaux, Wm. F. Porteous, A Dorrestein,C.A.M. Jonveaux, L. P. Prentiss. J.Wm. W. Dowie, D. Kay, C. W. Queen, F. W. * Honorary member.
M. L. Costley, Sr., Joseph Dennee, D.D.G.M. Reams, T. B. Renaud, W. H., J r . Renaudin. Geo. Repoel, o ; c . Reudelhuber.W. G Ridgely, J. K. Rodd, J. a. Rogers, W. G. Kolling, H. J. Rowley, Robert Schmidt, C. J. Schneidau, Paul S. Schreiber, M. M. Scott, A. McC. . Seymour, Wm. D. Sevmour, H. W. Sheffeld, C. H. Simpson, W. P. Smith, McC. Spaiisel, W. C. Stanton, Geo. W. Stevens, G. W. Stiflt. P. Stoddard, A. H. Strieffer, M. Strong, W. A. Stroudback, C. B. Surgi, H. G. Swetman, J. W. Taylor, Edgar Trepagoier, A. C» Vandevort. R., , Velth, P. G. • • '. Verbburg, Jacob Vincent, George Vose, H. C. Waldo, B. F. Weil, E. L. Wintz, Victor F . Wetmore, R. H. White, O. M. Wiegand,Geo. A. Wilmot, W. G. Wirth, H. Wright, M. B. Zengel, Joseph Total, 201 members.
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Initiated—William G. White, Harley A. Tucker, Edward A. Calhoun, John Kareher, Marius Peterson, John E. McGregor, Eniile G. Kupferle, William E. Morton. Initiated and Passed— William R. Curd. Initiated, Passed and Baised—Edward J. Mclntyre, James H. Rodd, George Renaudin, Reuben Vandevort, Edward E. Lamberton, Henry C. Thomason, Robert Rowley, John Andrew Hoflstetter, George H. Killeen, David Dowie, Aristide C. Trepagnier, Sidney J. Chevalley, Charles S. Parker, Jacob Verburg, Wynne G. Rogers, Albert Magnitzky, Ferdinand Reppel, Orlando C Reppel. Passed—Robert M. Shad. Passed and Baised—John Mitchell, Henry C. Voss, William Lang, Joseph Pierson. Affiliated—John A. Hillery. DimitUd—Philip Millard. Died—Henry C. Thomason, William Lang, W. H. Wilkinson, A. Bruhn. Suspended—Arm and Levy, M. W. Patton, George T. Patton, E. A. Cole, F. W. Fornaris, Percy H. Bavies, E. F. Loer, V. F. Wintz.
DANTE LODGE No. 174. Chartered February 14th, 1866: Polar Star Hal]1, corner Rampart and Kerlereo streets, New Orleans Meets first Monday in each month. OFPICEES.
Giuseppe Viviano Arturo Dell'Orto Cesare Capanna G. Passalaqua Giuseppe Di Carlo Angelo D'Anna Giovanni D'Antonio
W. M. S, W. J. W. Orator. Treasurer. Secretary. Almoner.
Vincenzo Machi Vincenzo Marciente Filippo Sunzeri Giuseppe Chetta Basile Merenda Giuseppe G.:LaBella Lorenzo Cipriani
M. Exp. M. of C" S. D. J. D. Econom. I. G. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
Giuseppe Passalaqua, Angelo D'Anria, L. Cipriani, Giuseppe Viviano, Gaetano Spagnolo, Giuseppe Di Carlo, G. Rumiano. HONORARY MEMBERS.
A. G. Brice, P. G. M., M. Pankey, R. Lafontaine, P. M. J. S. Alfred, P. M., Samuel Weil, P. M.,
R. T. Haviland, C. F. Buck, P. G. M., Jose Venta, John C. Suarez, P. M.,
F. deP. Villasana, G. H. Packwood, P. G. M., Leon Schwartz, P. M., Antonio Disero, P. M.
MEMBEKS.
Arduvinl, R. Economides,Basile Liuzza. Pasquale Pettavino, Ant. Bisso, G. Favalora, G. Liuzza, Michele Pircopo, Pietro Bonfiglio, Pietro », Federico, Lorenzo LaBuono, Vin. Russo, Salvatore Calamia, Antonino Florio, G. P. Russo, Agostino Longo, Stefano Catalanotto, G. Giacona, Corrado Macaluso, B. Satnmaritano, L. Cefalu, G. B. Gentile, B. Sammaritano, R. Macaluso, A. Clesi, Giorgio Gentile, Michele Marullo, Girolamo Sassone, Gio. Geraci, G. Colletti, R. Scalamera, P. Marullo, Pietro Conlglio, Paolino Grabre, Ignazio Scavelli, G. Mascaretti, A. Cordich, Tomaso Graffeo, C. Scorsone, Vitoi Matranga, Giu. Soldano, Antonio Monteleone, A. Cuccia, Giov. Guarino, Ant. Tusa, Salvatore Cuccio, Giuseppe Inserillo, Giuseppe Mule, Calogero Venezia, Angelo Cusimano, Angelo Jurisich. J. Mule, Giorgio Verde. Giuliano Cusimano, GiacomoLamia, A. Nicolich, Elia D'Alfonzo, S. Lauro, Vincenzo Palermo, Giorgio Vulevich, Ivo Ilin Total, 79 members. Di Cristina, C. Licalzi, Ant. Palermo, Paolo
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Initiated, Passed and Raised— Giuseppe Giacinto LaBella, Autonio Soldano, Agostino Maoaluzo, Paolino Coniglio. Dlmitted—AntoDio Musachia. Died—Enrico DeBarbieris, Francisco Scontrino. DroppetJ—Giuseppe Carrucciu. Suspended— Giuseppe Di Traponi, Andrea Forestiere.
AMITE CITY LODGE No. 175. Chartered February 14th, 1866. Amlte City, Tanglpahoa parish. La. Stated meetings, flrst Friday on or belore full moon. OFFICERS.
C.S.Stewart W. M. H. Mixon S. D. A. J. Holton 8. W. C M . Mixon J. D. Clay Elliott J. W. D. F. Young M. of C. F. G. Weist , Treasurer. W.D.Terry ) ctpwflrrfs. Charles H. Eagan Secretary. J. J. Dalshtron ) otewarasJ. A. Puleston Tyler. PAST MASTERS. R. R. Reid, P. G. M., John Pule9ton, D. D. G. M., D. H. Sanders, J. M. Craig, S. D. Ellis, C. S. Stewart. MEMBERS.
Alford, H. J. Ellis, R. S. Allen, L. E. Fonhay, H. P. Allen, M. J. Ford, Joseph A. Bankston, Leslie Frierson, A. G. Bankston.Thos.M. Givens. J. R. Brittingham, J. N. Goldsby, G. F. Cohn, M. L. Hayden, C. M. Dorhauer, John Holton, J. R. Dorhaus, Chas. Hayden, Jesse Dykes, John Jeffers, C. S. Edwards, M. F. Kemp, D. S. Eldridge, C. R. Kemp, T. D. Eldridge, W. O. Koffler, Jos. Elliot, "Clay Lillard, J. Q.
McClendon, W. H. Mclntyre. W. S. McMichael, A. W. McMichael, P. P. MeMichael, R. S. Mix, F. P. Mullin, W. J. Mull ins, R. W. Noyes, H. N. Osborn, James M. Robertson, T. H Sanders, Geo. 0. Sanders, H. E. Simmons, W. W.
Smith, W. B. Spring, H. F. Stark, A. H. Stern, Dave Stevens, Allen Stevens, W. Stevens, Leo. A. Stevens, James S. Story, H. D. Strickland, J. E. Swasey, H. A. Vernon, Wm. T. Walker, F. E. Wilson, William D. Total, 70 members.
Initiated and Passed—Guy Henrv Ballard. Initiated, Passed and Raised—William Taylor Vernon, Jesse Hayden, Corneil M. Mixon. Reinstated—Joseph Whitehead, F. E. Walker, James S. Stevens. Dlmitted—Joseph Whitehead. F. E. Walker, E. L. Lofton. Died—C. W. Amacker, A. F. Vogt, P. M.
CADDO LODGE No. 179. Chartered February 14th, 1867. Shreveport, Caddo parish, La. Stated meetings, first and third Saturdays ol each month. OFFICERS.
T. H. Scovell W. A. Kerley J. A. Scovell, Jr W. A. Robinson
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer.
G. H. Stevenson Secretary. L. C.Allen S. D. E.H.Martin J. D. J. L. Goodman, not a member, Tyler.
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PAST MASTERS.
N. B. Murfl, P. D. D. G. M., J. C. Moncure, P.D.D. G. M., S. N. Kerley, A. W. Cheesman, C. D. Kalmbach.
L. C. Allen, D. G. M., Thomas B. Chase, S. F. Gordon, J. A. Thlgpen,
L. E. Thomas, (J. S.W. H. B. Hearne, Matt. L. Scovell, A. B. Weaver,
MEMBERS.
Allen, E. O. Gaines, C. L. McWilliams, A. M.Smitb, T. A. Allen, T. M. Hamilton, D. B. Minge, C. H. Sewall, J. A., Sr. Arrington, A. S. Harding, Eugene Morris, A. D. Spearing, Jos. H. Avery, A. B. Hardy, H. I. Neild, Geo. F. Stanard, Eugene Bayersdoerffer.W JHawkins, W. E. Newman, A. J. Steere, S. F. Blackburn, G. E. Helpman, I. L. Oakley, S. K. Taylor, W. F. Blanchard, N. C. Hicks, S. B. Owens, Patrick Trosper, J. M., Jr. Boisseau,1 Joseph Hicks, Cal. D. Patterson, R. B. Walling, John H. Burcher, C. M. Hodges, John L. Peyton, James W. Waddill, W. M. Callaway, J. M. Holzner, Henry Pires, L. A. Ward, S. J. Colquitt, Homer Hunsicker. Henry Prescott, H. H. Watson, S. M. Colqultt, R. K. Jackson, Walter Randall, C. J. Weston, H. S. Craig, Geo. M. Johnson, C. B. Ratcliff, E. R. White, Ben S. Crawford, W. T. Johnson, J. B. Richardson, R. L. White, George L. Davis, J. W. Johnson, T. C. Robson, Wm. V. Williams, F. M. Dillon, W. F. Lilley, Geo. O. Russell, G. H. Wise, W. H. Dowling, Oscar Lowenthal, Paul Sample, O. H. P. Withrow, P. S. Eglin, A. D. McCutcheon, S. B. Scott, J. P. Woodward, Geo. L. Farrar, W. B. McCutchen, M. A. Scovell, C. Young, John S. Ford, T. G. McMahon, W. T. Sims, Edward Young, W. L. Fortson, F. M. Total, 100members. Initiated— William J. Johnston, Walter S. Lawrence, William Mason Ford, Jack L. Means. Passed and Raised—A. D. Eglin. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Albert M. McWilliams, George O. Lilley. Raised—Edward Sims. Affiliated— Edwin H. Martin, S. N. Oakley, William B. Farrar. Dimitted—D. S. Monroe, S. P. Hurlburt. Died—W. H. Hunter, Sr., Henry D. La Cossett. Dropped—C. W. Girdlestone.
SAM TODD LODGE No. 183. Chartered February 14th, 1887. Sugar Town, Caloasieu parish. La. Stated meetings, first Saturday in each month. OFFICERS.
George W. Richardson W. M. N. A.Jones S. W. R. E. Sigler J. W. M.Moore Treasurer. W. E. Nolen Secretary. A. J. Watson
Vf. L. Lanier M. Q. Swilley Wm. R. Hargrove S. M. Miller J. M. Hanchey Tyler.
I j
S. D. J. D. Chaplain.
PAST MA.STERS.
G. W. Richardson,
Jesse Gill,
N. A. Jones.
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Hanchey, R. H. Lanier, O. A. Simmons, Caleb Arnold, Thos. Bailey, A. L. Hanchey, T. J. C. Lanier, John W. Singletarv, A. C. Season, J. Hanchey, J. W. Leblanc, Louis Singletary, T. G. Browning, F. M. Hanchey, W. B. Madox, John W. Singleton, M. E. Cain, E. M. Hanchey, Jas. M. Mahoffey. James Simons, John F. Caraway, C. B. Smith, James P. L. Hargrove, M. V. .Martin, E. Caraway, J. H. Hargrove, M.V. JrMathis, W. H. Teal, W. C. Chaney, W. M. Harper, James McFarland, T.?E. Terrell, John W. Cole, D. A. Heard, A. J. McFarland, T. P. Thompson, S. A. Cole, H. Y. Heard, Geo. M. Miller, Geo. W. Tolbert, Louis N. Cole, V. D. Heard, W. C. Miller, John A. Turner, A. C. R. Davis, Thos. Houston, John F. Morrow, Wm. W. Turner, Thos. S. Deason, Geo. R. HoustOD, Geo. M. Morrow, H. C. Wagnon, L. H. Watson, Theo. Farque, Leonidas Howell, Edward Nolan, M. T. Nolen, A. S. Weeks, James Z. Ford, L. A. lies, D. C. Nixon, Turner F. Weldon, Jacob lies, Gill, S. " H. W. Parker, John E. Wells, John J. lies, Harold Gilley, Geo. D. Sanders, John M. Williams, John T. Jones, Johnnie Hall, Joseph Hanchey, Jas. M. Johnson, W. C. Sigler, J. M., Jr. Wingate, Labon Wisby, William Hanchey, J. M., Jr. Johnson, John Sigler, J. D. Hanchey, John W. Lacaze, Pierre Total, 93 members. Passed and Raised—John W. Lanier, M. V. Hargrove, Jr., Thomas E. McFarland, J. M. Hanchey. Initiated, Passed and Raiised—James Mahaffey. Raised—Thomas Arnold, George R. Daason. Dimitted—John L. Leblanc, F. B. Leblane, John W. McFatter, S. W. B. Colvin (1901). Suspended—William J. Hester, A. J. Jones, R. L. McFarland, Benjamin Straconer, W. H. Whatley, W. B. Wilborn, Sr., W. B. Wilborn, Jr. SPRING CREEK LODGE No. 184. Chartered February 14th, 1867. Spring Creek, TaKgipahoa parish, La. Friday before second Sunday in each month. P. O., Lewiston. OFFICERS.
George W. McDaniel W. M. E. McDaniel S. W. J. E. Corkern . . . J . W. James P. Morgan Treasurer. Geo. D. Lewis Secretarv. J. N. McDaniel
Arthur C. Lewi? Daniel E. Vernon Jeff. D. McDaniel Roan S t r i c k l a n d I C. F. McDaniel Tyler.
Meets
S. D. J. D. Chaplain.
PAST MASTERS.
J. M. Breland,
Elias McDaniel,
Geo. W. McDaniel,
James P. Margan.
MEMBERS.
Addison, R. M. McDaniel, T. R. Mixon, S. C. Ricks, J. B. Breland, J. M. McElveen, I. N. Ott, W. T. Rick?, L. L. Brock, J. D. Miller, B. F. Perkins, B. D. Watts, F. M. Hutchinson, W. P. Total, 24 members. Initiated—Henry Jasper Lewis. Initiated and Passed—Jesse Iverson Fortenberry. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Isham Early Corkern, Arthur Cullen Lewis, Luther L. Ricks, Francis Marion Watts. Died-M. T. Alford, J. T. Simmons. ORPHANS' FRIEND LODGE No. 185. Chartered February 16th, 1867. Big Cane, St. Landry parish, La. Meets on Wednesday before full moor of each month. OFFICERS.
E.W.Hicks James H. Rutledge W.C.Hudspeth Peter Jacobs
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer.
B. F. Vannoy T. A. Hicks T. H. Littelle D. D. Hudspeth
....Secretary. S. D. J. D. Tyler.
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T. A. Hicks,
Jules Weill,
B. F. Vannoy,
E. W. Hicks.
MEMBERS.
Allen, Austin Goudchaux, J. L. Kahn, A. Catlet, K. G. Goudchaux, L. Richard, M. J. Clopton, B, W. Greene, J. O. Ruwitch, Alex. Goudchaux, C. A. Howard, L. A. Sherrouse, J. M. Initiated—Sam. Spence. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Edward V. Hudspeth, Dlmitted—John H. Jackson, E. E. Williams.
Spence, W. M. Ward, S. P. Weil, Jacob Total, 24 members. W. M. Spence.
COVINGTON LODGE No. 188. Chartered February 15th, 1868. Covington, St. Tammany parish, La. Stated meetiDgs, second and fourth Saturdays ol each month. OFFICERS.
V. B. Martindale A. Theobald W. P. Fussell Jasper E. Wilson..
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer.
Chai'les Heintz Robert Baden E. J. Frederick Casimire Second
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
M. Burns,
Albert Theobald, F. B. Martindale,
John Theobald, H. G. Willis.
H. R. Warren,
MEMBERS.
Anderson, Henry Bay, Alex. M. W. Klaman, E. G. Seals, S. G. Bourgeois, F. A. Frederick, E. G. Lewis, John A. Seymour, W. J . •• -B. -T. Holliday, A. B. Parker, Wm. E. Thibodaux, S. J. Carroll, Coitora, John Hutchinson, W. G. Rockenschuh, A. Thompson, J. H. Columbus, Frank Keller, Henry Rockenschuh, H. Yates, J. M. Cox, Sam'l T. Total, 34 members. Initiated and Passed—George W. Fuller, Kenison M. Ray, Edward L. Thompson, Carl G. Kleeman. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Samuel T. Cox, John A. Lewi*, Samuel George Seals. Passed—John Swinson. Passed and Raised—U. G. Klaman, E. J. Frederick. Raised—Jasper E. Wilson. Affiliated—William Pinckney Fussel.
EVERGREEN LODGE No. 189. Chartered February 13th, 1868. Evergreen, Avoyelles parish, La. on or before full moon of each month. OFFICERS.
Meets Tuesday
J. A. Hollingshead B. R. Fisher Sol. Levy C.E.Crawford Curry Cappel.Tyler.
S. D. J. D. M. of C. 1 Stewards } stewards.
S. 0. Easton W. M. S. W. Cappel S. W. S. L. Campbell J. W. Lazard Godchaux Treasurer. S. Karpe Secretary. Orlando Mathews
PAST MASTERS.
J.A. Hollingshead, J. T. Johnson, P. D. D. G. M. S. Karpe,
P. B. Wright, S. L. Campbell, Sol. Levy.
C. D. Cappel, P. D. D. G. M.
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Branch, W. G. Ganthier, I. J. Johnson, I. C. Curry, D. A. Glass, J. D. Jordan, John Easton, W. V. Haas, W. D. Lesseps, J. A. Fisher, L. D. Hudson, D. B. Levy, Gus Initiated—Charles Ashland Moore. Died—Thomas J. Heard, P. M.
Levy, Jake Mathews, C. J. Savant, Paul. Total, 39 members.
CORINTHIAN LODGE No. 190. Chartered February 9th, 1869. Masonic Hall, New Orleans. Stated meetings, first and third Tuesdays of each month. OFFICERS.
J . D. Graybill , W. M. G. K. Smith Ed.Pierson S. W. C. V. Buok T. D. Sadler J. W. James Benton Charles Palfrey Treasurer. ArthurHart H. Dabezies Secretary. W.C.Lawrence Jos. W. Darsam . S. D. E. B. Kirwin., H. A. McGregor (not a member) Tyler.
J. D. M. of C. stewards.
PAST MASTERS.
W. E. Lawrence, W. W. Chapman, Chas. A. Thiel, Jr. C. J. Bell, C. F. Buck, Jr.
C. H. Charlton, Geo. W. Booth, P. D. D. G. M. J. C. Clifford, J. W. Pearc9,
G. M. Hodgson, Isaac B. Ellis, B. F. Albertson, J. N. W. Otto, L. E. Bowman,
H. B. Schreiber, P. D. D. G. M. W. W. Crane, J. F. C. Waldo. W. W. Huck.
MEMBERS.
McClelland, B. S. Smith, A. V. Medus, George W. Smith, Geo. S. Meloche, Frank Smith, R. W. Stephenson, R. A. Mieg, Louis Miller, T. D. Stewart, George B. Moores, G. Stitch, Charles " " W. " Murray, Wm. Stumpf, John Parkerson, Wm. S. Taylor, Bankson Patterson. C. T. Turner, W. G. Payne, Walter -E. Vreeland, A. C. Porter, A. B. Vreeland, F. H. RagaD, W. F. Wagner, George L. Ross, T. L. Walshe, Geo. C. Rochat, Henry Walther, O. Saunders, J. unuuung, H. u. a. Warren, Wm. J. Saxon, Walter L. "Watt, John Scheele, W. F. Wedemeyer,H.F.D. - - - - C. - A. • Widney, L. S. Sehrieber, Seaward, A. H Wilkinson. J. P. Shearman, H. C. Wood, W. H. Sims, J. P. Woodward, J. E. Skardon, A. N. Zehler, Chas. C. Smith, M. A. Zinzer, F. Total, 120 members. Initiated—Henry H. Holly, James T. Menefee. Initiated and Passed—Isidore Lawrence Ryan. Initiated. Passed and liaised—Jesse P. Wilkinson, John E. Woodward, Wesley C. Lawrence, Fred. H. Vreeland, John Watt, Harry K. Ivens, Joseph. K. Boland, Waldemar F. Ragan, Arthur Hart. -Reinstated—Wm. W. Huck. Affiliated—Henry J. Saunders, J. P. Sims. Dimitted— Pascal Meaut, I. D. Edwards. Died—John T. Paul, Chas. A. Thiel, Sr., Hunter Stewart.
Allen, C. H. Farish, G. V. Anderson, T. H. Flaspoller. A. H. Andrews, J. C. Fish, H. M. Atkinson, A. S. J. Gray, B. H. Babbington, J. B. Hanselman, E. C. Badger, A. S. Heisler, W. F. Baumgartner, A. Herbst, P. A. Baumgartner, C. F.Hill, A. M. Benedict, H. W. Hooper. J. J. Bofinger, W. H. Hogle, H. E. Boland, Jos. K. Hyatt, E. C. Brenford, J. T. Ivens, H. K. Brennan,» J. M. Kenney, C. H. Briant, W. A. Klrkland, W. C. Calhoun, Jas. B. Kinebrew, J. W. Carraher, M. J. Koenig, J. C. Chalmers, J. R. Kouns, C. S. Chapman, C. P. Lucas, W. R. Coleman, S. B. Mackie, Albert Craft, Augustus Mackie, C. W. Darton, D. B. Maginnis, J. H. DeRussy. R. W. Maier, Otto T. Evans, W. M. McCall, H., Jr.
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JEFFERSON LODGE No. 191. Chartered February 9th, 1869. Masonic Hall. Stated meetings, first and third Wednesday evenings. OFFICERS. Chaplain. Will Moss W.M. Gus. D. Levy M. of C. Samuel Wolf S. W. Joseph A. Piper 1 Robert H. Polaek J. W. H. C. Brown ! Hartwig Moss Treasurer. Arthur B. Leopold \ Hugh Breen Secretary. Sidney Peterman J Sidney H. Smith S. D. Albert Hurwitz Organist. Reinhardt Wedig J. B. Jas. A. Chadwick Geo. E. Pearson Tyler. PAST MASTERS.
Hugh Breen, P. D. D.G. M., H. C. Brown, Hartwig Moss, Isidore Ber.
H.C.Duncan, Grand Chaplain, F. M. Caraher, Fred Adolph, P. D. D. G. M.,
John S. Alfred, L. L. Shwartz, P. D D. G. M. P. D. G. M., Alex. Lichtentag, John Clegg, B. W. Kernan, P. G.J.W., Gus D. Levy, P. D. D. G. M.
HONORARY MEMBERS.
S. M. Todd, P.G.M. Geo. H. Packwood, D. E. Graham, C. F. Buck, P. G. M. P. G. M., P. G. M., R. H. Cage, P. G. M. Robert R. Reid, P. G. M. L. P. Delahoussaye, G. M. MEMBERS.
Aarons, A. Forscheimer. A. Kramer, W. Krauss, Herman Anaya, L. F. Frank, Wm. Lashly, M. Anderson, R. J. Gilmore, J. Y. Ashner, I. W. Godchaux, Albert Lehman, Gust. J. Aycock, T. J. Goldsmith, Louis Lehman, Joseph Levy, Ed Beaulieu, P. H. Goldstein, Jos. Beck, Arthur Good, James M. Levy, Leopold Beck, Jacques Grabeuheimer, H. Levy, Sigmund Beer, J. W. Gradwohl, M. H. Levy, Sigmund S. Liberman, S. H. "Bensel, George Granger, H. N. LincolD, C. K., Sr. Ber, M. Grant, George Greenbaum, Em. Lincoln, Wm. R. Block, Herman Lochte, H. Gruber, Louis Bourdet, J. P. Brownson, J. A. Grunewald, Theo. Lobe, H. .Loeb, E. M. Grunewald, Wm.N Brunner, Moses Loomis, Chas. C. Gumbel, H, Burnett, B. F. Mansberg. Em. Hart, John B. Calm, E. M. Hart, Michael S. Mary. Armand Calm, M. Marchal, A. C. Heidenheim, S. Cain, Jos. L. Henriksen, Bek. Mat he, H. A. Calongne, S. A. Mayer, Albert Hirsch, Gabriel Cohen, Sam'l Mayer, Albert Cohen, Sigmund Hirsch, M. Mayer, Sam'l M. Hughes. Geo. S. Cohn, Hiram McKinney, T. B. Colin, Joseph, Jr. Israel, Leon Michael, Jacob Israel, Samuel Cohn, J. J. Michaelis, Gust. Joachim, O. Cohn, Leon H. Michel, Samuel Kahn, Fred Cooke, J. G. W. Miller, Phillip DeArmand, Henry Kahn, Bmile Moses, E. Katz, Adolph Donaldson, Jos. Moses, J. W. Katz, Ferd. Dreyfus, Nathan Murtagh. Wm. H. Elms, Charles S. Katz, Otto J. Etheridge, E. E. Keiffer, Leon S. Myers, W. E. Myers, A. H. Kern, Joseph Falk, Israel Neugass, Edwin Klein, Leopold Farrar, Jas. O. Kohlmann, Louis Newman, Edgar Feitel. M. Newman, Hart D. Kory, Edward Feitel, Isaac Newton, Wm. T. Fitchtenberg, H. Kory, M. A. Nixon, W. R. Kottwitz, A. S. Fitegibbons, W. J. Foegel, Robert
Oldenberg, M. B. Perrln, A. P. Pfeffer, Leon Picolo, Vincent Pitcher, C. S. Pitcher, Horace L. Rihner, Jacob Ring, John H. B. Rosenberg, Abe Rosenthal, Sam'l 8. Samuels, Geo. C. Scharf, Edwin S. Schexnayder, C. A. Schmittle, J. Sehwabacher, M. Seckbach. A Shwartz, Simon J. Sontheimer, M. Stafford, E. M. Stange, C. F. Stendel, J. G. St. Pierre. J. W. Stubbs, Gust. C. Swenie, John Switzer, John Tabrum, Walter Thompson, L. O. Throunk, P. Uhry, Heyman WeiJ, Samuel White, Aaron A. White, E. A. Winn, I. Z. Winn, James W. Wolf, J. P. Wolf, Albert J. Wolf, Leon M. Worms, E. T. Total, 177 members.
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Initiated—J. Burnstein, Henry Stanley Levy. Passed and Raised—Hermann Krauss, A. P. Perrin. Initiated, Passed and liaised—J. Y. Gilmore. William T. Newton, Samuel Michel, Henry DeArmand. Joseph Avery Piper, Abraham S. Kottwitz, Albert Hurwit', Sidney Peterman, Vincent Picolo, Bek Henriksen. Affiliated—Chas. K. Lincoln, Sr., William R. Lincoln, Robert Foegel, Charles S. Elms, Leon M. Wolf, Heyman Uhry, Samuel Weil, Henry Fichtenberfr. Reinstated—A. H. Myers. . Dirnitted—John S. Thibaut, P. M. Died-William G. Murtagh, P. M. lyropped—Frank N. Wilcox. • Suspended, N.P. D.— Vincent Badaloto, Chas. M. Moore, Leo Lindheim.
ABBEVILLE LODGE No. 192. Chartered February 9th, 1869. Abbeville, Vermilion parish., La. Thursday on or belore full moon of each month.
Stated meetings
OFFICERS.
C. A. Schilling W. M. C. J. Edwards S. W. Summerfield Caldwell J. W. L. Sokoloski :... Treasurer. Joseph Agnelly
Maxie Sokoloskie Jacob Weil E. 0. Fletcher George W. Stansbury Tyler.
Secretary. S. D. J. D. M. of C.
PAST MASTEBS.
J. T. Labit,
H. J. Stansbury, W. P. Edwards, J. A. Brookshire.
V. L. Caldwell.
MEMBERS.
Kitchel, Jas. R. Pickard, M. H. Aignelly, Joseph Ewell, J. S. Lann, J. S. Rogers, E. C. Caldwell, Geo. W. Felter, C. W. Lloyd, James C. Sholars, Louis A. Caldwell, S. Frazier, J. M. Summers, J. A. Carter, E. S. Godchaux, F. A. Lyons, Geo. E. Lyons, H. B. Stansbury, W. W. Coffey, R. F. Gooch, Wm. D. Cole, Felix G. Gordy, M.T., Jr. McCarm.JudsonH . Stein, Jacob Mills, R. H. Trahan, Joseph Cullison, C. L. Graham. A. L. Cushman, M. R. Harrington, Jos.W. Nettles, James E. Weil, Jonas Weiss, Samuel Davles, S. J. Hoffpauir, Howard Nelson, W. S. White, H. B. Bosher, D. D. Isaacs, Jacob Nolan, Eugene Erwin, Win. O. Isaac, Sol Nugier, John, Sr. Total, 55 members. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Judson H. McCann, James C. Lloyd. Raised—Jonas Well. Affiliated—A. L. Graham. Reinstated—J. M. Frazier, Howard Hoffpauir. Died— William Lafleur, A. F. Maxfleld.
AURORA LODGE No. 193. Chartered February 10th, 1869. New Iberia, Iberia parish, La. Meets first and third Mondays of each month. OFFICERS.
Henry A. King M. Galliard W. J. Bernard Lazard Kling
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer.
C. C. Kramer E. T. Weeks Wm. Lunsford Alex. Ribbeck
Secretary. .S. D. J. D. Tyler.
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J. G. Bolden, C. C. Kramer, H. A. King, A. B. Murray, Joseph A. Breaux, D. D. G. M., P. D. D. G. M., E. T. Weeks. Leopold Kling, W. G. Weeks. MEMBERS.
E. H. Cage,* Erath, Victor Ochs, Louis Simon, George P. G. M. Fagot, J. A. Oliver, Robert A. Simon, Herman Adams, W. A. Forgey, J. J. Peters, George W. Smedes, C. E. Gebert, James Peters, John Smith, M. F. Benthall, S. A. Bernard, A. M. Guilbeau, Frank T.Pflster, Ed. Snider, H. S. Berry, W. H. Guilbeau, P. L. Pharr, E. A. Sumrall, S. C. Gougenheim, Chas.Poche, Walter A. Taylor, Jerry W. Broussard, A. Poirson, C. A. Taylor, John Broussard, R. F. Harrison, J. P. Hogsett, R. F., Sr. Rand, I. T. Turner, John S. Burke, P. R. Howe, D. B. Robertson, G. M. Turner, A. W. Cade, Overton Kilpatrick, Oscar Sandidge, John T. Voorbies, C. L. Clark, J J. Dallas, G. W. Kllhg, Ferd Scharff, Joseph Weeks, John M. White. John T. Schwartz, K. DeValcourt. J. T. Morse, T. R. Wiel, Sam. Shaw, J. W. K. Dreyfus, Jules Millard.E. F. Zikes, H. L. Sheard, Geo. B. Duribar, W. F. Nuckolls, S. O. Total, 73 members. Dupuy, Jules Initiated—W. H. Preston. Initiated and Passed—R. J. Edward?. Initiated, Passed and liaised— Charles L. Voorhies, W. H. Berry, John J. Clark. Affiliated—Joseph Scharff, A. W. Turner. Dimmed—Charles T. Cade, F. N. Brian. Died— Louis Wust. * Honorary member. ASHLAND LODGE No. 196. Chartered February 10th, 1869. (Name changed from Lake Village No. 196, February 11th, 1902.) P. O.. Ashland, Natchitoehes parish, La. Meets fourth Saturday in each month. OFFICERS.
R. J. Pullin J. K. Chestnut C. A. Sullivan J. R. Weaver
,
W. M. S. W. J W. Treasurer.
M. R. Joyner C. J. Pullen J. N. Walker W. P. Weaver
Secretary. S. D. J.D. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
M. R. Joyner,
U. G. Saunders,
R. J. Pullen.
MEMBERS.
Ab'e, J. P. Gunter, M..O. McLemore, W. A. Warren, J. J. Baker, James F. Hooper, B. F. Mangram, J. W. Walker, M. Blume, M. E. Hyman, B, P. Pullig, J. A. Walker, W. T. Boon, J. W. Ingram, Robt. T. Reidheimer, J. G. Weaver, H. F. Brown, McD. Johnson, A. R. Reeves, B. R. Weaver, M. J. Weaver. S. P. Carlisle, T. J. Johnson, J. C. Rogers, James Williams, J. N. Coffee, M. Toyner, Lawrence Stewart, W. D. Womack, Richard Friday, W. W. Joyner, S. L. Sullivan, D. F. Total, 47 members. Gerner, G. B. Joyner, T. A. Warren E. L. Initiated. Passed and Raised—John N. Walker, Samuel P. Weaver, Michael Coffee, Commodore Pullen, John N. Williams, John W. Boon, James C.Johnson. Affiliated—Andrew R. Johnson. Dimitted—J. W. Longlvan. Suspended^!). J. Robinett. Expelled- Henry Hooper.
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WORK AND RETURNS OP BROOKLINE LODGE No. 198.
Chartered February 16tH, 1870. Hood's Mill, Jackson parish, La. Stated meetings, fourth Saturday In each month. P. O., Hood's Mill. OFFICERS.
R. B. Nash R. E. Womack D. Z. Smith S. B. Smith
W. M. S. W. J. W. .Treasurer.
S. S. Smith A. L. Shell J. J. Fowler G. W. Womack
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Tyler.
PAST MASTER.
E. B. Nash. MEMBERS.
Anders, N. H. Ewing, T. H. Kanady, S. D. Tullos, C. A. Anders, T. J. Fordham, Denis Liles, T. J. Wall, G. W. Anders, A. G. Fowler, L. C. Rolo, Tim Womack, J. H. Brown, B. H. Fowler, D. H. L. Simons, W. M. Womack, R. B. Burkett, P. Hatten, A. R. Smith, J. M. Womack, W. O. Covington, I. M. Hearn, G. W. Tullos. S. A. Womack, W. W. Total, 32 members. Culpepper, M. B. Hudson, J. H. Initiated—William H. Willis, Albert M. Wailes. Initiated, Passed and liaised—Chiistopher A. Tullos, Allen L. Shell,, David Z. Smith, Albert R. Hatten, Thomas H. Ewing. Reinstated—R. A. McKaskle. Dimitted—R. A. MsKasule, William R. Smith, Charles T. Griggs, Arthur B. Womact.
DORIC LODGE No. 205. Chartered February 15th, 1871. Morgan City, St. Mary parish, La. Stated meetings* first Wednesday in each month. OFFICERS.
Simon Leopold Theodore Lehman David W. Gourner L. Loeb
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer.
A. F. Storm A. A. Ozene J. E. Bass Oscar B. Johnson
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
H. W. Crawford, M. I. Hamilton,
J. R. Jolley, A. A. Ozenne, P. D. D. G. M., William Drews, Simou Leopold.
Adams, L. J. Alpha, F, G. Alpha, Walter B. Bass, S. Nye Bendel, Henry Berry, M- F. Bowman, I. G. Cahn, L. Coguenhem, Alb. Coguenhem, M.
Drackett, John R. Kahn, S. B. Drews, Wm., Jr. Lehmann, Meyer Entwisle, Chas. J. Lehmann, Lucien Foster, Kinney S. Loeb, Henry Gant, Charles Leopold, Henry Gougenheim, R. L. McNair, John Greenwood, Jno. J. Morse, T. L. Guidry, J. M. Ketrini, C. P. Hamilton, R. T. Rathkamp, H. G. Harrison, T. W. Schwing, J. K.
Gus. Drews, E. Blumenthal.
MEMBERS.
Initiated—John McFarlan Foote. Initiated, Passed and liaised—Charles Gant. Dlmitted—n. S. Johns. Suspended—Robert L. Pratt, William Waits.
Schwing, P. D. Shannon, T. H. Smith, A. V. Solomon, N. Squires, H. L. Squires^ R. A. Tellotte, J. C. Verret, A. H. Watkins, George Wilkes, John A. Total, 54 members.
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N. H. BRAY LODGE No. 208. Chartered February 15th, 1871. Walnut Hill, Vernon parish, La. Meets third Saturday of each mouth. OFFICERS, J. D. J. A. Davis ....W.M. S. A. Hoyt M. of C. J . H. Eudicil S. W. Joseph Rudicil Chaplain. W. T. Harville J. W. T. F. Crawford Sim. Martin Treasurer. T. A. Seal I SstfiW!11 .flc D. M. Holton Secretary. J. A. Grant, Jr \ t e w a l ds W. Ri Burns Tyler. A. J.Knight S. D. PAST MASTERS.
W. H. Weeks,
D. M. Holton.
J. A. Davis.
MEMBERS.
Baker, C. W. Bedsole, T. L. Boswell, H. M. Carlock, J. G. Dennis, J. Frank Dix, Geo. W.
Garland, J. J. Granthain, J. E. " P. ~ Groves, L. Hagan, J. T. Hayman, Charles H Ch Hinson, John J.
Hogan, H. H. Hooks, Henry C. Hunt, J. H. Hunt Wm. P. Knight, R. W. Marshall, J. M. •
McNorton, J. T. Nesmith, Chyler Spurgeon, James Stanley, M. H. Sweat, L. C. White, W. M. Total, 38 members.
Initiated—B. H. Wilson. Initiated, Passed and Raised—John J. Hinson, Henry C. Hooks, William Pinckney Hunt, James Alexander Grant, Jr., John Edward Granthan,. George W. Dix, James Monroe Marshall. Reinstated— J. T. Hagan. Dimitted—C. K. Oakes (1903). R. F. McGUIRE LODGE No. 209. Chartered February 15th, 1871. Rayville, Richland parish, La. Stated meetings, second Wednesday in each month. OFFICERS. •Charles Titche W. M. J. W. Willis Secretary. C. W. Gaines S. W. H. F. Wilkins ...S. D. T. E.Speight. J. W. C. C. Buck J. D. J . W. Summerlin Treasurer. Charles Studstil.l Tyler. PAST MASTERS.
C. P. Balfour, J. S. York,
J. G. Richardson, John W. Willis, Charles Titche, J. S. Summerlin, J. W. Summerlin, W. N. Traylor,
Arent, Abe Brown, R. H. Burke, S. P. Chapman, Oscar Clausen. H. T. Cofley, W. P. Cook, W. T. Curtis, W. W. Dunham, W. G.
England, A. S. Evans, J. D. Faulk, D. W. Foy, Enoch Gray, T. W. Guill, J. H. Hatch, F. Henderson, L. H. Hewitt, J. R.
MEMBERS.
Hoffman, Nestor Honeycutt, W. H. Kahn, Herman Lagroue, H. C. Martin, R. L. McAdams, J. L. .LiAt^ivAwino, u. XJ. McCormick. J. G. McDonald, E. Mhoon, J. H.
Newberry, B. F. Roberts, Wiley Sartor, D. R. Thomason, M. D. Washington, W. P. W h a t l e y , H, Williams, S. O. Wooten, M. W. Wynn, J. W. Total, 49'members
Initiated—W. H. Stamps. J. R. Myrick, E. S. Gaines. Initiated and Passed—R. B. Adams, T. A. Grant, Henry Wynn. Initiated, Passed and Raised— Hugh AY. Whatley, J. D. Evans, Henry F Wilkins. Passed and Raised—J. W. Wynn, M. W. Wooten. Affiliated—W. W. Curtis, Claude C. Buck, Enoch Foy, H. C. Lagroue. Reinstated— W. P. Coffey.
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WORK AND RETURNS OFBLAZING STAR LODGE No. 212.
Chartered February 14th, 1872. West Baton Rouge, parish of West Baton Rouge, La. Cinclare P. O. Meets first Thursday on or before full moon of each month.
H. G.Parker C. S. Devali Alphonse Rivault Geo. W. Ory E. O. Gwin. Jaques Welsh
OFFICERS. W. M. Hiram A. Long S. W. J. H. Bowen J. W. A. V. Dubroca Treasurer. J. B. Murphy Secretary. T.H.Corcoran S. D. Louis Babin, Sr
[ f
J. D. M. of C. Marshal. c , W!lrf i h tt(e w a r a sa Tyler.
PAST MASTERS. A. Valerian Dubroca, C. J. Barrow, David Devall, H. G. Parker, J. W. Hyams. MEM JERS. Allen, J. G. Devall, A. P. Norman, A. W. Sammons, E. A. Bailey, Alex. Esque, Wm. H. Odom, I L. Smith, W. G. Burcham, L. P. Favrot, E. D. Paquet, W. J. J. Starns, W. A. Burns, J. T. Harelson, H. B. Pegues, A. F. Stuntz, J. E. Burns, Thos. B. Higgingbotham,SPRobertsdn, A. R. Villeret, F. M. Carruth, F. H. Holden, W. J. Rogillio, R. R. Wallace, A. W. Cohn, H., Jr. Marler, John H. Romain, St. Pierre Total, 42 members. Raised—James B. Murphy. Vied—Theodore Borck.
KEYSTONE LODGE No. 213. Chartered February 14th, 1873. Florence, Catahoula parish, La. P. O , Holly Grove, La. Meets first and third Sundays in each month. W. H. Harrington J. D. Usher Charles J. Gordon John Spann
OFFICERS. ..W. M. T. G. Spann S. W. T. W. Perrin... J. W. F. M. Spann Treasurer
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Tyler.
P A S T MASTERS.
S. C. Trahern t P. D. D. G. M.
W. H. Harrington, P. D. D. G. M.
J. K. Ferrington, T. J. Chisum,
J. D. Usher, C. J. Gordon.
MEMBERS. • Bondurant, H. Clayton, J. L. Ensminger, A. J. Higgins. J. H. Bonner, J D. Clayton, R. W. Ensminger, T). W. Miller, J. C. Carmick, C. A. Daniels, J. C. Foster, J. R. Newman, J. B. Chisum, I. R. Dobyns, T. L. Hatfield, W. H. Total, 35 members. Initiated and Passed—Isaac Allen Steele. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Benjamin Franklin Pugh. Dimitted— B. F. Pugb, J. G. Maynor, R. C. Vann. Died—R. H. Grayson. Dropped—J. E. Johnson, John T. Moore.
CONSTITUENT LODGES.
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LAND MABK LODGE No. 214. x
Chartered February 14th, 1873. Keithvllle, Caddo parish, La. Meets fourth Saturday of each month. OFFICERS.
J. F. Henderson P. P. Keith, Jr J. D. Wool worth..., P. P. Keith, Sr
...W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer.
F. C. Nagle . T. D. Hudnall D. W. Keith D. G. Hendrick
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
Israel W. Pickens, T. D. Hudnall, P. D. D. G. M. L. F. Scott,
J.F.Henderson, M. D. Hendrick,
S.O.Jones.
MEMBERS.
Bozeman, David Henderson, W. P. Morgan, Win. Butler, W. D. Keith, H. T. Nelson, J. M. Connell, F. P. Millar, J. I. Dimitted—J. Henry Shephe'd. Died—W. G. Clarke, J. M. Davidson.
Pickens, J. J. Reisor, A. S. Total, 23 members.
FRIENDSHIP LODGE No. 215; Chartered February 14th, 1873. Reorganized May 14th, 1887. Friendship P. O., Bienvllle parish, La. Meets second Saturday of each month OFFICERS.
E. A. Mixon A. P. Collinsworth G. W. Kinehart W. A. Pulltn
W.M. S.W. J. W. Treasurer.
H. A. Harvill... W. F. Frey R. H. Harvill R. H. Jones
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
W. W. Bartlett, E. A. Mixon.
W. H. Gunn, L. M. Pullin,
J. G. Wade. L. B. Wade,
H. A. Harvill.
MEMBERS.
Alexander, W. Y. Coleman, J. T. Guthrie, J. W. McCoy, J. K. Bartlett, J. W. Collinsworth, M.O. Harvill, E. L. Nix, J. G. Blaekwood, B. H. Cox, J. E. Harvill, R. H. Reinhart, G. W. Boydstun, B. L. Total, 26 members. Initiated, Passed and Raised— James George Nix, W. Yancey Alexander, James Walter Guthrie. Raised—R. H. Harvill. Mmilted— W. R. Pullin. GOOD INTENT LODGE No. 216. Chartered February 14th, 1873. East Point, Red River parish, La. P. O., Des Arc. Meets first Tuesday in each month. OFFICERS.
J. T. S. Thomas R. L.Jones W. F. Terguson T. E. Page
....W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer.
A. R. Tully. D. W. Ruff W. O. Spencer.... James Foley
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
A. R. Tully,
W. F. Furginson,
J. T. S. Thomas.
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WORK AND RETURNS OF MEMBERS.
Eteredge, R. C. Marston, B. W., Jr. Pearcp, W. T. Weems, A. W. Hayes, R. H. McLeod. N. S. Thomas, B. F. Williams, Abraham Jones, L. J . Pearce, M. M. Total, 18 members. Initiated—John Alexander Hendricks. Raisedr—W. 0. Spencer. DimMed—G. Garrett, P. M.; A. F. Stephenson, P. M. Suspended—J. H. Booth, W. A. Hicks.
FELLOWSHIP LODGE No. 217. •Chartered February 14th, 1873, Hlnesto|j, Itftpt4#s*P»jisli, La. Meets fourth Saturday in each mp,rith. P. O.; lielder. OFFICERS.
T. A. Cranford J. E. Dyess A. B. C. Deshazer J. L. Rougeon
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer. E. Kemp
J. W. Hogan T. R. Neale A. C. Kirkpatrick J. W. Cranford. Tyler.
Secretary. Chaplain. S. D. J. D.
PAST MASTERS.
A. P. Barnidge, J. W. Britt, J. H. Carruth,
T. A. Cranford, T. J. Cranford,
A. C. Kirkpatrick, T. A. Nixon, T. R. Neale, W. L. Squyres.
MEMBERS.
Braddy, T. C. Dewil, F. M. James, J. D.' Melder, J. F. IBraddy, B. P. Doucet, Robert Kirkpatrick, R. P. Rougeon, F. Burr, Lee Dyess, E. Kirkpatrick, S. A. Singletary, Arthur Busby, J. L. Funderburk, W. O. Kingary, J. S. Smith, M. •Calhoon. Willie Hinson, A. Koone, T. E. Turner, W. H. Cooper, D. K. Gill, John Laird, Austin White, S. P. Cruse, J. S. Gordy, M. F. McCollough, J. B. Yerby, W. H. Davis, J. L. Total, 43 members. Initiated and Passed—Tolbert Dodd. Dimitted—T. A. Nixon, N. I. Terrell, O. J. Merchant, W. T. Wallace, JE. M. Stokes. Dropped—John W. Norton. Suspended—Lewis Lacaze.
LIVONIA LODGE No. 220. Chartered February 13th, 1874. New Roads, Pointe Coupee parish, La. P. O., New Roads. Meets Wednesday on or belore full moon of each month. OFFICERS.
M. T Hewes E. G. Beaker S. Baum C. H. LeBeau H. Vignes
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer. Secretary.
J. H. Glanton Jos. Sampson E. P. Major J. H. Jackson J. Wolf
S. D. J.D. ) Q , n „ .„ f stewards. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
E. a. Beuker,
M. T. Hewes, J. J. Monceret,
I. Wolff, J. B. Churchill, A. W. Tufts.
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CONSTITUENT LODGES. MEMBERS.
Adler, S. Dozier, N. E. Kauffman, L. Rice, F. H. Anderson, A. A. Fisherman, L. Keller, George Semple, Robt. Ashley. Eustis Gimet, Eugene Levy, Morice Sevier, S. E. Barro tr, S. C. Goldman, Thos. Levy, A. Sharp, L. E. Baum, A. Goldsmith, Geo. Lieux, Jules Smith, Chas. A. Bigman. I. Gross, Wm. Masters, C. H. Summers, Leop. Brown, L. B. Hen ing, Thos. Matthews, W. W. Thorn Dson, Ed. Brownrigg, Hy. Higginbotham,EMMcCausland, Wm. Tirouit, A. Carruth, K. M. Holloway, Eugene Merrick, D. T. Tully, J. C. Cocbran, P. H. Hunt, D. E. Morris, M. J. Yoist, John Davis, L. O. Total, 54 members. Initiated— S. A. Chust, J. A. Hebert. Initiated and Passed—Paul Trepagnier, Robert E. Lee Cox. Initiated, Passed and liaised—Thomas Herring, Simon Baum, Leopold Goldsmith, Eustis Ashley, E. Linn Sharp, Leopold Summers, P. H. Cockran. liaised—M. I. Morris, John H. Glanton. Affiliated—Marcus Landau. Reinstated^-Robert Semolo, D. T. Merrick, Achille Levy. Dimited—W. B. Groce, C. C. Anderson, C. J. Slack. Died—J. M. Bailey, Marcus Landau, James Robertson. / SOLOMON LODGE No. 321. Chartered February 13th, 1871. Pineville, Rapides parish, La. Meets second and fourth Saturdays in each month. OFFICERS.
F. P. Bolton Henry Aaron Michael Aaron Robert Aaron D. F. Huddle
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer. Secretary. H. P. Harper
W.F. Young C. V. Dyson.... Wm. Wilson. E. J. H a r d t n e r | D.J. O'Shefl. Tyler.
S.D. J. D. Chaplain.
PAST MASTERS.
J. W. Bolton, G. W. Bolton, P. G. M., W. A. Griffin, F. P. Bolton,
E. J. Hardtner, R. C. Taylor, R. H. MoGimsey, James A. White. MEMBERS.
Nugent, J. M. Slocumb, G. W. Bolton, G. F. Johnston, A. L. Richardson, J. H. Smith, John B.1 Corley, J. H. Johnston, T. D. DeLoach, J. N. McCarty, Samuel Richardson, R. J. Spotten, Joseph. llolcomb, D. P. McCarthy, Amos Richardson, T. J. Turner, C. G. Simmons, Jas. S. Volmer, D. F. Honeycutt, Warren Milton, Sam H. Total, 37 members; James, E K. Initiated—Henry Bolton Richerson. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Samuel McCarty, J. H. Corley. Affiliated—William Wilson. Reinstated—John B. Smith. Dimitted—C. E. Tannehill, J. B. Erion, R. C. Taylor. PECAN GROVE LODGE No. 323. Chartered February 17th, 1876. Lake Providence, Carroll parish, La. Meets Wednesday on or before full moon. OFFICERS.
R. J. Walker J . M . Hill F.D. Galanty... Phil. McGuire
W. M. S. W. J. W. ....Treasurer.
F. 0. H. BoberR C.H.Hill B. E. Perkins* W. A. Blount
Secretary. S.D. J. D. Tyler.
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"WORK AND EETTJENS OF PAST MASTERS.
John C. Bass, P. D. D. G. M.,
Yancey Bell,
R. L. Hil
MEMBERS.
Adkisson, F. D. Deardorff, D. H. Milliken, J. S. Sevier, J. V. Barbour, J. W. Evans, A. J. Nicholson, Robert Shields, Leo Barham, G. A. Franklin, G. M. Peck, D. F. Sitton, Thos. S, Beard, J. B. Galanty, Sam Peck, J. S. Stein, Jacob Blackburn. G. F. Gargavo, Vincent Pierce, W. B. Stockner, E. Cooper, J. H. Levy, M. Rea, R. N. Turner, J. N. Dabney, J. D. Maben, W. H. Schneider, F. H. Webb, C. H. Davis, C. F. McKee, R. L. Seelig, H. Total, 43 members. Initiated—Arrol Ashbrldge, L. S. Bradley. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Francis Oscar Henry Boberg, John DavisDabney, D. H. Deardorff, B. E. Perkins, F. H. Schneider. Passed—R. S. Woods. Affiliated—Jesse Hardy Cooper. Dimitted—Pincus Sax. Died—D. E. McKee. Suspended—Warren R. Powell.
BETHANY LODGE No. 223.* Chartered February 17th, 1876. Campte, Natchitoches parish, La. Meets on Friday before third Sunday of each month. OFFICERS.
R. F. Burnside J. C. Henry W. N.Williams J. M. Brown
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer.
Isidore Raphiel J.H. Queries T. C. Hightower J. O. Maybin
Secretary, S. D, J. D, Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
J. W. Freeman,
J. R. Maybin.
,
MEMBERS.
Bandaris, M. M. Beal, J. L. Copelier, Joseph
Corley, J. M. Emerson, T. H. Hayes, D. H.
Landrum, L. P. Lewis, I. E. Lattier, F. R.
Persinger, E. I. Quarles, R, P. Total, 21 members,
'Charter forfeited by resolution of Grand Lodge, February 7, 1905. List of members at date of forfeiture.,
CADEVILLE LODGE No. 229, Chartered February 14th, 1889. Cadeville, Ouaohita parish, La. Meets Saturday before third Sunday in each month. P. O. Secretary, West Monroe. OFFICERS.
W. H. Roberts W. L. Burkett J. F.Lolly W. R. Noah ByronParker W. U. Kilpatrlck
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer. Secretary. S. D.
Arthur Barrett W. V. Vaughan E. V. Waller J. J. Grant J. W. Ray J. A. Roberts
PAST MASTERS.
W. H. Roberts,
J. W. Golson.
J. D, Chaplain, M. of C. 1 m--,..,., f Stewards, Tyler.
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CONSTITUENT LODGES. MEMBERS.
Kilpatrlck, P. T. Noah, J. H. Grant, R. H. Coon. John Kilpatrick.W. B. Roberts, James, Jr. Guyton, N. M. Crowel. U. P. Landrum, Jacob Tolbert, J. C. Holton, Wm. Crowell, W. P. Wilder, C. H. Hutchinson, J. L. Lewis, N. F. Gaskin, G. P. Wood, D. D. Kilpatrick, E. S. Newsom, L. B. Golson, D. P. Total, 32 members. Golson, J. E. Initiated, Passed and liaised—Wesley Uriah Kilpatrick, Reuben Henry Grant, James Lafayette Hutchinson, John Henry Noah. Passed and Raised—Arthur Barrett. £Hmitted—J. N. Hood, E. A. Guyton, L. S. Zeigler, J. H. Landrum, W. C. Cockrell, W. T. Frantom, J. T. Petty.
PLEASANT HILL LODGE No. 230. Chartered February 12th, 1890. Pleasant Hill, Sabine parish, La. Meets Saturday on or before full moon. OFFICERS.
Wm. J. Roberson J. J. Browne L. T. Dykes J. Ziegler
..W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer.
Jehu Graham P.M. Gaddis David McFerrin D. McFerrin
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
G. E. Galloway,
W. C. Davis,
Jehu Graham,
W. J. Roberson.
MEMBERS.
Armstrong, J. C. Campbell, J. D. Armstrong, R.L. Carroll, W. W.Ashley, J. F. Clarke. J. H. Atkins, W. B. Davis, H. J. Bell, W. G. Davis, H. Lee. Bennett, D. C. Dykes, J. L. Blue, J. C. Glass, John P. Browne, E. H. James, I. W. Butler, T. F. Jamison, M.
Johnston, W. T. Jordan, S. V. Kennedy, H. H. McGill, L. R. Middleton, E. E. Miles, Chas. M. Mott, G. M. Parker, H. H. Kaines, Isaac
W. P , Rigsby, J. P, Sharp, W. L. Sigour, Geo. S. Smith, I. F. Sprawls, S. P, Stevens, D. E. Thigpen, W. S, Wilson, GeorgeTotal, 46 members. Initiated, Passed and Raised—William G. Bell, James McFerrin, W. L. Sharp, James P. Rigsby, Walter S. Thigpen, S. P. Sprawls, P. M. Gaddis. Passed and Raised—Stephen V. Jordan.
GRANGEVILLE LODGE No. 231. Chartered February 12th, 1890. Graugevllle, St. Helena parish, La. Meets second Friday in each month. OFFICERS.
E. O. Powers D. H. Harvell J. T . Ott W. B. Bankston D. R. Warren J. M.Netties
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer. Secretary. S. D.
W. M. Woodward. W. R. Harvell C. C.Calmes
L. L. Powers
J. D. Chaplain. M. of C.
y : : : - : : : : ! steward,. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
J. M. Nettles,
W. T. Woodward,
J. M. Odom,
D. R. Warren.
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"WORK AND RETURNS OF MEMBERS.
Haney, J. P. Harrell, E. D. Harvell, Castle
Harvell, W. C. Huffman, Jess. Jones, G. W.
Mixon, C. M. MIXOD, G. W.
Odom, Isaac
Passed and Raised—C. C. Calmes. Raised—L. L. Powers, W. B. BanVston. Died—John B. Easterly, William Dennis. Expelled—Castle Harvell.
Ott,'T. M. Phelps, B. T. Welch, G.R. Total, 24 members.
WELSH LODGE No. 232. Chartered February 13th, 1890. Welsh, Calcasieu pariah, La. Meeta first Monday In each month. OFFICERS.
H. A. Davidson C. A. Carr E.H.Boling O.Fulton Win. P. Russell, Jr T. D. Calkins
W. M. S. W. J.W. Treasurer. Secretary. S. D.
M. L. Prentice.... James Ellis S. W. Day A. E. Bell R. M. Gray Joseph Villien
J. D. Chaplain. .....M. of C ! Stpwflrrta f stewards. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
Lee E. Robinson, P. D. D. G. M.,
J. A. Anderson, Paul W. Daniels,
John H. Cooper. D. D. G. M.
MEMBERS.
Carr, J. Scott Hewitt, A. P. Ne'son, J. M. Adams, C. L. Huskey, Charles J. Pollock, Wm. J. Armstrong, J. W. Cotton, Frank Day, A F. Hutchmson, Ben. Powers, E. M. Austin, C. A. Hutchinson, W. T. Prentice, Nat. Blackford, Sam'l Doan, E. F. Embry, J. W. Kellar, J. L. Robinson, John Bollng, J . T . Faught, Wm. E. Kelly, J. V. Scharfl, Ed Booze, J. M. Fear, Wm. Labit, J. H. Shipley, I. N. Braden, C. M. Gerson, J. S. Martin, C. P Shipman. A. C. Brown, C. L. Griffiths, Wm. D. Martin, E. Shorts, E. J. Carr, John W. Grosh, D. E. Miller, C. F. Total, 54 members. ^Carr, Oliver S. Initiated—John Grout Allison. Initiated Passed and Raised—Jacob L. Kellar, William Edgar Faught, Edward Friend Doan, Charles Lee Brown, Joseph Willis Embry. Passed—Isaac C. Abbott. Passed and Raised—Clarence Littleton Adams, Henry Tucker Cornish. Affiliated—James Scott Car, JoseDh Melvln Nelson. Dimitted—Henry T. Cornish, Nicholas L. Keely. Pied—Charles F. Miller.
KYICHE LODGE No. 233. .Chartered February 11th, 1891. Gaar's Mill P.O., Winn parish, La. Meets nrst Saturday in each month. OFFICERS.
N. G. W. Adams L. R. N. S. Simmons Adams Pinkney E. Grisham W. M. Simmons
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer. Secretary.
W. J. Thornton.. N. S. Adams, Sr J. A. Peters C. J. Hammons. J. A. Head
S. D. J. D. ) 55WSWal S f p w i ,,. ar lsa ) Tyler.
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CONSTITUENT LODGES. PAST MASTERS.
J. W. Sikes,
W.E.Thornton,
J. F. Smith.
J. W. Campbell,
MEMBERS.
Abrams, W. P. Adams, J. V. Adams, J. C. Adams, J. B. Adams, H. J. Austin, A. G. Busby, W. Lee Campbell, A. B. Clark, M. Dean, S. L.
Emmons, L. D. Erskine, C. A. Gaar, G. A. Gaar, W. M. D. Gates, H. Z. Grisham, L. E. J. Head, T. L. Kelly, W. S. Kelly, A. C. Kirk land, D.-L.
McCarty, D. S. MrDavid, W. S. Miller, J. H. Miller, M. E. Sanders, J. A. Sikes, J. B. Sikes, R. N. Sikes, J. R. Simmons, W. L. Smith, C. W.
Smith, P. F. Snow, J. H. Thompson, D. J. Thompson^H. R. Thornton, E. D. Thornton. A. R. Walker, G. E. Wamack, G. A. Wamack, Rich. D. White, D. D. Total, 52 members.
Initiated—Booby Gandv Adams. Initiated, Passed and Raised—D. S. McCarty, George A. Wamack, Hardy Z. Gates, James Redon Sykes, Richard Daniel Wamack, Walter Scott McDavid, Henry Jasper Adams. Passed and Raised—J. C. Adams, Joseph B. Adams, Daniel L. Kirkland. liaised—N. S. Adams, Jr. Died—J. E. DeLoach.
ROBERTSVILLE LODGE No. 234. Chartered February 11th, 1891. Provencal, Natchitoches parish, La. Meets Saturday on or before full moon. OFFICERS.
Thomas G. Coburn Dudley T. Treadway W. M. Dowden J. I. Kirk
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer.
Joseph Levy James Ph arris Jno. Goins H. Russel
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
Wesley Phares,
T. G. Coburn.
MEMBERS.
Pharr's, J. D. Addison, W. E. Cornelius, J. C. Lord, Bruce D. Russell, Henry Ashley H. E. Dowden, A R. Love, L. S. Smith. S. W. Brown, J. T. Dowden, W. D. M. Marcus, S. Cain, W. G. Dowden, Win. R. Marshall, M. W. Stevens, A. Turner, Wm. J. Chandler, I. C. Hawthorn, T. W. Mazy, Frank McFarland, J. F. Webb, Edward Cleveland, Thomas Holland,• Posey Cobb, G. W. Holt, C. E. Moore, W. Y. Total, 39 members. Coburn, H. K. Levy, Marx Pate, L. J. Initiated—George Franklin Keene, St. Elmo Clark. Initiated and Passed—Henry Franklin Cariker, Willis Eddie Dale, Clarence Eugene Sams, Jackson Nores, Nathan Rhodes. Initiated, Passed and Raised—William Gill Cain. Passed and Raised—James Pharris. Reinstated—L. J. Pate. • DimMed—Frank B. Gandy. Died—Thomas Hardiman.
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SIMSBORO LODGE No. 235. Chartered February 11th, 1891. Meets at Simsboro, Lincoln parish, La., third Saturday in each month. O. W.Bullock W. A. Burt W. A. Morris M. Duty J. O. Murphy
OFFICERS. W. M. J. H.Shelby S. W. T. W. Murphy J. W. J. L. Wright Treasurer. C. G. Oliver Secretary. S. E. Givens T. S.Mitchell Tyler.
S. D. J. D. Chaplain. (. g t p w a r d s j
PAST MASTER.
0. W. Bullock. MEMBERS.
Alexander, S. M. Eaves, J. M. Oliver, M. W. Robinson, J. A. Arrington, W. N. Goff, Robert Poole, S. A. Waldron, Henry A. Aswell, D. S. Goff, W. D. Posey, I. H. Waldron. J. B. Auld, S. C. Hines, R. L. Pruitt, W. F. Walker, E. B. Auld, E. W. Hodge, W. L. Robertson, E. M. Williams, Julius Bell, R. Y. Madden, A. W. Robinson, A. J. Williams, W. L. Bullock, J. L. Madden, J. D. Robinson, J. S. Williams, W. H. Davis, D. H. Total, 40 members. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Aimer James RobinsoD, William Frederic Pruitt, James Leon Bullock, Samuel Ernest Givens, William Davis Goff, James Lebum Wright, Wilson Hanon Williams. Raised—J. S. Robinson, E. W. Auld. Affiliated—J. M. Eaves. Reinstated—J. B. Waldron. Died—R. T. Goff.
LITTLE FLOCK LODGE No. 236. Chartered February 9th, 1893. Meets at Negreet, Sabine parish, Saturday before first Sunday in each month. OFFICERS. W. M. J. L. Wright S. W. G. W. Arnold J. W. J. N. Morris Treasurer. W J D . Carter
E. P. Curtis.... C. C. Sullivan J. W. McMellan B. K. Ford
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
C. C. Sullivan,
J. S. Carroll,
E. P. Curtis.
MEMBERS.
Anthony, M. G. Arthur, T. J. Arthur, J. W. Brewster. W. J. Cade, S. C. Carroll, C. D. Carroll, S. C.
Carter, I. N. Cowart, W. Y. Curtis, Julian Curtis, Hoyt Davenport, J; N. Miller, W. R. • Murphy, M. E.
Neal, A. S. Neal, C. S. Pitman, J. L. Rider, R. L. Robinette, Chas. Salter, Jeff. C. Salter, W. F.
Salter, G. J. Shue, W. R. Smith, H. V. Speight, J. W. Walker, E. A. Wright, W. N. Total, 36 members.
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Initiated—William Edward Salter. Initiated and Passed—Samuel Houston Brewster. Initiated, Passed and Raised—James Wesley Arthur. Died—n. K. Goodloe, W. J. Salter.
PLAIN DEALING LODGE No. 237. Charter granted February 9th, 1893. Plain Dealing, Bossier parish, La. Meets third Tuesday In each month. OFFICERS. W. M. I L. Safferstone S. W. T. B. Bixler J. W. W. H. Meares Treasurer. E. D. Burgess Secretary. J. R. Odom
W. B. Bogirs Jonah Perry R. H. Biackman W. P. Allen T. Z. Barnett JT. G. Allen. P. D. D. G. M., Bemis, W. A. C. •Cochran, E. J.
PAST MASTERS. W. B. Boggs, T. M. Love, P. D. D. G. M., W. H. Meares, Curry, A. R. Hill, Joseph
MEMBERS. Worn, J. G. Miller, Austin
Initiated—8. L. Raush, J. P. Nuekells, J. C. O'Daniel.
S. D. J. D. ) <,.„„,,,,. f btewards. Tyler. E. H. Blackman.
Miller, M. M. Schenebeck, B. W. Total, 20 members.
MAGNOLIA LODGE No. 238. •Chartered February 9th, 1892. Barnes' Creek, Caloasleu parish, La. P. O., Bear. Meets second Saturday In each month. W. P. Simpson. W. A. Smith J. P. Lyles James Simpson J . E. Sellers
OFFICERS. W. M. W. W. Millar S. W. Jacob Cole J. W. S. R. Cole Treasurer. E. N. Arheart .. Secretary Austin Gimnich M. M. Coleman Tyler.
S.D. J. D. Chaplain. .) atamarria f stewards.
PAST MASTERS. Wm. P. Simpson, J. D. Millar, W. W. Millar. MEMBERS. Airhart, Geo. lies, F. P. McFatter, W. E. Prater, J. A. Cole, A. L. Love. F. O. Miller, B. E. Prater, W. J. Coleman, N. A. Lyles, D. L. Miller, Erastus L. Rees, C. M. Conally, J. Lyles, J. J. Perkins, J. A. Rollins, Levi Escoubas, Thomas Lyles, Thos. P. Perkins, John E. Sandiler, H. J. Farque, W. W. Lyles, D. F. Perkins, J. Eustis Smith, F. T. Foreman, John P. McConathy, S. J. Prater, B. H. Thompson, W. S. Foreman, Jack W. McFatter, John W.Prater, J. N. Thompson, J. H. Harris, "C. E. McFatter, W. W. Total, 47 members. J. J. W. Miller,
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Initiated and Passed—John Louis Frusha. Baised—E. N. Arheart. Bimitted—B. L. J. Long, H. J. Sellers. W. A. J. Rollins, J. N. Garen, M. Gill, J. W. Perkins, D. D. Herford, P. V. Wadleigh. Died—John R. Rollins.
BERNICE LODGE No. 239. Chartered February 15th, 1893. Bernice, Union parish, La. P. O., Shtloh. Meet» Saturday on or before full moon In each month. OFFICERS.
R. J. Tabor W. F. Grafton G. P. C. Lansing C. C. Dow
T. E. Covington J. L. E. Thaxton. L. W. Reed W. M. Tnaxton
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer.
Secretary, S. D. J. D. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
R. J. Tabor,
P. N. Cramer,
C. C. Dow, MEMBERS.
J. R. Tanner.
,
Alford, J. N. Fuller, J. R. Regan, W. H. Moore, P. Allgood, J.C. Glass, J. S. Roaten, W. C. Moore, R. T. Blackman, H. M. Grafton, B. F. Shackelford, J. H. Oakley, T. J. Breed, Walter Gray, Douglas Shackelford, J. P. Oliver, I. H. Cole, J. C. Heard, J. P. Sheppard. F. C. Peppers, W. A. Covington, T. E. Henderson, J. W. Phillips, J. E. Selig, J. ' Davis, O. Y. Kelley, W. R. Slaughter, T. L. Pillgreen, T. B. Dendy, L. M. Marsh, W. L. Stewart, W. J. Pinrod, Hiram Dendy, J. L. McCuller, B. A. Tanner, W. F. Rainnack, A. M. Ferguson, T. J. Mitcham, J. J. Thompson, W. H. Rea, H.C. Ferguson, W. M. Total, 51 members. Initiated—J. H. Jordan, William H. McLaurin, J. S. Haynes. Initiated and Passed—D. B. Garland, Henry J. Odom. Initiated, Passed and liaised- James B. Glass, William Henry Thompsson, Thomas Jefferson Oakley, William A. Peppers, J. C. A'lgood, J. W. H enderson. Raised—James L. Dendy. Affiliated—W. J. Stewait. Dimitted—O. B. May.
LEESVILLE LODGE No. 240. Chartered February 15th, 1893. Leesvllle, Vernon parish, La. Meets second and fourth Saturday in each month. OFFICERS.
Thomas J. Davis C. F. Malzacher James G. Palmer M. E. Long Thomas Wintle
W. M. W. B. Wiiliamson S. W. John W. Lee J. W. W. H. Powell Treasurer. E. M. Lewis... Secretary. A. L. Franklin Otto Herminghouse Tyler.
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...S. D. J. D. Chaplain. sb tt pe w w aarrra1ss
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PAST MASTERS.
Isaac W. Midkiff, T. J. Richardson, C. T. Allis, D. D. G. M.
Thomas Wintle, E. M. Lewis.
T. W. Harris,
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MEMBERS.
Martin, W. A, Aaron, W. A. Plynn, D. J. Spence, J. A. McCann, J. J. Allis, S. A. Franklin, E. P. Stevens, J. E. McGregor, Wm. A. Stewart, J. A. Bailey, J. W. Godwin, W. M. Bartran, David W. Hammons, Nich. McBee, John R. Stone, T. A. Baxter, G. F. Hicks, Joseph J. Monk, James E. Stone, A. K. Monk, Merrill Bayes, C. E. Hicks, A. E. Taylor, Walter L. Pace, H. B. Bosely, L. S. HigJon, L. C. Terry, B. B. Brooks, Carney Hoan and, W. L. Perkins, W. O. Tobin, Char es B. Perkins,W. P. Bnrleson, Ben. P. Hobby, J. W. Turner, D. F. Perkins, P. M. Cain, Robert D. Holton, T. C. Turner, S. M. Read, George A. Turner, D. H. Cain, W. K. Hooper. L. W. Reif. Edward Cooper, B. P. Irwin, W. O. Tuten, E. L. Eichardson, J. M. Tuten, Joseph D. Cooper, J. M. Jones, F. P. Sanders, H. L., Jr. Warner, D. C. Cooper. Thos. M. Jordan, E. E. Sermons. J. T. Craft, D. Jordon, J. S. Winberry, .T. N. Smart, M. N. Cryer. J. W. Kent, Wm. T. Winfree, W. A. Daigle, A. Kiroy, M. H. S. Smart, W. H. Wingate, T. C. Smart, M. P. Dailey, Albert Lee, C. J. Young, L. O. Smart, D. F. Dillon, T. H. Lee, Mose J Youngblood, W. T. Ferguson, W. S. Lyons, B. H. Total, 93 members. Initiated—James Durham. Initiated and Passed—Thomas Bartley. Thomas L. Upton. Initiated, Passed and Baised—James W. Cryer, James G. Palmer, John Robert Stevens, William Burke Williamsoa, Louis S. Bosely. Passed and Baised—Charles E. Bayes, Aubin Daigle, Almon E. Hicks. Affiliated— John E. McRee, John W. Lee, Mace E. Long, Major H. S. Kirby.
CONLY LODGE No. 241. Chartered February loth, 1893. Loves Lake, Red River parish, La. P. O. Manning. Meets second Saturday in each month. D. A. Newman J. B. Waters L.C.Thomas B. W. Newman ...
OFFICERS. W. M. C. J. Conly S. W. W. E. Smith J. W. J.A. Waters Treasurer. J. H. Alexander
Secretary. S. IX. J. D. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
James B. Waters,
D. A. Newman.
MEMBERS.
Holman, Wm. T. Poland, J. O. Wimberly, G. B. Allums, B. F. Wimberly, T. E. Burns, A. A. Madden, E. E. Smith, W. E. Womack, Allen Foster, E. N. Newman, S. W. Stephens, S. N. Total, 21 members. Grice, J. P. Initiated—Joseph Jordan Gill. Initiated and Passed—E. A. Wiggins. Initiated, Passed and liaised—Willie Elder Smith, Albert A. Burns. Passed and liaised—L. C. Thomas. Died—A. J. Lawson, P. M., E. F. Allums.
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WESTON LODGE No. 342. Chartered February 15th, 1893. Meets at Weston, Jackson parish, La., P. O. Boatner, on Saturday before second Sunday in each month. OFFICERS. J. T. McBride W. M. A. F. Stone Secretary. C. M.Tolar S. W. J. M. Reed S. D. W. G. Rasberry J. W. J. C. Garner J. D. W. T. Walsworth Treasurer. G. A. Gaar< Tyler. PAST MASTERS.
.J. T. McBride,
D. F. Walsworth.
MEMBERS.
Brown, J. C. Murphy, W. M. Peevy, W. A. J. Waisworth, J. T. Wyatt, Peter Douglas, D. E. Ott, W. A. Slay, J. D. Wyatt, S. H. Freeman, F. IS. Oxford, A. C. Stone, Wm. Wyatt, Newton Hawthorn, J. F. Peel, J. M. Talbot, S. M. •Total, 28 members. Moore, J. L. Peevy, A. J. Initiated. Passed and Raised—William Glenn Rasberry, William Allen Ott, Allen Christopher Oxford, Francis Marion Freeman. Affiliated—James C. Garner, Jr. Dimitted—H.. C. Walsworth, P. M., E. Frank, J. R. Sims.
CROWLEY LODGE No. 243. Chartered February 16th, 1893. Crowley, Acadia parish, Stated meetings, first and third Tuesday in each month. OFFICERS. S. D. F. C. Labit W. M. RalphB. Rainey J. D. Shelby Taylor S. W. Charles H. Blish Chaplain. B. R. White ..J. W. J. H. Lewis J. Frankel Treasurer. James M. Lyon Felix Schmulen.. Secretary. Kenneth Toler. J. W. Whipple TyJer. PAST MASTERS.
H. C. Robinson, J. Frankel, N. B. Morris, J. D. Marks, Felix Sehmulen, Jno. A. McAyael, H. E. Buckley. MEMBERS.
Adams, Bobt. E. Hayes, D.' B. Newman, Henry Sternberpr, Ivy Thiel, J. L. Nocton, R. A. Allen, C. W. Hutts, T. B. Patterson, W. T. Tbomas, David Anding, A. A. Kaplan, A. Patterson. W. E. Toler, T. J. Armstrong, John C.Kaplan, Henry Trimble, Wra. L. Paxton, Ed. G. Bonne, Hugh M. Levy, David Peckham, E. D. Waggoner, J. R. Brooks, G. H. Loewer, Henry Webb, George Rainey, James Brunner, E. 0. Lyons, E. W. Randolph, Frank Weil, Jonas Buchanan, J. W. Marks, Isidore Welch, John C. Reiber. Aueust Carter, J. C. Marx, Lueien White, J. M. Reisfeldt, Cole,, Paul A. Mayes, C. O. .. , Wm. Cunningham, R. E. Mcllhenny, S. B. Rudrow, Ezra V. Wilson, R. E. Wray. S. H. Sears, Geome Durio, Armas Miller, E. Wright, C. H. Sellers, W. B.. Ellis, E. M. Moore, S. J. Wynne, J. J. Shaw, Thomas Fontenot, F. M. Mull, R. H. Total, 74 members. Gill, George Mullen, John T. Initiated—Samnp.l Hundley, Robert Lawrence. Passed—M. J. Mullen. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Paul Ander-on Coles, Edward Gibbs Paxton, Henry Newman, Ransom Andrew Nocton, Charles Hollister Blist, Kenneth Toler, Ralph Bertrand Bainey, James Madison Lyons, Ferninand Magnus Fontenot.
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Passed and Raised—George Sears, George Howard Brooks. Affiliated—R. E. Adams, George Webb, Thomas Shaw, Joseph Ralph Waggoner, David Thomas. Dimitted—A. A. Sperrier, Edward L. Watson. Died— R. M. Jones. CENTRE LODGE No. 244. •Chartered February 13th, 1891. Meets at Union Academy, Washington parish, La. P. O., Lee's Creek. Fourth Saturday in each month. OFFICERS.
M. B. Richardson Ii. A. Pierce T. D. G. Richardson IX W. Richardson
W. M. S. W. , . . J. W. Treasurer. VV. P. Stewart
W. T. McElroy R. E. Keaton H. R. Mitchell Walter Pierce Tyler.
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Marshal.
PAST MASTERS.
J . R. Byrd,
A. C. Williams,
R. E. Keaton,
J. M. Mitchell.
MEMBERS.
McMillan,, H. A. Rester, Asia Wheat, B. F. Ard, Joseph Richardson, S. J. Wheat, James A. Orantham, Lewis Mitchell, J. G. Thomas, J. D. Williams E. M. Keaton, B. R. Mitchell, Oscar Thomas, Warren Williams, B. J. Magee, H. W. Mizell, B. B. Total, 31 members. Magee, C. W. Mizell, J. G. Thomas, J. J. Initiated—Major Newton Rester, Daniel Pierre Carpenter, William Formento McGehee. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Charles William Magee, John Jesse Thomas. MILLERTON LODGE No. 245. Chartered February 13th, 1891. Meets at Haynesville, Claiborne parish, La., on Saturday before third Sunday in each month. OFFICERS.
J . W. Norton W. T. McEachem J . L. Moss....: R. F. Allen
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer.
B. W. Bevill... D. G. Owens... A. B. Tinsley.. J..W. Thomas
.Secretary. S. D. J. D. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
J. W. Norton, P. D. D. G. M.,
W. B. Sims,
L. P. Barker.
MEMBERS.
Bailey, R. W. Bailey, S. S. Barker, A. P. Blackwell, J. H. Bond, R. L. Bond, W. P. Bond, J. B. Bond, E. O. Burns, J. A, Burns, A. J. Camp, J. M. W. Cooper, J. T. Dawson, W. Y. Deloach, A. L.
Deloach, Charles Deloach, J. A. Deloach, W. W. Deloach, J. M. Garrett. W. H. Guice. J. N. Hardiway, P. Hardaway, Ira Hardaway. Eps Harp, C. W. Hendricks, H. J. Hice, A. A. Hines, E. H. Johnson, F. J.
Kendrick, W. L. Martin, J. H. McDonald, W. S. Miller, Hugh Norton, Ard is Owens, H. L. Parker, M. E. Perddue, C. W. Raglin, R. A. Handle, W.H. Sales, Arthur Sales, Reeie Seegars, John A. Shepard, H. B.
Short, J. D. Sims, W. L. Smart, J. J. Spivy, T. W. Tinsiey, J. W. Tinsley, W. H. Tinsley, J. M. Waller, S. C. Winn, R. A. N. Worley, J. W. Worley, W. W. Wood, J. D. Yates, G. L. Total, 64 members.
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Initiated, Passed and Raised—S. L. Owens, Arthur Sales, Regie Sales, Passed! and Raised—W. L. Kendrick. Raised—E. O. Bond, W. L. Sims, J. L. Moss, Eps Hardaway, R F. Allen. Affiliated—John A. Seegars. Reinstated—J. H. BlaokwelJ. Dimitted—3.1. Watson, J. S. Mayfield,Nell McEachern, W.Y.Thornberg.
WINNSBORO LODGE No. 246. Chartered February 13th, 1894. Meets at Winnsboro, Franklin parish, L,a. Stated meetings Saturdays on or before full moon in each month. OFFICERS.
C. L. Ramage L. M. Calhoun J. C. Adams N. A. Wiggers E. D. Walter J. W. Womble...
W. M. S. W. J. W.' Treasurer. Secretary. S. D. A. L. Brooks
W. A. McCoy T. B. Gilbert, Jr A, W. Moore E. M. Hicks A. D. O. Moore Tnomas Dougherty Tyler.
J. D M. of C. Chaplain. Marshal.
Stewards.
PAST MASTERS,
W. J. Cordill,
J. W. Womble,
A. W. Moore,
R. M. Ward.
MEMBERS.
Abell, C. E. • Richardson. T. C. Fisher, Isidore King, W. E. Adams, W. H. Roach, W. E. Gilbert, D. C. Landauer, A. Ashley, J. F. Ross, Geo. L. Grifflng, A. C. L.ea, H J. Baskin, W. E. Hair, W. I. Lowentritt, Louis Sayre, W. S. Berry, Chas. L. Scott, A. M. Harris, T. A. Mason, Ernest Bradley, E. A. Scott, T. A. Harris, W. T. May, K, L. Bute, H. A. Hester, M. S. McCoy, Richard Sisson, W. L. Chapman, J. R. Sullivan, J. T. Hodge.G. W. Milbry. G. W Copeland, J. S. Sumrall, I. P. Hoffman, Charles Mock, N. T Cordill, S. L. Tucker, C. B. Hower, B. M. Moore, C. L. Crow, p . J. Wiggins, D. F. Hyman, A. E. Pool, D. W. Cummings, Waller King, T. M. Wiggers, H. A. Power, W. P. Denson, J. L. Total, 61 members. Initiated— E. F. Kelly. Initiated and Passed—Wilbur Cline, David Franklin. Initiated,'Passed and Raised—R. L. May, Ernest Mason, George T-i. Ross. Passed—J. C. Dane. Affiliated—J. F. Ashley, D. W. Pool, T. C. Richardson. Died—John F. Mason, A. J. Bowden.
CLEAR SPRING LODGE No. 247. Chartered February 13th, 1894. Meets at Clear Spring, Ked River parish, Post Office, Liberty, first Saturday in each month. OFFICERS.
B. E. Teer W. W. Teer G. W. Anglin P. L. Collins
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer. J. 0. Rawls
D. W. Dupree E. L. Snead J. E. Keith W. M. Hunter. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
J. D. Dupree,"
S. T. Teer, P. D. D. G. M.
. ..Secretary. S.D. J. D. Chaplain.
CONSTITUENT LODGES.
189
MEMBERS.
Adams, W. B. Elliott, W. H. Hunter, W. O. McGee, C. C. Anglin, Rufus W. Graham, J. D. Hunter, J. D. Mobley, J. W. Cummings, P. P. Holley, K. D. Kennington, J. H. Morgan, J. D. Detro, R. A. Hunter, W. B. McDowel, M. J. Teer, B. F. Dupree, W. D. Total, 28 members. Initiated—John Hunter Ross. Initiated and Passed—Uriah Hogan Hunter. IntiUated, Passed and Raised—William Orie Hunter, William Wiley Teer, James William Mobley. Dlmitted—O. H. P. Rawls, P. M., R. R. McDowel.
KENTWOOD LODGE No. 248. , Chartered February 13th, 1891, at Kentwood. Tangipahoa parish, La. Stated meetings, Saturday on or before full moon. OFFICERS.
-J. B. Edens H. G. Morris P. M. Lamberton E. T. Tate L. C. Vacher E. B. Sauls
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer. Secretary. S D.
G. W. Bennett J. W. Birch O. P. Amacher W. C. Thornhill J. D. Bennett o. Scarborough
J. D. Obaplaln. M. of C. I «+„„„.,,j olewarasTyler.
PAST MASTERS.
Amos Kent. O. P. Amacker, W. C. Kent, P. D. G. M., P. D. D. G. M., P. G. Kennelly, A. L. Stoesse'.l. MEMBERS.
Amacker, S. H. Joyal, E. L. Peavy, A. M. Steinwav, A. C. C. Day, D. D. Kent, Richard A. Pray, Geo. L. Taylor, R. L. Eaton, G. W. Naul, J. W. Sauls, M. N. Tillman, A. J. Fields, T. B. Ott, I. W. Shrader, S. M. Walker, Allen A. •Good,T. J. Ott, S. W. Total, 33 members. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Edward Berkley Sauls, John David Bennett, Marshall Napoleon Sauls, Placide Marc Lamberton. Passed and Raised—Harrison Galmorse Morris, Elijah Tarver Tate. Affiliated—Robert L. Taylor. Reinstated—C. A. C. Steinway. VimitteO—k. A. Walker, C. A. C. Steinway. Suspended—R. L. Draughon, P. M.
JENNINGS LODGE No. 249. Chartered February 12th, 1895, at Jennings, Caloasleu parish, La. Meets second and fourth Mondays in each month. OFFICERS.
J . W. Mitchell S. A. Spencer V. D. Tilden J. P. Black W. O. Cornish W. E. Coffin
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer. Secretary. S. D.
J. F. Case E. I. Hall H. L. Davis J. A. MeCorkle Jos. M. Smith R. B. Moss
J. D. Chaplain. M. of C. 1 u f Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
R. B. Moss, W. E. Coffin,
E. L. Streater, C. S. Whitman, J. W. Mitchell.
F. R. Jaenke,
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MEMBERS. Arthur, A. M. Dobbins, E. E. Lebau, E. J. Eeynolds, A. A. Ashbaugh, A. D. Ellington, W. H. Lee, Ed. A. Kobotham, W. H_ Bell, Cyrus Fain, J. M. Long, Henry ROWSOD, E. E. Berwick, D. A. Foster, J. P. Marsh, E. N. Sargent. A. E. Brown, Sig. Foster, J. E. MeCrary, B. F. Smith, James A. Carr, A. P. Hebert, D. McFarland, C. W. Streater, J. B. Clopton, James A. Heiiien, J. H. Mitchell, F. C. Williams, T. E. Cook, Geo. H. Hoag, H. H. Morse, F. F. Williams, W. M. Cooper, Roy A, Hosmer, A. D. Phillips, U. S. Williams, I. D. L. DaughenbaughWJJaenke, H. F. Porter, J. E. Total, 52 membersInitiated—~W. W. Woodworth, B. K. Carson, Earl Braden. Initiated, Passed and liaised—Edwin R. Spencer, Verner Dye Tilden,. Joseph M. Smith, John A. McCorkle, W. H. Elkiagton, 'Ernest J. Leben, Cyrus Bell, James A. Clopton.
Passed and Raised—George H. Cook.
Affiliated—J. H. Henien, Henry P. Long, B. F. MeCrary, William H^ Robotham, S. A. Specer. inmitted—J. C. Patton, B. F. Carr. Died—John H. Roberts.
MANSFIELD LODGE No. 250. Chartered February 12th, 1895, at Mansfield, DeSoto parish, La Meets second" Tuesdays. OFFICERS. L. A. Cowley W. M. J. T. McClanahan Secretary^ W. H. Farmer S. W. J. F. McFarland. 8. D. S. G. Sample J. W. J. B. Williams J. D. A. F. Jackson Treasurer. J. C. Baker TylerPAST MASTERS. A. F Jackson, J. F. McFarland. Blair, C. W. Daniels, J. S. Gibbs, R. T. Guy, S. A.
MEMBERS. Hebert, Victor Neal, W. E. Jackson, J. A. Pearce, W. M. Mason, W. H. Sheppard, H. J. May, W. E. Singleton, W. E.
Initiated and Passed—John S. Daniels. liaised—W. E. Neal, John S. Daniels. Dimitted—L. E. Mitchell, J. B. Saint in 1903.
Sligh. T. S. Stone, J. B. Thomas, J. C. Wemple, J. O. Total, 24 members^
ASCENSION LODGE No. 251. Chartered February 12th. 1895, at Donaldsonville, Ascension parish, La. Meets first and third Friday of each month. M.Tobias K. P. Henderson R. N. Slator J. Blum , Jobn S. Thibaut L. Meyer
OFFICERS. W. M. D. Ohlmeyer ..S. W. W. W. Buford J. W. A. P. Palmer Treasurer. W. Grunewald Secretary. E. E. Feitel S. D. W. A. Terrio
PAST MASTERS. J. J. Claverie, H. E. Hanson, T. D. Cox, Sr., John S. Tnibaut, E. K. Sims, W. W. Buford, D. D. G. M.
J. D_ Chaplain. .....M. of C. ) aic.mar.A<, j btewaras. Tyler. Frederick Landry_ J. E. Blum.
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HONORARY MEMBER?.
<&. G. Brice, P. G. M., C. F. Buck, P. G. M., Richard Lambert, Grand Sec'y, A. C. Allen, P. G. M., G. H. Packwood, P. G. M., R. H. Cage, P. G. M., John S. Alfred, P. M., L. D. Leeman. MEMBERS.
Alleman, S. E. Duke,J. E. Lanoux, N. F. Richard, G. H. Aucoin, Edgar Gaudet, Lucien Litty, Lucas Rogge, Frederich Ayraud, Samuel J. Geiger, Charles Maas, A. Schonberg, C. E. Ayraud, Honore T.Gentil, Oscar McNeil, E. B., Jr. Sims, F. K. Barman, J. S Goette, Sid., Jr. Maurin, V. Sims, R. N. Bloch. Armand Greenwood, A. L. Maas, Chas. B. Singer, Raphael Brumfleld, D. C. Hutchison, Jas. N. Montecino, P. P. J.Turner, George A Burton, C. J. Kahn, Felix Moseman, J. E. Uhry, Hip. Cary, Wm. S. Klotz, Abraham Norman, Jas. A., Weil, H. L. Cook, T. W. Klotz, Solomon Phillips, R. Whidden, A. G. Cox, T. D., Jr. Lafargue, J. J. Quimby, J. B. Whlteman, H. C. Dill, Wm. A. Langbecker, Chas. Total, 63 members. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Alfred Greaud Whidden, Clarence Emmanuel Sehonberg, Lucien Sidney Gaudet. Affiliated—John S. Thibaut, P. M. Dimitted—Frank C. Ayraud, Hlppolyte Uhry. Died—Alexander Marchand.
MITCHELL LODGE No. S52. Chartered February 11th, 1896. Meets at Mitchell Sablne parish, La , Saturday before fourth Sunday In each month. C. W. Hail J. F. Jaekson J. A. Barrott J. W. Ford
OFFICERS. W. M. J. R. Barron S. W. G. E. Heard J. W. A. G. Smith Treasurer. P. L. Tatum
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Tyler.
PAST MASTER.
W. F. Ledford. MEMBERS.
Allen, G. W. Long, J. W. Smith, B. Tatum, J. A. Atum, Wm. McClenn, J. D. Tatum, W. E. Tyler, Jacob Carpenter, D. W. Parrott, J. B. Tatum, S. S. Webb, W. W. Darby, J. D. Total, 22 members. Initiated, Passed and Raised—John Andrews Barrot,t Augustus Smith. Affiliated—J. F. Jackson.
TORO LODGE No. 253. Chartered February 11th, 1896. Meets at Hornbeok, Vernon parish, La., Saturdaybefore second Sunday in each month. P. O., Hornbecb. W. J. Davis S. ESfilf F. B. Jones W. L. Maddox G. W. Miller J. Y. Dempsey
OFFICERS. W. M. J. F. Owens S. W. D. Slay J. W. Ernest Camp Treasurer. G. W. Hughes Secretary. O. A. Pyne. . . . S . D. N. M. Lee
...J. D. Chaplain. M. of C. I stm»oi.Ho \ stewards. Tyler.
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J. J. Whittaker,
Wm. Conerly, E. P. Neal. W. J. Davis.
PAST MASTERS.
J. M. Miller,
MEMBERS.
Addison, A. J. Antony, G. C. Bell, D. E. Brown, W. S. Busweil, H. J. Byrd, Louis Carlyle, J. J. Curtis, J. J. Davis, George J. Dempsey, Eli Dickey, Chas. P. Dishron, E. Ellis, J. M.
Everett, W. K. McConathy, W. Y. Schweitzer, G. H Everett, W. P. Mtrtzger, Geo. G. Self, C. C. Everett, Walter Miller, I. E. ~ "" J. E. Self, Hamilton, Chas. F. Morgan, D. J. Self, C. W. Galbraitb, Jesse Parker, Geo. J. Speights, Wm. L. Gaat, W. K. Pate, J. M. Taylor, E. A. Gibbson, W. P. C. Pulliam, C. J. Vogel, W. C. Grady, (J. P. Pynes, James Williams, A. J. Williams, W. J. Johnston, Paul N. Eitter, J. M. Winchester, D. G. Kelley, J. F. Eutt, C. S. Winchester, J. R. Larrabeo, C. G. Rutt, L. L. Yates, B. P. Leach, G. G. Salter, E. P. Youngblood, H. B. McNeely, John J. Sasser, W. Total, 68 members. Initiated—Frank S. Alger, Perry Bloomfield, D. M. Cullv, William H. Dodd, Y. C. Patmer, Early E. Eidgeway, George J. Piland, H. E. Stivens, W. Fisher McConathy, Fisher Snail. Initiated and Passed—Harry L. White. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Dallas K. Bell, Edward Dishron, John Y. Dempsey, William K. Gant, Commodore P. Grady, George W. Hughes, George G. Metzger, James F. Owens, J. A. Winchester, Benj. F. Yates, Henry J*. Youngblood. Passed and liaised—Charles F. Dickey, Daniel J. Morgan, O. A. Pynes. liaised—A. Jackson Addisoo, J. Will. Ellis, Paul N. Johnston, George H. Schweitzer, William J. Williams, Jesse Ualbraitb. Affiliated—Eli Dempsey, William B. Everett. Columbus C. Self. Died—A. J. Fortson. Suspended, N. P. D.—C. C. Colly, James L. Crain, John Eiser.
FOEEST HILL LODGE No. 254. Chartered February 11th, 1896. Meets at Forest Hill, Rapides parish, seoond Saturday of each month. OFFICERS. Secretary. Z. P. Squires W. M. G. M. Johnston S D. G. T. Hortnn S. W. P. H. Smith J. D. L. H. MIzell J. W. Louis Melder Tyler. J. W. Melder Treasurer. J. D. Dunn PAST MASTERS.
C. E. Carruth,
Sherman Cook, Z. P. Squires, E. A. Parrott.
H. O. Ponder,
MEMBERS.
Melder, John F. Phillips, J. W. Spencer, A. B. Barron, H. 0. Phillips, H. C , Jr. Stolsby, J. D. Melder. H. L. Bedgood, S. Y. Squires, J. C. Brady, T. J. Merchant, G. W. Phillips, B. P. "Vining, • - - - - J. - D. Crowell, J. S. Merchant, C. W. Eobert, J M. Watson, E. T. Dean, W. H. Newman, Geo. J. Eodgers, F. F. Williams, S. R. Ferguson, Jesse Odom, Geo. A. Eodgers, J. M. Green, Claude Overstreet, Perry Koggen, J. M. Mabry.W. H. Peninger, J. C. Simpson, C. A. Total, 44 members Initialed and Passed—W. H. Nawn, G. G. Bullock Initiated, Passed and Raised—B.. C. Phillips, J. M. Roberts, P. H. Smith, H. C. Barron, G. T. Horton. Dimitted—3. W. May, L. A. Calhoon.
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JEANERETTE LODGE No. 255. Chartered February 11th, 1896. Meets second and fourth Thursday of each month at Jeanerette, Iberia parish, La. OFFICERS. Secretary. J. C. Bussey W. M. Peter Henk el S. D. S. Wormser S. W. J. G. Bouvier J . H . Gay J. D. Alex.'Allain J. W. .Tyler; Leo Frank Treasurer. Michel J.Brignoni PAST MASTERS.
T. B. Kimbro,
J. G. Bouvier, J. C. Bussey. S. L. Jacobs.
J. W. Stokoe,
MEMBERS.
Shelby, J. W. Beaulleu, Frank Johnston, A. J. Moore, J. F. Stokoe, Albert L. Bracey, H. L. Maillard, P. J. Mouret, B. V. Brittain, James F. Mansfield, J. D. Pulliam, C. M. C. Stokoe, E. C. Edwards, 0. C. McCoullogh, Geo. Redmond,• J. W. Vaughn, Floyd F . Whitworth, G. W. Forgey, E. C. McCoullogh, Res Richardson, D. Wormser, M. Forston, A. C. McGowen, Alf. B. Rodgers, J. W. Foster, A. D. McGowen, C. O. Sanders, H. Shelby Wormser, Charles. Gugenheim, Max. Mollard, R. Schexnayder, A. Total, 43 members. Initiated, Passed and Raised— Michel J. Brignoni. Died—A. Demourelle. Suspended, 77. M. C.—G. L. Gowins.
ST. ANDREW LODGE No. 256. Ciartered February 11th, 1896. Meets Thursday on or before full moon at Mer Rouge, Morehouse parish, La. W. J. Potts C.G. Scott D. E.Ivy S. M. Gibson J. C. Gibson
OFFICERS. W. M. C. W. Thibodeaux S. W. Robert NathaD J. W. J. T. Shell Treasurer. M. D. L. Bell Secretary. W. E. Sisson J. H. Michie Tyler.
S. M. Gibson,
J. A. Davenport. B. Turpin, J. T. Shell.
S. D. J. D. Chaplain. ) stftwar.d, f stewards..
PAST MASTERS. W. EL Sisson.
MEMBERS.
Allen, W. B. Cone', J. L. Harp, D. R. Reeves, James H. Harris, G. W. Andrews, T. H. B. Cook, W. H. Sharp, J. P. Hayes, J. B., Jr. Simmons, Jacob Austin, C. P. Coyne, O. E. Hunter, E. W. Bell, J. S. Credelle, R. L. Smith, D. W. Knoeiul, W. B. Beard, C. C. Daniel, J. L. Stone, R. M. Knoeful, A. E. Bobbitt, R. E. Daniel, W. J. Williams, Boyd" Lombard, W. A. Williams, M. H. Bowman, J. M. Davidson, L. L. McClain, Loren Williams, M. L. Buatt, H. W. Davison, W. E. McCarley, Fred. Williams, J. A. Buckalew, R. M. Duramus, W. J. Meyer, J. R. Buford, A. Duncan Ewing, G. B. Wimberly, G. H. Cammack, W. D. Godwin, Chas. H. Moody, J. K. L. Young, E. R. Pinkston, L. S. Total, 61 members. Clark, C. D. Harpi, R. K. Initiated and Passed—William Bartley Scarlette. Initiated, Passed and Raised—J. M. Bowman, James Sandifer Bell, Owen E. Coyne, Jesse L. Conel. D. Robert Harp, Loren McClain, R. M. Stone. Passed and Raised—J. Howard Michie. Raised—C. B. Ewing, Edwin William Hunter.
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Affiliated—Charles D. Clark, Robert Nathan. Dimitted—W. L. Orrick. Died—J. Bowman Andrews, Alonzo Barnett, E. L. Daniels, W. F. Rawlinson. WHITE CASTLE LODGE No. 257. Chartered February 9th, 1897. Meets third Friday of each month at White Castle, Iberville parish, La. OFFICERS.
George N. Gleason Henry Gonzales Sam. Bolshaw 'Simon Levy
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer.
Sam. Conn M. K. Pearce H. D. Barringer W. F. Brown
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
C. C. Weir,
Paul H. Cire, Simon Levy, J. A. Johnson.
E. C. Glenn.
MEMBERS.
Bluestein, Louis Glenn, F. B. Nlcholosi, L. Scbarff, F. H. Bowie, G. M. Heineman, Sol. Owen, W. G. Sauragg, J. R. Dawson, George Irwin, Isaac Randolph, L. C. Soofford, Lee Total, 27 members. Futeur, F. S. Kern, Dave Initiated—H. V. Kirkland. Initiated and Passed—Frank S. Brown. Initiated, Passed and liaised—F. H. Scharfl, Samuel Bolshaw, Samuel Cohn. Passed and Raised—George N. Gleason. Raised—H. D. Barringer. Died—R. W. Matnern. Expelled—Frank S. Mader. MARTHA.VILLE LODGE No. 258. Chartered February 15th, 1898. Marthaville, Natohitoohes parish, La. Meets Saturday before the first and third Sunday In each month. OFFICERS.
J. D. Rains C. C. McCartney R. M. Wagley. ". J. J. Roberson L. Balles H. F. Wagley
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer. Secretary. . . . . S . D.
A. D. McFerren J. J. Horton A. D. Lambert R. J. McCartney A. S. James. G. P. Ashley
PAST MASTERS.
R. D. Sibley,
G. P. Ashley,
J. D. Chaplain. Marshal. ) a, , \ Stewards. Tyler.
J. D. Rains.
MEMBERS.
Furlow, J. P. Aubrey, T. C. Goodroe, J. L. Bailes, L. T. Heard, G. B. Brown, W. R. Heard, J. L. Cassidy, A. S. Chapman, A. L. Holbrook, C. H. Horton, J. J. Crump, T. G. Cunningham, J. G. Houck, H. D. Darnell", Chas. B. Jackson, W. F. Jacobs, J. W. Durham, A. P. Jacob?, J. J. Durr, W. T. Jacobs, J. E. Durr, W. R.
Lacey, W. C. McCaskel, M. M. Melton, D. J. Middleton, L. B. Middleton R. B. Middleton, T. B. Perley, L. Prothro. J. R. Rains, T. J. Rains, J. P. Rains, E. A.
Reaves, Irwin L. Rodgers, J. Roberts, W. W. Sibley, E. H. Stms, W. V. Small, G. A. Small, W. J. Smith, B. J. Truly, F. W. E. Youngblood, G. A. Total, 54 members.
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Initiated—Walter R. McCaskel, Robert Nelson, Thomas J. Massey. Initiated and Passed—Scott B. Nelson, George A. Youngblood. Initiated, Passed and, Raised—J. Prentiss Furlow, W. V. Sims. Abner L. Chapman, D. Jackson Melton, Adam S. James, Jeremiah J. Roberson, Jewell J. Jacobs, George B. Heard, Ed?ar H. Sibley, J. Robert McCartney, Jewell E. Jacobs, Thomas C. Aubrey, Hugh F. Wagley. Passed—Thomas D. Chambers. Passed and Raised.—Robert M. Waeley. Raised—William J. Small, Wyatt F. Jackson, Andrew D. Lambert. Affiliated-A. S. Cassidy. Dimltted—Gr. M. Heard, D. M. Cole, J. A. Sally, J. C. Tyler, W. F. Skinner (1903). COLFAX LODGE No. 259. Chartered February 15th, 1898. Meets at Colfax, Grant parish, La., Saturday before first Sunday and Thursday after third Sunday In each month. OFFICERS. W. M. J. C. Killingsworth. J. D. ...S. W. H. G. Goodwyn Chaplain. J. W. J. R. Miller Marshal. Treasurer. W. J. Roberts ) «+._.„ _J O Secretary. T. L. Futrell f stewards. S. t>. James A. Hyde Tyler* PAST MASTERS. W. L. Richardson, R. S. Cameron, M. Ferrier. MEMBERS. Antony, John M. Duncan, J. W. Garrette, Rufus F. Sandifer, A. R. BlacKwood, E. H. Dunn, M. A. Horn, E. G. Swafford, M. E. Clarke, W. B. Dunn, Win. H. Jackson. R. E. Teattle, Wm. B. Cotton. Jasper M. Fletcher, J. W. Jones, W. A. Williams, James A. Creed, W. N. Fletcher, D. T. McKnight,R. E. Williams, W. O. Creed, A. B. Futrell, L. M. Moreau, Pierre Woodruff, B. C. Creed, A. M. Futrell, F. L. Pugh, D. M. Total, 41 members. Initiated—John Wo mack Mosley. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Alonzo B. Creed, Alonzo M. Creed. Passed and Raised—Floyd Lee Futrell, Jasper Marion Cotton. Dimitted—E. G Horn. Died—.!. F. Kelly, C. A Ober. Suspended—W. C Phillips, I. Watson.
W. L. Richardson R. W. Richardson R. B. Roach J . J. O'Quinn J . L. Moranttni B. P. Ray
CHARLES F. BUCK LODGE No. 260. Chartered February loth, 1898. Meets at Urania, Catahoula parish, La., first Saturday of each month Henry E. Hardtner J . T. Hinton W. E. Davis L. E. Weaver. •G. M. Tannehill C. E. Tannehill
OFFICERS. W. M. M. L. Roberts S. W. T. J. Penticost. J. W. W. H. McCurley Treasurer. J. A. Mayes Secretary. Dallas R. Hill S. D. John W. Williams W. P. McCartney Tyler. PAST MASTER
Henry E. Hardtner,
J. D. Chaplain. M. of C. Marshal. ) Q( ^, f stewards.
WORK AND RETURNS OF MEMBEBS.
Adams, I. E. Arterburn, J. T. Bandy, M. E. Bell, James. Burke, Laurence Cathey, J. A. Claunch, Wiley Cox, John W. Cox, D. F. Curry, E. C. Davis, Eoland Davis, J. A. Delaune, A. J. Dunn, W. W. Durham, G. W. Elliott, E. K. Ellis, D. M. Ellis, T. L. Fisher, D. W. Fisher, James C. Gaharan, P. S. Godfrey, S. S.
Godfrey, C. E. Godfrey, T. E. H. Hardtner, Q. T. Hatten, I. H. Henderson, T. J. Henslee, T. D. Heiflin, W. T. Higdon, T. W. Hinton, Lott B. Hlnton, John J. Hopkins, J. M. Hutchens, E. C. Jackson, L. S. Jarrell, C. C. Johnson, W. B. Jones, E. L. Killen. G. W. King, Thomas E. Lacroix, C. W. Lawley, C. A. Litton, L. E. Lofton, A. M.
Mabb, Steven Simmons, J. W. Matlock, J. E. Smith, Francis McCartney. W. J. Smith, E. A. McCurley, John K. Smith, W. A. McDonald, Wm.J. Stein, John Mills, Frank M. Eichey, J. H. Mosley, K. C. Shanks, Oscar Mott, T. J. Simmons, S. J. Musgrove, W .W. Stevenson. W. JStrickland, Nugent, T. A. ~ - - - - -E. S. • Sumrall, J. T. Nugent. W. A. Tisdale, J. G. Odom, J. T. Thomas, J. E. Payne, D. I. Thompson, W. E. Peterson, T. J. Pierson, J. A. J. Tully. Charles Pinkerton, John A.Waggoner, West Pinkerton, J. M. Waldron, J. B. Posey, H. " F. " Waldron. J. S. Prestidge. " J. Wise, X. E. Pugh E. G. Wilson, B. W. Sanders, E. C. Wilson, Joseph Sanders, J. J. Winberry, J. S. Total, 101 membersv Initiated—Miles Harper King, Albert Browning, Charles Foster Jones, Herbert Jones, W. E. Coleman, Jeff. Davis Stalling?, William D. Sandford. Initiated and Passed—Charles B. Jutze. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Charles A. Lawley, Eufus Cecil Mosley, Thos. Jefferson Peterson, Thomas Jefferson Penticost, John Henry Eichey, Justin M. Pinkerton, David F. Cox, Joseph A. John Pierson, Dallas E. Hill, James Alexander Cathey, Joseph Wilson, William Eankin Thompson, Stonewall Jackson Simmons, James S. Waldron, William Washington Dunn, John L. Hinton, John E. Thomas, William B. Johnson, William P. McCartney, John Wesley Williams, John James Sanders, Charles Waters Lacroix, David Hey Payne. Passed and itoiseci-^George Andrew Payne, Wyatt P. Stevenson, Thos.. W. Higdon, James C. Fisher, E. S. Strickland, Eobert Lee Jones. Raised—Martin Van Buren Tully, Thos. D. Henslee, John E. Matlock,, Alex. D. Delaune, L. S. Jackson, W. J. McCartney. Affiliated—Clarence Eugene Tannehil], J. M. Hopkins, Stephen Mabb,. James T. Sumrall. Dimttted—MartinVan Buren Tully, George Andrew Payne, H. G. Eoberts
ANCHOE LODGE No. 261. Chartered February 13th, 1899, Pollock, Grant parish, La. Stated meetings, third. Saturday in each month. J. M. Chapman H. T. Kent H. P. Gray J. A. Harvey W. P. Robinson J . W. Scott
OFFICERS. W. M. E. F. Kelley S. W. I. M. Brian J. W. J. E. Eush Treasurer. E.L.Edwards Secretary. J. A. Chapman f. S.t>. T. A. Watson PAST MASTERS.
O. H. Cooper,
J. T. Wilson.
J. L. Griffin
J. D. Chaplain.. M. of C. ) Q)._ A \ Stewards. Tyler.
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MEMBERS.
Sanford, E. C. Shoemaker, J. S. Simmons, W. C. Smith, L. H. Taylor, L. C. Taylor^ H. W. Tetts, J. A., Jr. Waldron, E. L. Washburn.Chas.H, Watts, Wm. P. White, O. E. Willet, W. P. Wilson, Fred. Young, J. W. Drewitt, J. E. Total, 71 members. initiated—James Houston Anderson, Arthur Floyd Wilson, Hugho Blanton Dupree. Initiated and Passed—William Leonard Smith, Initiated. Passed and Raised—William Patterson Robison, Henry William Taylor, Gabriel Alonzo Moffltt, James Arthur Chapman, David KendricK: Barnea, William Emery Rifflp. Passed and Raised—Aaron Henry Drewett, Robert Lee Edwards, Elmer C. Sanford. , .Raised—John E. Rush, John William Helt, Ira W. Sanford, Martin •Johnson. Afflliated-J. N. Brian, O. B. May. Dimitted—W. A. Spofford, E. S. Merrill. . Died—M. D. Webb. Adams, J. D. Barnes, D. K. Barron, C. W. Beall, W. C. Beall, J. E. Brian, F. N. Butler, A. H. Chandler. Homer Clark, John Clinton, L. O. Cooper. Andy Corley, I. A. Corley, W. B.
Drewitt, A. H. Edgecomb, Chas. Grant, P. A. Groves, C. O. Hamilton, Frank Hamilton, Fred. Hammons, H. L. " " Hamilton,'Hugh Hastings, L. P. Halt, J. W. Hewitt, Z. M. Johnson, Martin Kelley, J. B. King.'J. W.
Lacroix, Isaac B. Lewis, B. F. Lewis, J. N. Lilley, O. R. Lippard, Chas. P. Maxwell, R. J. May, O. B. Moffitt, G. A. Morris, B O . Nueent, J. E. Riffle, W. R. Robinson, C. U. Rogers, J. F. Sanford, J. W.
PROGRESSIVE LODGE, No. 262. Chartered February 13th, 1899. Lutcher, Saint James parish, La. Stated meetings first and third Wednesday. W. J. Ferris Rodney P. Woods F. B. Browne... Van Woods
OFFICERS. W. M. Arthur G. Gear heard S. W. 0. Chenet J. W. L.McClung Treasurer. Jacob Becker
Secretary. S. D. J.D. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
{Jeorge H. Jones,
Charles E. Snyder.
W. J. Ferris,
Octave Chenet.
MEMBERS.
Adelman, Wm. Baker, R. F. Bell, D. Bradley, S. 0. Chenet, L. L. Gable, C. P. Hanson, Henry Hart. Wm. J. Hendrix, D. M.
Shushan, Joseph Smith, Charles A. Stratton, James M. Todd, T. O. Triche, E. Ward, .. ., Tully„ M. __ Williams, G. C. Williams, J. M. Willie, F.W. Total, 46 members. Initiated—Sol. Block, William Turner Patterson, James Stewart Patterson. Initiated, Passed and Raised—John M. Williams. Passed and Raised—Andrew Nagel. Died—Fleming Gillen. Suspended, N. P. D— E. C. Lee. Henry, C. W. Levy, I. Huger, B. W. Ligon, O. W. Jordan, T. I. Mclntosh, F. J. Jones, Phil. H. McNair, J. W. Joseph, Jules Nagel, T. J. Kahn, Emanuel Nagel, Andrew Kustaborder, F. J. Nobile, Lawrence Le Bourgeois, F. A.Seott, F. L. Levy, E. Shugert, Geo. M.
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WORK AND RETURNS OF FLORIEN LODGE No. 263.
Chartered February 14th, 1899. Florlen, Sabine parish, La. Stated meetings, Saturday on or before full mooa in each month. OFFICERS.
W. K. Holt J. E. Ewinsr T. J. Dowden E. S. (randy J. C. Ward J. C. Corley
W.M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer. Secretary. S. D.
J.M.Davis F. L. McLanahan G. Z. Corley L. L. Williams J. D. Miller T.N. Conerly
J. D. Chaplain. M. of C. { W fttewaras ._.,J. j >, Tyler.
PAST MASTER.
W. K. Holt. MEMBERS.
Aldndge, T. M. Dillon, W. E. Leach, W. G. Miles, T. L. Alford, J. P. Dowden, J. M. Leach. A. C. Myers, T. C. Arnold, F. H. Godbv, John Leach, James Ivy Rayburn, R. C. Arthur, R. L. Green", J, M. Leach, F. S. Self, C. C. Conerly, J. W. Hardin, W. H. Leach. D. S. Spears, Jas. H. Corley, J. S. Hogue, W. S. Lep, W. C. White, J. W. Cozine, Dutch Hovis, W. E. Lyons, R. A. Williams, J. H. Davis, G. J. Klaine, H. L. Manheim, A. J. Williams, S. K. DeHart, I. W. Leach, James M. McGee, Fred. Williams, W. Jeff. Dillon, D. H. Leach, John M. McRea, T. C. Total, 5L members. Initiated—N. Watson Miller. Initiated and Passed—David Walker. Initiated, Passed and Raised—J. M. Dowden, William H. Hardin, Wiley C. Lee, James Henry Spears, Lemuel L. Williams, John Hampton Williams, Samuel K. Williams, W.. Jeff. Williams. Raised—James E. Ewing, Dimitted—R. E. Browne. Died—J. S. Alford. Suspended—Frank S. Ayers.
PINE LODGE No. 264. Chartered February 13th, 190n. Pine, Washington parish. La. Stated meetings, fourth Friday in each month. OFFICERS.
T. E. Bennett M. N. Knight Ueo. W. Rester J. S. Knight
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer.
M. T. Knfght E. L. Knight J. A. Kniaht James Knight
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
T. E. Bennett,
M. T. Knight,
Ira L. Pope.
MEMBERS.
Alford, W. E. Craine, Charles C. Schilling, J. R. Thomas, Jos. P. Bateman, J. E. Craine, M. C. iseal, James W. Toney, C. P Branch. D. E. Knight, R. W. Sea', Wm. R. Warner, W. W. Breland, M. N. Knight, J. W. Seal, J. D. Whittineton, A. A. Chiler, E. N. Knisht, W. P. Smith, B. G. Whittington, W. Craine, John J. Magee, James L. Sumrall, L. W. Total, 33 members. Initiated—D. E. Sheridan. Passed—Isaac D. Knight. Initiated, Passed and Raised—William P. Knight, Joe D. Lea, Edgar I* Knight, Robert, W. Knight, Passed and Raised—Eli H. Chiler. Suspended—Curtis MUey.
CONSTITUENT LODGES. DALLEY LODGE No. 265. Chartered February 13th, 1900, at Dalley, Jackson parish. La. Stated meetings, Saturday before first Sunday in each month. P. A. Smart J. M. Barr J. J. Prestage N. J. Chatham
OFFICERS. W. M. S. 0. Wilder S. W. Howard Prestage J. W. J. W. Knight Treasurer. E. W. Smith
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS. J. M. Barr, J. T. Head. MEMBEES. Culpepper. R. C. Hearn, W. H. Hearn,rJ..L. Ramsay, W. E.
Best, W. K. Butler, J. S.
Robinson, J. A. Taylor, B. P. Total, 16 members.
Initiated—Harvey Colyer. Passed—W. K. Best, W. A. Downs, Jr., J. Wright. Dimmed—Willis A. Downs, Warren A. Downs, J. D. Wheelis, Levi M. Jones, T. H. Carroll (1902). R. L. Jordan (1903). Died—T. J. Smart (1901).
ATKINS LODGE No. 266. Chartered February 13th, 1900. Atkins, Bossier parish, La. Stated meetings, second Thursday ol each month. P. O., Atkins. D. J. McAnn A. J. Moss J. L. Page H. E. Atkins W. E. Connell
OFFICERS. W. M. Joel P. Ivy S. W. R. T. Poole J. W. J. L. Kimbell Treasurer. H. H. A'ison Secretary. R. H. Raines M. S. Holleman Tyler.
J. W. Atkins, Alford, J. M. Calhoun, A. D. Fort, Arthur
PAST MASTERS. H. L. Alison,
S. D. J. D. .M. ol C. )
H. E. Atkins.
MEMBERS. Hawkins, J. M. Mclver, A. B. Hawkins, L. B. Moss, D. J. Lowery, J. W. Sempe, J. P.
Stringfellow, G. W. Stringfellow, H. C. Switzer, L. H. Total, 23 members.
UNITY LODGE No. 267. Chartered February 13th, 1900. Houma, Terrebonne parish, La. Meets on Tuesday on or before full moon. RobertB. Butler E. P.Roberts A. O. Hebert W. F. Williams
OFFICERS. W. M. W.R.Davis S. W. P. J. Dupont J. W. J. H. Pullen Treasurer. John Bauchpies PAST MASTER. A. W. Connelly, Joseph H. Pullen.
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Ty:er.
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Alford, B. M. Dupont, A. M. Hunter, J. H. Polmer, L. Avery, N. L. Gilbert, L. W. Kelly, N. V. Polmer, S. Boudreaux, F. E. Gouaux, Leon McBride, Robt. E. Powers, J. I. Bondreaux, L. S. Hatch, W. S. McEwen, Geo. E. Thidodeaux, W. E. Cage, H. Hepler, E. A. Philson, James Tucker, G. L. Dillard, J. H. Total, 30 members. Initiated—Morga,n W. Williams. . Initiated and Passed—Thomas J. Wineman. Initiated, Passed and Raided—John Anderson Hunter, Wiley Ethmee Thibodeaux. Passed and Raised—Leon Gouaux. Affiliated—Gardner L. Tucker. Died—James M. Moore.
MELVILLE LODGE No. 263. Chartered February 12th, 1901, at Melville, parish of St Landry, La. ings, first and third Thursday of each month.
Stated meet-
OFFICERS.
H. S. Joseph L. H. Lyons E. G. Richard C. W. Stone J. H. Bergeron
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer. Secretary. John W. Rice.
C. C. Johnson S. A. Blake S. H. Wha.tley G. V. Berger Gus. Rosenberg Tyler.
S. D. J. D. Chaplain.
) j
PAST MASTER.
H. Raehal. MEMBERS.
Barlow E. E. Burleigh, EddyM. Chapman, T. D. Church, J. E. False, R. J.
Gordon, H. M. Havard, G. L. Hawkins, R. Lee Impson, James A. Lee, J. W.
McNeil, Chas. B. Strange, A. J. Middleton, Chas.P.Suiter. A. J. Payton, P. Walker, Mike Reynolds, A. C. Williamson, C. Row, V. B. Williamson, Oscar Total, 32 members. Initiated—Frank Elmer VanVleat, Henry Jones, John Papa. Initiated, Passed and Raised—William Robert Neighbors. , Dimitted— Wm. R. Neighbors, David S. Butler, H. P. Simmons.
MARKSVILLE LODGE No. 269. Chartered February 12th, 1901, at Marksville, Avoyelles parish, La. Stated meetings held on (not given in returns). OFFICERS.
V. L. Roy W. F. Couvillion J. D. Sheldon H. B. Hall.-....'...-
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer.
Armand D. Lafargue P. B. Snoddy J. M. Pllcher William Sidney Boone
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
A. E. Arnold,
A. V. Coco,
J. S. W. Harmanson.
CONSTITUENT LODGES.
201
MEMBEES.
Nash, M. Howell, J. H. Armitage, T. J. Flanders. H. Porter, Stephen D. Brittain. John W. Gardiner, S. W. Joffrion, W. T. Peterman, W. H. Joffrion, W. F. Cathoun, F. B. Gauthier, E. Z. Randall, B. F. Joffrion, F. A. Calhoun. J. T. Glasscoek, W. Regard, E. Jusselin. G. Cappel, J. C. Goodwin, W. J. Carpenter, C. J, Harmanson.J.S.W.Mathews, T. M. Roy, T. A. Woodruff. W. T. Coco, Phiiogene Howard, Chas. H. Miles, J. C. Total, 36 members. Coco, Horace D. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Felix Alcide Jofirion, Wade Glasscoek, Melvin Nash. Died—Baldwin E. Coco. BENEFIELD LODGE No. 270. Chartered February 12th, 1S01, at Eodessa, parish of Caddo. La. Meets first and third Saturday in each month. OFFICERS.
R. C. Carroll W. M. E. 0. Walker Ernest Hutto S. W. John W. Zylks A. C. Thigpen ..J. W. A.C.Pitts Wm. F. Holland Treasurer. W. S. McMichaels Samuel M. Vardeman Secretary. W m . F . Bruner. James D. W. Carroll Tyler.
S. D. J. D. M. of 0.
PAST MASTER.
George Hutchins. MEMBERS.
Slay, N. O. Adams, George Gibson, George Lewis, H. M. Smith, Edwin 0. Baker, John 6. Harris, Claude Loag, Sam'l Stewart, James M. Beazley, Jeff D. Hartze, Wm L. Martin, A. G. Taylor, B. B. Bremer, B. F. Holt, Thos. F. Mays, M. A. Bremer, Henry A. Hoss, And. J.j McCoy, James Jame E. Teat, B. F. Bridgman, Robt. L. Huckabay, Geo. M.McDufl, Daniel R. Thomason, Wm. G. Cox, John H. Huekabay, H. H. Means, John T. Whisenhunt, A.I. F White,Harry J. Craiglow, Thos.F. Hutto. G. W. Norton, B, H. " Daniel, Andrew Ivans, LaurenceD. Ogburn, Logus S. Williams, Riley Willis, C. C. Dearini?, Arthur G.Keel, J. W. Owens, W. O. Worley, P. C. Dick, Robert Jolly, John S. Pittman, S. S. Wynn, James M. Everett, Arch. L. Lawton, Chas. J. Powell, A. F. Total, 62 members. Oallaway, J. Lawton, W. B. Initiated—John D. Bickham, James Gilmore, James B. Olds, Julius H. Means. Initiated and Passed—Joseph H. Johnston, William N. McLendon. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Harold H. Huckabay. Passed-Wade W. Walker. • Raised—Samuel Long, William F. Holland. Affiliated—N. O. Slay, Andrew Daniel, James Gallaway, James T. Means. Dimltted—W. L. Shadrack, W. B. McBrlde. Died—James E. Stanley. D E R I D D E R LODGE NO. 271. Chartered February 11th, 1933, at DeRldder, Calcasieu parish, La. Meets third Saturday in each month. OFFICERS.
W.K.Ford A. 1. Shaw J. H. Cannon A. B. Pye
W.M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer.
J. M. Johnson R. V. Porter W. P. Hudson J. C. James
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Tyler.
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WOBK AND KETUKNS OF PAST MASTERS.
J. S. Koberts,
George W. Heard. MEMBERS.
Barkman, Jos. Frazer, M. E. Pitman, R. H. Jones, Eobert Barnett, G. F. Goodman, J. A. Ryder, W. F. Lacaze, Joseph Stewart. J. 0. Bradford, A. M. GreeD, Geo. M. Lewis, John H. Stubbs, G. W. Carroll, Thomas J. Harris, K. L. Lindsay, W, B. Tucker. J. M. Carroll, B. H. HasselJ, J. J. Marr, M. H. Tyler, R. L. Covey, L. M. lies, John Martin, F. E. Cowart, J. F. Inarz, M. H. McGregor. W. H. Welborn, Robert Crow, W. Henry Jlnes, Isaac T. McLean, Geo. W. Williams, J. H. Dear, W. H. McMahon, J. E. Williams, C. H. Johnson, J. M. Ford, W. K. Williams, W. H. Johnson, Jos. A. Moss, F. P. Frazer, Moses C. Total, S3 members. Initiated—J. A. Bailey, W. H. Bishop, J. M. Pearson. Initiated and Passed— W. T. H. Fpars, Robert Creecy. W. D. McNeil. Initiated. Passed and Raised—H. L. Harris, W. H. Williams, Garrett F. Barnett, J. J. Hassel). Raised—B. H. Carroll, J. A Goodman, L. M. Canvey, J. C. James. Affiliated—J. H. Cannon. Dlmitted—Julius Dewe, T. J. Nichols, D. F Knight, C. C. Davi=, T. J. Midkifl, H. A. Harvey, S. H. McMahon, P. A. Fletcher. SAREPTA LODGE No. 272.* Chartered February 11th, 1902, at Sarepta, Webster parish. La. Meets the Saturday before the first Sunday of each month. OFFICERS.
W. D. Delafleld J. C. Cochran Jos. Strickland G. B. Denman
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer. Jesse Cox
W. R. Oakley Philip Frazier J. H. Frazier O. M. Bigbee Tyler.
Secretary. S. D_ J. D. Chaplain.
PAST MASTER.
G. B. Denman. MEMBERS.
Allen, J. I. Browning, J. R. Burke, J. S. Byrnes, Geo. H. Cheshire, R. R. Coyle, Charles
Ensey, Ralph Frazier, Chas. Gibson, P. Hawthorn, Frank Johnson, Wm.
King, Jno. O. King, J. T. King, J. B. Kemper, Geor?e Leonard, W. D.
Oaklev, G. W. Sikes,"J. W. Trammel, T. Wilkerson, A. B. Young, N. S. Total, 30 members.
* No return for 1904. BOYCE LODGE No. 273. Chartered February 11th, 1902, at Boyce, Rapldes pjrish, La. Meets second and! fourth Tuesday in each month. OFFICERS.
Joseph D. James O. S. Haworth Geo. H. Woodruff J. Dawson Johnson J. Ernest Dugger Louis Ratcliff
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer. Secretary. S. D.
J. C. Ray J. H. Sorell H. A. Joyner
J. D. Chaplain. M.of C.
A. W. Haworth
) <3townivl«
W. R. Penrifoy, Jr G. h. Vance
f Stewards. Tyler.
CONSTITUENT LODGES.
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PAST MASTERS. Louis Ratcliff, D. K. Texada. MEMBERS. Baker, J. G. Heidrich, David J. Lowery, Ernest B. Texada, J. W. Caldwell. C. W. Jackson, H. S. Neal, H Thompson, H. L. Cunningham, C. S. Jackson, L. L. Parker, W. E. Weasel, Wm. Davidson, Wm.H. Jones, R. M. Rives, J. C. Williams, O. M. Faulk, Wm. H, Kelly, D. E. Sewell, B. W. Wilkerson, C. F. Hayne, W. P. Total, 34 members. Initiated and, Passed—William Isaiah Ratcliff. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Charles Strichlie Cunningham, Columbus Franklin Wilkerson, William Rollin Penifoy. Raised—F. H. Neal, H. S. Jackson, Dimitted—l. M. Brian. Died-W. C. Nelms.
OBERLIN LODGE No. 274. Chartered February l l t h , 1902, at Oberlin, Caloasieu parish, La. Meets Saturday on or before full moon of each month. OFFICERS. George W. Ford W. M. 0. JohnstOD Secretary. J. A. Reed S. W. M. A. Prudhomme S. D. W.I. Cole J. W. W. L, Reeves J. D. Joseph Chenier Treasurer. E. J. Sandlfei? Tyler. PAST MASTERS. J. W. Moore, P. E. Moore, John R. Lyles. Geo. W. Ford. Bagsley, Eden A. Bond, James M. Bond, R. C. Brown, Jno. A. Buhler, M. A. Clements, E. S. Cole, Detnpsey
MEMBERS. Colo, James M. Kingry, Jos. W. Cole, S. B. Love, J. F. Garland. A. S. Lyles, Hiram Hagan, A. L. Lyles, Zach. Johnston, D. R. Marshall, R. T. Kanouse, Wm. Moore, Denis Kingry, J. J. Moore, Henry A.
Oden,'Richard E. Odom, Richard Platts, W, A. Reeves, Franklin Sigler, George E. Tate, Theodore Total, 37 members. Initiated, Passed and Raised—J. A. Brown, A. L. Hagan, W. L. Reeves, Theodore Tate. Passed and Raised—James Furman Love. Raised—M. A. Prudhomme, Elias J. Sandifer. Dirnitted—Thomas L. Gibson. Died—Jacob Cole. BENSON LODGE No. 375. Chartered February 11th, 1902, at Benson, DeSoto parish. La. Meets second and fourth Saturday of each month. P. O., Lenolr.
W. H. Bilbray J. H. Bilbray James Hughes A. Bloxam
OFFICERS. W. M. A. G. Kidd S. W. John Mahney J. W. L. A. Taylor Treasurer. M. W. Newell., Lem. Parker Tyler.
W. H. Bilbray,
PAST MASTERS. M. C. Geiger.
Secretary. S. D. : . . . . J . D. Steward.
G. M. Mott.
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WORK AND RETURNS OF MEMBERS.
Benson, R. F. Hart, E. L. Malone, W. M. Steele, J. T. Best, R. Y. Fleniken, D. M. Norris, Benjamin Worsham, W. L. Bilbray, W. T. Mahoney, John Robinson, E. Total, 22 members. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Edward Lucas Hart, William Tilden Bilbray, Walter L
DORCHEAT LODGE, No. 376. Dorcheat, Webster parish, La. Meets Saturday before the second Sunday of each month. OFFICERS. W. W. Kaylor. W. M. J. B. Clements J. D. Joshua S. Hyde S. W. J. T. Perkins M. of C. ^Marshal. J. W. Martin J. W. J. S. Hvde M. D. Gleason Treasurer. W. H. Sikes Secretary. A. J. Clements S. D. S. I. Leggett...... ..Tyler.
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PAST MASTER.
Jesse F. Sikes. MEMBERS.
Lee, Samuel W. Newsom, M. S. Bellar, B. T. Festavan, A. J. Lee, J. B. Perkins, J. W. Branton, H. M. Gleason.E. Martin, Marshall Reynolds, C. R. Clements, A. J. Gryder, Martin Martin, H. L. Sikes, J. S. Clement, J. B. Howell, F. O. Mayfleld, John W. Sikes, B. B. Colbert, J. G. Howell, T. G. Worley, W. H. Dunn, John J. Howell, Wm. A. Merritt, I. W. Total, 35 members. Eubanks, Wm. I. Kirkley, Thos. M. Initiated—Luther Prescott, Ford, Robert Wesley Veazey. Initiated and Passed—S. J. Horton. Initiated, Passed and Raised—William Harvey Sykes, Joseph Rufus Sellers, Hamsford L. Martin. Passed and Raised—Richard Jackson Groves, Silas Irvin Leggett, Isaac Win fred Merritt. Diinitted—Wm. D. Dunn, D. F. Tornner.
DUBACH LODGE No. 277. Chartered February, 1903. Meets Saturday before first Sunday, and Friday before third Sunday In each month, at Dubaoh, Lincoln parish, La. OFFICERS. G. A.Colvin W. M. J. Willie Tubbs J. A. Green.......... S. W. Valcan W. Colvin M. P. Fuller J. W. T. J. Autrey T. H. Colvin ;.. .. . .Treasurer. J. P. Jones.. R. E. Norris Tyler. PAST MASTER.
S. M. Fuller.
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Chaplain.
CONSTITUENT LODGES.
205
MEMBERS.
Adkinson, W. W. Colvin, C. E. Firmin, C. V. Smith, I. O. Allen, James B. Colvin, W. A. Fuller, C. C. Smith, L. P. Caruthers, C. T. Colvin J. M. Hogg, G. D. Tubbs, Willie Cochran, S. E. Colvin, C. B. Meadows, L. B. Westberg, A. Colvin, G. H., Jr. Colvin, S. J. Mitchell, S. F. White, W. W. Colvin, J. W. Colvin, T. B. Nelson, M. A. Whitman, E. Colvin, J. H. Derby, C. A. Phurrougb, G. W. Total, 37 members. Initiated and Passed—Maurey Anderson Beard, Hayes Petrec Colvin, Robert Gill Mitchell. Initiated, Passed and Raised—William Walter Adkinson, James Roy Aklen, George Daniel Hogg. Passed and liaised—John Willie Colvin. liaised—Valcar William Colvin, John Lee Green. Dimitted—T. W. Harper, W. N. Autrey, A. P.. Foster, E. O. Foster, R. M. Foster, Henry Harper, R. W. Henry, D. A. Johnson, Win. T. Owen, T. L. Waugh, J. B. Williams, C. D. Young, Emile Anderson, H. V. Ray.
ROSEMARY LODGE No, 278. Chartered February, 1903. Meets third Saturday in each mouth at Newport, Winn parish, La. P.O., Hill. George W. Erskins J. B. Herring W. A. Erskins R. A. Johnston
OFFICERS. W. M. A. G. Herring S. W. F. C. Herring J. W. J. A. Johnston Treasurer. L. W. Hatten
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
T. J. Chapman,
J. W. Hatten.
MEMBE RS.
Beavers, A. C. HatteD, J. B. McKaskle, N. P. Thornton, T. M. Chapman, W. E. King, M. N. Newsoms, N. M. Tolbert, R. G. Erskins, J. M. May, B. Q. Parkes, J. W. West, S. S. Hatten, Sam McKaskle, H. L. Sowers, W. M. Total, 24 members. Initiated—Elisha West, Initiated and Passed—L. Eldredge Rogers. Initiated, Passed and Hawed—Alcy C. Beavers. Raised—B. Quil. May. Affiliated—A. O. Herring. Reinstated— F. C. Herring. Dimitted—J. L. Hatten.
D B Q U I N C E Y LODGE NO. 279.
Chartered February 3,1903. DeQulnoey, Caloasieu parish, La. Stated meetings, second and fourth Saturdays, John Redmond G. S. Lyons A. B. O"tis A. Abedilla
OFFICERS. W. M. H. E. Gamble... S. W. Ed. Tyson J. W. Frank Vale Treasurer. Sam. Gearen PAST MASTERS.
D. D. Herford,
P. V. Wadleigh.
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Tyler.
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WORK AND RETURNS OP MEMBERS.
-Berry, Eli Selmon, John S. Kearney, E. F. Gearen, Geo. Shibo, Fred. Kester, F. B. Bradberry, W. C. Gill, J. M. Smith, F. T. Lyons, Seth S. Catfrey. iS. P. Giiray, C. A. Spears, M. E. Martin, J. A. Cook, Oscar Gimmick, John Tellus, E. J. Perkins, J. M. Cooper, N. J. Harper, R. Tison, A. E. Phillips, V. O. Clark, Lee Harper, C. Turner, J. M. Robinson, F. M. Coward, A. Herford, J, C. vuvvaiu, i i . W. *T . jj.cii.uiu, t» \j Van Pelt, Jas. M. Seale, Perry Eggleston, A. G. Hogan, B. F. Total, 43 members. Gearen, R. M. Hogan, H. L. Initiated—James C. Mitchell, Thomas J. Futrill, Allen J. Coward. Initiated, Passed and Baised—Perry Seale, Oscar Cook, Frank Vail, Romney Harper, Charles Harper, S. P. Caflrey, Charles A. Gilroy, Egbert J. Tellus. Baised-A. G. Eggleston, Fred. Shibo, James M. Perkins, Harry E. Gamole, Edward F. Kearney. Affiliated—A. E, Tison. ?
JONESBORO LODGE No. 280. Chartered February, 1903. Meets first and third Mondays in each month at Jonesboro, Jackson parish, La. OFFICERS Secretary. J. M. Bradley W. M. W. C. Stewart S. D. R. L. Hardy S. W. E. E. Harlin J. U. W. T. Blackwell J. W. W. I. Bell Tyler. R. A. Carson Treasurer. G. E. Cox PAST MASTERS.
Geo. W. Tait,
W. C. McDonald. MEMBERS.
Barnes, Edw. Barnes, J. P. Campbell, W. W. •Garrett, Geo. W.
Hodge, J. K. Hudson, W. D. Ingram, I. H. Jackson, C. H.
Jeflress, R. P. Johnson, R. H. Mullins, J. H. Narred, L.
Ruff, Frank Tyler, A. Walsworth, S. W. Watts, S. L. Total, 27 members.
Initiated, Passed and Baised—E. E. Harlin. Passed and Baised—G. E. Cox. Baised—O. S. Snow. Dimitted—J. F. Bryant, L. V. Hodga, O. S. Snow, A. E. Walesworth.
CROWSON LODGE No. 281. Chartered February 3, 1903. Castor, Bienvllle parish, La. Stated meetings second Saturday ot each month. OFFICERS. W. M. J. M. Johnson Secretary. W. L. Joyner... S. W. J. A. Sullivan S. D. S. T. Neal J. W. H. N. Hayes J. D. C. Joyner., .Treasurer. R. A. Koonee Chaplain. C. W. Campbell. W. A. Byrd Tyler. MEMBERS.
Anderson, G. B. Hill, M. M. Bogan, Thos. C. Joyner, L. E. Bogan, Wm. H. Joyner, S. G. Brister, John P. Mathews, B. H. Campbell, Cicero Neal, T. Cloud, S. W. Neal, A. J.
Neal, T. W. Neill, J. A. Parker, R. L. Pullig, Sam. Sledge, John A.
Sullivan, W. A. Sullivan, W. F. Sullivan, P. R. Vincent, John F. Wiggins, ggn J. D. Total, 31 members. tal,
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Initiated, Passed and liaised—William H. Bogan, John P. Brister, Sam'I W. Cloud, Thomas C. Bogau. John M. Johnson. Affiliated—John F. Vincent, Gilbert £. Anderson. Died—V. F. Sullivan. YELLOW PINE LODGE No. 282. Chartered February 3,1903. Oakdale, Calcasteu parish, .La. Stated meetings first and third Saturdays In each month. P.- O , Beaver. OFFICERS.
James H. Leggett Edgar T. Nichols Pinuney R. Hinson J. W. Leggett
W. M. S. W J. W Treasurer.
Wm. W. Leggett
Secretary. S.D. J. D. Tyler.
W. A. Stovall
PAST MASTERS.
James M. Cook,
James H. Leggett.
MEMBERS.
Anderson, B. J. Fontenot, E. L. Mason, A. W. Searcy, W. G. Brown, O. T. Fussell, C. C. McKenzie, E. W. Segler, J. M. Cannon. John H. Godwin, A. M. Monnett, A, C. Sloan, C. L. Carey, D. L. Godwin, W. D. Phillips, W. H. WatKins, L. S. Clark, Jesse Gray, E. S. Pitre, R. D. Williamson. F. Fontenot, I. L. Hinson, Joseph Scammond, John Total, 30 members. Initiated and Passed—James A. Odom, Albert J. Singletary. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Edward W. McKenzie, Willie G. Searcy, John Scamond, Frank Williamson. Passed and Raised—O. T. Brown, Alex. C. Monnett. Bimitted—William A. Martin. MARION LODGE No. 283. Chartered February 3, 1904. Meets secocd Saturday In each month at Marion, Union Parish, La. OFFICERS
3E. J. Hale O. H. Thompson M. G. Jarman J. M. Nettles J. W. Brown
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer. Secretary. N. B. Pace
J. M. Cooper H. F. Smith C. T. Simmons W. P. Rep pond. B. E. Turner Tyler.
S. D. J. D. M. of C. f
bt6wards
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PAST MASTERS.
B. B. Thomas,
W. B. Wheelis.
MEMBERS.
Adams, J. M. Andrews, John Brown. A. T. Cobb, W. W. Crow, B. B.
Haile, S. L. Hodnet, J. O. Jarman, L. W. McLemore, W. D. Nettles, J. P.
Pace, G. W. Pace, R. E. Paterson, W. L. Powell, G. E . Eoark, J. H.
Roark, J. E. Smith, W. F. Stripling, W. F. Wheelis, J. M. Wheelis, A. B. Total, 32 members. Initiated and, Passed—O. L. Tugwell, I. A. Cole, T. L. Davis, H. M. Lee. Initiated; Passed and Raised—J. M. Cooper, G.'W. Pace, J. M. Wheelis, B. B. Crow. J. P. Mettle, A. B. Wheelis, R. E. Pace, J. M. Nettles, L. W. Jurman, W. L. Patterson, J. O. Hodnet, John Andrews. Passed and Raised—W. F. Stripling. Dimitted—V. M. Knox. Died—William Smith.
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WOEK AND RETURNS OP OAK GROVE LODGE No. 284.
Chartered February 3, 1904. Oak Grove. West Carroll parish, La. Stated meetings second Thursday in each month. OFFICERS. Wm. G. Cagle W. M. Andrew Jackson Secretary. Walter Noble S. W. Lucien B. Bonner S. D. G. W. Berry J. W. Louis Bonner J. D. R. W. Shilling Treasurer. J. L. Griffith Tyler. PAST MASTER.
John Robert Fowler. MEMBERS.
Bers, Thos. W. Cockerham, 0. A. Lester, James A. Tullos, Jesse R. Biglow, M. I. Cooper, W. F. McGrow. John T. Williamson, J. Bivens, A. W. Drake, James B. Mosely, J. M. Williamsori, W. J. Bonner, H. B. Fowler, James S. Reneau, Thos. B. Womack, T. M. Bost, E. L. Herrin, James D. Richburg, W. F. Womack, Jesse Briggs, Orrin Herrin, Jacfc D. Tullos, John L. Womack, H. W. Chambliss, W. J. James,'Henry Total, 35 members. Initiated, Passed and Raised—3. M. Mosely, E. L. Bost, W. F. Cooper, H. B. Bonner. Affiliated—James A. Lester, Henry James, Jesse R. Tullos, C. A. Cockerham. Died—James H. Robinson. MANY LODGE No. 285. Chartered February 3,1904. Many, Sabine Parish, La. Stated meetings, first Saturday in each month. OFFICERS. W. A. York.... W. M. W. E. McNeely Secretary. J. Wiley Miller S. W. J. B. Dover S. D-. S. D. Ponder J. W. David Golring J. D. J. M. Middleton Treasurer. B. B. Hardin...: Tyler. MEMBERS.
Bennett, F. C. Dover. Joseph Burlinghame,J. T. Bstes, A. W. Cranford, T. J. Henderson, J. A Davis, F. W. Hughes, G. W.
Hunter, Frank Lamberth, A. C. Lonu, Ed. C. Loring, Geo. W.
McClellan, J. F. Sorrel, Don. E. Weiss, M. Woods, J. D. Total, 24 members.
Initiated and Passed—R. S. Hendrichs. Initiated, Passed and Raised—F. 0. Bennett, G. H. Hughes, J. A. Henderson, J. T. Burlinghame, George W. Loring. Frank Hunter. Passed and Raised^-B. B. Hardin. -Raised—C. E. Long.
CHENEYVILLE LODGE No. 286. Chartered February 3, 1904. Cheneyville, Rapides parish, La. Stated meetings First and Third Fridays. OFFICERS. George M. Simmons W. M. Leon L. Dejean Secretary. ElihuK. Branch S. W. J. J. Barnidge S. D. EdwardS. Hart J. W. O. E. Barnidge J. D. Paul J. Bennett Treasurer. Wm. H. Jordan Chaplain. James A. Hogan Tyler.
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MEMBERS.
Boone, Win. A. Bowman, Chas. H. Brown, Paul M. Carroll, John E. Poote, Chas. A. Ford, Henry F. Gross, Solomon Hauff, R. C.
Hetherwich, C. Hickenburg, H. Jordan, S. D. Kilpatrick, Ralph Lipsitz, Louis Lyles, C. W. Lyles, Wm. H. Maddox, G. I.
Maddox, W. W. Singley, John A. McDaniel, J. H. Smith, Robert H. Newman, J. I. Smith, S. F. Peach, Maston C. Stanley, J. W. Pringle, James M. Swann, Howell C. Rutledee, J. M. Wade, Perry Scott, Wm. C. Wall, W. W. Shackelford, W. F. Wallace, George Total, 42 members. Initiated and Passed— John Brown Smith, Charles Harper. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Wesley Wiley Maddox, Edward Sidney Hart, Louis Lipsitz, Joseph Morrison Rutledge, Rudolph Curt Hauff. Passed and -Raised—Joseph Wlllard Stanley, Perry Wade. Raised—Henry Hiekenburg. Affiliated—Paul M. Brown, C. W. Lyles, J. I. Newman.
GLOBE LODGE No. 287.* Chartered February 3,1904. Yellow Pine, Webster parish, La. Stated meetings, first and third Mondays in eaoh month. J. W. Martin W.Peters H. L. Blackwell S. T. Woodring
OFFICERS, U. D. W. M. J. C. Fingerle S. W. E. L. Waldron J. W. Fred.Cobb Treasurer. W. H. Wise
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Tyler.
MEMBERS.
Chaffee, C. P. Hundley, R. A. Cleveland,Edward King, J. B. Cramer, S. B. Miller, G. M. Draper, H. N. Morgan, J. H. • No returns for 190*.
Riddle, C. L. Sandlin, J. N. Scovern, C. E.
Spillman, S. J. Waldron. R. M. Webb, W. H. Total, 22 members^
PINE GROVE LODGE No. 288. Chartered February 3, 1904, Ponchatoula, Tangipahoa Parish, La. Stated meetings third Wednesday in eaoh month. JakeBoyne H.P.Mitchell BlasSpiller C.D.Abels S. L. Bjorkgren R. A. Pierson
OFFICERS. W. M. M. J. Howes S. W. Wm. Jackson.... J. W. C.W.Willis Treasurer. Wm. M. Alford Secretary. J. F. Hawkins S. D. Chas. Sutton
J j) Chaplain M of C ) „, \ Stewards. Tyler.
MEMBERS.
Benson, R. K. Gates, H. H. Ryan, Jos. L. Tenny, J. W Bomgardner, G. E. Hawkins, C. A. Sberritt, J. B. Willis F C Branch, W. E. Hays. C. E. Smith, W. T. Wilson, S. A. Cunningham, H. E.McCorkle, John A. Spaulding, A. E. Total, 25 members. Initiated—Charles Wesley Fitch. Charles Buchanan Cooper. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Charles Alexander Hawkins, Jonn Abraham McCorkle, Clifford East Hays, Homer Horatio Gates. Passed and Raised—K. E. Cunningham, W. T. Smith. Raised—Blass Spiller, F. C. Willis, C D. Abels.
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DODSON LODGE, No. 289. 'Chartered February 3, 1904. Dodson, Wlnn parish, La. Stated meetings, third Saturday of each month. John R. Elliott James W. Gaar William J. Sikes J. P. Lucas JohnStinson.... B. W. Stone
OFFICERS. W. M. David E. Gaar S. W. James M. Peters J. W. Win. K.Adams Treasurer. A. Smith — Secretary. H. A. Smith S. D. Zachariah T. Faith
J. D. Chaplain. M. of C.
) st rf f stewards. Tyler.
PAST MASTER.
J. E. Elliott. MEMBERS.
Busby, Joseph L. Hall, H. Stovail, Jackson J. Wasson, Bert. A. Busby, T. E. Eadescich, A. W. Temples, B e n l F . Wasson, John M. Griswold, R. W. Stinson, Alex. L. Walker, Wm.T. White, James E. Total, 24 members. Initiated, Passed and Raised—James M. Peters, James E. White, William R. Adams. Passed—John B. Milam Passed and liaised—Joseph L. Busby. Raised—Bert. A. Wasson.
ROSE PINE LODGE No. 290. Chartered February 3, 1904. Hose Pine, Vernon parish, La. Stated meetings first Saturday in each month. C. C.Wilson W. L.Oakes H.S.Fletcher J. M. Howell Julius Dewe Timothy Liddy..
OFFICERS. W. M. S. C. Burgess S. W. C. K. Oakes J. W. F. Cade Treasurer. T. Wright Secretary. Lee Mixon S. D. H. A. Harvey Arsene Lebleu Tyler.
J. D. Chaplain. M. of C. Marshal. ) Q,__,._,!_ f Stewards.
PAST MASTERS.
C. H. Smith,
H. J. Sellers,
C. K. Oakes.
MEMBERS.
Davis, C. C. Midkiff, T. J. Nichols, T. J. 'Knight, D. F. Mills, L. N. Phillips, A. M. McLaughlin, C. H. Nation, J. M. Powell, W. J. Midkiff, O. M. Nation, H. B. Sellers, M. K. Initiated—R. A. Barclay. Initiated and Passed^-R. M. Harris. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Arsene Lebleu, Mixon M. Nation, M. K. Sellers, T. Q. Wright. Raised—C. F. McLaughlin. Affiliated—C. K. Oakes, W. A. Spoflord. Died—Joseph Lacoze.
Spoflord. W. A. Taylor, Arthur Tucker, J. M. Total, 30 members.
Lee, L. N. Mills, J.
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KINDER LODGE, U. D. Organized under Dispensation, March 21, 1903. Kinder, Calcasieu parish, La. Stated meetings not given in returns. OFFICERS.
P. E. Moore J. J. Kingrey R. E. Oden H. A. Moore
W. M. D. E Cole S. W. J. W. Kingrey J. W. . James Cole Treasurer. Win. M. Rostrum
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Tyler.
MEMBERS.
Baker, P. C. Howell, C. P. Kent, John McNabb, M. P. Cole, S. B. Gayner, John OeBlanc, F. B. McNabb, w. C. Dehon, Joseph Gidlow, J. W. LeBlanc, J. L. Simpson, Eug. R. Havard, Benj. Kanouse, W. M. McBill, M. B. Total, *3 members. Inltated and Passed—-Tom 0. Moore, John W. Gidlow, W. C. McNabb. Initiated. Passed and Raised—Charles P. Howell, J. M. McBill, Joseph Dehon, Marion P. McNabb, John Gayner.
TENSAS LODGE, U. D. Organized December 20,1004, at St. Joseph, Parish of Tensas. Meets each month. OFFICERS, U D.
Jos. S. Rodriguez L. A. Murdocu Robert H. Snyder A. J. Gibson
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer.
S. D. Watson Joseph Pino H. L. Smitha G. H. Harris
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Tyler.
MEMBERS.
Brown, J. R. Goldman, G. C.
Graves, E. E. Harvell, W. R.
Hunter, Guy M. Marks, Samuel Hunter, Louis T. Total, 15 members.
HICO LODGE, U. D. Organized
at Hico, Parish of LincolD. Meets Saturday before the first and third Sundays in each month. OFFICERS, U. D.
T. W. Harper A. P. Foster D. A. Johnson C. D. Young
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer.
R. W. Henry T. L. Waugh W. N. Autrey R. L. Hanna
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Tyler.
MEMBERS.
Britt, John A. Enloe, F. H. Caldwell, Robt. D. Foster, E. O. Cheatwood, R. J. Foster, Robert W. Clay, Philip L. Green, Lucius M. Davis, K. M. Harper, H. N. Doss, D. C. Johnson, R. F. Initiated—Robert Lee Henry.
Moncrieff, H. A. Moncrietf, J. M. Napper. Win. H. Owens, W. T. Stephenson, J. H.
Tarpley, M. 0. Williams, J. B. Waugh, Henry L. Young, A. K. N. Young, J . C. Total, 30 members.
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WORK AND EETUKNS OF
Initiated, Passed and Raised—Henry Louis Waugh, Kinson Mason Bavis, Fletcher Henry Enloe, Lucius Malachi Green, Robert David Caldwell Daniel Castle Doss, Philip Lockhart Clay, Henry Alexander Moncrieff. Matthew Coleman Tarpley, Robert Franklin Johnson, John Allen Britt, John Marshall Moncrieff, William Hughes Napper, Robert Jefferson Cheatwood. Passed and Raised—A.saon Kirkland, Nolen Young, Jesse Greenbury Young. James Henry Stephenson. Raised—Robert Marcus Foster.
DENHAM SPRINGS LODGE, U. D. Organized
at Denham Springs, Parisli of Livingston. Meets Wednesday on or before full moon of each month. OFFICERS, U. D.
J. Seott Underwood Daniel R. Warren Charles E. Reid George W. Jones
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer.
Charles H. Miller... Thomas M. Ott George W. Mixon Gaston R. Welsh
Secretary, S. D. J. D r Tyler.
MEMBERS.
Brunot, Harney F. Houze, James M. Ott, Joel T. Easterley, John B. Lovett, Ruf us K. Palmer, Wm. S. Graham, Thos. R. Mixon, Charles Reid, Luther O.
Starns, Burlin Underwood. W. E. Whiteherd, J. W. Total, 20 members.. Initiated—Warner S. Ceckerham, S. T. Smart, William H. Vaughn, James L. Benton. Lawrence S. GarrisoD. Initiated and Passed—John T. Westbrook, James Settoon Byron, S. Cornish, John W. Noblet. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Willie E. Underwood, Rufus King Lovett, Luthtr 0. Reid. Affiliated— Charles H. Miller, William S. Palmer, Joseph W. Whitehead,
FORDOCHE LODGE, U. D. Organized
at Fordoche, Parish of Point Coupee, La. Meets first and third Wednesday of each month. OFFICERS, U. D.
E. J. Lyons A. C. Simmonds C. G. Bailey J.Z.Solomon John R. Smith
W. M. S. W. J, W. Treasurer. Secretary. Joseph Wolff
J. B. Robertson Theodore Dreyfus C. G. Slack H. P. Simmonds W. H. Wagley Tyler.
S. D, J. D. Chaplain. ) a. . f Stewards.
MEMBERS.
Andrews. J. E. Jacobs, Jules Myer, Hyman Strauss, Albert Bailey, W. R. Magruder, L. F. Singletary, S. L. Vocke, E. C. Butler, D S. Mayer, Moise Smith, E. N. Weil, Arthur Friedman, A. Merritt, John H. Total, 25 members. Initiated—William Franklin Kent, Samuel Kahn. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Hyman Myers, Arthur Weil, Levin F. Magruder, Joseph Edward Andrews, Edward Carl Vocke, Abraham Friedman, Samuel Louis Singletary, Albert Strauss, John Haywood Merritt.
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EROS LODGE, U. D. Organized ——
W. A. Downs S. M. Collins W. T. Pranton J. N. Hood
at Eros, Parish of Jackson. Meets Saturday on or before full moon of each month. OFFICERS, U. D.
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer.
Jacob H. Landrum J. M. Collins h. S. Zeigler W. C. Cockrell
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Tyler.
MEMBERS.
Collins, R. E. Gresham. A. A. Thrall, B. H. Waller, E. V. Downs, W. A., Jr. Guyton. E. A. Tucker, A. 0. Wheeless. John Garrett, Jesse S. Hearn, M. M. Total, 18 members. Initiated—James Russell. Henry F. Rape. Initiated and Passed—John B. Collins. Initiated, Passed and -Raised—Jesse S. Garrett, Marshall M. Hearu, Robert E. Collins. GOLDONNA LODGE, U. D. Organized at Goldonna, Parish of Natchitoches. Meets Satuday before second Sunday of each month, at Goldonna. OFFICERS, U. D.
H. H. Hawthorn R. P. Quarles E. L. Brewton TV. N. T. Hines
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer.
J. H. Brewton J. H. Quaries R. L. Rider J. L. Beal
Secretary. S. O. J. D. .....Tyler.
MEMBERS
Ard, H. D. Golrtin, W. A. Karnegay, R. T. Bishop, C. J. Graham, L. V. B. Lowery, J. L. Emmerson, T. H. Jones, J. N. Petterson, T. J.
Rowe, J. C. Terral, W. F. Wammack, J. P. Total, 20 members. Initiated—J. H. D. Brewton, H. B. Bates, J. O. Williams. Initiated, Passed and Raised— C. J. Bishop. J. C. Rowe, T. J. Betterson, J. N. Jones, J. L. Lowery. BELMONT LODGE, U. D. Organized
W. M. McFerren C. B. Skiuner G. L. Sebren John Edmondson
at Belmont, Parish of Sabine, La. Meets Saturday before the seeond Sunday of each month. OFFICERS, U. D.
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer. V. S. Tatum.
C. H. Skinner ... J. B. Skinner, Jr O. C. Davis J. B. Skinner, Sr Tyler.
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Chaplain.
MBMBERS.
Ashley, G. S. Edmondson, T. W. Litton, Waid Salley, J. A. Callens, R. H. Lioder, E. G. Ne-,om, R. W., Sr. Skinner, J. P. Curry, W. W. Linder, E. T. Nesom, R. W., Jr. Skinner, W. F. Davis, Armor Liader, G. E. Ramsey, S. J. Tyler, John Davis, J. T. Total, 26 members. Initiated—John Litton. Initiated, Passed and Raised—J. T. Davis, G. S. Ashley, G. E. Linder, Waid Litton, C. H. Skinner, W. W. Curry, J. P. Skinner, .Walter Edmondson, R. W. Nesom, Sr., R. W. Nesoin, Jr., J. B. Skinner, Jr., &. H. Callens, S. J. Ramsey. Affiliated—J. A. Salley.
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WORK AND RETURNS OF LOUISIANA R E L I E F LODGE No. 1. Meets first Sunday in each month at Masonic Hall, 11 A. M. OFFICERS, 1905.
JOSEPH MEYERS, of Linn Wood Lodge No. 167 T. D. STEWART, of Quitman Lodge No. 76 C. H. SOLANIS, of Hermitage Lodge No. 98 HENRY THARP, of Alpha-Home Lodge No. 72 JOHN S. ALFRED, of Jefferson Lodge No. 191 M. S. STEEG, of Friends of Harmony Lodge No. 58 HENRY McGEARY, of Linn Wood Lodge No. 167 A. BUUCK, of Mount Moriah Lodge No. 59
W. M. S- W, J. W. Treasurer Secretary S. D. J. D. Tyler
PAST MASTERS.
RICHARD LAMBERT, of Mount Moriah Lodge No. 59, Grand Secretary. GEO. J. PINCKARD, of Alpha-Home Lodge No. 72. G. L. HALL, of Quitman Lodge No. 76. JOSEPH MEYERS, of Linn Wood No. 167. LODGES AND REPRESENTATIVES.
PERFECT UNION No. 1—Wm. C. Wright, W. M.; Wm. Frank, Jr., S. W.;A. L. Cline, J. W. POLAR STAR No. 1—Paul Vandenborre, W. M.; B. Simon, S. W.; Joseph Laguens, J. W. PERSEVERANCE No. 4—Henri Beri, W. M.; Adolph Barrere, S. W.; Frank Dufour, J. W. FRIENDS OF HARMONY No. 58—A. W. Steeg, W. M.; M. S. Steeg, S. W.; E. M. Steeg, J. W. MOUNT MORIAH No. 59—E. H. Waldsdorf, W. M.; E. J. Huhner, S. W.; Charles E. Gross, J. W. GEORGE WASHINGTON No. 65—Jacob C. Code, W. M.; James Cronan, S. W.; George Wattingly, J. W. HIRAM No. 70—Isidore Grossmann, W. M.; James Reid, Jr., S. W.; D. M. Ferth, J.W. ALPHA-HOME No. 72—Wm. G. Tebault, Jr., W. M.; Frank Davies, S. W.; Richard H. Lewis, Jr., J. W. QUITMAN No. 76—T. D. Stewart, W. M.; Byron Holley, S. W.f Wm. P. Miller, J . W. HERMITAGE No. 98-Claude H. Solanis, W. M.; Paul Cendon, S. W.; Joel J. Pro well, J. W.
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LOUISIANA No. 102—H. H. Jones, W. M.; J. Chris. Neilsen, SW.; C. E. Cormier, J. W. OCEAN No. 144—Joseph Cathcart, W. M.; Ward C. Flanders,. 8. W.; S. M. Best, J. W. SAINTS JOHN No. 153—John W. Howe, W. M.; C. J. Conklia, S. W.; Joseph E. Lorio, J. W. LINN WOOD No. 167—R. J. McQuiston, W. M.; George A. Treadwell, 8. W.; Charles B. Wills, J. W. KOSMOS No. 171—Henry Reininger, W. M.; Julius Wyler, S. W.; O. H. Lehman, J. W. UNION No. 172—W. R. Mandeville, W. M.; L. D. S. Gaster, S. W.; James B. Humphreys, J. W. DANTE No. 174—Geo. Viviano, W. M.; Arturo Del Orto, S. W.; Cesare Capanna, J. W. CORINTHIAN No. 190—J. D. Graybill, W. M.; Edward Pierson, S. W.; T. D. Sadler, J. W. JEFFERSON No. 191—Will Moss, W. M.; Samuel Wolf, S. W.; Robert H. Polack, J. W.
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GRAND MASONIC BODIES OP LOUISIANA.
GRAND MASONIC BODIES OF LOUISIANA HOLDING THEIR MEETINGS IN GRAND LODGE HALL, CITY OF NEW ORLEANS. 1905. GRAND LODGE F . AND A. MASONS.
L. P. DELAHOUSSAYE, New Orleans M. W. Grand Master L. C. ALLEN, Shreveport R. W. Deputy Grand Master RICHARD LAMBERT, New Orleans R. W. Grand Secretary First Monday in February. GRAND CHAPTER R. A. MASONS.
GEORGE W. BOOTH, New Orleans M. E. Grand High Priest ROBERT R. REID, Amite R. E. Deputy Grand High Priest RICHARD LAMBERT, New Orleans R. E. Grand Secretary Tuesday after the first Monday in February. ORDER OF HIGH PRIESTHOOD.
H. C. DUNCAN, Alexandria President RICHARD LAMBERT, New Orleans Recorder During Annual Convocation of the Grand Chapter. GRAND COUNCIL R. AND S. MASTERS.
GUS. D. LEVY, New Orleans M. 111. G. M. RICHARD LAMBERT, New Orleans illl. Grand Recorder Thursday after first Monday in February at 10 A. M. GRAND COMMANDERY K. T.
T. H. SCOVELL, Shreveport R. E. Grand Commander RICHARD LAMBERT, New Orleans E. Grand Recorder Thursday after first Monday in February at 1 P. M. GRAND CONSISTORY, S. PP. R. S. 32°.
FRANK CHALONA, 32°, New Orleans Grand Master of Kadosh HUGH BREEN, 32°, New Orleans G. Registrar and K. of S. Quarterly: Special on 27th of December; Annual on Second Tuesday in January.
COMMITTEES OF GRAND LODGE.
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COMMITTEES OF GRAND LODGE, 1905. AUDIT AND ACCOUNTS.
Jt. W. HENRY M. DANNEEL W. T. D. STEWART W.CHARLES F. BUCK, J B
Perfect Union 1 Quitman 76 Corinthian 190
WORK AND RETURNS CHARTERED LODGES.
W. GRAHAM SURGHNOR W. J. C.DREW W. FRANK CALDWELL
Western Star 24 Quitman 76 Ocean 144
WORK AND RETURNS LODGES, U. D.
•W.ROBERT W. RIORDAN W. ROBERT W. IRVINE HORACE VALLAS..
Mount Moriah 59 George Washington 65 Hermitage 98
APPEALS AND GRIEVANCES.
M.W.ROBERT R. REID M. W. EDWIN MARKS M. W. A. C. ALLEN M. W. ROBERT H. CAGE W. WM. S. BENEDICT W. JAMES H. CALDWELL W. D. B. GORHAM
Amite City 175 Perfect Union 1 Franklin 57 Quitman 76 Perfect Union 1 Sabine 75 Lake Charles 165
MASONIC LAW AND JURISPRUDENCE.
M. W. CHARLES F. BUCK M. W. EDWIN MARKS M. W. ROBERT R. REID M. W. A. C. ALLEN M. W. A. G. BRICE M. W. DAVID R. GRAHAM W. WM. S. BENEDICT
Germania 46 Perfect Union 1 Amite City 175 Franklin 57 Friends of Harmony 58 Mount Moriah 59 Perfect Union 1 WORK.
M. W. ROBERT H. CAGE M. W. DAVID R. GRAHAM.... M. W. CHARLES F. BUCK M. W. A. C. ALLEN M. W. ROBERT R. REID
Quitman 76 Mount Moriah 59 Germania 46 Franklin 57 Amite City 175
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COMMITTEES OP GRAND LODGE. NECROLOGY.
W. C. C. KRAMER R . W . H E N R Y M. DANNEEL W. B. F. SCOTT
Aurora 19S Perfect Union 1 Gordy 133
FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE.
W.HERMAN C. DUNCAN W.BYRON HOLLEY W. L. P. HOOVER
Jefferson 191 Quitman 76 Hermitage 98 HISTORY.
M. W. CHAS. F. BUCK M. W. EDWIN MARKS R. W. RICHARD LAMBERT W.BYRON HOLLEY W. J. H. CALDWELL W. DAVID ETTINGER W. J. W. HOWE
Germania 46Perfect Union 1 Mount Moriah 5» Quitman 76 Sabine 75 Hiram 70 Saints John 153
STATE OF THE ORDER.
M. W. DAVID R. GRAHAM M.W.ROBERT H. CAGE W. FKED. C. MARSH
Mount Moriah 59 Quitman 76 Franklin 57
MILEAGE.
W. L. E. THOMAS W. JAMES H. CALDWELL W.JOHN A. DAVILLA
Caddo 179Sabine 75 Mount Moriah 59^
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON PLAN OF MASONIC RELIEF.
W. JOHN C. WICKLIFFE W. GEORGE W. BOOTH W. R. J. McQUISTON W. AARON STEEG W. G. PASSALAQUA
George Washington 65Corinthian 190 Linn Wood 167 Friends of Harmony 58 Dante 174
BOARD OF DIRECTORS GRAND LODGE HALL.
M..W. L. P. DELAHOUSSAYE R. W. A. G. RICKS R. W. RICHARD LAMBERT M. W. ROBERT H. CAGE M.W.CHARLES F. BUCK M. W. ROBERT R. REID W. GUS. D. LEVY W. H. H. JONES W. JOSEPH MEYERS
Grand Master Grand Treasurer Grand Secretary Past Grand Master Past Grand Master Past Grand Master P. M., Jefferson 191 W. M., Louisiana 102 P. M., Linn Wood 167
DISTRICT DEPUTY GBAND MASTEKS.
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DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS, 1905. FIRST DISTRICT—FIRST DIVISION.
R. W. HENRY C. DOTY, Alpha-Home 72 New Orleans. Perfect Union 1, Mount Moriah 59, Alpha-Home 72, Corinthian 190. Osiris, U. D Lodges, 5. FIEST DISTRICT—SECOND DIVISION.
R. W. H. T. RUGAN, Louisiana 102 New Orleans. Friends of Harmony 58, George Washington 65, Louisiana 102, Jefferson 191 Lodges, 4. FIRST DISTRICT—THIRD DIVISION.
R. W. JOSEPH HARZ, Kosmos 171 Germania46, Kosmos 171, Union 172
New Orleans. Lodges, 3.
FIRST DISTRICT—FOURTH DIVISION.
R. W. OCTAVE GARSAUD, Perseverance 4 New Orleans. Polar Star 1, Perseverance 4, Cervantes ?, Dante 174 Lodges, 4. FIRST DISTRICT—FIFTH DIVISION.
R. W. DAVID ETTINGER, Hiram 70 Hiram 70, Quitman 76, Linn Wood 167
New Orleans. Lodges, 3.
FIRST DISTRICT—SIXTH DIVISION.
R. W. HORACE VALLAS, Hermitage 98 Hermitage 98, Ocean 144, Saints John 153
New Orleans. Lodges, 3.
SECOND DISTRICT.
R. W. JOHN PULESTON, Amite City 175 Amite City. St. Helena Parish—St. Helena 96, Darlington 149, Grangeville, 231, Kentwood 248. Tangipahoa Parish—Livingston 160, Amite City, 175, Spring Creek 184, Pine Grove 287. Livingston Parish—Denham Springs 297 Lodges, 9. THIRD DISTRICT.
R. W. E. C. McKOWEN, St. Albans 28 Jackson. East Feliciana Parish—St. Albans 28, Olive 52, Kellertown, 124. Lodges, 3.
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R. W. D. SIMS BROWN, Mount Gerizim 54..... Bastrop. Franklin Parish—Winnsboro 246. Richland Parish — R. F. McGuire 209. Morehouse Parish—Mount Gerizim 54, Brookville 161, St. Andrew 256 Lodges, 5. FIFTH DISTRICT.
R. W. N. B. NULL, Ruston 106. Ruston. Lincoln Parish—Ruston 106, Simmsboro 235, Dubach 277, Hico 296, Jackson Parish—Jonesboro 280 Lodges, 5. SIXTH DISTRICT.
R. W. T. H. ROBERTS, Downsville 143 Downsville. Union Parish—Union Fraternal 53. Spring Hill 127, Downsville 143, Bernice 239, Marion 283 Lodges, 5. SEVENTH DISTRICT.
R. W. T. I. WATSON, Urim 111 Calhoun. Ouachita Parish—Western Star 24, Urim 111, Cadeville 229. Caldwell Parish—Columbia 164. Jackson Parish—Eros 295 Lodges, 5. EIOHHTH DISTRICT.
R. W. O. H. P. RAWLS, Clear Springs 247 Liberty. Red River Parish—Silent Brotherhood 146, Clear Springs 247, •Goldonna 293. Natchitoches Parish—Ashland 196, Bethany 223. Lodges, 5. NINTH DISTKICT.
R. W. W I . M. BAKER, Arcadia 126 Arcadia. Bienvitte Parish—Sparta 108, Arcadia 126, Friendship 215, Crowson 281 •. Lodges, 4. TENTH DISTRICT.
R. W. BENTON B BOGGS, Plain Dealing 237 Plain Dealing. Bossier Parish—Cypress 89, Bellevue 95, Red Land 148, Plain Dealing 237 Lodges, 4. ELEVENTH DISTRICT.
R. W. F. A. TUSTEN, Shreveport 115 Shreveport. Caddo Parish—Shreveport 115, Caddo 179, Land Mark 214, Benefleld 270. DeSoto Parish—Mount Vernon 83, Liberty 123, Mansfield 250, Benson 275 \ Lodges, 8. TWELFTH DISTRICT.
R. W. ROBT. BURNS NASH, Brookline 198 Brookline. Winn Parish—Eastern Star 151, Kyiche 233. Jackson Parish— Brookline 198, Weston 242, Dalley 265. Grant Parish—Montgomery 168, Dodson 290 Lodges, 7.
DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS.
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THIRTEENTH DISTRICT.
E. W. BENJAMIN F. SCOTT, Gordy 133 Lecompte. Rapides Parish—Oliver 84, Gordy 133, Solomon 221, Forest Hill 254, Fellowship 217, Boyce 273, Cheneyville 285, Hemphill Star, U. D. Lodges, 8. FOURTEENTH DISTRICT.
R. W. C. C. KRAMER, Aurora 193 New IberiaSt. Landry Parish—Humble Cottage 19. Iberia Parish—Aurora 193, Jeanerette 255. Vermilion Parish—Abbeville 192. Lafayette Parish—Hope 145 Lodges, 5. FIFTEENTH DISTRICT.
R. W. FRED. C. MARSH, Franklin 57 „ FranklinSt. Mary Parish—Franklin 57, Lafayette 87, Doric 205. Terrebonne Parish—Unity 267 Lodges, 4.. SIXTEENTH DISTRICT.
R. W. A. F. BARROW, Feliciana 31 St. Francisville. West Feliciana Parish—Feliciana 31. East Baton Rouge Parish— St. James 47, Milford 117, Plains 135 Lodges, 4SEVENTEENTH DISTRICT.
R. W. J. F. SIKE8, Dorcheat 276 DorcheatWebster Parish—Minden 51, Sarepta 272, Dorcheat 276, Globe 288. Lodges, 4. EIGHTEENTH DISTRICT.
R. W. JAMES H. CALDWELL, Sabine 75 Robeline. Sabine Parish—Sabine 75, Pleasant Hill 230, Mitchell 252, Belmont 294. Natchitoches Parish—Phoenix 38, Robertsville 234, Marthaville258 Lodges, 7. NINETEENTH DISTRICT.
R. W. LEE ROBINSON, Welsh 232 Welsh.. Calcasieu Parish—Lake Charles 165, Welsh 232, Jennings 249,. Oberlin 247, Kinder 291. Aoadia Parish—Crowley 243 Lodges, 6TWENTIETH DISTRICT.
R. W. J. J. W. MILLER, Magnolia 238 Dry Creek. Calcasieu Parish—Sam. Todd 182, Magnolia 238, Yellow Pine 282Lodges, 3. TWENTY-FIRST DISTRICT.
R, W. H. G. PARKER, Blazing Star 212 Port Allen. West Baton Rouge Parish—Blazing Star 212. Iberville Parish— Acacia 116. St. James Parish—Progressive 262. Points CoupSe Parish Livonia 220 Lodges, 4.
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DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS. TWENTY-SECOND DISTRICT.
R. W. H. L. ALLISON, Atkins 266 Atkins. Bed River Parish—Good Intent 216, Conly 2-11. Bienville Parish— Mackey 122. Bossier Parish—Atkins 266 Lodges, 4. TWENTY-THIBD DISTRICT.
R. W. HENRY E. HARDTNER, Charles F. Buck 260 Urania. Grant Parish—Colfax 259, Charles F. Buck 260, Anchor 261, Georgetown, TJ. D. Winn Parish—Rosemary 278. Calahoula Parish— Olla, TJ. D Lodges, 6. TWENTY-FOURTH DISTRICT.
R. W. D. N. THOMPSON, Harrisonburg 110 Harrisonburg. Catahoula Parish—Harrisonburg 110, Keystone 213. East Carroll Parish— Pecan Grove 222. West Carroll Parish—Oak Grove 284. Tensas Parish—St. Joseph 79. Sichland Parish—Delhi 120 Lodges, 6. TWENTY-FIFTH DISTRICT.
R. W. C. T. LEIGH, Atchafalaya 163 Simsport, Avoyelles Parish—Atchafalaya 163, Evergreen 189, Marksville 269. St. Landry Parish—Orphans' Friend 185, Melville 268. Pointe Coupee Parish—Fordoche 292 Lodges, 6. TWENTY-SIXTH DISTRICT.
R. W. C. T. ALLIS, Leesville240 Leesville. Vernon Parish—Anacoco 147, N. H. Bray 208, Rose Pine 289. Union Parish—Leesville 240, DeRidder 271, DeQuincey 279...Lodges, 6. TWENTY-SEVENTH DISTRICT.
R. W. T. E. BENNETT, Pine 265 Warner. Washington Parish—Franklin ton 101, Pearl River 125, Center 244, Pine 264. St. Tammany Parish—Covington 188 Lodges, 5. TWENTY-EIGHTH I'ISTRICT.
R. W. J. W. NORTON, Millerton 245 Haynesville. Claiborne Parish—Athens 136, Homer 152, Millerton 245..Lodges, 3. TWENTY-NINTH DISTKICT.
R. W. C. C. SULLIVAN, Little Flock 236 Negreet. Sabine Parish—Kisatchie 156, Little Flock 236, Toro 253, Florien 263, Many 286 Lodges, 5. THIRTIETH DISTRICT.
R. W. JOHN S. THIBAUT, Ascension 251 Donaldsonville. Ascension Parish—White Castle 257, Ascension 251.. Lodges, 2.
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF DISTRICT DEPUTY GEAND MASTERS.
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ALPHABETICAL LIST OF DISTEICT DEPUTY GEAND MASTBES, 1905. District Lodges a>ncl District. Division.
Allis.C. T Allison, H. L Baker, Wm. M Barrow, A. F Bennett, T. E Boggs, B. B Brown, D. Sims •Caldwell, James H Doty, Henry C Ettinger, David Oarsaud, Octave Hardtner, Henry E Harz, Joseph Hollinshead, J. A.. Kramer, C. C Leigh, C.T Marsh, Fred. C McKowen, E. C Miller, J. J. W Nash, R. B Norton, J. W Null, N. B Parker, Henry G... Puleston, John Bawls, O. H. P Roberts, T. H Robinson, Lee Rugan, H. T Scott, Benj. F Sikes, J. F Sullivan, C. C Thibault, John 8.... Thompson, D. N.... Tusten, F. A Vail as, Horace Watson, T. I
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Leesville. Atkins. Arcadia. St. Francisville. Warner. Plain Dealing. Bastrop. Robeline. New Orleans. New Orleans. New Orleans. Urania. New Orleans. Evergreen. New Iberia. Simsport. Franklin. Jackson. Dry Creek. Brookline. Haynesville. Ruston. Port Allen. Amite City. Coushatta. Downsville. Welsh. New Orleans. Lecompte. Dorcheat. Negreet. Donaldsonville. Harrisonburg. Shreveport. New Orleans. Calhoun.
LODGES FORMING THE GRAND LODGE OF LOUISIANA—(ORGANIZED JUNE 12, 1812.) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
P A R F A I T E UNION, chartered by the Grand Lodge of South Carolina, No. 29, Nov. 21,1793, New Orleans, La. CHARITY, chartered by the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, No. 93, March 1, 1802, New Orleans, La. CONCORDE, chartered by the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, No. 117, Oct. 27,1810, New Orleans, La. PERSEVERANCE, chartered by the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, No. 118, Oct. 27, 1810, New Orleans, La. E T O I L E POLAIRE, chartered by the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, No. 129, June 3, 1811, New Orleans, La. Original organization 1794.
HISTORICAL TABLE OF LODGES WHICH FOUNDED THE GRAND LODGE OF LOUISIANA, AND THOSE CREATED BY IT SINCE ITS FOUNDATION. NAMES OF LODGES.
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no 1 Perfect Union. 2CharitS Concorde Perseverance.. Polar Star Amis R6unis.. 7Trinosophes.... 1 Liberal Amour Fraternel. 10 Disc, du Senat Maconnique (now Feb. 14,1885), St. Andre 11 Los Amigos del Orden 12 Cervantes13 Friendship 14 La Union ITrater de Caridad 15 Los Amigos Reunidos 16 Reunion de la V t d
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1793 Aug. 15,1812 FoundedGrand Lodge, New Orleans.. 1802 Aug. 15,1812 do New Orleans . do Ch. forf't'd '49. 1810 Aug. 15,1812 do New Orleans.. do Con.with P.U.I 1S10 Aug. 15,1812 do New Orleans.. do (No. 5 in 1822.) 1794 Aug. 15, 1812 do do Originally No. 5. New Orleans Annexed to Perseverance No. 4. 2 New Orleans..Org'niz'd by G.O.F. 1829 2 New Orleans.-Org'niz'd Feb. 17... 1833 do do New Orleans..Org'niz'd Feb. 19... 1833 Extinct.... J a n u a r y 26,1845. New Orleans.-Org'niz'd April 1... 1839 Extinct.. Annexed to Los Amigos del Orden 5, New Orleans. New Orleans. New Orleans. 6 Mobile, Alabama 7 Havana, Cuba 8 Vera Cruz, Mexico Campeachy, Yucatan.
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1839 June, 3,1839 Consolidated witn Polar Star No. 1. Marcb 31,1895. 1842 Sept. 24,1842 Consolidated August 23d. 1883, to 1842 Feb. 14, 1884 [form Cervantes No. 5. 1813 Extinct Charter forfeited March 17, 1820. 1815 Extinct do do 1816 Extinct. Charter forfeited August 11,4821, 1817 Extinct,,,
Feb. 12, 1861Con. Aug. 23, '83, toformCervantes6 9 New Orleans Charter forfeited August 11, 1834 10 Baton Rouge ••.. 1817 Extinct 1818 Extinct 11 Matanzas, Cuba Charter forfeited Feb'y 10, 1822. 12 Donaldsonville, Assumption Par.. 1818 ExUnct .... do do August 11, 1829. 13 Natchitoches, Natchitoches Par... 1818 Extinct do do do 1828. do 14 Havana, Cuba 1818 Extinct do do 1821. 15 Alexandria, Rapides Parish 1819 Extinct 1849. 1819 Extinct 1849. 16 Blakely, Alabama 1849. 17 Baton Rouge, East B. R. Parish... 1819 Extinct 1849. 18 Yucatan 1820 Extinct W Humble Chaumie're \ S3 Aug. 19,1820 27 now Humble Cottage... J 19Opelousas, St. Landry Parish Charter surrendered Mar. 1, 1829. 28 Triple Bienfaisance 20 New Orleans 1820 Extinct Charter surrendered Aug. 1, 1825. 29 Sincere Amiti6 21 St. Martinsville, St. Martin's Par.. 1821 Extinct Charter forfeited. 30 Mobile 22 Mobile, Alabama Extinct Charter surrendered 1833. 31 De la Union 23 St. James Parish 1823 Extinct 32 Western Star 24 Monroe, Ouachita Parish 1823 1840 A new charter granted. 33 Lafayette 25 New Orleans 1824 Extinct .. Charter forfeited 1849—members Since 1837. [formed Dudley 66. 34 Harmony 26 New Orleans 1826 Extinct Charter forfeited 1849. 35 Nuinantina 27 New Orleans 1826 Extinct 36 St. Albans 28 Jackson, East Feliciana Parish.... 1827 Jan. 6, 1827 37 Harmony 29Opelousas, St. Landry Parish Charter forfeited 1849. 1827 Extinct 38 Lafayette do do 1840. 30 Lafayette, Lafayette Parish 1827 Extinct oj St.Francisville.W.FelicianaPar 1 Mar. 25,1828 39 Feliciana , 1817 was chart'dby G. Lodge Ky. as 46 / Charter forfeited 1842. 40 Louisiana. 32 New Orleans 1828 Extinct 32 do do 1849. 41 Hiram 33 Cheneyville, Rapides Parish 1828 Extinct do do 1849. 1829 Extinct 42 Selected Friends.. 34 Clinton, Avoyelles Parish 1833 Ex. [Texas Charter sur'd October 14, 1840. 43 Fraternity. 35 New Orleans 1836 Now No. 1, Founded G. Lodge, Texas, 1838. 44 Holland. 36 Brazoria, Texas 45 Alexandria. 37 Alexandria, Rapides Parish 1836 Extinct [Members formed Marion 68 Oct. 6, 1836 46 Phoenix. 38 Natchitoches, Natchitoches Par... Charter sur'd March 16, 1847. 47 Poinsett. 39 New Orleans 1837 Extinct Founded G. Lodge, Texas, 1838. 48 Milam . 40 Nacogdoches, Texas 1837 Founded G. Lodge, Texas, 1838. 49 McFarland. 41 San Augustine, Texas 1827 Founded G, Lodge, Ark., 1842. 50 Morning Star,, 1838 42 Arkansas Post, Arkansas.,... 17 Silencio 18 L'Etoile Flamboyante 19 ElTemplo de laDi vinaPurido 20 La V6rite 21 Union 22 La Rectitude 23 Columbian 24 Eureka 25 Washington 26 Aurora de ****
HISTORICAL TABLE OF LODGES—CONTINUED. NAMES OF LODGES.
51 Western Star , 52 Foyer Magonnique 53 Desert 54 Jackson ... 55Germania 56 St. James 57 Hospitaliere du Teche. 58Caddo 59 Providence 60Minden 61 Olive 62 Union Fraternal 63 Mount Gerizim 64DeSoto.. 65 Lafayette 66 Franklin 67 Friends of Harmony.... 68 Mount Moriah 69Couohatta 70 Western Star 71 Herman 72 Tunica 73 Edna 74 George Washington 75 Dudley 76 Warren 77 Marion 78 Crescent City 79 Hiram
PLACES OF THEIR ESTABLISHMENT.
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Little Rock, Arkansas 1838 Founded G. Lodge, Ark., 1842. Oct. 6,1838... Consl'd with P. 4, Sept. 1879. New Orleans 1845. Napoleonville, Assumption Par... 1841 Extinct Jan. 28, 1843 Charter forfeited February 17,'81. Greenwood, Caddo Parish Apr. 18, 1844 New Orleans J u n e 28,1844 Baton Rouge, East B. R. Parish St. Martinsville, St. Martin Par... 1844 Extinct Charter forfeited 1849. Shreveport, Caddo Parish 1845 Extinct....:... Charter surrendered 1853. Apr. 19, 1845 Charter surrendered 1881. Lake Providence, Carroll Parish. Apr. 19, 1845 Minden, Webster Parish Nov. 27,1845 Clinton, E . Feliciana Parish Feb. 12, 1890 For. Feb. 9, '86. New charter Farmerville, Union Parish Nov. 28,1846 [Feb. 12, 1890. Bastrop, Morehouse Parish Mar. 27, 1847 Charter surrendered 1881. Mansfield, DeSoto Parish Nov. 27,1847 Charter forfeited February, 1887. Vernon, Jackson Parish Jan. 24, 1848 Franklin, St. Mary's Parish Apr. 22, 1848 New Orleans Mar. 24, J849 [proceedings 1852. New Orleans Since 1854. Last returns, p. 141, Coushatta, Red River Parish.... 1849 Extinct Nov. 1, 1849Number changed to 24, in 1866. Monroe, Ouachita Parish Charter surrendered in 1852. New Orleans 1849 Extinct Jan. 28, 1850 Consolidated with No. 31, 1881. Tunica, West Feliciaua Parish.. Charter forfeited in 1856. Columbia, Caldwell Parish 1849 Extinct 1847 Mar. 3, 1850 [No. 1 Dec. 1, '87. New Orleans 1847 Mar. 3, 1850Consolidated with Perfect Union New Orleans 1850 Extinct Charter surrendered June 5,1852. New Orleaus 1850 Mar. 3, 1850Consolidated with P. U. 1, 1886. New Orleans 1850 Annexed to George Washington New Orleans [Lodge 65, in 1851. New Orleans 1850 Mar. 3, 1850
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Charter surrendered Aprll22,1822 1848 Extinct. New Orleans i...-..>.>....> N. O., Alpha, org'd 1848. Home 1855 Feb. 14, 1860 A union of Alpha 72 and Home 145. Annexed to Warren No. 67, in '50 1847 New Orleans Charter surrendered in July, 1857 1850 ExtinctShreveport, Caddo Parish 1850 Mar. 4, 1850 Fort Jesup, Sabine Parish 1850 Mar. 4, 1850 [p. 195, Proceedings 1867. N e w Orleans.. Charter sur'd Aug. '66, last ret'ns Port Hudson, E. Feliciana ParishJ1850 ExtinctNew Orleans J1847 Mar. 4, 1850 consoiiiated with Perfect union 1, June II, 1888 1850 79 St. Joseph, Tensas Parish darter forfeited Feb. 12, '62, restored Feb. 12, '74 1850 Mar. 4, 1850 Charter forfeited February, 1878. W 80 Marion, Union Parish. 1850 81 Plaquemine, Iberville Parish Extinct. Charter forfeited in 1856. 1850 Clinton, E. Feliciana Parish Annexed to Olive No. 52, in 1852. 1849 83 Logansport, DeSoto Parish Mar. 4, 1850 M 1849 84 Alexandria, Rapides Parish. Mar. 4, 1850
a 85 Jackson, E. Feliciana Parish Annexed to St. Albans No. 28. 1849, 86 Pleasant Hill, DeSoto Parish 1850 Mar. 4, 1850 Charter forfeited February 17, '76 f1 87 Pattersonville, St. Mary's Parish.. 1849 Mar. 4, 1850 1850 Extinct. Forfeited 16th February, 1872. Many, Sabine Parish 1850 Feb. 12, 1890 Foileitea Feb. 16,1887. New Charter Feb. 12,1890 89 Collinsburg, Bossier, Parish Jan. 21, 1851 Charter forfeited Feb. 10, 1892. 90 Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish 1851 Extinct91 Livonia, Pointe Conpee Parish Charter surrendered in 1857. Jan. 11, 1851 Charter forfeited February, 1887. 92 Monticello, Carroll Parish 93 Cheniere Caminada, Barataria 1851 Extinct. Charter forfeited in 1856. o 94 Ouachita Cily, Union Parish 1851 ..1851 Charter forfeited in '57 and '87. 95 Bellevue, Bossier Parish Jan. 21, 1851 Charter sur'd in '57. Rev'd in '66. o Q Jan. 21, 1851 96 Greensburg, St. Helena Parish [returns 1858. 97 Richmond, Madison Parish..... 1854 Extinct. Charter surrendered in 1859. Jan. 21, 1851 98 New Orleans , 99 Cotile, Rapides Parish December, 1862. |1851 Extinct. Extinct100 Homer, Olaiborne Parish Charter forfeited in 1858. Jan. 21, 1851 101 Franklinton, Washington Parish Jan. 23, 1851 102 N e w Orleans...
103 Colfax. Gnnt Parish 104 Mount Lebanon, Bienville Parish 105 Trinity, Catahoula Parish 106 Ruston, Lincoln Parish.
Jan. 21, 1852 Charter forfeited Feb., 1884. Jan. 21, 1852 Charter forfeited Feb., 1902. Jan. 21, 1852 Charter forfeited 1881. Jan. 21, 1852 Name changed to Ruston in 1892.
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116 Patrick Henry. 117 Sparta. 118 119 Castor.. ffarrisonburg 120 Urim 121 Bartholomew 122 Thomas Jefferson . 123 Friendship 124 Shreveport., 125 Acacia .. 126 Milford. 127 Terryville.. 128 Constantine.... 129 Delhi. 130 Lisbon 131 Mackey 132 Liberty 133 Kellertown. 134 Pearl River. 335 Arcadia...... 136 Spring Hill. 137 D'Arbonne.. 138 Dawson. 139 Solomon., 140 Shiloh. 141 Warren 142 Gordy. 143 Harry Hill. 144 Plains
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107 City of Jefferson, Jefferson Parish 1852 ExtinctCharter surrendered 1855. Jan. 21, 1852 Forfeited Feb. '81. Restored '87. 108 Sparta, Bienville Parish Jan. 21, 1852 109 Cuba, Caldwell Parish Charter surrendered Feb., 1881. W Jan. 21, 1852 110 Harrisonburg, Catahoula Parish Feb. 2, 1853 111 Forksville, Ouachita Parish 3 Feb. 2, 1853 Charter surrendered Feb., 1899 2 Plantersville, Morehouse ParishFeb. 25, 1853 US Spearsville, Union Parish Charter surrendered Feb., 1901. 1853 Extinct. Charter surrendered in 1861. 114 Woodville, Jackson Parish Jan. 27,1853 115 Shreveport, Caddo Parish Jan. 17,1854 ll(i Plaquemine, Iberville Parish Jan. 20,1854 317 Hope Villa, E. Bato'n Rouge Jan. 37,1854 Charter surrendered 1885. 118 Terryville, Claiborue Parish 1854 Extinct 119 Waterproof, Tensas Parish— Charter sur'd Feb. 7, 1862, p. 46. Jan. 17,1854 Name changed 1873. (Deerfleld.) 120 Delhi, Richland Parish Jan. 17,1854 Charter forfeited February 9, '86. 121 Lisbon, Claiborne Parish Jan. 20,1854 122Ringgold, Bienville Parish 123Keachie, DeSoto Parish Feb. 14,1855 Charter restored February, 1866. o Feb. 14,1855 124 Kellertown, East Feliciana Feb. 14.1855 125 Line Academy, Washington Par. 126 Arcadia, Bienville Parish Feb. 14,1855 Charter renewed Feb'y, 1885. 127 Springhill Church, Union Parish Feb. 14.1855 ch . sur. 1878; ren'd Feb., 1893. 1855 Extinct. 128 D'Arbonne, Union Parish Charter surrendered 1859. Extinct. 129 Scotville, Claiborne Parish Charter forfeited Feb. 16, 1872. Extinct. Charter forfeited '69. Last returns 130 Goodrich Landing, Carroll Parish Feb. 14, 1855 do do '87. [p. 207, Pro. 1869. 131 Shiloh, Union Parish Extinct. Forfeited February, 1870. 132 Winnsboro, Franklin Parish Feb. 14, 1855 133 Cheneyville, Rapides Parish 134 Bastrop, Morehouse Parish Annexed to Mt. Gerizim No. 54, 1855 135 Plains Store, East Baton Rouge •• [in. X862 Feb, 21,1856
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145 Athens 146 Murray 147 Jeflfersonian 148 Houma 149 Cool Spring... 150 Huutington 151 Home. 152 Downsville.. 153 Ocean. 154 Hope. 155 Silent Brotherhood. 156 Anacoco 157 Red Land 158 Darlington.. 159 Perkins 160 Eastern Star 161 Homer 162 Saints J o h n . 163 Filmore 164 Cherry Ridge. 165 Kisatehie 166 Grosse Tete 167 Rapides 168 Morganza 169 Livingston 170 Brookville 171 Burnsville 172 Atchafalaya.... 173 Columbia , 174 Lake Charles 175 Excelsior 176 Linn Wood 177 Montgomery .... 178 Haynesville Crescent, U. D..
Feb. 12,1856 1856 Extinct: Charter forf ' d i n '57, p . 96,Pro. '69. 1856 Feb. 12,1856 Charter surrendered 1880. do do 1880. Feb. 12,1856 do forfeited 1881. I Feb. 12,1856 Annexed to Minden No. 51, 1866. [1856 Formed A l p h a H o m e N o . 72,1859. 1,1856 Feb. 12,1856 Feb. 10,1857 144 N e w O r l e a n s Feb. 10,1857 US Lafayette, Lafayette Parish... W Feb. 10,1857 146 Coushatta, Red River Parish. Feb. 1O,1S57 Charter forf ed '81. Renewed '85. 147 Anacoco, Vernon Parish. Feb. 10,1857 [148 Red Land, Bossier Parish. Feb. 10,1858 .1149 Darlington, St. Helena Parish Q Feb. 10,1858 Charter surrendered 1879. 150 Donaldsonville, Ascension Parish Feb. 10.1858 1151 Winnfield, W i n n Parish Feb. 10,1858 ...1152 Homer, Claiborne Parish...., Feb. 10, 1858 153 5th District, New Orleans Feb. 12,1858 Charter surrendered 1879. 154 Filmore, Bossier Parish Feb. 12,1858 Charter surrendered Feb. 10,1892. 155 Zion Hill, Union Parish Feb. 12,1858 [turns p. 220, Pro. 1868. o 156 Mount Carmel, Sabine Parish Charter sur'd Feb. 1869. Last re157 Rosedale, Iberville Parish 1859 Extinct 158 Huddleston, Rapides Parish Feb. 16,:1859 Charter forfeited 1881. 159 Morganza, Poiute Coupee Parish.. Feb. 16,: ,1859 Charter surrendered 1879. 160 Ponchatoula, Tangipahoa Parish. Feb. 16,:1859 161 Point Jefferson, Morehouse Par... Feb. 16,: , 1860 Feb. 16,: ,1860 Charter forfeited February 9, 162 Shangaloo, Claiborne Parish Feb. 16,: ,1860 163 Simmsport, Avoyelles Parish. Feb. Parish. 164 Columbia, - " " " Caldwell " 16,1860 forfeited February, 1887. Feb. Feb. 9, 1892. ,1860 Charter [Rechartered 165 L a k e Charles, Calcasieu Parish. Feb. ,1861 Charter surrendered 1878. 166 New Orleans. Feb. 12/,1861 167 New Orleans. Feb. 13,: , 1861 168 Montgomery, Grant Parish Feb. 13,: ,1861 Charter surrendered 1886. 169 Haynesville, Claiborne Parish.. 'Army Lodge 13, 1862 Extinct.. Surrendered May, '65, p. 505, '66. to
J136 Athens, Claiborue Parish -.. 137 Alexandria, Rapides Parish. 138 Kingston, DeSoto Parish !l39 Houma, Terrebonne Parish. HOColquit, Claiborne Parish 141 Minden, Webster Parish 142 New Orleans 143 Downsville, Union Parish..
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179Orus 180 Kosmos. 181 Union.... 182 Orient... 183 Dante . 184 Amite City 185 Perfect Harmony. 186 Eureka. 187 Tulip. 188 Caddo. 189 Little Flock. 190 Jeffersoniau. 191 Sam Todd. 192 Longwood. 193 Spring Creek. 194 Orphans' Friend. 195! Kisatchie Union,.. 196! Flat Lick 197 Covington. 198 Evergreen. 199 Corinthian. 200 Jefferson 201 Abbeville 202 Aurora 203 Mount Olivet. 204 Trenton 205 Ashland 206 Magnolia
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170 New Orleans.. 171 New Orleans. 172 New Orleans. 173 New Orleans. 174 New Orleans. 175 Amite City, Tangipahoa Parish. 176 New Orleans 177 Bonuer, Lincoln Parish 178 Tulip, Claiborne Parish 179 Shreveport, Caddo Pari&h 180 Wineburg, Sabine Parish 181 Kingston, DeSoto Parish 182 Sugar Town, Calcasieu Parish. 183 Mooringsport, Caddo Parish.. 1 8 4 Spring • • - Creek - • - Church,Tangipahoa Ph 185 Big Cane, St. Landry Parish 186 Kile'sMills, Natchitoches Parish. 187 Flat Lick, Claiborne Parish. 188 Covington, St. Tammany Parish 189|Evergreen, Avoyelles Parish 190 New Orleans. 191 New Orleans 192 Abbeville, Vermilion Parish ]93 New Iberia, Iberia Parish 194 Bayou Boeuf, St. L a n d r y Parish. 195 Trenton, Ouachita Parish. 196 Ashland, Natchitoches Parish . . . 197 Washington, St. Landry Parish.
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9,1864 Consolidated with P. U. No. 1, '79. 9, 1864 17, 1865 1865 Consolidated with 68. 1866 1866 1867 Consolidated with 58. 1867 Charter forfeited Febru'y 17,1881. 1867 Charter surrendered Feb. 10, 1892 1867 1867 Charter forfeited February, 1878. 1867 Charter surrendered 1880. 1867 1867 Charter forfeited February, 1887. 1867 1867 1868 Charter surrendered May 31,1880. 1868 Charter surrendered 1883. 1868 1868 1869 1869 1869 10, 1869 10, 1869 Charter forfeited Feb. 17, 1881. 10, 1869JCharter surrendered Nov., 1880. 10, i869iNanie and location changed 1874 ana 1902. 16, 1870 C h . forfeited F e b . 17,18SL [ S a l i n e .
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224 Friendship. 225 Good Intent. 226 Fellowship. 227 The Star in the East., 228 Adonijah. 229 Livonia. 230 Solomon. 231 Pecan Grove.. 232 Bethany 233 Alabama 234 Centennial... 235 Clear Spring.. 236 Blue Buck.. 237Terrebonne.... 238Cadeville 239 Pleasant Hill. 240 Grangeville 241 Welsh. 1
198 Brookline, Jackson Parish 199 PrudhommeCity, St.LandryPh. 200 Oak Grove, Carroll Parish.. 201 Summerfleld, Claiborne Parish.. 202|Holly Springs, Claiborne Parish. 203|Napoleonville, Assumption Ph.. 204:Lewisville, W i n n Parish...... 205 Morgan City, St. Mary Parish.... 206 Williamsport, Pointe Coupee Ph 207 Springfield P. O., Livingston Ph Walnut Hill, Vernon Parish 209Rayville, Richland Parish 210 Missionary Ridge, Catahoula Ph. 211 Arizona, Claiborne Parish 212 W. Baton Rouge,W.B.Rouge Ph 213 Sicily Island,Catahoula Parish.... 214 Spring Ridge, Caddo Parish 215 Friendship Church,BienvillePh 216 Loggy Bayou, Red River Parish. 217Hineston, Rapides Parish 218 St. Thomas, West Indies.... 219 Black Bayou, Caddo Parish 220 False River, Pointe Coupee Ph.. 221 Pineville, Rapides Parish. 222 Illawara, Carroll Parish 223 Bethany Church, Natchitoches Ph. 224 Alabama Church, Bienville Ph. 225 Waterproof, Tensas Parish 226 Longwood, Caddo Parish. 227 Johnson's Bayou, Cameron Ph. 228 Houma, Terrebonne Parish.. 229 Cadeville, Ouachita Parish. 230 — Pleasant Hill, Sabine Parish ~ •" 231 Grangeville, St. Helena Parish. 232 Welsh, Calcasieu Parish.
Feb. 16, 1870 Feb. 19, 1870 Charter forfeited 1878. Mar. 23, 1870 Charter forfeited February, 1887. Apr. 25, 1870 Charter surrendered Feb. 14,1899.
Apr. 25, 1870 Charter surrendered Oct. 12,1879. Feb. 15, 1871 Charter surrendered Dec. 15, 1882. Feb. 15, 1871 Charter surrendered 1885. Feb. 15, 1871 Feb. 15, 1871 Charter forfeited Feb. 13, 1894. Feb. 15, 1871 Charter forfeited Feb. 17, 1884. W Feb. 15, 1871 Feb. 15, 1871 Feb. 14, 1872 Charter forfeited Feb. 9, 1886. Feb. 14, 1872 Charter forfeited Feb. 9,1886. w Feb. 14, 1872 M Feb. 14, 1872 Feb. 14, 1873 o Feb. 14, 1873 Ch. forfeited 1886 ; restored 1887. Feb. 14, 1873 Feb. 14, 1873 Feb. 14, 1873 Charter recalled 1874. Feb. 13, 1874 Charter surrendered 1885. Feb. 13, 1874 1 o Feb. 13, 1874 b Feb. 17, 1876 18, 1876 Feb. 17, w Feb. 17, 1877 Charter forfeited February, 1887. TO. Feb. 17, 1877 Charter forfeited Feb. 9,18S6. Feb. 15, 1877jCharter forfeited Feb. 9, 1886. Feb. 18, 1879 Charter surrendered Feb. 14, 1881 Charter surrendered 1886. Feb. 12, 1889 Feb. 12, 1890 Feb. 12, 1890 1890 to Feb.
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242 Kyiche 243 Robertsville 244 Simsboro. 245 Little Flock 246 Plain Dealing. 247 Magnolia 248 Shiloh 249 Lees ville 250Conly. 251 Weston.. 252 Crowley.. 253 Centre. 254 Millerton. 255 Winnsboro. 256 Clear Spring. 257 Kent wood 268 J e n n i n g s . 259> Mansfield . 260 Ascension. 261 Mitchell... 262Toro 263 Forest Hill 264 Jeanerette 265 Saint Andrew., 266 White Castle.. 267 Marthaville .... 268Colfax 269 C. F . Buck _
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Feb. 11, 1891 Feb. 11, 1891 Feb. 11, 18yl W Feb. 9,1892 Feb. 9,1892 1892 Feb. Feb. 15, 1893 Shilohi:Lodge changed to Berniee, Feb. 15, 1893 [1903. Feb. 15, 1893 Feb. 15, 1893 Feb. 15, 1893 Feb. 13, 1894 Feb. 13, 1894 Feb. 13, 1894 Feb. 13, 1894 Feb. 13, 1894 Feb. 12, 1895 Feb. 12, 1895 Feb. 12, 1895 Feb. 11, 1896 Feb. 11, 1896 Feb. 11,:1896 Feb. 11,, 1896 Feb. 11. 1896 Feb. 9, 1897 Feb. 15,: ,1898 Feb. 15,: Feb. 15,1898 Domicile changed to Urania, 1903.
270 Anchor 271 Progressive. 272 Florien. 273 Dalley. 274 Pine 275 Atkins 276 Unity 277 Melville 278 Marksville . 279 Benefleld. 280 DeRidder. 281 Sarepta.. 282 Boyce. 283 Oberlin. 284 Benson. 285 Dorcheat 286 Dubach 287 Rosemary... •288 DeQuincey. 289 Jonesboro 290 R. M. Crowson. 291 Yellow Pine 292 Marion. 293 Oak Grove. 294 Many. 295 Cheneyville. 298 Globe." 297 Pine Grove. 298 Dodson 299 Rose Pine., 300 Kinder.. 301 Fordoche.. 302 Goldonna . 303 Belmont .. 304 Eros 305 Hieo . 306 Denham Springs.
261 Pollock, Grant Parish 262 Lutcher, St. James Parish 263 Florien, Sabine Parish 264 Dalley, Jackson Parish 265 Pine, Washington Parish 266 Atkins, Bossier Parish 267Houma, Terrebonne Parish 268 Melville, St. Landry Parish 9 Marksville, Avoyelles Parish 270 Rodessa, Caddo Parish 271 DeRidder, C'aleasieu Parish 272 Sarepta, Webster Parish 273 Boyce, Rapides Parish 274 Oberlin, Calcasieu Parish 275 Benson, DeSoto Parish 276 Dorcheat, Webster Parish 277 bubach, Lincoln Parish 278 Newport, W i n n Parish 279 DeQuincey, Calcasieu Parish 280 Jonesboro, Jackson Parish 281 Castor, Bienville Parish 282 Oakdale, Calcasieu Parish 283 Marion, Union Parish 284 Oak Grove, West Carroll Parish.. •285 Many, Sabine Parish 286 Cheneyville, Rapides Parish 287 Yellow Pine 288 Ponchatoula, Tangipahoa Parish 289 Dodson, Winn Parish 290 Rose Pine, Vernon Parish 291 Kinder, Calcasieu Parish 292 Fordoche, Point Coupee, Parish... "293 Goldonna, Natchitoches Parish... 294 Belmont, Sabine Parish 295 Eros, Jackson Parish 296Hico, Lincoln Parish 297 Denham Springs, Livingston Ph..
Feb. 14,1899 Feb. 14.1899 Feb. 13.1900 Feb. 13,1900 Feb. 13,1900 Feb. 13, 1900 Feb. 13.1900 Feb. 12.1901 Feb. 12, 1901 Feb. 12.1901 Feb. 11.1902 Feb. 11,1902 Feb. 11, 1902 Feb. 11, 1902 Feb. 11, 1902 Feb. 3, 1903 Feb. 3, 1903 Feb. 3, 1903 Feb. 3, 1903 Feb. 3,1903 Feb. 3,1903 Feb. 3.1903 Feb. 3.1904 Feb. 3, 1904 Feb. 3, 1904 Feb. 3,] 904 Feb. 3,1904 Feb. 3,1904 Feb. 3,1904 Feb. 3.1904 Feb. 7.1905 Feb. 7, 1905 Feb. 7,1905 Feb. 7,1905 Feb. 7, 1905 Feb. Feb. 7,1905 7, 1905
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81 Abbeville 39 Acacia 21 Alpha-Home. 72|Amite City.... 55 Anacoco 130 Anchor.. 46j Arcadia 120 83 64
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50 Athens.. 135 Atkins. 82 Aurora. 29|Bellevue. 303 Belmont
139 Benefleld 144| Benson 108 Bernice 97 Bethany 88 Blazing Star.. 142 Boyce 841 Brookline 63 Brookville
73|Caddo. 9S Cadeville 113 Centre 4 Cervantes 129 Chas. F. Buck . 155 Cheneyville 116 Clear Spring.... 128Colfax „.... 65 Columbia. 110 Conley. 79 Corinthian. 77 Covington .. 112JCrowley. ress 2s|Cyp: 131 3t|ball Dalley 71 Dante 57 Darlington 41 Delhi 306 Deuham Springs. 140DeRidder.. 148 DeQuincey. 158 Dodson. 145 Dorcheat 85 Doric. 51 Downsville.
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192 116 72 175 147 261 126 251 196 163 136 266 193 95 294 |270l 275 239 223 212 73 198 Mil 179 229 244 6 2601 286 247 ,259 164 241 1901 188 243 89i |265 174 149 120 297 ,271 ! 279 289, '276' 205 143
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Abbeville Abbeville. Plaquemine Plaquemine. New Orleans New Orleans. AmiteCity Amite. Anacoco Hardshell. Pollock Pollock. Arcadia Arcadia. Donaldsonville... Donaldsonville. Chestnut. Ashland |Simmsport ........ Simsport. Athens. Athens Atkins Elm Grove. New Iberia New Iberia Haughton Haughton. Belmont Belmont. Rodessa Rodessa. jBenson Lenoir. Bernice | Bern ice, Campte Campte. Port Allen Cinclaire.. Boyce Boyce. Hood's Mill Boatner. Oak Ridge Oak Ridge. Shreveport Shreveport. Cadeville Cadeville. Union Academy.. Lee's Creek. New Orleans. New Orleans Urania. Urania Cheneyville.. Cheneyville Liberty. Clear Spring (olfax ,Colfax. Columbia. Columbia Polk. Love's Lake New Orleans. ,New Orleans Covington jCovington Crowley. Crowley Benton. Benton Dalley. Dalley New Orleans. New Orleans. Chipola. jChipola Delhi. |Delhi Denham Springs. Denham Springs. DeRidder* JDeRidder. DeQuincey. DeQuincey. Dodson Dodson Dorcheat. Dorcheat Morgan City. Morgan City.. Downsville. Downsville ...
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Dubach. 277 5 Dubach Winnfield. 151 12 Winnfleld 58 Eastern Star,. Eros. 304 Eros. 295 7 Eros Evergreen. 78 Evergreen 189 2=. Evergreen 8 Feliciana.. 31 16 St. Francisville... St. Francisville. 93 Fellowship '.. Hineston. 217 13 Hineston Florien. 132 Plorien. 263 29 Florien 301 Fordoche Fordoche. Fordoche 292 25 123 Forest Hill.... Forest Hill. 2;4 13 Forest Hill Franklin. 16 Franklin ft7 15 Franklin Franklinton. 32 Franklinton . 101 27 Franklinton Friendship. 911 Friendship 215 9 Friendship New Orleans. 17 Friends of Harmony : 58 1—2 New Orleans.. 19 George Washington. 65 1—2 New Orleans New Orleans. 10 Gernaania... New Orleans. 46 1—3 New Orleans Yellow Pine. 156 Globe. 287 17 Yellow Pine Goldonna. 302Goldonna. 293 8 Goldonna Love's Lake. 92 Good Intent. 216 22 East Point Lamourie. 48 Gordy 133 13 Lecompte 231 2 Grangeville. Grangeville. 100 Grangeville.. 110 24 Harrisonburg Harrisonburg. 36 Harrisonburg illO New Orleans. 98 1—6 New Orleans. 31 Hermitage Hico. 305 Hico. 296 5 Hico 20 Hiram. New Orleans. 70 1—6 New Orleans 59 Homer. Homer. 152 28 Homer 53 Hope Lafayette. 145 14 Lafayette Opelousas. 19 14 Opelousas Cottage Jeanerette. 124 Humble Jeanerette 255 14 Jeanerette 80 Jefferson 191 1—2 New Orleans New Orleans. Jennings. 118 Jennings 249 19 Jennings 5 Jonesboro Jonesboro. 280 149 Jonesboro. 44 Kellertown. Wilson. 124 3 Wilson 117 Kentwood.. Kentwood. 248 2 Kentwood 89 Keystone.... 213 24 Florence Holly Grove. 300 Kinder Kinder. 291 19 Kinder 61 Kisatchie ... Corleyville. 156 29 Mt. Carmel 171 1—3 New Orleans 69 Kosmos.. New Orleans. 102 Kyiche. Gaar's Mill. 233 12 Gaar's Mill 27 Lafayette Patterson. 87 15 Patterson 66 Lake Charles Lake Charles. 165 19 Lake Charles 90 Land Mark.... Keithville. 214 11 Keithville 109 Leesville Leesville. 240 26 Leesville. ....• 43 Liberty Keachie. 123 11 Keachie 10= Little Flock... 236 29 Negreet Negreet. 67 Linn Wood . New Orleans. 167 1—5 New Orleans Livingston. Hammond. 160 2 Hammond 94 Livonia.. New Roads. 223 21 New Roads 33 Louisiana.. 102 1—2 New Orleans New Orleans. 146 Dubach.
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22 Ringgold Ringgold. 122 20 Barne's Creek Bear. 238 Mansfield. ,250| 11 Mansfield Many. |285 29 Many 6 Marion Marion. 283 269 25 Marksville Marksville. J258 18 Marthaville Marthaville. 1268 25 Melville Melville. 16 Hope Villa 117 Hope Villa. 245| 28 Millerton Haynesville. 17 Minden 51 Minden. iMitchell. |252| 18 Mitchell 12 Montgomery Montgomery. 168 4 Bastrop Bastrop. 54 |New Orleans. f>9 1—1 New Orleans Logansport. 11 Logansport 83 Hicks. 208| 26 Walnut Hill Oak Grove. 284 24 Oak Grove 19 Oberlin Oberlin. 274 144 1—6 New Orleans....... New Orleans. Clinton. 3 Clinton. 52 Alexandria. 13 Alexandria 84 Big Cane. 1851 25 Big (Jane 27 Line Academy.... Balltown. 125 222: 24 Lake Providence. Lake Providence. New Orleans. 1 1—1 New Orleans 4 1—4 New Orleans New Orleans. Natchitoches. 18 Natchitoches 38 Pine. 264' 27 Pine 2 Ponchatou'a Ponchatoula. 288 ! Plain Dealing. 237 10 Plain Dealing 16 Zacharv 135 Zachary. 230 18 Pleasant Hill Pleasant Hill. 1 1—4 New Orleans New Orleans. 262| 21 Lutcher Lutcher. New Orleans. 76 1—5 New Orleans Carterville. 148 10 Carter ville |209 4 JRayville , Rayville. 281 9 Castor Alberta. 234 18 Provencal Provencal. 278 23 Newport. Hill. 290 26 Rose Pine Rose Pine. 106 Ruston. 5 Ruston Fort Jesup. 18 Fort Jesup 75 Sugar Town. 20 Sugar Town 182
Mansfield. 154 Many 152 Marion.. 138 Marksville. 127 Marthaville... 137 Melville 40 Milford 114 Millerton 12 Minden 121 Mitchell 68 Montgomery. 15 Mt. Gerizim.. 18 Mt. Moriah... 25 Mt. Vernon.. 86 N. H. Bray... 153 Oak Grove.... 143Oberlin 52 Ocean 13 Olive 26 Oliver 76 Orphans' Friend 45 Pearl River 86 Pecan Grove 1 Perfect Union 3 Perseverance 9 Phoenix 133 Pine 157 Pine Grove. 106 Plain Dealing. 49 Plains. 99 Pleasant Hil.. 2 Polar Star. 131 Progressive., 23 Quitman. 56 Red Land R. F. McGuire. 150 R. M.Crowson. 103 Robertsville 147 Rosemai'y. 159 Rose Pine.. 34 Ruston . 22 Sabine. 74 Sam. Todd 141 Sarepta 54 Silent Brotherhood 38Shreveport 115
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Simsboro. Pineville. Bienville. Lewiston. Oakland. Jackson. Mer Rouge. Greensburg. Baton Rouge. Newell ton. New Orleans. Hornbeck. New Orleans. Farmerville. Houma. Indian Village. Welsh. Monroe. Weston. White Castle. Winnsboro. Beaver.
List of Past and Present Grand Officers of the Grand lodge of the State of Louisiana, from its Organization to the Present Year. QO
GRAND MASTERS DEP. GR. MASTERS GR.SEN. WARDENS GR. J U S . WARDENS GRAND TREASURERS JEAND SECRETARIES
Jean Baptiste Pinta *J B Gregoire Veron 1812 *P F r a n DuBourg LCMoreau Lislet X"J Blanque ....... . *Francis Pernot Jean Baptiste Pinta J B Gregoire Veron * J B DesBois 1813 P F r a n DuBourg LCMoreau Lislet J Blanque *DominiqueKoquette Jean Baptiste Pinta J B Gregoire Veron 1814 P F r a n DuBourg LCMoreau Lislet *J Souli6 LCMoreau Lislet ^Dom Roquette... ' J B ModLefevre.. Jean Baptiste Pinta *Auguste Guibert 1815 *J Souli<5 Jean Baptiste Pinta Auguste Guibert LCMoreau Lislet *JB ModLefevre.. *Y Lemonnier 1816 JSouli<5 Jean Baptiste Pinta Auguste Guibert LCMoreau Lislet JB ModLefevre.. Y Lemonnier 1817 JSoulKS DesBois.. Y Lemonnier...... Jean Baptiste Pinta Auguste Guibert 1818 *LCMoreau Lislet J B ModLefevre.. *JeanB :; Jean Baptiste Pinta *N Visnier, *F Dissard *Aug Macarty 1819 * J B ModLefevre.. *Jean B Desbois.. Y Lemonnier Jean Baptiste Pinta *F Dissard 1820*Y Lemonnier.... "Aug McCarty.... *J F Canonge *G Dubuys f G W Morgan *J F Canonge *A Peychaud.... F Dissard 1821 *Aug Macarty G Dubuys G W Morgan "G Dubuys F Dissard 1822 *J F Canonge Y Lemonnier.... G Leauniont.... G W Morgan G Dubuys F Dissard 1823 *D F Burthe LCMoreau Lislet *L A deBodin G W Morgan *Y Lemonnier.... L A deBodin A Longer F Dissard 1824 * J F Canonge *Charles Maurin... *C Miltenberger F Dissard 1825 *John H Holland L A deBodin *A Longer M Fleitas Charles Maurin... C Miltenberger F Dissard 1826 J o h n H Holland A Longer C Miltenberger F Dissard 1827 John H Holland M Fleitas *Charles Maurin.. *A Morphy C Miltenberger F Dissard 1828 John H Holland A Morphy Charles Maurin.. *A Longer C Miltenberger D F Burthe F Dissard -A Longer..-. *J B Fagot 1829 *J F Canonge F Dissard *L H Feraud M FoucheCougot J B Fagot 1830 *John H Holland A Longer F Dissard *Setlx W Nye.. *Jean Lamothe.... L H Feraud 1831 J o h n H Holland * J B Fagot F Dissard Seth W Nye.. *ThosBlois.. *Alex Phillips 1832 J o h n H Holland *Aug Douce F Dissard *Jean Lamothe.... * J B F Giquel. Alex Phillips 1833 J o h n H Holland Aug Douce F Dissard Jean Lamothe.... *Chas Revoille...... Alex Phillips 1834 J o h n H Holland Aug Douce F Dissard *F J Verrier * J B F Giquel Alex Phillips 1835 J o h n H Holland Aug Douce f F Dissard J B F Giquel.. *Jean Lamothe.... *Joaquin Viosca *J F Canonge-1836 *L H Feraud F Dissard J B F Giquel.. F Coquet *F J Verrier Joaquin Viosca 1837 L H Feraud. *J B Lambert *Zenon Colson ^Francois Coquet... F Dissard 1838 *John H Holland *J J Mercies S F Dissard *PerezSnell .. *Cotton Hen ry F J Verrier. 1839 John H Holland *Alex Phillips F Dissar-d *L H Feraud fRamon Vionnet.. *Jean Lamothe *G A Montmain.. *J "viosca 1840 * A W Pichot Ramon Vionnet.. *Fleury Generellv-- *F Dubayle *.Iean Lamothe... J Viosca X841 A W Pichot
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Ramon Vionnet... *Fieury Genereily... *P Diibayie 1842*Jean Lamothe... tRamon Vionnet *Paul Bertus *Robert Preaux... *A D Guesnon..... *HKidel Fleury Genereily PDubayle *P JVerrier 1843 *E A Canon F J Verrier Robert Preaux... *Luc. Hermann.. *Francis Calongne. fRamon Vionnet 1844 E A Canon F J Verrier Luc. Hermann.. Francis Calongne Ramon Vionnet 1845 *Robert Preaux... *Felix Garcia F J Verrier *Luc. Hermann.. *Francis Calongne. Joseph Lisbony... Ramon Vionnet 1846*Felix Garcia F J Verrier *Robert Preaux... *Francois Meilleur. Roman Brugier... Ramon Vionnet 1847 Felix Garcia F J Verrier *Thos B Patten... *Alex Derbes Ramon Vionnet Luc. Hermann 1848 Felix Garcia *W H Howard *Daniel Blair *ThosH Lewis.... *W P Coleman.... *G Gorin LaGL*MR Dudley F J Verrier *F Calongne *AntMondelli *Simon Meilleur... Ramon Vionnet 1849 *Luc. Hermann W H Howard *JnoWCrockett... *WmM Perkins... *J W McNamara... *Daniel Blair LaGL*John Gedge * J J E Massicot [nett Ramon Vionnet *F Calongne Ant. Mondelli.... *Geo W Catlett 1850 Luc, Hermann J J E MassicoffiBBar *SHerriman *WLKnox 1851 John Gedge....... *GeoW Catlett.... *R F McGuire *Edward Barnett SHerriman *Robt F McGuire * W m L Knox *S M Hart 1852 *HR WHill *Wm L Knox W H Huntington S Herriman..[mann Edward Barnett *SM H a r t . . 1853 HE WHill *HWHuntington *Geo D Shadburn.. S Herriman &Good- *Samuel G Risk 1854 *Wm M Perkins.. Wm L Knox *Stephen C Michell.. Samuel G Risk *LawP Crain 1855 W m M Perkins.. *Geo D Shadburn *M H Dosson Stephen C Michell.. Samuel G Risk *Louis Texada *SO Scruggs 1856 W m M Perkins.. *M H Dosson Stephen C Michell.. Samuel G Risk *A S Washburn.. S O Scruggs 1857 W m M Perkins.. Amos Adams Stephen C Michell.. Samuel G Risk *Samuel M Todd.. *S O Scruggs *A J Norwood 1858 *Amos Adams ! Stephen C Michell.. Samuel G Risk *A J Norwood... Joseph Santini 1859 *Samuel M Todd.. *S O Scruggs *John C Gordy .. *HenryRegenburg S C MichelUSM Todd Samuel G Risk 1860 *J Q A Fellows... *A G Carter Samuel G Risk John C Gordy... HenryRegenburg Samuel MTodd 1861 J Q, A Fellows... A G Carter Samuel M Todd *B G Thibodeaux *Samuel J Powell.. * Harmon Doane 1862 J Q A Fellows. A G Carter B G Thibodeaux Samuel J Powell.. Harmon Doane •• Samuel M Todd 1863 J Q A Fellows... A G Carter Samuel M Todd B G Thibodeaux Samuel J Powell.. 'Henry R Swasey.... Samuel 1864 J Q A Fellows... A G Carter M Todd Henry R Swasey.... 1865 J Q A Fellows... Edward Barnett George A Pike... *John Booth M Todd Henry R Swasey.... Samuel John C Jones 1866 *Wm M Perkins. *A J Norwood.... *SO Scruggs.. Jas C Batchelor.MD H R Swasey M O Scruggs *John A Stevenson Samuel M Todd 1867 *A J Norwood JasCBatchelor,MD Samuel M Todd John C Jones *Wm McDufT. 1868 x*Henry R Swasey Sy G Parsons C Batchelor,MD *John L Barrett.... Henry R Swasey.... Jas Amos Kent 1869 Samuel M Todd.. Sy G Parsons *John B Sorapuru.. Henry R Swasey.... JasCBatchelor.MD *W a\ Robson 1870 Samuel M Todd.. Amos Kent Jas C Batchelor,MD Wm Robson 1S71 Samuel M Todd.. Amos K e n t J ohn B Sorapuru. Henry R Swasey.... Jas C Batchelor.MD Henry R Swasey.... JasCBatchelor,MD 1872 Samuel M Todd.. *Jos P Hornor Edwin Marks. *M E Girard 1873 *Michel Bloi Girard John G Fleming Edwin Marks *W R Whitaker..., *Wm Stephen Pike.. Jas C Batchelor,MD W R Whitaker.... Wm Stephen Pike.. Jas C Batchelor.MD 1874 MichelBloiGirard John G Fleming. Edwin Marks *A W Hyatt 1875 *John G Fleming *William Robson *W RWhitaker... *Julius Lisso
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A W Hyatt.. 1878 * John G Fleming *William Robson *W R Whitaker... Julius Lisso W R Whitaker... *AlbertL Abbott. A W Hyatt.. Hy C Young *Geo H Braughn.. A W Hyatt.. A W Hyatt.. *Geo H Braughn. H Van McCain A W Hyatt.. Geo H Braughn. *J L Lobdell H y C Young 1880 Edwin Marks David R Graham.. A W Hyatt.. 1881 *W R Whitaker... *JasL Lobdell.... Win W Leake *D Leatherman.... A W Hyatt.. 1882 W R Whitaker... Jas L Lobdell.... D R Graham A W Hyatt.. *D Leatherman... OF Buck 1883 *Jas L Lobdell.... D R Graham W A Strong A W Hyatt.. D R Graham Chas F Buck 1884 Jas L Lobdell A W Hyatt.. W A Strong 1885 David R Graham. J D Hannnonds.. ChasF Buck 1886 *Joseph P Hornor J G McWilliams Chas FBuck Geo H Packwood.. A W Hyatt.. *David N Barrow.. A W Hyatt.. Geo H Packwood. *F M Brooks 1887 Chas F Buck Frank P Stubbs. .. A W Hyatt.. Geo H Packwood. FM Brooks 1888 Chas F Buck Geo H Packwood. F M Brooks *Wm T Benedict.. A W Hyatt.. 1889 Chas F Buck Geo H Packwood. GeoM Bolton Wm T Benedict... A W Hyatt.. 1890 Chas F Buck Geo H Packwood. GenM Bolton Wm T Benedict- A W Hyatt.. 1891 Chas F Buck Geo H Packwood. Geo M Bolton Wm T Benedict- A W Hyatt.. 1892 Chas F Buck A W Hyatt.. *Wm T Benedict. Robert H Cage A G Briee 1893 Geo W Boll on Robert H Cage.... John Clegg A W Hyatt.. 1894 Geo H Packwood A G Brice Robert H Cage.... John Clegg A W Hyatt.. 1895 Geo H Packwood A G Brice Robert H Cage.... RRReid A W Hyatt.. 1896 Albert G Brice.... AC Allen Robert H Cage.... R R Reid A W Hyatt.. 1897 Albert G. Brice... A C Allen Robert H Cage.... R R Reid A W Hyatt.. L L Shwartz 1898 A C Allen. Robert H Cage.... R R Reid A W Hyatt.. L L Shwartz 1899 A C Allen. A G Ricks H M Danneel E T Sellers R R Reid 1900 Robert H Cage L P Delahoussaye E T Sellers A G Ricks 1901 Robert H Cage- R R Reid A G Ricks LC Allen 1902 Robert R Reid. L P Delahoussaye E T Sellers.... L C Allen A G Ricks 1903 Robert R Reid. L P Delahoussaye E T Sellers OH Simpson 1904 L P Delahoussaye *E T Sellers A G Ricks. ... L C Allen 1905 L P Delahoussaye L C Allen. O H Simpson A G Ricks L E Thomas.. tExpelled by Grand Lodge for Defalcation as Grand Treasurer, *Dead,
1877 *Sam'l J Powell... Edwin Marks 1878 bam'l J Powell.. Edwin Marks *Hy C Young 1879 Edwin Marks
*JasC Batchelor.MD Jas C Batchelor,MD JasCBatchelor,MD JasCBatchelor,MD JasCBatchelor.MD JasCBatchelor.MD JasCBatchelor.MD JasCBatchelor,MD JasCBatchelor.MD JasCBatchelor.MD JasCBatchelor.MD Jas C Batchelor.MD JasCBatchelor.MD JasCBatchelor.MD JasCBatcbelor.MD Richard Lambert Richard Lambert Richard Lambert Richard Lambert Richard Lambert Richard Lambert Richard Lambert Richard Lambert Richard Lambert Richard Lambert Richard Lambert Richard Lambert Richard Lambert Richard Lambert Richard Lambert
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REPRESENTATIVES OP OTHER GRAND LODGES NEAR THE GRAND LODGE OP LOUISIANA.
L. C. ALLEN, Shreveport W. H. REYNAUD, New Orleans A. C. ALLEN, Franklin AMOS KENT, Kentwood RICHARD LAMBERT, New Orleans ROBERT H. CAGE, New Orleans G. PASSALAQUA, New Orleans P. WARREN CALONGNE , JOSE VENTA
,..„... H. PACKWOOD, Clinton J. PINCKAED, New Orleans DAVID R. GRAHAM, New Orleans MARK QUAYLE, New Orleans CHARLES P. BUCK, New Orleans .JAMES R. FREEMAN, Wilson ,ROBERT BABBINGTON, Pranklinton JAMES H. CALDWELL, Robeline M. L. SCOVELL, Shreveport.. C. C. KEAMEE, New Iberia GEORGE
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L. L. SHWARTZ, New Orleans Amite A. G. BRICE, New Orleans 'ROBERT R. REID, Amite PHILIP PFEFFER, New Orleans A. M. MAYO, Lake Charles R. W. ALLEN, Franklin 'OWEN GERNON, New Or lea US
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D. CRAIG, New Orleans G. BRICE, NewOrleans A. G. KICKS, NewOrleans O. H. SIMPSON, New Orleans E D . MARKS, New Orleans L. P. DELAHOUSSAYE, New Orleans HUGH BREEN, New Orleans G. W. BOLTON, Alexandria P. M. SCHNEIDAU, New Orleans EMMET
ALBERT
NewOrleans Jos. DENNEE, NewOrleans JOHN CLEGG, New Orleans , D. E GRAHAM, NewOrleans JULIUS LEVIN, Alexandria A. STEEG, New Orleans GEORGE O. ELMS, Lake Charles LEE E. EOBINSON, Welch H. A. KING, New Iberia H. M. DANNEEL, NewOrleans GEORGE SOULE,
New Orleans T. J. HEARD, Evergreen L. E. THOMAS, Shreveport WM. W. LEAKE, Bayou Sara CHARLES F. BUCK, NewOrleans HERMAN C. DUNCAN, Alexandria Gus. D. LEVY, NewOrleans
JOSEPH DENNEE,
C. T. HINES, West Monroe
New Jersey ...New York. Nebraska Nevada ...New Brunswick Nova Scotia New Mexico.....New HampshireNew South Wales , New Zealand OhioOklahoma Oregon. Prince Edward Island, Peru QuebecEhode Island South Carolina South AustraliaSouth DakotaTennessee TexasTasmania , Utah ...Vermont Virginia Victoria Washington West Virginia Western Australia Wisconsin.
REPRESENTATIVES NEAR OTHER GRAND LODGES.
243
REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GRAND LODGE OF LOUISIANA NEAR OTHER GRAND LODGES. O. W. UNDERWOOD, Birmingham GEO. A. DANNELLY, Searcy FRANCIS A. SHAW, Phcenix
...Alabama Arkansas Arizona Brazil Unido HARRY N. RICH, Ladner British Columbia D. F. MCWATT, Sarnia, Ontario Canada WM. D. TODD, Denver.... ColoradoDAVID A. JOHNSON, San Jose Costa Rica ILDEFONSO P. BRAVO, Havana Cuba JAMES L.GOULD, Bridgeport Connecticut MALCOLM SEATON, Washington District of Columbia. JOHN A. NICHOLSON, Dover.... DelawareSYD. L. CARTER, Gainsville .Florida. JOSEPH C. GREENFIELD, Atlanta Georgia L. A. GODDARD, Fort Dearborn Illinois Indiana M. C. NOYMOYLE, Kendrick IdahoW M . G. HUB AND, Dublin, 39 Upper Mount Street Ireland! HARVEY LINDSEY, Texanna Indian Territory ALEXANDER L. VAN ARSDALL Kansas , Maryland .~ Maine CHAS. W. NASH, 415 N. Western B'ldg, Minneapolis...Minnesota W. H. MAYO, St. Louis Missouri JOHN H. P. HUGHART, Grand Rapids ...Michigan M. M. EVANS, MOSS Point Mississippi FRANCIS D. JONES, Helena Montana JAMES J. WAITE, Winnipeg Manitoba North Carolina
244
REPRESENTATIVES NEAR OTHER GRAND LODGES.
L. FOULKS, Lisbon North Dakota N. FULLER, Passaic New Jersey THOMAS MARCHAND, 25th and 5th ave New York BOBERT E. EVANS, Dakota City Nebraska TRENMOR COFFIN, Carson Nevada •GEORGE K. COCHRANE, St. John , New Brunswick Jos. L. HETTERINGTON, Halifax... Nova Scotia MAX. FROST, Santa Fe New Mexico CHAS. H. WEBSTER, Nashua .New Hampshire C. U. CARRXJTHERS, 21 Montague St., Glenara, Sydney, New South Wales HENRY STEPHEN KEITH, Christ Church New Zealand JOHN E. BRUCE, Cincinnati Ohio J. F. MATTHEWS, Mangum Oklahoma W. D. HARE, Hillsboro Oregon WILLIAM T. HUNT, Summerside Prince Edward Island C. B. CORNEIL, Montreal : Quebec ARTHUR H. ARMINGTON, Providence ..Bhode Island ZIMMERMAN DAVIS, Charleston South Carolina F. K. OLIFENT, Adelaide.. South Australia •GEORGE A. PETTIGREW, Sioux Falls South Dakota M. F. MOTT, Galveston Texas W. L. GRIGSBT, Dickson Tennessee , Tasmania SAMUEL PAUL, Salt Lake City Utah , West Australia H. S. BOOT, Newport Vermont MANN PAGE, Brandon Virginia JOHN C. F. ULRICH, Hawthorne Grammar School, Melbourne, Victoria HORACE W. TYLER, Seattle Washington B. D. GIBSON, Charlestown West Virginia HENRY L. PALMER, Milwaukee Wisconsin THOMAS
JAS.
NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF GRAND SECRETARIES.
245
GRAND LODGES IN CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE GRAND LODGE OF LOUISIANA, WITH THE NAMES ANI> ADDRESSES OF GRAND SECRETARIES.
Alabama
GEORGE A. BEAUCHAMP...Montgomery.
Arkansas FAY HEMPSTEAD Arizona GEORGE J. ROSKRUGE California ..GEORGE JOHNEON Colorado Connecticut JOHN H. BARLOW Delaware BENJ. F. BARTRAM District of Columbia AEVINE W. JOHNSTON Florida WILBER P. WEBSTER Georgia W. A. WOLIHIN Idaho T. W. RANDALL Illinois
Indiana Indian Territory Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana
Maine Maryland Massachusetts
Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire.. New Jersey New Mexico
New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma
Oregon Pennsylvania
J. H. C. DILL CALVIN W. PRATHER
,
J. S. MURROW NEWTON R. PARVIN ALBERT K. Wilson
Little Rock. Tucson. San Francisco. Denver. Hartford. Wilmington. Washington City. Jacksonville. Macon. Boise City. Bloomington.
Indianapolis. Atoka. Cedar Rapids. Topeka.
H. B. GRANT Louisville. RICHARD LAMBERT New Orleans. STEPHEN BERRY Portland. WILLIAM M. ISAAC Baltimore. SERENO D. NICKERSON....Boston. Lou B. WINDSOR Reed City. THOMAS MONTGOMERY....St. Paul. FREDERIC SPEED Vicksburg. ...JOHN R. PARSON St. Louis. CORNELIUS HEDGES Helena. FRANCIS E. W H I T E , 1608 Capital ave., Omaha. C. N. NOTEWABE Carson. FRANK D. WOODBURY, 3 N. Main, Concord. THOS. H. R. REDWAY Trenton. A. A. KEENE Albuquerque. EDWARD M. L. EHLERS...New York City. JOHN C. DREWRY Raleigh. FRANK J. THOMPSON Fargo. J. H. BROMWELL Cincinnati. J. S. HUNT Stillwater. JAS. F. ROBINSON Eugene. WM. A. SINN Philadelphia.
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NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF GRAND SECRETARIES.
Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakoto Tennessee Texas Utah Virginia Vermont.. Wisconsin West Virginia
S. PENROSEWILLIAMS....Providence. Charleston. Sioux Falls. Nashville. Houston. Salt Lake City. GEO. W. CARRINGTON... . Richmond. HENRY H. ROSS.... Burlington. W M . WATSON PERRY Milwaukee. G. W. ATKINSON Charleston.
CHARLES INGLESBY ....GEO. A. PETTIGREW JOHN B. GARBETT JOHN WATSON CHRIS. D I E H L
Washington.....
THOMAS M. REED
Olympia.
Wyoming
W. L. KUYKENDALL
Saratoga.
FOREIGN GRAND BODIES. Brazil British Columbia Canada
Costa Rica Cuba England
A. F. DO AMABAL R. E. BRETT
Rio de Janeiro. Victoria.
HUGH MUERAY Hamilton. EDMUND A. OSBORN San Jos6. AUBELIO MIRANDA, P. O. Box 406, Havana. EDWABD LETCHWOBTH, Freemason's Hall,
London. Ireland
H. E. FLAVELLE
Dublin.
Manitoba
JAMES A. OVAS
Winnipeg.
New Brunswick Nova Scotia
J. T. HART
New Zealand
St. John. THOS. MOWBBAY, Freemason's Hall, Halifax.
MALCOLM NICOL
Auckland.
New South Wales A. H. BRAY Peru J. BENJ. CHOSA Prince E'dward Island... NEIL MCKELVIE
Sydney. Lima. Summerside.
Quebec
W I L L H. W H I T E
Montreal.
South Australia
J. H. CUNNINGHAM
Adelaide.
Scotland
DAVID REID
Edinburg.
Tasmania
JOHN HAMILTON
Hobart Town.
Victoria
JOHN BRAIM
Melbourne.
Western Australia
J. D. STEVENSON, Fremason's Hall, Perth.
Register and Work of Lodges under the Jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of the State of Louisiana, t. and A. M., during the year 1904.
NAMES OF LODGES.
Perfect Union 2 Polar Star 3 Perseverance 4 Cervantes 5 Humble Cottage Western Star St. Albans Feliciana 9 Phoenix 10 Germania 11 St. James 12 Minden 13 Olive 14 Union Fraternal 15 Mount Gerizim 16 Franklin 17 Friends of Harmony. 18 Mount Moriah 19 George Washington... 20 H i r a m 21 Alpha-Home 22 Sabine , 23 Quitman 24 St. Joseph 25 Mount Vernon ... 26 Oliver 27 Lafayette 29 Bellevue.. 30 St. Helena H e r m i t a g e .... 32 Franklinton . 33 Louisiana ?4Ruston
LOCATION.
New Orleans New Orleans 4 New Orleans New Orleans 19 Opelousas 24| Monroe 28 J a c k s o n 31 St. Francisville 38 Natchitoches 46 New Orleans Baton Rouge 51 Minden 52 Clinton.. 53 Farmerville 54 Bastrop 57 F r a n k l i n 58 N e w Orleans 59 Mew N e w Orleans Orleans 65 70 New Orleans 72 New Orleans 75 F o r t Jessup 76lNew Orleans 79lNewellton Logansport 84 Alexandria Pattersonville... 89 Benton 95 Houston Greensburg 98 New Orleans Franklinton New Orleans Ruston
PAKISH.
Orleans Orleans Orleans Orleans St. Landry Ouachita East Feliciana.. West Feliciana.. Natchitoches Orleans E. Baton Rouge. Webster East Feliciana... Union Morehouse St. Mary Orleans Orleans Orleans Orleans Orleans Sabine Orleans Tensas DeSoto Rapides St. Mary Bossier Bossier St. Helena Orleans Washington Orleans Lincoln
NAME OF W. M.
NAME OF SECBETART.
Zach T Black WC Wright Paul Vandenborre. H Fourment 87 J Magendie Henri Beri 71 Juan Gonzales Usebio Ruiz 32' F C Allen b'rank P Butler 58 J W Dunn JasD Oakley 148 JEO C Roberts 39 Guy M Tomb George Baler 55 Sidney Powell R S Calves 67 J C Trichel Jr 67 B von Schlemmer... Jno E Scmmer RN Boss 68 LG Stirling 54 C R Davis GeoLile 54 J L Cravens Wm H Bennett 56 Rudolph Haas Eaward Ev-srett W A Harrington.... 42! J F Watson 77! AC Allen D M Campbell 82 Henry Walters A WSteeg 186' wdw'd H Walsiorf.. John A Davilla Robert W Irvine 761 Jacob C Code 85 Isidore Grossman... H A McGregor 113 WmG Tebault, Jr.. Wm T Jones GeoRPattison 51 J H Caldwell B T Duckert 109 TD Stewart 38 Leopold Elgutter... Sol Elgutter C R Caraway 42 A M Garrett. 121 Algernon Hilton OF Crockett 21 J A Duplan WmDavis 47 OR Deuton E M. Laughlln 49 AHRatcliff. JBHall 54 W E Hamberlin W G Hamberlin 114 Claude H Solanis . Albert B Davis 55 H vVHulinghorst... J E Wood J B Parker 138 Henry H Jones WSMay 114 Emmet L Kidd
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Union West Carroll.. Sabine Rapides Webster Tangipahoa ... Winn Vernon Calcasieu. Point (joupee. Natchitoches. Lincoln Sabine Jacksoc Livingston
EJHale i...^..i.... WGUagle W A York GPO M Simmons J W Martin Jacob Bogue John R Elliott GO Wilson J JKlngrey B J Lyons HHHathon TW Harper W M McPerren W A Down J Scott Underwood
32 16 17 13 1 1 J W Brown..;.. 1 Andrew Jackson... 33 4 4 4 3 8 7 8 W E McNeely 42 7 9 8 3 LeonL Dejean R A Hundley MR fi li q S T, Bjorkgren 24 3 5 5 John Stinson o 1 Julius Dewe 8 7 25 7 7 c W. C. McNabb 11 9 John R smith J H Brewton •m 8 29 15 17 18 R W Henry 14 IS is 1 CH Skinner 18 6 4 R B. Collins 1 12 7 "i, ChasH Miller Total 8926 1109 1056 18156 214 15894 15
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153 Oak Grove... 154 Many 155 Cheneyville.. 156 Globe 157 P i n e Grove... 158 Dodson... 159 Rose Pine .... 160 K i n d e r . 161 Fordoohe. 162 ioldonna. 163 Hlco.. 164 Belmont 165 Eros 166 Denham Springs.
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DECEASED BRETHREN OF SISTER GRAND LODGES.
"GIVE THEM ETERNAL 'LIGHT', OH LORD."
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PAST MASTERS OF CONSTITUENT LODGES.
'OUT OF THE STILLNESS HATH COME HIS VOICE, OUT OF THE DARKNESS HIS HAND."
PAST MASTERS.
MEMBERS OF GRAND LODGE OF LOUISIANA, F. AND A. M
DECEASED I N 1904.
PEESEVEBANCE LODGE No. 4. J E A N MANDOT. FELICIANA LODGE NO. 31. J. G. PliETTINGER, JAMES B. THOMAS. MOUNT GEBIZIM; LODGE NO! 54. R. D. MARBLE. LODGE NO. 101. JOHN E. MORRIS. ACACIA LODGE N O . 116.
JOHN W AUSTIN,
LOUIS LOZANO.
MILFOED LODGE NO. 117.
H. T. BROWN. ABCADIA LODGE NO. 126. AUGUSTUS STALL P. D. D. G. M. LODGE NO. 143. O. H. BAILEY. AMITB CITY LODGE NO. 175. A. F. VOGT, P. D. D G. M. EVEBGBEEN LODGE No. 189. THOMAS J. HEARD. JEFFEBSON LODGE NO. 191.
WILLIAM a. MURTAGH. CONLY LODGE NO. 241.
A. J. LAWSON.
Co Uiv i-Hvuiovji OF THE
DECEASED BRETHREN OF THE CONSTITUENT LODGES OF THIS JURISDICTION. 1904.
"THEY'VE CROSSED THE DEEP, BEYOND OUR HARBOR'S FOAM, WE TARRY YET AWHII.E, THEY HAVE GONE HOME."
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MEMBERS
OF
CONSTITUENT
DIED IN
LODGES.
1904.
PERFECT UNION LODGE NO. I. J O H N R. YAEGER, H E N R Y BENSEL, J O H N J . ABBRLE, SEYMOUR SHELBY. POLAK STAB LODGE NO. 1. RUDOLPH BEER, P . H. GUERCHOUX.
V. B. ANGAUD,
CEKVANTES LODGE NO. 5, F E L I P O LIUZZA, SEBASTIAN POBLADOR. HUMBLE COTTAGE LODGE NO. 19. JONAS P. SMITH.
W. J . BOYARD,
WESTEBN STAR LODGE NO. 21. HERMAN MEYER, A. MITCHELL, FELICIANA LODGE NO. 31. WM. MAGEARL, JULIUS FREYHAN. PHCENIX LODGE NO. 38. A. MICHELSON, G. L,. TRICHEL. GERMANIA LODGE NO. 46.
H. ENGELHARDT,
JOHN FRTEDRICH.
MOUNT GERIZIM LODGE NO. 54.
F. C OVERBY. FEIENDS OF HAEMONY LODGE NO. 58. THOMAS FIELDING. MOUNT MOBIAH LODGE NO. 59. ROBERT DUN NT. HIBAM LODGE NO. 70. TERENCE CRAMPTON.
J. E. P O P E
ALPHA-HOME LODGE NO. 72. THOS. A. OLIVER, DAVID BARRY, WM. STARR, NORMAN C. HUNT, OKLANDO C. BETZ. SABINE LODGE NO. 75. THOMAS J FRANKLIN, W. S. MIDDLETON,
T. J. RA.MSEY.
S A I N T J O S E P H L O D G E N O . 79.
WILLIAM MOORE. OLIVEB LODGE NO. 84. J A M E S C. W I S E . LAFAYETTE LODGE NO. 87. JAMES N. WAPFOBD. C Y P B E S S L O D G E N O . 89.
G. T. FLEMMING. . SAINT HELENA LODGE NO. 96. T. G. DAY, G. R. VARNADO. FBANKLINTON LODGE NO. 101. T. D. BICKHAM, GEORGE W. KNIGHT. LOUISIANA LODGE NO. 102. GEORGE F . BOWERS, HARRY M. ISAACSON.
C. F . WALKER,
EUSTON LODGE NO. 106. H. W. MCLEOD. L F . MCLENDON.
HABBISONBUBG LODGE NO. 110. JOHN F . HAILEY. SHBEVEPOBT LODGE NO. 115.
L. B. FISHER,
ALFRED E. JONES,
CHARLES LEADMAN.
ACACIA LODGE NO. 116. G. B. N. WAILES. MILFOBD LODGE NO. 117. E L I J A H A. DIXON. MACKBY LODGE NO. 122. DANIEL U. HICKS. KELLEBTOWN LODGE NO. 124. H. C. McCALL.
R. E. KING,
ARCADIA LODGE NO. 126. M. S. MARSH, D. A. T I L LEY. GOBDY LODGE NO. 133. M BLUESTEIN.
DOWNSVILLE LODGE NO. 143. J. W. RINE BART. OCEAN LODGE NO. 144. THEODORE C. BUUCK. SAINTS JOHN LODGE NO. 153. ANDREW LENNOX, JAMES MITCHELL. KISATCHIE LODGE NO. 156.
W. M. OOBB. BBOOKVILLE LODGE NO. 161. R. B. MCDOUGALD. COLUMBIA LODGE NO. 164. W. T. C LAUNCH.
D. W. J E S S E N ,
LAKE CHAELES LODGE NO. 165. J. C. MALCOLM, WILLIAM MURRAY,
IVAN A. PERKINS. LINN WO.OD LODGE NO. 167. EDWARD DECKER, JESSE H MASSIE, D E. MCDONALD, ALBION K. MILLER, ANDREW J. YOUNG, C. E. SORSBY, MATTHEW REILLY. MONTGOMERY LODGE NO. 168. SEABORN DEAN. UNION LODGE NO. 172. HENRY C. THOMASSON, WILLIAM LANG, A. BRUHN.
W. H. WILKINSON,
D A H I E LODGE NO. 174. ENRIGO D E B A R B I E R I S , FRANCISCO SCONTRINO. AMITE CITY LODGE NO. 175. C. W. AMACKEE. CADDO LODGE NO. 179. WILLIAM H. HUNTEE, SB., HENRY D. LACOSSETT.
SPRING CBEEK LODGE NO. 184.
M. T. ALFORD,
J. T. SIMMONS.
ABBEVILLE LODGE NO. 192. WILLIA.M LAFLEUK, A. F . MAXFIELD. ATTBOBA LODGE NO. 193. LOUIS WUST. KEYSTONE LODGE NO. 313. R. H. GRAYSON. LAND MASK LODGE NO. 214. W. G. CLARKE, J. M. DAVIDSON. LIVONIA LODGE NO. 220.
J. M. BAILEY,
MARCUS LANDAU.
GBANGEVILLE LODGE NO. 231. WILLIAM DENNIS, JOHN B. EASTERLY. WELSH LODGE NO. 232. CHARLES P . M I L L E R . KYICHE LODGE NO. 233. J. E. DBLOACH. ROBEBTSVILLE LODGE NO. 234. THOMAS HARDIMAN. SIMSBOBO LODGE NO. 235.
R T. GOFF. LITTLE FLOCK LODGE NO. 236. R K. GOODLOE, W. J. SALTBR. MAGNOLIA LODGE NO. 238.
JOHN R ROLLINS. CONLY LODGE NO. 24]. E. F . ALLUMS. CKOWLEY LODGE NO. 243.
R. M. JONES. WINNSBOBO LODGE NO. 246.
A. J. BOWDEN.
JOHN J\ MASON,
JENNINGS LODGE NO. 249. JOHN H. ROBERTS. ASCENSION LODGE NO. 251. ALEXANDER MARCHAND. TOKO LODGE NO. 253. A. J. FORTSON. JEANEBETTE LODGE NO. 255.
A. DEMOURELLE. ST. ANDEEW LODGE NO. 256. J. BOWMAN ANDREWS, ALONZO BARNETT,
W. F RAWLINSON. WHITE CASTLE LODGE NO. 257. ROBERT W. MATHERN. ANCHOB LODGE NO. 261.
M. D. WEBB. PBOGBESSIVE LODGE NO. 262. FLEMING GILLEN. FLOBIEN LODGE NO. 263.
J. 8. ALFORD. MABKSVIIXE LODGE NO. 269. BALDWIN P. COCO. BENBFIELD LODGE NO. 270. J A M E S E STANLEY. BOYCE LODGE NO. 273.
W. C. NELMS. OBEBLIN LODGE NO. 274.
JACOB COLE. CBOWSON LODGE NO. 281.
D F. SULLIVAN. MABION LODGE NO. 283. W I L L I A M SMITH. ROSE PINE LODGE NO. 290. J O S E P H LACOZE.
E. L. DANIELS,
APPENDIX. REPORT ON FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE. To the Most Worshipful the Grand Lodge of Louisiana:
Your Committee on Foreign Correspondence respectfully report that they have received the proceedings of the following Grand Bodies: Alabama, 1903; Arizona, 3903; Brazil, 1904; British Columbia, 1904; California, 1903; Canada, 1904; Colorado, 1904; Connecticut, 1904; Costa Rica, 1903; Cuba, 1904; Delaware, 1904; District of Columbia, 1903; England, 1904; Florida, 1904; Georgia, 1903; Idaho, 1903 and 1904; Illinois, 1904; Indian Territory, 1904; Indiana, 1904; Iowa, 1904; Ireland, 1903; Kansas, 1904; Maine, 1904; Manitoba, 1904; Maryland, 1903; Massachusetts, 1903; Michigan, 1904; Mississippi, 1904; Missouri, 1904; Montana, 1903; Nebraska, 1904; Nevada, 1904; New Brunswick, 1903; New Hampshire, 1904; New Jersey, 1904; New Mexico, 1903; New South Wales, 1904; New York, 1904; New Zealand, 1904; North Carolina, 1904; North Dakota, 1904; Nova Scotia, 1903; Ohio. 1904; Oklahoma, 1904; Oregon, 1904; Pennsylvania, 1903; Quebec, 1904; Rhode Island, 1904; Scotland, 1904; South Africa, Western Division, 1904; South Australia, 1904; South Carolina, 1903; South , Dakota 1904; Texas, 1903; Utah, 1904; Vermont, 1904; Victoria, 1903; Virginia, 1903; Washington, 1904; West Virginia, 1903; Western Australia, 1904; Wisconsin, 1904; Wyoming, 1904. Your committee have carefully examined these several proceedings and report on them as follows, reserving for a second part of this report such comments as may seem appropriate upon proceedings of Grand Bodies with which we are not now in fraternal communication. ALABAMA.
The Grand Lodge recognized the Grand Lodge of Costa Rica. Note is taken and suitable resolutions adopted upon the death of Past Grand Master Henry Hart Brown. The Grand Master made a number of decisions, but none of them were of more than local importance. The attendance was noted of Bro. Isaac C. Hall, who had been a member at each session of the Grand Lodge since 1852. He was congratulated upon his exhibit of fidelity, and it was ordered that the Grand Lodge present him a jewel. G L l
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The report on Correspondence is from the pen of Bro. William Y. Titcomb. He says, in his review of Louisiana: "R. W. Bro. Richard Lambert is a model Grand Secretary." We must thank our brother for his words of high praise in respect to our own previous reports. In respect to a " little matte* of difference " between us, he says: "We had, without much thought, we confess, raised the question with Bro. Duncan as to whether or not a petitioner is the 'material' of the Lodge before his initiation. In reply our good brother ' comesdown' upon us ' like 2,000 of bricks,' in part, as follows: ' " I t seems to us that this is simply a matter of definition. We define material as that upon which the Lodge is to work. It is raw material of the Lodge before any work is done upon it; that is. from the time it is proposed, and during the process of examination as to itsacceptance. It is partly worked in the process of initiation, and it is manufactured goods when the third process is completed.' " Well put, brother, and we frankly admit that you have, doubtless, made out your case, that you are right, and we were wrong. " It is a source of gratification, that we find ourselves in accord with Bro. Duncan on many points." And say we—it is a sincere pleasure to find ourselves at one with our Alabama friend and brother. ARIZONA.
The Grand Master, M. W. Bro. Francis Marion Zuck, reports continued trouble with the Mexicans. Arizona recognized the Grand Lodge Vall6 de Mexico in 1902, and almost immediately afterwards complaint came from an Arizona Lodge that a Mexican Lodge had initiated, passed and raised two men who had been rejected by the Arizona Lodge, and who evinced their continued residence in Arizona by voting therein. The Mexican Lodge took up the matter and cooly reported that the offense had been committed prior to the date of the recognition of the Mexican Grand Lodge by Arizona, and that they evidently considered a full answer. In other words, these Mexicans claim the right to infringe upon our rights so long as we do not recognize them as brothers, and tell us that if we do not wish to be robbed and otherwise wronged by them we. must recognize them and hug them to our bosoms. But if they will take advice we would counsel them that they will never receive our recognition until they not only legitimatize themselves, but also learn and put into practice Masonic principles. It may be well to be plain with them and say that even if the Grand Lodge of England should issue warrants to their Lodges we would not recognize them until they exhibited evidence that they practiced Masonry, and that to wrong, cheat and defraud a Lodge of Masons, as they did the Arizona Lodge, is not a Masonic practice. The Grand Master rendered the following decision: " In regard to holding Joint Installation Services with the Eastern Star on Sunday. • • ,
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" Except for funeral services, the avoidance of labor on Sunday must be observed. It is neither consistent with our teachings or right for a Lodge to work on the Sabbath day. " Later I received the following message from another Lodge: " ' Will you grant dispensation for laying foundation stone, MethodistChurch,nextSunday?' To which I promptly replied, 'No. Masons should not do work on Sunday that may be done on another day.' " The Secretary immediately addressed me by mail, ' that no part will be taken by this Lodge iu the ceremonies, except to deposit a list of officers in the stone.' To which I replied, expres-ing my pleasure at the ready acquiescence of his Lodge in supporting the efforts of their Grand Master to enforce the teachings of our Ritual to every candidate entering the sacred precincts of our Lodges, and in obedience to the Ancient Charges, which we are all morally obligated to obey: ' That all Masons shall work honestly on working days, that they may live creditably on holy days.' " This is all right; but we regret that the Grand Master did not continue his quotation from the Ancient Charges. Let us remember that they read: " All Masons shall work honestly on Working Days, that they may live creditably on Holy Days, and the time by the Law of the Land, or confirmed by custom, shall be observed." If we are Masons let us observe the immemorable Masonic Law. The Grand Lodge of Costa Rica was recognized and so was the Grand Lodge of Egypt, while the recognition of Brazil was postponed. The report on Correspondence was prepared by Bro. Charles D. Belden. In his review of Louisiana, speaking of our efforts ro procure a uniformity of practice of the ritual, he says: " It seems to me a great pity that each of the Grand Jurisdictions finds it necessary thus to perpetually busy themselves about the ritual. A great number of the several Grand Jurisdictions spend considerable time amending and altering their work. It is not necessary in the Chapter, or in the Commandery, for in those bodies the work is not subject to the caprice of erratic individuals but is the standard edition published by and under proper authority, and distributed and kept under a well understood system. Should this or a similar course be pursued by the Grand Lodges it would do away with the fearful plague of printed books that can be found in every community giving what purports to be a literal exposfi of the work, but which, so far as our jurisdiction is concerned, is entirely misleading and wrong." BBAZIL.
We acknowledge, with pleasure, the receipt of the "Boletim do Grande Oriente de Brazil." But we regret that our knowledge of Portuguese is so limited that we feel that any attempt at quotation would be perilous. There is a very interesting statement anent Masonic Congresses, beginning with that in Strasburg in 1275; then in Ratisbon in 1459, etc. Again, we say, we very much regret our inability to furnish a translation.
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The Grand Master, M. W. Bro. C. Ensor Sharp, reported this remarkable case: " Miriam Lodge No. 20 complain regarding the case of a brother who, when affiliating with them, received by an oversight two dimits from his Mother Lodge in the Grand Jurisdiction of Canada. He was eventually suspended by Miriam Lodge for non-payment of dues, and upon leaving the District to return to his original home he there affiliated by using his duplicate dirnit as a proof of being in good standing. I instructed the Grand Secretary to acquaint the Grand Lodge of Canada that this seemed to us a fraudulent use of a dimit received by an oversight. The Grand Lodge of Canada hold a contrary opinion and if they do not object to having Masons who affiliate in this exceptional manner I do not suppose that we can do anything but acquiesce. Another difficulty has arisen in Australia. There are now apparently two Grand Lodges on that Continent who call themselves the Grand Lodge of Western Australia, and this Grand Lodge is now called upon to decide whether it will recognize one or both of these Grand Bodies. The letter and plea of one of these Grand Bodies will be laid before you for your information and guidance. Recognition of the Grand Orient of Brazil was postponed, as was the consideration of claim for recognition of a second (perhaps first) Grand Lodge of Western Australia. The report on Correspondence is from the pen of E. W. Bro. W. A. DeWolf Smith, and is a most excellent one. We regret very much to note that our proceedings were not received by him. As he himself says he discusses no " burning questions." As a matter of course, he deals with such matters as the proceedings before him call up. Those same proceedings we have had before us and have reported on them previously. Hence we omit reference to them, as to do so would be but to reiterate our remarks now of record. CALIFOBNIA.
We quote the following interesting and suggestive announcement from the address of the Grand Master, M. W. Bro. Orrin 8. Henderson: " I t was my extreme pleasure on Friday night, March 6, 1903, to reeeive a request from Bro. Aiken, the Superintendent of the Home, to come to San Francisco to meet with him a brother who desired to talk with us of matters interesting to the Home. Upon arrival we met by appointment our estimable brother, Morris Siminoff, of ' Fidelity' Lodge No. 120, F. and A. M., and, upon invitation, accompanied him to dinner, where, over the table, he tendered to me as a gift to the Fraternity a completely erected sixteen-room cottage, with Lodge assembly hall or chapel, to be erected upon the Home grounds, according to approved plans of the parties in interest, to be built substantially of orick and stone, and finished complete, the cost to be not less that $10,000.00 (this cost has since reached to over $30,000.00). "The gift was accepted and is now complete, ready for this Grand Lodge's acceptance and dedication on next Wednesday., " A worthy monument to a worthy brother will ever remain upon our grounds, an enduring shaft to his memory and the good that he
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has accomplished. But this gift cannot be measured in words. Brother Siminoff is a true believer in Blue Lodge Masonry and its great underlying truths, and that which he can do he intends shall be done while he is here to do it, that it thus may be more, surely accomplished, and enjoyed by him, and not left for others to do. " Let us hope that the brethren of this Jurisdiction will ponder well this Masonic Home and its needs; if in their minds they ever intend to honor the Fraternity, their brothers and fellows, which benefits them, by any devotion of their surplus of this world's goods, let them, like this brother, do it in their life-time, under their own direction, and live to see its enjoyment by the needy and deserving of the Craft. " We need other donations of like character and import, and it is hoped that the example will be followed by many others. It is our pleasure to state that Bro. Past Eminent Commander Gustave Umbsen, of California Commandery No. 1. has signified his intention to donate an elegant piece of income property to the use of the Home some time during this year. Come, brothers, be up and doing throughout the State. Follow these illustrious examples, and help your needy brothers and the Fraternity while you can in this great and glorious work. " ' Let thy light so shine that thy good deeds may be seen of men.' " We quote again from the "observations and recommendations " of the Grand Master: " There should be no Lodge politics or rings or wings or factions in a Lodge. The will of the majority should, of course, always govern, but there should never be an organized majority in any Lodge. Harmony is often best preserved by bowing to respectable minority's lease. " Some Lodges allow, through their Secretaries, a piling up of delinquent dues. The books and finances should be kept clean. Either collect, remit or purge your rolls; it is but just to yourselves. It has been found an invariable rule that the Lodge whose Secretary has been prompt in all ways is most successful. '•We have noticed that wherever there is situated a Lodge of the Order of the Eastern Star, whose membership, as you know, is limited to our wives, mothers, daughters and sisters, as well as ourselves, there is found a greater interest in Blue Lodge Masonry by our brethren. The influence of those we most love and revere certainly reaches to our Lodge rooms through our better selves. "Fraternal visits between Lodges, team work of officers, and interchange of teams in doing work, celebrating events of Lodge history, awakens a deep and lasting interest in any Lodge. " The value of the property on which this Temple stands is rapidly approching such a figure that it will be too valuable for our Temple, and we must be looking ahead to the building of a new Masonic Temple in San Francisco." Under observed duties and responsibilities he said: " Many Masters of Lodges have the false impression, as well as do the Inspectors, that it is dangerous to praise their officers, believing that they will get too smart, but the fact is the reverse. Nothing to our mind will ever suppress so effectually the spontaneity in Lodge service as lack of appreciation and perpetual fault-finding "You cannot use your officers as safety valves to vent the spleen of your dyspeptic moods, and then expect of them a manifestation of just the opposite qualities. Like produces like. "The majority of your members and officers will be kind and considerate, if you are kind, sympathetic and helpful.
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" It is encouragement, praise, helpful sympathy and a real interest in the welfare of your members that calls out enthusiasm, interest in the Lodge and a feeling that they are largely responsible for your success or failure as a Master. " You can get spontaneous service and desire to help you and the Lodge in season and out of season, and they will give you no trouble, only help. "You cannot possibly be ' Master' in all the name implies without the giving to all of a chance to help you to be ' Master.' " You must have the unstinted confidence and the loving service of all your officers and members, so that they are always ready to help you, and thus the Lodge, in every way possible. ''Thus they feel that they are indeed sharers of your triumphs. They will regret with you, and be as sensitive as you at any little thing that may trouble you or the Lodge, and help you straighten it out, instead of adding to your embarrassment. "Such an attitude you can develop. Meanness or smallness will not call it out; selfishness cannot command it. '• It is purely voluntary, rising from consciousness of kindness and nobility in yourself. " There is never a time during a Master's reign when he can afford to be less cautious, carefull and vigilant than at any other time. " I t is the part of a good Master, or other officer, to exercise his faculties to the utmost at all times and under all circumstances, to show the best possible results in his or their Lodge. Keep to the ' razor edge ' "We should all have 'self-sacrifice' when for the best good of others and ourselves we sacrifice for their and our highest good our opinions and aims; but wrong when we bow to the whims, fancies or passing pleasures of those around us. Bow to noble things. " Drop the ' Self in the Lodge: it is the ' We' of the Lodge that counts. Unity and peace and harmony is made up of the entire Lodge corps and the members back of them. Let the humblest member, as well as the Master in the East, regard himself merely as an integral part, using the editorial ' we,' and speaking of ' our Lodge.' In this way every member is imbued with a just pride in the Lodge to which he belongs, and performs his duties with a greater zeal and accuracy. " Be ambitious to put the st.amp of superiority, the impress of your Grafthood on your work, whatever it may be. Let an honest individuality be your'mark.' " ' The only thing that walks back from the tomb with the mourners and refuses to be buried is Character.' That is true. What a man is survives him. It can never be buried. It stays about the home when its footsteps are heard there no more. It lives in the community where he was known. Hence we should take good care to build into our character only beautiful things." A charter was granted to Cavite Lodge, of Cavite, P. I. The report on Correspondence was again presented by M. W. Bro. Wm. A. Davies, and, as was to be expected, was very interesting and valuable. CANADA.
The Grand Master, M. W. Bro. John E. Harding, presented report of his office that can well be called business-like. We quote his remarks on the condition of their finances and charities:
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" The financial condition of Grand Lodge is shown by the report of the Grand Treasurer. The total receipts for the year were $30,263.95; total disbursements were $25,937.10, leaving a surplus for the year of f4,326.85. This surplus added to the cash balance at the first of the year, $13,829.66, made a total of $18,156.51, and after the purchase of St. Thomas School debentures for $12,148.50, leaving a balance on the 31st day of May last of $6,008.01. Since the 31st May last the sum of $12,858.65 has been received and deposited in the bank; disbursements $999.75, making our balance at date, $17,866.91. 1 recommend the investment of a further sum of $6,000.00 in good securities. The funds of Grand Lodge are deposited upon receipt to the credit of Grand Lodge by the Grand Secretary. "During the year Grand Lodge has expended the sum of $12,905.00 in benevolence to the members of the Craft in this jurisdiction in addition to the sum expended by the Lodges." The Committee on the Condition of Masonry reported as follows: 1 ' The numerical increase during the past year has been phenomenal. Last year there were 2,500 initiations, which was the largest number in one year in the history of Grand Lodge. This year the initiations number 3,048. The net gain in membership, after deducting deaths, dimits and suspensions will be about 2,360, or an increase of 360 over the net gain of last year." The report on Correspondence is from the pen of M. W. Henry Robertson, and is his twenty-second. He asked that the question of the recognition of the Grand Lodge of Queensland be deferred, and it was so ordered. COLORADO.
The Grand Lodge has provided itself with a new set of jewels. We quote the description of the hangers: " Grand Master—The Compasses, extended to 45 degrees, with a segment of a circle at the points and a gold plate included, on which is to be represented an eye within a triangle, both irradiated. " Deputy Grand Master—The Compasses and Square united, with the pentalpha forming a five-pointed star in the center. " Senior Grand Warden—The Level. " Junior Grand Warden—The Plumb. " Grand Treasurer—Two keys in saltire tied with a ribbon. "Grand Secretary—Two pens in saltire tied with a ribbon. "Grand Chaplain—The Holy Bible, opened at the CXXXIII Psalm within a triangle surmounting a glory. "• Grand Orator—The Compasses crossed by a scroll. " Graod Lecturer—The Seal of Solomon having the setting sun inscribed within it. " Grand Marshal—Two batons, in saltire tied with a ribbon. " Grand Deacons—Dove holding an olive branch. '* Grand Stewards—A Cornucopia between the legs of a pair of Compasses extended upon an irradiated plate. " Grand Tyler—A flaming sword with a key across for the hilt." The jewel of the Grand Master is of solid gold; those of the other officers of silver, with heavy gold plating.
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The Grand Master, M. W. Bro, James R. Killian, thus welcomed his brethren. , " Lifting our hearts in gratitude to Him who hath lent us life, and brought us safely thus far, and whose blessings and guidance are vouchsafed to those who are willing to receive and walk in the Light, we are thus gathered to-day, in this the Forty-fourth Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of Colorado. '• In the spirit of Brotherly Love, it is my (privilege and pleasure to bid you, who have come up from the valleys, down from the mountains, and across the plains of our vast commonwealth to this, the Mecca of Colorado Masonry, to represent the various bodies that have honored you as their officers, and each of you present, a fraternal welcome; and in so doing, let me express the hope that it may be a mutually profitable and enjoyable season to those who participate in the proceedings, and that our deliberations may be such as not only to strengthen the already splendid fabric of Freemasonry, here builded, but also to adorn it with all the graces embodied in the noble designs drawn upon our Trestle Board. " These anniversaries bring pleasures peculiar to themselves; pleasures which we cannot define—pleasures which we cannot express. Those feelings of reverence and devotion that fill the soul of every true Mason as he approaches the sacred altar, commingled with the joy arising from the happy salutations and hearty greetings from brethren like disposed, seem to be here so intensified that from the depths of every heart is echoed the exclamation of the Psalmist, 'Behold how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity !' " I n this company I observe vigorous young men; strong men of mature years, and those, too, whose brows are adorned with locks bearing the frosts of many winters; and so, to meet the undertakings before us, we shall find here happily blended the inspiration of youth, the strength of manhood, and the benediction of old age. " It cannot be less than a pleasing reflection for us to know that we are heirs of the centuries. While historical records of man's work are incomplete, and we are left to conjecture as to much that has actually transpired in human history; yet, from out the mists of ages past, beams of Light reach us; adown the hallways of time echo the whisperings of the Great Spirit; over the hilltops of the passing centuries beckons the uplifted hand of Truth. Happily, man can see with an inner as well as an outer vision. He can feel a touch of his consciousness as sensibly as the touch of a friendly hand. He is given not only mental perception, but also moral and spiritual discernment. Thus blessed and thus empowered, it remains for us, as individuals, to place ourselves in the proper relation to, and in full harmony with, the higher and unseen forces that play about us, and, like the receiving instrument that responds to the electric wave and takes its message borne from afar, so perfectly and so delicately harmonized should be our senses that we may catch the Light that is thrown upon our pathway; that we may ever hear the still small voice of conscience, and at all times receive and Know the truth, as the Great Author of all truth seeks to reveal it to us. To do this we need every helpful lesson; every kindly assistance, and every source of encouragement. To this high end, and for such helpful purposes, Freemasonry ministers, in sign and symbol, in Ritual and ceremony, in emblem and allegory. " While we believe Freemasonry to be of very ancient origin, and it is weir for us to give time and make research to satisfy ourselves, if
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we pay, as to the early beginnings and history of pur institutions; yet, of infinitely more value and greater in importance, is it, for us to know and fully realize that it is at present a great world-wide institution, embracing in its ranks many of those who are among the great and good of all the earth; that it is a vital, living, prosperous and growing institution, loyally supported and generously sustained by its patrons and devotees throughout all civilized nations. It is at once royal enough for the, kingliest, while it is lowly enough to minister to the humblest. " I n order for us to appreciate fully what Masonry means and something of its possibilities in Colorado, we must entertain a just appreciation of the natural and physical advantages with which we are surrounded, and consider, too, the character of the men who are here to avail themselves of the conditions which exist, and whose energies are to be lent in the development and upbuilding of our State. Hence we cannot forego saying a word of our proud young commonwealth with whose destinies are linked inseparably the destinies of our Craft within her borders. " Fair Virgin Colorado ! No fairer, richer land than this lifts its face to kindly skies. A land of snow and sunshine—a land of frost and flowers, with her rolling prairies, her wide extending plains, her smiling valleys, her waiving forests, her sky-piercing peaks, her sparkling streams, her widening rivers, her wondrous canons, and her gladsome hills and glens and parks and dales, and her mountains, sublime and majestic; at once making a happy combination of the beautiful and sublime—a rare blending of all that is tender and terrific in nature ! Here in our favored land we have every condition conducive to the highest development of man, physically, morally, intellectually and spiritually, and for the attainment of the happiest manifestations of the social state. In the working out of such happy results, I am pleased to believe that Masonry, founded as it is upon the basic principles which underlie all enduring institutions, be they social, benevolent or governmental, must necessarily enter into and remain an important factor.'' We note this rather strange decision: " It is not permissible for a Lodge to grant a dimit to one of its members, who states in his request for such dimit that he seeks the same for the purpose of affiliating with a Lodge belonging to a Grand Jurisdiction with which our Grand Lodge is not in fraternal intercourse." There ought not to be any question of the right of dimit when no notice is given of the intention of the applicant as to the way in which he proposes to use the privilege he thereby gains. But in the case at bar, we have notice that the applicant proposes to use it to commit a Masonic offense. Query: Is it right to punish for an intended offense? It seems to us to do so would be going pretty far, certainly, beyond the usage of administration of law by the State. • We may remark, how^ ever, that if it was in evidence that the brother had already held Masonic intercourse with the unrecognized body then he had committed an offense, and the Lodge ought to have been instructed to punish him for it. With the following we are in entire agreement: " Query: Can a brother holding membership in British Columbia
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where dual membership is not prohibited, and also holding a dimit from a Lodge within a Grand Jurisdiction in fraternal intercourse with our Grand Jurisdiction, affiliate with a Lodge within our Grand Jurisdiction on such dimit without severing his connection with the Lodge in British Columbia? Answer: No. It is provided in our Grand Lodge By-Laws that no member of a Lodge within this Grand Jurisdiction shall hold a membership in another Lodge at the same time." The Grand Lodge Vall6 de Mexico was recognized. We note a statement in the proceedings that "all communications in Lodges, U. D., are regular," and are moved to inquire if any of the communications of chartered Lodges in Colorado are irregular, and, if so,, whether they are disciplined when guilty of meeting irregularly ? The report on Correspondence is, for the twentieth time, from the pen of M. W. Bro. Lawrence N. Greenleaf. He quotes what we have said, and, at length, anent the establishment of Lodges by the authorities of the Scottish Rite, and then says: "Brother Duncan makes a very plausible argument, but we are not prepared to accept his conclusions. He goes even farther than Bro. Albert Pike, who, as we have noted elsewhere in this report, modified his views as to the proprietary claims of the Scottish Rite over the Three Degrees. If we are to find grounds for recognition, they must be sought in other directions. We may say that the swarm of Rites, which started from the year 1760 and overran Europe, usurped the right to confer the Three Degrees, because they were essential for a foundation to their superimposed structures If the Grand Lodge of England stood idly by and witnessed such invasion of its rights, it really has no cause for protest. Whatever action our American Grand Lodges may take, should be in the direction of making that regular which is irregular, by acceding to an accomplished fact and granting recognition where it will best subserve the future welfare of the Craft. This involves no surrender of opinion as to origin or regularity, but rests almost wholly on expediency and the help that should be extended to those who are struggling to place Symbolic Masonry upon its original basis." We would question somewhat his historical statements, particularly his declaration that the swarm of Rites which started in 1760 and overran Europe, USURPED the right to confer the Three Degrees. By what authority, we would ask, does he declare that they usurped that right? Were not the Continental Masons as legitimate as the English Masons? Did not the Grand Lodge of England, our brother being "witness himself, fully recognize tliem and fraternize with them? If the development of the York Rite by the establishment of the Degree of the Holy Royal Arch, to go no further, was legitimate and proper, why was not a similar development on the Continent equally legitimate and entirely within the rights of the Masons resident there? If the legality of the Grand Lodge of England was not and could not be questioned while the Royal Arch was practised under its warrants, why should questions be raised about the legality of Continental Grand Bodies that acted on similar lines of development ? :
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We will not deny that some men who were not Masons originated •and established Rites, and we would unite with Bro. Greenleaf in declaring their acts a usurpation, and we would go further and say that no Lodge of to-day that derives from them is or can be recognized as a Masonic Body. The stream can never rise higher than its head. But this can by no means be said generally of the Continental Grand Bodies. We are not sure that we catch the meaning of Bro. Greenleaf in the closing part of his statement as quoted above. Does he distinguish *between the irregular and the clandestine ? If he refers only to the irregular, which has an origin that is unquestionably legitimate, then we would agree with him in saying that we all ought to strive to make the irregular regular. But if he means that a body that cannot trace its genealogy to an unquestioned paternity can be made regular by the practice on its part of a regular life, then we say that we cannot go with him. Regularity, by such a body, cannot be created by itself, but is a gift external to itself, and to be obtained only by bestowal on the part of some legitimate body. We believe that the ancient charges should be here applied, and that Grand Bodies, as well as candidates for the Mysteries, should be made to show that they are of honest parentage. Bro. Greenleaf presents the Craft a beautiful poem, which we quote: THE BUILDER TRUE. "The builder true is he who seeks the universal good, To whom life's purpose and its goal is' human brotherhood. The helping hand, the loving heart, the faith 'tis God doth plan, These are the tools wherewith to build earth's paradise for man. So slow the work, 'tis scarce perceived as nations wax and wane, While man still fights his brother man and hate holds wide domain. We oft lose heart and sadly say, these evils needs must be, What hope is there for brotherhood with frail humanity. Forgetful, ah ! forgetful we, amid our doubts and fears, How in God's mighty universe e'en time as naught appears. Ten million years a ray of light is speeding on its way, A thousand years in His calm sight are buc as yesterday. O thought sublime which soars beyond the bounds of time or space, Hushed are our dark forebodings of a retrograding race. With hope refreshed, with mind elate, with broader vision see The long, long way which marks the course of human destiny. What broods of passion and of hate have met with overthrow, What horrors have been left behind, what centuries of woe, What forces of stern nature curbed, subjective to man's will, What stores of wisdom have accrued, what handicrafts, what skill. But grander than achievements all in learning, science, art, The glories of self-sacrifice, the promptings of the heart. 'Tis these through all the ages past reflect the light divine, The conquests of the world forgot, love's deeds still brighter shine. Ye shades that beckon from the past, ye prophets, dreamers, all, When shall the world awaken and make answer to your call;
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When shall its wars and tumults cease, its agony and pain; , The race be one in sympathy and strife no longer reign. We know not through what cycles vast man still must urge his way, Each nearer brings the final goal, and life's triumphant day. Hope's starry cluster may be hid, but it will never set, Until it shines on Brotherhood, for love shall conquer yet. Then cry ye 'Grace be unto it!' for lo ! it is sublime, The work that ever busieth the builders of all time." '
CONNECTICUT.
The Grand Master, M. W. Bro. Leon M. Woodford, thus welcomed the assembled brothers: " Like the passing of a night, one more year has passed and gone, and by the blessing of God our Father, we are permitted to meet together once more, at this 6ur One Hundred and Sixteenth Annual Communication, to which I bid you a most cordial welcome. "To some the year has been joy and gladness, to others sorrow and sadness. Loved ones have dropped by the wayside, the sound of the voice, the touch of the hand, we shall hear and feel no more forever. "The world moves on, our places will be filled by others, and it is a pleasant thought to know that we all have the same grand purpose in mind—love for our time-honored institution, and the good and welfare of our fellow-beings. To-day we review the past and legislate for the future, and I trust it will be done in a true fraternal spirit. " I am pleased to inform you that the Craft is prosperous and harmony prevails throughout. A marked increase in membership is. noted. Several new halls have been dedicated, and great interest in the Order is manifested on every hand." The report on Correspondence is from the pen of R. W. Bro. Barlow, the Grand Secretary. He intimates that he would desire a more extended review of Connecticut in our report?, and we are surethat we would be delighted to present it. But what can we do when the Grand Master confines himself to a "business " address and gives us no food for thought, and seems to carefully "avoid all grounds for criticism. ' And then, too, what are we to do when the Grand Master promisesthat the Grand Secretary's report will tell us of the progress made in raising an endowment of their Masonic Home, and the Grand Secretary's report says nothing on so interesting a subject. COSTA RICA.
We note with pleasure the termination of the struggle against recognition upon the part of the Supreme Council of Central America. After the passage of sundry letters between the leading Masons on both sides, the Grand Lodge of Costa Rica adopted the following letter t To the Supreme Council of Central America: Very Illustrious Brethren—Although from the date of its formation the Grand Lodge of Costa Rica has ever been desirous of entering into fraternal relations with that Supreme Body to which itsLodges owed their existence, yet painful and unavoidable circum-
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stances hitherto have rendered in vain all efforts made in that direction,with manifest impediments to the progress of the Craft and this more particularly in Costa Bica. Believing, however, that your August Body is animated by a like desire, and that it regards with hope the future of the Grand Lodge, this Body has resolved to address to the Supreme Council the present communication, fraternally invoking it to join the Grand Lodge in mutually burying those differences of opinion and procedure which hitherto have estranged two Bodies,— always at one as to the main principles of the Craft,—and in this manner heal a schism, which, more an appearance than a reality, nevertheless proves so sad a hindrance to the realization of the aspirations of the brethren. ' I n the anticipation, that in this instance, these sanguine expectations will not meet with disappointment, the Supreme Council is invited to nominate as their representative before this Grand Lodge one of the three brethren hereafter indicated, and in return is requested to extend to this Grand Body a similar courtesy." Thereupon the Supreme Council adopted the following declaration: To the M. W. Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Costa Mica, Bro. Genaro Hucavado, 33°. Sovereign Grand Master—Your letter of the 27th ult. expressing the desire of the Grand Lodge to establish relations with the Supreme Council of Central America is now in its hands; nothing could have iven more satisfaction to this High Body, over which I have the onor to preside, and it hastens with pleasure to acquaint you, through me, that—relegating to the past all differences of opinion and procedure which have hitherto impeded a settlement—those desired relations are hereby established from to-day on that solid base of fraternal affection which should ever characterize the conduct of Masonic affairs. " The news sha 1 be communicated to our subordinate Lodges, by whom it will be received with no less a satisfaction. " Our choice for Representative in the Grand Lodge has fallen on Worshipful Bro. Tomas Povedano, who, in furtherance of the desires of the Supreme Council, will make every effortto strengthen those friendly relations which owe their existence in great part to his initiative. '' That the G. A. O. T. U. may ever protect the Grand Lodge and have you in His keeping is the sincere wish of '' Yours fraternally,
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H. AKTON, 33°."
" J. PADILLA, 33°.
" Sec. Gen. " Sov. Grand Com." In the interpretation of this declaration, which we cannot but regret was not made a part thereof, is given in a letter from the Sovereign Grand Commander, which was largely the basis of the action of the Grand Lodge of Costa Rica, and was as follows: " Whatever you arrange will be immediately endorsed by the Supreme Council, and you may be sure that on our part all shall immediately be arranged, so that the Grand Lodge shall be recognized as the only and sovereign authority over Craft Masonry in your Republic." We congratulate our brethren of Costa Bica upon the settlement of their difficulties upon such proper and right Masonic principles. From the proceedings we note also the organization of the Grand Lodge of Guatamala, but we have received no communication from such body.
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, The Grand Lodge has severed its relations with the Grand Orient of France, according to the following decree : " The act performed by the Grand Orient of France declaring unnecesary for the Masonic initiation the belief in a Supreme Being act contrary by all means to the first of the Ancient Landmarks, has alienated from the said Grand Orient the amity of many Grand Lodges with which that of Cuba is in fraternal relations. " We expected that the mentioned Grand Orient of France, convinced of its error, would some day recognize again the aforesaid Landmark, as did the Grand Lodge of Peru when it wrongly made a similar anti-masonic declaration. But time passes without the Grand Orient paying any attention to the exhortations of friendly powers, and that is a cause that makes impossible to continue amicable relations with a body that repeatedly violates and trespasses so high and fundamental a principle of the Fraternity, without which we cannot accept as legal the existence of any corporation that calls itself Ancient Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons. " For such reason, painfully but necessarily deploring to see brothers follow a wrong track that deviates them from the true path; the Grand Lodge of the Island of Cuba at its last Annual Communication,, held on the 27th of iVIarch past, unanimously agreed to suspend all friendly intercourse with the Grand Orient of France as long as the said body continues its practice, contrary in all to the Ancient Landmarks, which constitutes for us the only foundation of true Masonry." We congratulate the Grand Lodge of Cuba, and trust that this act will recall the Grand Orient to its proper sense of the obligation of aMason. The Grand Master, M. "W. Bro. Jose F. Pellion, delivered an address, upon every word of which we tender our congratulations. We are sorely tempted to republish it in full, but must content ourselves with a few abstracts. The Grand Master says : '' Once more, perhaps the last time, I comply with the pleasant duty, imposed upon me by the Constitution, of delivering you nay annual address. In doing so I again invoke the venerated and august name of the Great Architect of the Universe, under whose guidance the Ancient and Honorable Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons must always assemble. May He be our protecting shield in the labors of the present communication, and may the Masons of Cuba continue thereunder in the work of the new Masonic year about to begin, after the expiring one has been replete with legitimate satisfaction for us, inasmuch as peace and harmony have reigned in our Lodges; enthusiasm among our brethren has given repeated signs of a healthy growth; we have observed among them that spirit of social discipline which forms one of the necessary guarantees of every well-organized human society; in numbers our Fraternity has increased and the treasury of the Grand Lodge has reached a degree of prosperity never attained even in former times of general affluence. And this flattering situation permits me to contemplate—no longer like in dreamy distance, but as a prospect soon to take shape, if enthusiasm and discipline continue to feign among us and if the principles of order and economy to-day so well to the fore, retain their place—the erection of our own temple which will give to the Grand Lodge of Cuba that stability and prestige which dis-
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tinguish the Lodges of other countries, especially those of our neighbors to the North. This temple will be a splendid exterior proof of our existence, will be the most graphic demonstration, to profane eyes, that Masonry is not the mere abstract idea some suppose it to be, that it is not a society without positive aims, as some assert, for this temple of our own will be the beginning, perhaps, of a future Masonic asylum for destitute members of the Fraternity, their widows and orphans. As in our whole organization, so in the realization of this project, the models which we are to imitate must for us always be those that were placed before us by the founders of our Fraternity on this soil, and it should be our aim that, within her means, Cuba may some day present as beautiful a spectacle as is offered by those other Grand Lodges, the direct heirs to the mother Grand Lodge of England; the rest of the Masonic world beholding in wondering astonishment the brilliant height reached by them, thanks to their strict compliance with the Ancient Landmarks, and the exact observance of the true and genuine principles of the Fraternity." He takes this very proper position in respect to giving a warrant to an irregular Lodge: " Jos6 Llera, Roberto de Bergue and other irregular Masons to the number of 41, requested from me a warrant for a so-called Cardenas Lodge No. 5, to which I replied that our laws permit the constitution of Lodge by regular Masons only, so that they would have to become such Masons first before founding the Lodge, and that the latter would then have to apply for the necessary dispensation." The review of the Masonic World is written by E. W. Bro. Rodriguez. In his review of Louisiana he notes the remarks of Grand Master Reid about our cemetery, and says : " Menciona progreso en su Cementerio, pero aunque asi dice, tal parece que ese es el elefante bianco no solo de Louisiana sino de otras Grandes Logias que tambiSn los tienen." We would remind our brother that the pages of a ledger is not the best place to search when we would sum up the results of a charity. Against the cold array of dollars and cents must be set down the value of tears that have been dried; the blood preserved to broken hearts; the comfort given to desolate hearths. Convert these into money value as best you can and charge them on your balance sheet. The Grand Lodge of Louisiana does not count its cemetery as a white elephant, but joys in the abilty of its possession, as it does its temple, not esteeming them for their commercial value, but as means and instruments by which it can live the Masonic life. DELAWARE.
The Grand Master, M. W. Bro. Charles H. Maull, says in his address : " The blessings of peace and prosperity Which the Great Architect of the Universe has been pleased to bestow upon us during the past year should make us deeply grateful for the many mercies we have received at His hands, giving us reasons for lifting up our hearts in thankfulness and praise to the giver of all good.
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" Harmony and good will, the great fruits and bulwarksof Masonry and fraternity, prevail within our jurisdiction, not even the little differences and minor contentions which may and usually do exist in many orders of like proportions, have arisen, and I am happy to be able to report that no question of discipline or unpleasantness has come before me during the year; the ties of brotherly love have so bound us that each member has felt that the truest proof of the existence in his heart of the great truths of our beloved Fraternity was to show in his life and conduct the principle of trying how he could best work and best agree." "Brethren, the returns show that the increase in membership for the year has been large in numbers. Has it been equal in strength and influence ? What we fancy to be strength may be in reality weakness, for our real strength lies" not in numbers, but in our fidelity to the principles and teachings of Freemasonry, in the upbuilding and uplifting of individual character, and the uniting of those characters into a compact and harmonious society, having for its aim the advancement of everything that stands for more intelligent citizenship, more godly homes and better lives. The bringing into this society of imperfect material weakens its force, destroys its influence and nullifies its aims. The Masonic Lodge should, by the character of its membership, exert an influence for good in the community where it exists, and if it does not, we may be assured that its portals have not been securely guarded and its high standard of morality and righteousness has been Towered to the level of men yet in darkness. If this is true to any extent in your Lodge. I urge you each to use every effort to correct it and to help raise up the standard again to its proper place." The report on Correspondence is by E. W. Bro. Lewis H. Jackson. Under Queensland, he says is respect to the recently organized Grand Lodge: "This so-called Grand Lodge of Queensland, inaugurated April 25th, 1904, presents a full and interesting report of all its proceedings, and petitions the M. W. Grand Lodge of Delaware for recognition; but it seems to this reviewer that while the said Grand Lodge of Queensland is a very desirable thing for the unification of the interests of Masonry, provided the English Lodges are included of their own free will and accord and harmony prevails, American Grand Lodges should go slow in the matter of recognition, as it may take time to reconcile differences and heal divisions." With respect to the recognition of the Grand Lodge Vall6 de Mexico, he says: " W e trust the barrier to fraternal recognition may soon be removed." And in regard to the opposition of Grand Lodge of Western Australia, he says: "Another so-called Grand Lodge of Western Australia, claiming James Walter Smith as Grand Master and John William Smythe, as Grand Secretary, have sent us documents to substantiate their claims to precedence and recognition, but we cannot undertake to judge between them. Future events must adjust their claims." In all these comments we are at one with Bro. Jackson.
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The Grand Lodge has revised its Constitution and Code of Regulations. In this revision the question of jurisdiction over material has been simplified, and the cause of friction, to which we have^heretofore referred, has been removed, so that now there is a uniform requirement of a previous residence of twelve months before an applicant can file his application. This is a cause of sincere congratulation, as must be the removal of every obstacle to that harmony which should always prevail among brethren. The Grand Master, M. W. Bro. George Harrold Walker, in his 'address, wisely says in respect to a charter: "Section 60provides that 'each Lodge shall cause to be prepared and kept in some safe depository an exact copy of its charter certified by the Grand Master.' I think it would be well if instead of the certified copy of the charter, the original be deposited and the certified copy itself used in the Lodge room. The more valuable document of the two is, of course, the original charter, and that, I think, should be preserved above all others. I know that a warrant or charter should be in the Lodge room, but is not a certified copy of equal force and effect for all purposes if the Grand Lodge itself shall so order? The certified copy should bear the seal of the Grand Lodge with the attestation of the Grand Master and Grand Secretary of its correctness. I do not know that any Grand Lodge has made provision for the use of a certified copy in the Lodge room, but I know that many organizations of Masonry, among the several branches of our Fraternity, do make such provision. I can see no harm whatever when there is always present a copy certified in the manner prescribed by our Constitution, and as danger from fire is always to be feared in our buildings devoted to Masonry, for I know none of them that is fire-proof, I think it wise to recommend that the certified copy be used for working purposes and the original safely deposited beyond the reach of danger." The Grand Master also recommends this very proper modification of the provision for affiliation: "Sections 91 and 92 provide that a brother desiring to affiliate in this jurisdiction must have previously resided here for a period of twelvemonths. In other words, the brother is placed upon the same plane with a profane. I believe this is contrary to Masonic customs and usages, and the sections should be amended. It is always regarded as the duty of a Mason to be affiliated somewhere, and the provisions ia these two sections place restrictions upon such affiliating which are contrary, at least, to the principle that a Mason having regularly received the degrees should not be without a Masonic home." " We note the injection of a proposition " to permit Entered Apprentices and Fellow Crafts to witness the opening and closing ceremonies of the degrees they had received." We should be glad to learn the arguments that were used to sustain the prohibition, for it seems to us unreasonable. The report on Correspondence was presented by Past Grand Master Baird. We were much surprised on reading to find the statement that G Ls
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our Grand Master had decided the case arising from an intrusion into office in favor of the intrudent. As a matter of fact the decision was precisely the reverse of that stated by our brother of the District. Again Bro. Baird says : " Resolutions were adopted, looking to the teaching and establishing of a uniform ritual in the York Rite Lodges. It seems strange to us that this has not been done long ago." It was so done long ago. Many years ago our Committee on Work sent out from year to year a representative who taught it, and we had, or were supposed to have, everywhere what was known as the " Gordy Work," from the name of the celebrated lecturer. But it came to passi as seems to us inevitable, that in process of time men in different parts of the jurisdiction came to recollect it differently and yet were perfectly sincere in insisting pn the infalibility of their recollection. The more they believed in themselves the less they were willing to admit the possibility of their error. For a while it was insisted that Lodges should observe the work as they had been taught. Of course, this did not tend to uniformity; our Grand Lecturer did his best to bring about uniformity, and succeeded to a very large extent. And yet it was found that even the Grand Master and his own deputy did not work alike. Just as soon as this condition developed the Grand Lodge took the action noted, and so now it is no longer a question of what the work WAS, but what it is as determined by the Committee. ENGLAND.
The proceedings of the Grand Lodge of England are usually of routine character, dealing chiefly with the administration of the large funds at its disposal, with the election and installation of officers, and cases of necessary discipline. Occasionally matters of interest to the Masonic World come before it for consideration, as, for example, the troubles in Queensland. We quote as follows from the Record: "V. W. Bro. John Strachan, K. C, Grand Registrar, said:—Most Worshipful Grand Master in the Chair, by command of His Royal Highness the Grand Master, I have the honour to report to Grand Lodge with reference to certain Masonic events in the State of Queensland. As is probably known to all here, the Grand Lodges of England, Ireland and Scotland have equal, though independent, Masonic jurisdiction in certain colonies of the Empire, and in other territories, including India; and it having been represented to the Grand Master of England that some uniformity of practice with regard to certain matters should prevail, His Royal Highness some months ago communicated with the Grand Masters of Ireland and Scotland, in order that joint action might be taken respecting— " (1.) The recognition in each jurisdiction of the decrees of suspension, exclusion, or expulsion, pronounced respectively by the Masonic authorities of the other jurisdictions when acting judicially; - " (2.) The status in each such jurisdiction of Worshipful Masters
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and Past Masters of the other jurisdictions or Constitutions, and their eligibility in certain events to take the chair; "(3.) The recognition of New Grand Lodges, where there are Lodges under the several Constitutions in the colony or territory of the proposed new Grand Lodge. " Before any joint understanding could be arrived at, events had moved with singular rapidity in Queensland, where there have been for many years a number of Lodges, formed respectively into a District Grand Lodge under the Grand Lodge of England, a Provincial Grand Lodge under the Grand Lodge of Ireland, and a District Grand Lodge under the Grand Lodge of Scotland. About a year ago, the Provincial Grand Master under the Irish Constitution addressed a letter to the M. W. Grand Master of Ireland, announcing that 'there is a determination to establish a Sovereign Grand Lodge of Queensland, no matter at what cost,' and forthwith overtures were made to the English and Scottish Lodges to join the movement. Our District Grand Master (the Hon. Augustus C. Gregory, C. M. G.) thereupon caused a circular to be issued to all Lodges under his care, pointing out what steps were necessary, under Rule 218A, for obtaining a dispensation to hold a meeting at which the question could be considered. But so far, I believe, there has been no desire expressed, on the part of the English Lodges, to join in the movement or even to discuss the question. In April of this year, however, certain brethren of the other Constitutions met and resolved to form a Grand Lodge of Queensland; but the value of such a resolution may be properly estimated when we find that out of the 152 Lodges in Queensland, only 39 identified themselves with the movement, leaving 113 which decline to do so. Of the 26 Irish Lodges, 25 were ill favour and« one against; of the 64 Scottish Lodges, 14 were in favour, and 50 against: while of the 62 English Lodges, not one was in favour. Thus, the English District Grand Lodge remains intact, with its 62 Lodges; the Scottish District Grand Lodge remains with 50 lodges, while 14 have apparently allied themselves with the 25 Irish Lodges, to constitute an irregular assembly of about one-fourth of the total Lodges in the State. This minority has sent out to the several Grand Lodges of the world a circular letter claiming recognition in the following words: ' The action taken by the brethren in this State will, it is trusted, be approved by your Most Worshipful Grand Lodge, and I am instructed to respectfully request fraternal recognition and cooperation for the Grand Lodge of Queensland, in the full hope and confidence that such recognition will be cordially and promptly given, thus tending to ensure to this Grand Lodge sole jurisdiction within the territory.' The application having been carefully considered by the Most Worshipful Grand Master of England and his Masonic advisers, I am commanded to intimate that his Royal Highness does not propose to ask Grand Lodge to acknowledge the so-called Grand Lodge of Queensland. It only remains, therefore, for me to move the following resolution:— " The Most Worshipful Grand Master having received a communication from the secretary of a body in Brisbane styling itself ' the Grand Lodge of Queensland,' requesting recognition of such body as having sole Masonic jurisdiction within that territory, and His Royal Highness having intimated that he does not propose to ask Grand Lodge to accord such recognition, it is hereby RESOLVED, that the United Grand Lodge of England refuses to acknowledge the aforesaid body in Brisbane as a Grand Lodge, or as having any Masonic jurisdiction in the State of Queensland." The resolution was unanimously adopted.
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The only question of general interest that has come before the Grand Lodge was a proposition to exclude the Wardens of Lodges from participation in the deliberations of the Grand Lodge. This proposition was made because the size of the place of assembly was not of sufficient size to accommodate the members now entitled to be present. In the course of the argument it was stated that it was now a quite general custom to exclude from Grand Lodge all who were not officers or masters of lodges. We think this a mistake. It is the law of Louisiana that all Masters and Wardens have a vote in Grand Lodge ; all Past Masters may speak ; and all Master Masons may visit and sit in Grand Lodges. We are aware that customs differ as to the privilege of suffrage in Grand Lodge, but our observation leads us to believe that regulations similar to our own are of quite general application. In all the larger Grand Lodges the question of accommodation for the membership is a vital one, and the preservation of their deliberative character by the limitation of the members present is also of the first importance. We would remark only at this time that it seems to us that the democratic principles of Freemasonry and the idea of the Annual Assembly of the Craft are of the greatest importance. They are practical immemorial customs and may well be given places close to the landmarks, if not actually assigned to places among them. It would seem to us that there is a ready remedy for the distress of the Grand Lodge of England. First, by the encouragement of the organization of independent Grand Lodges in the Colonies and Dependencies. Second, by the granting of larger powers to Provincial Grand Lodges and their representation in a Supreme Lodge rather than that of their constituent Lodges. But this is a very large question and there does not seem to be any urgent need of its discussion by us at the present time, for the proposition to which we have referred above was withdrawn. FLOBIDA.
The Grand Master, M. W. Thomas M. Pulleston, tells us that since the organization of the Grand Lodge in 1830 the membership has increased 38-fold, while the population of the State has increased but 15-fold. We quote him as follows : " A reading Mason should also not neglect to patronize our Masonic periodicals, which are published by our worthy brethren, sometimes at great sacrifice of time and money, in the interest of the Fraternity, and With these two sources of information at hand, there sliouid be no reason for the lack of Masonic knowledge which is sometimes so sadly apparent. " It has been well said that a live Masonic paper brings the Masonic world to the Mason's own arm chair and to the fireside.
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" It should make the home pleasanter if the Mason carries to it even the smallest portion of the lessons taught by the Great Light in Masonry. A reading Mason is a good Mason." The Grand Master decided as follows: " A Lodge, U. D., being a creature of the Grand Master and existing only by virtue of his dispensation, is confined to the powers and privileges granted therein, and cannot, therefore, dimit Masons made by such Lodge, as such power is not given by the Grand Master's dispensation." We can see no reason for a Grand Master withholding the power to dimit members from a Lodge, XJ. D., when he grants them the right to make members. The Florida law reads " that the action of the Lodge is the dimit." Proceedings of 1900, page 140. Now, if a Lodge, U. D., cannot grant a dimit, it follows that its members are consigned to association which may not be voluntary, which is. contrary to the principle of freedom inherent in the Fraternity, and it follows, also, that a very complicated snarl is likely to be created when the brother who has asked for a dimit and been refused declines to sign application for a charter. The termination of the dispensation certainly dissolves the organization and every member not enrolled in the new chartered Lodge is unafflliated ipso facto. What would the Grand Master advise, then, when the brother desired to do his duty by uniting with another Lodge? Would he declare that the dissolution of the U. D. body worked a dimit; that it could do in death what it could not do in life ? The simplest method in dealing with all the issues involved is to concede that a brother can withdraw from a Lodge, U. D., with equal facility as from a chartered Lodge. Granted, of course, that a Lodge, U. D., is but a creature of the Grand Master—what, really, has that to do with the question ? The conclusion is illogical, and non sequitur. In Florida they are proposing the erection of a Home and so sent out inquiries as to the number of the indigent. We quote the report on the returns : " To this only about one-half of the Lodges responded, but from those replying the following information is obtained : " Seventy-two Lodges report, of which 52 report none of either class; 9 Lodges report 15 widows: 14 Lodges report 35 indigent Masons, and 5 Lodges report 19 orphans; 8 Lodges report 7 indigent brethren who would accept the benefits of a Home and Orphanage, while the Secretary of one Lodge reporting two indigent Masons, three widows and one orphan, states that he does not know whether they would accept the benefits of the Home or not. " Several of the Lodges express decided opposition to the proposed Home." We understand this to mean that of sixty-nine indigents found but seven would accept the benefits of the Home. We wonder whether it were better, after spending 125,000.00 or $50,000.00 fora Home for those seven, to pay the $1,400.00 required for
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their support to the trustees of the Home, or to distribute it among the sixty odd who would not surrender the love and the care of their old homes for the bondage of the Poor House. The Grand Lodge repealed its action of the year before decreeing a capita tax of fifty cents for the benefit of a permanent fund for a Masonic Home, and substituted for it a provision that the Grand Lodge should from time totime make appropriations out of its regularincome for that object, and also receive voluntary contributions therefor. The subscription of $4,072.00 was reported as made. The Committee on Jurisprudence decided some interesting questions as to dimits, and we quote: " 1st. Can a dimit be granted except in open Lodge and by consent of the same ? " 2d: If a member obtains a dimit in regular form and signed by the Worshipful Master and Secretary of his Lodge, without the knowledge or consent of said Lodge, is he a dimitted Mason? " 3d. Should a member obtain a dimit, as aforesaid, and present the same to another Lodge with an application for affiliation, and the Lodge votes to admit him as a member therein, to which Lodge does he belong ? " There are some important rulings upon the subject of dimits. Among the regulations printed with the proceedings of 1900, in No. 1, under head of dimits (see page 140) it was decided as follows : 'The action of the Lodge is the dimit, and the document itself is simply a certificate showing the action of the Lodge.' " It follows, therefore, (1) that a dimit cannot be granted except in open Lodge and by consent of the same; (2) that a brother obtaining a paper in the form of a dimit, without the knowledge or consent of his Lodge, is not a dimitted Mason even if the paper is signed by the W. M. and Secretary; (3) if such paper is presented to another Lodge, with an application for affiliation, and the Lodge votes to admit the applicant, he does not thereby become a member of the Lodge which thus acts upon his application; his membership remains in his old Lodge because he has not been dimitted therefrom. The paper dimit, signed and sealed by the Master and Secretary, is entitled to the highest credit and a Lodge is justified in accepting it as proof of the Masonic standing of an applicant; but, should it afterwards be found that the dimit was issued without authority, the action of the Lodge in admitting a brother to affiliation should be rescinded." We cannot agree with the argument of the Committee. The brother was unquestionably entitled to dimit and to a certificate of withdrawal. He had the right to presume that the Master and the Secretary had not practiced a fraud upon him. The evidence tends to show his good faith throughout. He should not suffer for the laches of others. The Master and the Secretary were the parties guilty of fraud and deception. They made the brother believe he was dimitted when he was not, and they passed a worthless paper upon him declaring it to be valuable. Florida law declares the voice of the Lodge the dimit. But let us mistake not what that voice is—it is simply a declaration that there exists within its knowledge no obstacle to the dimit.
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Simply that and nothing more. The act of dimission is the brother's own exercise of that right. Should I go into my Lodge and openly ask if I was clear of the books and no charges preferred, the " voice of Lodge " in reply would not dimit me. But should I then ask a dimit, not even a majority of the Lodge could prevent me from having it. We believe in punishing the guilty, not the innocent, and we decidedly demur to the conclusions of the Committee. But we are free to volunteer the opinion that had there been evidence of collusion, or that the brother was not entitled to dimit, then we should recognize his participation in the fraud. Was there convincing evidence to that effect we would be quite ready to say that the fraud upon the Lodge should not stand, and that a fraudulently obtained certificate is valueThere may be a slight indication in the statement of the Committee that the brother was in collusion with the Master and Secretary, but this is not clear. We find the Committee oh Installation and Past Master's Degree reporting that they "conferred the Past Master's Degree in due and ancient form," upon a number of brethren, and then this further statement: "and also before conferring the Past Master's Degree upon them, installed as Worshipful Master of their respective Lodges," two brethren. This seems to us to be making postrequisite out of a prerequisite and a mix-up generally. The only justification for the conferring of the "Secrets of the Chair," lies in some supposed efficacy therein inherent which qualifies the brother to preside, and without which his administration would be measurably a failure. To qualify a man for office and then install him seems a reasonable proposition, but to reverse this, install him and then go through some hocus-pocus, called qualification, would indicate to us that the Committee either did not appreciate the ethical relation between the two acts of qualification and installation, or else that the value they place upon what they called (improperly, we think) the Past Master's Degree, is exceedingly small. The report on Correspondence is again from the pen of Past Grand Master Silas B. Wright. It is a very interesting review. He devotes considerable space to a review of Masonry in Mexico, but confines himself to Vera Cruz and the Federal District. Florida, like Louisiana, extended recognition to the Grand Lodge of the Federal District, organized in 1883. But he very clearly points out that the present Grand Lodge that bears that title is not one historically with the Grand Lodge that obtained recognition. The Grand Lodge of that name at one time was extinct. He thought it necessary to,obtain from the Grand Lodge the passage of a resolution declaring that the former recognition was no longer effective.
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For our own part we would say that the present Grand Lodge of the Federal District has made no effort to obtain recognition from us, and until some overture is made to us we do not see that any action upon our part is necessary. Our Florida brethren are greatly rejoiced at the removal of the debt upon their Temple, and a very interesting history of the work of the construction of the building and the payment of the debt thereby incurred is bound with the proceedings. Funds were suffered to accumulate for thirteen years before the land was bought, and ten years elasped from the completion of the building to the extinguishment of the debt. GEORGIA.
.The Grand Master, M. W. Bro. Max. Meyerhardt, thus addressed the Grand Lodge: " My Brethren—In the harbor of New York stands a magnificent statue, holding with uplifted hand a naming torch. This statue was presented by the Republic of France to the Republic of the United States, and is called ' Liberty Enlightening the World.' Its illuminating rays are seen far out at sea, and shine brightly in the darkest night. Beautifully does it typify the sacred light of Freedom for which our great Republic stands. " My brethren, Freemasonry has erected no statue of bronze or stone to symbolize its beautiful truths. But on the brow and in the heart of every true Mason is written in letters of living flame the glorious fiat, ' Let there be light!' In the darkness of ignorance; in the shadow of persecution; under the lowering clouds of hate; even in benighted lands, Masonry has ever proclaimed, ' Let there be light!' In the face of kingcraft and of priestcraft which would fetter the mind and dwarf the soul of man, Masonry still bravely, nobly declares, ' Let there be light.' "And so it is that in lieu of statues and monuments, in lieu of, codes and creeds, Masonry inscribes upon her banners the one grand, creative word, 'Light.' That word has converted ignorance into knowledge, evil into good. It has dissipated the forces of fanaticism and unrighteousness. It has broken down the barriers of sect and creed. I t has shattered the clanking chains of oppression and despotism. It has guided men from out the blighting realms of hate into the beautiful Kingdom of Love. "With this same banner floating proudly above us, with 'Light' for our motto, with love for our guiding-star, we meet once more in this Temple erected to God, to enter upon this, our One Hundred and Seventeenth Annual Communication. Never in all our splendid history has such a gathering assembled upon our tasselated floor. You have come in magnificent numbers to represent right worthily the 25,000 tried and true Masons of Georgia. You have come with purest motives and most unselfish purposes to gather about our altar and offer up to the Great Architect of the Universe the sweet incense of your loyal devotion. With a heart overflowing with grateful thanksgiving, I greet you, my beloved brethren, with tidings of good cheer. '' The past year has been one of unparalleled prosperity to Masonry in this Jurisdiction. The surplus in our treasury has increased to wonderful proportions. Not a single charter has been forfeited. Three
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dispensations for new Lodges have been granted and a number of charters will be granted at this Communication. There has been a substantial increase in our membership. Our peace and harmony have not been disturbed by any untoward event. And, above all, our brethren are apimated by fervency and zeal, and by the genuine spirit of Masonry. "Truly and thankfully let us praise God, whose mercy endureth forever." The Grand Master thus feelingly and very properly speaks of the value of Past Masters in Grand Lodge: " At the last Annual Communication of this Grand Body a resolution was introduced restricting the power of the Grand Master to make committee appointments by providing that not more than three Past Masters should be placed on any committee. The resolution was defeated, but some who favored it gave notice that the matter would be again brought to the attention of the Grand Lodge and its passage urged. Were it not for this, I would gladly ignore what to many of us was a most unpleasant incident. As it is, I would be recreant to my ideas of duty were I to remain silent on this subject. " Let me premise^ by saying that every Mason, however humble, has the right to his opinion, and no one has the right to asperse his motives. So far as my own views are concerned, I am sure I can truthfully say that they are not influenced, even in the slightest degree, by any selfish motive or by any personal ambition. Masonry is far too sacred to be used by any man to further his own selfish designs, or to vent his personal spleen, disappointment or revenge. " From the organization of this Grand Body up to this time it has never been found necessary to abrogate or limit the powers of the presiding officer. And I am proud to declare that Georgia Masonry has never yet been disgraced by the conduct of any Grand Master. Begins ning with Roger Lacy in 1735, what a splendid galaxy of names is found! Among those who illustrated Georgia Masonry and Georgia manhood in our Grand Bast was Schley and Hansell and Lamar and Dawson and Charlton and Rockwell and Lawrence and Butler and Irwin and Mobley and Wright and Davidson and Shannon and Taylor and Davis! Never did even the breath of suspicion tarnish the fair fame of these chivalric representatives of Georgia Masonry. Living and dead alike are enshrined among the immortals of our beloved Order. To charge them with selfish motives or ignoble acts would be to stultify ourselves. " Two reasons were given by those who favored the resolution: " 1. As a matter of economy. It is strange to me that this point should be raised just at this time when our treasury is full to overflowing with the greatest surplus ever known in the history of the Grand Lodge. It would have been more reasonable had this point been made several years ago when we were either in debt or had only a Very small surplus in the treasury. The point is not well taken. The few hundred dollars paid as per diem to the faithful Past Masters who attend our Communications, is money well invested. Not only is it an act of justice to the Past Masters, who, in years gone by, have devoted their time, their talent and their money to the cause of Masonry, but* in addition, the result of the attendance of these Past Masters is an increase of devotion and enthusiasm that cannot fail to have the most beneficial results. Indeed, the effect of the attendance of these Past Masters cannot be estimated in dollars and cents. Their wisdom, their devo-
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tion and their loyalty are worth more to this Grand Lodge than all the money that could be poured into our coffers. "2. It has been urged that by the appointment of Past Masters on committees, a Grand Master can perpetuate himself in office. To even touch upon this point is exceedingly painful to me. Leaving out of the question altogether the high and exalted character of the men who have been elected to the Grand East in Georgia, to which I have already alluded, the idea that a Mason who has been elected by his brethren as Worshipful Master, who has faithfully served his time as such, and who has become a Past Master, would barter his vote for a committee appointment, is not only repugnant to every sense of fairness, but must excite in the breast of every true Mason, the deepest indignation and horror. If these Past Masters remain at the Communication for the full three days, they receive 112.00. Out of this, they must pay their railroad fare to and from the Grand Lodge, their hotel bill while in Macon, and they must also lose at least five days of their time during a busy season. The small amount paid them would not in any event pay their actual expenses and their loss of time. These Past Masters, as a rule, are earnest, faithful and devoted Masons. Many of them are old and cannot attend many years longer. Many of them are poor in this world's goods. Many of them are clergymen, ministers of God, in charge of small churches. Shall we say to these true and loyal Masons, you shall not be placed upon committees in this Grand Lodge, because we fear that by appointing you some Grand Master w i n perpetuate himself in office? "Esau sold his birthright for a mess of pottage. Judas Iscariot betrayed Him whom he served for thirty pieces of silver. And it is charged that the Past Masters of Georgia might sell their honor, their manhood, their Masonry, for twelve paltry dollars ! My brethren, should this or any similar resolution be again introduced, I trust that you will bury it so deep that even the angel of the resurrection can never find it. So far as I am concerned, by vote and voice and influence, now and hereafter, I shall continue to say to the faithful Past Masters, come to this Temple of your fathers, to this house which you have helped to build, for we are brothers all. This is your home. Though you have become old, though you have become poor, though your footsteps may be tottering upon the verge of the grave, you shall receive in this home equal rights and equal privileges, a warm welcome, a true, heartfelt, Masonic greeting." And thus he reports on the financial situation: " It is a matter of profoundest pleasure to me to report that the finances of the Grand Lodge are in better condition than ever before in the history of Georgia Masonry. At the end of our last Communication, I instructed Grand Treasurer Rushin to deposit 17,000.00 to the account of the Masonic Home, and to deposit $8,000.00 in the banks of Macon to draw interest at the rate of eight per cent, per annum. In addition to these amounts, several thousand dollars were left in the treasury for current expenses during the year. A small part of the $7,000.00 deposited to the credit of the Home has been paid out, work on the Home having actually commenced about the middle of September. The amount paid out, however, has. I think, been more than made up by subscriptions of Lodges and individuals to the Home fund. " I am sure that you willall rejoice with me to-day when I announce that, including the amount deposited to the credit of the Home, there will be at the end of this Communication in the hands of the Grand Treasurer, after paying the mileage and per diem and other
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expenses incident to this Communication, about $30,000.00. In other words, there is now practically a surplus in our treasury of $30,000.00. And this, too, notwithstanding the fact that we incurred extraordinary expenses aggregating more than 12,000.00. These extraordinary items were passed at our last Communication, and included more than $1,000.00 for fire escapes, $500.00 for the erection of a monument over the grave of Past Grand Master Shannon, $300.00 to Bio. Mumford's Industrial Home, and several hundred dollars for printing and distributing our Dew Masonic Code Yet, after paying these unusual and extraordinary expenses, and after paying all the expenses of this Communication, we will have, as already stated, the magnificent surplus of $30 000.00. " This splendid result was not reached without great economy in every department, deep thought, a careful husbandingof our resources, and a constant and unceasing vigilance. It may be a trite statement, ' but it is nevertheless true, that great results cannot be reached except by incessant labor and effort, and so it is also with our financial affairs." We quote the following very proper decisions: " A Past Master who has agai-n been elected Master, must be again installed, and so with other officers. " One who uses profane and obscene language or who indulges to excess in intoxicating liquors, should not be made a Mason, and the Lodge which knowingly makes such a man a Mason is subject to Masonic discipline. " It is a violation of Masonic law for a Master Mason to slander a brother Mason's daughter. A Mason guilty of such conduct should be charged and punished. " Committees are not usually appointed on the petitions of Entered Apprentices and Fellow Crafts for advancement. If any question should arise as to the character of such Entered Apprentice or Fellow Craft, it would be a very good idea to appoint a committee before ballot is had. " A brother who voted to elect a candidate, can afterwards object to his initiation if he sees fit to do so, and his objection will operate the same as a black ball. " The verdict of a court would not be sufficient evidence to convict in a Masonic Lodge. The Lodge is not governed by the verdict of the court. A court may find a man not guilty and still he may be convicted in a Lodge, or vice versa." He thus fittingly closes his address: "Brethren, the crying need of this age is men—men of thought, men of deed, men of conviction, aggressive, stalwart men. " In this day we do not want weaklings, moral cowards, trimmers, without backbone, without stamina, ready to bend to every breeze, willing to swim with the popular current, no matter where that current may lead. " I n Church and State, in politics and society, and, above all, in Masonry, we need earnest, upright, God-fearing men. We have no room for him who places money above honor, selfishness above righteousness, passion above virtue, power and place above manhood and integrity, Mammon above God. We have no room for those who worship the golden calf, who bow down before the idols of pleasure and frivolity, who waste their God-given talents in idleness and dissipation. We need to-day men of pure hearts, men of clean lives, men who are willing to sacrifice all upon the altar of truth, who are willing to live for it, and, if need be, to die for it.
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"We need men like Abraham, who shattered his father's idols and who, when God called him, exclaimed: ' Here am I!' We need men like Moses who dared to say to the mighty Pharaoh, ' Let my people go free!' We need men like Isaiah, who, with burning zeal and fiery eloquence, denounced the sins of his people. We need men like John the Baptist, who passed like a flaming meteor through the land, proclaiming to a sin-steeped world, ' Repent! for the Kingdom of God is at hand !' We need men like Judas Maccabeus, that great hero who fought with his hands while he prayed unto God with his heart. We need men like Mordecai, who prostrated not himself before Haman, and who would not bend the knee to unrighteous power. We need men who dare to rebuke iniquity in high places as well as in low, who dare to cry aloud against the sins of the nation and spare not. "Brethren, you who preside over the Craft, you who are the leaders and teachers of your people, to whom they look for light and guidance—upon you devolve great duties and serious responsibilities. Purge your Lodges. Purify your membership. Raise high the stanard of Masonry in your communities. Do your duty manfully and bravely, without fear and without favor. Scrutinize closely the character of those who seek to enter your inner door. Let no one, however great or wealthy, be admitted, whose character does not measure up to the full standard of a man. Keep out no one, however humble and lowly, whose life is clean, whose acts are pure. Show to the world that'to be a Mason is to be a man of upright life and noble aspirations. Keep the fires of Masonry burning brightly upon your altars and in your hearts. " Would that to-day I could stand before you with lips of flame, with heart of fire, and appeal to you, trumpet-tongued, to give us men, grand, heroic men, sun-crowned, who stand upon the heights, whose lives shine with the beauty of holiness and the glory of divinity. " ' Yes, give us men! Strong and stalwart ones; Men whom highest hope inspires, Men whom purest honor fires, Men who trample self beneath them, Men who make their country wreathe them As her noble sons, Worthy of her sires ! Men who never shame their mothers, Men who never fail their brothers, True, however false are others; Give us men—I say again, Give us men. "'Give us men! Men who. when the tempest gathers, Grasp the standard of their fathers In the thickest fight; Men who strike for home and altar (Let the coward cringe and falter), God defend the right! True as truth, though lorn and lonely, Tender, as the hrave are only; Men who tread where saints have trod, Men for country, home and God; Give us men ! I say again— Give us men!'"
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During the session the corner-stone of the new Masonic Home was laid. The land consists of one hundred acres and was a donation from Bro. A. O. Bacon. We are surprised that a necessity existed for the passage of the following. But as such necessity did appear, we are glad to note that the improper regulation has been annulled: " Inasmuch as the ancient histories and landmarks of Masonry, from the remotest period to the present time, have taught that a Master Mason is a master of the mystic rite wherever found upon the surface of the globe ' keeping a tongue of good repute, maintaining secrecy and practicing charity,'and thereby entitled to all the privileges, benefits and recognition as such; be it " Resolved, That all Master Masons shall have the right to wear their aprons as such in the lower degrees, so long as he chooses to keep its surface spotless from the world ; be it further " Resolved, That the Board of District Deputies recommend that Section No. 16, page 36 of the Code of By-Laws of the Grand Lodge, be so changed as to give Master Masons the right to wear their aprons as such." < The report on Correspondence is written by Bro. A. Q. Moody. That he is a level-headed man appears in the conclusion that he presents and which we quote: " I n performing the task assigned to us, we have been struck by the great diversity of opinion among the different Grand Jurisdictions in the matter of physical disabilities. "To illustrate: If a candidate, who lives in Tennessee, has lost the sight of one eye, his petition for the degrees would not be entertained, but, if he moves his residence into New Mexico, the disability no longer exists. " This is only one of a hundred differences contained in the various decisions of the different Grand Masters. " A reasonable solution of the whole matter would seem to be this: A candidate is ineligible when his physical disabilities are of such a nature as to render him unable to perform properly his part in the ceremonies incident to the conferring of the degrees." We much regret that the Louisiana proceedings did not reach him. We wish, very much, that our " strenuous " President would make a raid into his Postoffice Department. A new regulation is greatly needed for some of its employees. The new regulation should read somewhat in this wise: Thou shalt not pass your own estimate on the value of matter committed to your charge. A parcel in the secondclass is frequently of more intrinsic value even than many a letter of the so-called first-class. Do not appropriate or throw away anything as a mere "pamphlet," but carefully deliver all matter committed to your care, and let this regulation be enforced by severe penalties for its infraction.
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IDAHO—1903. The Grand Master, M. W. Bro. David F. Mason, made an interesting address. He rendered several decisions, but none of them contain matter that is not fundamental in the jurisprudence of the Fraternity: We would, however, quote one of them : " On February 9, 1903, I received a communication from Wardner Lodge No. 34, A. F. and A. M., Wardner, Idaho, stating a man claiming to be a Master Mason, who had taken out dimit from a Lodge in Kansas, dated two years ago, and who had been a resident of Wardner for about a year and a half without trying to visit or make himself -known, presented himself at a regular Lodge meeting for examination. A committee was appointed who, after examining him, reported that the visitor could not answer any of the questions put to him except to repeat part of the obligation of the B. A. degree. He was not allowed to sit in Lodge. The man is a clergyman and claims that he had left home before learning his lectures well. Was it right" that he be requested to retire from the Lodge, and should anything more be done in regard to the matter ? " Fraternally yours, " GEORGE L. HALE,
"Secretary." " ' On the same date I replied to the above as follows : " T o the W. M. and Wardens of Wardner Lodge No. 3k, A. F. and A. M., Wardner, Idaho : " ' DEAR BRETHREN—Yours of the 7th relative to not allowing
party in question to visit your Lodge without undergoing a thorough examination is received, and will say in reply thereto that you are supposed to subject any and all parties to a thorough examination before permitting them to enter your Lodge, as written documents are not recognized in this jurisdiction for admission into any Lodge of Freemasons. " ' With kindest regards, I am,. " ' Fraternally yours, '•'' D. F. MASON,
" ' Grand Master.' » We believe the Grand Master to have been perfectly correct in the use of the language he employed in his reply, but we would have felt greater satisfaction if he had said that no Lodge should admit within its portals any one that every member of the Lodge was not thoroughly satisfied was entitled to the privilege. While, perhaps, this might be held to be for all practical purposes the decision of the Grand Master, yet there is a distinction. It ought to be generally known that the " lecture," as it is termed, appertaining to the several degrees is not of universal adoption and that there are Grand Lodges that have nothing of the kind in their work. We do not believe ourselves that the best proof that a man is a Mason is a demonstration of his ability to play|a parrot's part. And, surely, aptitude in such direction is not the best proof of the truthfulness of the man who knocked at the door. Did the members of that Lodge really believe the man lied to them ? If
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they were convinced that he was a truthful man did they treat him as a brother deserved to be treated ? We believe that an examining committee deserves severe punishment that vouches for a man that they are not convinced is, indeed, a Mason. But what we desire to insist upon is that such committees can find better ways of reaching such satisfaction than by conducting their search along the lines of such "questions and answers" as any "book Mason" could readily learn. The report on Correspondence is written by Bro. Geo. B. Knepper. We quote his concluding paragraph for the reason that we feel that the fraters of the Round Table well deserve such introduction to the Craft: " It is with a feeling of sadness that we once more take leave of the goodly fellowship of the Round Table. The changes that the past year has wrought warn us that we shall never again meet this same band in whose pleasant comradeship we have lived for some months. While we have striven to keep the personal element out of the preceding report, we cannot forbear reserving one paragraph here at the last to express our appreciation of the many kind and flattering comments that our work of last year has called forth, and, at the same time, to swear anew our fealty to the company of men among whom such a high standard of work and friendship is possible. It has been a joy to us to work with them this year. Our only regret is that the results we have to offer are so little worthy of the motives that inspired us as we wrote." IDAHO—1904.
The Grand Master, M. W. Bro. Joshua M. Cowen, rendered the following decision: " January 1, 1904, Pend d'Oreille Lodge No. 40 asked the following questions : ' On October 3, 1903, Pend d'Oreille Lodge No. 40 waived jurisdiction and granted permission for the Masons of Sand Point to form a new Lodge at that place, October 31, 1903. On November 28, we received petition from a man in Sand Point for the degrees of Masonry. Now, did Pend d'Oreille Lodge cease to hold jurisdiction on October 31, 1903, at the time of granting of the waiver, or on November 25, 1903, at the time of your signing Lakeside dispensation, or in December, when Lakeside held its first meeting?' " Answer. In my opinion Pend d'Oreille Lodge had no jurisdiction over the territory granted Lakeside Lodge after your meeting of October 31, 1903, when you waived jurisdiction in favor of Lakeside. Therefore, Pend d'Oreille Lodge had no right to receive a petition from a resident of said territory." It is well worth while to consider what a Lodge does with respect to its jurisdiction when it recommends the establishment of a new Lodge, whose jurisdiction would, of necessity, take up some of the "•^former's domain. It seem to us that the solution could be reached best J if we ask another question: What would happen to the jurisdiction of the old Lodge if the application for a dispensation for the new one should not be granted ? The answer must be, nothing. Again another
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question may be asked: What would happen to the jurisdiction of a Lodge, if the Grand Master should revoke his dispensation, first, before the new Lodge was set at work, that is to say, came into formal being, facitur esse, etc.; second, if such revocation should be made subsequently? To the first question the answer must again be, nothing, and to the second question the answer must be that it would revert to its former possessor. We deduce from these replies the doctrine that an old Lodge does not loose to a new one any of its jurisdiction until the establishment of the new one, and- that it is disturbed in its jurisdiction only during such time as there is an existing cause of disturbance. We would, therefore, have decided in the case at bar that the jurisdiction of Pend d'Oreille Lodge did not cease and determine until a date in December, when Lakeside Lodge was set at work. The Grand Master was asked to receive the resignation of a Master of a Lodge under dispensation, and ruled that he had no authority to do so. It seems to us that as the brother was the Grand Master's agent, he could revoke his authorization, or modify it at will. It is to be remembered that a Master of a Lodge, U. D., is a very different sort of an officer from a Master of a warranted Lodge. He has not been installed and is under no obligation to "serve a term" He acquires no continuing rights—does not become a Past Master when his successor is elected at the constitution of the Lodge, nor is he ever recognized thereafter as having any rank, or title, because of his service under dispensation. In passing we may pause to remark that here is one of the things a Grand Master cannot do—he cannot mafce a Past Master at sight or in any other way. The Grand Lodge recognized Costa Rica and Vall6 de Mexico Grand Lodges, and deferred the recognition of either of the Grand Lodges of Western Australia and that of Brazil. ILLINOIS.
The proceedings report the opening of a Masonic Home. This was niade possible largely because of the gift of 264 acres of land by a patriotic brother, and the accumulations of some years in the fund dedicated to the purpose. There is reported the expenditure of some $26,000.00 on construction account, but whether there had been any expenditure on this account in a previous year does not appear from the record. The announcement of the Board of two classes that they propose to exclude is interesting. The first is the partially dependent, and second is the invalid. The first is to be excluded for the reason that thejg1... would be apt to claim special privileges, where all must walk upon the"*' level. The second is to be excluded for the reason that the expense of hospital service would be greater than the Fraternity could meet.
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To those contemplating the erection of Masonic Homes these facts are interesting. Let it be kept well in mind that a Home does not provide for the partially dependent or the invalid—a quite large class of the worthy recipients of Masonic assistance. The building of Homes ought not to mean that these dependents are to be cut off from Masonic assistance. Too often, we fear, such is the case, for the burden of carrying a Home comes to be felt to be all that the Fraternity can tote, and its claims are met to the exclusion of all who are not its inmates. In this connection we note the report of the Masonic Orphans' Home. It shows the expenses to have been at the rate of $180.00 for each child. The by-laws were amended so as to prohibit the naming of a Lodge after any living person. This has been the law in Louisiana for some years. The Smith Grand Lodge of Western Australia was recognized. The report on Correspondence was presented by that eminent Bro. Dr. Joseph Bobbins. His report on Louisiana is very ample. He discusses with us the legitimacy and regularity of the Lodges of Scotch Rite. He quotes our previous remarks at length, and so shows himself to be perfectly fair. It is but right, therefore, and courteous that we should do likewise. This is what Bro. Robbins has to say: "We assure our good brother that we did mean the question seriously, and we freely confess that we were not well enough informed to know what the answer must be. We have tried in vain for the thirty years or more that we have heen hammering away at this subject to get an answer to our question as definite as that which Bro. Duncan with his transparent fairness tries to give. We have been told again and again that there was a ' Lodge of Perfection ' in this country within fifty years of the time when the first Grand Lodge was formed, but neither that nor the subsequent formation of others threw any light on the question of the right of any man or body of men apart from the Craft Lodge and Grand Lodge of the same ilk to touch the domain of Ancient Craft or Symbolic Masoury which they carefully avoided. So, too, the fact was cited, in reply to our contention, that instances had occurred in the early days in this country where the Order of Knights Templar had been conferred in Lodges of Freemasons. If this had had any point it would have vanished when the Lodge or Grand Lodge sloughed off all 'side degrees' (a thing long since accomplished), because thus far no one has been found to claim that a commandery of Knights Templar has the power to create Lodges and endow them with the right to confer the degrees of Entered Apprentice, Fellow Craft and Master Mason. Others contented themselves with simply claiming, and reiterating the claim, that in countries where government by the Supreme Council was ' the form of Masonic government there prevailing,' the Supreme Council could create Lodges capable of making Masons as lawful as those of New York or Illinois. All agree that the alleged degrees constituting the'Rite of Perfection' entered largely into the make-up of the Scottish Rite when it was organized sixty years later, but none of them intimated that the Grand Lodge of England had been the source of the power of the Rite, GL3
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as a rite, either to administer or control Symbolic Masonry. The whole claim rested upon the theory that the Grand Lodge of England had no exclusive right to dictate the form of government of the ritualistic features which Masonry should assume because Masonry had developed in several independent centers at about the same time, either of which had an equal right to call its system Freemasonry. They did not always avowedly base their claim on this theory, but that they did impliedly is shown by their general silence as to the investigations which has proved that Masonry developed, and up to a period subsequent to the formation of the first Grand Lodge, existed, only in the British Isles. They saw that if this were a proven fact, that if all the Masonry existing in 1721 was under the unrepealable restraints of the Charges of a Fremason and its propagation hedged in by those charges and the fifteen points of the Master's obligation then no alleged Masonry anywhere could be identified as such that did not answer to the requirements of those two bodies of law, both equally fundamental. With one exception they did not discuss this, but he, one of the ablest advocates of the recognition of bodies of Scottish Rite parentage by Grand Lodges of Free and Accepted Masons, said that if it were proven that if Masonry existed nowhere but in Great Britain at that period, then all our contentions must be admitted. " The scholarship of the Masonic world now agrees that it is proven; and that it was at that time well known on the continent, receives the strongest confirmation from the fact all the early pretending rites, differing from that which had been propagated from England, claimed that its degrees were of Scottish origin, thus recognizing the necessity of locating its birth-place in Britain. "Bro. Duncan is the first, so far as we are aware, to attempt to prove what all others have manifestly thought it easier to assume, that tlie alleged right of the Scottish Rite system to plant Symbolic Lodges in open territory came into its possession through the Rite of Perfection. "We do not ask Bro. Duncan to prove what goes without saying that when the Grand Lodge of England established Lodges on the continent it was that they might work the degrees of Symbolic Masonry. This was precisely what they were authorized to do; and they were not authorized to create or work anything else. The Grand Lodge of England was powerless under the law of its own being to authorize the conferring of other degrees than these, nor did they do so until after they had cut loose from English authority. It was not these Lodges that cumulated other degrees, but the ' Scots Lodges,' unauthorized bodies claiming Scottish authority to differentiate them from the English, and claiming Scottish parentage for their degrees (manufactured in France) and because St. Andrew was the patron saint of Scotland, calling them St. Andrew's degrees. It was the members of these unauthorized Lodges who made their appearance in the regular Lodges, " the Scottish Master asserting in every way a superiority over the Master Mason, and claiming even as a visitor to rank before the Master of the Lodge. At any time or place he could personally confer the degrees of Entered Apprentice, Fellow Craft or Master Mason.' (Greiner.) Later, when Scottish, or'Scots Lodges,' as Bro. Gould prefers to call them, were engrafted on the ordinary Lodges, the former, became supreme in all matters, and even assumed Grand Lodge powers, granting warrants of constitution. Could such Lodges claim to be seized of the powers given by the Grand Lodge of England to the Lodges they had captured, when, by that capture, all the conditions upon which such powers were granted had been obliterated?
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" If, as Bro. Duncan says, the Scottish Rite has the inherent right to confer the degrees of Symbolic Masonry, then it was not endowed with the right by the Grand Lodge of England through the intermediary Rite of Perfection. If we correctly read the illustration of Bro. Perkins' Lodge' it is supposed to be as lawfully possessed of the right to make Master Masons as it is possible for any Lodge to be. Bro. Duncan says that if it should confer the ' Master's Reliance' and call it a degree, it would not thereby be depriving itself of any right to make Master Masons. But suppose it should confer the Master's Reliance upon a limited number of members, then abdicate its representative form of government and turn its control over in perpetuity to the little bunch of Master's Reliances, recognizing the authority of the bunch to regulate all admissions to its own ranks and to prescribe the conditions upon which all Master Masons should be made thereafter? Would the Grand Lodge of which Bro. Perkins' Lodge was a constituent, but whose authority it had repudiated, have thereby endowed the little bunch of Master's Reliances with the right to confer the degrees of Symbolic Masonry? '' There can be no doubt that the Grand Lodge of Ohio by giving the Lodges uniting to form the Pinney Grand Lodge a constituted existence thereby endowed them with the right to confer the degrees of Symbolic Masonry. If this right is indestructible, as seems to be assumed by Bro. Duncan, so that neither repudiation of Grand Lodge authority nor overt rebellion against the law of Masonry (whose constraints lie with equal weight upon all Masons, whether as individuals or in their organized capacity), can divest a Lodge when once it possesses it, why would the Pinney Body need a new grant of authority to legitimate it in case the lawful Grand Lodge of Ohio should disappear? If the Pinney body lost the right to confer the degrees of Symbolic Masonry anywhere by simple rebellion against the authority of the Grand Lodge, how does it happen that the continental Lodges in Europe retained it notwithstanding their rebellion, not only against the authority of the Grand Lodge which created them but against the law of Masonry itself, carrying their disregard of the latter to the extent of utterly displacing the Masonry which it defines, circumscribes and identifies by a system so radically different that it is impossible thus to identify it ? " Bro. Duncan holds the Grand Orient of France to be no longer a legitimate body. Why? Doubtless because by the removal of its theistic basis the system which it administers is no longer identifiable as Masonry. But the departure of the Grand Orient was not wider or more radical than that which bred a crop of Supreme Councils claiming authority over the degrees of Symbolic Masonry. The theistic basis is not more fundamental, more inwrought and essential to the identification of Masonry than is itn basis of equal rights and eligibilities, the equal voice of all in its representative government, the ample, as it is the only warrant for what has ever been the proudest boast of the Fraternity—'We meet upon the level.' "Beyond all possibility of question this democratic principle of equality of rights, eligibilities and shaping voice is among ' those fundamental principles which,' in the language of the Masonic Congress of 1903, at Chicago, defining the ancient landmarks, 'characterize Masonry as defined by the Charges of a Freemason, and without which it cannot be identified as Masonry.' " To attempt to remove this and substitute therefor the oligarchial hierarchial government of the Scottish Rite can have but one effect, to-wit, to produce a system that cannot be identified as Masonry, and
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hence, by whatever name called can exercise no power over the Symbolic Degrees whether in open territory or not. The principle laid down by Bro. Drummond, his matchless statement of which we regard as his most priceless legacy to the Craft, fits the conditions we are discussing as closely and conclusively as it did in the case of the attempt of the Grand Orient of France to exploit a Masonry without a theistic basis, which called for its application: 'No man or body of men can make innovations in the body of Masonry. To attempt this does not change Masonry, but puts those who make the attempt outside of the pale of the institution.' " The italics are ours, but they place the emphasis where Bro. Drummond's concluding sentence puts it, and where, as it seems to us, complete and unfaltering loyalty to Free and Accepted Masonry, the Masonry of the Charges of a Freemason, demands that it should ba put, the obligation standing for both duty and fact." In this discussion we deem it well to exclude the consideration of all questions other than those with which we have specifically to deal —were the Lodges that formed the foundation of the Scotch Rite legitimate Masonic bodies? Were they deprived of their Masonic character by the concession of their government to men of their own body who had acquired certain ranks not conferred in Lodges of Symbolic Masonry? Did the powers so constituted possess the right to propagate Masonry ? It is agreed, we take it, that certain Lodges on the continent of Europe, or certain members of such Lodges, whose Masonic character is unquestioned, organfzed the Rite of Perfection so-called; that the government of this Rite was confided to its Supreme Councils, and that these Supreme Councils warranted new Lodges. . As to the matter of the extension of the Rite, we must take note of a like development of the York Rite, so-called. As a matter of fact we find to-day the Scotch Rite teaching the traditions under and by a certain number of degrees, and here we have to plead our ignorance of the precise number, for we have no knowledge of the Rite beyond the Master's Degree. And we find the York Rite teaching the traditions, and giving them in complete form only, in nine degrees. The York Rite cannot fault the Scotch Rite because of the development of its teaching into more than three grades, for it has done the same thing. But this is to be plainly admitted; the character of the government of the two Rites is vastly different. The Scotch Rite finds the supreme governing power in a body composed exclusively of those who have received its last degree, while the York Rite is governed by its Grand Lodges, composed now-a-days generally of those who have received its third, or Master's Degree. Herein, we take, it lies the crux of our debate. We take it that the legitimate character of Continental Masonry previous to the development of the Rite there is not questioned, nor is the fact that these continental -powers have by their Inspector Generals, Under proper regulations, planted the Rite in other lands.
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Did the change in the character of the government destroy the Masonic character of the Masonic Bodies of the continent? But before we consider that question there are some remarks of Bro. Bobbins that we think ought to be disposed of. First, as to what he says in respect to bur remarks about the suppositions Perkins' Lodge. This is a Lodge in the territory of a Grand Lodge, and must submit to its authority. If it transgressed the regulations of its Grand Lodge it could be made to conform thereto, or could be destroyed as a Masonic Lodge, at the pleasure of the Grand Lodge. To make the case analogous we must suppose a number of Perkins' Lodges in a country without a Grand Lodge, regularly warranted by some foreign Grand Lodge. Then let us suppose that they all do as Bro. Bobbins suggests, and having done so, organize a supreme governing body, calling it what they would. Would they thereby cease to be Masonic? We unquestionably answer, not necessarily so, and the reason will appear when we reach the main question. We pass to Bro. Bobbins' next paragraph, and here we demur from the construction placed upon our writings. We beg leave to correct the erroneous impression that our brother has received. A Grand Lodge gives a new Lodge the right to confer the degrees of Masonry, but that right can only be exercised in the manner prescribed by the authority granting it and by general Masonic usage. The Grand Lodge of Ohio warrants a Lodge in the State of Ohio, which is its domain, and that right is destructable by that Grand Lodge. If the Lodge renounces the authority of the Grand Lodge it commits suicide and gives up its very life, ipso facto. If the Lodge is recalcitrant, or violates the regulations of the Grand Lodge, the Grand Lodge can unquestionably suspend its functions, or terminate them. But if the Grand Lodge of Ohio should warrant, say three or more Lodges in say the Phillipine Islands, and those Lodges should of their own motion unite in organizing a Grand Lodge of the Islands, then, we say, that such Grand Lodge would become the peer of the mother Grand Lodge, and that the Grand Lodge of Ohio could in no wise repeal, abrogate, or destroy, if it should seek to do so, the Masonic character of those Lodges. The Pinney Grand Lodge stands in no similar position to that, of say, the Grand Orient of France. In respect to the remaining paragraphs of Bro. Bobbins' criticism, we have to say that we think he proves too much, for if " the basis of equal rights and eligibilities, the equal voice of all in its representative" government," is so essential to the being of a Grand Lodge that without it the Masonic character is lost, he is cutting the ground from under his own feet. By that test the Masonry of the Grand Lodge of Illinois cannot stand, for there are a number of Masons, Apprentices and Fellow Crafts, who have no voice in the government of the Craft. This brings us to the main question, did the vesting of the govern-
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ing power in a Council of Thirty-third Degree Masons destroy the Masonic character of the Lodges that so vested it? We answer by another question, did the action of the Grand Lodge of England destroy its Masonic character when the authority was taken from the General Assembly and vested in a Grand Lodge ? Was such the effect when the Grand Lodge came to be no longer constituted of the Masons of the realm, Apprentices and others, but by a large number of appointive officers and Masters only, an approximation to a close corporation? To answer, yes, would be to declare that Masonry no longer exists. We say, then, a change in the character of government of a Masonic Grand Body may destroy its Masonic character, not that it is a change, but because of its effects. England was England still when Cromwell was made Protector ; and again it was England still when Charles I I was crowned. But as a consequence of the change of government wrought by ihe revolution, the people of these United States ceased absolutely to be Englishmen. We come, then, to this, what was the character of the effect produced in the Scotch Rite when its supreme authority was taken from the men of the Third Degree and vested in those of the Thirty-third? We answer that it seems to us that the effect was no more destructive of the Masonic character than was the change effected in the York Rite when the authority of government was taken from the Masons of the First Degree and vested exclusively in those of the Third. Who is to decide what answer shall be given this question? We take it that at the time when this change was effected in the organization of the Scotch Rite, the Grand Lodge of England was the only body capable of giving answer. She never withheld recognition on account of such change. This proposition is fortified by the fact that a decided majority of Grand Lodges have ever been ready to recognize as Masonic the Scotch Rite. Its Consistories and Councils have been permitted to meet in Masonic Temples, from which everything not Masonic, specifically socalled, was carefully and avowedly excluded. The recognition of Costa Rica has been the test of the day, and it has been granted with but very few exceptions. INDIANA.
The Grand Master, M. W. Bro. William E. English, says in his address: "We are to-day convened for the eighty-third annual session of the Grand Lodge in this the eighty-seventh year of Grand Lodge existence, and I congratulate you, Worshipful Brethren, on the work done, the progress made and the happy advancement evidenced during the past official term. As~zenlous Masons, devoted to the cause to which we have sacredly obligated ourselves, we have just reason for self-congratu-
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lation on the auspicious outlook for the Ancient Craft to-day in this Grand Jurisdiction, where each Lodge in its own allotted field is rich in good works, active in worthy deeds and is ever performing the labors of love, fraternity and benevolence with unswerving and persevering fidelity to the just, the good and the true. Equipping earnest men for better relations with their fellow-citizens, awakening the sense of duty, broadening the perception, quickening the heart and giving to the glorious principle of brotherly love its rightful meed of devotion, comprehension and application. " It is with a justifiable pride that I call your attention to the fact that the year has been the most prosperous, the most harmonious and the most successful ever known to the Grand Lodge of Indiana. The increase in membership.has been the greatest ever experienced in the history of the Grand Body, two thousand eight hundred and seventyOne new names having been added to our Masonic roll since the last annual report, making a total of forty thousand one hundred and ninety-nine Master Masons in this Grand Jurisdiction. Not only have we enjoyed this gratifying increase in numbers, but we have likewise experienced in every direction a proportionate measure of substantial and material prosperity. Peace, harmony and fraternity have walked in sweet companionship within our ranks and we have been brought to realize to the fullest extent ' how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity.' " As an evidence of the harmonious conditions prevailing throughout the State, attention is called to the gratifying fact that there are but four cases of appeal to come before the Committee on Grievances and Appeals at this Grand Lodge meeting. "The business affairs of the Grand Body that come under the management of our efficient Grand Secretary are in most excellent condition, and far in advance of the time required by law every Lodge upon our roll had filed its annual report and paid its Grand Lodge dues in full—a record, I believe, never surpassed in this Grand Jurisdiction." Among his decisions is this: " Question: Is an objection to a petitioner for the degrees effective prior to the ballot being taken? " Answer: No." We fail to see a good reason for this ruling, and we do see reason why the reverse should have been held. Should a brother not feel satisfied that an applicant is proper material, why can he not object to a ballot being taken ? If he is permitted to so object, further investigation will either remove his objection or confirm it. In the former case it will make but little difference if the baflot is dark; but if it is clear he is then exposed to the rather heavy burden of wrongfully holding up a man against the opinion of all the rest of his brethren. And again, if he is confirmed in his objection and the ballot has been elear} we have a man elected who ought to have been rejected. We find ourselves compelled to ask again, Why not? in respect to the following decision: "Question: Can a Lodge make an assessment upon its members not provided for in its by-laws ? ''Answer; No.''
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In the event of a necessity arising for a special assessment, why should the Lodge be compelled to accomplish it by being compelled to first amend its by-laws by inserting a clause providing for such contingency? What are by-laws, anyway, but the stated, and not special and contingent, methods of procedure of a body? We believe that a Lodge cannot do anything not granted in its charter, but can do all things so authorized, provided it has not expressly limited its powers by the enactment of an agreement among its members, and these limitations constitute the by-laws. The powers of a Lodge spring from its charter, not from its by-laws, and it has the right to do everything authorized by its charter which it has not itself prohibited itself from doing in its by-laws. The report on Correspondence is written by Past Grand Master McDonald. In his review of Louisiana he notes his dissent from the action of Past Grand Master Reid in allowing an election to be held for the office of Master of a Lodge where he had accepted the resignation of the incumbent, holding that the Senior Warden had the right of succession. He also favors a general Grand Lodge of the United States. We quote him as follows : " I n the matter of the establishment of Masonic Homes there has been a perceptible lull during the past year. Several Grand Lodges which contemplated the erection of Homes made a thorough investigation into the cost and manngement of the Homes established in this country which resulted in deciding to abandon the enterprise for the present. In the investigation that led to this decision it was found that the annual assessment of $1.00 on each Mason is the average jurisdiction would not be sufficient to sustain a Masonic Home without donations or bequests, and that this amount of money collected and expended by the local Lodges for the support of those in need of charity would be far preferable. " The question of work and lectures is still being discussed in many of the Grand Lodges, and out of it has grown the all-important question of the publication of an official cipher of the Ritual. During the year several of the Grand Lodges ordered the publication of their official work in cipher, and others postponed the matter until next year. A considerable number of Grand Lodges previously published official ciphers, and the general trend seems to be in that direction. INDIAN TERRITORY.
The Grand Master, M. W. Bro. P. D. Brewer, reports as follows on the condition of the Craft: , "This has been a prosperous year for Masonry in this jurisdiction. I believe a greater number of Lodges have been authorized to work under dispensation this year than during any previous one. This shows a general interest in Masonry; shows, that regardless of how many new secret orders may arise in the land, Masonry is losing none of its old-time popularity in the esteem of the wise, conservative men of the various sections of the country. As this splendid country of ours settles and develops, I find Masonic Lodges coming into, existence
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everywhere, and I desire to congratulate the Craft upon the character of the material in these new Lodges. They are big, brainy men who have come into this country from many different States, all enthusiastic in their Masonic work. With such new blood as this infusing itself into our Indian Territory Masonry, and mingling with that of our old pioneers in the cause, I feel justified in making splendid prophecies for our Masonic futnre." The Grand Orator, Bro. Samuel C. Fullerton, spoke on "Masonic Light." In the course of his address he said: "Let us instead of saying, ' Let there be light,' be constantly appealing to the Giver of all good and perfect gifts to 'give us light,' for light has been created and light is, and what we should be the most interested in is to get light, walk in the light, and let our very lives reflect the light of truth and morality. That we follow, as nearly as we can, in the footsteps of the one true and ever living God, in whom we have all expressed a belief. "We may have knowledge of all the exalted and virtuous principles and tenets of Freemasonry, and feel justly proud of the possession of such knowledge, but unless we manifest it by acts and deeds, so that the many beautiful lessons of friendship, morality, brotherly love and charity taught by Freemasonry may be seen and known of men and its worth be thus magnified and the Supreme Grand Architect glorified, we are like one possessed of beautiful and exquisite Works of art and precious stones who keeps them concealed; thus no one is benefited or aware of their beauty or value. But if we are active in demonstrating the lessons which have been taught to us and illustrated by emblems or symbols most expressive, then, as is the case if the possessor of the beautiful and exquisite work of art and precious stones, who allows his treasures to be seen, their worth becomes known, humanity is benefited and the pleasure of possessing the works of art and precious stones in the one case and the knowledge of Freemasonry in the other is greatly enhanced." Recognition of the Grand Lodge Valle1 de Mexico was postponed. The appeal of a brother against the action of his Lodge was sustained and the case remanded. The charge was, insulting the daughter of a Master Mason. The plea in extenuation was that the brother was an Apprentice only. The verdict was expulsion. We cannot, of course, go into the merits of this case, as the evidence is not before us, but we would criticise the plea, which the Committee must have themselves put into the case, for an Apprentice could not have known that in a Masonic sense it would be any extenuation. Are our daughters to be protected only against insult by Master Masong ? We trow not. If a profane should insult one of our daughters would we give him a clean ballot should he apply for admission ? If such a man would be considered unfit to be a Mason, why should such an one be permitted to continue an Apprentice ? It seems to us that the plea, that the offending brother was not under the obligation of a Master Mason is no plea at all, but is rather an intimation that the "insult " was so gross that the action of the Lodge ought to have been applauded and not reversed.
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The Grand Secretary furnishes us with the following copy: "The installation ceremonies were a farce. The business of the Body was over. The election was over. It was late. Many brethren were anxious to catch a train soon due. The Grand Secretary was requested to perform the Installation Service in 'short order.' No book was furnished. Brethren were constantly leaving the hall. There was confusion, noise, haste and entire lack of interest. "The Grand Secretary did the best he could under the circumstances. He will never do the like again. The installation of the new officers of a Grand Lodge should be made impressive. This requires sufficient time. It should have the earnest attention and interest of all the brethren." The report on Correspondence was presented by M. W. Bro. T. C. Humphrey. Reviewing our last report, he says in respect to the report of an investigating committee: " We are satisfied that the better practice is that neither report of committee or record of the Lodge should show whether the report was favorable or unfavorable." Upon further consideration we are much inclined to agree with him, The recordation of an unfavorable report would make record, that in the future might give trouble if the minutes should fall into the hands of a rejected party; say on his subsequent acceptance. For this reason we have long thought an unfavorable report should not be recorded in the minutes of a Lodge. On the other hand, what objection could there be to the recording ef a favorable report? This: that the habit of recording favorable reports and not recording unfavorable reports would indicate that when the minutes read that the Committee reported, and failed to insert the word " favorably," that it was all one as though there had been written in the word "unfavorably." And here, we may add, that all of this is equally true of the reports themselves of the Committee. It is very questionable whether an investigating committee should report in writing at all. The Louisiana law is that the Committee should report personally and in open Lodge, but the custom has been to have a written report and record in the minutes according to its tenor. We believe it would be mnch better if committees reported orally only, and that the minutes should state that they so reported without qualifying adjective specifying as to the character of the report. IOWA.
The Grand Master, M. W. Bro. C. C. Clark, made the following very proper decision: "Do false representations as to residence, made in a petition for the degrees, constitute a Masonic offense, such that the one making them may be tried and punished after he becomes a Mason ? "Specifically the code does not cover the case, and it is not punishable unless it comes under the following subdivision of Section 297;
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' The doing of any act or the neglect of any duty contrary to or in violation of the obligations or teachings of the institution which .would impair its usefulness or degrade it in the estimation of good people.' It has been thought that the doing of the act under this section must be after taking a degree or degrees, and as these representations were made while he is yet a profane he cannot thereafter be disciplined. " I do not so read the law. If fraud and deceit inhere in his petition they must attend his every step. He cannot sit in the Lodge save by a lie. He cannot participate in its sublime ceremonies without the blackening taint of his falsehood, and if this is not contrary to the teachings of the Order, who can conceive of anything that is; and so of any other vital questions prior to admission. To hold otherwise would put a premium upon rascality, would be virtually to say to a petitioner: ' If you are sharp enough to so lie and cheat that you can deceive us into admitting you, we will forever after hail you as brother, a fitting exemplar of that great institution founded on the eternal rock of truth.' My ruling, therefore, has been that any willful misrepresentation of any of the prerequisites for admission is a Masonic offense, for which>rthe perpetrator may at any time after reception be tried and punished. The following remarks of the Grand Master exhibit a condition of affairs that is—well, interesting : "We note with interest the project fostered by our sisters in this State of the Eastern Star of building a Home. The concentrated wisdom of this Grand Lodge, attained after years of investigation and with the waste of much brain tissue on the part of eminent brothers, carefully chosen, we fondly believed had forever definitely settled in the negative the question of a Masonic Home. But our sisters, in obviously blissful ignorance of the fiat, or calmly and serenely overruling the finality of our decision, having apparently a mind of their own, have decided that the Home is a necessity, have started a building fund, and are apparently in dead earnest in the belief that this is the wise, prudent and inevitable course to pursue: We can't afford to have a schism in the family. We believe we are right, but we may be wrong. There should be unity of action and concentration of effort. It might be well for this Grand Body to appoint a committee of steely-hearted, steadfast-minded brethren to do a little missionary work among our sisters. "Seriously, however, if there is to be a Masonic Home in this State, it ought by all means to be under the supervision of this Grand Lodge, but with the hearty co-operation of the Eastern Star, whose members are entitled to unstinted praise for their wholesome sympathy and never-failing support in all our laudable undertakings. While it seems on all the testimony that our decision presents the very best plan of doing divine charity, yet it is far better, if we have made a mistake, to frankly acknowledge it and array ourselves on the side of the wise man who changes his mind, than to line up with the fool, who, like the snapping turtle, having gotten a hold, hangs on indefinitely without knowing why." Bro. J. W. Barry presented a very thorough and exhaustive report on the apparent discrepancy in the records relative to size of the pillars in the porch of the Temple of Solomon. An investigation showed that, of the forty-four jurisdictions replying, in three the height of Jachin
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and Boaz is not given; in fourteen, the height is eighteen cubits, and in twenty^-seven it is thirty-five cubits, while in one the height is given as thirty cubits. The conclusion of the committee was that the pillars were eighteen cubits high ; that the statement that they were thirty-five cubits high referred to their joint length, and that the apparent discrepancy between thirty-five and thirty-six, which latter, and not the former, is twice eighteen, arose from the chapiters overlapping the pillars onehalf cubit, making the apparent length of each pillar seventeen and one-half cubits. The research of Bro. Barry has been very thorough. His report covers twenty-six pages, and is profusely illustrated. We commend its perusal to all Masonic students. The Grand Lodge authorized the appointment of a Grand Lodge Historian. The report on Correspondence was presented by Bro. Joseph E. Morcombe. We sincerely regret to learn of our brother's griefs. We quote his opening passages, for we feel sure that there are others who will be builded in the faith by his pathetic words, " Again, and for the third time, your Committee is privileged to present you with some report of Masonic doings in the sister jurisdictions. Some portion of the work which follows has been carried out while the mind of the writer was burdened with anxiety and again while numbed with grief. Ere yet the winter wore to spring Death entered our home and took from us one whose childhood's promise had ripened into pure and lovely womanhood. From the soul's sad Gethsemane there went yaiu prayer that the cup of coming grief might pass from shrinking lips. And after that the heart-ache and the ever-present sense of loss. "Who knoweth? Perhaps, as viewed from some far-off, serener height, the mists may lift from off the way we walk in doubt. But now we are as one who fares through some low-lying, vaporous valley, knowing not whither leads or whence descends our path. And if no Lethean draught awaits deliverance from the flesh, perchance from sun-kissed hills of high beatitude the soul may look upon the path below—its subtler sense resolving into perfect meaning all that mystery which we here name life and death. " And who shall say but that the note of human sorrow—the monotone of grief—echoed into the high harmony of heaven, like some sad, sweet minor heard ever and again through the dominant chords of seraphic outburst, may touch and thrill the deathless ones to holier ecstasy than ever the wondrous song of Israfil. " For a destiny stands at the loom of our lives, and from the swiftflying shuttles of our days casts ever the gay or somber threads that make the texture of our being. And, perhaps, when the finished web shall be unrolled for judgment of our worth and work, it may be that the darker shaded portions of your grief, and mine, my brother, shall have in them such tincture of beauty and richness of texture as shall save the whole from condemnation, " And when between our sorrows and ourselves Time shall have dropped the filmy curtains of the years, we may behold, as in some heaven-sent dream, the fair young face of one ' whom we have loved
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long since and lost awhile.' And when the kindly suns and softlyfalling rains shall clothe her grave with tender green, and evening winds shall breath of love to bending flowers above her head, and into the chalice of our grief an unseen hand shall pour a kindly anodyne, there shall come to us, as to each soul on earth that mourns, a peace which is forever born of hope and faith." Bro. Morcombe corrects a slip of our pen in assigning the invention of the myth of the Tomb of the Builder to Webb, instead of to Cross. Thanks. IRELAND.
The Deputy Grand Master, R. W. Sir James Creed Meredith, delivered his Annual Address on St. Johns' Day. From it we, quote the following timely suggestion: " There is one other matter about subordinate Lodges that I would ask you to pay attention to. Some years ago an esteemed brother amongst us—one, by the way, who was a brother of that very Lodge 269, that I was speaking of a few minutes ago^called the attention of the Board of General Purposes to the desirability that public funds should not be allowed to remain in the hands of private individuals, and upon that occasion the Board of General Purposes sent up a recommendation to this Grand Lodge, which was approved—that we should suggest to all the Lodges that it was desirable that Lodge funds should be always kept in bank in the names of at least two officers of the Lodge. The Treasurer and the Secretary would appear to be the natural officers in whose names the money should be deposited. It is always very undesirable that the money belonging to a Lodge should get into the private banking account of any, even the most business-like man amongst us. I am quite sure there are a great many treasurers who are not good business men, and if they mix up their own money with the Lodge money, they may sometimes get into some little difficulty. If a brother dies and his family finds a substantial sum of money standing to his credit they may think that he had more money than they had expected, and perhaps they may begin to spend a little of it, and then it turns out that the money is the money of his Lodge, and that they may be called upon to refund it. Try, brethren, to get the money of the Lodges into two names, one along with the Treasurer." KANSAS.
The Grand Master, M. W. Bro. Bestor G. Brown, has this to say in his address: " We often hear that some one has done much for Masonry. Did it ever occur to you that no one ever did as much for Masonry as Masonrv does for him? The ledger ever shows a large balance to the credit of Masonry. May we not sometimes wonder whether our novitiates are indetd uninfluenced by mercenary motives? As man is a creature of his environment, may he not be expected to partake of the spirit of rapacious greed that masks under the name of commercial activity ? Will he, who is a Mason in truth and spirit and who practices the pure principles of the art, be one who will find a Masonic offense in an indebtedness of business or a violation of contract, to adjudicate which civil courts are provided? When a defeated candidate at the polls arraigns the members of his Lodge because they did not
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support him, is he properly wielding the working tools of the Craft? When the tongue of scandalous report sets the pack upon a man, does the true Mason join, or does he seek to drive the hounds back into their kennels ? Are the teachings of the institution such that one can for a moment doubt the line of his duty ? Should we mercilessly pursue the unfortunate man whose appetite leads him to debase his profession and destroy his faculties? Should we hasten to our Lodge with formally prepared charges against such an one? Or should we go to his side and lift him up, set his feet right and hold up his hands? _, "Is the efficiency of Masonry to be measured by the number of neophytes whose coming to our altar is too often the result of an activity which should be found only in commercial circles ? " Have the accessions of the past two years, the greatest our jurisdiction has ever known, added strength to the moral influence of our jurisdiction, or only dollars to our treasury ? " I s there Masonry in the effort to distort fancies into facts that the Masonic life of one may be placed in jeopardy, whose views on some rule of government do not coincide with ours ? If the length of a Lodge be from East to West its breadth from North to South, its height from the earth to the heavens, is there then therein any abiding place for narrowness ? " We may well ask these questions of ourselves and spend time with the thoughts the inquiries produce." The Grand Master has collected some very valuable statistics of Masonic Homes, their cost as to the plant and as to their maintenance, and as to methods of administration. We quote what he has collected as to cost: " CALIFORNIA.—Maintains a Masonic Home at Decoto. It has cost $229,744.63. The revenue for its maintenance is derived from a per capita tax of one dollar. The annual cost of maintenance is $216 per person. "CONNECTICUT.—The property originally cost $25,000, and about $10,000 is annually required for its maintenance. This is derived from a per capita tax of seventy-five cents on the Masons of the State ; it has an endowment fund of $15,000 derived mainly from legacies and bequests, and all of this is kept in savings banks, as approved by the Board of Directors. The membership of the Home in 1903 was seventytwo, consisting of forty-two males, twenty-seven females, three boys. "ILLINOIS.—The cost of maintenance of the Illinois Masonic Orphans' Home at Chicago was about $195 per person. "KENTUCKY.—Indirectly supports an Old Mason's Home, directly supports a Widows' and Orphans' Home by a per capita tax of $1.00. At the Old Masons' Home is a dairy farm which cost $15,000, and makes the Home self-supporting. Widows' and Orphans' Home cost 1183,000. Value of real estate has more than doubled by reason of the location of the property in a desirable portion of Louisville. The Widows' and Orphans' Home has an endowment fund of $305,000. This fund is invested by order of the Board of Directors. This fund was created by donations from the Grand Lodge—$90,000 at one time and $75,800 at another—and has been largely increased by bequests and donations ; it has been thirty-three years in accumulating. . "The Old Masons' Home had. in 1903, thirteen members, two of whom were almost helpless. The Widows' and Orphans' Home accommodated 257, of whom 135 were girls, 107 boys, fifteen widows. The average cost of maintenance per member is about $114. The properties of the two Homes are held by separate corporations.
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" MICHIGAN.—The exact cost of the Home cannot be determined, but is estimated to be about $100,000. The annual cost of maintenance is $182, not including clothing, which is furnished by the Lodges whose members are in the Home. '' MISSOURI.—The property has been enhanced in value by the development of the city, and is probably to-day worth $250,000. There are four endowment funds which aggregate over $105,000. This fund was originated in 1886, primarily through efforts of the local Knights Templar, whose total contributions to the fund represent over $50,000. Many bequests and donations have been received from individual sources. This endowment fund is invested in high grade bonds and some real estate mortgages. Cost of maintenance for one year, $21,133.06. The Home received an annual per capita tax from the Grand Lodge of fifty cents. "NEW HAMPSHIRE.—The Grand Lodge has just erected a building at Manchester, and is about ready to open a Home. Lodge and individual subscriptions and legacies created a fund of $25,000, which has been invested in the Home. After May, 1904, two-thirds of the annual per capita tax will be turned over to the Treasurer of the Home for its support. " NEW YORK.—Maintains a Masonic Home at Utica for Masons, their widows and orphans. The original building cost in 1892, $150,000, and the ground cost 150,000. Several additions have since been made, andmany voluntary contributions in the nature of furnishing the plant, which is valued at $500,000. It cost 155,000 to maintain it in 1902. The revenue for the support of the Home is obtained by the rental of the Masonic Hall in New York City, which is owned by the Grand Lodge. There is also a fee of $3 upon each initiate, which is paid by the Lodge to the Grand Lodge, and turned over to the Home. The endowment fund of this great institution consists of the Masonic Hall in New York City, which represents a cost of $1,655,000. In addition to this unencumbered property, is a reserve fund amounting to $230,000 invested in bonds and mortgages. The average cost of maintenance is $189 per capita. "NORTH CAROLINA.—The present property cost from $80,000 to $100,000. The annual cost of maintenance is from $15,000 to $17,500. The Orphan Asylum has 253 inmates, 125 girls and 128 boys. " OHIO.—The Ohio Masonic Home is located at Springfield. It was established at a cost of $150,000, and is maintained by an annual per capita tax of thirty cents on Master Masons and twenty-five cents on Royal Arch Masons. The membership of the Home is 137, consisting of fifty-five men, thirty-five women, twenty boys and twentyseven girls. The annual average cost of maintenanceis $170 per person. "TENNESSEE.—Has the Masonic Widows' and Orphans' Home located at Nashville and maintained by the Grand Lodge. Its cost was $35,000 exclusive of liberal donations, and in the neighborhood of $10,000 is annually expended in its maintenance. The revenue for maintenance is provided by a fifty cent per capita tax on the Masons of Tennessee. It has an endowment fund of $12,000, which was created by personal solicitation in a period of seven years. " TEXAS.—Maintains a Widows' and Orphans' Home at Fort Worth, in connection with which is a Manual Training School. In 1903 there were in the Home sixty-one girls, fifty-six boys and four widows. The property cost a little over $52,000. There is nearly $94,000 invested in a permanent fund ; average expenditure per capita $148.93; owns two hundred acres of land, with extended facilities for dairying and agriculture.''
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Recognition of the Grand Lodge of Porto Rieo and of the Grand Orient of Argentina were postponed. The recognition of the Grand Lodge Cosmos of Chihuahua, Mexico, was refused. The oration was delivered by the Very Rev. Dean Kaye, of Topeka. We quote from his admirable address: "The origin of Masonry has been sought in various places, and various are the arguments that have arisen as to its beginning. None of them have been entirely satisfactory, because we have dealt with the traditions rather than with the principles of the living organisation. " We should not be surprised that the institution or the beginnings of the institution are wrapped in mystery. It has always been so with any great movement or any great organization. Take, for example, the Christian Church. Early in its history there is a blank period of about thirty years, concerning which we have not even the slightest detail, but when the church emerges from that dark period, we find it complete in its organization; it has its orders and its sacraments, its regular procedure. " Or, to take another, and perhaps to you, more interesting survey, we will turn to the example of Greek life and accomplishment. There we find, when Greek history dawns upon us, magnificent sculpture, wonderful architecture, superb poetry, and that most wonderful of all creations, the Greek drama. Sculpture so great that we stand in amazement before its creations. The very gods from above have been brought down and fashioned from the beautiful marble, that even to-day they excite our wonder and surprise. When learned they that cunning art? Where gained they the inspiration ? We ask of history, and history cannot answer. " Or, we turn to Greek architecture. We see phases of it to-day in the great marts of the world. We go to Athens and we find the relics that show all the airy grace and beauty and glory of those creations, and we ask when or of whom did they learn all that? And again, history gives no answer. "And so with poetry, so with the Greek drama. Nothing tells us. We are against, as it were, a great dumb, granite wall. "Let me place a picture before you that may account for some of the origins of our most worthy Craft. Back in those days, when the great buildings of the world were constructed, and when men were more interested in building cathedrals or houses of God than they were in building walls and castles, they came together to form for themselves what they called, or what we may call, organizations. Gladly, intelligently, they came together; their whole minds dominated by the building of these structures, which were to be honored, whose walls were to be reverenced, and under whose roof was to be nothing but the service of Him whom they revered as above. '' Gladly they came together. How natural the thought, then, for some one to say: "Men and brethren, we are architects under one great Supreme Architect of the whole universe. We plan this building here to-day and work upon it, and the Great Architect of the Universe is planning a greater and higher cathedral, and so, as we come to band ourselves together, we will take the very tools that we have and the very implements that serve us day by day and we will make of them symbols and marks of our organization. We will take these common tools and will dedicate them to Him above, and furthermore, we will take these instruments of our labors and turn them into speculative uses and make them the means of building a far more noble and glorious ,
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cathedral than that which we build upon this earth, the cathedral of the human character. We will take the straight edge and the gavel and prepare with them the living stones for this greatest cathedral or temple ever created or to be created on the face of this earth, the human soul and character in its completeness ' "How natural the step, how simple the conclusion that comes out of it that these men should shape their organization along the lines of their employment. I do not say that they said these words, but that is what they did ; Masonry did not spring into being at once; it was not a complete thing, but as everything else upon the earth has been developed by slow processes, so architecture, so sculpture, so Masonry, which you and I Jove, has spread out over all the confines of the earth to-day. But to go back to Masonry, when we endeavor to trace its beginning we shall find it was a necessity of the human mind ; God was so near to them that they could not leave Him out of their working organization. Behind all was Deity." The Committee on Ritual submitted the following report, which is of considerable value to those who seek to do such things in order: "At the last Annual Communication a motion was made to change the Grand Honors of this Grand Jurisdiction, and the question was referred to this Committee for report at this time. As full investigation as possible has been had, with the result that the members of the Committee believe and recommend that the Grand Honors, except for funerals, be changed. As a result of research and personal inquiry, the Committee feel justified in saying to you that the Grand Honors of Masonry are three, viz : private, public and funeral. The private Grand Honors are the signs and duegards of the three degrees. The public Grand Honors are given by striking the palms of the hands together ' three times three' as now used for the private Grand Honors in this Grand Jurisdiction. The funeral Grand Honors are as they are now used in this Grand Jurisdiction. The Committee recommend that you specify and adopt the foregoing as the Grand Honors of this Grand Jurisdiction." The Committee also made the following report and recommendation and it was adopted : " In order that an intelligent report might be made to you concerning the tendency of modern Masonry to promulgate cipher rituals in an official way, correspondence has been had by this Committee with all Grand Lodges of the United States. The result shows that about one-fourth of them have published such rituals or have countenanced in an official way their dissemination by some brother. The matter is receiving more and more consideration by the Grand Bodies year after year, and the tendency of the times seems to be toward official publication. Doubtless this condition is the result of the flood of contraband rituals that have been a curse to Masonry. No Grand Jurisdiction has suffered more from that than has Kansas. The condition must be met and the Committee believe that the time has arrived for the publication of an official cipher ritual in Kansas. "The Committee have procured as many official ciphers as possible from other Grand Jurisdictions, and upon examination of them favorable recommendation of the Vermont ritual, in the matter of type, paper and binding is made. That ritual is printed on excellent paper, bound in flexible leather, and is gilt-edged. It is small and convenient. 6L4
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It has been submitted to a printing company for figures on the cost, and the Committee can say now that it can be printed and sold, with some profit to the Grand Lodge, for one dollar per volume." In speaking to the report, Bro. Henry F. Mason said : "But probably no one disputes the benefits to be derived from the plan suggested. The more serious question relates to the objections urged against it. These may be summed up in the charge that it is contrary to Masonic tradition and even to the specific obligations of Masonry. The plan proposed contemplates a cipher employing only the initial letter of each word, omitting even this in what may be called ' test words.' Such a cipher cannot be legible or intelligible to any person under the canopy of heaven who has not already been instructed. These disconnected letters cannot serve to create an image in the mind of any one. They can but serve to brighten an image that is already there. A fair degree of proficiency in" the work must be acquired before any considerable use can be made of such a key. Masonic tradition is not against this. It is true that upon a memorable occasion a careful search failed to discover a key on or about the person of a distinguished Mason who was stricken down in the performance of his duty. But the order to make that search proceeded from the highest earthly Masonic authority. That such search was so ordered shows by the clearest implication that the possession of such a key would have beenno violation of Masonic tradition. Certainly there was no thought of reflecting upon the character of that celebrated artist by intimating that he might have been faithless to his trust." The report on Foreign Correspondence is from the facile pen of Past Grand Master Shaver. We note that under Louisiana he notes the absence of the Kansas Representative, Bro. Scoville, from our annual communication. To follow him we have examined the records of Kansas, and find that our Representative was absent also from their annual communication. Does this prove dereliction of duty upon the part of these brethren ? Perhaps it does, but we prefer to believe that the real explanation was and is that the Grand Master of neither Jurisdiction gave special charges to the Representative in full confidence that there was not the slightest probability of anything occurring that would require his presence in a representative capacity. MAINE.
The Grand Lodge has again been sorely afflicted in.the loss of its Past Grand Masters Choate and Locke, and Past Junior Grand Warden Roak. The Grand Master, M. W. Bro. Wm. J. Burnham, made the following ruling: " Statement: A ballot upon an application was declared ' clear and the candidate accepted;' the records were so made up. After the -meeting had closed the S. D. stated that he noticed one black ball in the box as he emptied it for another ballot; a member present stated , that he had cast such a ballot, but should make no objection to its re. maining as it was., Question: What should be done?
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" Answer: The record as made must stand and the degrees be conferred, unless an objection is made, in which case the W. M. should declare the candidate rejected. While it was careless on the part of the W. M. and Wardens in not detecting the ballot, and stupid on the part of the S. D. in not calling the attention of the W. M. to it, as the party who so voted did not object, it must stand as declared." The scrutiny of the ballot cannot be too rigid. The offices of the Masters and Wardens in connection with it are responsible and should be performed in no perfunctory manner. I t is the duty of the Master specially to take nothing for granted, but to see for himself that the ballot box is really empty before the ballot, and that it is really clear, or dark, afterwards. The following act of discipline is worthy of consideration. "June 20, 1903, I received information from the Master of Hiram Lodge, No. 180, of an error on the part of his Lodge in receiving the application and conferring the degrees upon a candidate who had within live years been rejected by a Lodge in Massachusetts. From the statements made by him, the case appeared quite different from any heretofore reported, and I concluded it best to officially visit the Lodge for personal investigation. I therefore directed that'a meeting be called and that special care should be taken to have present at the meeting the candidate in question, the members of the Lodge who signed his application and the Committee of Inquiry. "All were present, also quite a large number of members, and those involved in the ease were personally examined in open Lodge. " The testimony of each was frank and sincere, with no apparent effort to conceal any fact. " The candidate admitted having applied to a Lodge in Massachusetts some four years or more ago, where he was rejected, and that he signed the application of Hiram Lodge under protest without erasing the word ' never,' by the advice of the friend who furnished the application paper and endorsed it. " The endorser admitted the truth of the statements made by the candidate, that he was not well informed as to the law, but actuated by a belief that there would be no difficulty in obtaining a waiver of jurisdiction from the Massachusetts Lodge, and fully intending to do so, he gave the advice as stated; but, being a business man, and his mind fully occupied, he was sorry to confess that he forgot. The second endoi'ser had no knowledge of the circumstances, but was personally acquainted with the applicant, and added his name that the application might have the requisite endorsement. The Committee on Inquiry evidently performed all that they supposed to be their duty, going even so far as to write letters to the former residence of the applicant, although he had been more than one year a resident of the town. " I am aware that, under our law, at least two of these parties are liable to expulsion, but as the petitioner was innocent of intentional deceit, and the one who recommended him, although seemingly the more culpable, had no thought or purpose in covering deceit, I concluded to suspend from Masonry the petitioner, Mr. Arthur F. Garey, and the friend, Bro. Wm. E. Dyer, who recommended him, until the action of the Grand Lodge was had thereon, and that this judgment should be entered upon the records of the Lodge." ;
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The following report of the foregoing case was adopted by theGrand Lodge: " I n the case of Hiram Lodge we recommend the doings of the Grand Master in every particular. While it is probable that a Grand Master may, in the exercise of the inherent rights of his office, have pardoning power, we fail to find in our constitution any recognition of it, and do not recall any case in this jurisdiction of a Grand Master assuming the right to pardon a violation of law. "Our law bearing upon the case in question does not appear to contemplate that its violation could be attended by mitigating circumstances, whilst in this case there evidently were not sufficient, however, to relieve the offending parties of all blame. " There was a violation of law, but evidently not willful; the Committee are therefore of the opinion that the punishment already suffered is sufficient, and recommend that the two brethren now under duress be released and restored to their former standing in Hiram Lodge, taking effect from this date. The Grand Master embodies in his address a letter from one Albert J. Kruger, a Mason of the obedience of the Grand Orient of Belgium, in extenuation of the Grand Orient of France. We quote him: "Acknowledging that the Grand Orient of France is guilty of certain un-Masonic actions, which deserve criticism, but, in consideration of the fact that the French Masons are battling against the same common enemy of Freemasonry as their Belgian brethren, the latter cannot but be in sympathy with the French brethren, who are fighting so manfully for freedom of thought and action, for themselves and their children." It seems to us that, however good this plea may be for human sympathy fQr men in stress, it is about as poor a plea for Masonic recognition as could be devised. That we should be ready to assist every honest man that is oppressed, so far as we may, is a right sentiment; to propose to take a man into a Masonic Lodge because he is making a tough fight, and is possibly right in his fight, is not by any means in keeping with Masonic precept. The report on Correspondence is again written by Bro. Albro E. Chase. We quote him: "The writer upon any subject needs a good dictionary, a book on synonyms and an English grammar at his side. But to the reviewer of the proceedings of a sister Grand Jurisdiction there should also be at hand the constitution and statutes of each jurisdiction reviewed. Undoubtedly Bro. Drummond had kept in touch with the large majority of them. But the newcomer must not too readily express his opinion upon what a Grand Lodge does, for it may be acting as it has a right to act, so long as it is the supreme power." We do not agree with our brother that the fact of a decision of a Grand Master is made in accord with the statutes of his Grand Lodge frees it from criticism. The Grand Master, must, of course, decide the questions presented to him in accordance with the statutes of his Grand Lodge. Ours is a constitutional government, and however much may be said in favor of the absolutism of a Grand Master, yet it re-
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mains true that he would not be permitted to assume his office save on -condition of his taking oath to obey the constitution and regulations of his Grand Lodge. In this day and generation a Grand Master cannot overthrow the law, but is bound by it in his every action. His very prerogatives he enjoys because they are landmarks of the institution, its fundamental laws, or provisions of its enactment. So, then, it is our custom,, and we think it the duty of every member of the guild, to freely criticise that which he finds wrong in the acts of a Grand Master. This not in a personal way, nor in a way implying a denial of the right of the Grand Master to so decide, or of the agreement of the decision with the laws of his jurisdiction. Of course each Grand Lodge stands supreme in its jurisdiction, and its edicts go so far as they do not traverse the landmarks. But Grand Lodges are fallible, and as some have erred, so may others. One of the great concerns of the guild is to bring about such agreement among the governing bodies as will produce the utmost harmony in the institution. To this end each of us ought to criticise anything that seems to us to tend to warp us from the true path. We take it that it. would be an ill day for Masonry when everything that the Grand Masters do passes into the domain of law. We trust that our brother will not refrain, but give us ever his honest opinion of the acts he is called to review. It will help towards those general conclusions of what is right and best that the whole community of Masonry is striving to attain. We quote him again: "We are of a conservative nature. We believe in Masonry as it existed in the days of our fathers; we mean beforeall the hurry and bustle of the present day, when there was time for everything, and everything at a proper time; in the days when the attentive ear caught the true meaning of Masonry, and it was not thought necessary by means of robes and glittering paraphernelia to teach Masonry to a candidate through his eyes. As a matter of fact it is 'light in Masonry' that the candidate is seeking for, and it is only by a study of the teachings of Masonry through his brains that his heart becomes filled with pure Masonic love to God, his neighbor and himself." Very good. But the avenues to the brain are those through the •eyes, as well as those through the ears; and there are others also. MANITOBA.
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The Grand Master, M. W. Bro. E. A. Braithwaite, thus addressed the Grand Lodge: • " Another mile post in our Masonic History has been reached, and it is well that we should, on these occasions, pause to consider how constant and how beneficent has been the care bestowed by Him whose fatherly love has guided the Craft in all ages. The year has silently but swiftly sped away into the shadow of the past. It has witnessed changes in all conditions, and also has brought sorrows which time itself will scarce allow us to forget. It has brought abundant evidence of progress to this bright and growing Western land, and in the course
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of the year our Order has gladly joined in keeping pace, arid we find ourselves in growing prosperity. Not alone in numbers do we now rejoice, but also in the fact that the principles for which our Order stands have found and are finding daily expression in the lives and in the character of our members. These principles teach unselfishness, stand for strength of character, and produce uprightness in life and conduct, making us better men and inspiring only towards the good. To be selfish is to be uncharitable, and to be uncharitable is to be un-Masonic. To the selfish man Masonry is but a school of dreary ethics where for the time being he may be pleased with ritual and allegory which may strongly appeal to his sense of the beautiful, but the lesson and the thought he can never learn inasmuch as charity is the fruit of unselfishness, and the head and the heart must unite to learn and to practice the living truths for which our Order stands. Together we now meet with heart-searching thought, let us take our observation with care, and determine where we stand and decide upon our future course, and in the deliberations of this important occasion may we seek the guidance of Him in whom we trust. As we meet on this glad occasion we cannot forget that in the midst of our joys the pangs of sorrows have been felt, and we have been called to ' mourn with those who mourn ' over the departure of a number of our brethren. The hand of ' icy death' has touched where but a short year ago was health and hope, and now call again from the shadows the names of those in the report to be submitted to you of Fraternal Dead." He makes this timely suggestion: "That after the third degree has been conferred, the examination shall be held in this as in the first and second degrees, and that the new member must also be examined and work his way into Lodge as if he were an utter stranger." MARYLAND.
We note, with pleasure, the adoption of this resolution, a worthy tribute to a worthy man: "The Grand Lodge A. P. and A.M. of Maryland acknowledges with grateful appreciation the invaluable services of Bro. Jacob H. Medairy, its able and faithful Grand Secretary for forty years. " After such long and useful service our good brother, now verging upon eighty-two years of age, has fairly earned a rest from his labors. "Be it Therefore Beaolved, That Bro. Jacob H. Medairy be and he is hereby elected Grand Secretary Emeritus of this Grand Lodge, with continued annual salary, for the remainder of his life, which, we trust, may be prolonged for many years." We are much disappointed in not finding an address from the Grand Master. The report on correspondence, which is interesting in many ways, is again from the pen of Bro. Schultz, who has acted as the chairman of the Committee many years. Peace and harmony prevail, and natural growth is everywhere visible. Fitting obituary notices are on record expressive of the great sorrow felt by reason of the death of Past Grand Master Ohr. We have endeavored to find some record of the progress of the
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Grand Lodge in liquidating its debt, but are unable to discover it. These proceedings are, it seems to us, badly in need of a good index. To a busy reviewer an index to proceedings is a very essential thing. MASSACHUSETTS.
The following important action was had: " Upon motion of the Grand Secretary it was unanimously voted, that this Grand Logde earnestly recommends to the Grand Lodges throughout the country the adoption of a regulation requiring of every visiting Brother the production of a Grand Lodge certificate as a preliminary to examination, and that the Grand Secretary be authorized to request that in all other jurisdictions orders may be issued requiring the production of such a certificate from all Brethren hailing from Massachusetts, as a preliminary to the compliance with all local regulations now existing." The proceedings of Massachusetts are as staid and correct as possible. We are always reminded when we read them of those of Mother Grand Lodge, the Grand Lodge of England. We give the palm for ancient order to Massachusetts, for even Pennsylvania has innovated. We shall not here catalogue her innovations, but content ourselves with noting that her Grand Masters make decisions and she publishes a report on correspondence. But not so Massachusetts. Her proceedings are an account of auditing the work financial and otherwise, and a full, accurate and judicial record of the discipline of the few of her children who have been naughty. Massachusetts preserves the ancient customs very literally and her annual assemblies are always marked by a feast— and here she copies somewhat from the northern sister of her ancestor— the Grand Lodge of Scotland, and the record of her feasts always reminds us of the jollity of Robby Burns. We quote from the post prandial remarks, which good Brother Nickerson always carefully preserves: " The late George M. Stearns, of Chicopee, one of the brightest after-dinner speakers of his day, at one of the Unitarian Club dinners, which are always 'dry rather than dipped,' told, to illustrate how difficult it was to speak on ice-water, of a time when he went with his family to spend his summer vacation in Vermont. Being a good Unitarian, but there being no Unitarian church in the town, on Sunday he took his family to the only church, which was suggestive of ' Brimstone Corner' that Brother Nickerson spoke of, and filled a pew with his family and himself before the service began. After the usual preliminaries in church service the minister began his sermon something like this: ' Brethren and Sisters, we are all worms of the dust; it is only by the interposing grace of the Almighty that we are permitted even to exist,' etc.; and drew a very lugubrious picture of the state of existence, Stearns sinking lower and lower in his pew as he felt his un worthiness. After the service, stopping to admire the architecture of the church, he saw our ministerial friend in a state of uncertainty in front of the pulpit with his hat in his hand. Stearns approached him and, after carefully complimenting his sermon, asked if he lived near; he replied, ' Oh, no; I am an exchange, I am a stranger here.' And on Mr. Stearns asking
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about dinner, he said, ' I thought the prudential committee would take care of me, though there seems to be none of them about.' 'Come home with me,' promptly said Stearns, utilizing his good works creed. Until he got home, however, it never occurred to him what he should do with this ' worms of dust' man when it came to his customary bottle of wine at dinner; but a bright idea struck him; he told his man James, ' When I tell you at dinner to bring me some of ' that Massachusetts cider' you bring ia a bottle of my White Label champagne.' So, as the dinner progressed, he asked the minister if he ever drank cider. ' Oh, yes, we used to make it at home.' 'Well,' said Stearns, ' I have got some Massachusetts cider here, a little highly charged, but perhaps you'll like it. James, bring up some of that Massachusetts cider.' To make a long story short, however, he and the minister drank two bottles of the White Label. And at ten minutes of three, while they were still lingering at the table, the minister exclaimed, looking at his watch, ' Dear me, dear me, I have to preach again this afternoon.' He started for the church, and telling the story Mr Stearns used to say, ' I kept up with him—but if you could have see him go! He dashed up the road, pushed open the doors of the church, he kneed up the broad aisle like a coupg horse, he danced into the pulpit like a young colt, he stretched his arms out over the congregation and fervently raising his eyes toward heaven exclaimed in cheerful tones, ' Brethren and Sisters, we are all made in the image of God." I am safe in telling this story in this way, for if any one had ever heard Mr. Stearns tell it there is no fear that it will be recognized in my digest of what he produced as a classic." We quote from Grand Chaplain Horton on the occasion: "Now, to make myself abbreviated properly, I want to allude to only one more thing—education. Education is the watchword of the republic. If you cannot make your units intelligent and strong, your thousands and millions amount to nothing. Put idiots together in innumerable array and they are idiots still. Bad men arrayed are bad men all the worse. Now, what does Freemasonry do ? Up-to-date talking in regard to marauding the great public school education of the country? N"o; it does this, emphatically this—and to our honor—it puts forward industrial training, it puts forward the honor of manual instruction; it lays down the law that a man shall be worth something in the world for what he can do in the factory, in the office, in the professor's chair, in the pulpit—everywhere. That is a part of the fundamental principle of our Order—that work, honest, noble, bare-armed or barebrowed labor, is a part of the country's and the world's best welfare." MICHIGAN.
The Grand Master, M. W. Bro. Roscoe W. Broughton, thus speaks, in his address, of the condition of the Craft: " I n telling you the history of the year that has passed since last We met, I have to report no discords, no disturbances, no contentions other than the trifling ones that arise even among brothers. Not one single serious event of this nature has occurred to mar the peace and tranquility of our Masonic lives. We have maintained our usual friendly relations with foreign jurisdictions. We have lived in peace and harmony with our brethren at home. We have built new and larger temples. We have moved from the old into the new. We have grown in strength and numbers. We have thriven in.every way beyond ex-?
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pectations. Our reports show that this has been one of the most prosperous years Michigan Masonry has ever known. It becomes us, as we enter upon our deliberations, to lift our hearts to the God of Masons in thanksgiving and praise for the manifold blessings we have enjoyed." He notes the death of Past Grand Master Durand and of the Grand Secretary, R. W. Bro. Conover. Of the latter he well said: "To Jefferson S, Conover belongs the credit of bringing the office of Grand Secretary to the high state of perfection it has attained in this jurisdiction. His genius for system, his readiness to adopt new and improved methods, his attention to detail, his knowledge of Masonic law, his familiarity with relations of foreign jurisdictions, and, above all, his unflagging industry, made him one of the best Grand Secretaries in this country." We note the following among his decisions: "Question: May Entered Apprentices and Fellowcrafts who have received their degrees in other Lodges visit our Lodge while at work in these respective degrees ? " Answer: Undoubtedly. It is a part of the common law of Masonry that our Entered Apprentices or Fellowcrafts in good standing may visit Lodges of Entered Apprentices or Fellowcrafts " Our own impression about the common law differs somewhat. There is no evidence that we know that in the ancient days, before the organization of particular Lodges, that Entered Apprentices have a right of visitation in a Masonic way to other Masters than their own, and from what we have read we doubt very much whether even the idea of such possible visitation could have been conceived. As we understand it the Apprentice was trained by the Master to whom he was bound, and by no other. When we come down to the days of Lodge organization we find a question in vogue among the brethren, What induced you to become a Master Mason? The proper answer is well known, and if it has any meaning it certainly implies that the " common law " was otherwise than the Grand Master states. In our own day and in our own personal experience we have not found the " common law " sustaining his position. When our Chairman was an Apprentice he had occasion to travel, not Masonically, into a distant state. He desired to visit a Lodge of Apprentices, but he was told that there was no one present who had "traveled " with him and that he could not be admitted. He learned afterwards the significance of the reply and he has always since considered thai; it was in entire accord with the traditions and teachings of Masonry. Hence we say that we find ourselves with a conception of the common law of Masonry different on the point at issue from the brother. Another decision follows; "Mr A. B. applied for membership in our Lodge by initiation; his application was received and referred in the regular manner. Committee reported favorably, ballot was passed, found not clear and Mr. A. B. was declared rejected.
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"Mr. A. B. again applied, after a lapse of sixty days; application received and referred as before. Committee made following report: ' Mr. A. B. has not resided in the jurisdiction of this Lodge within the last twelvemonths.' The ballot was not taken. "Question: In the light of the report of the Committee on second application, was first rejection legal and does this Lodge retain personal jurisdiction over candidates for the statutory period? "Answer: A Lodge has no right to receive a petition for the degrees from one who has not resided within its territorial jurisdiction for the twelve months preceding the date of the application. Blue Book, 210, Section 1. "The reception of the petition by this Lodge was, therefore, illegal and void, and the candidate which it rejected can apply for initiation to any Lodge within whose jurisdiction he resides. Accepting the report of the second Committee as true, the first Committee were guilty of un-Masonic conduct in making the report they did." We are reminded of the man who was imprisoned and, on his lawyer telling him that he ought not to be, had the ready answer that the fact overmastered the theory. It seems to us that the fact of the declaration that the man was not fit material ought to count for something. We would agree that the Lodge had no jurisdiction and could not hold the material as its own. But ought not the fact of rejection be revealed to any other Lodge to whom he should subsequently make application? M. W. Bro. Frank T. Lodge, Grand Lecturer, has this to say of his office: "The position of Grand Lecturer is, in many ways, the most arduous and responsible position in the gift of the Grand Lodge. I t requires great physical endurance with which to withstand the great strain of constant traveling, irregular hours, a constant round of banquets, confinement in crowded and poorly ventilated Lodge rooms, and the other strains upon the health necessarily attending the situation. But, far more than these, it requires constant and laborious investigation into the arcana of Masouic history, jurisprudence and traditions; an intimate knowledge of its symbolism, usages and laws; a quenchless enthusiasm and love for Masonry and Masonic work, which constant and tedious repetition of the work cannot quench; a natural love for, and quick adaptability to, all sorts and conditions of men, and many other indispensable requirements of the teacher and leader of men. A Grand Lecturer should, also, be able to express his ideas forcibly and intelligently; so that after his visits there will be a marked increase in the ardor, enthusiasm arid intelligence with which the Craft perform their Masonic duties." A special Committee on the matter of the application of the Grand Lodge, Valle de Mexico, presented a very able and interesting report, the conclusion of which is as follows: " Your Committee believe, however, that this Grand Lodge, as well as other Grand Lodges, ought to work carefully and cautiously. The question is important enough for us to take all the time that is necessary to decide it wisely. If there is legitimate York Rite Masonry in Mexico, we want to find it, recognize and foster it. We want to make good the boast of our ritual, which practically assures each new
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candidate that, wherever he goes, he may find a Masonic home, a Masonic altar and Masonic brethren. Your Committee believe that, , in time, we shall be able to discover a feasible plan, if any such exists. At the present time, we frankly confess, we are unable to advise action that will be safe. At the same time, however, we hope that, if the matter shall be left with your Committee another year, we may be able to make that personal investigation which the subject deserves, and report a line of action at our next annual communication, upon which this Grand Lodge may safely act. We believe that, by delaying action for another year, the great cause of legitimate Masonry will be promoted; and, while a year's delay may mean much discomfort and inconvenience to the American Masons in Mexico who are clamoring for speedy action, it will mean much more to Masonry generally by insuring a sounder and saner decision. The report on Correspondence was from the able pen of M. W. Bro. Winsor. In his review of Louisiana he corrects us in our previous remarks on the law in Michigan, and shows that while a demit is not there operative until the application of the brother interested has been accepted by another Lodge, yet any brother can be permitted to withdraw from a Lodge. The distinction that they make is based upon the assertion that the demit is a certificate of good character. We may say that while a demit usually has a commendation embodied in the certificate, yet it is not a necessary part of it. What it shows is (1), that the brother is no longer a member, and (2), that at the date of its issuance he was clear of the books and no charges standing against him. Would not a certificate of withdrawal show precisely the same thing ? The objection to the Michigan law is in respect to the difficulties that it raises in the administration of the law in other jurisdictions. For example, the Louisiana law forbids dual membership. If a Michigan brother should come to Louisiana and desire to affiliate with us, he would have difficulty in doing so, for no Lodge could elect him to membership while he was a member of the Michigan Lodge. To accomplish his desire he would be obliged to withdraw from the Michigan Lodge, but to do so we are told he would subject himself to a certain stigma. Is it just to put a black mark upon a brother who is presumed to be as good a Mason as any other in the jurisdiction? MISSISSIPPI.
The Committee on Jurisprudence submitted the following ruling: " Question: A Lodge received the petition of an applicant who states that he thinks he was rejected by a Lodge in Nashville, Tenn., twenty years ago. On inquiry, the Lodges in Nashville say they recollect the man, but not his petition. Can this Lodge entertain his petition ? " Answer: If the applicant petitioned a Lodge in Nashville, Tenn., and was rejected, he is within the jurisdiction of said Lodge until such time as he can be legally released, and his application cannot be considered. This is a question of fact which the applicant must establish."
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It seems to us that the reply is not responsive to the query. The condition raised by the committee is not that of the inquirer. The Nashville Lodges make no claim to the material, and the presumption surely is that as a consequence they have none. The applicant cannot prove anything done or not done by a Lodge of which he was never a member. A man might very well write an application to a Lodge, and never hearing from it might well suppose that he had been rejected, but the true explanation might well be that he had neglected to forward the paper, or that the friend to whom he gave it had failed to present it. The evidence of the Nashville Lodges in this case is clear and full, and it is to the effect that the man never was rejected. It seems to us upon the statement made by the committee that he was clearly eligible for the consideration of the Mississippi Lodge. We quote again from the Committee: " Question: Th'e Master of a Lodge, residing several miles from the lodge room, beeps the charter in his immediate possession, claiming that to be the law, and refuses, when he cannot attend Lodge meetings in person, to permit the charter to leave his possession. In the absence of the Worshipful Master, at a Stated Monthly Communication, and the charter as well, the Senior Warden opened the Lodge for the purpose of transacting business ata Stated Monthly Communication; atsaidmeeting a motion was made and carried to reconsider an act of the previous Stated Communication. Is the action of the Worshipful Master, in withholding the charter from the Lodge in his absence, legal, and was the meeting held in the absence of the charter a legal one. " Answer: It is not contemplated, nor does the Grand Lodge give countenance to such a construction of the law, as that the Master of a Lodge is to keep its charter in his immediate possession, but rather that the same should be left in the lodge room under his immediate control, providing the lodge room is secure, in order, should, the Master not be able to attend in person, that the Wardens could open the Lodge for the transaction, of business. (Question 4..page 68,1899.) Masons must congregate in Lodges regularly constituted. (Sec. 6, Landmarks.) A Lodge is a sufficient number of Masons, duly assembled, with the Holy Bible, square and compass, and the charter, or warrant, empowering them to work. (Page 19, Text-Book, 1903.) 'A Lodge cannot be opened legally in th'e absence of its charter, and business transacted, and a meeting at which the charter is not present, is void.'" We quote the above not to approve it, but to show some of the absurdities that accrue from the notion that the warrant of a Lodge is a piece of paper and not the flat of the Grand Lodge. The Grand Lodge of Western Australia constituted in 1900 was recognized. The rules and regulations were amended in respect to the formation of new Lodges so as to read: " Provided, That no new Lodge shall be established within less than ten miles of an existing Lodge, except where a city or town shall be within said ten mile limit, when, if in the judgment of the Grand Master or the Grand Lodge, the good of the Craft will be promoted by the establishment of a new Lodge, a dispensation may be granted."
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The Grand Master, M. W. Bro. Emmet N. Thomas, spoke as follows at the laying of the corner-stone of Science Hall of Agricultural and Mechanical College at Starkville: " I do notagree with the distinguished Mississippian and ex-United States Senator, Albert Gallatin Brown, when he said, in one of his last public utterances, just before the end of a life devoted to the service of his people, that, after all, he had reached the conclusion that the place of honor was the private station. I want to combat this idea to-day; I want to impress upon the student body the truth, that the place of honor should be the public station. " It ought to be the fixed determination of every student of this institution, when he shall have finished his service here, to discover the way in which he can be of most service to his State and country, and assiduously apply himself to that service when he shall have found the way. To be useful, you must have convictions. These convictions should be the result of intelligent, energetic effort to ascertain the truth. You should labor to rind the right way, the pure way, the clean way, the honest way, and then you should try to your utmost to get the courage to follow in this way, because it is the right way. You may say this is an easy lesson I have given you; in this you are mistaken. It is life's hardest lesson. It is, indeed, the battle-ground of the strong. None but heroes can enlist in this army. It is not an easy matter for a man to stand up for truth, for right, for justice, when the howling mob is against him. It requires courage of the most exalted type, and heroism of the most exalted character, for one to do his duty when the people cry, ' crucify him.' But without this kind of courage, without this devotion to right, no one was ever truly great or really useful. "This kind of courage comes only as a result of the most exacting self-denial, the most excruciating self-abnegation. Every man must not only realize, but must assimilate this truth, that men cannot live by bread alone. He must subject personal aggrandizement, personal ambition and personal fame to the public weal. He must have the courage to suffer the most humiliating defeat, rather than hesitate or trim when duty calls. No man has the right kind of courage who is not ready to suffer defeat, or even death, in the discharge of his duty. As a reward for all this 1 have nothing to offer, no pledge to make. We do not promise you heaven; we appeal to higher ideals and loftier motives. We beg you to do right simply because it is right: to do your duty because it is your duty. We insist that you labor not for the hope of fee or reward. The only reward we can offer is this: " Eight labors not in vain, But its reward is in the doing; And the consciousness of right pursuing Is the prizes the vanquished and victor gain." At the opening of an emergent communication of the Grand Lodgethe Grand Master demanded to see the charter of Abert Lodge "under whose auspices the work (that of laying a corner-stone) was being done." It seems to us that this is a very much mixed record. Who laid the stone, the Grand Lodge, or Abert Lodge ? If the former, what had the charter of Abert Lodge to do with it ? And if it was necessary toknow whether the Lodge at the place was a legal Lodge, or no, did the-
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production of that paper assist the Grand Master in obtaining the information ? Or, again, if Abert Lodge laid the stone why was it not opened, and for what purpose was the Grand Lodge opened? Past Grand Master, M. W. Bro. A. H. Barkley, presented the Report on Correspondence. We clip his eloquent conclusion: "We have sat in the counsels of the wise men in the East, and drunk of the refreshing waters which flow from the perennial stream. We have walked the halls of science with the solons of the mystic art, and caught up the instructive words as they fell from their lips. We have gleaned in the Masonic fields, and gathered up the golden sheaves as they dropped from the hand of the busy reaper We have plucked the ripe fruit from the tree of knowledge, and, having completed our labors, we lay these precious treasures upon the altar of our faith, and dedicate them to the use of a common Brotherhood." MISSOURI.
We open the volumn to note the decease of M. W. Bro. John Davis Vincil, who for twenty-seven years has been the Grand Secretary. An old and valued friend of the writer, we greatly regret his demise. And we welcome anotherfriend as his successor, R. W. Bro. John R. Parson. The Grand Master, M. W. Bro. W. F. Kuhn, spoke in this manner in his address: "Under the blessing of God we meet again to consider the eternal principles of our Fraternity and their relation to our brother's welfare. We meet again to clasp hands in kindly greeting, to be again reminded that we are brethren. "May this annual communication be the dawning, if possible, of even a better, a fairer day. A stimulus to renewed exertion, to greater zeal in the cause of humanity's needs. That Masonry may be a synonym for progress, for freedom, for independence, for boldness in everything that makes man beneficent." We quote these wise words: " If a Grand Master sheuld violate the civil law as frequently as he is requested to violate the law of the Grand Lodge, he would be obliged to spend the remainder of his days in the penitentiary. " The book of constitutions expressly states that the Grand Master ' shall have no power to suspend the operation of any law of the Grand Lodge.' Yet how frequently he is requested to violate the law, and even told that he is all-powerful and can do as he may see fit. The Grand Master must obey the law and not violate it, hence, the many requests to spread the ballot on candidates out of time was refused. It frequently happens that a petitioner becomes so thorougly imbued with the ideaof a rapid advance, becausehe wants to go higher, or visitEurope or the Philippines, that the Master requests a dispensation to confer the degrees in one evening or in two weeks. The law says plainly, ' No candidate shall receive more than one degree at the same Communication, nor can he be advanced before the next stated Communication.' There is no provisional clause attached thereto giving the Grand Master authority to grant such requests. " I t is equally true in reference to examination of candidates on their proficiency in the degrees. The law says, 'No candidate shall advance to the Second Degree or Third Degree until he shall have
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passed a satisfactory examination in open Lodge at a stated meeting.' When the law says a 'stated meeting,' it does not mean a special meeting. All requests to examine candidates as to their proficiency at a special meeting were refused. Many of these requests came from Lodges holding but one stated communication a month. If these Lodges would change their by-laws to two stated meetings a month, they would not be so crowded at certain times of the year, and the need of such dispensations would not arise." We commend the following decision: "Question: Can the Grand Master restore the charter of a Lodge when such charter has been revoked by the Grand Lodge? "Answer: No. It is not competent for the Grand Master to set aside the .action of the Grand Lodge in a matter which that body had jurisdiction. The Grand Lodge is the court of last resort. There can be no appeal from its decisions. The Grand Master acts for the Craft when the Grand Lodge is not in session, but he has no power to set aside or reverse its decisions. The Grand Lodge may review the rulings of the Grand Master, but the converse of the proposition cannot be maintained, The judgment of the Grand Lodge will have to stand until it is set aside, vacated, or the errors therein corrected by the Grand Lodge itself." We believe the following decision also ought to be commended: "Question: After a Masonic Hall has been dedicated to Masonry by the A. A. S. R., is it necessary that it be dedicated by the Grand Lodge before it can be occupied by a Blue Lodge ? "Answer: Yes. All Masonic Halls must be dedicated to Masonry as prescribed by the Grand Lodge before they can be occupied by a Blue Lodge. Any dedication by a higher body does not set this ceremony aside." The recognition of the Scotch Eite, or of other bodies, as for example the Grand Chapters of Royal Arch Masons, does not carry with it a knowledge of their ceremonials. As Master Masons we do not know in what their ceremonials of dedication consist, and the only certainty that a hall is dedicated according to those requirements which we insist upon can come from our doing that work ourselves. The following decision is interesting and we again concur: " Question: Is it competent testimony at a Masonic trial to use the transcript of the testimony of absent or deceased members given in the courts of the country, in a case to which the accused was a party to a similar charge ? "Answer: Yes. It is competent at a Masonic trial to prove the testimony of a deceased or absent member, given in the courts of the country, in a case in which the accused was a party to a similar charge, and where he had the opportunity for cross-examination, so far as the testimony of'such deceased or absent witnesses is pertinent to the issue before the Lodge, whenever it shall be shown to the Lodge that such witness is dead, or that his personal presence cannot be obtained by the Lodge or a Committee thereof, as provided in Sections 249, 250 and 251 of the Grand Lodge by-laws. . " In all such cases the testimony of the deceased or absent witnesses should be proved before the Lodge, or its Commttee, as provided in the sections above mentioned, either .by the stenographer who took the
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testimony, or by any other person who heard it and can testify as tothe substance. The accused, of course, must have notice of time and place, when and where this evidence will be taken, and shall also have the right to prove his version of what the testimony of the absent or deceased witness was." We quote the following decision. In Louisiana we require a dispensation for a public installation, and it is within the province of the Grand Master to further regulate its character: "Question: Is it necessary to have a dispensation fora public installation of officers, either alone or in conjunction with the Order of the Eastern Star? "Answer: The public installation of Lodge officers is a Masonic occasion. No dispensation is necessary. Go ahead and be happy with the sisters." Of course it is entirely within the discretion of a Grand Lodge to allow such a privilege to a particular Lodge. To the following question we should have given a different answer: "Question: Is a patent of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite or a diploma of membership in a Chapter of Royal Arch Masons, or a Commandery of Knights Templar a sufficient voucher on which to visit a Lodge. "Answer: No. A patent or a certificate of membership in a socalled higher Masonic body, even if its membership is dependent on good standing iu the Lodge, is not a voucher to visit a Lodge? "Neither can a brother vouch for another, based upon the fact of having sat in one of the Bodies of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, Chapter of Royal Arch Masons or a Commandery." To the first paragraph we should have added, " nor for that matter is a diploma of a Grand Lodge, nor a certificate from a particular Lodge. Documentary evidence alone is not a sufficient voucher." To the second paragraph we should have replied that such a fact is sufficient to warrant a voucher, provided that the brother vouching knows that the brother vouched for could not sit in such body unless he was a Master Mason in good standing. In some cases that is a qualification, and in others it is not. Hence the fact may, or may not, be sufficient, and the voucher must know the condition of his own knowledge before he makes the avouchment. The Grand Master thus very properly speaks on physical qualifications: "A few questions have arisen on the subject of physical qualification, but in each instance the question has been decided by some former Grand, Master, so that a mere reference to these decisions was necessary. There need be no misrepresentation or misunderstanding of our law on this subject. The law of our Grand Lodge, on physical qualification, is a sensible, plain and wise one. Clearly stated, our law permits any good man, who is able to receive and communicate the ceremonies of the degree, to petition and receive them. The perfect youth idea, as a symbol in Masonry, is an absurd idea, for, if strictly enforced, there would be no membership in Masonry except the select Apollos who advocate the perfect youth notion. Physically perfect men are few;
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besides, why introduce a far-fetched symbolism that would exclude the majority. The ancient Craftsmen had to present a perfect physical development only so far that the defect would not prevent him from learning his trade and serving his Master. That is all that we require in speculative Masonry. If a candidate comes with a good moral character and sufficient intelligence, even though he has a wooden leg or artificial left hand, he is qualified to learn his trade of being a Mason, in thought, in deed, in his daily life and serving his Master, the Great Architect of heaven and earth. The right hand, hearing and sight are the essentials; for by these we feel the grip, hear the word and see the sign. A cork leg or a cork left hand does not interfere with the reception or communication of the mysteries of Masonry. Intelligence and rectitude of conduct are of more importance than acork leg, a wart on the nose or an empty head. An ApoJlo with a wooden head is a greater menace than the absence of a finger on the hand of a good man,. The plumb line of measurement is not physical perfection or physical symmetry, but good work, square work, true work. " When the Mother Grand Lodge of the World, the Grand Lodge of England, does not recognize any law on physical qualification, we can be satisfied. Let it be understood, though, that the ' cripple law ' of Missouri bars forever cork heads, disabled consciences and septic characters." Recognition was extended to Queensland, Costa Rica, Three Globes (Prussia), Germany, Royal York (Prussia), Saxony, Eclectic Union (Frankfort), Zur Sonne (Bavaria), Zur Eintract of Concord (Hesse), Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Netherlands. The Grand Orator, R. W. Bro. Wm. R. Gentry, spoke on the Prayer of Solomon at the dedication of the Temple. We quote him: "But now for the lesson: King Solomon, as I have said, in the closing years of his life, on account of the fact that he was such a ladies' man (for we all know that Solomon was a ladies' man, having had seven hundred wives and three hundred concubines), yielded to the desires of some of his wives and fell into sin. I think we can sympathize with him, we who know what trouble may sometimes arise where there is one wife in the family; and if we multiply that by seven hundred, and add three hundred outside the immediate family in close touch, and you have a pretty good idea of what Solomon had to contend with; and even the wisdom of Solomon was not able to stand the pressure. He allowed his heathen wives, whom he had unwisely taken from foreign heathen nations, to cause to be erected altars in that very kingdom where he had stood when he builded this glorious Temple to Almighty God; where he had offered this most wonderful of prayers ever offered by human lips, and professed humility and prayed for their forgiveness by the Father of all— he allowed these wives to erect altars to heathen gods and to worship other gods than the one true and living God. And such was the disapproval of Jehovah that there was taken from the descendents of Solomon all the kingdom of Israel save two small tribes in the southern part of it, and the other ten tribes were given over to others who had not descended from Solomon; and had it not been for the sins of Solomon and his people, this kingdom would have continued in its entirety and grown in glory. The trouble was that King Solomon, in his moments of weakness, allowed something to come between him and his creator, May the life and this prayer of King Solomon be a lesson G L 5
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to us, and may we, as men and as Masons, allow nothing to come in to set up idols in our hearts which shall take away from us, or from the Lodge, from the order of Masonry, the worship of the one living and true God. As long as we bear in mind the fact that Masonry is founded on a belief in and worship of God, and live lives becoming men and Masons, who have knelt upon the representation of the ground floor of King Solomon's Temple and declared that we put our trust in Almighty God, and keep our moral standard high, that long will Masonry be safe. But if we, as men or as Masons, ever allow anything to come in between us and our God, as they did in the Grand Lodge (Orient) of France, to take away the recognition of the Creator, to take away the doctrines of our ancient tenets of Freemasonry, promulgated by our first Most Excellent Grand Master, then we may look for the ruin of our Fraternity to come speedily and swiftly, as it would deserve to do. "Let us ever remember that the teachings of this Order require that we have constantly before us the fact that no Lodge can properly labor without the Holy Bible being spread open upon its altar, that no Lodge can be opened without prayer, and that no man, especially a Mason, should ever engage in any great or important undertaking without first invoking the aid and blessing of Deity; that with these lessons in mind, the institution is safe, and will continue to thrive; that there will be no departure from the ancient principles of our Order, and that it will go forward with the success that it has so richly earned." MONTANA.
At a special communication of the Grand Lodge the corner stone of the gate to Yellowstone Park was laid by the Grand Lodge. Bro. Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States, being present, was assigned the duty of the spreading the cement to bind the stone in place, this he did, "and the stone was lowered to its place with the public Grand Honors." At the annual communication the Grand Master, M. \V. Bro. Frank E. Smith, rendered the following decision among others: " In response to an inquiry, I held that a Lodge cannot attend in a body the funeral ceremonies of a Fellow Craft who was prevented by illness from taking the Third Degree." We utterly fail to perceive any reason for prohibiting the burial of an Apprentice or Fellow Craft, by a Lodge. Are they not Masons? There is absolutely nothing in a Masonic funeral service that we have ever seen that is inappropriate for use on such an occasion. We also quote the following. The principle involved is quite fundamental, but as we have found it frequently controverted, we reproduce it for the instruction of those that may need the information. " To the inquiry, ' Can a Lodge, upon the petition of one who has received the E. A. Degree in said Lodge, and then removed to another jurisdiction, and whose name has been dropped from the roll of the Lodge, restore him to the roll of E. A's. and then grant the request of a Lodge in another jurisdiction to confer the degrees upon h i m ? ' I held that the name of the E. A. could be restored to the roll of E. A's. by a vote of the Lodge (Code, Sec. 38, Art. VIII), and that that Lodge
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could then request the Lodge in the other jurisdiction to confer the degrees upon the applicant, and thereby make him a member of the Lodge to which he first applied, or, if he desired to become a member of the Lodge in the other jurisdiction, upon his application the first Lodge could restore his name to the roll of E. A's. and then give him a certificate to that effect, in the nature of a dimit, as provided in Sec. 38, Art. VIII, Code of Statutes." Report was made that the Grand Lodge would soon be placed in possession of a bequest of Bro. David Anchard, which was likely to be worth some $100,000.00. The Grand Secretary and Past Grand Master, M. W. Bro. Cornelius Hedges, has renewed his youth, as is very evident in his report on Correspondence. He really chuckles over the Alabama printer's error that made Copernicus a Persian instead of a Prussian. But will our good brother kindly have his rod pickled and lay it on heavy upon the miserable Montana scab (we know he cannot belong to the Typographical Union) who so outrageously perverted his copy and has declared to the world that the officers of the Grand Lodge of Louisiana are "assciate." (See his report, page 50, line 5.) We clip Bro. Hedges' comment on our remarks in report of 1903: " With his criticisms expressed in his review, we are in general hearty accord. For the information he has compiled concerning Foreign Grand Bodies, he has done good service. If the universality of Masonry is ever to be realized, it will never do to say that all Masonry but the York Rite is illegitimate. The one indispensable thing is the recognition of God and immortality." NEBRASKA.
We note the following very important decision made by the Grand' Master, M. W. Bro. Frank E. Bullard, and believe it is correct, for otherwise the Master would be shorn of much of his authority. With subordinate officers, one of them his private messenger, not in entire touch with him, the Master would be handicapped: " That a special dispensation to elect and install a Master, comprehends such subordinate, as within his prerogative he has the right to appoint." We note also the following very proper decisions: " That a Lodge can hold but one meeting at one time and in one place; or, in other words, a Lodge cannot divide its membership and confer degrees in different rooms at the same time. That part in the regular place of meeting with the charter would be the only lawful body; the other would be clandestine and unlawful. " That it is not necessary to open a Lodge of Master Masons when the only work is that of conferring an inferior degree." The Grand Master also very properly and truthfully remarked: " I n conclusion, I cannot but avail myself of the opportunity to sound a note of warning. Notwithstanding the apparent growth and prosperity of our institution, it may be but superficial; what we fancy to be strength, may be really weakness., for our real strength lies not in
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numbers, but in absolute unswerving fidelity to its principles and teachings. True Masonry is the upbuilding and uplifting of the individual character, and the welding of those characters into a compact, harmonious society, having for its aim and object the advancement of everything that stands for more intelligent citizenship, more godly homes, and cleaner lives. The introduction into this society of imperfect, unprepared material, weakens its force, destroys its influence, and nullifies its aim The Masonic Lodge should, by the very character of its membership, exert an active, forceful influence in the community where it exists, and where it does not we may rest assured that it» portals have not been securely guarded, and that from mercernary or other unworthy motives, its high standards of morality and righteousness have been lowered to the level of men yet in darkness, and without the knowledge of the truth. If this is true in any degree in the Lodge you are here representing, let me urge that you apply the proper remedy ere disaster overtake you." The recognition of Vall6 de Mexico was postponed. We are told that a brother occupied the station of the Grand Orator,, and delivered the oration "as prepared by the Grand Orator," but the personality of the orator is not revealed. We take pleasure in quoting the unknown brother, whose '' toast" was " Honor All Men; Love the Brotherhood." He said, among other things: " Through sun and cloud, storm and calm the growth of ideas has been steadily toward the season of the golden harvest. This growth has not been an unbroken advance. Development often comes through , phases of decadence and periods of deterioration. Nevertheless the great completing influence in historical development traces a clear outline of growth. Its story energized with flesh and blood crystallize* about the words and deeds of men. In successive though widely separated eras with marked prominence the moral training of mankind is seen. Hence side by side' with unity of history goes the Christian doctrine of the unity of mankind. With the agency of the personal power of eminent persons, whether Solomon or Hiram, whether the heroes of authentic history or fabled era, whether inventive genius traceable in the steps of civilization or individuals of transcendent mental endowment influential in literature, science, or art, the progress of society is inseparably connected. Social progress, its cause and its conditions owes not a little to great men who, at critical periods and as leaders in emergency, were not puppets to the spirit of the times. On the human, as well as on the divine side, man, therefore, is the subject of history and the object of interest. " In this unique and curious institution, with its essential principles of autocracy and democracy, man is' also its great subject. Conviviality is not the reason for its failure to pass into oblivion. The , perpetuation of principles of morality are the bedrock for its foundation. Obliged ' by his tenure to observe the moral law,' the true man of good report ' is no immoral or scandalous man,' and 'if he rightly understand the art, he will never be a stupid atheist or an irreligious libertine.' These principles of the old constitutions demonstrate the democratic force of man in a brotherhood. The stream is neither higher than its fountain, nor the current purer than its source. Upon the intelligence and morality of the personnel of its membership,, exemplifying its cardinal virtues in their daily lives, its value and: perpetuity is dependent.
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" In these times, teeming with varied activities, the practical spirit reigns. Erudition may seek to uncover the philosophy of ancient mysteries But the practical application of the principles of morality «xeites human interest. Not tradition, but the Supreme Being and the Revealed Word, are the foundation and corner-stone of morality. Morals presented in Seneca the chiefest product of Roman culture. Nero, his pupil, at once priest, atheist and god, showed Roman civilization heartlessly cruel and unfathomably corrupt. Plato mentioned for the regeneration of the state of society piety or love for a divine person, •desire for honor or respect for the good, and love for moral instead of physical beauty. Faith in the character and perfection of the Divine Being and trust in the adequate authority of Holy Scripture, inculcating charity and immortality, as an adequate rule of faith and practice, insures a type of living on a higher plane than that possessed by the refinement of heathenism. A man with inextinguishable principles of right may overwhelm civilizations. Tares may grow among the wheat. But thistles must not be allowed to encroach upon the fruitful soil of life's field through neglect of interest in our fellow-men. Brambles in the fence corners of character are unsightly. A continuous, unbroken hedge of error must not be permitted to circumscribe our action. In the honest consideration of another's need is the beauty of the lily; in the responsive answer to duty's quick call is the fragrance of the rose; and in the proffer of love's powerful helping hand to a weaker fellow•creature is the glory of the delicate garment of the violet. " Right principles of action in the performance of human duty require wisdom, strength and beauty; qualities as essential to manly life now as in the reign of Solomon. In the very popularity of an organization, there is a danger incident to the high tide of prosperity. •Quality, not quantity; regard for the capabilities and the sense of appreciation may not be omitted. Intensely popular, the persistent knock for admission too often finds the eager ear ready to respond to the far call for entrance. It is an impressive but unique fact that a merely human brotherhood may be made too cheap, too common. The hour of distress may ween a friend. Gossip, bandying a reputation, may be secretly aiming destructive weapons against a fair name. It requires the courage of defense. Frailty's failings may cause the cold stare instead of the earnest admonition for reformation. Sarcasm may launch its darts at inexperience. Forgetful that not externals of position and wealth, but the internal qualifications, are the intrinsic worth of man, cordiality and friendly attention in the presence of superiors may not be present to accord an humbler man the courteous and obliging conduct becoming the dignity of a high and honorable friendship. There is a weakness, though of different kinds, in too many as well as in too few members; in endeavoring to be exceedingly popular rather than in aiming at genuine goodness, and here is the subyersive spirit that, like Samson, grapples the columns of wisdom and strength to their overthrow." Bro. Chas. J. Phelps submitted the report on Correspondence. NEVADA.
The Grand Master, M. W. Bro. Trenmor Coffin, said in his address: "Masonry has wrought a wondrous work in this world of ours, and her work shall continue. Greater is the outlook for the future. It rests, however, upon the individual members. See to it, brethren, that you bear this well in mind. Dare to live Masonry ! Let her
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principles become a part of your every-day lives, a daily habit, a delight, an ever-present inspiration, remembering that her teachings command that God is our Father; man is our brother. She places a firm reliance on the firmness of the individual. A strong character is her mainstay. Strength of mind is good; strength of heart and soul is better: but best of all is character. Character is Masonry's best builder. Character is Masonry's best defender. Irreligion, vice and crime hide their heads in its presence. Be character builders each one of you T Build squarely upon Masonry's impregoable truths. Do and dare I Go forth in Masonry's great name ! Act well your part and all will be well! ' Character is the centrality, the impossibility of being displaced or overset.'" He made this very proper decision: " 1 . A young man who has lived here ten months, an ex-soldier from the Philippines wants to visit the St. Louis Exposition. He would like to petition for the degrees here. Can the Grand Master grant a dispensation to receive his petition before his year's residence is complete? "2. A Mr. J. is from Boston, where he has resided fourteen years. If the Boston Lodge waives jurisdiction can Tonopah Lodge receive his petition before his year's residence has expired ? " Both of these questions must be answered in the negative. "That portion of Sec. 71, Part III, of Art. I l l of our Constitution, under head of 'Prohibitions,' which is applicable to the above questions, reads as follows: " 'No Lodge in this State shall receive an application for the degrees of Masonry unless the applicant shall have been a resident within the State during twelve months and within the jurisdiction of the Lodge during six months next preceding the date of his application, unless upon the express consent of the Lodge to whose jurisdiction he belongs.' "The last clause above, concerning the consent of the Lodge to whose jurisdiction the applicant belongs, must be held to refer only to Lodges within this State. " A subordinate Lodge within this State is forbidden by the Constitution (Sec. 71) in either of the cases above mentioned to receive a petition for the Degrees of Masonry; and no action of any Lodge in Boston, or of any other foreign Lodge, nor any dispensation of the Grand Master, could authorize the reception of such petition. "Section 33 of the Constitution in Part II, Article I, enumerates all of the dispensations which the Grand Master has power to grant. A dispensation to receive an application or petition for degrees before the expiration of the full term of required residence is not authorized." Residence ends when a man permanently leaves his erstwhile domicile. Then the Lodge of that domicile looses its jurisdiction. A man acquires domicile when permanently he takes up domicile in a new home, but until that new domicile has been his a definite time, he cannot petition the Lodge seized of jurisdiction therefor. In that interval he cannot petition any Lodge. He is like a minor—he may have every moral qualification, but he must wait until of lawful age. So the immigrant must wait until the time of his settlement in full. The report on Correspondence was presented by Bro. Edward D» Vanderleith. Under Louisiana he says:
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" Played hookey last year, didn't you? Well, we're glad you are back. A class, with Louisiana missing, is not up to the standard." No, my brother, we played no such game, nor did our Grand Secretary. Some unconscionable fellow of a mail clerk thought our proceedings "only a pamphlet" and disposed of it, we know not how, or for what purpose. We regret' their non-delivery by the postman, and advise our brother to sign the petition for an investigation of the postal department. We trust that after a while it will become too hot for a postal clerk to put his estimates on the value of the matter placed in his charge, and that the genus will learn to respect the mail, whether it be registered or wrapt in manilla. NEW BRUNSWICK.
The Grand Master, M. W. Bro. Arthur I. Trueman, thus described the condition of the Craft in his charge: " At the close of another year we find many reasons for lifting up our hearts in thankfulness and praise to the Giver of all good. Harmony and good-will—the great fruits of Freemasonry—prevail within our jurisdiction. Not even the minor differences which may, and usually do, exist in every Order of like proportions have arisen, and I am happy to be able to report that no question of discipline or unpleasantness has come before me during the past year. The strong ties of brotherhood have so bound us that each has felt that the truest proof of the existence in his heart of the truths of our beloved Fraternity was to exhibit in his life arid conduct the principle of seeking how he ' could best work and best agree.' Our relations, too, with sister Grand Lodges have been most cordial and uninterrupted. Our representatives abroad have been silent, thus showing that nothing hostile to the interests of our Grand Lodge has transpired in their several jurisdictions; and we trust that the representatives in this Province of other Grand Lodges have not found anything in pur proceedings to justify a report that we were in any way encroaching upon their landmarks. " I congratulate you upon the fact that the reports of our Grand Secretary and Grand Treasurer show that the year has been marked by steady growth in the ranks of our jurisdiction, and in the favorable state of our finances. The increase in membership is not confined to any particular portion of the Province, thus proving that a greater interest in Freemasonry has been awakened throughout our jurisdiction. The noble and glorious principles which we profess to believe in, and which we so frequently declare to be the guide of our lives, ought to animate us to so act and live that each day our walk and conversation will demonstrate to the world that ' that peace which passeth all understanding ' dwelleth in and amongst us." He thus kindly spoke of the value of reports on Correspondence: "Hitherto our Grand Lodge has not reviewed the proceedings of the Grand Lodges with which we maintain friendly relations. The question of the desirability of having a report of foreign correspondence cannot, I believe, be successfully disputed. After very careful consideration, I would urgently recommend that this Lodge instruct our Committee on Relations with Foreign Grand Bodies to prepare such a report during the coming year, and authorize its publication with our proceedings. I have read with great pleasure many of these reports as
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prepared by our sister Grand Lodges, and have found them interesting and profitable. The knowledge by our brethren of what is being done by other Grand Lodges—which knowledge can only be had by the publication with our proceedings of a synopsis of such work—canDot do otherwise than stimulate them to emulate the virtues and shun the errors and mistakes pointed out." NEW MEXICO.
The Grand Master, M. W. Bro. E. A. Cahoun, made the following decision: " A Lodge confers the Third Degree upon a candidate during the absence of the Master and both Wardens in violation of Art. No. 8, Sec. No. 2, Grand Lodge By-Laws, the degree being conferred by a Past Master. What is the standing of the candidate? "Answer: The candidate is in good standing and is a Master Mason. This right cannot be taken from him because of a violation of a Grand Lodge by-law by the Lodge conferring the degree. The fault was with the Lodge and not with the candidate, who knew not the law; he should not suffer or be inconvenienced because of the fault of brethren who should have been better informed." In another place the Grand Master declared that this act was unlawful and administered a reprimand to the Lodge. We doubt very much the correctness of the decision. The Lodge could not be opened in the absence of the Master and Wardens for the purpose named. Therefore, any pretended action in that direction was a nullity. True, it was no fault of the candidate, but that does not heal the breach. Can any number of Masons assemble without the warrant of a Grand Lodge and initiate a candidate? Not in this day. We hold that the ceremony through which this gentleman passed was a nullity, so far as Masonry was concerned. No one would deny the nullity of it if there had been no charter, but inasmuch as that particular charter gave no authority to those who willed to so act, we hold that it is all one as though there had been no charter within a cable's tow. The candidate obtained the secrets of a Master Mason in an unlawful manner, and those that so imparted them violated their obligations and accomplished nothing. I t was no breach of a directory statute, but was an action ultra vires, and therefore an absolute nullity. We must dissent also from another decision of the Grand Master: " Is there legally invested in the Worshipful Master or Wardens of a Lodge the power to appoint a brother who has never been a Warden to confer a degree or to sit in the East and perform other duties? "Answer: The Master or Wardens have no such power. No brother who has not at some time occupied the position of Master or Warden of a Lodge should be allowed to confer the degrees or to occupy the East during the transaction of business." The Master can appoint to the work whom he pleases. Skill to do it may be acquired without introduction into office, and the Master has the right to utilize the skill of the Craftsmen under him as he deems best. The Grand Lodge did not approve this ruling.
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This is another decision: " Can a candidate wearing a metal ring on his finger receive any of the Symbolic Degrees ? "Answer: No. See numerous decisions." The work unquestionably demands that the candidate should be •divested of his ring, even if it had to be cut off. But query, is not this likely an occasion to partake of the letter, that killeth, rather than the «pirit, that giveth life? We are reminded by this decision of an episode we witnessed recently, when a candidate in the Entered Apprentice's Degree, confessed toward the close of it that he thought that he did have some metallic substances about him—in his teeth. The decision of the Grand Master makes us wonder, as we did not wonder at the time, whether that candidate had been properly prepared; whether all plugs ;should be removed from the candidate's teeth before he is led to the door! The Chairman of the Committee on Correspondence, Bro. Seamon, reports interestingly on "Mexican Masonry." Irregularities grow apace, and also some of them Bro. Seamon himself advised and promoted. Some one in authority in the Grand Lodge of the Vall6 de Mexico solicited two Lodges in Chihuahua to secede from their own •Grand Lodge (Cosmos) and to receive charters from the Valie. The very great irregularity of this action will appear when it is remembered that the jurisdiction of the Valle is the Federal District, and that Chihuahua is a State. We quote from Bro. Seamon: "He also showed me correspondence with Bro. Young, of the Grand Lodge VallS de Mexico urging the Lodge to give up its charter to Cosmos and accept one from Valie de Mexico, and stated that if the York Lodges at Chihuahua and Parral came into Vall6 de Mexico there would then be fourteen York Lodges and thirteen Scottish Lodges in that body; making it easy for the York to control, and they could easily drop nearly all the Mexican Scottish Lodges for non-compliance with laws of the Grand Lodge, thereby making Vall6 de Mexico a York Rite Grand Lodge in fact. After consideration, I advised Bro. Swayne to secure something like an official assurance of the representations made, (which were given by wire on January 8) and unite with Vall6 de Mexico, which advice was followed also by the York Lodge at Parral." What would Bro. Seamon think should some prominent officer of the Grand Lodge of the District of Columbia solicit two of the Lodges of New Mexico ? Is the proposed result to ostracise Scotch Rite Lodges sufficiently commendable as to cure the breach of Masonic privilege exercised by the Grand Lodge Cosmos? The Grand Lodge Cosmos had also been recognized by New Mexico. • The Mexicans of the district deceived Bro. Seamon after all, for we find him saying: " I was somewhat dumbfounded when I read the proceedings of the Grand Lodge Vall6 de Mexico to find that they claimed thirtyseven Lodges on January 8. The Lodge list was not given, but from
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the statement made in the printed proceedings—one worked in German, fourteen in English and twenty-two in Spanish. Those working in English are said to practice the York Rite; all of the Mexican Lodges use the ritual of the Scottish Rite." Bro. Seamon made the following recommendations: " 1 . That recognition of the Grand Lodge Cosmos of Chihuahua be withdrawn. "2. That recognition of the Grand Lodge Vallg de Mexico be deferred until it becomes a Grand Lodge of the York Rite, with Americans in control." And the Grand Lodge adopted the recommendations. We don't like the filibustering spirit of the second recommendation. Shall we hold it as good Masonic doctrine that the Mexican brother has no rights an American is bound to respect, not even to life in his own house ? NEW HAMPSHIRE.
The Grand Master, M. W. Bro. Harry M. Cheney, thus sagely discusses the responsibility of the Masons of to-day: " The occasion that brings us together to-day is the One Hundred and Fifteenth Annual Communication of this Grand Lodge. The record that is behind us, covering these years, tells a fascinating story of faithfulness to Masonic principles on the part of our predecessors. From them a legacy has come into our possession, and our acceptance of the trust carries with it a responsibility that closely borders upon the sacred in its nature. What is this thing that has come to us, that we must preserve inviolate, and in turn pass on to our successors? It is an association of men, with which we have voluntarily allied ourselves, having as its basic principle belief in God and immortality, with accompanying lessons and admonitions, which if accepted and practiced tend to lead us, step by step, upward and onward toward the high ideal&of life. In brief, it is the betterment of human character, along lines which all good men accept as essentials, for which this great fraternity of ours is striving. And we succeed only as we cling, tenaciously to these essentials, which- we profess to accept, and which have attracted to our membership the wisest and best of mankind. It is something real, something right, something eternal, that binds us together. It is a vitalizing influence, affecting us according as we permit it to guide us in our strife to gain mastery over our baser in clinations, and to become in approximate measure that for which we were created. We do not interfere with the religious duties imposed upon men by divine authority, but supplement in practical fashion the various assotions that would rightly direct our footsteps towards the immortal life, distributing, as we labor, comfort and consolation here, helpfulness and cheer there, and love everywhere. And it is so genuine, so quiet, so true, that it; is not surprising that to its work good and able men freely devote so much of energy and of strength. I believe, brethren, that we should have the right conception of the trust that is in our keeping. Let us endeavor to imitate the faithfulness and constancy of the men who have made Freemasonry what it is, and thereby do that which shall satisfy our consciences, benefit humanity, and please our God. Our mission is far from its end. We exist for a purpose. Our task is serious. The best, the most that is in us, is none too much to give."
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The Grand Master announces the death of Bro. Danforth, Grand Marshall and of R. W. Bro. John Hatch, Grand Junior Warden. The Grand Master tells us that when he assumed the office he was a firm believer in the doctrine of perpetual jurisdiction over rejected material, but that the experience of office had brought him to look upon it as unreasonable. The report on Correspondence is from the pen of Bro. A. 8. Wait. It is a very ample and satisfactory review. , NEW JERSEY.
The Grand Master, M. W. Bro. W. Holt Apgar, reports having made three Masons on sight, as follows : "Knowing, therefore, that no reason need be assigned for any act done by him as Grand Master, and yet feeling that an object lesson as to the power and prerogatives of the Grand Master of Masons of any properly recognized Grand Lodge would be highly educative and carry great force, and being fully satisfied of the high character of the material upon which such prerogative was exercised, I state to this Grand Lodge that, by virtue of being Grand Master of this Grand Jurisdiction, I opened a Masonic Lodge in the city of Trenton, and, with the assistance of my associate and subordinate Grand Lodge Officers and M. W. Past Grand Masters, conferred the three Masonic degrees upon Mr. Frank O. Briggs and Mr. Hugh H. Hamill, of Trenton, New Jersey. One week later I did, in the Lodge-room of Princeton Lodge No. 38, F. and A. M., confer the same honor upon Mr. Moses Taylor Pyne, of Princeton. I conferred this honor upon them because I believed that they were worthy of it; that they would honor Masonry and Masonry would honor them." The right of a Grand Master to act in this way cannot be traversed. But it does seem to us that a display of power simply for the sake of its display we should very much deprecate. There appears no reason for these gentlemen not traveling the usual road. We know that for ourselves we are very glad that we traveled the road that is usual, and we feel quite sure it would in the end prove more satisfactory for all. We believe that the right to make a Mason on sight ought to be held in abeyance and only exercised on an occasion of real necessity. It seems to us, therefore, that the Grand Master acted unadvisedly on those occasions. It may be well to call the attention of the Grand Secretary of New Jersey to the fact that his record of the time of meeting of our Grand Lodge is incorrectly noted on his page 133. It should read first Monday in February. The report on Correspondence is from the pen of Bro. Chas. Belcher. He reports on Louisiana in a most fraternal way, and in the course of his remarks criticises what we have said on landmarks as follows : " H e will also find ' Our landmarks are universal,' are written, and we shall be pleased to hear from him regarding those that cannot be lawfully so given."
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We take it that a landmark is an unalterable principle of such early date as to have become a stone of the foundation. We believe that some of these are written, and some unwritten, and that among the latter are the traditions that form the basic principles of our work. In other words, we believe that it would destroy the very Masonic character of our institution if some Grand Lodge should abolish basic principles of its work derived from his progenitors and substitute others therefor. Should a Grand Lodge deem that better moral principles and lessons could be found that would conduce to the accomplishment of training men in right living than those now employed to that end, their substitution might result in producing better results than those now attained. But if any Grand Lodge should so act it would, ipso facto, cease to be a Masonic body. Bro. Belcher thus closes his report: " We again extend to all, particularly those of our own brethren and kin who burn the midnight oil, the ' Compliments of the Season,' in the sincere hope that we may meet again." And the Grand Secretary adds this sad note : " It is our sad duty to announce that after the above had been furnished and printed, our beloved and Most Worshipful Brother Charles Belcher was laid to rest. He died February 20th, ]904." The last message of Bro. Belcher comes to us, as it were, from the skies, and we can only add our " Amen!" . NEW SOUTH WALES.
A special communication was held July 20, 1903, to commemorate iihe centenary of the dawn of Freemasonry in Australia. We clip the following interesting historic records from the address of the Grand Master, M. W. Bro. John Cochrane Remington: " Yet, even in those early days, there were attempts to cultivate the -arts and diffuse light and instruction, and among these were the efforts to establish a Masonic Lodge. " The first such proved disastrous; as, although it was alleged that 'several of the officers of His Majesty's ships, together with some respectable inhabitants of Sydney, wished to establish a Masonic Lodge,' the Governor refused permission; and, on the movement being, nevertheless, proceeded with, promptly deported the leading spirit to Tasmania on the 16th of May, 1803. "His Excellency next day repeated his prohibition of Masonic meetings, and, about a year afterwards, explained that ' every soldier and other person would have been made a Freemason had not the most decided means been taken to prevent it." (Laughter).. " His fears appear to have been well founded, for, less than- a week afterwards, the records already referred to, for which I am indebted to the researches of our Masonic Historian, R. W. Bro. Trivett, are supplemented by the following, which comes to me as an entry in the diary of a worthy member of the Craft in Adelaide, since deceased: ,." '2d May, 1803.—A number of Masons, meeting at the house of Sergt. Whittell. in Sydney, New South Wales, were arrested, and, after serious report, were discharged, as having no wilful intention to •disturb the peace.' (Laughter).
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"We have no history of the subsequent proceedings of thesebrethren; but after events would seem to show that it is at least probablethey kept their zeal for the Craft warm, and thereby influenced others, as the Lodges which were generally attached to the regiments of soldiers on duty in Sydney evidently found among its inhabitants a sympathetic interest. " The following are known to have been at work here from time totime, all under warrants from the Grand Lodge of Ireland : No. 128, Gibraltar, attached to the 39th Eegiment; No. 218, attached to the 48th Regiment; No. 227, attached to the 46th Regiment; No. 284, attached to the 40th Regiment; but the earliest record of duly recognized Masonic work was in the year 1816, when ' The Lodge of Social and Military Virtues,' No. 227 on the Register of the Grand Lodge of Ireland, held regular meetings in Sydney, and doubtless, initiated many new members. "This was a celebrated Lodge, which was founded in 1752, and existed in its original form until 1847, when it seems to have left itswarrant at Quebec, where its lineal descendant has since been known as Lodge of Antiquity No. 1, on the Register of the Grand Lodge of Quebec. I shall take care to transmit to that Lodge a full account of this night's proceedings, and I hope my successor in this Chair in the year 1916, will have the pleasure of celebrating with even greater eclat the one-hundredth anniversary of its planting in Sydney the seed which has grown to a mighty tree with branches over the whole of Australasia. (Applause.) " It is quite evident that Masonry must have outgrown early prejudices and made rapid progress, for in the year 1820 we find that the Grand Lodge of Ireland, on recommendation from the aforesaid Lodge No. 227, granted a warrant to a number of brethren in Sydney to establish a Lodge, which, after'its sponsor, was called 'Australian Social,' and numbered 260. "The first Lodge under the English Constitution was established in Sydney on a warrant granted to it as ' The Lodge of Australia, No. 820,' in 1828, but for some reason it remained in abeyance till 1833, since which it has had a successful career. "The first Lodge under the Scottish Constitution was ' Australasian Kilwinning,' established at Melbourne in 1843, and it was not until eight years later that Lodge ' Sydney St. Andrew' received its Warrant as No. 358 on the Register of the Grand Lodge of Scotland." The Grand Master thus reported on the condition of the Craft, and its funds: " Some figures were submitted to me a few days ago which may be of interest, even though they deal mainly with the four years and a half during which I have been your Grand Master. " I n June, 1899, our Grand Lodge and Benevolent Funds amounted to ,£9,502 ; in June, 1903, they had increased to ^12,177, and have now been further advanced to ,£12,342, as you can see by the Treasurer's report submitted to-night, from which also I observe that I snail at once have to call the Investments Committee together in order to arrange for an addition to the interest-bearing portion of our funds. (Applause.) "The number of Lodges touched high-water mark in the last year of the late Sir Robert Duff's occupancy of the Chair, when they were 197. In June, 1899, they had fallen to 185 ; in June, 1903, they had increased to 189 ; the Grand Secretary reports them to-night as 196, and this day fortnight, when I re-open the Lodge at Campbell town, they
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will once again have reached their former maximum, my hope being that they will be further increased to 200 before the end of my term of office. (Applause.) " The number of members of Lodges has also satisfactorily increased from 7,164 in June, 1899, to 9,371 in June. 1903. '' I look uppn these facts with a considerable amount of gratification, because they show that Freemasonry is a living force in New South Wales." The Grand Lodge of Costa Rica was recognized. A report on Correspondence, which is quite voluminous, is appended. NEW YORK.
The M. W. Grand Master, Elbert Crandall, thus began his address, reporting on the condition of the Craft: " Another year had been added to the Masonic history of the State of New York. It has been a year of unprecedented growth. I think I am correct in saying that never but once before in our history has there been so many names enrolled in the membership of our Lodges. Therefore, we approach the One Hundred and Twenty-third Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge with just cause for congratulation in that we have this marvellous growth and that there is no dissension in the Craft. From every part of our Grand Jurisdiction comes to us the grateful intelligence that we have a united Fraternity and that our brethren are actuated and inspired by one purpose, strong and vigorous, to uphold and maintain the principles and teachings which we seek to inculcate." The Grand Historian, E. W. Bro. Edwin A. Quick, presents a report embodying a large amount of very valuable historic information. The Grand Lodge recognized the Grand Lodge VallS de Mexico and the Grand Lodge Cosmos, Chihuahua, both of Mexico ; deferred recognition of the Grand Orient of Brazil; and declined recognition of the Grand Orient of Haiti. A new Monitor was adopted and ordered published. A per capita tax of fifty cents was levied to provide for the maintenance of the Masonic Home at Utica. ) The report on Correspondence is again from the pen of M. W. Bro. Jesse B. Anthony. His comments upon our proceedings are most courteous and ample. He takes occasion to state, however, his belief that a certain provision proposed by Bro. Wickliffe was un-masonic. Inasmuch as the provision was not adopted by the Grand Lodge, comment upon our part would seem to us to be unnecessary. The distinguished brother appends valuable tables to his report. From these it appears that according to the latest reports received by him there were in the United States 951,655 members enrolled in 12,176 Lodges. There was not a Grand Lodge that did not increase its membership (net gain) during the year. The largest net gain (6,820) was that of New York ; the smallest (40) that of Nevada. The largest relative gain, was that of Oklahoma, 29 per cent.; the smallest that of
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Massachusetts, ]i per cent-. In this latter respect Washington followed Oklahoma, with 13 per cent.; then came Utah and Wyoming with 10 per cent.; then California (.098) and Lousiana (0,961). The Lodge with largest membership is Yonnondio No. 163, .Rochester, N. Y., with an enrollment of 1,068. NEW ZEALAND,
A new difficulty has arisen by the removal of a dominant Lodge under the English Constitution and its consequent revival. Protest has been made to the Grand Lodge of England. The Board of General Purposes reporting on the recognition of Costa Rica, state that the Lodges constituting it were "undoubtedly irregular in their origin." That the formation of a Grand Lodge by these " irregular Lodges " seemed "to be the best way to bring them into line with more regular Lodges." They, therefore, recommended the recognition of the new Grand Lodge, and it was so ordered. If we were the Grand Lodge of Costa Rica we should decline such ;i left-handed recognition with thanks. " It would have been much better to have recognized the New Grand Lodge without the odious tail to the act, or to have declined recognition altogether. The Grand Lodge very properly amended the report by striking out the objectionable language. Notice is taken of the establishment of a Lodge at Tahiti by the Supreme Council of France. Recognition was asked, but declined on account of " the doubtful nature of its origin." The Grand Lodge has printed its ritual; has distributed a thousand copies; has five hundred on hand, and proposes to print five hundred more. Inasmuch as the roll of Lodges numbers eighty-five, it seems to us the supply is very liberal. The Board of General Purposes proposed that Lodges be permitted to adopt the finger-print system for identification, but on the plea that such system was used only in the case of criminals and that it was degrading to use it, the Grand Lodge refused to adopt the recommendation. On the same lines the Tyler's oath ought to be abolished, for is it not degrading to say to a Mason that his word will not be taken save on oath? The fact is sometimes, identification is not necessary, and sometimes it is. When it is necessary then the method that produces best results ought to be used. That is claimed for the thumb-mark. If such is the case, then we say that it ought to be used. If the applicant is so little known that he requires identification, it is not the fault of the Lodge if it require it. If the applicant does not wish to stand the test let him keep away from it. He is not under compulsion to visit a Lodge.
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The Grand Master, M. W. Bro. H. I. Clark, thus began his annual report: " Another mile post in life's journey has been passed and another chapter in Masonic history has been written since last we met within these sacred walls, and again I greet you, Brethren, with glad tidingsfrom our entire Jurisdiction. The wave of prosperity which made our Masonic hearts bouyant with hope at our last Communication has not diminished, it has taken on new life. To-day we are numerically and morally stronger than ever before. •; This pleasing condition is not due to any one man or fact, but is simply an evolution of the inevitable. As our people become more enlightened there is a disposition on their part to attach themselves to our Order, which leads to higher thoughts and greater achievements, and to endeavor to fathom the mysteries which are as old as the universe." The per capita tax was raised from 60 cents to 75 cents, a procedure that the report of the Committee demonstrated to be absolutely necessary in order that the legitimate expenses of the Grand Lodge might be met. The Grand Lodge proposed the erection of a Temple. They estimated the cost of the site at 136,000.00, and the building at $90,000.00, They anticipate obtaining about $4,000.00 from the sale of the buildingsnow on the property. The balance they propose to borrow by the issuance of first and second mortgage bonds. They believe that the building when erected will produce an annual income of $12,000.00. It is a very large task that the Grand Lodge is setting before itself, and we wish them good luck in its achievement. But it would seem to us that it would be wise for the Fraternity to start out with a special tax, so that such cash, not borrowed, might be constantly on hand to meet payments, and save a good deal in the way of payments of interest. Bro. John A. Collins presented the report on Correspondence. He gives this sage advice : " Your Committee again expresses the hope that the rank and file of the North Carolina Craft may be induced to inspect the noble work of our Grand Lodges as summarized in these reports, and that the examination may lead to a fuller appreciation of what Craft Masonry is, and is doing for humanity." NORTH DAKOTA.
The Grand Master, M. W. Bro. James T. Blacklock, made the following decision. We commend his remarks to all who are under the impression that a Lodge is bound to pay the funeral expenses of a brother. We fully agree with him that it is not We also agree with him in the statement that a Lodge should be ready to aid and assist the widow of a brother whether it perform a funeral ceremony over hisremains or not:
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'A member of a Lodge at A was killed at B, at which place was also located a Lodge, The Master of the Lodge at B telephoned theMaster of the Lodge at A to ascertain what that Lodge would do. Afterwards the Master of the Lodge at B telephoned to the Senior Warden at A informing him that the wife of the deceased brother had requested a Catholic funeral, and nothing was required. " Three months afterward the Lodge at A was infojmed that the casket and the digging of the grave had not been paid for, ar d that itwas for the Lodge at A to pay. It seems from the statement that theMaster of the Lodge at B understood that he was authorized to go' ahead and make arrangements for the burial, which he did. "The question asked is what was the Masonic duty of the Lodge at A. "Answer: "Not having the statement of the Master at B, it places me in a position of deciding the matter exparte. " I f the Lodge at A did not authorize the expenses it is not obliged to pay them. " If the Master at B was reasonably led to believe from what was said to him relative to the expenses that he was to go ahead, then it is for the Lodge at A to pay. " There is a fundamental principle involved in the matter which appears to have been lost sight of. Masonry stands for benevolence, relief and charity, but it does not dispense them in the commercial or mechanical method adopted by many other fraternal societies. I t adapts itself to the circumstances of each case, and tries to meet all reasonable demands. A Lodge is not called upon, nor should it enter upon funeral or other expenses, unless the call is made through distress or poverty. In other words, it should not bear any expenses of a funeral unless the brother's family cannot pay them, or that the paying of them would entail a hardship upon the family, except carriages to convey pall-bearers or officers when the funeral is held by Masons. I t does not appear that the wife of the deceased brother had called upon the Masons for help, nor that she was not able to purchase the casket herself. If she were, then the furnishing them by the Ledge was not at all necessary, to say the least. "The fact that the wife picked cut the coffin, or that the brother was buried by the Catholics, cuts no figure in the case. Masonry has no controversy with any religion. Its object is to help one another,, and to extend aid to the widows and orphans. " I would advise that the Lodge at A and the Lodge at B take up the matter in a fraternal spirit, ana see if they cannot come to some satisfactory agreement. If they cannot, then it would be well for all parties to submit the case to the Committee on Grievances and Appealswith full hearing at the next session of the Grand Lodge." The Grand, Lodges Valle de Mexico,, Benito Jaurez, Ignacio Ramirez, and Argentina were recognized. They also recognized what they call the Grand Lodge of Norway and Sweden. As we understand, there is no such Grand Lodge, but there is a Grand Lodge of Sweden arid also a Grand Lodge of, Norway. 6 L 6'!
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We regret to notice, that owing to expense of general repairs on Masonic Hall, the Grand Lodge was unable to reduce its indebtedness, which now stands at $25,597.72. The Grand Chaplain preached a sermon before the Grand Lodge met, in St. Paul's Church, Halifax. His theme was the Masonic admonition of the necessity to possess wisdom, strength, and beauty in the construction of the spiritual edifice. We quote what he had to say on "beauty." " l a the presence of God there is jiy, at His right hand there is pleasure; strength and beauty are in His sanctuary. Here there is something else which it is necessary for the Christian to seek—beauty. Not bsauty of form but beauty of heart; not face bntmlnd; not appearance but character. The old homely saying, ' Beauty is as beauty does,' is exactly what I mean when I say that we must possess spiritual beauty. We are proud of our straight lim'is, our suple forms, our colored cheeks, our graceful contour, and we take every pains to preserve them so. That is right—but oh, what is beauty without heart? Form without essence. The shell without the substance. The real beauty 13 in the character and life. All other beauty is evanescent as smoke, is transient as the dew. " ' Thou mxkest His beauty to consume.' ' Then beauty shall consume in the grave.' -Fervor is beautiful, beauty is variable, physical beauty, but the beauty I speak of is everlasting. It is that beauty of life which shines forth continually, and which years and circumstance make no impression thereon. It is beauty of thought, of heart, of mind, which wrinkles not or fades for it is from God and like God it cannot die. Part, form, stature and color pierces the all-seeing eye of the Eternal God, and parceives beauty in the homely and uncouth, and often a repulsive heart and character under the fair exterior. Seek beauty, then, and ye shall find it. Speaking as Christ's prophet, Isaiah says, 'The branch of the Lord shall be beauty and glory.' To Him, then, let us look as our pattern and example for spiritual beauty. Tear falseness and hypocrisy and double-dealing from your hearts, for it will cause the omniscient God to turn away with aversion from your ugliness. Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness. That kind of beauty being holy. Seek it by prayer, by precept, by practice, and it will surely come. The real Christian is a seeker for his soul's true weal. Wisdom to enable him to rightly direct his steps, strength to support him through his perilous journey, and beauty, the beauty of holiness to crown with heavenly adornment his moral work for which treasures he must seek—continually seek—till the all-wise, all-strong, and allbeautiful Je3us Christ the Son of God, reward his patience, his perseverance, with the crown of life that fadeth not away with years." There was an animated discussion on the question of that right of a Lodge to make a member of a Lodge of a Mason who still retained his membership in a Lodge holding under the Grand Lodge of England, and it was decided adversely. A very interesting report on Correspondence was submitted. It is unsigned, but from the statement in the proceedings that the Grand Secretary, R. W. Bro. Thomas Mombray, reported progress under the call of a report, we presume that he was the author. But modesty does not always bespeak merit.
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The Grand Lodge recognized the Grand Lodges of Costa Rica, Tasmania, Western Australia, and Vall6 de Mexico, and postponed the question of recognition of Brazil and Puerto Rico. In a special report on Foreign Correspondence it is stated that: " A spurious Grand Lodge is said to have long existed in the State of Louisiana, but your Committee has been unable to obtain the names of its subordinates.'' This must refer to a certain body of negroes who call themselves Masons. There is no other spurious Grand Lodge in Louisiana. We are unable to assist our Ohio brethren in obtaining the names of its subordinates. There was a spurious Lodge established 40 years ago by the Grand Orient of France. We have not heard of it for years, and do not know whether or not it still exists. The report on Correspondence is again presented by M. W. Bro. W. M. Cunningham. In his introduction he embodies a letter from V. M. Bro: Hughan, of England, from which we quote : " There is no need for me to refer again to the Landmarks, save to note that some of those included by our gifted Bro. W. B. Ginther should not be so placed, because unsuitable for that purpose. As an instance, take a' unanimous ballot.' In the Constitution of 1723 unanimity was required, but on the 19th of February, in the following year, it was agreed that a member may be admitted ' if not above three ballots are against him.' So also as to ' lawful age.' The premier Book of Constitutions provided for twenty-five as the minimum, whereas it has long been twenty-one in most Grand Lodges.'' This valuable report also embodies an interesting paper published in Frankfort in 1748, and from it we quote : " Masonry is the Daughter of Heaven : And Happy are those who embrace her ! By it Youth is passed over without Agitation, the middle Age without Anxiety, and old Age without Remorse. Masonry teaches the Way to Content, a Thing almost unknown to the greater Part of Mankind. In short, its ultimate Resort is to enjoy in Security the Things that are, to reject all Meddlers in State Affairs or Religion, or of.a trifling Nature, to embrace those of real Moment, and worthy Tendency, with Fervency and Zeal unfeigned, as sure of being unchangeable, as ending in Happiness. They are Rich without Riches, intrinsickly possessing all desirable Good ; and in short have the less to wish for, by the Enjoyment of what they have. Liberty, Peace and Tranquility are the only objects worth their Efforts, Trouble and Diligence. Undiscerning Mortals think to procure these by heaping up Riches; and Riches are the only Obstacles against what they with so much Diligence and Industry desire to attain. What is more common than to see Men argue less reasonably, when they pretend to have most Reason ? Is it reasonable to be exclaiming at all Times, and in all places, against the Fickleness and Instability of Fortune, making idle and impertinent Reflections on past Events, and either give themselves up to continual Murmuring for the present, or to the most frightful Apprehensions for the Time to come? The reasonable Man, it,may be said the good Mason, is contented in his Situation, finds his Temper sweetened, and his Manners refined, happy in the Time present, and
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thinks of the Time to come without any Dread of it; he knows so well how to enjoy it, as not to be led away with empty and vague Pursuits ; Instead of troubling the Publiek with his Thoughts and Reflections, he only studies to accomplish the desirable End of publick Utility, by privately inculcating every necessary Duty. He chuses a Way of Life suited to his Fortune, makes Choice of Friends conformable to his own Character; and by acting thus, he gives no mean Proof of his Wisdom and Taste of true virtue, so much talked of, and so seldom found among those mean and gloomy Souls, who think that the greatest Piety consists in making Scruples of all Kinds, in having the holy Lear and , hypocritical Cant of a straight-laced Christian, who not having Discernment enough to see any Thing as it should be, would represent Almighty God, like themselves, for ever with the Brand of Destruction in his hand. "The Masons detest this infernal Spirit, wishing nothing but Peace and Union to all Mankind, which together with the Rectitude of their Lives, enables them to hope for all the Peace and Rest that is to come. Strict among themselves, not judging the Faults of others, regular and attentive to all necessary Duties, modest in Prosperity, calm in Adversity, always as ready to be taught as to teach another, equally incapable of all Baseness, ill-grounded Complaints, and above all Things, of offending a Brother, speaking well of him, both publickly and privately, and doing all Things according to the strictest Justice. Such is the true Mason ! such Masonry." In confirmation of what our brother has written anent the public Grand Honors of Masonry he quotes from Fellows' " Mysteries of Masonry " : "That at the laying of the foundation of the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh in 1738, each of the Brethren in their turn gave three strokes upon the corner-stone with an iron mallet, which was succeeded by three clarions of the trumpet, three huzzas, and three claps of the hands." "At the laying of the corner-stone of Free Masons' Hall, in London, in 1775, it is said of the Grand Master in the ceremonies, that " 'His Lordship then struck the stone three times with a mallet; on which the Grand Treasurer Waved his wand, and the Brethren joined in the Grand Honors of Masonry. (This is done by clapping the hands three times three.)' "The ceremonies in 1776, at the dedication of the hall, were very elaborate and are yet followed in many particulars. The Grand Honorswere given by clapping the hands 3x3, and of the ceremonies it is said: " 'The procession three times around the foundation, and the hall when finished; the three lights, the clapping hands three times; striking the stone thrice, etc., are in conformity to the custom of theAncients; which was done by,them in reverence to the Deity, and in acknowledgment of their belief, in the triplicity of his nature or atributes.'" (Page 330.) We have always so understood the Public Grand Honors, and we; may say that to substitute for them, the emasculate funeral honorsseems to us supremely ridiculous. But we suppose such absurdities will endure, as the Mississippi brother says in respeet to the like absurdy in respect to the title of their officers, because their fathers did the like. Conservatism sometimes runs mad.
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We quote the following interesting letter from the Grand Secretary •of the Grand Orient of Brazil, incorporated in the report: ' '•24 December, 1903. " W. Brn.—In answer to our approach to establish nearer relations with some of the Grand Lodges of the United States, we have received several inquiries about our Grand Orient, which we have now much pleasure in replying to. " The Grand Orient of Brazil was founded on the 23d of June of •1821, and on the 18th of October, 1822, was dissolved by its Gr. M., The Emperor, Dom Pedro I. "In 1831 a revolution here forced the Emperor to abdieate, and immediately after this event the Gr. Or. began to work again, and has since continued working without interruption. " Under its regime it has 427 Lodges spread over the whole country, and is composed as follows : " The Executive power is vested in the Gr. M., who is elected by Masonic suffrage ; " The legislative power is the General Assembly made up of the W. MM. of the Rio Lodges, Representatives, and Deputies from the various Lodges. "The Judicial power is the Grand Lodge, which is composed of the W. MM. of the Rio Lodges and the Representatives of the Provincial Lodges, and the Supreme Tribunal, elected by the General Assembly. , " With a view of uniting the Masonic powers in Brazil under one Jurisdiction, there is a Supreme Council, presided over by the G. M., but this Supreme Council has only jurisdiction over Lodges working above the Third Degree; occupying itself only with liturgical functions and having no connections whatever with the Symbolic Degrees. "The General Assembly and the Grand Lodge work always in the Third Degree, composed, as above mentioned, of the W. M., Representatives, and Deputies of the Provincial Lodges. "Our Lodges, of which some work in the York Rite, in the English language, have the V. of the S. L. on their pedestal, according to the Ritual. "The Grand Orient of Brazil has friendly relations with various Gr. LLod., such as of England, America, Africa, Oceania, etc., and is visited by the Brn. of various Countries, a certain number of whom belong to the Gr. LLod. of the United States. " We have further had the pleasure of assisting Brn. of your and other countries that have been in distressed circumstances, in accordance with the Masonic law. " We venture to hope that the above explanation will serve to dissipate any doubts which may have existed as to our mode of working, and will lead to the establishment of friendly relations between this and your Gr. Lod. " I n conclusion, we think it right to mention that in Brazil there are a few of the Lodges in the State of Rio Grande do Sul which have established a Supreme Council of their own, which is the only spurious corporation existing amongst us, and with the exception of the Gr. Lod. of Hamburg, which gave a Warrant to a Lod. in the State of S. Oatharina, no other Gr. Lodge has invaded our Jurisdiction. " We remain, Dear Brn. Fraternally, yours, " ANTONIO PINTO MENDES, •
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The Grand Lodge laid a corner-stone of a public building, proceeding to the work "under escort of the local Lodge of Odd Fellows." This is traveling far afield from the ancient charges. "Freemasons shall not work with those that are not free, without an urgent necessity; nor shall they teach labourers and unaccepted Masons, as they should teach a brother or Fellow." Permitting the presence of a Lodge of Odd Fellows to be present at a public function is one thing; the permitting them to participate in the work to the extent of being made part of the official procession i» quite another thing. We trust neither the Grand Lodge of Oklahoma, nor any other Grand Lodge, will ever do the like of this again. It is idle to discuss the proprieties of our ancient regulations. They are unamendable. He who attempts to alter or amend Freemasonry, does not do so, but creates a new institution which no longer can rightly be termed Masonic. The Grand Master, M. W. Bro. Sherman P. Larsh, thus spoke of their prosperity: "Our labors bear the crown of success. Twenty-two Lodges are working under dispensation, all of which will doubtless ask for charters at this session of Grand Lodge. Seven hundred and fifty-nine M. M. Degrees have been conferred, and 465 have been admitted by affiliation, increasing our membership to a total of about 5,215 members. Our marvelous growth in numerical strength, and the almost perfect accord which prevails throughout our Grand Jurisdiction, proclaim that our noble and honored institution is keeping pace with the wonderful development of our fair, unexcelled Territory, which to-day represents the most favored portion of our vast domain, attracting the attention of the world, furnishing homes and commercial pursuits of phenomenal magnitude to all within her borders." The Grand Master rendered the following decision: " August 7.—Enid Lodge No. 19 writes that one C. J. Hubbell was suspended five years ago for non-payment of dues, and his present whereabouts are unknown. His daughter, who lives in Webb City, Mo., offers to pay one-half of his dues if the Lodge will remit the other half, thereby placing her in a position to petition the Order of Eastern Star as the daughter of a Master Mason in good standing. '' Question 1: Can a brother's dues be remitted without his request ? " Answer: No. "Question 2: Can the Lodge act without positive knowledge that the brother is living? "Answer: No." There are several "points " about this decision that we should like to amend. In general, we should say that, while an actual request for remission of dues or penalties is not necessary, and sometimes should neither be asked or expected, yet a Lodge should never act in any matter without full knowledge of all things that should govern its-
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actions. In the case at bar, we should say that the Lodge should not restore the brother without knowledge of his worthiness to be restored. The Lodge has no share in the disabilities the man has brought upon his daughter in respect to the Eastern Star. It ought to have been very clearly pointed out that money considerations do not constitute good standing in Masonry. It is the internal, and not the external, qualifications that recommend a man as a Mason. But we quote the decision largely to enable us to remark it is by no ineans the only instance where a man's shortcomings have brought inconvenience and misfortune to his family. No man can measure the length of the influence of his acts. The little sin, or shortcoming, is like the little pebble dropped in waters—it soon disappears and is forgotten, but the wave it causes may travel to the shores of eternity. And, again, we desire to say, that no man ought to be suspended for non-payment of dues. If he is able he ought to pay them; his failure to do so may, many years after he is dead arid gone, bring a blush of shame to an innocent daughter, as in this instance. If he is unable to pay, the Lodge, as a duty to its own Masonic spirit, ought to remit the debt. The Grand Lodge adopted a regulation requiring that, in the preparation of the ballot, not less than nine balls shall be placed in the box, two of which must be black. It seems to us that the provision should be that a number of both white and black balls should be at hand for the use of the members present, to enable them to vote secretly. We will suppose that there are but nine members of the Lodge present, and the provision of seven white arid two black made. Suppose that the first two members to ballot use the black balls, and that the third member to vote wishes to vote a black ball. "What is he to do, disclose his ballot and that of the two brothers who have balloted before him, by declaring his inability to vote, or is he to vote a white ball, trusting to the two official black balls having been used ? It seems to us that either plan is bad. Bro. F. C. Hunt presents a very interesting report on Foreign Correspondence. We find that the Grand Lodge of Scotland has not forgotten Oklahoma. We avail ourselves of Bro. Hunt's courtesy to clip from his report an original poem presented to that Grand'Lodge by its Grand Bard, Bro. Macmeekin: " T H E BAIRD'S ODE." " True brethren, all, your Humble Bard entreats Forbearance kind, as now he tunes his lay, Submissive, all with reverence he greets, 'Tis yours to ask the song; his to obey. " To thee, Most Worshipful, our Master, guide, With one accord we give our glad acclaim, We hail thee as our chief with loyal pride, Well worthy thou of honored place and name.
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A Lodge in Oregon had complained of the invasion of its jurisdiction by a Georgia Lodge. The latter then applied to the former for a waiver of jurisdiction, and the former refused to grant it. The Grand Master referred the matter to the Grand Lodge,, and the following was its action: ' "That the Grand Lodge directs and commands the W. M.,
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^Wardens and brethren of Baker Lodge No. 47, at the next regular -communication of Baker Lodge, to vote upon and to grant waiver of •jurisdiction over D. W. C. Nelson to Luthersville Lodge No. 236, as requested, and forthwith transmit official notice of the action to the Grand Master." It seems to us that the propriety of the action of the Grand Lodge is questionable. If the cont'ol of jurisdiction is in the Grand Lodge, why did it not itself grant the waiver? But, if the right to waive jurisdiction is a reserved right of a particular Lodge, just as the rightto ballot upon a petition for degrees, and, in the exercise of which right, entire freedom must be allowed, then surely the Grand Lodge usurped a function that had not been granted to it; it acted as an autocrat, and not as a constitutional monarch in the sway of its supreme authority; it bossed its subordinate in a rude and arbitrary manner, and its example needs to be avoided, rather than applauded. The Grand Orator, W. Bro. W. A. Cleland, made an address, from "which we make these extracts: "Man in his original state, and standing alone as an entity in the presence of the infinite, feels the need of something upon which to base his faith; to which he can look for help in times of adversity and danger, and when the shadows fall upon him and he becomes conscious of his mortality, he instinctively reaches out and gropes for some assurance that he will not be blotted out as one who has never existed, "but that somewhere, somehow, there will be for him another, or a continuation, of existence where his powers can expand and develop. ' W h e n this impresses itself upon him he becomes, by the very forces that are within him, a seeker after light, and more light. To such an one Masonry appeals, and when he has once entered upon the study of its mysteries the search becomes an earnest one and worthy of a, life-long endeavor. " I n these days of enlightened liberty of thought, word and deed, it is difficult to realize the struggles through which the world and Masonry has passed in its progress from the day when it was not only advisable, but prudent and necessary for the Craft to assemble on high hills or in deep ravines, and often in the dark hours of night, until the present time, when the reporter stands at our door to communicate to the world through to-morrow's paper all changes in the attitude of the -Craft upon matters proper to be made public. "Living in such ah age, the history of the Craft and the physical, as well as moral, courage required by our ancient brethren to stand for the right and to uphold our standards, seems at times unreal and hardly worthy of credence." The report on Correspondence was presented by M. W. Bro. J. M. Hodson. We quote his coneluding.remarks: "The opinions of others quoted and commented upon from our standpoint, and, while wide differences exist, we cannot but wonder at the great similarity in usages, that has in most respects been maintained during the world's most wonderful century, in which almost -every shade of human thought and action has beenmodified, elevated •or wiped, from the field. Masonry, resting on the eternal principles of truth, has nearest withstood the shock of change, and is to-day, as the Ancient Fraternity has ever been, the most perfect embodiment of
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universal brotherhood, universal liberty and equality, of all the institutions ever established among men. A complete acknowledgment of the everlasting fatherhood of God and brotherhood of man. Undiminished prosperity prevails throughout the civilized world, and perhaps the most important duty of the hour is to guard iu conservative manner her interests to the end that true prosperity may continue." We take note that in the proceedings of their "Association of Past Grand Masters," a Past Grand Master of Kansas had been "obligated and invested with the essentials of the Association," and that the Venerable President was instructed to extend membership to Past Grand Masters of other jurisdictions "and place them in possession of the essentials of the Association.'' Does this mean that a new " degree'f has been hatched ? We have heretofore recorded our objections to such an association, with or without signs, grips and other means of recognition, as tending to create a ring in Grand Lodge. Our brother of Oregon courteously says that if we don't like it we can let it alone. But he mistakes in thinking a personal issue is involved. The caucusing of the Past Grand Masters of a Grand Lodge, and their union in a titled association, is a menace to their Grand Lodge, as any ring must be. We trust the day may never dawn when such an association will exist in Louisiana. However enticing such a union for social purposes may be to our Grand Masters, the good of the Fra, ternity at large requires that they refrain from the indulgence of their pleasures in such direction, and the molding of an institution which is very likely to prove an evil, if not in the hands of the present Grand Masters, perchance in some that may succeed. PENNSYLVANIA.
The Grand Master, M. W. Edgar A. Tennis, said in his address : "Honored abroad, advancing at home, free from all disturbing or counteracting influences, the sheen of our glory undimmed by any cloud of discord, no more fitting time could have been selected to remember those who are called to suffer, to wipe tears from sorrowing eyes, to shed the beam of hope on despairing hearts, to raise a monument for our gratitude, and to devote it to God, to distressed Brethren, and those dependent upon them. No act of this Grand Lodge, in my judgment, will live so long in sweet memory or do so much to prove that the world is no dead or dark machine, but alight with the glory, and alive with the Spirit of God, as its recent resolution to establish, and maintain by this Grand Lodge, Homes for aged Masons, their wives, widows, and their orphan children. " We have approached this charity with a conservatism, as to time, characteristic of this Grand Lodge, and now, with a sentiment so homogeneous and helpful, let each of the sixty-five thousand Masons in this Jurisdiction understand that he can never have any real interest in this enterprise until he has made sacrifices for it, since no real good or benefit do we ever receive, which has not caused some other one a pang or tear. All that is good on earth or in Heaven is the outcome of sacrifice.
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" The most remarkable history ever written contained six words; its author is the Author of all things ; it has been read by millions; you all know it by heart; a simple act of love was the cause of it, and, while time shall last, this world will never contain a richer alabaster box than that which Mary broke to anoint her Master, and the odor of which will linger around Christian hearts forever— " ' She hath done what she could.' " Let us all do what we can to assist Grand Lodge in the furtherance of this resolution with all possible speed, that mockery may be silenced and our heads be no louger bowed in shame, while orators declare us a great benevolent institution, founded on the principles of Brotherly Love, Relief and Truth, and point to" Charity as the chief round in our ladder which extends from Earth to Heaven ; for while we are entitled to some credit in a charitable way, yet compared with our ability we are lamentably deficient. The responsibility is upon us, who profess to rule and govern, to see that the avenues are opened for a broader charity and a more generous exercise of the virtues upon which our superstructure is built. "Freemasonry is like religion ; it must begin in the heart, and no man or set of men should he delegated authority to direct our charities whose sympathies are not broad enough to embrace all men as brothers and whose charitable instinct banishes from his soul all personal and selfish glorification; that this Grand Lodge has ever been free from just criticism in this regard is a part of our unwritten history, and we may reasonably hope to see, in the control of our Masonic Homes, that same broad spirit of helpfulness which has characterized it in the silent ministrations of our munificent charity." We quote again: " I feel constrained to pen a line upon a subject that must be apparent to every Grand Master or official Brother whose duties bring him in toucn with the ambition and personal characteristics of our brethren, arid that is the inconsistency of friendship as taught by all the lessons in Freemasonry. Too often our prejudices rule our passions for ill, and we forget that one of the lessons Masonry teaches is to think better of the world in which we live, and especially of our brethren, and so to value the one as to think it worth while to try and make it nobler and better, and the other as to never be willing to have 'the bonds of friendship broken. One good friend, or one true Masonic brother, is not to be weighed against the jewels of earth. If there comes coolness or unkindness between you and a brother, do not revile him behind his back, but come face to face and have an explanation. Come together quickly before love grows cold: clasp hands and let the past be forgotten, for a friend or brother is too precious to be lightly thrown aside. " What a world ours would be if peopled with such ! They are Heaven-born, and, indeed, from that better land ; but seldom one out of the many cometh to us. We see a little of the better and 'tis gone ; the cold, dark world with its frowning eyes looks on, and is exultant over our defeat and misery, but friendship, like a guardian angel, enfolds us to its warm embrace, helps us over the hills of difficulty and up the rugged path of life, never deserting until the struggle is over and the victory achieved. Personally I have educated myself to believe it is ' Better to trust, all and be deceived, and mourn that trust and that deceiving, than doubt one heart which, if believed, had blessed thy life with that blessing.'
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" No year in our history records so many additions to our ranks; our relations with sister jurisdictions continue most cordial, and on every side we find fields widening and purposes' deepening for the betterment of the Craft and the uplifting of the profane. If there is cause for concern, it is not for lack of additions to Lodge membership, but for the rapid increase thereof." We have quoted largely from the eloquent brother, but we are constrained in the service of our brethren to add a few lines more: " Our Lodges cannot be too cautious or guard too rigidly their portals; the qualifications of every applicant cannot be too closely examined, and none should be admitted who donot possess, to the fullest extent, all the qualifications requisite to make them useful and valuable members of our society. '' The greater number of members a Lodge can obtain does not of necessity make her the most useful; I fear, even at this time, more danger of some of our Lodges breaking down from having too many, than from too small a number of members. Let me also remind you that Ancient Craft Masonry begins with the Entered Apprentice Degree, and ends with the Royal Arch Degree, and that so much of Masonry is pure and perfect, venerable for its antiquity, hoary with age; beyond this all is modern, new, and ornamental, adding nothing to its strength or grandeur, and may serve to subtract something from its simple and austere beauty. " Masonry needs nothing new, for her ritual is simple, impressive, unique, and sublime; her inculcations are truths—immortal truths— with an adaptability to our race that must exist until wrong is banished from the world and virtue reiustated on her ancient throne—until suffering has no want to relieve and sorrow no tear to dry." We also quote the following record of an important action and his comments thereon: "Are we making too many members of Lodges and too few Masons ? Complaint of this evil comes from all around us. We have heard it in the past; it assails our ears in the present. Are we endeavoring to make Masonry popular ? "Do we think more of the fees for the degrees than of the good of Masonry ? "These are questions for serious consideration. The remedy, ' a more unsparing use of the blackball,' is every Master Mason's prerogative. "During the early summer an application was made to the courts of Fayette County by the colored people of that vicinity for a charter for ' The Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Ancient York Masons in Pennsylvania.' This coming to my knowledge, I requested Brother John D. Carr, District Deputy Grand Master for the county of Fayette, to appear in court with counsel and oppose the granting of the aforesaid charter. Following my instructions, the inconsistency of the application was made clear to the court, and during the past fortnight an adverse decision has been rendered. "The thanks of Grand Lodge are due and are tendered to Brother Carr and the brethren who assisted him in his effort to preserve the name and dignity of Ancient Cr&ft Masonry in our midst. ^ '' We have no objection to •' our colored friends assuming to be of the true tribe, so long as that assumption pleases themand inspires them to do good, but we cannot encourage a false position which affects the
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fair name, the exceptional record, the sovereignty, dignity, and respectability of this Grand Lodge. '' Masonry knows no distinction of race or color, and no man, black or white, can of his own mere will become a Mason. He must first be accepted by the brethren, and then pass through ceremonies in a regularly constituted Lodge before he can be entitled to the rights and privileges of Masonry. •'If he is not accepted, there is an end to the matter, and the law applies with equal force to white or black. Whatever claim the negro may have upon our sympathies, however much we may desire to ameliorate his condition or raise him to the level of social equality, he possesses no prescriptive right to the benefits of Masonry. The law cannot be changed in his favor, or give him a preference over the Caucasian. He is now, so far as the right to become a Mason is, concerned in the eye of Masonry, on the same level with the white, as he ever will be. " If at the present time prejudice prevents his admission to our Lodges, let him wait with patience. Time produces many changes. Kindness wins more than force, and the issues are with God." The Grand Master remarks on the public attendance of Masons as such on occasions of divine worship as follows: "On Sunday morning, December 27, 1903, accompanied by the Grand Lodge Officers, the members of Franklin Lodge No. 134, the .members of University Lodge No. 610, and others, to the number of one hundred and fifty, attended Divine Service at Christ Protestant Episcopal Church, Second and Market Streets, the sermon being preached by the Ilev. C. Ellis Stevens, LL.D., D.O.L. " The occasion marked the one hundred and twenty-fifth Anniversary of George Washington's presence in the same church, at which time about three hundred Masonic brethren accompanied him. No outward mark distinguished us upon this occasion from other members of the congregation, except the wearing of white gloves, and, in my judgment, at no time when attending divine service as a Masonic body should any insigniaof the institution other than white gloves be worn, to do which no dispensation will be necessary, and Lodges may at their convenience attend church without permission from the Grand Master to do so. " I strongly advise a more general custom in this regard among our Lodges, believing that good will result therefrom, and many brethren, loyal to their Lodge, may thus be induced to attend church once a year who might otherwise neglect such duty." He also made the following very proper ruling: " Moneys belonging to the Lodge should be kept by the Treasurer separate and apart from other funds, and if the Lodge designates a par- , ticular banking institution in which the funds of the Lodge shajl be deposited, the Lodge, and not the Treasurer or his bondsman, is,re-' sponsible for the safetyof the funds while in the banking institution designated by the Lodge," He also "made the following ruling, from which, however, we are constrained to dissent: '' No 'Masonic bii rial service can be performed at a crematio'n." ' We take it that the manner of the disposal of the bodies of dead is' npt a Masonic question, ,and we can see in cremation no, bar to theuse of 'the M^sonig Burial Service, previous thereto. There are. occasionp. •
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when cremation is a necessity, as upon some battle-fields, and when the body is more honored in its use than there would be in its abandonment to the vultures and the beasts. We trow that such necessity would not bar every honor that circumstances would permit to be bestowed upon the venerated tabernacle of a brother Mason The report on Correspondence noles the death of the erstwhile Chairman and the succession to that office of Bro. James M. Lanaberton. We are indebted to the honored brother for the information we have been seeking about the initiation of Bro. George Washington. He informs us that the fact of his initiation before he had attained the age of twenty-one years does not show that he was a " Lewis," but that research shows that at that day some were entered as Apprentices and advanced as Fellow Crafts before they had reached the age of twentyone years; and further that this privilege was not so extended in the case of the Master's Degree. ' QUEBEC.
The Grand Master, M. W. Bro. John B. Tresidder, thus speaks of the progress of the Craft in his j urisdiction : "The year has been a busy one Masonically, and it is gratifying to note that our-position at the end of the thirty-third year of our existence as a Grand Lodge, is better and stronger, in good Masonic work in numerical strength, and in financial standing, than at any other previous time in its history, as will be seen by the excellent reports of our esteemed Grand Treasurer and Grand Secretai'y, as well as those of the several Deputy Grand Masters, df the various districts in our jurisdiction, which reports will be given to you for your criticism and judgment, during this session, possibly. The fact that I have found much of my time occupied with the work, and the pleasant, yet onerous duties of official visitations, accounts in a measure, for the rapid passing of the time since our last annual gathering in this Temple." Further on the Grand Master says: "Church parades have been frequent during the year, and as a rule, well attended ; this latter was notably the case in this city on Sunday, the 27th of December last, the anniversary of our Patron Saint, St. John the Evangelist, when upwards of one thousand brethren marched in line from the Masonic Temple to Christ Church Cathedral, where a beautiful and specially prepared form of service was rendered ; the sermon on this occasion, which was a very impressive one, being delivered by our much esteemed Grand Chaplain. W. Bro. Rev. J. H. Jekill. His Grace Archbishop Bond and eight or nine other clergymen, all members of our order, being present and taking part in the ceremony. The offering, which was a very liberal one, was devoted to the Permanent Benevolent Fund of Grand Lodge. "Such gatherings as this have an excellent effect upon our order and should be encouraged." R. W. Bro., the Rev. W. P. R. Lewis, Grand Chaplain of the Bedford District, delivered a discourse. From its admirable lines we extract as follows,: " I propose to speak upon the connection between Operative and Speculative Masonry. ' Freemasonry is founded upon Operatives
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Masonry. There must be something attractive and sublime in practical Masonry to have produced and been chosen as the symbol of such a beautiful and speculative system, such a powerful moral institution as Freemasonry has become. The reason why Operative Masonry became the seed-bed of this system, why it exercised such an influence on the thoughts and so powerfully directed the aspirations of men, was because of its manifest beneficence. Through the art of building human comfort was secured, human ideals of strength and beauty were realized, useful scientific achievements were attained. It is not beyond the facts of history to affirm that the Operative Mason's art, the noble art of building, is civilization's barometer. It indicates the degree of wealth and refinement to which a people have attained. We cannot conceive of our modern civilization as existing apart from the work of the builder. Kins Solomon s Temple is the type of all that is best in architecture. No wonder when the people of those times gazed upon ics vast dimensions, its symmetrical proportions, its elaborate ornamentations, they experienced nothing less than a moral and intellectual elevation, and determined to carry into the practices of daily life the ideas of grandeur, rectitude and beauty which that sublime temple suggested to their minds. The effect of all good architecture is the same. Whether you look at monuments of antiquity like the Pyramids of Egypt, or places of Christian worship like the noble cathedrals of our age, or the modern palaces devoted to the purposes of commerce in every city; these all embody great ideas; they set them forth to human sight; and not only show what men can do, but, like silent preachers, urge other men to go and do likewise. " We sometimes hear the ills of the world put upon the shoulders of women, but sensible men know well that the man is responsible for most of the wrongs of life, and the man must right them. Good women band themselves together to suppress evil, to promote good. But their efforts are directed more by zeal than by knowledge. The wrongs of the world can be righted by the good men of the world. "Another connection between the two kinds of Masonry is that of secrecy. Freemasonry is a secret society; that is the ground upon which most of the opposition to it is based. But Freemasonry is not the only thing to be charged with secrecy. There is hardly a state in life, a vocation in life, a fact in life which is not a mystery to the great majority, which is only understood by those who have experienced it or to whom it has been revealed; because God is a mystery, nature is full of mystery; human life is enshrouded in mystery. The mystery suspended about these supreme objects of thought constitutes their protection from profanity, preserves in us a spirit of reverence, and compels man to search, and search, and search, for truth. Medicine has its secrets. Who of us unless we were examined and properly admitted to the practice of the noble profession would venture to set a broken limb? Law has its secrets. Who of us unless duly qualified and properly admitted to the practice of that honorable profession would undertake to conduct a case in the courts of iustice? Theology has its secrets. What man, unless he had fitted himself by years of experience and careful study, unless he submitted himself unreserevedly to those authorized to call, try, and examine him, would dare to assume the ministerial office, and give spiritual counsel to the spiritually distressed? I say there are secrets in all these vocations; their inner workings are understood only by those initiatedinto them; anyone so inclined can discover them by applying himself assiduously to the study of them. It is the same in Masonry. Its inner workings are secret for the purposes of protection and mutual recognition, but they are secret only to the uninitiated. If any man wants to know
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our secrets let him apply at our porch-way; only one condition is required—that he be a worthy man. The unworthy alone are rejected* from the fellowship of ligh t." The Grand Lodge of Costa Rica was recognized. In the report of the committee the arguments of your own committee are adopted and made the basis of the report. For this kindly appreciation, we desire to make our acknowledgments. The Grand Lodge of Western Australia was also recognized, while consideration of the applications for recognition of Hayti, Portugal (Lusitano) and Brazil were held over. The report on Correspondence is again from the versatile pen of Past Grand Master Chambers. We quote an old and interesting circular which he reprints: " FREEMASON'S HALL, LONDON,) 7TH DECEMBER, 1839. / " D E A R SIR AND BROTHER:—
" I reply to your questions as to the propriety of extinguishing the Master's Light and, if extinguished, of introducing a Lanthora with a Star, &c , I find no difficulty of stating that such extinguishment is not only improper, but positively in violation of the most maturely considered and unequivocal direction of the Grand Lodge, and that the introduction of a Lanthorn, &c , is equally against the order. " I n the Lodge of Reconciliation, the extinguishment had been proposed, and occasioned much dissatisfaction; in order, therefore, to settle that, and some other points, or, more properly speaking, to carry out the intention and direction of the Act of Union, that there should be a conformity of working, &c, a Special Grand Lodge was convened on the 20th of May, 1816, to witness the ceremony proposed by theLodge of Reconciliation. These concluded, the several points were discussed; amongst others, the Lights in the Third Degree; and decisions were come to upon them. But to afford an opportunity for the most mature consideration, and to leave the subject without a possibility of objection, an» ther Special Grand Lodge was holden on the 5th June followiug, to approve and confirm what had been done on the 20th May. ''At these meetings the M. W. G. Master presided, and the attendance of members was larger than any other I recollect (excepting the day of U n i o n . ) , ' . ' . " The decision was that the Master's Light was never to be extinguished while the Lodge was open, nor was it by any means to be shaded or obscured, and that no Lanthorn or other device was to be permitted as a substitute. ' " One of the reasons is, thatoneof the Lights represents theMaster, who is always present while the Lodge is opep, if not actually in hisown person, yet by a Brother who represents him (and without theMaster or his representative the Lodge cannot be open), so his Light cannot be extinguished until the Lodge is closed: the other two Lights, figuratively represent luminaries, which, at periods are visible—at; other times, not ?o. • " A,S.to the penalty, with which the Grand, Lodge might think fit; to vjsita Lodge aeting'in contravention of its positive order, I venture; no-Opinion; you are as capable as'njyself to decide upon that point. .' „ ,,. •• " I remain, dear Sir and Brother, ',•'''.! ',, V : . '\ Yours Fraternally, •'•-'••-
"W^IAMB'WHITE
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Under Argentine Republic, M. W. Bro. Chambers, says: " All we have before us from the Masons of the Argentine Republic for the year 1903, is a copy of the 'Boletin Official de la Masoneria Argentina,' issued on the 30th of April last, from the Secretaria General Temple Central, 1242 Cangallo, Buenos Ayres. Yet even by this feeble light it is easy to perceive that the so-called Masonry by which this pamphlet is issued merits none of our sympathy or support. Its fellowship and close connection with the Grand Orient of France is perfectly apparent, and it occupies itself with many matters of a more or less purely political character, such as workingmen's unions, the separation of Church and State, and the establishment of divorce. If its advocacy of this last mentioned matter were not sufficient to indicate its character, it is only necessary to glance over the notice on the last page, announcing for sale at the Secretaria General de la Orden, of the ' Ritual de iniciacion, en el primer grado masonico, un volumen, precio,' for the sum of 50 cents." RHODE ISLAND.
On the occasion of the dedication at Wakefleld, R. W. Bro. Henry W. Rugg, Grand Chaplain, made an address on the power of Masonry. Among other things he said: " I . The historic evidence is ample to show that the Masonic Institution has been a potential force of help and blessing in the communities where it has been established. Masons may not boast of what their Fraternity has wrought of good in promoting the public welfare, but a record has been made which is quite sufficient to justify our claim that Freemasonry has always been an effective supporter of human rights and the good order of society; that it has given aid to numerous humanities and reforms, so making some evident contribution to the general welfare, albeit much of its influence has been exerted in ways so quiet and unheralded as hardly to claim the notice of those who only judge of power by its most obvious results. " I I . The second way of proving the gracious power of Freemasonry is by the subjective method—by appealing to the testimony of individual experience. "Brethren who hear me, let me ask you, have we not the best witness of the benefits of Freemasonry within ourselves? As the teachings and suggestions of the Masonic system have been brought home to our minds, have we not been conscious of an uplift of thought and life? Have we not again and again been quickened in our inner sensibilities, as we have drunk in the lessons of our royal art, and as we have shared in the communions for which Freemasonry furnishes so many delightful occasions ? The true Craftsman needs no outside testimony to assure him of the blessed influence which comes from Freemasonry; for he has felt, not once for all, but again and again, its magnetic touch on his heart and his life; he knows that he has been enriched in what makes for the real property of life by its comradeship and by its lessons; that in manifold ways he has been a recipient of grace and blessing from such a source. "Sometimes I ask myself what constitutes the real charm of Freemasonry which I have felt and known for almost fifty years. I cannot define it. I cannot explain it; but I know that Freemasonry has had a blessed power in my heart and on my life. Somehow or other it took firm hold of my affections and sympathies at the time I was admitted GL7
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to the Fraternity. It has been a force of inspiration and help to me all along life's way from that time until now. I am glad and grateful that I have been privileged to walk in its light and fellowship for almost a half century, and that out of my experience I can testify all so heartily to its power and to its worth. " Brethren and friends, we have received much from the past. The history and traditions of former days bring us rich stores of truth and inspiration. The lives of ancient worthies glorify our institution. It. has power to-day because the fathers wrought so nobly and so well, often enduring peril and persecution, and always with unfailing courage, so making good proof of those heroic qualities which everywhere and in all time characterize true manhood. They send down to vis a rich legacy of power and of blessing. They also send down to the Masons of to-day the stirring call which bids to duty and to service— to service in applying the lessons of Freemasonry to our daily lives and conversation, in being sympathetic and helpful to those about us, ready to render by word and deed the kind offices which are signified by that word ' brotherhood' interpreted in its broadest sense." Western Australia, the Grand Lodge generally recognized, and of which M. W. Bro. John W. Hackett is Grand Master, was recognized. The Grand Lodge passed the following resolution: " Ordered, That a subordinate Lodge shall not examine any person presenting himself as a visitor unless he shall exhibit a diploma or certificate bearing the seal of a Grand Lodge recognized by this Grand Lodge, showing his membership in a regular subordinate Lodge." The Grand Master, M. W. Bro. William Howard Walker, thus reported on the condition of the Craft: " Our membership during the year has increased from 5,883 to 6,091, 28 Lodges showing a gain of 225, and 6 a loss of 17, making a net gain of 208. This is certainly gratifying, as it shows that the thirst for knowledge and the desire for Masonic light is strong in the hearts and minds of those about us, which conditions would not exist did not we as Masons illustrate by precept and example the beneficent characteristics of the Craft. " I am pleased to be able to report that our financial condition is better than that of a year ago, the balance in the treasury being greater and our indebtedness less. There was at the close of last year a balance of $630.41; the receipts during the year have amounted to $3,420.41, and the expenditures to $3,264.76, leaving a balance on hand at the present time of $786.07. Our indebtedness at the close of last year was $2,150.00; this has been reduced by a payment of $700.00, leavingour indebtedness at the present time $1,450.00. There seems to be no doubt but that this indebtedness can be reduced considerably more than half during the coming year, and be entirely eliminated in the year following, Our permanent investments remain as at the opening of theSCOTLAND.
A new District Grand Lodge was authorized, to be known as the "District Grand Lodge of Hong Kong and South China." We note that following proposition was tabled: "Moved by Brother W. Stevenson Cochran, Master, No. 3bis, seconded by Brother Nicholas M. Reid, Master, No. 178—Add to Rule
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162, ' No more than seven candidates shall have any Degree (except the Mark) conferred upon them at one meeting.' " We find the following action reported in respect to the organization of the " Grand Lodge of Queensland. " Further information respecting this Grand Lodge will appear in our Part IT: " QUEENSLAND.—A letter was submitted from Brother Charles H* Harley, Brisbane, Queensland, professing to act as Secretary of a pretended body designating itself ' The Grand Lodge of Queensland.' " A communication was read from the District Grand Master of Queensland, intimating .that the following brethren, viz :—A. M. Hertzberg, P. M. No. 842; E. E. Denny Day, P. M. No. 842; James Hipwood, P. M. No. 805; James H. Henzel, P. M. No. 805; H. G. Skyrme, P. M. No. 680; John Lang, P. M. No. 435; W. Lewis, Master, No. 504; Robert Lee Bryce, P. M. No. 455, and P. D. G. Secretary; W. J. Smont, M. M. No. 897; Evan Eeis, M. M. No. 897; 0. R. Miles, M. M. No. 897; F. Watts, M. M. No. 897—had been suspended by him. The Committee recommended Grand Lodge to approve of and confirm the suspensions, during the pleasure of Grand Lodge, with the exception of that of Brother Robert Lee Bryce, Past District Grand Secretary, and while continuing the suspension as against him, in respect that serious and additional charges bad been brought against him, the Committee recommend that he be cited to appear before Grand Committee, either personally or by mandatory, at Edinburgh on the 24th day of November, 1904, to answer these charges and^o show cause why he should not be expelled from Masonry. " Representations having been made to Grand Lodge that certain brethren in Queensland had seceded from their lodges, and had carried away the charters, books, jewels, papers, clothing, and paraphernalia of their respective lodges, the Committee recommend Grand Committee to authorize the District Grand Master of Queensland to institute at the proper instance, actions in the Civil Courts of Queensland, and to carry them to a conclusion, whereby the charters and other articles, the property of lodges there, may be recovered, and that Grand Lodge undertakes to bear the expense incurred in such actions, and to r pay any any expenses for which the pursuers in these actions my be found liable.', SOUTH AFRICA DISTRICT GRAND LODGE.
The District Grand Master, the Very Rev. Charles William Barnett-Clarke, says in his address: " In my study at the Deanery I have before me an old adage which often cheers me greatly in times of anxiety, depression, or perplexity. I t is printed in old English and antique spelling of the sixteenth century or so, perhaps. It runs thus : Thynke and Thanke. It struck me as a seasonable key-note, and chord, and prelude, and guide for this my Presidential Address, which, unhappily, is set down to my account as now due. " At an Annual Communication, of course, there must be much to make us think, and also thank, be thoughtful and thankful. In commencing a new year of District Grand Lodge labor, and duties, and responsibilities, a District Grand Master must needs have very many matters which force him to reflect, and tend, some of them, to depress and grieve him; whiles, not a few encouraging experiences arouse his profound gratitude to the Most High, the Giver of all Good Gifts and
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Graces, and surely, to have the strong persuasion that at any rate the large majority of the Masonic brethren under his chieftainship are not only loyal, but most loving and courteous, in fact, always affectionate and ready, nay glad, to lighten the official burdens of the office now held by me for many years. These happy experiences do indeed make an aged man most thankful." The Board of General Purposes thus makes an exhibit of the growth of the Craft: 1900 Total membership 1,123 1901 " " 1,262 1902 " " 1 1,512 1903 " " 1,671 SOUTH AUSTBAIilA.
The Board of General Purposes made the following very satisfactory showing of the Grand Lodge Funds: " The total worth of Grand Lodge Funds is as under: General Fund /682 13 6 Benevolent Fund 777 5 8 - Permanent Benevolent Fund 1,078 7 4 Freemasons' Hall Property 18,737 5 3 ,£21,275 11 9 "The increase in the value of the Grand Lodge Funds for the year has been/653 4s. 3d." SOUTH CAROLINA.
The Grand Master, M. W. Bro. Walter M. Whitehead, rendered the following decision: " 1 . May an Entered Apprentice apply for admission by examination at the door of a lodge? I ruled that he could not. The right of visitation is one of the essential privileges conferred in making a Master Mason. My opinion was based on the law as laid down in Mackey's Jurisprudence, page 162. It is there stated that E. A's have a right to sit in the lodge in which they were initiated, when it is opened on the first degree This is not a right of visitation such as is exercised by Master Masons, because it cannot be extended beyond the lodge in which the Apprentice has been initiated. Into that lodge, however, when opened and working in his degree he can claim admission as a right accruing to him from his initiation, but, if admitted into any other lodge, it can only be by the courtesy of the presiding officer." The decision is, we believe, entirely in accord with ancient rule, and the authority for it will readily occur to any one who has witnessed the opening of a Lodge of Master. Masons according to the old ritual. We quote also the following: "2. Is it permissible to ballot on the petition of an applicant at times when the petition is not in the lodge or in the hands of the Secretary, i. e., on verbal reports of the Committee of Investigation? Yes, unless there is some specific objection that could be shown by the production of the original letter of application. There is no reason
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why the ballot could not be spread, when the chairman or any one of the committee to which the application was referred states in open lodge that the report is favorable. The absence of the paper containing the application, after it has been received by the lodge, in no way effects the status of the applicant and is in no way material. The minutes are the evidence that the application was duly received and was in proper form." We presume that this decision will be conceded by every one, except perhaps, those who insist upon the physical presence of the charter. We quote another decision: "A Master Mason requested on his death bed that he should be buried with Masonic honors. On the day of the funeral the weather was so inclement that the request could not be complied with. It was desired to know how to carry out the expressed wish of the deceased brother. I ruled that nothing could be done. The declaration of the. Grand Lodge in regard to the so called ' funeralizing of the dead' was well known throughout the State and positively prohibited holding the service over the closed grave of a Mason." We are very glad to notice this decision. A memorial service, a month, a year after a burial is all right, but the burial of the buried is like to that very absurd thing the laying of a corner-stone in the walls of a completed edifice. " A candidate was duly elected and appeared for initiation. Upon examination it was discovered that he had one toe missing. The W. M. refused to confer the degree. * * Decided that the action of the W. M. was eminently right and proper." We wonder what particular sign this worthy man was unable to give. But it is only right that we should say that the Grand Master in this decision was enforcing a law simply. Later in his address he Shows that he well understands that such a decision is not necessarily in accord with the ancient charges and landmarks of the Fraternity. We quote another decision: " When an officer has been duly elected, will the objection of a member stay the proceedings and prevent the installing officer from proceeding with the ceremony ? I answered yes, otherwise there would be no meaning in the formula: 'If any of you has any objection to urge why he should not be installed, you will make it known now.' This question implies the right of any member to object and necessarily the objection would stay any further proceedings, but the objector must prefer charges against the officer, and, in my judgment, the officer so challenged would have the Masonic right to demand that charges should be preferred." We fully agree with the Grand Master until he comes to his instructions. We believe that the challenging party should be compelled to assign the causes of his challenge, and to produce the evidence on which he would rely. We believe that it is then within the province of the installing officer to decide the sufficiency of the accusations as a bar to procedure, subject to an appeal to the Grand Master, whom he represents and whose decision must stand until the Grand Lodge con-
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venes. We do not think the officer challenged has the right to demand that charges should be preferred. The issue is sufficiently joined without his action, and his duty is to enter on the discharge of the duties of the office which he had accepted, so soon as he can lawfully do so, and not to put obstacles in the way of his doing so, which the grant to him of the right to demand the preferring of charges would be. The R. W. Grand Secretary, Bro. Charles Inglesby submitted a review of the transactions of other Grand Lodges. Under Louisana he says in reviewing our action on the subject of work: " I n all this matter, there is one thing that we do not understand, to-wit: the provision 'that nothing in this preamble and resolutions shall be construed as affecting the work done or taught in the Lodges of the A. and A. S. R., recognized as constituents of this Grand Lodge.' We are unaware of the fact that any American Grand Lodge recognizes A. and A. S. R. Lodges as ' constituents.' " How could our Lodges that work in the Scotch Rite lawfully exist except as Lodges warranted by the Grand Lodge ? For over a hundred years there have been Lodges of the Modern arid Scotch Rites working in Louisiana. The first was constituted in 1798. There was a time when an opposition Grand Lodge, jsvhose constituents worked exclusively in the York Rite, had a being in Louisiana. But not that Grand Lodge, but the "old French Grand Lodge," was the one almost exclusively recognized by other Grand Bodies. Finally, in 1850, the York Grand Lodge was dissolved and the old Grand Lodge was reorganized on a basis acceptable to the York Masons. From that day to this the Lodges of the several Rites have dwelt amicably together. Each and every one holds a warrant of constitution from the Grand Lodge and each and every one meet upon the level in Grand Lodge and elsewhere. It may interest our brother of South Carolina to know that with one exception, all of our Lodges of what, for brevity's sake, we call the Scotch Rite, work in the French, German, Italian or Spanish languages. That one exception works in the Scotch Rite and uses the English language exclusively. It may interest our brother to know, also, that we have several Lodges now working in the York Rite that once worked in the Modern or Scotch Rite. R. W. Bro. Inglesby tells us that his Grand Lodge practically (sic) adopted the plan for life membership suggested by M. W. Bro. Sheppard. The plan of the latter was that anyone should pay in advance the estimated amount that his dues would be according to his expectancy of life. The plan adopted was for the payment of ten years' dues in advance. Our experience is that these plans are very far from being "practically" the same. We consider Bro. Sheppard's plan a good one provided the Lodge invests the amount paid in a "gilt-edge " security, while the plan adopted we have seen in the experience of our
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own Grand Lodge to be one liable to lead to very unfortunate results. We tried it by requiring a much larger payment than our South Carolina brethren have provided and were obliged to repeal it. SOUTH DAKOTA.
The Grand Master, M. W. Bro. Byron P. Dague, made the following very sensible decision, one of the most sensible decisions on physical qualification that we have seen, for surely he is better qualified to decide whether the neophite can comprehend the mysteries and do the Lord's work, who can make a physical examination, than he who cannot do so. "Refused to pass upon the physical qualifications of a petitioner for degrees, holding that the I -odge, and not the Grand Master, was the proper judge, being responsible to the Grand Lodge, and referred the solicitor to ' Mackey's Jurisprudence' and the ' Ancient Charges ' published with our by-laws, for information on the subject." But with the following decision we cannot concur : " A Lodge holds jurisdiction over its Entered Apprentice or Fellow Craft so long as he resides within this Grand Jurisdiction, provided that it may waive its jurisdiction to another Lodge to whose jurisdiction the brother may have removed." The same rule must hold in respect to jurisdiction to the Apprentice and Fellow Craft as to the Master. A Lodge does not lose jurisdiction of its members because of their removal. Some jurisdictions provide that candidates are made Apprentices, Fellowcrafts and Masters-atlarge, and do not become members of the particular Lodge, ipso facto initiatonis. If such be the law in South Dakota, the decision would have been more perspicuous had it added " Masters as such." But if this be the provision of that Grand Lodge we regret it, for we much prefer rhe doctrine that the act of making a Mason gives seizen of the material to the Lodge. We note that the Grand Lodge modified this decision, so that it should not be obnoxious to the criticism we have ventured to make. The Grand Master also rendered the following decision, from which we dissent in toto. Surely ineligible material should not be stamped with the odium of black-balling. A petition from an ineligible candidate should receive courteons treatment. It should be returned with &,n explanation of the law bearing on eligibility. " A petitioner must have resided for one year last past in the jurisdiction of the Lodge to which his petition is presented; and when a petition has been received and referred to a committee, and the committee reports that the petitioner had not resided for one year in its jurisdiction, ballot must be spread to dispose of the petition; but it would be the duty of everyone who knows that the candidate had not resided in the jurisdiction for the required time (including the Master) to cast a dark ballot; or should the candidate be elected, it would be the duty of the Master knowing of a doubt on the point, to refuse to confer a degree until he should have personally satisfied himself that the law of residence had been complied with."
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We are glad to find the Grand Lodge modified this decision also, and provided that a petition from an ineligible candidate should be returned to him " a t any time previous to initiation." The report on Correspondence was presented by Bro. 8. A. Brown. We are indebted to him for a correction of our geography. In writing of Masonry in Mexico,,in our report of 1903, we remarked that the recognition of the Grand Lodge Hidalgo of the State of Mexico by the Grand Lodge VallS de Mexico was a surrender of jurisdiction upon the part of the latter. Bro. Brown calls our attention to the fact that there is a Federal District of Mexico; a State of Mexico, and a United States of Mexico. Our assertion of an apparent surrender of jurisdiction upon the part of the Grand Lodge ValI6 of Mexico was, therefore, an error, and we thank Bro. Brown for his correction, and very cheerfully retract the statement. TEXAS.
The Grand Master, M. W. Bro. W. M. Fly, informs us of the invasion of Texas by the " Grand Lodge of the Federal District of Mexico " and the establishment of Lodges by the latter at San Antonior Del Rio, Sanderson, and an attempt to do so at San Marcos. This adds another difficulty in the way of the recognition of Mexican Masonry. Indeed it makes it impossible for us to even consider it in the case of the offending Grand Lodge. And yet we are constrained to say that there may have been a cause. Another clandestine body has been organized at Laredo, but if ever the clandestine were entitled to sympathy those at Laredo are. They claim to be Masons of the Scotch Bite, and the Grand Master does not deny it. They sent a respectful petition to him asking for a dispensation to open a Lodge, but he replied that the Grand Lodge of Texas '"could never permit the working of other than the York Rite, and that in theEnglish language." We believe that in this the Grand Master and the Grand Lodge behind him, made a serious mistake. Is not the Scotch Rite a legitimate one'? Has not the Spanish brother a right to his language ? Is the Spaniard to be ostracised ? Is Masonry to be confined to the narrow limits of the English-speaking people, and its practices confined to those only who practice it as we do? Brethren, it is too late in the history of the world for the Grand Lodge, of Texas to take so illiberal and narrow a position. There was a time when the Grand Lodge of Louisiana was dominated by the Scotch Rite, and that was the time, by the way, when Holland Lodge, of Texas, received its Masonic privileges from the Grand Lodge of Louisiana, and the Grand Lodge of Mississippi, conclude ing that the York Rite could not otherwise be established in Louisiana, invaded the State, and fathered the organization of an opposition
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Grand Lodge—a York Rite Grand Lodge. The only justification was and could be that the York Rite bad a right to exist in Louisiana, and that right could not otherwise be secured. We trust our Texas brethren will see the wrongfulness of their position, and will not justify the invasion of their territory by themselves assuming an unmasonic position. We trust that they will not forget that the first Masonic Lodge in Texas, and to-day their Number 1, received its right to work in the York Rite from a partial Scotch Rite Grand Lodge, and that they will be as liberal to-day towards the Scotch Rite as the Scotch Rite was in 1836 towards the Masons of Texas. We may remark further that what was true of their Holland Lodge was equally true of the other founders of the Grand Lodge of Texas— Milam and McFarland Lodges. Among the decisions of the Grand Master we find the following: "A non-affiliate having lost his dimit, makes application to a Lodge for a duplicate, which is refused. Held, that a dimit is simply evidence of withdrawal, and, the original being lost, the Secretary would be authorized to issue a duplicate without reference to the Lodge." It appears from another decision of the Grand Master that the Grand Lodge, upon the reinstatement of a brother suspended for nonpayment of dues, demarids payment of the Lodge of Grand Lodge dues accruing during the time of suspension. This seems to us very inequitable. What dues can accrue when membership is in suspension ? And if there are charges "accruing" during suspension, what are they for ? Do you suspend a man from the benefits of Masonic association and charge him for what you refuse to give him? It is said that there are such items sometimes on a butcher's bill, but that does not justify a Grand Lodge of Masons in padding its bills. A man dimitted from a Lodge owing allegiance to a Grand Lodge, communication with which had been forbidden by the Grand Lodge of Texas; it was held that a Texas Lodge could affiliate such an one. We believe this is correct, provided that the Grand Lodge with which communication is forbidden is not, and has not been, declared to be clandestine. But, whether clandestine or not, it seems to us in the act of affiliation the error on account of which intercourse was forbidden should be distinctly renounced and repudiated. In the case at bar the man was not made a Mason in the jurisdiction denounced, but had previously affiliated therein. The Grand Master cites this fact, as if it were in mitigation, but it does not seem to us to have bearing on the issue. The Grand Master also made the following very remarkable decision: "Held, that June 24th being a festival occasion, it would not be proper for a Lodge, after installation of officers publicly, to march in
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procession as a Lodge to the cemetery for the purpose of visiting the graves of deceased brethren, look after their condition and place flowers thereon." If the Grand Master had consulted anyone familiar with ritual observances and proprieties he would have refrained from the above decision, for, from any ritualist, he would have learned that on All Saints' Day, being a feast, it is considered not only not inappropriate, but, on the contrary, quite the proper thing to decorate the graves of the dead. The report on Correspondence is from the pen of Past Grand Master Thos. LVT. Matthews, Sr. It is an instructive document. His review of Louisiana (1903) is appreciative and most kindly. UTAH.
We quote from the address of the Grand Master, M. W. Bro. Walter Scott: '' Ever grateful to our Father in Heaven for the manifold blessings bestowed upon us during our existence on this earth, His glorious creation, we have opened this, the Thirty-third Annual Communication of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Utah with prayer to Him, who is the source of light and love, and the creator, preserver and arbiter of all things, and it is now our. duty, so to labor, that all our acts and deeds may be of benefit to t lie world at large as well as for the welfare of the Craft, with the hope that our efforts may meet with the approval of Him, who is our sole Lord and King. "Again we are assembled, grateful for the past and hopeful for the future, silver crowned veterans in the service of Masonry, craftsmen in the meridian of life and zealous young Masons, all professing loyalty to the grand principles of Freemasonry and all alike determined to spread the cement of brotherly love, and with level and plumb, setting maul and rule, square and compasses aid in constructing a grand edifice for the advancement of mankind and the honor and glory of our great brotherhood. The peculiar people, among whom it is our lot to live, with their peculiar ideas of truth, justice and morality, differing so greatly from the standard, accepted by Masons as the law of God, makes it our special duty to keep a watch upon the wall and guard well the portals, which admits men within our mystic circle. As Masons we are taught to obey the moral law, and to be good and upright citizens, obedient to the laws of the country in which we live, and any body of men, who do contrary to these principles, and advocate anything in opposition to them, have no business among us, and must be kept out of our Lodges at all hazards. While we are liberal in our ideas as to the religious faith of men, we must sternly oppose any doctrine, which proposes to enslave the body and soul of men, and is opposed to the code of honor, truth and morality laid down for us by our traditions, and we have no fear but that our brethren elsewhere about the globe will understand our position and applaud our actions, notwithstanding such doctrine tries to dignify itself by assuming the name of a religion. " With all our might we should uphold our principles, but while it is our duty to combat all error and wrong, we should at all times remember, that men of all creeds and opinions, however wrong and erroneous, are all children of our Father, the supreme architect of the
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xiniverse, and that He permits no error, no wrong, no evil and no wick«dness to exist, except for some wise purpose, which we may not understand, but which our faith teaches us to believe, will lead to a final grand and good result. Our duty, however, is plain, it is to love all men, and by example convince them of the goodness of our institution, so that the name of Free Mason shall be synonomous with that of an upright and good man, always bearing in mind that our profession as Masons forbids persecution^ and that errors can only be corrected by •exercise of brotherly love and affection, which are of more force and •effect than hatred and ill will, leaving the end of all to Him, who knoweth all and doeth all things well. " I report with pleasure, that from personal observations and statements received, I find the Craft of this jurisdiction in good condition, peace and harmony prevails within our Lodges, prosperity has crowned our labors, and the foundationfor the future well-being of the Fraternity in this State has been laid deep, well and strong, firmly cemented by the 'tie which binds' and by the qualities that distinguishes us as Masons." And again: "The badge of a Mason is a lambskin or white leather apron. I •would recommend that all Lodges in this jurisdiction be required to •keep a requisite number of these aprons, to be used when appearing in public. It seems to me that when a Mason appears as such in public, he should be clothed as a Mason and not be gii ded with a cotton cloth, which meaii3 and signifies nothing, and that we should deposit with •our dead not a cotton cloth but an actual apron with all the significance of that noble badge. The lessons of Masonry are real and mean something, and should be represented by the real thing and not by a sham. "During the year I have had occasion to advise Lodges to keep their proceedings out of the newspapers, especially the names of brethren who receive degrees. No good can come of such publicity and harm may come, the details of which I need not explain to Masons. Our policy is to keep secret our work, and the wisdom of such policy has been amply proven: we should not publish our work any more than "we should publish our acts of charity and love." The Committee on Correspondence, that is, the Grand Secretary, JR. W. Bro. Christopher Diehl, embody in their report the following •criticism on the New Jersey effort to catalogue the landmarks from the pen of M. W. Bro. Frederic Speed, of Mississippi: " A very learned Committee of the Grand Lodge of New Jersey has recently attempted to define the Landmarks in Masonry. The great stumbling block in the way of making a satisfactory declaration of what the Landmarks consist, is that there is no consensus of opinion as to the very first thing to be decided in entering upon a discussion of this topic, viz: a definition of the word Landmark in the Masonic sense. I n this the committee cannot be said to have reached a conclusion "which improves upon that of others who have trodden in the same path before them. It is said ' The Landmarks are the most ancient •thing in Masonry, and only rise to that dignity when their origin is veiled in the obscurity of antiquity; for, when the origin of any Masonic principle can be traced back to its adoption by a Masonic body, it can not be a Landmark, as the authority which adopted it can also repeal it.' And they further say: ' They are those fundamental principles of
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the Fraternity which have or have had universal acceptance, and which are of such a character that Masonry, as we know it, cannot exist where they are not accepted, in theory, at least.' " This can be reduced to two propositions, viz.: " 1 . Nothing can be a Landmark the origin of which is known. ''2. Nothing can be a Landmark which has not had universal ac-? ceptance. "Neither proposition is true; for although we cannot trace theorigin of the fundamental principles of Masonry to the particular guild, nor name the day upon which any of them were adopted, we can find the underlying principle in the usage and customs of the guilds of •England, and their origin is, therefore, not lost in obscurity. " There is no Masonic law or custom, so far as I can recall, which has met with universal acceptance. The best that we can say of the Landmarks is what Blackstone said of the common law of England i ' They are the law leges non scripta, because their original institution and authority are not set down in writing, as acts of Parliament are, but they derive their binding power and force of law from long and immemorial usage, and from their universal reception throughout the kingdom.' " I n order that we may have a clear understanding of the matter, it seems necessary to refer to what, I think is the generally accepted theory with Masonic scholars, that modern Freemasonry comes to us through, and from, the guilds of England. Prior to the organization of the Grand Lodge of England, in 1717, there was no Grand Lodge or common bond of union existing, and each guild was independent of all others. When the Grand Lodge was created we have a further analogy, that it adopted laws, usages and customs of the guilds, just as the courts did the legal customs of the people, which were also lex non scripta. No one can read Gould and Mackay's last great works and come to any other conclusion. "While we cannot stop now to discuss the evidence upon which the proposition is laid down, and must content ourselves with the broad assertion that modern Freemasonry began with the Grand Lodge of England in 1717, if we accept the New Jersey Committee's declaration that nothing can be a Landmark whose origin is not lost in antiquity, it follows that no Landmark could by anv possibility be created after 1717. "They declare belief in God, the great Architect and Supreme Ruler of the Universe, to be a Landmark beyond question, and in this they are undoubtedly correct, if we eliminate from the declaration belief in the Holy Trinity, which was common to nearly all the guilds, and make the technical reservation that none of them employed in their recognition of God the phraseology of the Committee. "The second Landmark recognized by the Committee: 'The acceptance of the revealed Word of God as the rule and guide for our faith and practice, and its visible presence in every Lodge,' is manifestly erroneous, for the reason that, applying the Committee's test as to what constitutes a Landmark, it is a historical fact that there were few Bibles in the days of the guilds accessible to the Lodges (guilds), and there could by no possibility have been a ' visible presence' of the ' revealed Word ' anywhere, or in any form. " The third Landmark is said by the Committee to be: 'The Grand Master is elected by the Craft. * * * He is the ruler of the Craft, * * * may create Lodges by his warrant, * * * may suspend,. at his pleasure, the operation of any rule or regulation of Masonry, and is not answerable for his acts as Grand Master.'
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" The Committee rightfully say that ' to the uninformed this may be rather startling'—but I think it more so to the informed. In the first place, it should be stated that, prior to the organization of the Grand Lodge of England, there is not the slightest evidence that there ever was a Grand Master of Masons, and if there is, this writer challenges its production; and if there was no Grand Master, and the office was created by the Grand Lodge, it follows that the hypothesis that the ' office owes its existence to a Landmark' necessarily falls to the ground. All the attributes which the Committee attach to the office of Grand Master are clearly the outcome of statutory regulations adopted by the Grand Lodges, or do not exist at all; as, for illustration, the inference—• for it is not asserted in so many words—that he has the right to make Masons at sight, owes its origin to the Steward's Lodge of the Schismatics, and only made its appearance sixty years after the organization of the first Grand Lodge of England, in a foot note inserted by Laurence Dermott to 'Old Regulations XIII.' in Ahiman Rezon, in 1778. If such a prerogative existed, it is strange that it is not mentioned in Anderson's Constitutions, the Ancient Charges of the Old Regulations, which were published in 1723. It is not going too far to say that the existence of such a prerogative is a pure figment of the imagination. I t is not true now, and never was true, that the Grand Master is elected by the Craft, if the expression ' Craft' is to be understood as meaning the entire body of Masons. If there ever was anyone elected to this «xalted station by the universal suffrage of the Craft, history does not name him. He is the 'ruler of the Craft' only in the sense that he is the executive of his Grand Lodge, and limited in his authority by the laws it enacts; and the same is true of the assertion that he c eates Lodges by his warrant, as, for instance, if the Grand Lodge prohibits the organization of a new Lodge within a certain distance of an existing body, the Grand Master is restrained by it. He cannot make a Lodge of less than the constituted number of Masons, or or those who do not possess the qualifications prescribed by the Grand Lodge; and there is not a charter in existence which purports to be given by a Orand Master of his own pleasure. If he grants a dispensation for a new Lodge, its privileges terminate and it must return its proceedings, not to the Grand Master, but to the Grand Lodge. It ought to be sufficient to overthrow the statement, that he may 'suspend at his pleasure, the operation of any rule or regulation,' to say that at his installation he takes an obligation to support and maintain the laws of the Grand Lodge, and it is absolutely absurd to say that he is not responsible to the Grand Lodge for his acts, in the light of history. From the very beginning, Grand Lodges have, in one way or another, asserted that they are the source of all Masonic power, and have on innumerable occasions reviewed, and even censured, Grand Masters for their acts done in official capacity. " 3. Accepting the Committee's statement, that nothing can be a Landmark which does not meet witn universal acceptance, their fifth proposition must be discarded as to so much of it as prescribes that the candidate must be • free-born,' for that requirement was long since stricken out by the Grand Lodge of England, and the Grand Lodge of Missouri demolishes the ' no maim or defect in his body' part of their structure. "Space does not admit of a consideration of the remaining portion of the learned Committee s conclusions, Which were stated in the September issue of the 'Shibboleth,' but the statement that the Masters and Wardens of a Lodge hold their offices by virtue of the warrant of the Grand Master; the legend of the third degree, and methods of con-
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ferring degrees are Landmarks, is so manifestly erroneous that it seem* a dnty to protest against the error. "The foregoing by no means exhausts the arguments against theacceptance of the Committee's conclusions, but limitation of space prevents a more extended discussion or a reference to authorities. However, the writer hopes enough has been said to draw attention to the. matter and to prevent other Grand Lodges from falling into the errorsof our New Jersey Brethren, which I have attempted to point out in nospirit of censorship, but with the utmost respect, and with the spirit in which all Masonic discussion should be conducted." VERMONT.
The Grand Master, M. W. Bro. Olin W. Daley, closes his address with this admonition, an admonition as applicable in Louisiana as in Vermont: "Perhaps it is not necessary, my brethren, in closing to remind you that duties of a higher order are imposed upon us than those which devolve on society in general. Privileges such as we enjoy bring corresponding responsibilities. Freemasonry was never so popular as it isto-day, and in order that it may become thoroughly popular and thoroughly understood, it is your duty and mine to live lives that measure up to its ideals. Unless the conduct of a Mason everywhere and in every place is made better by Masonry, he is less a man than if,, he was not a Mason. " Every member of the Fraternity has in his keeping a share in the power of Freemasonry and the power to aid in impressing its character upon society. Upon the facade of one of the cathedrals of Europe there is a magnificent picture, a perfect specimen of art, which the storms of centuries have not tarnished or worn away. It is made of millions of little stones of diffeent hues and shapes, each fitting in its exact place, and all tastefully adjusted in locor. Each one of those little stones aids in maintaining the character of the picture. "If we wish the outside world to view Freemasonry in its true • character, the noblest, best and oldest institution in existence, let each of us so live that our lives may be radiant from the inner light and in harmonious relation with the truths we have learned to profess. Let us endeavor to make the picture perfect." The report on Correspondence was presented by the Senior Past Grand Master, M. W. Bro. Marsh O. Perkins. We quote what he has to say about the popularity of Masonry. It is well said and timely: " All who may follow us in our journeyings through Masonic lands can but be impressed by the reports on every side of unparalleled prosperity, and notice everywhere lhe cautionary signals against the impending danger, making Freemasonry too popular. These signals are not to be disregarded; yet if the Fraternity presents itself to rightminded, right-thinking men as a means of inculcating the basicprinciples of true benevolence and the betterment of mankind, numerical strength must enlarge the sphere of usefulness, and make more potent the influence of our beloved Institution. Accepted and applied in this spirit, Freemasonry can never be too popular. May it ever be our constant endeavor, then, to keep its widening and broadening sphere within these right lines."
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VICTOBIA.
An amendment to the Rules was adopted, following therein recent action of the Grand Lodge of England, providing that in case the investiture of a Warden should be postponed so that his actual service as such would be made less than one full year, the Grand Master might dispense him so as to permit his installation as a Master. Another new English rule was also adopted, providing that a brother three years in arrears of dues should thereupon cease to be a member. This rule not preventing a Lodge proceeding against any brother for non-payment of dues for a shorter period than three years. VIRGINIA.
The M. W. Grand Master, Bro. Ed. N. Eubank, ruled as follows: "July 20,1903, 1 decided that Section 252 of the Methodical Digest, as to visiting Virginia Lodges, did not apply to brethren from Louisiana, whose Lodges were allowed to work in the Scottish Rite by the Grand Lodge of that State. That Grand Jurisdiction allows certain Lodges holding charters from it to work in that Rite, and they are under its jurisdiction and control, and as this Grand Lodge exchanges representatives with the Grand Lodge of Louisiana, what is legal in that Grand Jurisdiction, cannot be illegal in this; so I made the decision referred to above." The Committee on the Grand Master's address reported on this item as follows: " We regret that we cannot concur with the Grand Master in his view of Section 252, thus allowing brethren from Louisiana whose Lodges are allowed to work in Scottish Rite, in that State, to visit our Lodges. We are not sufficiently informed by our Grand Master of the condition of affairs in Louisiana, but we deem it our duty to enter our solemn protest against allowing any person to visit our Lodges who was not entered, passed and raised under the Ancient York Rite- As York Rite Masons, we recognize no other ritual, and we believe that any qualification or abatement of this fundamental law of the Grand Lodge would be productive of mischief." The record says that this paragraph was not adopted. We are not aware of the status of a decision by a Grand Master in Virginia that is not either expressly affirmed or negatived. This body of proceedings is one of those wretched things that any record is that is not indexed, and we have searched in vain to discover the final decision on this matter of vital interest to a number of our Louisiana brethren. There is in the back of the book a number of decisions affirmed by the Grand Lodge and changes in the general regulations, but even there we were disappointed, for none of the decisions of the retiring Grand Master that were affirmed, or became law by failure of veto, if such is the practice in Virginia, is included. We can only say that we trust that our brethren of Virginia hold that the Sovereign Grand Lodge of Louisiana knows enough of Masonry to
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be able to decide what is lawful. The position of Virginia has been very peculiar in this matter—admitting to their Lodges Louisiana Masons from some of our Lodges, and refusing admittance, for no personal reason, to members of oth^r of our Lodges. The decision of the Grand Master was all right and we trust that it stands for law. The following decision is similar to others of like import that we have heretofore quoted with approval, but we find quite a number who think otherwise, and hence quote this one, trusting to the added weight of it to convince the gainsayers: "A profane removing from the jurisdiction of Lodge ' A ' into that of Lodge ' B ' cannot, after the lapse of a few months, petition Lodge ' A ' for initiation, and, if the ballot is found clear, have jurisdiction relinquished in favor of Lodge 'B.' Lodge ' A ' lost Masonic jurisdiction the day the profane moved into the territory of Lodge ' B,' and the latter does not acquire it until after the lapse of twelve months. I directed the petition to be withdrawn from Lodge ' A ' and the proceedings cancelled." We quote also another interesting decision: " I declined to issue a dispensation to St. John's Lodge No. 36, Richmond, allowing them to attend religious services as a body, deeming Divine worship a Masonic occasion, and one not needing a dispensation from the Grand Master." Wetrust that our good brother, the Grand Secretary of Virginia, will hereafter furnish an index to the proceedings. WASHINGTON.
The Grand Master, M. W. Bro. Charles Duncan Atkins, reports in his address as follows on the condition of the Craft: " The endurance of the older Lodges has been taxed in caring for those who are seeking light, while the new Lodges constituted have been doing their full duty as well. I doubt if a Grand Master has been called upon to decide if it would be lawful for a Lodge to work in one hall, presided over by the Worshipful Master, and at the same time in another hall, with the Senior Warden as presiding officer, as has been the ease during the past year; of course, it is unnecessary to say that this could not be permitted. It has been pleasing to me to find that, with all this crowding of work upon the Lodges they are not losing sight of the fact that it is easier to make than to unmake Masons, and, too, that there has been but little dissension among the Craft; the office of ourCommittee on Appeals will be a perfunctory one." The following decision against the suburban Lodge is, we think, correct, if the jurisdiction of the urban Lodge is that of the city of its domicil, and was not qualified in its bestowal by any words, as, for example, such as "as now constituted:" " Can the civil authorities reduce the jurisdiction of a Lodge by extending the city limits towards said Lodge ? Ye°." We fully concur with the following: " In declaring the result of a ballot on a petition for the degrees) the J. W. reported 'dark,' the other officers 'clear;' the J. W. being
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located in a darker part of the room presumed he had not seen clearly and let it pass, and the first degree was conferred on the petitioner the same evening; subsequently, a brother who was present at the balloting objected to the advancement of the petitioner on the ground that he was not elected; I ruled that the brother having been present at all the proceedings and having had ample opportunity for making the objections before the initiation and remaining silent, had thereby accepted the result pronounced by the Master, and that the initiate was regularly elected." From the, following it will appear that the example of Alexander "when the Gordian knot matter was " up to " him, has found a modern imitator: " A Lodge received an application for membership by affiliation and, without the Committee having examined the applicant as to his knowledge" of our art, elected him to membership; it developed subsequently that the applicant was entirely void of any knowledge that would entitle him to membership or admission, though he was specially •examined by competent brethren. The Lodge having submitted the matter to me, I endeavored to ascertain if there were any means of proving, by a comparison of handwriting upon his application for affiliation and his original petition for the degrees to a Lodge in Colorado; the Colorado Lodge had become defunct and the records not to be found, consequently, believing him not entitled to much consideration anyway, I endorsed an order across his certificate of dimission, that it be returned to him and that the action of the Lodge be declared void on account of irregularity." Recognition of the Grand Orient of Brazil and of the Grand Lodge of Costa Rica was deferred. The oration was delivered by W. Bro. Arthur J. Craven. We clip a single paragraph: "Buried in the countless revolutions of the years names and deeds are alike forgotten. The recesses of the tiled Lodge of the present day give no response to the inquiring annalist. The many personal benefactions, the innumerable kindnesses, the word of good cheer to the •discouraged, the warning to the erring, all these derive much of their merit from the veil of secrecy. And yet now and always the Mason has gone from the Lodge room, a better and a more useful man to the labors of life. He, who by companionship, has learned to respect and love his brethren, carries with him a greater love for his fellow-men. That same fairness of mind inculcated by the Lodge, in considering the faults and virtues of the members of the Craft, means a broader appreciation and a wider sympathy for the world at large. The observance of those moralities essential to good standing as a Mason, produces the same rectitude of conduct as a citizen. That same incentive to intellectual growth, for no one slothful of intellect can hope for Masonic distinction, tends to make him a patron of learning." To cure the question of jurisdiction between the urban and suburban Lodge alluded to- above in our quotation from the Grand Master the Orand Lodge adopted the following regulation: " Provided, That the territorial jurisdiction of all Lodges in cities and towns having defined corporate limits under the civil law, and all Lodges located outside such limits, but within two miles thereof, shall GL 8
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be concurrent. This provision shall not be applicable where the incorporated limits of one city or town are within two miles of the limits of a city or town in which there is a Constituted Lodge or Lodges." Our own opinion, heretofore expressed, is that it is unwise to provide territorial jurisdiction in the matter of candidates for the mysteries. We adhere to our opinion that a man should be allowed toChoose his companions in Masonic circles. True, he can dimit from the Lodge that he has been constrained to join, and affiliate with hisfriends, but why compel this indirect course, when the direct could just as well be followed. We opine that the " kicker " will whisper, "fee." And if he does we reply aloud, monetary considerations should have no weight among brethren. The report on Correspondence was presented by the able and learned Past Grand Master, M. W. Bro. Wm. H. Upton. His review of our proceedings is most courteous and fraternal. In our last report we had occasion to refer to the intrusion of SouthAfrica on the part of a clandestine Grand Lodge, located in Philadelphia, Pa., and which is composed, we believe, exclusively of men who have negro blood in their veins. Brother Upton demurs to our styling that body clandestine. He says that the members of the first Lodge of negroes in Philadelphia were regular Masons, " made in white Lodges in England and Ireland." This may be readily granted, but if we should do so it would not affect our previous declaration. " Bro. Upton will not deny that the propriety of the maxim, that there should be an end to controversy. If there is one thing that is res judicata at the bar of American* Masonry it"is the doctrine of exclusive Grand Lodge jurisdfction, and we do not propose to indulge in argument to sustain it. It matters not that concurrent jurisdiction is in the agreed concordat of the Grand Lodges of Great Britain and Ireland in respect to the colonial possession of the Empire; it matters not that in Germany we find Grand Lodges exercising concurrent jurisdiction in the same State-. The American Masons will not have it so in these United States. We must decline to engage in argument on that American doctrine, for our claim that negro Masonry is clandestine does not rest upon it. If Prince Hall's Lodge in Boston was a legitimate and regular Lodge, and we do not question it at this writing, it does not follow that it wasa Grand Lodge or possessed of the power of expansion into a Grand Lodge, nor does it follow that Prince Hall had any authority in Pennsylvania to constitute a Lodge, much less a Grand Lodge, in embriot or full plumed. It so happened that on the very day we opened the package containing the review of Bro. Upton, the mail brought us the proceedings of a clandestine Grand Lodge, that of the negroes of Arkansas, and it con-' tained a very elaborate plea for their regularity. We would be quitecontent to argue the case upon the pleas of the negroes themselves. A&>
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the basis of their plea, there was printed in that volume a copy of the warrant which Prince Hall, Boston Smith, Thomas Sanderson and others received from the Earl of Effingham, then Acting Grand Master of England, constituting them African Lodge No. 459, on the English Register. This warrant, be it remembered, is what these clandestine bodies style their " original charter," and'constitutes all the Masonic authority which they claim as constituting their regularity and legitimacy. There is not a word in it that constitutes it a Provincial Grand Lodge. There is not a word in it communicating authority to constitute other like bodies. It is a simple Lodge warrant, and absolutely nothing more. Afriean Lodge was no more of a Lodge, had no more authority in Masonry, than "White Pass Lodge at Skagway, or Gastineaux Lodge; at Douglas, Alaska. If either of those Lodges, or the Masters of them, should attempt to form another Lodge in those places, or elsewhere, such Lodges would be clandestine. Precisely so the prodigy of African Lodge is clandestine. Bro. Upton says that when Prince Hall gave authority to thirteen black men in Philadelphia to form a Lodge, there was not a single white modern Lodge in Pennsylvania. " The only white Lodges there were those of the hostile society of antient or schismatic Masons." Well, what of it ? Did such a situation justify and make the Lodge of Hall legitimate? Granted that the " Moderns " of England called the " Antients," ''a hostile society and schismatics" in the Eighteenth century, did they not in 1813 receive and acknowledge them, and was not the United Grand Lodge of England from and after the union of that date made up of both " Moderns" and "Antients"? If the "Antients" were true Masons in 1813, were they not true Masons before that, for they passed through no process of regeneration previous to that date? I t is of vital importance that we remember that the character of Masonic government has changed from time to time and that the Mason's oath binds him to fidelity to the government of the Craft, as it exists at the day and time. There was a time when a Lodge could be born legitimately out of another Lodge, but there came a time when no Lodge could be formed save under warrant of a Grand Master? and thereafter from that moment fealty to the government required the denial of the right to exercise the erstwhile power. It is, therefore, improper to assign a right to a Lodge since the organization of Grand Lodges which it could have exercised had it had existence previous thereto. We must avoid anacronisms. We cannot claim for African Lodge:in 1797 rights that it might have had if it had existed a hundred years earlier. ' : . Bro. Upton honors us by quoting at length what we said in our last report in respect to the Scottish Bite, and then adds: .
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"So far, so good; but all he has thus far shown is that the Symbolic Lodges, which could trace a regular descent, mediately or immediately, from the Masonry of the British Isles were entitled to confer the three degrees, notwithstanding the fact that they might have attached themselves to one of the 'Rites' named. But when he goes on to say that the ' authorities' of those Rites had a right to confer the three degrees, or to create Lodges which could do so, it seems clear to us that he is^unintentionally, of course—begging the question." : We do not feel quite sure of Bro. Upton's meaning when he asserts that we have begged the question. If we understand him, it is that while it may be granted that the primal Lodges, say of France, had the right to confer degrees, it does not follow that the authorities of the Rite which they constituted had the right to warrant other Lodges to confer the degrees. We fully admit that there is a gap in the logical process, but it is a gap that if opened would be fatal to all Masonry, would be a declaration of our own utter lack of Masonic authority, but a gap that the universal history of Masonry shows to have been no gap at all. To understand this question we must get us back to undisputed ground and recross the channel to England, and then take ourselves back to the time when there was no Grand Lodge. It will not be denied (1) that those Lodges had the right to confer the secrets of Masonry. It will not be deniea (2) that those Lodges formed a Grand Lodge, and it will not be denied (3) that the Grand Lodge so formed issued warrants for new Lodges. Now, if the Grand Lodge did not have the right to any sovereign power not expressly granted by its constituents, then the character of those warrants might be questioned. If we do so we are forced to the conclusion that not one of the Lodges on the American Continent that organized our institution was possessed of any Masonic ability. But we say that the supposed gap is no gap for the Grand Lodge of England was never a body of powers limited by the consent of its constituents. The government that those ancient Lodges set up was one possessed of every sovereign power, and thereafter it was not the Grand Lodge that had limited powers, but the particular Lodges, frequently, and not inappropriately called subordinate. After the model set up in England all Masons have since worked —particular Lodges have united in forming Grand Lodges, Grand Orients—a supreme authority variously styled in different lands according to the best judgment of the people. These Grand Bodies have been universally builded as was the Grand Lodge of England, and whether at their organization a written constitution was adopted or not, they have one and all exercised the same privileges that were builded into the authority known as the Grand Lodge of England. : We feel, therefore, that in recognizing the legitimate character of the warrants issued by an authority that was created by Lodges whose
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regular character was never questioned by the author and the source of all our Masonry we have not erred. We see no gap in our argument save that that is fatal to the Masonic character of both Bro. Upton and ourselves, a gap, therefore, that must either be conceded to be no gap, or else we must admit that we are not in position to discuss the matter. If we are not good and true Masons it is folly for us to discuss the legitimacy of others. WESTEBN AUSTRALIA.
The Grand Master, M. W. Bro. John Winthrop Hackett, says in his address: " As the result of our four years' financial operations, the Grand Treasurer will announce that the treasury of Grand Lodge is in a flourishing position. The assets of the General Fund exceed the liabilities by £2,011, compared with £1,379 last year—an increase of £632. The balance to the credit of the Fund of Benevolence amounts to £1,527, exhibiting an increase of £282 on the figures of 12 months ago, while the two funds together show an increase of £914 on the year. The Freemasons' Hall Account, which has a surplus of £12,962, shows a loss on the year's operations of £265; which is practically the amount written ofF for depreciation. There is some further expenditure, which migt be termed extraordinary, such as the legal and other expenses connected with the transfer of the property, interest on the old mortgage which does not properly belong to the year under review, and the painting of the outside of the building." The Grand Lodge of Costa Rica was recognized, while recognition of Porto Rico was deferred. The proceedings embody many documents dealing with the difficulties that have heretofore existed between the Grand Lodge and the Masons of the Scottish obedience. This trouble we fully rehearsed when discussing the propriety of the recognition of the Grand Lodge, and these papers are but confirmatory testimony of the information We then gave. It seems unnecessary, therefore, to reproduce them. Suffice it to say, that it appears clearly proven that the Grand Lodge of Scotland has interfered in a very unwarrantable way with the destiny of its subordinates, and has so acted as to increase imitation and avoid the cultivation of harmony. We trust that before long we shall see an entire change in its attitude. WEST VIRGINIA.
The Grand Master, M. W. Bro. Eli M. Turner, rendered the following decision: " If an unfavorable ballot is had upon an examination for advancement, it estops the advancement of the candidate for the time. But he may subsequently present himself for examination, for the reason that such a ballot can only take into consideration the question of the proficiency of the candidate, which he may remove by subsequent examination within the time prescribed by law. Any brother who casts a black ball in such a case for any other reason violates his obligation.
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I t must, therefore, be presumed that the unfavorable ballot was for want of proficiency in the candidate, which he can remove by a future examination." We presume that this decision was rendered in accordance with the law of the jurisdiction, but we question very much the propiety of the law that provides that proficiency should be determined by ballot. Why should such a decision be so determined? There is nothing about it that requires such a stress of secrecy. Our own practice is that the vote on proficiency should be viva voce. After it is determined affirmatively, then we take a ball ballot to determine whether the candidate is still considered morally worthy of advancement. And our custom, we may be pardoned for saying, we think much the best. In determining the question of proficiency we can see no reason for a unanim ous vote. We shonld think the opinion of a majority quite sufficient. Hence, the propriety of simple viva vooe vote. And we think the question of proficiency should be kept quite distinct from that of continued mora 1 worth. Hence again, the propriety of taking the vote in a different way. If it was so done in West Virginia such confusion of thought as the question presented to the Grand Master suggests would be avoided, and the brother would not attempt to vote on the moral question when only that of proficiency was presented to him for solution. We note again the following decision, and with it we entirely disagree: " Illegitimacy is not a bar to Masonry." The Ancient Charges say that no scandalous man shall be admitted, and the old interpretation of this was that no man about whom scandal existed should be received, whether that scandal had to do with his birth, or with some deliberate act of his own. They also say a man should be of honest parentage. The report on Correspondence was prepared by Past Grand Master and present Grand Secretary Atkinson. He gives on the whole a very full and just review of our proceedings. The only fault that we would notice is that that he says that a proposition " was resolved, but not carried." Our Grand Lodge never resolves anything but what is carried by the votes of the majority—the "carrying" of a proposition makes it a "resolve." Again he objects to our not giving every Grand Lodge the same space in our review, and intimates that a small space is a disparagement of the Grand Body. We entirely disavow the charge. The amount of space that we give the proceedings of a Grand Body depends entirely upon what we may have to say in connection therewith. We do not weigh our esteem by the penny-a-line rule. WISCONSIN.
The Grand Master, M. W. Bro. John Corscot, rendered the follovrlowing decision:
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"Question: At a regular communication of a Lodge, when the •order of balloting is reached and a certain petition for degrees comes up in the natural order of business, the Master announces that 'for .good and sufficient reasons best known to myself, I wish the petition to lay on the table until I see fit to spread ballot on same;' after conferring the M. M. Degree, a number of the brethren had left the Lodge room, the ballot was spread, and the candidate elected. Question: Was the action of the Master illegal, and the initiation of the candidate so elected irregular and clandestine? "Answer: It was illegal for the Master to ballot on the applicant at any time other than at the time specified in the by-laws, at that or a subsequent meeting. The candidate, being in no way responsible for the action of the Lodge, is an E. A. in good standing." The Committee on Jurisprudence, in dealing with this decision, very properly say: " That decision numbered 6 be approved in so far as it holds that the candidate is an Entered Apprentice in good standing, and dis-approved so far as it holds that the action of the W. M. in delaying the balloting was illegal. By the edicts of the Grand Lodge a Master is invested with absolute power in the government of his Lodge. He may open and close his Lodge at pleasure, declare its business, and -even deny admission to a member of his Lodge. But he is accountable to the Grand Lodge for any abuse of these powers. "Should the Master of a Lodge delay the balloting on a petition •for the degrees, for the purpose of changing the result, he would be amenable to the Grand Lodge for an abuse of his power." We are glad to note that the services of the Chairman of the Correspondence Committee were appreciated as evidenced by the adoption of the following resolution : " Whereas, Past Grand Master Brother Aldro Jenks has for seven years past held the responsible position of Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Correspondence: and " Whereas, Because of the eminent abilities he has brought to the •discharge of this important trust, the jurisdiction of Wisconsin now occupies one of the most enviable positions among the sister jurisdictions of this and foreign countries; therefore, be it " Resolved, That the compensation now paid him of three hundred dollars per year for such services be raised to six hundred dollars, and that such compensation of six hundred dollars be made to cover the fiscal year ending with this communication of the Grand Lodge, and that the Grand Secretary be, and he is hereby authorized, to draw a warrant in favor of Brother Aldro Jenks for six hundred dollars, an d that hereafter the compensation so fixed shall be payable to the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Correspondence in the months of June and December of each year." The report on Correspondence was, of course, presented by M. W. Bro. Jenks. In reviewing Louisiana, he seem to think that the decision reported by Grand Master Reid, and not embodied in his address was omitted therefrom purposely. That was not our impression. The •ease was the one where the Master and Wardens had removed from the jurisdiction, and in which case the Grand Master authorized a Deputy to open a Lodge. Bro. Jenks says of the act:
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"His acts in this behalf were approved by the Committee on Law and Jurisprudence. There can be no question about the right of the Grand Master in person or by his deputy, to open the Lodge and preside over its deliberations. Whether he was transcending his powers in assuming that a vacancy existed in the office of Master and Wardens depends entirely upon the constitution of the Grand Lodge of Louisiana. As a general proposition the mere removal of an officer from a jurisdiction does not create a vacancy in office, but it may beotherwise in Louisiana." We would only add that there was no assumption of the existenceof vacancies in the offices. The decision was based upon the inherent power of the Grand Master, either in person, or by deputy, to open a particular Lodge. Bro. Jenks thus comments on a report of our Committee on Appeals: The result of a Masonic trial was reversed because two brethren were permitted to vote finally on the case, who were not present during the entire trial and who failed to hear all the testimony, and because the full ten days' notice required by their code had not been given the accused before the trial " As the brother was present at the trial apparently, and made noobjection as to the insufficiency of time to prepare for trial, we think that objection was waived. " I t was certainly improper to allow the brothers to vote on th& guilt or innocence of the accused, who had not heard all the evidence, and this might or might not be sufficient to reverse the action of the Lodge. If their votes were necessary in order to sustain a conviction, the finding should be annulled. But suppose the guilt of the accused was evident from the testimony taken, and the vote of the Lodge convicting him was overwhelming; the mere fact that two brethren had been permitted irregularly to vote on the question when their votes could not change the result had they been cast the other way would not be sufficient grounds for reversal. Such a technicality might be sufficient in a criminal prosecution in the courts of the land, but ought not to be regarded in a Masonic trial." He thm comments upon a resolution offered in our last communication: " A resolution was introduced endeavoring to forstall the action of the Grand Lodge in the election of its Grand Master by making him •ineligible to re-election, but it was defeated, as it should have been, by a most decisive vote of the Grand Lodge. "We think the Grand Lodge is quite competent from year to year to determine for itself whom it will thus honor. Some years ago a similar resolution was adopted by the Grand Lodge of Wisconsin, but was pronounced void by Grand Master Littlejohn as being in conflict with the ancient landmarks of the Craft. His argument was briefly this: ' That the office of Grand Master does not depend for its existenceupon any provision of the constitution of a Grand Lodge; that the office existed before the existence of Grand Lodges, and were Grand Lodges abolished, the office would still exist; that from time immemorial it had been the privilege of the Craft to select from the body of the Craft whomsoever it saw fit to serve them as Grand Master, and that this privilege being universal and having existed from time im^ memorial is one of the landmarks of our Order, and the privilegessecured by it cannot be abrogated, curtailed or surrendered."
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We quote a criticism of our brother: "Bro. Duncan believes that the Councils of the Scottish Rite are authorized to charter Lodges of Symbolic Masonry, and that it is the duty of these Lodges ' when there are three or more Symbolic Lodge* in a State or country planted there by Supreme Councils, to renounce the authority of the Supreme Council and organize a Sovereign and Independent Grand Lodge, as the Masons of Costa Rico have recently done.' Just why it is their duty to renounce their allegiance to the parent Body, Bro. Duncan does not inform us, and for the life of us we cannot understand." We answer that we give such advice to Lodges warranted by a Supreme Council for the reason that the well-nigh universal consensus of opinion favors the government of Symbolic Masonry by Grand Lodges, that is to say, by a sovereign body whose membership is not necessarily made of any save those in possession of the secrets of Symbolic Masonry alone. Because we believe that such government is the wisest and best for Symbolic Masonry; and because we think such independence is essential to the welfare of the Craft everywhere. Further, such action promotes recognition, and that counts for a good deal. We continue our quotation: " He cites Drummond's History of the Scottish Rite. Bro. Drummond states in this history that shortly after 1717 Masonry acquired a high degree of popularity. Degrees almost numberless were iuvented and termed 'Masonic' There was apparently no governing authority for very many of them, but they were what are now known as 'side degrees.' In 1754, twenty-five of them, including the three Symbolic degrees, were arranged in a series called the Rite of Perfection. From this the brother traces the rights of the organization of the so-called Scottish Rite, and there can be no dbubt that this was its origin. It was organized at Charleston, South Carolina, in the year 1801 and owed its origin to the labors of two men, John >viitchel and Frederic Dalcho, who were members of South Carolina Lodges. "Now, we would like to ask Bro. Duncan what the Grand Lodge of Louisiana would do to-day with two of its own members if they should invent bodily eight degrees or ceremonies and call them Masonic, and should gather together a number of other ' side degrees,' give their institution a high-sounding name, go about vending these spurious Masonic degrees, and, in connection with them, claim authority to organize Lodges of Symbolic Masonry, confer the Symbolic degrees upon any otie whom they should find worthy, and who was willing to part with a portion of his cash in consideration of receiving these so-called degrees? Would they consider the Symbolic Lodge or Lodges organized by them entitled to unite and form legitimate Grand Lodges or would they prefer charges against, and expel from the Order the originators of these degrees ? If the latter course is the one that should be pursued, how does it make any difference that these things occurred one hundred years ago instead of at the present time?" The reply to this is easy. While the Scotch Rite unquestionably had its formal and present organization as stated, yet, as the Rite of Perfection, with its.well known " Constitution," it had prior existence. Mitchell and Dalcho did not originate the Rite, they gave it proper organization.
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We answer the question of Brb. Jenks. If two of our Louisiana Masons should do as good work as Bros. Mitchell and Dalcho did, and in the way they did, Without interference with the rights and prerogatives of the Grand Lodge, their work would have due consideration, and we know of no reason why it should not be treated as the work of Bros. Mitchell and Daleho was, and as the very recent work of the originators of what is called the Mystic Shrine has been treated. The Grand Lodge of Louisiana, while insisting that nothing un-masonie shall be permitted to meet in its Temple in New Orleans, freely admits to the use of its Lodge-rooms therein the several working bodies of the Scotch Bite and the " temples " of the Mystic Shrine. That a Supreme Council, in a vacant territory, can organize Lodges empowered to confer the three degrees of Symbolic Masonry; that the Lodges so organized have the right to organize a Grand Lodge, and that such Grand Lodge with its conttituent Lodges ought to receive recognition, are precisely the questions that have been up for decisions in the case of Costa Rica, and the decisions in favor of Costa Rica has been almost unanimous upon the part of the Grand Lodges of the world. We should like to ask a question in return: Were Bros. Mitchell and Dalcho any worse Masons than Webb and Chase ? WYOMING.
The Grand Master, M. W. Bro. T. S. Taliaferro, Jr., rendered the following decision : " An Entered Apprentice made application for the second degree and passed a perfect examination, but, upon ballot being spread, it was found dark. Before the next regular communication thereafter an objection in writing to his advancement to the Fellowcraft's degree was placed in the hands of the Master? "Question: First—What is the effect of the ballot ? " Second—What is the effect of the written objection in the hands of the Master? "Answer: First—Ballot is required to be spread prior to conferring the Fellowcraft degree, and ballot must be clear before applicant can be advanced. Such ballot is considered to be spread upon the proficiency of the applicant, and when dark the applicant may petition at each and every subsequent communication of the Lodge until a clear ballot is had. " Second—When a petitioner has taken a degree in Masonry he is a Mason and is entitled, if there be aught against him, to be heard in his own defense; therefore, in order to bar such a brother from further advancement, a trial must be had, and he must be found guilty, accord ing to the procedure of Masonic trials. A petitioner has no Masonic rights prior to receiving the Entered Apprentice Degree; hence, an objection, lodged with the Worshipful Master, will prevent the degree being conferred upon one who has been elected to receive the degrees of Masonry, but has not received a degree. But if the petitioner has become a Mason of any degree, the lodging of an objection with the Worshipful Master has no legal force or effect whatsoVer. I would
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-Consider it, however, the duty of the Master to notify a brother lodging such objection of the right procedure, in ample time, in order that he inay, in a regular manner, prefer charges against one whom he considers to have acted unmasonically." The vote on proficiency need not, we take it, be by ballot—it is not •"a pronouncement on moral worth, but simply upon scholarship. There is force in the Grand Master's remarks upon the rights of an Entered Apprentice, but we believe that a clearer view of the matter can be had by reference to a decision rendered now forty years ago by Grand Master Fellows. This was it: " The ballots for the second and third degrees are as unrestricted, ;and have for their objects and within their purveyance as large a scope as the ballot for the first. The ballot is not on the satisfactorinessoi the examination: this is expressed verbally, but upon the worthiness or wnworthiness of the applicant for the higher degree, where new duties are enjoined and much stronger obligations assumed." The following is too good to be omitted: " My only excuse is that I do not read the law in the same light as do my strict conformist brethren. May be we must have some contention. What the ritual is to the cburchman aud the tariff is to the politician, so I conceive the ' right work ' is to the Mason. Mankind needs a bone of contention to keep him employed, and consequently •out of trouble, and when all other harmless things seem to fail, ritual, tariff and the 'right work ' can invariably be relied upon as the ' golden apple of discord,' and as invariably proves a blessing in disguise, for * Satan finds some mischief still for idle hands to do.' " The report on Correspondence is again prepared by R. W. Bro. Win. L. Kuykendall, Grand Secretary. Reviewing Louisiana, he says he never heard of Past Grand Masters being entitled to any kind ..of " Grand Honors." He does not approve of our doctrine that the oath of installation is •binding unless dispensed by an authority higher than he who takes the •oath, but he would have the man who wearies somewhat of his sworn •duty relieve himself by twice absenting himself from its performance. *' An officer who fails to attend meetings twice consecutively, the Lodge should have power to declare the office vacant, and fill the same at •once." We do not say that an office cannot become vacant. What we say is that when a man takes oath to do anything he cannot, of his own act, vacate the obligation. "GRAND LODGES FROM WHICH WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED COMMUNICATION, OR WITH WHOM WE ARE NOT IN COMMUNICATION.
We again avail ourselves'of the valuable report of R. W. Bro. Emil Frenkel, member of the Committee on Correspondence of the Grand Jjodge of New York. Of the UNION OF GRAND LODGES OF GERMANY lie writes: "As foreshadowed in our last year's report, the schism which had
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split the eight German Grand Lodges into two opposing factions within the last two years has come to an end. Peace aud brotherly love once more unite the German Craft, and every member of the Teutonic Fraternity strives anew to co-operate with his brethren in the solution of the many philanthropic problems which at the beginning of the Twentieth century command the attention of every true Freemason. "After a two years' interval, a session of the Diet of the Union of the German Grand Lodges was held on May 31, 1903, in the Temple of the Grand Lodge of the ' Three Globes' in Berlin. The representationof the participating members of the Diet was as follows: " 1 . The Grand Lodge of the 'Three Globes' in Berlin, represented by Bro. Gerhardt, National Grand Master, and Representatives, Bros. Von Roese and Bberhardt. . " I I . 'The Grand National Lodge of Freemasons of Germany' in Berlin, by Bro. Von Kuycke, Grand Master, and Representatives, BrosBrendel and Gartz. " I I I . 'The Grand Lodge of Prussia, Royal York Zur Freundshaft' in Berlin, by Grand Master, Bro. Wagner, and Representatives, Bros. Keller and Fischer. "IV. 'The Grand Lodge of Hamburg' by Grand Master, Bro. Wiebe, and Representatives, Bros. Jenssen and Johannsen.1 " V. ' The Grand Lodge of Saxony in Dresden,' by Grand Master,. Bro. Erdmann, and Representatives, Bros. Plenge and Waldow. " V I . 'The Grand Lodge of the Eclectic Union,' Frankfort-onMain, was represented by Bro. Bangel for the Grand Master (absent and excused), and the Representatives, Bros. Collischonn and Goldmann. "VII. 'The Grand Lodge Zur Sonne' at Bayreuth, by Bro.. Ficke, Grand Master, and Representatives, Bros. Kellermann and Ruess. "VIII. 'The Grand Lodge Zur Eintracht in Darmstadt,'represented by Bro. Rau, Deputy Grand Master (Grand Master Bro. Brand being prevented from attendance), and Representative, Bro. Koch. "The presiding Grand Master, Bro. Gerhardt, opened the proceedings with a hearty welcome to the representatives present, expressing the wish that the Diet, after the settlement of the last dispute, would continue its labors in a time of permanent and quiet development, and thus realize to a larger degree the expectations of the German Craftsmen. "Before reaching the actual business routine, M. W. Bro. Wiebe, upon invitation of the presiding officer, declared that the Hamburg Grand Lodge, at its quarterly meeting on May 23, had unqualifiedly adopted the proposed declarations of the German Grand Masters, and that the official Protocol, No. 322, containing this resolution would in due course be sent to the various Grand Bodies as soon as received from the printer. Bro Wiebe, at the same time, expressed the gratitude of the Grand Lodge of Hamburg to all Grand Masters and Grand Officers who had attended the ' Eisenach Conference,' and thus contributed to the re-establishment of peaceful relations within the Union of the Grand Lodges. It appeared, however, that the National Grand Lodge of Germany was not satisfied with the statement made by Bro. Wiebe, as Bros. Bendel and Von Kuycke took the'floor, explaining in a lengthy argument that their Grand Lodge had reserved for itself the right to determine in how far the declarations formulated at the preliminary conference would satisfy its members. When it was pointed out to the speakers that the discussion of the old difficulties was not on the programme at the present Diet, Bro. Von Kuycke stated the position of
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his Grand Lodge, adding that Bro. Wiebe's statement did not contain such a sufficient atonement as was required by the resolution of the Orand National Lodge on April 8, a.c. He then reserved for his Grand Lodge the privilege of further action on this subject, giving explicit motives for his protesting remarks. The disagreeable subject was then dropped." • The action referred to was a declaration of regret that certain action of the Grand Lodge of Hamburg had given offense. It was proposed that it be declared that no Grand Lodge should invade the territory of another recognized Grand Lodge against its consent (!) without the approbation of the Grand Diet. The consideration of the matter was postponed. It seems to us that the proposition, with or without the consent of the Grand Diet, is unfraternal and therefore un-masonic. We exceedingly regret that the Grand Masters of Germany seem bent upon the enactment of measures that they surely know must prevent fraternal intercourse with them by all other self-respecting Grand Lodges. No sovereign body can by any possibility consent to have the question of the propriety of the invasion of its jurisdiction decided by a body foreign to itself, whether that body be a Grand Lodge, Grand Orient, or Supreme Council, and retain an equality with the Grand Body so exercising a mastery over it. Any Grand Lodge that would concede the claim of the German Grand Diet would deserve to have recognition of its sovereignty withdraw from it by all other Grand Lodges. The Grand Diet gave its consent to uniting with the Grand Lodge Alpina in the establishment of a bureau for Masonic Intercourse. Measures were inaugurated for affiliation with the Grand Orient •of France and the Grand Orient of Spain. So all measures taken tend to the perpetuating of the schism between the Fraternity as it exists on the Continent of Europe and the Fraternity elsewhere. We exceedingly regret the course pursued by the constituent bodies of the Grand Diet, and trust that it may be stayed. But at present it seems hopeless.
PAET II. In this part of our report we shall deal with communications we have received from bodies with whom we have not as yet formed alliance. FRANCE.
Our Grand Secretary has received the following letters: NEW YORK, September 12,1904. Brother Lambert, Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Louisiana : " DEAR SIR AND BROTHER—I am delegated as a member of the
•Grand Lodge of France, Scottish Bite, to endeavor during my tern-
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porary sojourn in the States, to bring about formal recognition of theGrand Lodge of France, Scottish Rite, and the Grand Lodges of thevarious States in the United States, and to cultivate friendly and fraternal relations between them. '' I possess my credentials for this interesting work and hope you, will accept our advances in the spirit in which they are offered. " I realize that there has been much confusion arising from the fact that it was generally misunderstood, unfortunately, that the only Grand; Lodge in France was the Grand Orient. '• I am pleased to say that we belong to the Grand Lodge de FranceRite iScossias Ancien Aeceptg, which works, to my knowledge, likethe Scottish Rite Lodges of New York Jurisdiction. " I should be pleased to see the Grand Lodges of France and Louisiana on officially friendly terms, as no doubt many of your brethren? visit France, and many visit New Orleans, Louisiana. And particularly since two years the Anglo-Saxon Lodge 343, F. and A. M.,. Scottish Rite, under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge de France. Rite Ecossais Ancien Accepts, composed of American citizens and British subjects was founded in Paris and is the only English speaking Lodge on the Continent of Europe. "We receive many English speaking brethren, and would bepleased to receive any Louisiana brethren visiting Paris. "If you desire any further pamphlets besides the ones I am sending you, will you kindly address, Bro. Oswald Wirts, Secretary Grand Lodge de France, 42 Rue Rochechouart, Paris, France. " Fraternally yours, " S I D N E Y B. V E I T . "
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NEW YORK, November 1, 1904.
Mr. Richard Lambert, Grand Secretary of (he Grand Lodge of the State of Louisiana : "DEAR SIR AND BROTHER—Confirming my communications of
about a month ago, I take pleasure in sending you several documents' for your study and consideration, as you requested. " You will find enclosed: " I. Letter from the Grand Lodge of France, signed by the W. M." and Gr. Sec. of the Grand Lodge of France, which serves as my credentials, and embodies a request to enter into friendly and fraternal relations with your Grand Lodge of the State of Louisiana. : " I I . I send you a document of supreme importance which removes an obstacle that heretofore blocked my negotiations towards such recognition on your part, viz: on July 26th the Supreme Council of the Scottish Rite of Ancient and Accepted Masons of France, proclaim the independence of the Grand Lodge of France, and renouncing all sovereignty over Blue Lodges. Henceforth the Grand Lodge of France is a sovereign body and has full jurisdiction over the Blue Lodges. ; . ; " This decree was issued and you will find enclosed marked II. ; " Furthermore, I send you the acknowledgment of this decree (2 copies) which was published and sent to all the Blue Lodges of Scottish Rite Ancient Accepted in France, her colonies, etc. " And under separate cover I send you a copy of the Constitution of the Grand Lodge of France prior to the decrees of July 26,1904. " This Constitution will be revised on the lines necessitated bythese radical changes. ; "These same documents are now before the Grand Lodge of the*
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State of New York, and from what Brother Ehlers, Grand Secretary, tells me the official recognition of the Grand Lodge of France will soon be brought about. He sees no objection. " Hoping that the Grand Lodge of Louisiana will reciprocate the palm extended, I remain, " Sincerely and Fraternally, " SIDNEY B. VEIT, 32°."
The following is the official application to us for fraternization: " A. L. G. D. G. A. D. L'U., " R I T E ECOSSAIS ANCIEN ACCEPTE GRANDE LOGE DE FRANCE, " O. DE PARIS, le 17 Octobre, 1904 (E. V.
" 42, Rue Rochechouart, 42. " Paris. " Conseil Federal. "A la T. B. G. L. de la Louisiane, T. R. G. M. et TT. SB. FF.: " La Grande Loge de France qui s'est toujours efforcfie de rester en toutes choses fidele aux traditions de l'antique et pure Maconnerie de Saint Jean est desireuse d'entrer en relations d'amitie fraternelle avec toutes les GG. LL. r6gulieres du Globe, et en particulier avec votre T. R. G. L. " Dans le but d'entrer en negotiation a ce sujet nous vous prions de vouloir bien acceuillir comme notre representant notre T. C. F., Sidney B. Veit, membre de notre G. L., en qualite de depute de la R. L., le Progres de 1'OcSanie, No. 124, O. de Honolulu. " Ce F. vous fournira, en notre nom, tous les renseignements que vous jugerez utile delui demander, et nous esp6ronsque ses explications vous engagerorit a faire avec nous 6change officiel de garants d'amitie. " Nous serions d'autant plus heureuxdevoirs'etablirentrenos deux GG. LL. les lieus d'une solide amiti6, qu'une sympathie naturelle nous rapproche deja des Magons de la Louisiane en raison du passe historique de la cohtree qu'ils habitent. Nous aimons a croire que de leur c6t6, ils 6prouveront un semblable d6sir d'accepter notre alliance et qu'ils nerefuseront pas de nous tendre une main fraternelle. " Dans l'attente d'une solution favorable, nous vous prions de croire, T. R. G. M. et TT. RR. FF., a nos sentiments fraternelles et devoues. " Le Grand Maitre, "G. MESTJREUR."
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Annexed are the decrees of the Supreme Council and the promulgation of the same by the Grand Lodge : G. L. DE FRANCE. ] RECONNAISSANCE DE LA GRANDE LOGE DE FRANCE COMME I PUISSANCE MAgoNNiQUE AUTONOME, . j INDEPENDANTE ET SOUVERAINE. J
VV. MM., TT. CC. FF.: "Nous ayons la faveur de porter a votre connaissance le textedudScret du 26 Juillet, 1904, rendu par le Sup. Cons, en vertu des pouvoirs qui lui sont conferees par les Grandes Constitutions. '"" Nous appelons toiite votre attention sur 1'importance et la portee. de ce Dficret et de la declaration qui le precede, " L a G. L. D. F., definitiveoient constitu6e a l'6tat de puissance, mac. autonome, independante et souveraine, va poursuivre sa reconnaissance comme telle aupres.des puissance macs, francaises et etrangeres..
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" En abandonnant la deliverance de la patente des LL. Symbol iScossaises, en s'interdisant de rendre des dficrets interessant ces LL. et de deiivrer desf passeports aux FF. de notfe Federation, le Sup. Cons, a consacre la souverainete absolue de la G. L. D. F. sur les FrancsMasons et les At. des 3 premier's degrfis. Ainsi disparaissent les objections qui s'opposaient a l'etablissement de relations frat. directes entre elle et les GG. OO. et les GG. LL. du monde entier. " A partir de ce jour, la G. L. et les LL. placees sous sa juridiction cessant de travailler au nom et sous les auspices du Sup. Cons, dit, Site Ecoss. ane. ace. Mais notre devoir est de maintenir l'unitfi de l'Ecossisme, de resserrer les liens 6troits qui nous unissent aux At. superieurs comme au Sup. Cons., et d'assurer a tous nos FF. les advantages et les privileges de l'Ecossisme au regard de la mac. universelle. Dans ce but, notre prochain convent aura pour mission de jeter les bases d'un traite d'alliance et d'amitie frat. entre les deux puissances Ecossaises, le Sup. Cons, et la G. L. D. F. " [Tne circulaire, qui vous sera adressSe en temps utile, vous fera connaltre les modifications que le nouvel 6tat de choses doit apporter a notre Constitution et a nos Reglements ggneraux, de maniere a vous permettre de fixer le mandat de vos delegugs au Convent d'Octobre, 1904. "Vous voudrez bien, T. C. V., nous accuser reception de cette communication et a la plus prochaine tenue solennelle de votre R. L , en donner lecture publique ainsi que du Decret du Sup. Cons, dont le texte est annexe a la pr6sente circulaire. "Veuillez agr6er, VV. MM. et *TT. CC. FF., l'assurance de nos sentiments fraternels et devoues. "LeGr.M., '' Le Gr. Or at., "G. LBPBVBB,
" Le Gr. TrSs.,
"MOSES,
" Le GGr. MM. Adj., " J. BLUMENTHAL G. SILVY,
"MESUEBUE.
" Le Gr. Sec. Gen. "FIOLET,
" Le Gr. Hosp., "PACKOS."
" C O P I E DTJ DECRET DU SUP. CONS, DU RITE ECOSSAIS ANCIEN ET ACCEPTE POUE LA F E A N C E ET SES DEPENDANCES—EENDU LE 26 JUILLET, 1904 ( E . V . ) .
" Une confusion semble s'etre etablie sur l'interpretation du D6cret constitutif de la Grande Loge de France, en date du 7 novembre, 1894, ' notamment en ce qui concerne l'6change de Grands Repr6sentants avec les Grandes Loges et les Grands Orients des divers pays: " Cette confusion a pu conduire A la meconnaissance des pouvoirs et a celle de l'autonomie que pessede cette Puissance symbolique, en vertu des droits conferes a tous les Suprfimes Conseils par l'Art. 6 des Grandes Constitutions. •'Nous eroyons devoir adresser aux Obediences maconniques en relations d'amitie avec nous et notifier a tous les macons de notre Obedience la declaration suivante, dans le but de faire cesser toute fausse interpretation. "1° Le Decret du 7 novembre, 1894, constitutif de la Grande Loge de France, a eu pour objet d'assurer le maintien de l'unite de Eeossisme en France, de garantir h tous ses membres les avantages de l'universalite qui caracterise le Rite Ecossais, tout en maintenant un lien ^trolt de fraternite entre le Supreme Conseil et la nouvelle Grande Loge de France administrant de facon souveraine et indSpendante les Ateliers symboliques de notre Rite.
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"2° La reglementation des relations entre le Supreme Conseil de la Grande Loge de France—acte d'ordre intfirieur—ne peut avoii- pour rfisultat d'enlever a cette derniere sa complete ind6pendance, la Grande Loge de France exercant toutes les attributions d'une veritable Grande Loge souveraine, ainsi qu'il vient d'etre dit au paragraphe Ier. " Cette souverainte doit lui etre reconnue en vertu de l'Art. 6 des Grandes Constitutions qui dit: ' Le Supreme Gonseil n'exerce pas toujours une autorite directe dans les grades audessous du 17me degre, a savoir les Chevaliers d'Orient et d'Occident; il peut en faire la d^iegation, suivant les circonstances et les locality, et cette delegation peut m§me etre tacite, mais son droit est imprescriptible, etc., e t c ' " La delegation de cette autorite directe sur les Ateliers symboliques des trois premiers degr6s a 6t6 faite par nous a la Grande Loge de France, sans reserve d'aucune sorte. " En consequence, le Supreme Conseil du Rite Ecossais ancien et Accepte pour la France et ses dependences a rendu le D6cret suivant: " DECRET
" Le Supreme Conseil, '' Vu le decret du 7 novembre, 1894, ainsi concu : '' Le Supreme Conseil du Bite Ecossais Ancien et Accepts pour la France et ses dependances, " Vu le proces-verbal du Congres des BR. LL. de l'Obedience, reuni le meme jour; " E n vertu de l'Art. 6 des Grandes Constitutions ainsi concu : " Le Supreme Conseil n'exerce pas toujours une autorite directe dans les grades audessous du 17me degre, a savoir: les Chev. d'Orient et d'Occident. II peut en faire la delegation suivant les circonstances et les localites, et cette delegation peut meme etre tacite, mais son droit est imprescriptible, etc., etc. " Oui' le Gr. Orat. en ses conclusions, " Deere te: "ARTICLE PREMIER.
" Les Ateliers du Ier au 3me degre, places sous l'Obedienee du Supreme Conseil, forment, sous le nom de Grande Loge de France, une Federation s'administrant elle-meme. " A R T . 2. " Les relations entre le Supreme Conseil et la Grande Loge de France sont r6gl6es d'une maniere g6n6rale, sous les bases suivantes: "A. La Grande Loge de France prononce seule la creation, la mise en sommeil, le re veil et la demolition des Ateliers du Ier au 3me degre; "_B. Le Supreme Conseil deiivrera les patentes et les decrets y relatifs sur la proposition de la Grande Loge de France; " C. Le Supreme Conseil delivre le passeport IScossais aux FF. de la Federation, sur la demande et sous la responsabilite de la Grande Loge de France; " D. La matricule de la Grande Loge de France est communiquee regulierement au Supreme Conseil; " E. Une delegation offlcielle du Supreme Conseil ne visite un Atelier qu'aprfes en avoir prgvenu le V6n. M.; elle est regue avec les honneurs traditionnels; " F. A la reunion annuelle de la Grande Loge de France, le Supreme Conseil fait connaltre le chiffre de la contribution que la Grande Loge de France est appeiee a voter. GL 9
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" Sont abrog6s les articles des Reglements G6n6ral coneernant les rapports des Ateliers du premier et troisieme degre avec le Supreme Conseil, et, notamment, les articles qui coneernent la Grande Loge Centrale et le Conseil d'Administration. " A R T . 4. " La presente organization entrera en vigueur a partir du ler janvier, 1895. " ABT. 5. " Le Gr. Chanc. est charge de 1'execution du present dCcret. " Donne a l'Or. de Paris le septieme jour du mois de novembre mil huit cent quatre-vingt-quatorze (E. V.) " Le Or. Chano. Or. Secret. O6n., " Le Souv. Lieut. Or. Cornm. Or. M., " IBIBE, 33e.
" GONNABD, 33e.
" Considfirant qu'il paralt utile de donner k ces dispositions une interpretation de nature a ne laisser place a aucune equivoque et a r6gler definitivement les relations entre le Supreme Conseil et la Grande Loge de France; "Oui le Gr. Orat. en ses conclusions : "Decrete: " ABT. 1.—Les paragraphes B et C de 1'Art. 2 du d6cret du 7 novembre, 1894, sont abroges. Par suite, la Grande Loge de France delivrera elle-merne la patente Fjcossaise de Constitution de tout Atelier nouveau du premier au troisieme degre. " ABT. 2.—Le Gr. Chancelier et le Gr. Secretaire General sont charges de l'exgcution du present D6cret. "Donne a l'O. de Paris, le vingt-sixieme jour du mois de Juillet, mil neuf cent quatre (B. V.). " LeSouv. Lieut. Or. Oomrn., " Le T. P. Souv. Or. Comm., "A. COUTAUD, 33e.
"LeOr. Chanc. Oarde des Sceaux, " F. FAU, 33e.
" J. M. RAYMOND, 33e. /
"LeOr. Seer. Gen..
" R. GIBOUST, 33e."
These papers are very interesting, but we feel that we have not yet such knowledge of the Grand Lodge of France as would justify our fraternization. For we have not been able to examine their constitution, and we know not to what extent, if any, they hold Masonic intercourse with the Grand Orient of France. Our Chairman has had the pleasure recently of meeting personally several Grand Secretaries and Chairmen of Correspondence Committees. He inquired of all what they knew of the Grand Lodge of France, and found none of them with information. Your committee report on this request for recognition, that further time should be allowed the Committee for investigations. MEXICO—VALLE.
We have received the proceedings for 1904. The Grand Master, M. W. Bro. Manuel Levi, in his address thus apologizes for their mistake in being represented at the so-called Masonic Congress at Geneva. The Grand Master says Genoa, but we think he meant Geneva:
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"This Grand Lodge, having been courteously invited to take part in the Masonic Congress which met in Genoa in September, 1902, and not being advised that the invitation was not what it appeared to be, your Grand Lodge was represented at that meeting, which, however, resulted in nothing, as we are informed. Greatly to our surprise and regret we learn that certain groups that have completely discarded the fundamental principles of Masonry and even some that bore only the alleged name of Masonry took part in that meeting. As any association, made knowingly or willingly, with such organizations is plainly impossible for us, this Grand Lodge will have nothing further to do with this Congress, which has properly been denounced by the Masonic press, and expressed officially its profound regret for having innocently been led to countenance it in any way." We find the Arizona complaint, to which we refer under the head of that Grand Lodge, treated in a somewhat different way from what the Arizona account had led us to believe was the case. We regret that we did not have the Mexican account before us when we wrote, and we desire to avail ourselves of this opportunity to say that we are very glad to have the unfavorable impression removed. It will be recalled that a Mexican Lodge had initiated two men who had been rejected by an Arizona Lodge, and who were residents of Arizona. The reply of Mexico, as we understood it from the Arizona account, was that Mexico declined redress for the reason that the act was committed previous to the recognition of Mexico by Arizona. Now, while such assertion was, indeed, made by Mexico, and our remarks under Arizona are to that extent justified, yet we find that it was not set up as a vindication, but as a palliation of the act, and the Grand Master promises on the receipt of the evidence necessary, to sustain the complaint of Arizona—that the men "shall be punished as requested." The Grand Master thus speaks of jurisdiction: " From various points in the United States we have received communications from clandestine Masonic bodies, which under various names have been formed there. Our duty is to reject, as we have always done, such requests for recognition, as invasion of Masonic jurisdiction has absolutely no excuse." He thus speaks of " internal affairs:" " Regarding the internal affairs of our Grand Lodge the following facts will give you au idea of our condition. During the year just ended we have issued charters to Washington, Hidalgo, Hiram and Esperanza Lodges, which returned to us after having been misled by the Supreme Council of the Thirty-third Degree of Mexico, and were healed and re-admitted, and Puritan, Jalisco and Tampico Lodges, which are new formations." The Grand Secretary states that of the forty-one Lodges in the jurisdiction, twenty work in Spanish, twenty in English and one in German. PUERTO RICO.
We acknowledge the receipt of the Annual of 1904, and the following petition for recognition:
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" GRAN LOGIA SOBEBANA DB PUERTO RICO. " BSTEADO UNIDOS DE AMERICA. " CIRCULAR FROM THE SOVEREIGN GRAND LODGE OP FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS OF THE ISLAND OF PUERTO RICO TO THE SEVERAL GRAND JURISDICTIONS OF THE UNITED STATES, BETWEEN WHOM AND THE GRAND LODGE OF PUEKTO RICO FRATERNAL RECOGNITION AND COMMUNICATION HAVE NOT YET BEEN ESTABLISHED. " SAN JUAN, PORTO RICO, August 1st, 1094.
'' Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Louisiana: " D E A R BRETHREN—This letter, together with a copy of our annual report, under separate cover, is forwarded to you for the purpose of bringing your Grand Lodge jurisdiction into closer fraternal relations with ours. Among the last pages of our report you will find, in English, an historical sketch of the origin and establishment of the Grand Lodge of Porto Rico. A Masonic body like ours, which stood loyal to the highest principles of Ancient Craft "Masonry during the dark days of persecution on the part of a State dominated by the Roman Catholic Church, which obstructed us in every step towards the propagation of those high ideals and precepts for which our institution stands, deserves to be properly recognized and treated as a component part of our great Universal Brotherhood. If to-day we are not quite so highly organized, not so thoroughly up-to-date as some of our more fortunate sister Grand Bodies of the United States which have had an uninterrupted experience and progress under favor of the protection of the starry banner of freedom, we, none the less, claim as great, if not greater honor, for remaining in existence through days of trial not well understood by the majority of our foreign brethren. "The membership in general of the Grand Lodge of Porto Rico is made up of some of the best blood of Porto Rico, and the records of some of our Grand OfHcers in times of trouble are worthy to be placed by the side of achievements of the martyrs of old, or the bravest deeds ever executed upon the battlefield. In our communications we are constantly surrounded by the memories of brethren, whose ashes now rest in foreign lands as the result of exile for the cause, and those who endured torture and death as a testimony of their fidelity to the trust reposed in them, exhibiting fortitude like unto that shown by our great operative Grand Master of old. "The regularity and legality of the Grand Lodge of Porto Rico cannot be questioned, and the history of its formation and establishment is given in brief in the English section of the present report. " A very large number of Americans have affiliated, and many have been initiated in the Lodges of the Island. There is one Lodge composed almost entirely of Americans at San Juan, which works in the York Rite. This is St. John the Baptist Lodge No. 12, with a membership of about sixty, about fifty of whom are Americans, and also is another Lodge in San Juan which works the York Rite in Spanish. This is 'Caballeros de la Verdad,' with a membership of about fifty. " Faternally yours, " E. D. DELGADO. " JOSE RAMOS DE ANAYA,
•' Or. Maestro.
" HAYDEN L. MOORE,
" JUAN DE MUNDEY."
A very interesting historical sketch of Masonry in the Island is appended. From it we learn that Lodges were formed early in the
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last century. The Lodges came in time to be under the jurisdiction of Cuba, and so remained at the reorganization in 1859. We now quote: " After a certain period the Grand Lodge of Cuba founded a Provincial Grand Lodge in Porto Rico, which worked with much faith and zeal, until to-day there are twelve Lodges in the Island with charters, and eight others under dispensation, making twenty in all. " In the meeting celebrated the 29th of March, 1885, the Provincial Grand Lodge, on motion made by the Venerable Grand Master Santiago R. Palmer, decided to petition the Grand Lodge of Colon and the Island of Cuba to cede to them the territory of Porto Rico, for the purpose of founding in that Island a free and independent symbolic Grand Lodge. The petition was favorably acted upon by the Grand-Lodge of Cuba, and complying with the desires of the brethren of Porto Rico, their petition was granted, a part of the papers, documents, etc., relating to the said cession, now in the archives of the Grand Lodges of Porto Rico reading as follows: " As a result of the above action of the Grand Lodge of Cuba, which caused great rejoicing among the brethren of Porto Rico, the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons, with complete and independent jurisdiction over the Island of Porto Rico, was created at Mayaguez, Porto Rico, on the 29th of September, 1885, with VV. B. Santiago R. Palmer as its first Grand Master. " The legality and regular standing of the Grand Lodge of Porto Rico were recognized by all the Grand Masonic Jurisdictions, which at that time enjoyed fraternal relations with the Grand Lodge of Cuba, the latter jurisdiction being prior to that time the only Masonic power with exclusive rights over Porto Rico. "The Spanisn Government recognizing the right of fraternal organizations to the usual rules and customs of association, permitted the Lodges to work without molestation until within a short time prior to the war in Cuba when certain political disturbances took place in Porto Rico. For fear of intervention and persecution on the part of the Spanish authorities who pretended to believe that plots and conspiracies were being fomented in the Lodg. s, work was suspended, or carried on secretly in the year 1896, and continued so until after the Spanish-American War and peace was declared, when the Grand Lodge of Porto Rico once more began to flourish under the protection of laws which guaranteed the right of association, and secure in the shelter of the flag of the Great Republic of the North. The Grand Lodge of Porto Rico met, for the first time after American occupation, at Mayagues, on February 18, 1899, and at this meeting it was decided to move the Grand Lodge to the Capital of the Island, San Juan. In compliance with the action of the Grand Lodge, the first meeting was ealled at San Juan, April 2, 1899, and notice given to all Masonic jurisdictions with which it held fraternal intercourse of its action and the continuance of its Masonic labors, uniting, little by little, it ties with the Masonic world." From the above it will appear that there is no question of the regularity and legitimacy of the Grand Lodge of Porto Rico. We are under the impression, however, that this Grand Lodge has had and is having correspondence with said Bodies, as the Grand Orient of France, and your Committe feel that this should be investigated before we can recommend recognition, and therefore ask that consideration of it be postponed.
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We have received notice under date of May 20, 3904, of the organization of a Grand Lodge and a request for fraternal recognition. Queensland is exhibiting to us to-day the sore evils of concurrent jurisdiction, for there, as in other English colonies, the Grand Lodges of England, Ireland and Scotland have exercised equal rights in the planting of Lodges. We quote R. W. Bro. Hertgberg : " Leaving this matter on one side for a moment. I would also point out what has been the dire result of three jurisdictions. It is well known to many of you, brethren, that instead of the healthy rivalry guided by the true Masonic spirit which should pervade all Masons, and which should have existed among the various Constitutions, we have developed a system which we can only compare to that of hucksters endeavoring to outbid each other for the wares which they have to offer. Lodges have been multiplied to an extent which the population never warranted, men who should never have been admitted into the fold of Masonry at all, and who were refused by one Constitution, have been able to gain admission into another, and to such an extent has this sort of thing progressed that it is within the knowledge of many of us that men are actually being admitted into the Craft on the system of time payment for their initiation fees; that small communities whose numbers do hardly warrant the existence of one Lodge have two, and what is worse still, that these two are almost at daggers drawn and will not even meet within the same walls, but have separate buildings to meetMn. If anything were needed to bring contempt upon the Craft, su'ely, brethren, this sort of thing is bound to bring it, and if the outer world has not that regard for members of the Craft, which our noble teachings and the lives of the majority of our members warrants, it is not to be wondered at. Masons are like all other minorities in a community: they are viewed with suspicion, and, like those minorities, they have the extra burden of not being judged by their best, but by their worst. A good Mason, if known to the outer world at all, is held to be a man who is just as he ought to be, but the bad one is taken, not as an excrescence of Masonry, but as a natural growth." The steps taken in organization of a Grand Lodge were the appointment of a Provincial Committee. This Committee sought the co-operation of the District Grand Masters of the several Constitutions. The District Grand Master under the Irish Constitution consulted the Grand Master of Ireland, and received his approval provided only that all things were done regularly. The District Grand Master under the Scotch Constitution replied that he could find no authorization in the regulations of the Grand Lodge of Scotland that would warrant his participation. The District Grand Master under the English Constitution replied that no support could be looked for from him. The consent of a number of Lodges of the Irish and Scotch Constitutions having been obtained a convention was called. Here it is proper to note that there is a provision in the Regulations of the Grand Lodge of England that provides the methods by which the question of organization of a new Grand Lodge can be discussed, namely, by petition of one-third of the subscribing members of a Lodge
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to the District Grand Master for, a dispensation to allow the discussion, which discussion is unlawful without such dispensation. There is a similar provision in the Regulations of the Grand Lodge of Scotland. The Convention above noted met March 23,1904, and agreed on the organization of a Grand Lodge, 36 Lodges being present. The Provisional Committee was enlarged and empowered to make all necessary arrangements for the organization of a Grand Lodge. Adjournment was then had. The Convention reassembled April 25th, 39 Lodges being represented, 25 of the Irish Constitution and 14 of the Scotch Constitution. The Constitution of the Grand Lodge of New South Wales, with necessary alterations was adopted. M. W. Bro. G. S. Hutton, being chosen Grand Master and duly installed, addressed the Grand Lodge. Among other things he said : '' A large number of us have hoped that we should have had the pleasure at some time of acclaiming as first Grand Master that much esteemed Mason, R. W. Bro. the Hon. Sir Augustus Gregory, but he has chosen to remain apart from the movement to place Masonry on the same high plane as it exists in the other Australasian States, and, I am sorry to say, has been an active opponent of our efforts. To this decision we have had to bow, whilst at the same time not allowing it to turn us from running the course we had set before us, but determining to reach the goal which we felt must be reached if the highest standard of Masonry was to be realized. "The Brethren who undertook the task of establishing this Grand Lodge did so from the purest love of Freemasonry and not from any desire for self-aggrandisement or unworthy ambition; their sole aim was to prove to themselves, to their children, and to the world that Freemasonry in Queensland was a true and vital principle—a faith wh'Ch made for the benefit of humanity to the glory of the Creator. "This could only be done by showing outward and visible signs by the erection of monuments of that charity which is so forcibly enunciated in our ceremonies; and to attain that object we must have unity of government, unity of action, unity of funds. " I t has been said by some of our English and Scottish brethren that we should have been nearer unanimity before the erection of Grand Lodge; but was it "possible to achieve that when brethren under the Scottish Constitution were debarred absolutely from discussing the question in their Lodges, and upon our English brethren such conditions were imposed as to operate in the same manner ? If the District Grand Lodges of the English and Scottish Constitutions had freely invited or allowed discussion, and the result had been adverse to the formation, then it might have been said that this Grand Lodge was not established with the consent and a good will of a majority of the brethren, and it would have been for the serious consideration of those taking part in its establishment whether it was advisable, even to attain the great aim they had in view, they should oppose themselves to a large majority. With the knowledge and approbation of the Grand Lodge of Ireland and the Provincial Grand Lodge of Queensland, the brethren belonging tq the Irish Constitution were allowed to come to a free and unbiassed determination, the consequence being that every Lodge decided in the affirmative. Masonry is Free, and that should include Freedom of Speech and Freedom of Will. Limitation of
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speech may retard a movement for a time, but if the hearts of a people are in it then you might as well try to keep the sea from its bounds by a wall of sand as to keep such a movement back by putting obstacles in the way of free expression." We append a letter from B. W. Bro. Chas. H. Harley, Grand Secretary, giving the latest information from this new Grand Lodge : " T H E GRAND LODGE " OF ANTIENT FREE \HD ACCEPTED MASONS OF QUEENLAND, ND, I " BRISBANE, 20th September, 1904. 4. J " H E R M A N O. DUNCAN, ESQ.,
" 221 Winn Street, Alexandria, Louisiana, U. S. A.: received your letter stating that my letter of 20th May applying for fraternal recognition and cooperation had been handed to you as the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Correspondence, and requesting further information, which I hasten to supply. "Printed, reports, of our proceedings. These were posted, and must have miscarried. I am sending by this mail a further supply. " We have met with most determined opposition from the District Grand Masters of both the English and Scottish Constitutions, who prohibited the Lodges under their jurisdiction from discussing or in any way considering the matter of the formation of the Grand Lodge of Queensland, but many of the Scotch Lodges took the matter into their own hands (running all risks, which in some cases have resulted in their losing all their funds and property and in wholesale suspensions of their members). Those Lodges that have joined us are now threatened that unless they hand over all books, including the 'bank book, cash book, ledger, receipt book, cheque book and all moneys' in their possension, civil action at law will be taken by the District Grand Master to recover them. I enclose copies of two circulars issued by the District Grand Master of the English Constitution. You will note the conditions under which they could obtain a dispensation to discuss the question: ' That it is desirable that there be a Sovereign Grand Lodge of Queensland,' ' the names of all members prasent, those voting for, those voting against, and those not voting to be sent to the Grand Master,' naturally very few Lodges would ask for a dispensation under such terms, more especially when those that did ask for a dispensation were informed that in addition to the above, the District Grand Master would be present, in the chair, at the meeting. " Had free discussion and voting been allowed in the Lodges under the English and Scottish Constitutions, as it was in the Irish, the majority of them would have joined in the formation ef the Grand Lodge of Queensland. At present some of the Lodges are moving, by resolution, to join us. "Since our inauguration four additional Lodges have joined us; we now number 43 on our roll. " At the meeting of the Grand Lodge of New South Wales held on the 14th inst., fraternal recognition was granted by them to this Grand Lodge. I wish to add that they are our adjoining State and nearest Grand Lodge, and are well acquainted with all our proceedings. "Trusting to receive your assistance in procuring recognition from your Grand Lodge, I remain, " Yours Fraternally, " E I G H T WOR. SIR AND BROTHER—I
" CHAS. H. HARLEY,
"Grand Secretary."
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The legitimacy of this Grand Lodge is unquestionable, but we very much regret that it lacks one essential feature. It unfortunately does not represent a majority of the Fraternity in Queensland. There are about 140 Lodges in the Province, and of this number about a third, 43, are constituents of the new Grand Lodge. We sincerely trust that the several Lodges of the English and Scotch Constitutions will see their way to a union with it, and we can promise that just as soon as a reasonable unanimity is attained we will extend fraternal recognition. In the meantime we must ask that such act be deferred. SWITZERLAND.
We have received a circular letter from the Grand Master and Grand Secretary courteously asking the following questions: " 1 . Which Masonic Powers do you sustain relations of friendship with ? "2. Which are the Masonic Powers in YOUR COUNTRY you consider REGULARLY constituted, with which, however, you are not in relations of friendship ? " 3. Do you know, in YOUR COUNTRY, any Masonic Powers which are NOT REGULARLY constituted ? What do you know of their origins and names? " 4. In which cases, according to your own judgment, must any Masonic body be considered as NOT REGULAR? " We have replied to these queries as follows : To the first question we replied by copying the list printed in our proceedings of 1904, on pages 189 and 190. To the the second question we answered: "None, unless Puerto Rico be so considered." To the third question we replied: "All bodies that derived from African Lodge of Boston, or its Master, Prince Hall. The Pinney Grand Lodge of Ohio. The Racional Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. These we consider not only irregular, but clandestine." To the fourth question we replied: "When its origin is illegitimate. When its constitution is not in accord with the generally accepted principles of organization. When it has departed from the landmarks of Masonry. When it associates and holds intercourse with clandestine bodies. Under the latter class we place those that are clandestine ab initio, and those who have become so by abandonment of one or more of the essential tenets of Freemasony." WESTERN AUSTRALIA.
We have received a communication from a Grand Lodge, said to have been formed in 1898, protesting against the Masonic character of the Grand Lodge of Western Australia, organized in 1900. As the paper contained unsupported allegations, we wrote to its signer rtqut sling further information, and received the following in reply. UL10
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" T H E X . W. BBO. D B . DUNCAN:
"Bev. and Dear Sir and Brother—On the receipt of your letter of the 5th of August I forwarded two copies—so as to facilitate perusal— of the documents which should have reached you with our circular letter. "As you invite me to give you further information, I may mention a few relevant facts. " Before the usurpation by the new body, we had thrice elected a Grand Master, our first Grand Master having to resign owing to private affairs. His successor was an English barrister, well known in this colony, who had been a Mason 60 years and had been G. B. of his province in England. He was initiated under dispensation at the Oxford University Lodge and was the oldest Mason in the colony. Ten Lodges were formed under our Grand Lodge. These things were not done secretly but notified in the public press. "Our Lodges together with those under the Provincial G. L. of Scotland were the majority of Lodges in the colony. The G. L of Scotland has publicly refused its recognition to the usurping body although Bro. Stevenson, the Secretary of that body, went to Scotland to try to obtain recognition. " The usurping body put up the Governor of the State, whose time was nearly expired, as Grand Master, and he had to leave for England two or three days after his installation, which took place at Government House. He was a mere figurehead, and, while touring the colony, left dispensations in blank to go to Lodges of the English Province for the Secretary to send at his discretion. He also sent the circulars inviting the Lodges to join in forming a Grand Lodge instead of remaining under an English Province. The dispensations left in blank for the Secretary to fill up were an unlawful delegation of a Provincial G. M.'s authority and the circulars urging disruption of the English Province were inconsistent with his fidelity as one who held a commission under the English G. L. "These were the lengths to which the outgoing Governor who was never likely to set foot in the colony again, was impelled, not so much by a spurious Masonic ambition of his own, as by those who used him as an instrument towards weakening the influence of our established institution. "We regard the whole business, both as to object and means, as a prostitution of Masonry and a violation of Masonic law, and we ask the rulers of the Craft to regard it in the same light. " I am, Reverend and Dear Sir and Brother, " Fraternally yours, " J O H N WM. SMYTHE,
"Address: " M E . JOHN WILLIAM SMYTHE,
" Grand Secretary."
" 103 Francis Street, Perth, Western Australia."
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The character of the Constitution of the Grand Lodge of Western Australia, founded in 19C0, together with that of 1898, were fully considered by us when the petition came before us for recognition of the younger body. It was then shown that the organization of 1898 was effected by unattached Masons, who, in their own words, owed allegiance to no Grand Body, and that not a warranted Lodge united
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in the organization. And we may here remark that these facts are fully substantiated by the papers now submitted by themselves, they claiming, however, that if this was a bar to regularity it was cured by the fact that after they had organized they granted warrants to certain Lodges, who met in the following year and then reorganized the Grand Body! They also claim that no Lodge can lawfully unite in forming a Grand Lodge, for to do so involves rebellion against the Grand Lodge granting its warrant and that an act of rebellion disqualifies a Lodge from an lawful action. We are not at all convinced by this rehearing that our judgment against this body was in accord with the generally received and acknowledged principles of present day Masonic law. We think their existence irregular and not to be taken into consideration. We can find no reason in the pleas made to move us to disturb the judgment rendered in favor of the recognition of the Grand Lodge of Western Australia, of which Bro. Gerard Smith was first Grand Master, and we strongly advise that these unattached Masons affiliate as promptly as possible with some legitimate and lawful body of Masons. Unafflliated Masons have no Masonic rights save that of applying for affiliation. They cannot form a Grand Lodge or a particular Lodge. Any organization that they may make has, and can have, no Masonic character, or receive any recognition as such. It is not our province to examine the personal character or the private acts of Sir Gerard Smith, and if it were, the charges against him must surely be preferred by those who themselves have Masonic standing. We regret very much the position assumed by these brethren, and trust that ere long they will come to better minds. A MASONIC LIBRARY.
We have received from R. E. Bro. Newton R. Parvin, Grand Secretary of Iowa, a letter asking our attention to a proposition that has been made for the establishment of a general Masonic Library, and requesting some expression of opinion on the subject, and further suggesting that inasmuch as the Masonic Library of Iowa is possessed of an adequate building and is already a very extensive collection that it be made the basis of the proposed institution. Of the exceeding value of such an institution there can scarcely be two opinions, and the same may be said of the magnificent collection now housed at Cedar Rapids. There are a good many inconveniences in the way of the proposition before us, however. Every Grand Lodge has, we presume, a library, and some of them we know to be quite extensive. But whether great or small we presume that it is the ambition of every Grand Lodge to build up its own library and make it the equal of any.
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There are great inconveniences in using a library by correspondence. These are the thoughts that the presentation of the subject bring to us. We shall gladly consider the matter, but we feel just at present that we do not know enough about the project to endorse it or make recommendation concerning it to the Grand Lodge. We shall be glad to see the project more fully developed. We, with pleasure, notify the Grand Lodge of it, to the end that we may learn the consensus of opinion about the proposition. In furtherance of the views above expressed your Committee offer the following resolutions: Resolved, That the recognition of the Grand Lodge of France be postponed until such time as the Committee on Foreign Correspondence shall be able to procure such necessary information as will justify action upon the part of this Grand Lodge. Resolved, That the recognition of the Grand Lodge of Puerto Rico be deferred. Resolved, That the recognition of the Grand Lodge of Queensland be postponed until such time as said Grand Body shall become more representative than it now is. All of which is respectfully submitted. HEBMAN C. DUNCAN,
Chairman.
INDEX TO PROCEEDINGS. Address of M. W. Grand Master Appeals for Assistance Committee on Work Disciplinary Action Dispensations Examination of Visitors Fraternal Relations Lodge-Room vs. Ante-Room Lost or Destroyed Charters Masonic Cemetery Necrologlcal Official uhanges Official Visits Plan of Masonic Relief Progress of the Craft Recommendations Rulings and DecisionsTemple Property TheTemple Debt Widows and Orphans and Members of Extinct Lodges
12 22 3a 14 21 2a 14 88 36 18 A5 23 23 31 12 34 1U 18 30 36
Account Current Alphabetical List of D. D. G. Masters Alphabetical List of Lodges
44 23 34
Balance Sheet, Grand Lodge
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Certificates of Good Standing issued Charters issued Committees— Appeals and Grievancse Audit and Accounts Chartered Lodges, Work and Keturns Credentials Foreign Correspondence History Lodges, U. D., Work and Returns Masonic Cemetery Masonic Law and Jurisprudence Masonic Relief... Mileage Necrology State of the Order Work Committees of Grand Lodge for 1905 Cypress Lodge, Communication from....
43 39 67, 102 58,59, 60, 75, 101 61, 76 4 70, 78, 80 70 66, 76, 105 68 67, 76, 111 70 70, 71, 78 70, 103 70 67, 78, 109 217 72
Diplomas issued Dispensations, new Lodges Dispensations to Lodges Dispensations continued District Deputy Grand Masters, 1905
44 40 42 41 219
Election of Grand Officers for 1905 Estimate of Receipts and Expenditures, 1905
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INDEX. Frauklinton Lodge, Communication from Grand Grand Grand Grand Grand Grand Grand Grand
Lodges in Fraternal Relations Secretaries Masonic Bodies, Louisiana Officers, Past and Present Representatives to Louisiana Representatives from Louisiana Representatives, Commissions received Representatives, Commissions issued
80 245 245 210 238 241 243 43 43
Historical Table of Lodges
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In Memoriam Installation of Grand Officers for 1905 Lodge Statistics Lodges, U. D Memorial on Death of P. G. M. Samuel M. Todd
247 114 47 41 79
Reception of Grand Representatives Reports— "Board of Hall Directors '. Grand Treasurer Grand Secretary 39, Grand Lecturer Louisiana Relief Lodge ; Register and Work of Lodges Repairs to Temple Representatives present 4, 74, Roll Call of Lodges 11, 74, Rob. Morris Chapter No. 1, O. E. S., Communication from Resolutions— Appropriations By Committee on Plan of Masonic Relief .Exemplification of Work On Allowing Mileage to Lodges, U. D On Death of D. G. M. E. T. Sellers..... On Mileage 70, On Plan of Masonic Relief 70, On Printing Report of Committee on Plan of Masonic Relief, On Withdrawing Commission of Grand Representative to California
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School of Instruction... Spring Greek Lodge, Communication from Status of Representatives
48 38 48 56 52 247 49 100 100 72 114 81 71 105 80 71 81 99 98 79 72 78
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NINETY-FOURTH ANNUAL GRAND COMMUNICATION, FEBRUARY 5TH, 6TH AND 7TH, 1906. A. t,. 5906.
L. P. DELAHOUSSAYE, Grand Master. RICHARD LAMBERT, Grand Secretary.
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MOST WORSHIPFUL GRAND LODGE OF FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS
STATE OF LOUISIANA. A. D. 1906.
L. C. ALLEN J. C. DREW L. E. THOMAS FRED. C. MARSH A. G. RECKS RICHARD LAMBERT J. H. CALDWELL HERMAN C. DUNCAN JOHN PULESTON N. B. NULL JOSEPH MEYERS JOSEPH T. LABIT JOHN S. THIBAUT T. H. ROBERTS JOHN W. HOWE E. G. COURTNEY SAMUEL WOLF JOSEPH CATHCART JOHN A. DAVILLA
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FIRST DAY'S SESSION. GBAND LODGE HALL, Monday, February 6, 1906. The Ninety-fourth Annual Grand Communication of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons, of the State of Louisiana, convened in the City of New Orleans, at the Masonic Temple, corner of St. Charles and Perdido streets, on Monday, February 5th, A. D. 1906, at 7:30 o'clock, P.M. The M. W. Grand Lodge was opened by the M. W. Grand Master, Louis P. Delahoussaye, in ample form, on the third, or Master's degree, of Masonry, after prayer by Kev. Bro. Herman Cope Duncan, Grand Chaplain. NEW ORLEANS,
OFFICERS PRESENT.
The roll of Grand Officers was called and the following were present: L. P. DELAHOUSSAYE L. C. ALLEN L. E. THOMAS O. H. SIMPSON A. G. RICKS RTCHARD LAMBERT J. H. CALDWELL HERMAN O. DUNCAN C. C. KRAMER AARON STEEG. GEORGE W. BOOTH JOHLV PULESTON JOS. T. LABIT WM. C. WRIGHT ROBERT W. IRVINE J. D. MARKS N. B. NULL JOSEPH CATHCART JOHN A. DAVILLA
M. W. Grand Master.. B. W. Deputy Grand Master. B.W. Grand Senior Warden. B.W. Grand Junior Warden. B. W. Grand Treasurer. B. W. Grand Secretary. R. W. Grand Lecturer. W. Grand Chaplain. W. Grand Senior Deacon. W. Grand Junior Deacon. :.. W. Grand Marshal. W. Grand Sword Bearer: W. Grand Pursuivant. W. Grand Steward W. Grand Steward W. Grand Steward W. Grand Steward Grand Organist. Grand Tyler.
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Past Grand Masters—David R. Graham, Charles F. Buck, Albert G. Brice, A. C. Allen, Robert H. Cage, Robert R. Reid. GRAND REPRESENTATIVES PRESENT.
Arizona, Connecticut, Canada, Colorado, Costa Rica, Cuba, Florida, Illinois, Indian Territory, Maryland, Mississippi, North Dakota, Nebraska, Nova Scotia, New Mexico, New Hampshire, Peru, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Vermont, Victoria, Washington, West Virginia, Western Australia, Wisconsin, District of Columbia. REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON CREDENTIALS.
The M. W. Grand Master appointed the following brethren as a Committee on Credentials: E. W. Bro. Bichard Lambert, W. Bro. Joseph Meyers and W. Bro. W. E. Mandeville. This Committee subsequently submitted the following report: NEW ORLEANS, To the Grand Lodge, F. and A. M., State of Louisiana:
February 5th, 1906.
Your Committee on Credentials respectfully report that they find the following Lodges have made returns, paid dues and are entitled to representation on the floor of this Grand Lodge. The following named brethren are their duly accredited representatives: PERFECT UNION NO. 1—Ivan F. Siekman, W. M.; Wm. Lockie McConnell, S. W.; Theodore M. Brechtel. POLAR STAR NO. 1—B. Simon, W. M.; J. Laguens, S. W.; Bmil Pomes, J. W. PERSEVERANCE NO. 4—Octave Garsaud, W. M.; J. Combret, S. W.; Henri Dours, J. W. CERVANTES NO. 5—Eusebio Ruiz, W. M.; A. Matteu, S. W.; Jose Venta, J. W.; John C. Suarez, proxy for all. HUMBLE COTTAGE NO. 19—B. A. Littell, W. M.; J. E. Allen, S. W.; Leon S. Haas, J. W. WESTERN STAR NO. 24—E. G. Courtney, W. M.; W. M. Washburn, S. W.; J. G. Sanders, J. W. ST. ALBANS NO. 28—G. M. Tomb, W. M.; H. B. Barrow, S. W.; W. F. Norsworthy, J. W. FELICIANA NO. 31—Ben Leopold, W. M.; Henry Graber, 8. W.; George Baier, J. W.; Sidney Powell, proxy for all. PHCENIX NO. 38—J. C. Trichel, Jr., W. M.; R. H. Aby, S. W.; B. C. Caldwell, J. W. GERMANIA NO. 46—Herman H. Hutten, W. M.; Ferd. K. Silberbauer, S. W.; Oscar Schreiber, J. W.
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ST. JAMES NO. 47—L. G. Stirling, W. M.; P. L. Rosenthal, proxy; A. M. Herget, S. W.; A. T. Prescott, J. W. MINDEN No. 51—W. H. Webb, W. M.; C. D. Gould, S. W.; W. T. Burnett, Jr., J. W.; R. C. Drew, proxy for all. OLIVE NO. 52—William H. Bennett, W. M.; William M. Empson, S. W.; John D. Tempel, J. W.; H. P. Irwin, proxy. UNION FRATERNAL, NO. 53—Edward Everett, W. M.; G. E. Murphy,
S. W.; Clifton Mathews, J. W. 54—J. P. Watson, W. M.; F. M. Odom, S. W.; J. R. Harkness, J. W. > • FRANKLIN NO. 57—8. F. MeCardell, Jr., W. M.; S. J. Gates, S. W.; C. P. Sims, J. W. FRIENDS OF HARMONY NO. 58—M. 8. Steeg, W. M.; Emanuel Steeg, S. W.;N. L. Davis, J. W. MOUNT MOKIAH NO. 59—Charles E. Gross, W. M.; Frank J. Herman, S. W.; Wilmer A. Simpson, J. W. GEORGE WASHINGTON No. 65—James Cronan, W. M.; George Wattigny, S. W.; John Gilmore, J. W. HIRAM NO. 70—James Reid, Jr., W. M.; Rojdan R. Douglas, S. W.; J. J. Fogarty, J. W. ALPHA-HOME NO. 72—Frank Davies, W. M.; A. D. Henriques, 8. W.; Daniel W. Grundy, J. W. SABINE NO. 75—C. J. Law. W. M.; T. M. Self, S. W.; A. M. Parker, J. W. QUITMAN No. 76—William P. Miller, W. M.; H. J. Btansbury, S. W.; E. H Addington, J. W. ST. JOSEPH NO. 75—Adolph Elgutter, W. M.; Leopold Elgutter, S. W.; I. W. Warren, J. W. MOUNT VERNONNO. 83—A. M. Garrett, W. M.; P. G. R. Bell, 8. W.; L. H. Adams, J. W. OLIVER NO. 84—George C. Wilson, W. M.; J. M. Goldberg, S. W.; H. C. Duncan, proxy for W. M. and S. W.; L. C. Johnson, J. W. LAFAYETTE No. 87—William Davis, W. M.; William Norman, S. W.; David Hausman, J. W. CYPRESS NO. 89—E. M. Laughlin, W. M.;B. A. Kelly, S. W.; C. O. Quayle, J. W. BELLEVUE NO. 95—H. H. Barncastle, W. M.; S. L. Hobbs, S. W.; P. P. Cook, J. W. ST. HELENA NO. 96—John Frieler, W. M.; E. B. Watson, S. W.; O. D. Lindsay, J. W. HERMITAGE NO. 98—Paul J. Cendon, W. M.; Joel J. Prowell, S. W.; Arthur J. Peters, J. W. FRANKLINTON NO. 101—T. J. Graves, W. M.; Pren
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RUSTON No. 106—C. H. Carson, Jr., W. M.; J. G. Bond, S. W., E. G. Null, J. W. SPARTA NO, 108—H. M. King, W. M.; W. P. Lucky, 8. W., Burt Took, J. W. HARRISONBURG NO 110—Riley J. Wilson, W. M.; George W. Pearce, S. W.; Robert H. Young, J. W. TTBIM NO, 111—T. I. Wilson, W. M.; W. B. Calhoun, S. W.; G. W. Butler, J. W. SHBEVEPORT No. 115—H. M. Weil, W. M.; M. P. Jacobson, S. W.; H. W. Bechtell, J. W. ACACIA NO. 116—J. A. Gourrier, W. M.; B. C. Thomas, S. W.; M. Silber, J. W. MILFORD No. 117—T. A. Silby, W. M.; D. H. Dyer, proxy; J. O. Edmondson, S. W.; A. B. Booth, proxy; J. R. Picard, J. W. DELHI NO. 120—Nash Collins, W. M.; F. G. Hulse, S. W.; O O. Hills, .1. W. MACKEY NO. 122—W. T. Stevens, W. M.; S. L. Manning, S. W.; C. A. Stevens, J. W. LIBERTY N O . 123—G. W. Thigpen, W. M.; W. G. Spilka, S. W.; C. D. Graves, J. W. KELLERTOWN NO. 124—James R. Freeman, W. M.; I. D. Norwood, S. W,; John Y. Reily, proxy; M. L. Palmer, J. W. PEARL RIVER N O . 125—N. E. Piggott, W. M.; W. Q. McKenzie, S. W.; L. W. McKenzie, J. W. ARCADIA NO. 126—W. M. Baker, W. M.; D. E. Brown, Jr., S. W.; W. P. Theus, J. W. GORDY No. 133—J. L. Penninger, W. M.; Eugene Kirkpatrick, S W.; S. H. Brewer, J. W.; A. Leigh, proxy for all. PLAINS No. 135—Isaac N. Doyle, W. M.; T. L. Mills, S. W.; Albert Mills, J. W. ATHENS NO. 136—R. W. Baker, W. M.; Leon E. Baker, S. W.; F. R. Dillon, J. W. DOWNSVILLE No. 143—J. F. Hammons, W. M.; T. H. Roberts, S. W.; J. L. Winberry, J. W. OCEAN NO. 144- Ward. C Flanders, W. M.; Lewis G. Hooper, S. W.; William H. Jolly, J. W. SILENT BROTHERHOOD NO. 146—H, B. Hines, W. M.; T. W. Howell, proxy; O. T. Webb, S. W.; O. H. P. Rawles, J. W. HOPE NO. 145—Joseph A. Chargois, W. M.; A. D. Trahan, S. W.; Crow Girard, J. W. ANACOCO NO. 147—W. H. Cain, W. M.; C. N. Gibbs, S. W.; J. A. Grant, J. W. RED LAND NO. 148—J. F. Hudson, W. M.; J. H. Arnold, S. W.; H. E. Martin, J. W. EASTERN STAR NO. 151—George A. Kelly, W. M.; W. F. Cooper, S; W.; C. H. Elliot, J. W.; Wm. M. Wallace, proxy for all. HOMER NO 152—.1. S. Richardson, W. M.; W. L. Ward, S. W.; A. Kinnbrew, J. W.
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153—John W. Howe, W. M.; Joseph E. Lorio, 8. W.. Thomas Prior, J. W. KISATCHIB No. 156—J. E. Jordan, W. M.; R. L. Tynes, S. W.; J. H. Ricks, J. W. LIVINGSTON NO. 160—T. W. Cate, W. M ; Merritt Miller, proxy; M. Miller, S. W.; C. G. Baltzell, J. W. BROOKVILLE NO. 161—J. S. Rolfe, W. M.; J. H. Hamby, S. W.; F. A. Evans, J. W. A.TCHAFALAYA No. 163—W. A. White, W. M.: William M. Wharton, S. W.; J A. Blazer, J. W. COLUMBIA NO. 164—J. R. Brown, W. M.; John W. James, S. W.; W. E. Howell, J. W. LAKE CHARLES NO. 165—D. B. Gorham, W. M.; George O. Elms, proxy; C. P. Martin, S. W-; R. L. Knox, J. W.; George O. Elms, proxy. LINN WOOD NO. 167—George A. Treadwell, W. M.; Charles B. Wills, S. W.; Charles D. Cottrell, J. W. MONTGOMERY NO. 168—R. M. Horn, W. M.; David B. Wardlow, S. W.; Bedford E. Woods, J. W. KOSMOS No. 171—Julius Weyler, W. M.; H. O. Lehman, g. W.; Richard Herlarth J. W. UNION NO. 172—W R. Mandeville, W. M.; Chris. Nungesser, S. W.; Wynn G. Rogers, J. W. DANTE NO. 174—Arturo Dell'Orto, W. M.; Vincenzo Machi, S. W.; Ivo Illin Vullevich, J. W. AMITE CITY NO. 175—John Puleston, W. M.; Henry P. Forshag, S. W.; fl. E. Sanders, J. W. CADDO NO. 179—W. A. Kerley, W. M.; T. H. Scovell, proxy; C. M. Burcher, S. W.; George O. Lilley, J. W. SAM. TODD NO. 182-G. W. Richardson, W. M ; N. A. Jones, S. W.; R E. Sigler, J. W. SPRING CREEK NO. 184—George W. McDaniel, W. M.; I. E Cockburn, S. W.; Jeff. D. McDaniel, J. W.; J. P. Morgan, proxy. ORPHANS' FRIEND NO. 185—B. F. Vannoy, W. M.; J. H. Rutledge, -S. W.; A. V. C. Hudspath, J. W. COVINGTON No 188—A. Hockenschuh, W. M.; W. P. Fussell, S. W.; Beauregard D. Warren, J. W. EVERGREEN NO. 189—S. L. Campbell, W. M ; 8. W. Cappell, S. W.; B. R. Fisher, J. W. CORINTHIAN NO. 190—Edward Pierson, W. M.; Thomas D. Sadler, S. W.; Will. H. Wood, J. W. JEFFERSON NO. 191—Samuel Wolf, W. M.; Armand Mary, S. W.; Samuel Israel, J. W. ABBEVILLE NO 192—Milton R. Cushman, W. M.; Summa Caldwell, S. W.; Ernest C. Fletcher, J. W. AURORA NO. 193—Charles C. Kramer, W. M.; William J. Bernard, S. W.; Samuel Weil, J. W. SAINTS JOHN NO.
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No. 196—R. J. Pullen, W. M.; J. P. Abel, S. W.; J. N. Walker, Jr., J. W. BROOKLINB NO. 198—R. B. Nash, W. M.; B. E. Womack, S. W.; D. Z. Smith, J. W. .DORIC NO. 205-David W. Gourner, W. M.; Thomas L. Morse, S, W.A. F. Storm, J. W. N. H. BRAY NO. 208—W. T. Harville, W. M.; A. J. Davis, S. W.; J. J. Hinson, J. W. R. F. MCGUIRE No. 209—C. W. Gaines, W. M.; W. T. Oliver, S. W.; R. B. Mhoon, J. W. BLAZING STAR NO. 212—C. S. Devall, W. M.; L. P. Buchanan, S. W.; Jacques Welsh, J. W. KEYSTONE NO. 213—W. H. Harrington, W. M.; F. M, Spann, S. W.; Charles J. Gordon, J. W.; J. D. Usher, proxy for all. ASHLAND
LAND MARK NO. 214—P. P. Keith, Jr., W. M.; T. D. Hudnall, 8. W.;
D. W. Keith, J. W. FRIENDSHIP NO. 215—A. P. Collingsworth, W. M.; E. A. Mixon, S. W.; J. W. Ford, J. W. GOOD INTENT NO. 216—J. T. 8. Thomas, W. M.; W. O. Spencer, S.
W.; A. W. Weeins, J. W. FELLOWSHIP NO. 217—A. C. Kirkpatrick, W. M.; J. E. Dyess, S. W.; A. B. C. Delhazzar, J. W. LIVONIA NO. 220—E. C. Beuker, W. M.; T. Goldman, S. W.; Howard Betz, J. W. SOLOMON NO. 221—Henry Aaron, W. M.; F. P. Bolton, S. W.; Mike Aaron, J. W. PECAN GROVE NO. 222—J. N. Hill, W. M.; C. T. Davis, S. W.; G. F.
Blackburn, J. W. 229—W. H. Roberts, W. M ; W. L. Burkett, S. W.; Arthur Barrett, J. W. PLEASANT H I L L NO. 230—J. J. Browne, W. M.; L. T. Dykes, S. W.; P. M. Gaddis, J. W.; J. H. Caldwell, proxy for all. GRANGEVILLE NO. 231—D. H. Harvell, W. M.; W. B. Bankston, S. W.; E. O. Powets, J. W. WELSH NO. 232—Samuel Blackford, W. M.; Charles E. Carr, S. W.; Jno. W. Armstrong, proxy; Erastus H. Boiling, J. W.; Joseph Villien, proxy. KYICHIE NO. 233—N. G. W. Adams, W. M.; L. R. Simmons, 8. W.; W. T. Abrams, proxy; N. 8. Adams, Jr., J. W. ROBERTSVILLE No. 234—T. G. Coburn, W. M.; L. A. Tread way, proxy; W. M. Dowden, 8. W.; W. O. Bates, proxy; John Gains, J. W.; W. E. Addison, proxy. SIMSBORO No. 235—W. A. Burt, W. M.; W. A. Morris, S. W.; J. 8. Robinson, J. W. LITTLE FLOCK NO. 236—0. C. Sullivan, W. M.; Hoyt Curtis, S. W.; M. E. Murphy, J. W. CADEVILLE NO.
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237—Jonah Perry, W. M-; J. F. Nuekolls, 8. W.; J. 8. Boggs, J. W.; W. P. Boggs, proxy for all. MAGNOLIA NO. 238—W. A. Smith, W. M.; W. S Thompson, 8. W.; J. F. Lyles, J. W. BEBNICE NO. 239—G. P. C. Sansing, W. M.; J. P. Shackleford, S. W.; D. J. Autry, J. W. LEESVILLE NO. 240—Thomas J. Davis, W. M.; James O. Palmer, 8. W.; C. T. Allis, proxy; W. B. Williamson, J. W. CONLY No. 241—D. A. Newman, W. M.; J. B. Waiters, S. W.; J. A. Watters, J. W. WESTON- NO. 242—C. M. Tolar, W. M.; W. G. Rasberry, 8. W.; J. M. Reed, J. W. . CROWLEY NO. 243—E. M. Ellis, W. M.; Henry Newman, S. W.; R. B. Raioey, J. W. CENTRE NO. 244—M. B. Richardson, W. M.; L. A. Pierce, J. W.; T. G. D. Richardson, J. W. MILLERTON No. 245—J. W. Morton, W. M.; W. T. MeEachern, S. W.; J. L. Moss, J. W. WINNSBORO No. 246—A. D. O. Moore, W. M.; L. M. Calhoun, 8. W.; H. J. Lea, J. W. CLEAR SPBING NO. 247—E. L. Snead, W. M.; W. W. Teer, S. W.; W. D. Dupre, J. W. KENTWOOD NO. 248—J. B. Edens, W. M.; H. G. Morris, 8. W.; L. H. Bowden, J. W.; I/. C. Vacher, proxy for all. JENNINGS NO. 249—V. D. Tilden, W. M.; Wallace H. Adams, S. W.. W. O. Cornish, J. W. MANSFIELD NO. 250—L. A. Cowley, W. M ; F. C. Watson, S. W.; S. G, Semple, J. W. ASCENSION NO. 251—R. P. Henderson, W. M.; Jno. 8. Thibaut, proxy; R. N. Slator, 8. W.; Lucien Mayer, J. W. MITCHELL NO. 252—J. F. Jackson, W. M.; J. W. Robinette, S. W.; J. A. Barrett, J. W. TOBO No 253—S. E. Self, W. M.; Frank B. Jones, S. W.; George CV Antony, J. W. FOREST H I L L NO. 254—H. O. Ponder, W. M.; W. H. Dean, S. W.; W. M. Smith, J. W. JEANERETTE NO. 255—J. G. Bouvier, W. M.; S. L. Jacobs, proxy; A. C. Torstenson, S. W ; J. W. Shelby, J. W. ST. ANDREWS NO. 256—M. D. L. Bell, W. M.; W. E. Sisson, S. W.; D. E. Ivy, J. W. W H I T E CASTLE NO. 257—Samuel G. Bolshaw, W. M.; Allen J. Edminster, S. W.; H. V. Kirkland, J. W.; H. E. Rathborn, proxy. MARTHAVILLE NO. 258—J. W. Jacobs, W. M.; C. C. McCartrey, S. W.; R. M. Wagley, J. W.; G. P. Ashley, proxy for all. COLFAX No. 259—R. W. Richardson, W. M.; R. B. Roach, S. W.; J. W. Duncan, J, W. PLAIN DEALING NO.
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€HA:RLES F. BUCK NO. 260—Henry E. Hardtner, W. M.; J. T. Hinton, S. W.;C. F. Jones, J. W. ANCHOR NO. 261—J. M. Chapman, W. M.; C. O. Groves, S. W.; W. W. Lane, J. W.; A. H. Butler, proxy for W. M. and J. W. PROGRESSIVE NO. 262— H. F. Baker, W. M.; R. P. Woods, S. W.; F. B. Brown, J. W. FLOKIEN No. 263—W. K. Holt W. M.; G. Z. Corley, H. W.; J. H. Williams, proxy; T. J. Dowden. J. W.; A. G. Leach, proxy. P I N E No. 264—Martin C. Craine, W. M.; Robert W. Knight, S. W., M. N. Breland, J. W. D A L L E Y N O . 265—P. A. Smart, W. M.; J. M. Barr, S. W.; J. J. Prestage, J. W. ATKINS NO. 2 i6—D. J . McAnn, W. M.; A. J. Moss, S. W.; J. L. Page, J. W. MELVILLE No. 268—H. S. Jo-epb, W. M.; L. H. Lyons, S. W.; E. G. Richard, J. W.;;Mike Walker, proxy for all. MARKSVILLE No. 269—V. L. Roy, W. M.; W. F. Couvillion, S. W.; J. D. Sheldon, J. W. BENEPIELD NO. 270^-George Hutchins, W. M.; George Adams, S. W.; A. C. Thigpen, J. W. DERIDDER NO. 271—A. I. Shaw, W.M.; F. W. Dorch, S. W.; J. WMiller, J. W.; W. K. Ford, proxy for W. M. and J. W. BOYCE No. 273—James D. James, W. M.; George H. Woodruf, 8. W.; H. A. Joyner, J. W. OBERLIN NO. 274—W. I. Cole, W. M.; S. B. Cole, S. W.; M. A. Prudhomme, J. W. BENSON NO. 275—J. H. Bilbray, W. M.; James Hughes, S. W.; W. T. Bilbray, J. W. DORCHEAT No. 276—J. S. Hyde, W. M.: W. W. Kaylon, proxy; N. X. McCoy, S. W.; W. H. Sykes, proxy; Milton A. Slack, J. W. DUBACHNO. 277—Joseph A. Green, W. M.; T. H. Colvin, S. W.; V. W. Colvin, J. W. ROSEMAKY No. 278—J. W. Hatten, W M.; J. B. Herring, S. W.; W. A. Erskins; J. W. DEQUINCY NO. 279—P. V. Wadleigh, W. M.; A. B. Otis, S. W.; E. J. Tullis, J. W. JONESBORO No. 280—J. M. Bradley. W. M.; J. C. Brown, S. W.; Will S. DePriest, J. W. R. M. CROWSON NO, 281—W. C. Joyner, W. M.; W. H. Bogau, S. W.; C. T. Bogan, J. W.; W. A. Sullivan, proxy for W. M. and S. W.; A. B. Luce, proxy for J. W. YELLOW PINE NO. 282—J. M. Cook, W. M.; E. F. Nichols, S. W.; P. R. Hui-on, J. WMARION NO. 283—0. H. Thompson, W. M.; T. L. Davis, S. W.; S. L. Haile, J. W. OAK GROVE NO. 284—William G. Cagle, W. M.; J. R. Fowler, proxy; Walter Noble, S. W.; Louis Bonner, J. W.
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MANY NO. 285—Don E. Sorrelle, W. M.; David Goldring, proxy; J. Wiley Miller, S. W.; Morris J. Weis, J. W. OLOBB NO. 287—James B. King, W. M.; Richard M. Waldron, S. W.; Henry H. Allen, J. W. PINE GROVE NO. 288-H. P. Mitchell, W. M.; R. A. Pierson, S. W.;
Blass Spiller, J. W. No. 289—J. R. Elliot, W. M.; J. W. Gaar, S. W., Charles L. Shell, J. W.; Jno. Stinson, proxy for all. ROSEPINE No. 290—W. L. Oakes, W. M.; N. L. Fletcher, S. W.; C. L. McCarthney, Jr., J. W. KINDER NO 291—P. E. Moore, W. M.; J. W. Kingrey, S. W.; M. P. McNabb, J. W. FOBDOCHE No. 292—A. C. Simmonds, W. M.; John R. Smith, S. W.; C. G. Bailey, J. W. •GOLDONNA No. 293—R, P. Quarles, W. M.; J. C. Rowe, S. W.; J. H. Brewton, proxy; W. A. Goldin, J. W. BELMONT NO. 294—W. M. McFerren, W. M.; G. E. Linder, S. W.; G. L. Sebren, J. W. EROS NO. 295—S. M. Collins, W , M . ; W. A. Downs, proxy; M. M. Heart), S. W.; J. H. Landrum, J. W. Bico No. 296—T. L. Waugh, W, M.; L. M. Green, proxy; R. W. Henry, S. W.; H. L. Waugh, J. W. DENHAM SPRINGS NO, 297—J. T. Ott, W. M.; T. M. Oft, S. W.; Bryon Cornish, J. W. Oil motion, duly adopted,, the report was received and made a part of the printed proceedings. E. W. Bro. L. E. Thomas, of Caddo No. 179. submitted a resolution that all Lodges which had reported and paid dues to the date of this session be granted representation. Upon motion, same was duly adopted.
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The roll of chartered Lodges was called and the following were present: P. IT. ] , P. S. 1, 4, 5, 24, 31, 38, 46, 47, 51, 52, 53, 54, 57, 58, 59, 65, 70, 72, 75, 76, 83, 84, 89, 95, 98, 1.02, 106, 108, J l l , 115, 1 6, 117, 122, 124, 125, 126, 133, 135, 136, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 151, 152, 153, 156, 160, 163, 165, 167, 171, 172. 175, 179, 182, 184, 185, 188, 189, 190; 191, 192, 193, 198, 205, 208, 209, 212, 213, 214, 217, 220, 229, 231 j 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 238, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 257, 258, 260, 261, 263, 264, 266^ 268, 269, 270, 271, 273, 276, 277, 278, 279, 280, 281, 283, 285, 287, 288, 289, 290, 294, 295, 29f, 297.
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One hundred and twenty-five Lodges and a constitutional quorum being present, the M. W. Grand Master, Louis P. Delahoussaye, declared the M. W. Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Louisiana ready for business. The M. W. Grand Master then delivered the following
ADDRESS. MY BRETHREN:—By the grace of our Heavenly Father whose great goodness and forbearance we acknowledge with grateful humility, we are permitted to meet to-day for the opening of the Ninety-fourth Annual Communication of the M. W. Grand Lodge of the State of Louisiana. Upon me devolves the pleasant duty to extend to each of you a warm, cordial and fraternal greeting to this communication, holden in this beautiful Temple, the home of our Grand Old Fraternity. "Another measure of the sand of life has trickled down the hour glass of time, another span of our existence has passed to that unknown sea from which no traveler ever returned; and so shall our years speed away until we reach that inevitable term when the angel herald shall proclaim to all living things, that time shall be no more." The year that has passed since last we met to some has been joy and gladness, to others, sorrow and sadness. "Loved ones have dropped by the wayside; the sound of their voice, the touch of their hand, we shall hear and feel no more forever." "Come back O hearts we used to know, The fond, true ones that loved us so ; The hands we used to hold and press, The lips that took and gave caress, Come back, come back again." We meet to-day to review the past and legislate for the future. I sincerely hope and trust that our deliberations will be harmonious, and that every act of this communication will be conducive to raise to still greater heights the usefulness of this grand organization, to the betterment of man, and to realize
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"how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity." Praying that our Heavenly Father will direct and guide, to ascertain the needs of the present and the future, and by conservative and judicious action, to do those things which must best advance our material welfare and further establish the enduring character of our Masonic life and purposes. I now invite your attention to the material features of my official report. PROGRESS OF THE CEAFT.
This, I am more than pleased to report, notwithstanding the presence of the yellow fever in many localities during the Summer, has been most satisfactory and certainly very gratifying. There has been a substantial increase in our membership, and the best men of our country are applying for admission into our Fraternity. New Lodges have been instituted in localities which had not felt the humanizing influences of Freemasonry, and these Lodges give assurance of permanent development, which must result in the welfare of all. Many inquiries relative to the formation of others have been frequent, and the future is bright with the prospect of their organization. All of our chartered Lodges, with but a few exceptions, indicate a healthy growth, and the brethren, as a body, foretell of grander achievements and nobler aspirations. But here again, I desire to sound a warning note: While many new Lodges are being organized, the brethren should carefully guard against the risk of endangering the perpetuity or usefulness of Lodges already chartered and active. It is a sacred duty with us all to aid and assist in maintaining the Lodges already established, and in no wise obstruct their usefulness. "To you my brethren, who are charged with the administration of the affairs of your Lodges, let me again urge upon you to keep the great purposes of our Craft ever present in thought, word and deed. Eemember, in the development of your Lodges, numerical strength is but too frequently an indication of actual
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weakness." How truthfully spoke M. W. Bro. Max Meyerherdtr when he said: ''The crying need of this age is men, men of thought, men of deed, men of conviction, aggressive, stalwart men." "In this day we do not want weaklings, moral cowards, trimmers without backbone, without stamina, ready to bend to every breeze, willing to swim where the popular current leads." "In church and state, in politics and society, and, above all, in Masonry, we need earnest, upright, God-fearing men. We have no room for him who places money above honor, selfishness above righteousness, passion above virtue, power and place above manhood and integrity, mammon above God." "We have no room for those who worship the golden calf, who bow down before the idols of pleasure and frivolity,, who waste their Godgiven talents in idleness and dissipation." We need to-day, men of pure hearts, men of clean lives, men who are willing to sacrifice all upon the altar of truth, who are willing to live for it, and, if need be, to die for it. We need men who dare rebuke iniquity in high places as well as in low, who dare to cry aloud against the sins of the nation and spare not. "Would that today I could stand before you with lips of flame, with heart of fire aud appeal tp you, trumpet-tongued, to give us men, grand, heroic men, sun-crowned, who stand upon the heights, whose lives shine with the beauty of holiness and the glory of divinity." "Brethren, you who preside over the Craft, you who are the leaders and teachers of your people, to whom they look for light and guidance, upon you devolve greater duties, and graver responsibilities." Purge your Lodges. Purify your membership. Raise high the standard of Masonry in your communities. Do your duty manfully and bravely, without fear and without favor, scrutinize closely the character of those who seek to enter your inner door. Prove to the world that, to be a Mason, is to be a man of upright life and noble aspirations, whose life is clean, whose acts are pure.
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DISCIPLINARY ACTION.
At the close of another year we find many reasons for lifting our hearts in thankfulness and praise to the Giver of all good. Peace, harmony and good will, the great results of Freemasonry, prevail within our jurisdiction. Not even minor differences now exist. It is certainly a source of great satisfaction to me to be able to report that no serious or vital question of discipline or unpleasantness have come before me during the past year. Thestrong ties of,brotherhood have so bound us that each has felt that the truest proof of the existence in his heart of the truths of our beloved Fraternity was to exhibit, in his life and conduct, the principle of seeking how he "could best work and best, agree." FRATERNAL RELATIONS.
These continue most cordial and pleasant. In all our official intercourse with other Grand Lodges the true spirit of Fraternity has been manifested and the liveliest interest d i s played in the advancement of Craft Masonry upon the face of the globe. > • . I am pleased to report that E. W. Bro. Sam Weil, whose case I reported to you in my report of last year, has been happily settled. B..W. Bro. Weil is now the Grand Bepresentativ.e of Scotland, and we have thereby established fraternal relations with this ancient jurisdiction which were so long denied to this Grand Lodge. I have also the pleasure to further report, that.I have succeeded in securing Grand,Bepresentatives to this Grand Lodge from other jurisdictions hitherto unrepre- : sented. The report of the Grand Secretary will cover these appointments fully. -It is with regret, however, I findts;ome Grand Jurisdictions,are abolishing the appointments of Grand . Bepresentatives. This, I believe, t o b e a serious error, v If the choice 'Were mine, I would not only continue -such recognition,^ but would clothe the Eepresentatives with gr,6ateTi.honors and greater power. I would make them thaanMiitm of communi--•?
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cation between Grand Jurisdictions. As ambassadors of countries are the medium of intercourse, so would I constitute these Grand Representatives. I believe such action would give greater universality to the Craft, and result in more pleasant and intimate relations between Grand Jurisdiction, and greatly facilitate the interchange of Masonic reports. NECROLOGY.
Since our last Communication, the "Silent Messenger" has invaded our ranks and summoned from our membership beloved friends and brethren. We miss the presence and counsel of some, who were members of this Grand Lodge, and who had been called to positions of honor and trust, gave promise of a brilliant and promising career, and by their untimely demise the Craft has suffered. "Some of these loved and loving brethren died where manhood's morning almost touches noon and while the shadows still were falling towards the "West. They had not passed on life's highway the stone that marks the highest point, but being weary for a moment they laid down by the wayside, fell into that dreamless sleep that kisses down their eyelids still. "While yet in love with life, and raptured with the world, they passed to silence and pathetic dust." The hand of "Icy Death" has touched where but a short year ago was health and hope, and now call again the names of those in the report to be submitted to you of "Fraternal Dead." In this hour so full of tender memories let us recall the virtues of those who have solved the "Great Mystery," and pay a loving tribute to their memory. R. "W. Bro. John S. Alfred', Past Master of Jefferson Lodge No. 191, Representative of the Grand Lodge of "Western Australia near this Grand Lodge, died on February 27th, 1905. R. W. Bro. John S. Alfred, at the time of his death, was the Janitor of this Temple and the prospective second Grand Lecturer of this Grand Lodge. He was respected and loved by every member of his Lodge and by all those who knew him
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•well and intimately. He possessed a brilliant mind, and was so thoroughly conversant with Masonic usages and law. that his opinion was often sought and readily followed. It has been said of him, that he could confer every degree from E. A. to the 32°, without ever referring to the monitors. His lectures and work were always brilliant and commanded the admiration of the brethren. He was a man of high ideals. "Faults he had, but were born of association and not of the heart." His sudden and untimely death was a shock to the brethren. His loss is almost irreparable, and the Craft of Louisiana mourn him, , truly and sincerely. "Death's but a path that must be trod If man would ever pass to God." On May 26th, 1905, the gentle spirit of E. W. Bro. Hy. M. Danneel passed from life to eternity. A strong pillar of Freemasonry has fallen. Ever active in Masonic affairs he always held positions of great trust and responsibilities. The duties of said positions he ever discharged with singular fidelity. At the time of his death he was the Chairman of the Finance Committee of this Grand Lodge, and his services, as such, cannot be too highly appreciated. la the performance of duty he never faltered. Although often confronted with great difficulties he always maintained a high regard for right and justice, regardless of consequences. He died as he lived, without a shadow resting upon his good name. On Friday night, January 5th, 1906, a telegram was received by me which announced the death of Dr. C. T, Hines, oar beloved brother and Grand Lecturer. Although his death was not unexpected, tears dimmed my eyes and deep sorrow filled my soul. Truly "death loves a shining mark," and selected him who was one of the brightest and most prominent in our great brotherhood.. He whom we could least spare, at this time has been taken. He was a true Mason. His very soul breathed the spirit of the Order, his very thought was fpr GL2
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its advancement, his heart overflowed with zealous love for it. His every act was to advance the interest of the Craft, for the betterment of man. We owe much to him, because he always gave up his best. "If all his noble deeds of love for the Craft and his fellow-men were flowers, his grave would be a garden of roses aud a paradise of sweet violets." I endeavored to reach Monroe in time to attend his funeral, but the railroad train on which I was a passenger, being late, I was denied the privilege of paying this last sad tribute to our deceased brother. He was given, however, the last Grand Honors of our Fraternity by E. W. BLO. L. C. Allen, my Deputy Grand Master. E. W. Bro. Allen met the funeral cortege at Calhoun, where the body was interred, and there assisted by brothers of Urim Lodge No. I l l , of which E. W. Bro. Hines was a Past Master, by those of the Western Star Lodge No. 24, of Monroe, by the Eepresentatives of twenty-two Lodges, some three hundred Masons in line, and a vast assemblage of relatives and friends, he performed the Masonic funeral rites, in all its beauty and solemnity, and laid our deceased brother to his peaceful and eternal rest. "He has but passed beyond the midst that binds us here, Jnto that new or larger life on that serener sphere." To my brother, E. W. Bro. L. C. Allen, for his able and pathetic manner in which he conducted the funeral services; to E. W. Bro. Dr. Surghnor, for his untiring professional zeal; to W. Bro. L. E. Courtney, Worshipful Master and Jas. D. Oakley, Secretary of Western Star No. 24, for their never-ceasing attentions to our departed E. W. Bro. C. T. Hines, I desire to convey to them the thanks of this Grand Lodge. Such deeds must redound to the credit, the benefit and to the growth of the Fraternity, and may this example ever, as through a mighty channel, flow the stream of benevolence and brotherly love, bringing richness and happiness into every portion of our Order, and may we long continue to work and watch, ever toiling for all that is pure and noble.
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Death has also invaded the ranks of our brethren, and in a number of our Lodges familiar faces have departed forever, and their, places are vacant. Soon we, too, will be called to answer the final summons, and may the tribute of love and affection we pay "Our Dead" prove a useful lesson to prepare us for that time when we must cross the " Great Divide." "It lies within each of us to erect a monument that shalloutlast the rarest marble and most enduring granite, whose inscription shall testify, stronger than chiselled words, of our friendship, our esteem, our fraternal love, and upon whose crest shall rest the angel of hope, whose gentle tones shall bid us not to grieve in worldly sorrow, but to hope and trust and believe, that in His own good time the Supreme Architect of the Universe will draw aside the veil that hides the golden land and we shall see and meet again those whom we loved. It is this hope, this trust, this belief, that Freemasonry inculcates. Let us, then, exemplify in our daily lives those great principles which, as Masons, we have so solemnly promised shall be our guide and be prepared, when the "Grim Messenger" shall summon us to go hence, secure in the thought that in some heart we shall live as a sweet memory." " To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die." I hope and believe the Committee on Necrology will fittingly commemorate the virtues and good deeds of our "Fraternal Dead." MASONIC CEMETERY.
I will not anticipate the report of the Masonic Committee, which is complete. Suffice it for me to say that the said Committee have done their duty well and faithfully; and I thank them sincerely. Brethren, your cemetery is now completed. No longer a barren waste, but a place of beauty, a grand monument to the Masons of Louisiana, a loving tribute to our " Eevered Dead."
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At the appearance of the dreadful disease in our State I immediately instructed the Grand Secretary to at once tender to the afflicted sections, Pattersonville, Lake Providence, Tallulah, New Iberia and other localities, every assistance in the power of this Grand Lodge to ameliorate and better the condition of the stricken members of the Craft. If money, doctors and nurses were needed, to make known their wants, without delay, and their necessities would at once be relieved, as the Grand Lodge was fully prepared to meet the emergency. I am more than pleased to report that in every instance, where answers were received, I was informed that no assistance was desired, that the local Lodges were prepared to deal with existing conditions. The answers, however, breathed in every word that thankfulness which emenates from grateful hearts, who felt they were remembered by loved ones who sympathized deeply with them in their hours of trials and sorrows. To our Heavenly Father let us raise our hearts in deep gratitude and render unto Him our sincerest thanks for His many mercies and for His protecting: care of the Craft during the prevalence of this terrible disease, permitting us to pass through that trying ordeal with the loss of so very few of our brethren and their loved ones. "For He is good for His mercy endureth forever." • •,
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LOUISIANA RELIEF LODttE.
I wish to convey to the officers of this Lodge the grateful thanks of the Grand Lodge and commend them for that devotion to duty that never faltered though often confronted by almoft insurmountable difficulties. When the daughter of a Master Mason was stricken with the yellow fever how quickly she was taken to a place of safety, herr every want supplied, and so carefully and lovingly attended by Dr. Gaster, a physician of our Order, free of all cost, This daughter was soon restored toperfect health by such loving care and devoted attention and is to-day a living and glorious tribute to the usefulness of this
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.Belief Lodge. A brother dying far from the distant home he loved so well, was given the last honors of Masonry, his sick wife cared for, and the children placed in charge of Mrs. H. C. Brown,, a member of Bob. Morris Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, one of God's noblest, truest and best, who proved a mother to the fatherless. And when the widow was restored to health, Mrs. Brown took her to her heart and home, gave back her children, took care of them all under her hospitable roof, until God had comforted the widow and gave her strength to return to her Northern home. These are only a few of the many cases. I could fill pages upon pages of this report by relating the experiences of Louisiana Belief Lodge. My brethren, we have a, right to be proud of the officers of Louisiana Belief Lodge, but prouder still of the Lodge itself, the only chartered one of its kind in the world. Here, the Masonic brother, stranded on a foreign shore, meets not only with a brotherly greeting, but is given the assistance he may need. Here the widow and the fatherless plead not in vain, but taken to the Masons' heart are made to feel that the broad aegis of Masonry is spread lovingly around them, and they, too, are given that assistance and protection their conditions may require. My brethren, let it ever be your pride, your care, your duty, to provide bountifully for Louisiana Belief Lodge, and permit it to long continue, extending its ministrations of mercy under the providence of the "Mason's God, for ever more." No act of this Grand Lodge, in my judgment, will live so long in sweet memory or do so much to prove, that the world is no dead or dark machine, but alight with the glory and alive with the spirit of God, as to resolve to maintain this Lodge, the oasis in this world's wilderness for distressed Masons, their wives, widows, mothers and their orphan children. TEMPLE PROPEE.TY.
This property is in good condition, and its revenues have increased fully 20 per cent, over last year, in the rental of the
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stores and offices. It was the intention of the Grand Lodge Hall Directors to have beautified this Temple and-refurnished the Lodge Rooms very extensively during the past summer.. The yellow feveiy however, breaking out in this State,, and not knowing to what extent its devastation might extend, the said Board wisely refraiued from any extensive expenditures, preferring to husband the revenues and be prepared to meet all demands that might be made for aid and assistance caused by the said yellow fever. The only repairs that have, therefore, been made, were such as were necessary to satisfy the requests of the excellent tenants we now have for the stores and offices. My brethren, a serious problem now confronts the Masons of this Grand Jurisdiction. It is our duty to meet it as men and. as Masons, leaving sentiments aside and deal with a purely business proposition. It is useless to disguise the fact that the Craft has outgrown the capacity of this Temple. Even at this present communication, you cannot seat nor accomodate the members of this Grand Lodge. We are so crowded that existing hygienic conditions are unbearable. The great progress of our Craft, in Lodges and membership, and the ever-increasing number of representatives, demand a change, and this change you can no longer delay. It requires immediate attention, and the subject should be settled at this communication. Commerce has invaded the locality upon which rests this Temple. The noise of the streets render the proper conduct of your affairs almost an impossibility. The Lodges occupying room in this Temple, are always complaining that to properly confer upon candidates the solemn portions of our ceremonies, is an impossibility. Architects have been employed by me, to make careful surveys, as to the possibility of erecting one or two additional stories to this Temple, to supply this increasing demand for additional space. The report of these architects show that the cost of such additions is too great to permit of such improvements, as it would cost $60,000 to strengthen the walls, besides-
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cost of erection. I see but one remedy. We must sell this Temple and rebuild in a more suitable locality. Property in choice localities is commanding good prices, I believe we can realize about $175,000 for this property. We are at this time receiving about $12,000 for the rentals of our stores and Lodge rooms which is 7 per cent, on $175,000. If we cannot obtain our price for the Temple, let us convert it into a commercial property. I believe the rentals can then be increased to at least $20,000, and the property will enhance in value year by year. Meanwhile, let us build another Temple, of grander proportions for this Grand Lodge, in keeping with our noble brotherhood. I submit this entire matter to your earnest and serious consideration and for your action. I recommend the necessary authority be given to my successor and his Board of Directors to consummate such a sale if possible, and additional powers be vested in them to secure a suitable site, by purchase or otherwise, to erect thereon a Temple, solely for the use of the Masonic bodies, modern in every respect and fully adequate to meet the requirements of this Grand Jurisdiction, and to issue the bonds necessary to pay for same. The Scotch bodies of this Grand Jurisdictiou have recently purchased the Methodist Church, located on Carondelet street, a desirable and suitable locality, I am informed. I am reliably informed also that satisfactory arrangements can be made with the said Scotch bodies, by which a Temple can be erected thereou which would permit every Masonic body in Louisiana to meet therein, and prove a source of pride and joy to every Mason in the Grand Jurisdiction of Louisiana. My brethren, I ask your serious consideration of this recommendation, and pray that our Heavenly Father will give you "Light," more '"Light," to guide you truly and wisely in your conclusions. EXILING S AND DECISIONS.
I can but repeat what I said last year. But few questions have come before me for official determination. In treating
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these, I have again contented myself with referring the inquring brothers to the law as already laid down. I am convinced that the W. Masters and Wardens, and other brethren do not read carefully the " Grand Lodge Digest of Laws" of which so many copies have been sent to each Lodge. HEADING MASONS.
Was it not M. W. Bro. Thos. M. Pulleston, Grand Master of Florida who once said: "A reading Mason should not neglect to patronize our Masonic periodicals, which are published by our worthy brethren, some times at a great sacrifice of time and money, in the interest of the Fraternity." "It has been well said, that a live Masonic paper brings the Masonic world to the Mason's own chair and to his fireside." I fully concur in those sentiments and my observation teaches me that a reading Mason is generally a wise man and Mason. Now, my brethren, I strongly recommend and urge upon you all to subscribe to some Masonic paper, read said periodicals carefully and keep in touch with the Masonic wo Id. In your own State you have the Square and Compass, published by P. M. A. Steeg, your present Grand Junior Deacon. He publishes a good monthly paper which he furnishes to subscribers at a minimum cost, and said paper keeps abreast of the times. You will find many Masonic papers published throughout the country, and being myself a subscriber to many, I can truthfully say I have yet to find a single edition of any of the said Masonic papers, that have failed to give me much useful information, point me to higher ideals and nobler aspirations. I also recommend you carefully read and study the Eeport of Foreign Correspondence, prepared by that erudite and scholarly Mason, E. W. Bro. Duncan, of whom this Grand Lodge has every reason to be proud. His every culling, gathered from the production of other bright stars of the Masonic constellation, is "a gem of the purest ray." His comments thereon are always wise, interesting and certainly instructive. I hope
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the brethren will carefully read the reports of Bro. Duncan, thereby become well informed and more learned Masons. Unquestionably one of the best and firmest support of Freemasonry is Masonic literature, and one of the best and wisest acts of the Oraft should be to support our Masonic journals with liberality. I feel if these recommendations are accepted by the brethren, the Grand Master and Grand Secretary will be spared much valuable time so often taken up in answering questions that •could be easily solved by themselves, if in possession of some little knowledge of our laws and regulations and Masonry in .general. COMMITTEE ON "WORK.
It gives me pleasure to commend the zeal and assiduity of this Committee in carrying out the instructions of this Grand Lodge with reference to uniformity of work and promulgation of the esoteric ceremonies. At your last Annual Communication this Committee was especially charged to find an additional •Grand Lecturer to aid and assist our revered Bro. C. T. Hines, who had labored so long and so faithfully in the cause of our Fraternity. Upon their recommendation the Grand Master was to make the appointment. "To the thoughtless the position of Grand Lecturer is an office easily filled, requiring no special ability or intelligence. Fatal error. The position of Grand Lecturer is, in many ways, the most arduous and responsible position in the gift of the Grand Lodge. It demands great physical enduraace with which to withstand the great strain of constant traveling, irregular hours, confinement in crowded and poorly lighted Lodge rooms, and many other strains upon the health, necessarily, attending the situation. But far more than these, it requires constant and laborious investigations with the arcana of Masonic history, jurisprudence and traditions, an intimate knowledge of its symbolisms^ usages and laws, a quenchless enthusiasm and love for Masonry and Masonic work, a natural love for and quick adaptability to all sorts and condi-
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tions of men, and many other indispensable requirements of the teacher and leader of men. A Grand Lecturer should also lie able to express his ideas, forcibly and intelligently, so that after his visits there will be a marked increase in the ardor, enthusiasm and intelligence with which the Graft perform their Masonic duties." How well your Committee understood the requirements of a Grand Lecturer is exemplified by their selection when they recommended for appointment W. Bro. Jas. H. Caldwell, P. M. of Sabine Lodge No. 75: GRAND LECTURERS.
To-day the Grand Lodge of Louisiana has in its services as Grand Lecturer, Bro. James H. Caldwell, a man and brother of whom it may well be proud; who embodies every element to make him an ideal Grand Lecturer and correct teacher of the Craft. But, my brethren, right here, let me say, if you must have men of high standards for your servants, has it ever occurred to you that you should be willing to remunerate them according to their merits! Is the laborer not worthy of his hire? Therefore, is it not simple justice that they should be paid such an amount as their services would command in the professional or commercial world? As the financial conditions of this Grand Lodge can now easily permit it, I strongly recommend that the salary of the Grand Lecturers be henceforth increased, commensurate with the labors performed, and not less than one hundred and fifty dollars per month be paid to each. Brethren, upon you will devolve the duty of selecting a second Grand Lecturer to replace him whom our Heavenly Father, in His wisdom, saw fit to remove from his earthly labors, calling him to that golden shore, there to enjoy that peace and happiness he so richly earned, through an endless eternity. I hope, trust and believe your selection for this exalted position will fall upon one possessed of all the essentials, necessary to make an ideal Grand Lecturer. :
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DISPENSATIONS.
It is passing strange how little the powers and prerogatives of a Grand Master are understood by the Craft as a rule. Some of the brethren seem to believe that his powers are unlimited, that he can do anything and everything, grant dispensations for any and all purposes imaginable, make and unmake laws, then suspend the same at his will and pleasure, and again make them operative at his pleasure. My brethren, while the powers and prerogatives of a Grand Master are extensive, yet they are not without limitation. The Grand Master cannot set aside a prohibitory law of the Grand Lodge. It is as binding upon the Grand Master as it is upon the Craft. While requests for dispensations have come with usual regularity and frequency, for almost every imaginable purpose, I have endeavored to follow the footsteps of my predecessors, granting or refusing, as per the precedent already established by them. I very much regret that the brethren cannot appreciate the fact that it is the duty of the Grand Master to enforce the laws, as he finds them on the statute books, and not set them aside. A summary of those granted, as well as those refused, will form part of the report of the Grand Secretary. OTHEB CONVENTIONS.
In the early days of March, it having been made known to me that the Order of B'nai B'rith, by the destruction of the Atheeneum by fire, was without a suitable place of meeting and was desirous of holding their approaching convention in the Masonic Temple. Thereupon, I instructed the Grand Secretary to communicate with the local lodge of this city and tender the free use of our temple to this benevolent order for their convention. The Order of B'nai B'rith, like the Masonic Fraternity, is engaged in that sacred and noble altruism which teaches the fatherhood of God, the brotherhood of man, and as children of one and the same Omnipotent Father it is our duty,
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as it should be our care, to help aid and assist suffering humanity, and •with every means in our power to labor for the betterment •of mankind. As the Masonic Order labors in the cause of universal mankind, so labors the Order of B'nai B'rith for its coreligionists, striving to make of them better men, better citizens. This invitation, so courteously, so sincerely tendered, I am pleased to report, was gladly accepted and the B'nai B'rith convention opened its session on March 19th. Being forced to be absent from the city on that date I requested M. W. Bro. Ohas. F. Buck to extend to the said convention, in behalf of the Masonic Fraternity of Louisiana, a true and fraternal welcome. Most eloquently and appropriately did the M. W. brother acquit himself of the task, and the noble sentiments, so beautifully expressed, found an echo in the heart of all of those who were present and heard them. I desire to embrace this opportunity, to extend to my M. W. brother my sincere appreciation and heartfelt thanks for the services thus rendered to the entire Fraternity and extended to me on this and many other occasions. That our generous hospitality was fully appreciated by our friends of the B'nai B'rith is attested by their resolutions of thanks, which they unanimously passed at the close of their session. On July 1st the Grand Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star, having previously sought and obtained permission to hold their Annual Grand Communication in the Masonic Temple, opened their session. The Order of the Eastern Star is related to the Masonic Order by the dearest ties. Its members are composed of Master Masons, their mothers, wives, daughters and sisters. Its object is " to become co-laborers with our great brotherhood in the service of humanity, and to pay the tribute of her love and labor at the same shrine." The use of the Temple, so generously given, was much appreciated, as set forth toy the resolution of thanks sent to your Grand Master.
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OFFICIAL VISITS.
I desire to make acknowledgments of the many attentions:, and courtesies which have been extended to me during the year. The brethren have always shown me their high fraternal regard and esteem, which I shall value as one of the sweetest and most, cherished recollections of my official term. I would that I could have accepted each and every invitation extended to me, but my position in the commercial world often forced me to declinewhen I would have gladly accepted. On February 28th, 1905, I was requested by Minden LodgeNo. 51 to be present and lay the corner-stone of Webster Parish Court House, at Minden, La. Owing to other duties I could, not attend, but instructed E. W. Bro. L. C. Allen, Deputy Grand Master, and E. W. Bro. L. E. Thomas, Grand Senior Warden, to perform the ceremony for me. These brethren make report of having had a magnificent reception by Bro. George Life, W. M., Minden Lodge No. 51, and the brethren of" that Lodge. The corner-stone was laid in accord with the beautiful and impressive ceremonies of the Masonic Fraternity in the presence of a vast concourse of people numbering 2,000 or more. On the evening of May 16th, accompanied by O. H. Simpson, E. W. Grand Junior Warden; Eichard Lambert, E. W. Grand Secretary; Eev. C. 0. Kramer, W. Grand Senior Deacon; A. Steeg, W. Grand Junior Deacon;' E: W. Irvine, W. Grand' Steward, and Eevs. A. Gordon Bakewell and Byron Holley, we boarded the train of the Texas & Pacific Eailroad, arriving at New Eoads about 9 o'clock P. M.,1 where we were received by a", delegation of the members of Livonia Lodge. Some of us were: taken to the homes of members, while the balance were escorted to the hotel. On Wednesday, the 17th, at about 10 o'clock, Livonia Lodge was opened and the Grand ofiicers were officially received. The Grand Master then taking charge Of the Lodge a procession was formed and proceeded i6 the site whereon a.
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new Methodist church was being erected by the Eev. Brother Wadleigh, a true man of God and a worthy Masonic brother, who had labored long and faithfully to erect this church to the glory of our Heavenly Father, not only for the performance of the ceremonies of His chosen creed, but who, in that broad spirit of universal brotherhood, promised its portals would be opened to the members of any denomination who desired to worship therein. The Grand Lodge officers then laid the cornerstone of the edifice in accord with the beautiful ceremonies of the Masonic Fraternity. Eev. 0. C. Kramer was the orator of this occasion and he was listened to with marked attention by the large assembly of ladies and gentlemen. His discourse was beautiful, and fittingly symbolized the spirit of our institution: " Love of God and Love of Man." I desire to personally thank Eev. C. C. Kramer for his great service on this occasion. After the conclusion of these ceremonies, the Grand Lodge officers returned to the Masonic Hall, where, in the Opera House on the ground floor, a bountiful repast was spread, in which the ladies and children, as well as the many friends of Livonia Lodge, were happy participants. At 4 o'clock the Grand Lodge was called in emergent communication, its officers proceeded to the Masonic Hall and there dedicated the new Lodge rooms to the uses of Livonia Lodge, in the presence of an assembly that filled the commodious hall. The orator selected for this occasion was Eev. Byron Holley, whose instructive address was listened to with deep attention, and elicited the hearty applause of the assembly. I desire to extend my personal thanks to the Eev. brother for his masterly address, and the great assistance rendered me on this occasion. Other beautiful addresses were made by the Eev. Brothers Blakewell, Tucker, Wadleigh and other members present. At 8 o'clock p. m.,. Livonia Lodge was convened in special communication, and the Grand Master, assisted by the officers of the Grand Lodge and guests, conferred on Bro. W. J. Alexander, of Acacia Lodge No
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116, in the presence of some 100 brethren, the sublime degree of Master Mason. I desire to extend toBro. Hughes, W. M., and to the brethren of Livonia Lodge, my thanks and sincere appreciation for the many kind attentions and courtesies extended to the officers of the Grand Lodge. To my old friend and dear brother, P. M. Beuker, I desire to convey my gratitude for his untiling zeal and incessant care for my comfort and pleasure while accepting the hospitality of his home. On June 6th, accompanied by Eichard Lambert, E. W. Grand Secretary, I proceeded to St. Martinsville to organize St., Martinsville Lodge, IT. D. Arriving at New Iberia we were met by Bros. King, Weeks and many members of Aurora Lodge No. 193, who proceeded to St. Martinsville with us. On arriving at our destination we were welcomed not only by the members of the Fraternity, but also by some eighteen petitioners for our mysteries. This Lodge was duly instituted by me, and W. Bros. Kramer was selected as the W. M.: King as S. W. and Week as J. W. These three brethren, who are members of Aurora Lodge No. 193 of New Iberia, where they reside, are known to be deeply devoted to Freemasonry, and certainly merit my eternal gratitude, by connecting themselves to this new Lodge, in a neighboring town, and assuming the guidance of its affairs, until the members residing therein, will have gathered sufficient knowledge and experience to conduct the same. A pleasing feature of this occasion was the banquet prepared by the eighteen petitioners in honor of the Grand Master, his officers and the Masonic brethren present, for having furnished them with the opportunity to apply for membership in the order of Freemasonry. It had been my ardent wish since my first appointment as Grand Master to organize a Lodge of F. and A. Masons in the town of St. Martinsville. This wish has been gratified, and I desire to thank D. D. G. Master 0. C. Kramer for his untiring energy, zeal and persistence in accomplishing this, one of the
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fondest hopes of my administration. I commend him to this; Grand Lodge for his faithful discharge of every duty entrusted to his care and attention., This Grand Jurisdiction has not, in its broad domain, a better man, a nobler Christian, a truerMason, a pattern of manhood worthy of imitation by the Orait. On July 3d, 1905, I had a request from Shreveport LodgeNo. 115 and Caddo Lodge No. 179 at Shreveport, La., to be present and lay the corner-stone of the New Parkview School House. Not being able to attend I instructed E. W. Brother L. C. Allen, D. G. M., to convene the Grand Lodge and perform the ceremony. This corner-stone was laid with the usual ceremonies of our Fraternity. On June 11th, accompanied by Brothers A. Steeg and Jno.. Davilla, I proceeded to Napoleonville, in the Parish of Assumption, a town not heretofore a fruitful field for Masonry, as themajority of its population is of the Catholic creed. On ourarrival a bounteous repast was partaken of at the hotel, and at about 2 o'clock all assembled at the hall where the Grand, Master organized a Lodge, U. D., placing in the three principal stations Brothers E. Sundbery, as W. M., Sol. Klotz, as S. W., and Frank Glenn, as J. W. After the Lodge was organized a. number of petitions for our mysteries were received. Many felicitous addresses were made and the growth and prosperity of the Lodge were predicted by all the speakers, a prediction, which has been more than verified, as attested by the raising, some few weeks ago, of some eight Masters at one communication. A pleasing feature of the occasion was the presence of a large number of the members of Ascension Lodge No; 251, who had accompanied E. W. Bro. Jno. S. Thibault, D. D. G* M.\. to Napoleonville to aid in the organization of this Lodge. A. costly set of officers' jewels was presented to this Lodge by K. W. Bro. Jno. S.'Thlbaultf in a few but well ; chosen words, breathing in every sentence-his prayer for the success of theLodge aind happiness of itscmembers. I feel and I believe, judgj-
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ing from the eathusiasm of the members, the Grand Lodge will have in this new Lodge, one that will prove a bright jewel in the coronation of this Grand Jurisdiction. Ere I close this report, I desire to express to R. W. Bro. Jno. S. Thibault, my dearly esteemed brother, and D. D. G. M., my sincere thanks and appreciation for the assiduity and energy he exercised in organizing this Lodge in less than four months, from the date of his appointment as the D. D. G. M., thus permitting me to organize a live and progressive Lodge in the Lafourche country. For this good, square work, I desire to again thank my D. D. G. M., and also for his readiness to carry into effect my every wish for the advancement of the Craft. For his many courtesies extended I render sincere thanks. On December 27th, St. Johns7 Day, accompanied by E. W. Bro. Richard Lambert, at their special request, I proceeded to the flourishing little city of Franklin, the place of my birth and the home of my happy childhood, to install the officers elect. of Franklin Lodge No. 57. On arriving at our destination we were met by M. W. Bro. A.C. Allen, and by Bro. Simms, who gave us a warm and fraternal greeting. We were quickly driven to the Commercial Hotel, where delightful rooms had been secured. During the evening we were honored by the visits of many of the Craft. At about 7:30 p. m., a Special Committee, sent by the Lodge, called upon us and accompanied us to the Lodge rooms. On our entrance into the Lodge room we were received by R. W. Bro. Robt. Allen, acting as Worshipful Master, who bid us welcome in the beautiful words of a good, true and tried Mason. He then turned over to the Grand Master the gavel of authority and escorted him to the East. And now, to me, amidst life's varying scenes, had come the pleasure and duty of installing the officers of this Lodge in my own native home. How all insufficient are words to express the emotions such as filled my heart upon this occasion? I felt this night GL3
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that I stood upon holy ground. I felt my very soul thrill with emotion, when realizing that I stood within the portals of the Lodge, of which my honored and revered father had been a charter member. The mantle of recollection seemed to pass away, awakening the vision of a noble father, long since past away. Here I beheld the friends of my childhood, whose warmth of greeting recalled sweet memories of the long ago. How such emotions did stir the ashes of that hallowed past. Of their greetings, "Each dulcet note, each echo sweet,
Wakens from their wakeless rest, Eemembrauces of by-gone days; Long slumbering in memory's breast."
After the installation ceremonies the Lodge proceeded to its banquet hall where the good brethren assembled to do honor to its newly elected officers. Here M. W. Bro. A. C. Allen, the Secretary of Franklin Lodge No. 59, and one of the most eloquent and forcible speakers I ever knew, addressed to me words of commendation, expressing the approbation of Franklin Lodge of my past life as a man and Mason, its gladness over my promotion to the exalted position of Grand Master of this Grand Jurisdiction, and its full and complete approval of my administration of the great trust and responsibilities reposed in me by the brotherhood of Louisiana. Words failed me to respond to such noble sentiments so feelingly expressed. For the moment I grieved over my past life, for I had laid upon the altar of my country the sacrifice of a full and complete education. This visit to Franklin Lodge No. 57, a Lodge which has given to this Grand Lodge a Gordy, a Grand Master, A. C. Allen, and whose members are found in the vanguard of Freemasonry and civil life, will long continue the most hallowed and sacred recollection in memory's choicest cells so long as my life remains. I desire to thank most sincerely the officers and members personally and for E. W. Bro. Lambert, for the numerous courtesies so fraternally extended. I wish at this time to also extend to
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them my sincere appreciation and heartfelt thanks for the beautiful apron they presented to me when exalted to the Grand East I have always endeavored to wear it with honor to the Fraternity and pleasure to myself. OH December 27th, 1905, I was requested by Cypress Lodge 'No. 89, at Benton, La., to be present and dedicate their new Lodge-room and publicly install their officers. Having other official duties on that date I instructed E. W. Bro. L. 0. Allen, Deputy Grand Master, and B. W. Bro. L. E. Thomas, Grand Senior Warden, to go to Benton and perform the ceremonies for me. These brethren report a most cordial reception by the W. M., E. M. Laughliu, and the brethren of Cypress Lodge No. 89, and the Lodge was dedicated in conformity with ceremonies of our Fraternity, after which a magnificent dinner was spread by the brethren and their families. On the same day the officers of Cypress Lodge No. 89 were publicly installed by E. W. Bro. L. C. Allen, Deputy Grand Master, ably assisted by E. W. Bro. L. E. Thomas, Grand Senior Warden. During the past year I have visited, officially, every Lodge in this city. I have shared the labors and partaken of the hospitality of the brethren. By these visits I came in close intimacy with the members which enabled me to learn of the internal management of the affairs and the present condition surrounding each Lodge and the hope for future progress and development. I was always most cordially and fraternally received and treated. To those Lodges and brethren, who so frequently invited me to be their guest, I return my thanks. While I could not always accept these invitations, believe me, my brethren, it was not my wish or desire that I did not do so. How I love to feel that "Token" in the grasp of your hand, and read in your eyes that "Word" which made us friends and brothers. It could not be, and I can but say again "I thank you." RECOMMENDATIONS.
As much confusion, trouble and expense have been caused
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by the brethren not understanding the laws, when new Lodges are formed, I strongly recommend, that hereafter whenever a Lodge, U. D., receives its charter, no brother shall be permitted to sign the said charter unless he can produce his dimit from the Lodge of which he is a member. This rule to be absolute. As there are now two Grand Lecturers to properly instruct and lecture the Lodges, I strongly recommend that hereafter a brother elected to office, before his installation, shall submit to an examination, as to his knowledge of the laws of this Grand Lodge and his proficiency in Lodge work. I believe, if this recommendation is adopted, it will secure greater efficiency, result in larger attendance at the meetings, and raise the standing of the Lodges to a much higher standard of usefulness, and acquaint the brethren with a better understanding of the philosophy, teachings and principles of the Order. "As the heart of Freemasonry always bleeds for the downtrodden and persecuted of all races, and as Chanty is the guiding star which points the way of Masonic life, as it certainly is the basic motto of our Fraternity," and as a token of the love and affection of this Grand Jurisdiction for the fidelity and devotion to its noble teachings and principles, as always evidenced by its Jewish members, I strongly recommend and sincerely hope that this Grand Lodge appropriates, at this communication, the sum of not less than two hundred and fifty dollars ($250), to be applied to the relief of the co-religionists of Eussia of our Jewish brethren. Further, that this money be given to the local Lodge of B'nai B'rith, to be forwarded to the proper authorities, charged with the execution of the great trust reposed in them, that of alleviating the sufferings of their fellow-beings in that far-distant land. The growth of clandestine Masonry in these "United States has become so menacing that I believe this Grand Lodge, at this communication, should adopt some drastic measures for
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the protection of their Lodges, as has been done by many Grand Lodges, from the presence and intrusion of impostors. I believe certificates in the form of a card of convenient size for carrying in the pocket, should be printed by the Grand Lodge, and furnished to each Lodge without further delay, in sufficient quantity to supply the members thereof. In furtherance of this recommendation I suggest the following resolution, as passed by the Grand Lodge of the District of Columbia, be adopted by this Grand Lodge, and that due notice thereof be given Grand Lodges of our correspondence, as well as the constituent Lodges of this Grand Jurisdiction. Resolved, That hereafter no Lodge in this jurisdiction shall receive
a visitor from any Lodge outside of this jurisdiction, unless a Master Mason, known as such in the Lodge, shall have personally vouched for the visitor as a Master Mason, and also vouched for his good standing; or unless the visitor, after strict examination, shall have proven himself to be a Master Mason: Provided, that no such visitor shall be examined until he furnishes to the Master of the Lodge, or to the Committee on Examination appointed by him, some documentary evidence, such as a diploma, certificate under seal of the Lodge, receipt for dues under seal of the Lodge, Grand Secretary's certificate, or written endorsement by a Grand Master, showing that he was in good standing within twelve months of the date on which he presents himself for examination. And provided further, that a brother hailing from a jurisdiction which has adopted a card, certificate, or other special document, shall be required to produce such card, certificate, or other special document before being examined. FINANCE.
The report of our Board of Grand Lodge Hall Directors and of our Committee on Audits and Accounts will fully set forth our financial condition in its every detail. It will, no doubt, be a source of great satisfaction to the brethren to know that not one dollar of indebtedness now rests upon the property belonging to this Grand Jurisdiction. The sun of prosperity is now shining brightly upon this Grand Lodge, and you have now arrived at that condition which will enable you to carry out the provision of Section 6, Article I, Chapter III, which reads: As soon as the property shall be paid for, the whole revenue which may be derived from it, after the payment of the necessary and
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unavoidable expenses on its account, shall be devoted exclusively to charitable purpose, in the relief of worthy distressed members of the Order, their widows and orphans, and be distributed in such manner as the Grand Lodge shall determine, not inconsistent with general good. GRAND SECRETARY.
Now that the morning of a bright era has dawned upon this Grand Lodge, I deem the time propitious to correct the injustice of many years. Justice is one of the cardinal virtues of Masonry. To be good and true is enjoined upon every Mason. Therefore, wherever a wrong is found, it is our bounden duty to rectify the same, especially when dealing with a worthy brother. These remarks are'prompted by an examination of the records of this Grand Lodge. The statistics, in the office of the Grand Secretary show that in 1875 there were '158 Lodges, with a membership of 7,700 in this Grand Jurisdiction, and there were then employed a Grand Secretary at an annual salary of $2,500.00, and was allowed an assistant at an annual salary of $600.00, making an outlay for the office of Grand Secretary, $3,100.00 per annum. Prom L880 to 1890, with 147 Lodges and a membership of 5,180, the salary of the Grand Secretary was $2,000.00 and his assistant, 8600.00, a total of $2,600.00. Prom 1891 to 1903 you denied your Grand Secretary an assistant, forcing all the labor and responsibility upon him, yet paid him but $1,500.00 per year. These latter years were the dark period of our Masonic life, when the Temple debt was bearing down upon us like a horrid nightmare threatening our very existence, when we knew not what the morrow would bring forth. Who, during these dark and gloomy days, ever heard Brother Lambert, our present beloved Grand Secretary, utter a word of complaint? Who can say he then failed to hold up the arms of the various Grand Masters and strengthen them, by precept and example, to so act, as to safely guide our Masonic Temple's fate over the shoals and quicksands, through the tempestuous seas of trouble, and finally
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moor it in a harbor of complete safety? Shall such fidelity to your service go unrewarded? Shall this grand old brother, who for nearly half a century, week after week, month after month, year after year, until now has rounded out a history of splendid works in your service, be forgotten? I plead for this grand old patriarch. I ask that you deal with him justly, correctly and fraternally, only giving that which he has justly merited and has justly earned. You have no cause to refuse this recommendation. To-day you have 180 Lodges with others in a state of formation, with a membership of 10,000, and daily increasing. The duties, labors and responsibilities of the aged brother are also increasing in the same ratio. It is but right, it is simple justice that he be given a considerable increase of salary, and if the power were mine I would name a sum not less than $2,500.00 per year. My brethren, I strongly recommend this measure. The matter is now with you, and may our Heavenly Father give you "More Light" to deal fairly with our aged and venerable brother. PLAN OF MASONIC BELIEF.
I very much regret that I have failed to receive a report from the Committee on ''Plan of Masonic Belief" up to the moment when this report leaves my hands for the printer's use. It would have been a pleasure to have considered their views and approve their recommendations, if I could have done so consistently with the interest of this Grand Lodge, and the betterment of the afflicted of our Fraternity. At our last Annual Communication, I expressed my disapproval of the erection of a Masonic Home at that time, as recommended by the Committee on "Plan of Masonic Relief," giving for reason that I believed the time had not yet arrived, when an institution of this kind was desirable or needful. My experience of the past year has confirmed that opinion. I believed then, as I know now, that every case of need can be more readily reached and relieved, and give greater satisfaction
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to those requiring our aid and assistance by direct relief. I believe, however, the time is auspicious when we should add, yearly, to our Special Belief Fund until it shall amount to not less than $50,000, so if the wisdom of future years should require a Masonic Home, the money would be provided and available to erect the same. And if again the plan of direct relief was proven to be the more desirable the interest on said fund, I beljeve, would be adequate to meet the demands of said Masonic relief. I, therefore, suggest that such a sum as our Finance Committee can recommend, be placed in the hands of the Grand Treasurer, to be by him invested, so as to yield a safe and conservative interest for the aforesaid object. APPEALS FOE ASSISTANCE.
At our last Annual Communication, in your wisdom, you placed at my command the sum of $2,000.00 to be applied to the relief of worthy distressed brothers, their widows and orphans, their mothers and daughters. In extending relief, I have endeavored to have the Lodges upon which the applicant had some Masonic claim, to contribute in part to this relief. Not for the amount involved, but so as to have the Lodge superintend and watch over the applicant, see that the relief given by the Grand Lodge, was not wasted, and was sufficient in amount to give beneficial results. I have refused no appeal made to me. I have given freely to the distressed brethren, I have aided the widow, I have educated the fatherless. Personally, I have educated myself to believe it is "better to trust all and be deceived, and mourn that trust and that deceiving, than doubt one heart which, if believed, had blessed my life with that blessing." This has been the motto of my life, and which, as your Grand Master, I have also endeavored to practice. I have endeavored to err, if need be, on the side of charity when appeals for relief were made, if doubt existed as to the worthiness of the applicant. Although liberal in my
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expenditures, I am pleased to state I have not expended more than about half of the amount at my command. " How little it costs, if we give it a thought, To make happy some heart each day, Just one kind word, or a tender smile, As we go on our daily way. One walks in sun light, another goes All wearily in the shade, One treads a path that is fair and smooth, Another must pray for aid: A smile, kind words, a glance, a touch, What magic with them is wrought? "
The Grand Secretary will give you a full and complete account of my disbursements in his report. I strongly urge upon this Grand Lodge the wisdom to continue this method of relief, which reaches a class of the worthy distressedwhich can be reached by no other means. I recommend even a larger amount for this labor of love be placed at the command of the Grand Master. CONCLUSION.
And now, after serving you for two years as your Grand Master, I return to you this gavel of authority. Relief from those duties, will be, indeed, acceptable, yet sadness comes to me that the official relation which has continued so intimately during these two years is about to be severed. To me they have been years of pleasure and pleasantness, and friendships have been formed that will continue as long as life itself shall last. To my Board of Directors I wish to express my sincere appreciation for the great service they have always rendered me. Their wisdom and experience strengthened me and enabled me to discharge all my duties. To the Grand Secretary, I feel particularly grateful for his great aid and many courtesies always so cheerfully given, thus enabling me to meet the issues that daily confronted me. To the Grand Treasurer I wish to also return thanks for his great care of and vigilance over the funds of the Grand Lodge. To these officers is due whatever success my administration may deserve.
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To E. W. Bro. Allen, D. G. M., my gratitude is especially due, who performed so many of my duties in my absence, and always willingly and well. And now, my brethren, in closing, let me advise as we enter upon the year that has just dawned upon us, let us resolve to •carefully study our duties, assume the*m cheerfully and perform them well and faithfully. Let us learn to cultivate the practice to speak more kindly of and to one another, and be ever just in all our words and actions. Let us ''set a guard over our thoughts, a watch at our lips, post a sentinel over our actions, thereby preventing the approach of every unworthy thought or deed, and preserving consciences void of offense towards God and towards man." Let us worthily do our part to make this favored century illustrious in the history of Masonry. "Let us keep burning brightly on every mountain top the fires of Masonic charity and Masonic love, so that their dazzling light, may for centuries to come, illumine the pathway of those who shall follow us."
On motion, duly adopted, the address was received and distributed as follows: That so muck as relates to General Recommendations be referred to the Committee on Masonic Law and Jurisprudence. That portion relating to Finance be referred to the Committee on Audit and Accounts. That portion relating to Temple Property be referred to the Board of Grand Lodge Hall Directors. That portion relating to Fraternal Eelatious be referred to the Committee on Foreign Correspondence. That portion relating to Necrological matters, to the Committee on Necrology. That portion relating to the plan of Masonic Relief, to the •Committee on State of the Order.
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REPORT OP GEAND TEEASUKEE.
E. W. Bro. A. G. Kicks, Grand Treasurer, submitted the following report: NEW
ORLEANS, L A . , February 5, 1906.
To the M. \v; Grand Master and Grand Lodge of Louisiana, F. and A. M.:
Most Worshipful Sirs and Brothers—I respectfully submit herewith my annual report for the year ending December 31st, 1905: 1905. Jan. 1. Cash balance on hand $1,470 73 Amount received from the Grand Secretary during 1905 27,675 44 Total in Treasury By 306 warrants paid during 1905
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$29,116 17 24,519 S8
Balance on hand December 31, 1905 |4,626 29 In addition to the above balance your Grand Treasurer has in his keeping the following special funds: Widows' and Orphans'Home Fund, deposited in the Commercial-Germania Trust and Savings.Bonk ofthiscity $156 96 Deposited old balance of funds 13 32 Interest on same to December 31, 1905 4 92 $175 20 Widows' and Orphans' Permanent Relief Fund, deposited in the Metropolitan Bank Interest on same to December 31, 1905
$1,624 46 49 56 $1,674 02
Respectfully submitted, A. G. RICKS, Grand Treasurer.
On motion, duly adopted, the report was received and referred to the Committee on Audit and Accounts.
REPORT OF GRAND SECRETARY. R. W. Bro. Richard Lambert, Grand Secretary, submitted the following report: NEW OKLEANS, LA., February 5th, 3 906. To the M. W. Grand Master, Officers and Representatives of the Grand Lodge, F. and A. M., of the State of Louisiana:
In compliance with the regulations of this Grand Lodge, I have the honor to report, as your Grand Secretary, the follow-
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ing synopsis of the transactions of my office since the close of the Ninety-third Annual Communication. GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS.
Agreeable to the provisions of the resolution adopted and with the concurrence of the M. W. Grand Master, I prepared the proceedings of the Ninety-third Annual Communication and placed copy for the same in the hands of the A. W. Hyatt Printing Company. They were duly printed and distributed in accordance with established usage. MONTHLY CIRCULAR.
This has been issued regularly as required by the standing resolution. Notwithstanding, Lodge Secretaries have been repeatedly notified of the importance of reporting promptly and correctly all matters intended for publication therein, but little attention is given to such notices and dela3rs are still frequent. DISTRICT DEPUTIES.
Immediately following the last Annual Grand session coin* missions with the usual instructions were mailed to the District Deputies appointed by the M. W. Grand Master, and it is worthy of comment that their duties have been performed with ability and promptness. Their various reports indicate an unusual activity and an awakening interest in the different Masonic districts throughout the State. CHARTERS ISSUED
On March 17th the following charters were mailed: Kinder Lodge No. 291, to E. W. Brother Lee E. Eobinson, D. D. G. M., Seveubh Masonic District. Lodge organized thereunder, April 1, 1905. Pordoche Lodge No. 292, to E. W. Brother C. T. Leigh, D. D. G. M., Twenty-fifth Masonic District. Lodge was organized thereunder, March 29, J905.
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Goldonna Lodge No. 293, to E. W. Bro. O. H. P. Eawles, D. D. G. M., Eighth Masonic District. The Lodge was organized thereunder, April 15, 1905. Belmont Lodge No 294, to E. W. Bro. James H. Caldwell, D. D. G. M., Eighteenth Masonic District. The Lodge was organized thereunder, April 1, 1905. Eros Lodge No. 295, to E. W. Bro. T. I. Watson, D. D. G. M. Seventh Masonic District. Lodge was organized thereunder, April 1, 1905. Hico Lodge No. 296, to E. W. Bro. N. B. Null, D. D. G. M., Fifth Masonic District. Lodge was organized thereunder, April 1, 1905. Denham Springs Lodge No. 297, to E. W. Bro. John Puleston, D. D. G. M., Second Masonic District. Lodge was organized thereunder, April 1, 1905. A duplicate charter was issued to Dubach Lodge No. 297, in lieu of one which had been destroyed by fire and in accordance with a resolution of this Grand Lodge at the last Annual Communication. DISPENSATIONS POE NEW LODGES.
By direction of the M. W. Grand Master dispensations for new Lodges were issued as follows: March 17. For a Lodge at Georgetown, Grant Parish, to be known as Georgetown Lodge. This Lodge was formed under Said dispensation on April 4, 1905, by E. W. Bro. Henry E. Hardtner, D. D. G. M., Twenty-Third District. March 17. For a Lodge at Wilda, Eapides Parish, to be known as Hemphill Star Lodge. This Lodge was formed under said dispensation on March 25,1905, by E. W. Bro. Benjamin F. Scott, D. D. G. M. for the Fifteenth District. March 17. For a Lodge at Tallulah, Madison Parish, to be known as Tallulah Lodge. This Lodge was organized on June 22, 1905, by E. W. Bro. D. N. Thompson, D. D. G. M., TwentyFourth Masonic District.
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March 17. For a Lodge at Olla, Parish of Catahoula, tol>e known as Olla Lodge. This Lodge was formed on April 4, 1905. by E. W. Bro. Henry E. Hardtner, D. D. G. M., TwentyThird District. March 22. For a Lodge at New Orleans, Parish of Orleans, to be called Osiris Lodge. This Lodge was formed under said dispensation, March 31, 1805, by M. W. Grand Master, L. P. Delahoussaye. April 10. For a Lodge at Napoleonville, Parish of Assumption, to be called Assumption Lodge. This Lodge was formed under said dispensation on June 11, 1905, by M. W. Grand Master, L. P. Delahoussaye. April 21. For a Lodge at Zwolle, Sabine Parish, to be called Zwolle Lodge. This Lodge was formed under said dispensation by E. W. Bro. 0. C. Sullivan on May 12, 1905. May 21. For a Lodge at St. Martinsville, St. Martin's Parish, to be called St. Martin's Lodge. This Lodge was formed under said dispensation by M. "W. Grand Master, L. P. Delahoussaye on June 6, 1905. May 15. For a Lodge at Leander, Vernon Parish, to be known as Leander Lodge. This Lodge was formed under said dispensation by E. W. Bro. Benjamin F. Scott on July 1, 1905. July 8. For a Lodge at Gibbsland, Bienville Parish, to be called Gibbsland Lodge. This Lodge was formed under said dispensation by E. W. Bro. W. M. Baker, D. D. G. M., Ninth District, on July 17, 1905. July 24. For a Lodge at Vidalia, Concordia Parish, to be called Concordia Lodge. This Lodge was formed under said dispensation by E. W. Bro. D. N. Thompson, D. D. G. M.,. Twenty-fourth District, on November 5, 1905 July 25. For a Lodge at Poland, Eapides Parish, to be called Eapides Lodge. This Lodge was formed under said dispensation by E; W. Bro. Benjamin F. Scott on August 24,1905,
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LODGES UNDER DISPENSATION
The following Lodges, now under dispensation, have made returns, paid all amounts due this Grand Lodge, returned dispensations, and now apply for charters: Georgetown Lodge, at Georgetown, Parish of Grant. Hemphill Star Lodge, at Wilda, Parish of Bapides. Osiris Lodge, at New Orleans, Parish of Orleans. St. Martin's Lodge, at St. Martinsville, Parish of St. Martin. Olla Lodge, at Olla. Parish of Catahoula. Zwolle Lodge, at Zwolle, Parish of Sabine. Gibbsland Lodge, at Gibbsland, Parish ofBienville. Concordia Lodge, at Yidalia, Parish of Concordia. Bapides Lodge, at Poland, Parish of Rapides. Assumption Lodge, at Napoleonville, Parish of Assumption. Tallulah Lodge, at Tallulah, Parish of Madison. EXTENSION OF DISPENSATIONS. •
Tensas Lodge, at St. Joseph, Parish of Tensas, has made returns and represents that on account of the affliction of last summer, which was somewhat severe in their vicinity, Ihey have not been able to make such headway as they would have desired to present to you in an application for a charter and are, therefore, compelled to ask that their dispensation be continued until next Annual Grand Communication. Leander Lodge, at Leander, Vernon Parish, represent that owing to the very recent date of their institution they feel that it would be better that existing conditions continue with them for another year, and ask that their dispensation be continued until the next Annual Grand Communication. INQUIRIES RELATIVE TO LODGES.
I have received letters of inquiry relative to formation of new Lodges from brethren in the following locations:
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For a Lodge at Vivian, in the Parish of Caddo. For a Lodge at Eayne, Parish of Acadia. It is more than probable that several petitions will be presented for your consideration. During the preceding year 1 have forwarded blank petitions with full instructions as to methods of procedure to brethren in several sections of the State, which, I feel satisfied from the earnestness implied and the general tone of writing, will shortly result in the presentation of several more applications for dispensations. GRAND REPRESENTATIVES—COMMISSIONS ISSUED.
To E. W. Bro. Eobert W. Arnold, Alexandria, Va., as the Eepresentative of the Grand Lodge of Louisiana near the Grand Lodge of Virginia. GRAND REPRESENTATIVES—COMMISSIONS RECEIVED.
For E. W. Bro. Oramel H. Simpson, of New Orleans, as the Eepresentative of the Grand Lodge of Nevada. For E. W. Bro. L. O. Allen, of Shreveport, as the Eepresentative of the Grand Lodge of Alabama. For E. W. Bro. E. W. Allen, of Franklin, as the Eepresentative of the Grand Lodge of North Carolina. For M. W. Bro. A. G. Brice, of New Orleans, as the Eepresentative of the Grand Lodge of New York. For E. W. Bro. Joseph Meyers, of New Orleans, as the Eepresentative of the Grand Lodge of Maine. For E. W. Bro. W. S. Benedict, of New Orleans, as the Eepresentative of the Grand Lodge of Texas. For E. W. Bro. George W. Booth, of New Orleans, as the Eepresentative of the Grand Lodge of the District of Columbia. For E. W. Bro. Frank Chalona, of New Orleans, as the Eepresentative of the Grand Lodge of Prince Edward Island. For E. W. Bro. Fred C. Marsh, of Franklin, as tke Eepresentative of the Grand Orient of Brazil.
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For E. W. Bro. Joseph T. Labit, of Abbeville, as the Eepresentative of the Grand Lodge of New Zealand. For E. W. Bro. Henry B. Hardtner, of Urania, as the Eepresentative of the Grand Lodge of Tennessee, vice Henry M. Danneel, deceased. For E. W. Bro. Will Moss, of New Orleans, as the Eepresentative of the Grand Lodge of Western Australia. GRAND LODGE CERTIFICATES ISSUED.
March 14. Issued fourteen certificates for members of Bethany Lodge, of Campte, Natchitoches Parish, now extinct. May 24. To W. L. Jinks, formerly of Thomas Jefferson Lodge No. 213, now extinct. GRAND LODGE DIPLOMAS ISSUED.
To Bro. E. W. Andrews, of Union Lodge No. 172. To Bro. Charles L. Frank, of Union Lodge No. 172. To Bro. William P. Miller, of Quitman Lodge No. 76. To Bro. Maurice Peterson, of Union Lodge No. 172. To Bro. Eoland S. LeBarre, of Alpha-Home Lodge No. 72. To Bro. William C. Wright, of Perfect Union Lodge No. 1. To Bro. C. W. Halgendorens, of George Washington Lodge No. 165. To Bro. Charles M. Whitney, of Louisiana Lodge No. 102. To Bro. J. C. Wickliffe, Jr., of George Washington Lodge No. 65. To Antonio Di Carlo, of Dante Lodge No. 174. To James Lusted, of Saints John Lodge No. 153. GRAND LODGE REGISTERS ISSUED.
To Eosemary Lodge No. 278. To Hico Lodge, U. D. To Osiris Lodge, U. D. To Milford Lodge No. 117. To St. Martin's Lodge, U. D.
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE GRAND LODGE SPECIAL BELIEF FUND.
The funds placed at the disposition of the Grand Master for the relief of indigent brother Masons, their widows and orphans, were distributed during the year in reply to requests from LittleFlock Lodge No. 236 and Toro Lodge No. 253, and to aged brethren and the widows of brethren of various Lodges that have either forfeited or surrendered their charters. These parties are now receiving a regular monthly allowance, amply sufficient to be of material benefit to them in fighting life's battle and to assist them in procuring some of the comforts of which they undoubtedly stand in sore need. At the request of St. Andrew's Lodge No. 256, of Mer Bouge, there is being educated at the expense of this fund a Miss Johnson, who has been placed at the college at Natchitoches and who, according to all reports received, is making most satisfactory progress. BY-LAWS.
The original By-Laws of several of the Lodges and amendments to those of others have been received during the year, and, after submission to the Committee on Masonic Law and Jurisprudence and approval by the M. W. Grand Master, were returned to the senders. ACCOUNT CURRENT.
I have the honor to herewith submit my account current, trial balance and accounts, against which warrants were drawn during the year 1905: EICHAKD LAMBERT, GRAND SECRETARY, IN ACCOUNT WITH THE GRAND LODGE, F. AND A. M. OF LOUISIANA, FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1905.
To amount received, rent of stores and offices 17,875 48 To amount received, rent of Masonic Bodies 2,908 50 To amount received, Grand Lodge dues 14,473 50 To amount received, sale lots in Masonic Cemetery 1,115 00 To amount received, from Interments 114 00 To amount received, Diplomas 24 00 To amount received, Grand Lodge Certificates. 15 00 To amount received, Register Account 30 00 To amount received, Charter Account...... 350 00 To amount received, Grand Secretary..... 19 96 -$27,675 44
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March 30, 1905. By amount transferred to Grand Treasurer $17,020 95 June 30, 1905. By amount transferred to Grand Treasurer 2 905 99 Sept. 30, 1905. By amount transferred to Grand Treasurer... 3,321 49 Deo. 31, 1905. By amount transferred to Grand Treasurer 4,427 01 $27,675 44 EXPENDITURES, 1905.
By salary Grand Secretary $ By salary Grand Lecturers By salary Grand Tyler By salary Janitor By salary Engineer and elevator attendant By salary Sexton Masonic Cemetery By salary Porter By Grand Lodge Bonds redeemed By Grand Lodge Bonds, interest on bonds redeemed By N. O. 0. L. R. R. and P. Co., electric light and power By expenses engine room, oil, waste, etc By insurance on building and contents By Telephone ... By expenses Grand Master and Officers, official visits By printing Proceedings, Circulars, Stationery and Library Bypostageand express charges By City and State taxes By Louisiana Relief Lodge, donation By repairs to Temple property By painting, varnishing and glazing By badges By Committee Foreign Correspondence By Grand Chaplain and Organist ($10.00 each) By Grand Lodge jewels By Special Relief Fund By Funeral expenses By furniture By Dispensations returned By Charters and suspension , By Grand Secretary, amount overpaid By expenses
1,800 00 2,375 00 25 00 880 00 915 00 900 00 542 50 6,000 00 240 00 816 42 529 58 237 04 49 70 229 55 1,603 15 330 00 1445 60 500 00 876 50 120 70 78 50 100 00 20 00 80 00 772 15 185 83 172 15 50 00 95 00 -• 19 96 233 93 $24,519 88
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TRIAL BALANCE ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1905. DR.
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Masonic Temple $ 143,887 00 Furniture and Fixtures........ 2,061 33 Library Account 3,545 58 Cash 4,626 29 Sewerage 1,114 76 Mileage 1,438 10 Interest Grand Lodge Bonds 240 00 Grand Master's Fund 199 95 Cemetery Account 10,040 77 Electric and Gas Plant 5,323 50 S. Diamond 80 00 Germania Savings Bank 156 96 Metropolitan Savings Bank 1,524 46 Joseph Splelburg 80 00 Security Building and Loan Assn 40 00 Belief 772 15 H. A. Testard 83 38 N. Y. Dye Works 60 00 Busch and Suarez 15 00 F r a n k H. Field 40 00 L. DePoorter 130 00 Lloyd Posey 70 00 Orleans Levee Board 50 00 J o h n D. Nix 20 00 Buck, Walshe and Buck 50 00 J. Zach Spearing 55 00 T. Atchinson 20 00 T. G. Spitzfaden 23 00 Ind. Friends (Jommandery No. 1 100 00 Orleans R. A. Chapter No. 1 200 00 Grand Consistory 200 00 Alpha-Home Lodge No. 72... 150 00 Quitman Lodge No. 76 150 00 Jefferson Lodge No. 191 150 00 Doric Lodge No. 205 12 00 Athens Lodge No. 266 22 00 Marion Lodge No. 283 12 00 I 177,153 45
Grand Lodge, State of La $ 160,897 00 Diploma Account 13 00 Special Permanent Fund 2,326 50 W. and O. Permanent Fund 1,624 46 W. and O. Home Fund 166 96 Profit andLoss 11,992 74 M ount Morlah Lodge No. 59 15 00 Hiram Lodge No. 70 5 00 Osiris Lodge, U. D 122 50 $ 177,153 45
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STATISTICAL.
Beturns have been received from 163 of the 166 chartered Lodges, from which I take the following: Initiated Passed Raised
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991 .".' 921 933 2,845
ACCESSIONS.
Raised Affiliated Reinstated
933 215 100 1.248 DEDUCTIONS.
Dimitted Died Dropped Suspended Expelled
380 164 25 88 6 Net gain, chartered Lodges
663 585
Our Lodges under dispensation have a membership of 386. In these Lodges were conferred 359 degrees. Considering these items, it would make the total number of degrees conferred, 3,204, and our present membership, 9,651, a net gain during the year of 691. While the net results attained do not equal those of the previous year, still it is apparent that the membership is increasing in a good, healthy ratio. Lodges are being instituted and inquiries are being received in territory that some time since were deemed unapproachable, and the indications are that the Order in this State is entering upon a period of prosperity that will shortly place it upon a plane with those of our larger and older sister States. , I would beg to supplement my report by thanking the various officers of this Grand Lodge for courtesies extended during the year and the Masters and Secretaries of our constituent Lodges for the readiness with which they have responded
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when called upon. The reports, as a rule, display an unusual amount of care and attention to detail, all of which are invaluable to this office in the compilation and recordation of the statistics. Fraternally submitted, EICHAED LAMBERT,
Grand Secretary.
EEPOET OF BOAED OF GBAND LODGE HALL DIEEOTOES. The Board of Grand Lodge Hall Directors submitted the following report: NEW ORLEANS, February 1st, 1906. To the M. W. Grand Lodge, F. and A. M., of the State of Louisiana:
Your Board of Grand Lodge Hall Directors respectfully submit as their report the following brief statement of the transactions of said Board during the year 1905, as required by the provisions of the laws of this Grand Lodge, and also, in compliance with Section 7, Article I, Chapter III, of the General Regulations, append the required financial statement. ORGANIZATION OF BOARD.
On February 14, 1905, the Board met and organized as follows: MEMBERS EX-OFFICIO.
L. P. Delahoussaye, M. W. Grand Master A. G. Ricks, Grand Treasurer. Richard Lambert, R. W. Grand Secretary
President. Secretary.
MEMBERS.
Charles F. Buck, Past Grand Master. Robert H. Cage, Past Grand Master. Robert R. Reid, Past Grand Master. Gus. D. Levy, Past Master, No. 191. Henry H. Jones, W. M., No. 102. Joseph Meyers, Past Master, No. 167. The President announced the following appointments on the several subcommittees: TEMPLE PROPERTY.
L. P. Delahoussaye. A. G. Ricks. Richard Lambert.
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CEMETERY.
Robert H. Cage. G.us. D. Levy. Joseph Meyers. BUILDING AND IMPROVEMENTS.
Charles F. Buck, Robert R. Reid. H. H. Jones. RENTALS.
All of the stores and offices are now rented and at rates, in the majority of instances, much better than could possibly have been obtained a few years ago. The demand for room in this building seems to justify the belief, "with the increase in property valuations in the immediate neighborhood, that we will always be in a position to find good tenants at fair rentals. The amount of income from rent of offices and stores durirjg the current leasing period is over 18 per cent, in excess of that received last year. The rents of all of the tenants are paid, in the main, promptly. TAXES.
The rate of assessment on the building remains unchanged, entailing the usual amount of taxation. INSURANCE.
The term policies secured in 1904 are in effect and still have four years to run. EEPAIRS TO TEMPLE PROPERTY.
During the past year this item has been limited to such an amount of repair absolutely necessary to keep the building and machinery in good condition and supply the needs acd cater to the comforts of our tennants. Considering the wear and tear incident to the active use of a building of this character these have been practically kept at a minimum and within reasonable bounds. Your Board initiated steps to put into effect their recommendations made at the last Annual Grand session and which had for their object somewhat extensive changes, but after considering carefully the different estimates made and the amount of expense that would be entailed, concluded for reasons of which you will be advised to hold the matter in abeyance, at least temporarily. The past year has been one of unusual activity among the city IJodges, and the capacity of the Temple has been somewhat severely
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taxed for their accomodation. The various meetings are always largely attended and should the present revival continue, and we have every hope and there seems every assurance that such will be the case, the time is not far distant when our conveniences will fail to be adequate. There is no doubt that this will soon be a matter for your serious consideration. Bro. John 8. Alfred, who was filling the position of Hall Keeper,, died on the 27th of February, his death being the immediate result of a severe attack of pnuemonia contracted while in the discharge of his duty. Bro. John A. Davilla, of Mount Moriah Lodge No. 59 was appointed in his stead and is giving emminent satisfaction. MASONIC CEMETERY.
This property is now in excellent condition and under the able management of Bro. Henry C. Brown, the Sexton, compares favorably with any in its vicinity; Its present appearance certainly justifies the outlay which has been made in this direction from time to time. These improvements have created a demand for lots and have induced the building of a better and more ornamental style of copings and tombs, which add greatly to the natural beauty of the place. The Sub-committee on Cemetery will report to you further in detail as to all matters which have had their consideration. Fraternally submitted, RICHARD LAMBERT, Secretary. In connection with the report of the Board of Grand Lodge Hall Directors, and as a part thereof, the Committee on Masonic Cemetery submitted the following report: N E W ORLEANS, L A . , February 5, 1906. To the Board of Grand Lodge Hall Directors:
The Cemetery Committee of this Board begs leave to submit our annual report as follows: Receipts for sale of lots during the past year amount to... $1,115 00 Amount spent for improvements 698 00The house for the Sexton has been moved to point designated by the committee, which is a great improvement over former location in, every respect. The hedge around the cemetery has been planted and is growing nicely, and in a short time will not only prove an ornament, but a lasting and economical fence for the cemetery. The tombs and coping, which in our last year's report were being constructed, have been completed, and five other marble and brick, copings have been built during the year. The Masonic Cemetery is now in first-class order and a credit to theFraternity.
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In closing our report your committee desires to express our appreciation of the zeal and fldelity.of our worthy Sexton, Bro. H. O. Brown. To him more than to your committee belongs the credit that the Masons of Louisiana have the most beautiful and well kept cemetery in New Orleans. Fraternally submitted, B. H. CAGE, JOSEPH MEYERS,
Committee.
On motion, the report was received and ordered printed in the proceedings. EEPOET OP LOUISIANA BELIEF LODGE No. 1. The W. Master, Bro. Joseph Meyers, and the Secretary,. Bro. John A. Davilla, submitted the following reports: N E W ORLEANS, LA., February 5, 1906. To the M. W". Grand Lodge F. and A. M. of the State of Louisiana:
I have the honor to submit to you my report as Master of theLouisiana Relief Lodge for the preceding year. During this year the calls for assistance have been about the usual number and I am happy to state that we have been in a position to relieve all that have been found worthy. It has always been my policy to give to the sufferer the benefit of the doubt while investigation was pending, choosing rather to err on the side of Charity than that of Justice, especially in initial Our mission is a grand one and our work a labor of love. We have assisted the worn and penniless traveler on his way and sent him to fields where it was possible for him to secure employment or build up his failing health. We have fed the hungry and clothed the naked, nursed the sick and restored the bodies of the dead to their distressed families. It often occurs that reinbursement is made for such expenditures,, but more often is it the case that we are obliged to stand the outlay. The funds placed in my hands, I regard as a sacred trust and my every endeavor has been to accomplish with them, the greatest possible amount of good, without hedgicg them about with restrictions that, might tend to cause suffering. Bro. John A. Davilla, the Secretary, will furnish in his report a detailed statement of contributions and expenditures. During the month of February, after the last Annual Grand Session, this Relief Lodge suffered the loss of a most worthy and competent official, by the death of our efficient Secretary, our late Bro. John SAlfred, and we were compelled again to call upon our ever-ready and efficient Grand Secretary, Bro. Lambert, who without hesitation
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-and without regard of the onerous and exacting duties of his office, responded to the call and has rendered us very valuable assistance. At the close of the term, and in justice to himself, he was compelled to •decline re-election and Bro. John A. Davilla, of Mount Moriah Lodge No. 59, was elected to the position of Secretary, and I have -every reason to believe from his extended experience in connection with various Masonic bodies that I shall have in him a valuable assistant. During the visitation of yellow fever last summer this Lodges -acting upon the suggestion of the Grand Master and with assurance, •of his support, announced itself in readiness to care for any of the brethren or their immediate families who might unfortunately fall victims to the disease. It is indeed gratifying to say that the calls upon us during this season were not in excess of any other period and that those incident to the disease were confined to the relief and burial of only a few cases, the brethren seeming to be especially spared. These calls were solely in behalf of non-residents and were so limited that our treasury was amply sufficient to meet their requirements. I feel satisfied that this Belief Lodge has been imposed upon less •during the past twelve months than ever before, and that almost every •case relieved was worthy and deserving. "While I may have exceeded my authority in some cases, yet I feel that I have always been actuated by a desire to further the best interests of the Craft and a desire to assist and relieve the wants and needs of my fellow-men, believing that" the brethren of Louisiana in delegating to me this power placed no undue restrictions on my freedom of action and desired solely to learn of results accomplished. Finally, I desire especially to thank our M. W. Grand Master, L. P. Delahoussaye, for his many words of good counsel and his readiness, to assist and further the purposes of this Lodge on all occasions; to Bro. Richard Lambert, Grand Secretary, and to Bro. John A. Davilla, Secretary of this Relief Lodge, for faithful services, and last, but not least, to all of the brethren who have so willingly given a helping hand during the past year I tender my sincere thanks and appreciation. Fraternally submitted, JOSEPH MEYERS,
Worshipful Master Louisiana Belief Lodge No. 1. REPORT OF SECRETARY OF LOUISIANA BELIEF LODGE NO. ] .
Bro. John A. Davilla, Secretary Louisiana Belief Lodge No. 1, submitted the following report: NEW ORLEANS, LA., February 5, 1906. To the M. W. the Grand Lodge, F. and A. M., of the State of Louisiana;
Assuming the position of Secretary of the Louisiana Relief Lodge by virtue of the election held on the 24th of December, 1905, I would
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respectfully report that I find from the records that the financial transactions of this body for the past twelve months were as follows: 1904. Jan. 1. Balance cash in the hands of the Treasurer...! 625 15 Received during the year: From the Graud .Lodge of Louisiana, 500 00 From donations, and refunded by beneficiaries 501 00 Handed Treasurer $1,626 15 Disbursed by warrants 1,100 15 Balance cash in hands of Treasurer S 526 15 The amounts expended have been disbursed in behalf of applicants liailing from all parts of the country and from nearly every quarter of the globe. The duties of the officers have embraced attendance at the burials of non-resident brethren, or the shipment of the bodies of •others, assisting such others as might find themselves in distress or in need of transportation to their homes, and as a whole require a great deal of attention and necessitate the exercise of a considerable amount of discretion. Your Secretary feels the weight of the responsibilities devolving upon his position. His predecessors have been men of affairs and ability, but he assures you that you will have no reason to complain of his fidelity to duty and readiness to respond when called upon. Fraternally submitted, JNO. A. DA VILLA,
Secretary Louisiana Relief Lodge No. 1.
On motion, duly adopted, these reports were received and ordered printed in the proceedings.
REPORT OF GRAND LECTURER. The Grand Lecturer submitted the following report: N E W ORLEANS, February 5, 1906. To the M. W. Grand Master and Grand Lodge of the State of Louisiana:
I beg to report that since entering upon the discharge of my duties as Grand Lecturer, on the first of June, 1905, I have as near as circumstances would permit been governed by the suggestions of the Committee on Work in holding schools of instruction, by means of which the lecturer is enabled to instruct the officers of more Lodges in a given length of time, than by the old time custom of visiting each individual Lodge, and by means of which I have been able to instruct the officers of twenty-six Lodges before the interruption of my labors by the quarantine regulations, which were established about the 27th of July; but for this interference it was my hope and desire to cover the entire territory allotted to me, consisting of eighty-eight Lodges. On the first of November last, the M. W. Grand Master, yielding to the demands for instruction made upon him by the Lodges of the City of New
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Orleans, which was located in my territorial limits, and actuated by a desire, to improve every opportunity to facilitate the purpose announced by this Grand Lodge to establish a uniform work, required my attendance in this city for that purpose, for, and among whom I have pleasantly labored up to the present time, and as to how profitably my time has been spent a visit to the different Lodges and witness the ceremonials, will determine. In imparting instruction to th'e Craft I hare adopted a system used by me for many years in a smaller, but in a no less effective sphere, in impressing the esoteric and ceremonials upon the mind of the officers, enabling them to comprehend and put them into practical operation at once. I have invited criticism of this method by the brethren, but no complaints having been made known to me, and no objectionslodged with the M. W. Grand Master, I accept as an evidence of satisfaction on their part. The Craft are unanimous in their praise of the Committee on Work, who have labored so assiduously in revising the esoteric work, relieving it of the unnecessary verbiage with which it had been cumbered, and restoring to them the work used by this Grand Jurisdiction many years ago, and so ably disseminated by our lamented Bro. Gordy. I am especially indebted to our M. W. Grand Master and the members of the Committee on Work for valuable assistance rendered in attending many of the Lodges of instruction, giving me kind words of encouragement, good counsel, and to the brethren everywhere, who have received me with open arms and cordial fraternal greetings, condoning my faults and indulging my weaknesses, making my labors a real pleasure by applying themselves industriously and energetically in attaining the work, thereby assisting the Grand Lodge in the laudable desire for a perfect ritual and uniform work. Fraternallv submitted, JAMES H. CALDWELL,
Grand Lecturer.
On motion^ duly adopted, the report was received and ordered printed in proceedings. EEPOETS OF STANDING COMMITTEES. AUDIT AND ACCOUNTS.
The Committee on Audit and Accouuts submitted the following report: NEW ORLEANS, February 5, 1906. To the M. W. Grand Lodge, F. and A. M., of Louisiana:
Your Committee on Audit and Accounts respectfully report that they have made quarterly audits of the books of account of the Grand Treasurer and the Grand Secretary, for the year 1905, and have found the same correct. Herewith we submit the annual balance sheet of the Grand Lodgefor 1905, and the estimate of revenues and expenditures for 1906. Fraternally submitted, THOS. D. STEWART, Chairman. LEWIS W. KOFFSKEY, CHAS. F. BUCK, J R .
BALANCE SHEET OF THE GRAND LODGE OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA, F. AND A. M. NAMES.
FACE OF LEDGER. DR.
Grand Lodge State of Louisiana Masonic Temple Certificate Furniture and fixtures Diploma Library Cash Register . . Expense Dues Rent Interest Grand Lodge Bonds Grand Master's Fund Special Permanent Fund Electric and Gas Plant ..,...: Elevator Account. W. and O. Permanent Fund Germania Savings Bank Metropolitan Savings Bank Louisiana Reliel Lodge Widows and Orphans Home Fund Taxes Relief Accounts Receivable Accounts with Lodges, Etc......
$143,387 66 2,061 33 11 00 3,545 58 4,626 29 95 00 11,039 93 1,104 00 50 00 1114 76 1 438 10 240 00 199 95 11,269 77 5,323 50 237 04 909 56
CR.
$160,897 29 1500 24 00
INVENTORY OP PROPERTY.
PROFIT AND LOSS.
G R A N D LODGE.
LOSSES.
DR.
GAINS.
$160,897 29
$U3,S87 66 1,500 00
$561 33
S.000 00
515 58
$15 00
350 00 30 00
1,000 00
1,229 00 2,326 50
h,750 00 800 00
1,624 46 895 65 156 96 1,624 46 100 00 500 00 1,500 00 1,656 96 1,445 60 772 15 19,751 87 18,871 49 7,012 00 6,151 50 $220,312 16 $220,312 16 $154,437 66
Net Gain of the Grand Lodge
Liabilities.
$143,387 66 13 00
3,000 00 4,626 29
14,282 00 700 00 10,899 96
114 76 1438 10
Resources.
1,500 00
255 00 30 00
11 039 93
15,386 50 750 00 10,899 96
CR.
BALANCE.
w H
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1 000 00
1-3
240 00 199 95 10,040 77 4,750 00
573 50 237 04 109 56
O $2,326 50
800 00 1,624 46
895 65
156 96 1,624 46
500 00
156 96
1,445 60 772 15 59 00 12 00
1
821 38 848 50
7,877 76 $26 181 96 Sfflfi 1R1 nfi
Net worth of the Grand Lodge
7,877 76 $168,775 05 $168,775 05 $168,775 05
168,775 05 $172,895 97 $172,895 97
Respectfully submitted by N E W ORLEANS, January 1,1906.
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To the M. W. Grand Lodge, F. and A. M., of the State of Louisiana:
Your Committee on Audit and Accounts, agreeably to the provisions of a "Standing Resolution" of this Grand Lodge, present the following budget of estimated revenues and expenditures for the year 1906. ESTIMATE OP REVENUES.
Annual dues on 10,000 members, at $1.00 each Degree tax, say 2,000 degrees, at $2.00 each.
$10,000 00 4,000 00
Registers Rents from stores, basis of $303.00 monthly, 12 months Rents from offices, basis of 1407.00 monthly, 12 months Rents from Masonic bodies, $187.50 monthly, 12 months Total amount of revenues
$14,000 00 30 00 3,636 00 4,884 002,250 00$24,800 00>
ESTIMATE OF EXPENDITURES.
Taxes on an assessment of, say $45,000.00 $1,350 00 Insurance on plate glass, accident and bonds 175 00 N. O. C. E. L. & P. Co., light and power, 12 months 1,000 00 Elevator repairs, oils, etc., 12 months 300 00 Salary of Grand Secretary 1,800 00 Salaries of Grand Lecturers 3,000 00 Salary of Grand Tyler 50 00 Salary of Janitor 960 00 Salary of Elevator Attendant and Extra Service... 1,000 00 Salary of Sexton of Masonic Cemetery 900 00 Salaries of Porters 720 ,00 Gas, estimated 20 00 Organist and Grand Chaplain, $10.00 each 20 00 Chairman Committee on Foreign Correspondence. 100 00 Louisiana Relief Lodge . 500 00 Printing Proceedings, estimated. , 1,100 00 Printing "Monthly" and other circulars, estimated 300 00 Stationery and postage 500 00 Incidentals and small repairs to building 1,000 00 Incidental expenses of Grand Master 500 00 Library expenses, binding, etc 150 00 Mileage estimated.... 2,100 00 Special Permanent Fund, Cemetery 2,941 00 Excess of revenues over expenditures Respectfully submitted,
$20,486 OO $4,314 00*
THOS. D. STEWART,
Chairman, Committee on Audit and Accounts.
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"WORK AND BETUBNS OF CHAETEEED LODGES.
The Committee on Work and Eeturns of Chartered Lodges submitted the following report: NEW OKLEANS, LA., February 6, 1906. To the M. W. Grand Lodge, F. and A. M., of the State of Louisiana:
Your Committee on Work and Returns of Chartered Lodges report the examination of chartered Lodges for the year 1905, and submit. the following as the result of their examination: Perfect Union No. 1. Correct. Polar Star No. 1. Correct; very good. Perseverance No. 4. Correct; very good. Cervantes No. 5. Correct; very good. Humble Cottage No. 19. Good; one not accounted for. Western Star No. 24 Correct; very good. St. Albans No. 28. Correct; very good. Feliciana No. 31. Good; essentially correct. Phceuix No. 38. Correct and very neatly done. Germania No. 46. Very good and very neatly done. St. James No. 47. Fair; six names omitted. Minden No. 51. Very good. Olive No. 52. Very good. Union Fraternal No. 53. Names not alphabetically arranged. Mount Gerizim No. 54. Very good. Frieuds of Harmony No. 58. Very good. Mount Moriah No. 59. Very good. George Washington No. 65. Excellent. Hiram No. 70. Correct; very neat. Alpha-Home No. 72. Very good. Sabine No. 75. Correct; very neat. St. Joseph No. 79. Some slight errors; since corrected. Mount Vernon No. 83. Correct; very good. Oliver No. 84. Fair; Christian names not given in work. Lafayette No. 87. Correct; very good. Cypress No. 89. Very good. Bellevue No. 95. Names not alphabetically arranged. St. Helena No. 96. Neatly made out; correct. Hermitage No. 98. Excellent. Franklinton No. 101. Fair. Louisiana No. 102. Correct; very good, Ruston No. 106. Correct; very good. Sparta No. 108. Fair. HarrisonburgNo.110. Correct; very good. Urim No. 111. Two names omitted; since corrected^ Shreveport No. 115. Correct; very good. Acacia No. 116. Correct; very good.
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Land Mark No. 214. Correct; very good. Friendship No. 215. Good; three names omitted, since supplied. Good Intent No. 216. Correct; very good. Fellowship No. 217. Fair; two names omitted, since supplied. Livonia No. 220. Good. Solomon No. 221. Correct; very good. Cadeville No. 229. Correct; very good. Pleasant Hill No. 230. Fair; four names omitted. Grangeville No. 231. Correct; good. Welsh No. 232. Correct; excellent. Kyichie No. 233. Some errors, since corrected. Robertsville No. 234. Good; two names omitted, since supplied. Simsboro No. 235. Names not in alphabetical order. • Little Flock No. 236. Correct; very good. Plain Dealing No. 237. Correct; good. Magnolia, No. 238. Good; two names omitted. Bernice No. 239. Fair; seven names omitted. Leesville No. 240. Correct; very good. ConlyNo. 241. Correct; very good. Weston No. 242. Good. Crowley No. 243. Very neat; five names omitted. Centre No. 244. Correct; very good. Millerton No. 245. Twelve names omitted. Winnsboro No. 246. Correct. Clear Spring No. 247. Correct; very good. Kentwood No. 248. Correct; very good. Jennings No. '249. Good; several names omitted; since supplied. Mansfield No. 250. Very good. Ascension No. 251. Very good. Mitchell No. 252. Fair; two names omitted; since supplied. Toro No. 253. Correct; very good. Forest Hill No. 254. Excellent. Jeanerette No. 255. Correct; good. St. Andrew No. 256. Good. White Castle No. 257. Good. Marthaville No. 258. Poor arrangement. Colfax No. 259. Very good. Charles F. Buck No. 260. Correct; very good. Anchor No. 261. Very good. Progressive No. 262. Very neat; three names omitted; since supplied. Florien No. 263. Fair; several names omitted; since supplied. Pine No. 264. Fair. Dalley No. 265. Details of work not shown. Atkins No. 266. Correct; very good. Unity No. 267. Very good. Melville No. 268. Correct; very good. GL5
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Marksville No. 269. Good; several names omitted. Benefield No. 270. Correct; very good. DeRidderNo. 271. Seven names omitted. Boyce No. 273. Names not alphabetically arranged. Oberlin No. 274. Very good. Benson No. 275. Correct; very good. Dorcheat No. 276. Four names omitted. Dubach No. 277. Not alphabetically arranged; three names omitted. Rosemary No. 278. Very good; neat; one name omitted. DeQuincy No. 279. Good; two names omitted. Jonesboro No. 280. Very good, E. M. Crowson No. 281. Names not alphabetically arranged. Yellow Pine No. 282. Good; two names omitted. Marion No. 283. Correct; very good. Oak Grove No. 284. Very good; neatly made out. Many No 285. Not alphabetically arranged; one omission. •Cheney ville No. 286. Very good. Globe No. 287. Correct; very good. Pine Grove No. 2S8. Excellent. Dodson No. 289. Fair; to be corrected. Eose Pine No. 290. Fair; two omissions. Kinder No. 291. Very good. Fordoche No. 292. Good; one omission. Goldonna No. 293. Good. Belmont No. 294. Good two names omitted. Eros No. 295. Good. Hico No. 296. Correct; very good. Denham Springs No. 297. Correct; very good. The Committe recommend that the surrender of the charters of the following Lodges be accepted: Springhill No. 127, Darlington No. 149 and Bethany No. 223. Eespectfully submitted. GRAHAM SUBGHNOB, Chairman. J. C. DREW. FRANK CALDWELL,
Committee.
On motion, the report of the Committee was received and the recommendation adopted. WORK AND RETURNS OF LODGES, TJ. D.
The Committee oh Work and Eeturns of Lodges, U. D., submitted the following report: NEW ORLEANS, LA., February 5th, 1906. To theM. W. Grand Lodge, F.and A. M., of tte State of Louisiana:
Your Committee on Work and Eeturns of Lodges, U. D., respect
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fully report that they have examined the returns and papers of the following Lodges under dispensation and report as follows: Georgetown Lodge has made returns and paid degree tax and desires a charter. Has paid the required fee therefor and otherwise complied with the regulations. It has accomplished splendid results. Conferred 55 degrees. Hemphill Star Lodge has made returns and paid degree tax and applies for a charter. Has paid the required fee and complied with every regulation. Osiris Lodge has made returns and paid degree tax and desires a charter. Has paid the required fee therefor and complied with the regulations. This Lodge has accomplished good •work. Has conferred 64 degrees. Olla Lodge has made returns and paid degree tax and applies for a charter. Has paid the required fee therefor. Zwolle Lodge has made returns and paid degree tax and desires a charter. Has paid the required fee and complied with every regulation. St. Martin Lodge has reported and paid the degree tax and asks for a charter. Has paid the required fee. Has accomplished good results. Conferred 57 degrees. Gibbsland Lodge has made returns and paid tax for degrees and applies for a charter. Has paid the required fee and complied with the regulations. Rapides Lodge has reported and paid the degree tax and desires a charter. Has paid the required fee and complied with the regulations. Assumption Lodge has made returns and paid degree tax and desires a charter. Has paid the required fee therefor and done good work. Conferred 20 degrees. Concordia Lodge has made returns and paid degree tax and applies for a charter. Has paid the required fee therefor and accomplished good results. Conferred 31 degrees. Tallulah Lodge has failed to report and we have no information as to their intentions. Tensas and Leander Lodges have reported and paid the degree tax, and ask for a continuance of their dispensations. These Lodges have been laboring under adverse conditions and have had no opportunity for development. Your Committee have also received a petition for a new Lodge to be located at Trout, Parish of Catahoula. The petition is signed by sixteen brethren from Lodges of this and other jurisdictions. It is properly recommended by Charles F. Buck Lodge No. 260, and is highly endorsed by R. W. Bro. Henry E. Hardtner, D. D. G. M., for the District. Dispensation fee has been paid and all requirements complied with. Your Committee have also received a petition from certain brethren • at Slidell, La., asking for a dispensation to institute a new Lodge as that place. The petition is signed by seventeen Master Masons and it
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recommended by Covington Lodge No. 188, and is highly endorsed by: R. W. Bro. T. B. Bennett, D. D. G. M., Twenty-seventh Masonic District. The fee has been paid and all formalities complied with. Certain brethren at Eayne, La., are also asking for a dispensation to institute a new Lodge at that place. The dimits, certificates and fee are in the hands of the Grand Secretary, but the application has been returned on account of a slight informality and will be returned as soon as this is corrected. Your Committee append the following resolutions: Resolved, That charters be granted to the following Lodges now working under dispensation. Georgetown Lodge, at Georgetown, Parish of Grant. HemphillStar Lodge, at Wilda, Parish of Rapides. Osiris Lodge, at New Orleans, Parish of Orleans. Olla Lodge, at Olla, Parish of Catahoula. Zwolle Lodge, at Zwolle, Parish of Sabine. 8t. Martin Lodge, at St. Martinsville, Parish of St. Martin, to be called Albert Rousseau Lodge. Gibbsland Lodge, at Gibbsland, Parish of Bienville. Concordia Lodge, at Vidalia, Parish of Concordia. Rapides Lodge, at Poland, Parish of Rapides. Assumption Lodge, at Napoleonville, Parish of Assumption. JSesolved, That the dispensations of Tensas and Leander Lodges becontinued until the next Grand Lodge session. Resolved, That the petition of certain brethren for new Lodges at Trout, Rayne and Slidell be referred to the M. W. Grand Master, elected at this Annual Communication, for his action. Your Committee are unable at this time to submit any resolution with reference to Tallulah Lodge. We are of the opinion that their report has been delayed. We ask the privilege of submitting a supplementary report thereon. Fraternally submitted, R. W. RIOBDAN, Chairman. NEW ORLEANS, February 5, 1906. TO the M. W. Grand Lodge, F. and A. M., of the State of Louisiana:
Your Committee on Work and Returns of Lodges, U. D.j respect* fully present the following as a supplemental report: That Tallulah Lodge has made returns and paid degree tax and applies for a charter. Has paid the required fee therefor, but represents that owing to the fact that the date of their formation immediately preceded the outbreak of sickness during the past summer they have not been able to return any work accomplished, but anticipate good results in the near future. Your Committee would, therefore, offer the following resolution: Mesolved, That a charter be granted to Tallulah Lodge, at Tallulah, Parish of Madison, State of Louisiana. Fraternally submitted, R. W. RIOEDAN, Chairman. On motion, duly adopted, the resolution was received and_ action thereon deferred until session of to-morrow evening.
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APPEALS AND GRIEVANCES.
No report at this time. MASONIC LAW AND JURISPRUDENCE.
No report at this time. COMMITTEE ON WORK.
The Committee on Work submitted the following report: NEW ORLEANS, LA., February 5th, 1906. To theM. W. Grand Lodge, F. and A. M., of the State of Louisiana:
Your Committee on Work begs leave to report that, as per resolutions of the M. W. Grand Lodge to employ an additional Grand Lecturer to disseminate the work in this Grand Jurisdiction, your Committee, on June 1, 1905, selected R. W. Bro. J. H. Caldwell, of Sabine Lodge No. 75, as the additional Grand Lecturer, he having proven himself competent and certified toby this Committee to the Most Worshipful Grand Master, who at once appointed him under the resolution of this M. W. Grand Lodge. R. "W. Bro. Caldwell at once took up the promulgation of the work, dividing the State with R. W. Bro. C. T. Hines, Grand Lecturer, as agreed between them. A complete statement of the work performed by Bro. Caldwell since his appointment will be laid before this M. W. Grand Lodge in his report for your consideration. Your Committee on Work earnestly desires to impress on this M. W. Grand Lodge the great importance of having the officers of the Lodges thoroughly instructed in the work, and ask for your support and co-operation to that end. The system inaugurated by the Committee, we believe, has, and is producing good resultsand our Grand Lecturers by their earnest and zealous efforts are over; coming many obstacles, and are creating an enthusiasm among the Craft that will redound to the great good of Masonry throughout this Grand Jurisdiction. Your Committee desires to express to the M. W. Grand Master our great appreciation of his aid and helpfulness to this Committee in •carrying out the instructions of the M. W. Grand Lodge. In closing our report we desire to express our deep sorrow at the death of our Grand Lecturer, R. W. Bro. C. T. Hines. Bro. Hines was •especially close to the members of this Committee, and we will miss his wise counsel and thorough knowledge of the esoteric work at our •committee meetings; and with the brethren of this Grand Jurisdiction we mourn his loss, and will endeavor to emulate his virtues. Fraternally submitted, R. D. A. R.
H. R. C. R.
CAGE, GRAHAM, ALLEN, REID,
Committee.
On motion, the report was received and ordered printed.
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No report at this time.
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FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE.
E. W. Bro. H. C. Duncan, Chairman of the Committee, asked for further time, stating that owing to illness during the summer he had been unable to begin operations before November 1 and was unable to complete his work for this sessioD, and asked permission to submit his report at the close of the session and have the same printed in the proceedings. On motion, duly adopted, his request was granted. The Committee submitted the following supplemental report: Your Committee on Foreign Correspondence, to whom has been referred an application for recognition as a Grand Lodge upon the part of certain persons resident in Massachusetts, who do not belong to any Lodge recognized by the Grand Lodge of that jurisdiction, and which has been recognized by us for many years, and with whom we are in fraternal correspondence, have considered the same and recommend the adoption of the following resolution: Resolved, That this Grand Lodge declines to acknowledge as a Masonic body the body known as the St. John's Grand Lodge of Massachusetts. Fraternally submitted, HERMAN C. DUNCAN, Chairman.
On motion, the report was received and the resolution adopted. REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON PLAN OF MASONIC RELIEF.
The Committee on Plan of Masonic Belief, through its Chairman, W. Bro. J. C. Wickliffe, submitted the following report: NEW ORLEANS, LA., February 5, 1906.
To the M. W. the Grand Master of Masons, the R. W. the Grand Officers and Members of the M. W. the Grand Lodge of Louisiana:
Your undersigned Committee on Plan of Masonic Relief beg leaveto report as follows: At the Grand Communication held in February, 1905, the report made at that Grand Communication by this Committee was referredback to it with instructions to investigate further and again report at this Grand Communication. These orders we have obeyed. Our deductions and recommendations in our last report were based upon information which we had received from the following Grand Juris-" dictions, viz: Alabama, California, Colorado, Connecticut, District of
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Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indian Territory, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, Vermont, Wisconsin, West Virginia and Wyoming. Thirty-seven in all. This information was based upon the experiences of these Grand Jurisdictions with the question extending over many years. We next obtained from the Worshipful Masters of the Lodges in this j urisdiction information as to how many persons in the j urisdiction of their Lodges would be probable beneficiaries of such an institution. Only 78 Worshipful Masters answered our inquiries, but from those 78 we ascertained that there were, within the jurisdiction of those 78 Lodges, 44 persons who needed such a home. During the year which has just elapsed we have again communicated with the Grand Jurisdictions from which we had failed to hear before we made up our report last year, with the following result: We have heard from the Masonic authorities of Arkansas, Delaware, Indiana, Maryland, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Mexico, South Dakota, and Washington. We have also additional information from Alabama and Iowa. ARKANSAS. Has decided to establish a Home, and has created a fund by ordering all of the surplus revenues of the Grand Lodge, all the surplus revenues of their Temple and a special tax of one dollar each for each initiation and passing, and two dollars for each raising to be placed in such fund. Has created a Board of Home Trustees to consist of five members chosen by the Gracd Lodge and two chosen by the Order of the Eastern Star, and directed such board to, "as soon as in its judgment it is practicable," acquire, either by gift or purchase, suitable grounds for the erection of a Home. Masons in the jurisdiction, 16,000; Lodges, 600. DELAWARE. Grand Lodge dispenses no charity; all done by local Lodge. No Home. Masons in the jurisdiction, 2,668; Lodges, 22. INDIANA. Grand Lodge dispenses no charity; all done by subordinate Lodges. Committee appointed by Grand Lodge in May, 1905, to consider practicability of establishing a Home; to report at next session of Graud Lodge. MARYLAND. Has no Home. Most of charity work done by subordinate Lodges. Grand Lodge has a small charity fund, which is dispensed by a committee which makes no report of its action. Years ago had a Grand Charity Fund of $60,000.00, which was invested in Temple stock; the Temple burned and the Grand Charity Fund was wiped out. MISSISSIPPI. Has a Direct Relief Fund, which is obtained by a direct tax of eight cents per capita upon the brethren of the jurisdiction. The Grand Lodge has determined upon a change from that
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system to the Home system, and is now engaged in accumulating a fund for the purpose of building a Home, having accumulated the sum of $45,000.00 for the purpose. The Grand Secretary writes us that, but for the visitation of yellow fever last year, the Home would now be established. Since hearing from the Grand Secretary we have ascertained that Mississippi is now asking for bids for the Home. Masons in the jurisdiction, 12,244; Lodges, 304. NEW HAMPSHIRE. Our inquiries were referred to and answered by the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Masonic Home of this jurisdiction. He writes that no relief is. dispensed by the Grand Lodge except through the Home. They have ten inmates and are looking for more this coming spring. The Home cost, complete, $26,000.00, and was built and furnished by voluntary contributions. It is at present maintained by a per capita tax on the Craft (amount not stated), but a permanent maintenance fund is being created by voluntary contributions. The plan has been found eminently satisfactory. Masons in the jurisdiction, 9,565; Lodges, 79. NEW MEXICO. NO Home. No relief by Grand Lodge. All surplus of the Grand Lodge revenues is put into a fund denominated the "Charity Fund," which has now reached the sum of $3,500.00. The manner in which this fund is to be used has not yet been determined, but the Grand Secretary writes that "the probabilities are that when it reaches a sum that will warrant some action a Home may be the result." Masons in the jurisdiction, 1.4S4; Lodges, 25. SOUTH DAKOTA. Grand Lodge dispenses no relief; all done by local Lodge. Five per cent of the gross receipts of the Grand Lodge are placed in a Grand Charity Fund, which is not used at all, and its final destination has not yet been determined. The jurisdiction being young and most of the members of the Craft being young men, so the Grand Secretary writes, no need has yet been felt for a Home, and no thought has yet been given to what use will be finally made of the fund. WASHINGTON. At present the Grand Lodge dispenses relief by direct donations from Grand Lodge Charity Fund which is supplied by dispensation fees. The Grand Lodge has, however, determined upon changing to the Home system, and is now accumulating a fund for that purpose by a per capita tax of twenty-five cents upon each member of the Craft in the jurisdiction and an extra fee of one dollarr for each degree conferred. The Home Fund now amounts to $16,000.00. As soon as a sufficient amount has been accumulated the Home will be established. The additional information secured from Alabama and Iowa since we last heard from those jurisdictions and reported thereon in 1905, is as follows: ALABAMA. Up to the time of our last report in this jurisdiction •no relief at all was given by the Grand Lodge, either direct or by means
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•of a Home. Since then, at its last Annual Communication last December, the Grand Lodge has determined to build, equip and operate a Home. A committee of three Past Grand Masters was appointed to solicit and receive donations of money and property for the purpose, and a proposition was submitted to the subordinate Lodges to impose a one dollar per capita tax on every member of the Craft to be set apart as a fund for the establishment of the Home, in addition to the money raised by the committee of Past Grand Masters referred to above. IOWA. In our last report we reported that Iowa had no Home and that the Grand Lodge gave relief by direct donations of money, and that this plan was satisfactory to the Craft in that jurisdiction. Since then we have found that we were partially in error. While the Grand Lodge of Masons has not established a Home and does relieve by direct donations of money, we find that the Grand Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star in that State has, with the help of Master Masons and Masonic Lodges in Iowa, established and now has in operation, a Widows' and Orphans' Home for Iowa, and that not only the members of that Order, but members of our own Fraternity, are enthusiastic in its support. Summarizing the facts as set forth in this and our last report, we find as follows: The following Grand Jurisdictions either have Masonic Homes in actual operation, or have decided to build same and are raising the money necessary for the purpose: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida. Georgia, Illinois (2), Indian Territory, Kansas, Kentucky (2), Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey (2), New York (2), North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania (2), Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and Washington. The following give relief by direct donations of money by the Grand Lodge: Idaho, Iowa, Maine, Minnesota,Oregon, South Carolina, Vermont, Maryland and Wisconsin. In the. following jurisdictions the Grand Lodge does nothing whatever in the way of relief: District of Columbia, Nevada, Utah, West Virginia, Wyoming, South Dakota, Delaware and New Mexito. Of these three are raising funds for charity, but the manner in which they are to be employed, whether by direct relief or by a Home, has not yet been determined. One jurisdiction, Indiana, has appointed a committee to report upon the best method at the next Communication of the Grand Lodge. Thus, we see, that out of thirty-seven jurisdictions who dispense relief by the Grand Lodge, twenty-eight of them have adopted the Home system as the best, while only nine adhere to the direct relief system. And of the twenty-eight which have adopted the Home system as the best, nearly half of them had tried the direct relief system and abandoned it, while in two of the nine, which still have the direct relief system, the sentiment is in favor of abandoning it for a Home.
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We, therefore, think we are justified in saying that the very large majority of Masonic opinion all over the United States, based upon Masonic experience, is heavily in favor of the Home method of relief. And we find that this is largely due to the fact that, by the Home method, not only the bodies of the children, but their minds and hearts as well, can be cared for; that with the Home method we have the means to see, ourselves, that the wards of the Craft are properly raised, educated and fitted for the battle of life, and that we will be better able, after they have arrived at the age when they must depend upon themselves, to give them a start in life which will overcome the handicap they are under from having no father to place and push them during the first few years of the struggle with the world. As to the question of the expense. If the matter of comparative cost is to be taken into consideration we are frank to admit that we could " board out" our dead brothers' orphans perhaps a little cheaper than we could keep them in a Home. We find, taking the reports of the Homes from which we have heard as a basis, that the average cost per inmate of maintaining a Home is about $165.00 per annum. The cost in the different Homes ranges all the way from 177.00 per capita per annum in Tennessee to 1250.00 per capita per annum in Pennsylvania, the difference being in a measure due to the difference in climate, cost of food, etc. It is possible that we could have food and clothing (about which we would have to take the word of the party furnishing it) for the children at, perhaps, $100.00 per year. But this makes no provision for their education and moral training,. both of which we deem of the highest importance. And it seems to us that the extra $65.00 per year would be well expended in seeing that our helpless wards were properly brought up and fully equipped for the time when they must stand alone. « As to the need for a Home. As we reported last year, seventyeight Worshipful Masters have reported to us that there are within the jurisdictions of their Lodges forty-four persons who would be proper beneficiaries of such an institution. That was one year ago, and from less than half of our Lodges. By this time that number has, no doubt, increased, and we think we may safely estimate it at fifty at the present time. As to the means of the Grand Lodge to do this work. We do not find any necessity for laying any extra tax or expense upon the Craft to accomplish this purpose. We find that nearly every sister Grand Jurisdiction which has built, or is preparing to build a Home, has cheerfully borne the burden of increased taxation to do it, and are proud of the fact that they have done so. But we can do this in Louisiana without any such sacrifice. There is at this moment an actual cash balance in the treasury of the Grand Lodge of $3,155.56 from the receipts of last year, after paying all that year's expenses and retiring the last of the Temple bonds.
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And this in face of the fact that last year the Grand Lodge dues were lowered by a half dollar per capita. In January, 1905, there was paid to retire the last of the Temple bonds the sum of $6,400.00, out of the revenues of 1905. Had there been no Temple bonds the balance in the treasury to-day would have been |9,555.56. And, as there are no more such bonds to pay, we can confidently look, this year and every succeeding year, for at least that much of a surplus. Thus we find that the concensus of Masonic opinion is heavily in favor of the Home method. There exists at this moment a need for a Home in this jurisdiction. There are means at hand for its establishment without any extra taxation upon the Craft. In addition, we are strongly of the opinion that such a fund would be largely increased by donations. We also find that there are a number of brethren in this jurisdiction who are in favor of relief by means of direct donations from the Grand Lodge. We are, therefore, still in favor of trying both methods, or, rather, a combination of both methods, in this jurisdiction, as we have the means to do both. We are unalterably opposed to creating any debt to get a Home, but want to see it built only when we can do so without incurring one cent of debt. We, therefore, draw the following conclusions: First. That there is work for this Grand Lodge to do in this jurisdiction in the way of giving, not charity, but help, aid and assistance to worthy, distressed Master Masons, their widows and orphans. Second. That this can be done, either, by means of the establishment and maintenance of a Home, or by direct donations of money to individuals, or by both, without adding anything to the burdens of the Craft by way of additional taxation. Third. That steps should be taken at once to accomplish this end. We further find that under conditions as they at present exist in this Grand Jurisdiction a combination of the two systems should be established for the present, and to this end the Committee recommends: First. That this Grand Lodge direct that all the revenues from the Temple, after the payment of the running expense thereof, including improvements and repairs, be placed in a separate fund to be known as "The Masonic Home Fund," and which shall be invested as hereafter directed, the interest accruing therefrom to be added to the fund as it accrues. Second. That the surplus from the general funds of the Grand Lodge at the end of each year shall be put into a fund to be known as "The Direct Relief Fund" for the following year, out of which the "Direct Relief Committee," as hereinafter provided, shall dispense relief during that year. That at the end of each year the amount left in the Direct Relief Fund shall be transferred to the Masonic Home Fund. Third. That the M. W. the Grand Master, the R. W. the Deputy Grand Master, the R. W. the Grand Senior Warden and the R. W. the
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•Grand Junior Warden, shall constitute the Direct Relief Committee, any one of whom shall constitute a quorum, whose business it shall be to dispense relief from the Direct Relief Fund, under such rules as said Committee shall adopt. Fourth. That the M. W. the Grand Master shall appoint eight Past Masters, who, with himself, shall constitute the Board of Trustees of the Masonic Home Fund; two of said Past Masters shall be appointed for one year, two for two years, two for three years and two' for four years, and the vacancies at the end of the terms of the members shall then be filled by appointment for four years; all vacancies caused by deaths or resignation shall be filled by appointment by the M. W. the Grand Master for the unexpired term. That the Board of Trustees of the Masonic Home Fund shall cause to be invested the money in said fund in safe interest-bearing securities, and shall re-invest the interest when same comes in. It shall receive all donations and subscriptions to said fund and shall invest same in the same manner. It shall also appoint a Financial Agent, who shall be empowered to solicit and receive subscriptions to said fund, which shall be turned over to said Board of Trustees to be placed in said fund as above provided Said Financial Agent shall have authority to appoint representatives in each subordinate Lodge in this jurisdiction to solicit and receive subscriptions, who shall report to said Financial Agent. Said Financial Agent shall once in each year, during the first week in January, report to said Board of Trustees his actions during the year, giving a list of subscriptions received by him, showing the name and amount subscribed by each person or body to said fund' during the year. Said Board of Trustees shall during the third week in January make out a report to the M. W. the Grand Lodge, which shall include the report of the Financial Agent, and said report shall be printed as a part of the Grand Lodge proceedings, including the report of the Financial Agent, and a sufficient number of copies thereof in pamphlet form shall also be printed and sent the subordinate Lodges to furnish a copy to each and every orother desiring one. Said Trustees and Financial Agents shall receive no compensation whatever for their services. Fifth. That whenever the money in the Masonic Home Fund shall amount to the sum of fifty thousand dollars the Grand Lodge shall proceed to provide, equip and open the Masonic Home for Aged Masons and Masonic Widows and Orphans. The Committee appends as appropriate resolutions these hereto attached which were referred back to it at the last Communication, and recommends their adoption. Fraternally submitted, JNO. C. WICKLIFFE, P. M., Chairman.
<}EO. W. BOOTH, P. M. A. STBEG, P. M. G. PASSALAQUA, P. M. R. J. MCQUISTON, P. M."
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The following are the resolutions referred to in report of: Committee on Plan of Masonic Belief: Resolved, That all of the revenues derived from the Temple, afterthe payment of the running expenses thereof, including improvements and repairs, shall be placed by the-Grand Treasurer and Grand Secretary in a separate Relief Fund to be known as "The Masonic Home Fund." Resolved, That the surplus from the general funds of this Grand' Lodge, at the end of each year, shall be put by the Grand Secretary and Grand Treasurer into a fund to be known as 'The Direct Relief Fund" for the following year, out of which shall be dispensed relief during saidlast named year, and at the end of the said last named year, any balance left in said "Direct Relief Fund" unexpended shall be transferred by the Grand Secretary and Grand Treasurer to "The Masonic Home Fund." Resolved, That whenever the money in the Masonic Home Fund shall amount to the sum of fifty thousand dollars this Grand Lodge will proceed to build and equip a Masonic Home for Aged Masons and Masonic Widows and Orphans in this jurisdiction. Resolved, That the M. W. the Grand Master appoint eight Past Masters, who, with himself, shall constitute the Board of Trustees of theMasonic Home Fund; two of said Past Masters shall be appointed for one year, two for two years, two for three years and two for four years, and the vacancies at the end of the terms of the members shall be filled by appointment by the M. W. the Grand Master for four years; all vacancies caused by deaths or resignations shall be filled by the M. W. the Grand Master by appointment for the unexpired term. Resolved, That the Board of Trustees of the Masonic Home Fund shall cause the money in the Masonic Home Fund to be invested in safe, interest-bearing securities, and shall re-invest the interest when same comes in. It shall receive all subscriptions and donations to said fund and shall invest them in like manner. Resolved, That the Board of Trustees of the Masonic Home Fund shall appoint a Financial Agent who shall be empowered to solicit and receive subscriptions and donations to said Masonic Home Fund, which shall be turned over immediately to the said Board of Trustees to be placed in said fund and invested as above provided. Said Financial Agent shall have authority to appoint representatives in each subordinate Lodge to solicit and receive subscriptions and donations, who shall report to said Financial Agent. Said Financial Agent shall, during the first week in January each year, report to said Board-of Trustees his actions during the preceding year, giving a list of subscriptions and donations received by him, showing the name and amount subscribed or donated by each person or body to said fund during said year. Said Board of Trustees shall, during the third week in January of each year, make out a report to the M. W. the Grand Lodge, showing the condition of said Masonic Home Fund, which report shall include the report in full of the Financial Agent, and sa'd report, including the report of the P'inancial Agent in full, shall be printed as a part of the Grand Lodge proceedings, and a sufficient number of copies thereof shall be printed in pamphlet form and sent to the subordinate Lodges to fur^ nish a copy to each and every brother desiring one.
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Besolved, That said Trustees and Financial Agents shall receive no compensation whatever for their services. By the Committee on Plan of Masonic Relief: Besolved, That the M. W. the Grand Master, the B. W. the Deputy Grand Master, the B.W. the Grand Senior Warden and the B. W. the Grand Junior "Warden shall constitute the Direct Belief Committee, any one of whom shall constitute a quorum, which committee is empowered to dispense relief from the Direct Belief Fund under such rules as said Committee may adopt. On motion, the report was received and action deferred until to-morrow evening, with the exception of resolutions Nos. 1 and 2, which, were refered to the Committee on Audits and Accounts. RESOLUTION BY W. BEO. JOHN C. WICKLIFFE.
W. Bro. John -C. Wickliffe, of George Washington Lodge No. 65, offered at the last Annual Grand Session, a resolution to rent the use of Lodge rooms in the Masonic Temple to Chapters of the Order of the Eastern Star, which came up under the head of unfinished business, and action thereon was deferred until to-morrow evening. RESOLUTION BY W. BEO. THOMAS W. CATE.
W. Bro. Thomas W. Cate, of Livingston Lodge No. 160, offered the following resolution: He it Besolved, By the Grand Lodge F, and A. M. of Louisiana, that Section 5 of Article IV of the Constitution, creating the office of Grand Lecturer be stricken out. Upon motion, the resolution was received and action thereop deferred until the next Annual Grand Session. COMMUNICATION FROM THE GRAND CONSISTORY 32°, STATE OF LOUISIANA.
NEW ORLEANS, L A . , February 3, 1906. Capt. L, P. Delahoussaye, Grand Master of Masons, City:
Bear Sir and Most Worshipful Brother—Vs, affords me pleasure, as the Venerable Grand Master of Kadosh, of the Grand Consistory of Louisiana, to transmit to you and through you to the Most Worshipful the Grand Lodge, F. and A. M,, of Louisiana, the enclosed resolutions, unanimously adopted by the Grand Consistory, Friday evening, Feb» ruarv 2d.
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This voluntary act, on the part of the Scottish JRite Maf ons of Louisiana, is the best proof of our loyalty to our Grand Lodge, to whom, we are ever ready to render every service in our power. With expressions of the highest esteem, I am, Most Worshipful sir and brother, Sincerely and Fraternally Yours, Gus. D. LEVY,
V. O. M. ofKadoah, A. and A. S. E. M. Grand Consistory of Louisiana 3f. Resolved, That this Body,, the Grand Consistory of Louisiana, Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, in the event that the Grand Lodge of Louisiana, of Free and Accepted Masons, sell its present building, at the corner of St. Charles and Perdido streets, and should desire, in such event, to purchase the site and property ef this Consistory, on Carondelet street, -between Lafayette and Girod streets, as a site for the erection of a new Temple, that the Venerable Grand Master of Kadosh be, and he is hereby authorized, to inform the Grand Master of Masons that for such purpose this Consistory would be willing and ready to sell its said property to the Grand Lodge for the price paid for same, with all interest and expenses incurred by this Consistory in connection therewith provided in the erection of a new Masonic Temple, provision be made to the satisfaction of this Consistory by constructing the entire upper floor according to its requirement, subject to the approval of the architects as to feasibility in the general plan; also separate office or offices on the ground floor, or on the same floor with the offices of the Grand Lodge or other Masonic bodies; Resolved, further, That the Venerable Grand Master of Kadosh of this Consistory be and he is authorized to communicate this action of the Consistory to the Grand Master of Masons of Louisiana; Resolved, That under his supervision this matter be referred to the existing Cathedral Committee, with power to carry out the object of these resolutions and act in all matters pertinent thereto, as occasion may require. Fraternally submitted, Gus. D. LEVY,
32° K. C. C. H. V. O. M. of Kadosh, Grand Consistory of Louisiana.
On motion, same was received and action thereon deferred until to-morrow evening. COMMUNICATION FEOM GRAND CHAPTEB, ORDEE OF THE EASTEEN STAR.
N E W ORLEANS, February 1st, 1906. To the M. W. Grand Master, Grand Wardens and Grand Representatives of the M. W. Grand Lodge of Louisiana, F. and A. M,:
Greeting—The Grand Chapter, Order, of the Eastern Star of Louisiana, extend fraternal greetings, and offers its services in any good work that the Fraternity may desire tcr promulgate in the interest of those charities so dear to the Mason's heart. Should this session of the Grand Lodge, F. and A. M., decide on the founding of a Masonic Home, it will find us ready with heart and hands to assist in any way the Grand Lodge may direct.
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May the labors of the Grand Lodge in this, its Communication, beblessed, and the great field of Masonry, in its fraternal love, unity and peace, strengthened by its deliberations and wise counsels. For the generous recognilion that the Masonic Fraternity have accorded the Order of the Eastern Star, we, at this time, desire to thank you, for the fruitage has been rich and the ties of brotherly love have been strengthened. With best wishes for the Grand Lodge, F. and A. M., of Louisiana, its Grand Officers and members, and its prosperity in the great future,. I remain, Respectfully and fraternally, MRS. CATHERINE B. WAKEFIELD,
Worthy Grand Matron. ATTEST: EVA C. WRIGHT,
Grand Secretary, Grand Chapter of Louisiana, O. E. S. On motion, duly adopted, same was received and ordered printed. COMMUNICATION FROM ROB. MORRIS CHAPTER NO. 1, ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR.
The following communication was received from Eob. MorrisChapter No. 1, Order of the Eastern Star: ROB. MORRIS CHAPTER NO. 1., O. E. S. OFFICE OF SECRETARY, 1734 WASHINGTON AVE., N E W ORLEANS, FEBY. 1ST, 1906.
To the M. W. Grand Master, Grand Wardens and Grand Representatives of the M. W. the Grand Lodge of Louisiana, F. and A.M.:
Greeting—1 am directed by Rob. Morris Chapter No. 1., O. E. S., to extend to you their fraternal greetings and to offer their services in any good work the Grand Lodge of Louisiana, F. and A. M., may direct in the great interest of charity. Our hands are ready to labor any time you may require. We thank you for past interest in our Chapter and hope the Grand Lodge, F. and A. M., will call upon Rob. Morris Chapter whenever there is work that requires a woman's heart and womanly wisdom. With best wishes for a happy Communication and increased prosperity, I am, Respectfully, EVA C. W E I G H T ,
Sec'ty Bob. Morris Chapter No. 1., O. E.S. On motion, duly adopted, same was ordered printed. The Grand Master ordered appropriate replies sent to each of the above bodies.
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.RESOLUTION BY W. BRO. IVAN F. SEIKMANN.
The following resolution was offered by W. Bro. Ivan F. Seikmann, of Perfect Union Lodge No. 1: NEW ORLEANS, February 5, 1906. To the M. W. Grand Lodge, F. and A. M., 8tate of Louisiana:
Realizing the embarrassing position in which the various Lodges have found themselves placed, and the injustice done to the brethren by the too liberal interpretation of the actual meaning of Sec. 14, Art. I l l of the General Regulations, page 50, whereby the Lodge is forced to keep a brother in good standing for two years, three months' notice of intention to suspend if not paid, making a total of twenty-seven months before he can be summoned by the Lodge to appear or state in writing his inability, and thereby accord the Lodge that relief to which it is duly entitled and which is expected by the brethren, to the end that this obstacle may be removed and justice be done both the brother and the Lodge, thereby relieving the embarrassing position sooner, making a brother only indebted for fifteen months instead of twentyseven months, I submit the following resolution: Resolved, That in the future the interpretation of Section 14, Article III, on page 50, of the General Regulations, will be strictly in accordance with its reading to the letter, viz: Any member of a Lodge indebted for one year's dues or assessments, or, if a life member for assessments, may be summoned by the Lodge in writing (stating the amount due) and directed to pay the said amount within three months, or to show, in person or in writing, satisfactory cause why the same has not been done. After the expiration of the said three months should he fail to appear or satisfactorily respond, then, at a stated meeting of the Lodge, on proof being made of the said indebtedness and failure to comply with the order of the Lodge, he may be suspended from all his rights and privileges by a twothirds vote of the members present; provided, a brother suspended for non-payment of dues may, by a majority vote, be reinstated at any stated meeting on payment, or remission, or part payment, or part remission of the amount due at the time of suspension, provided no charges be then pending against him. Fraternally submitted, IVAN F. SIEKMANN.
On motion, the resolution was received and action thereon deferred until to-morrow. LABOR SUSPENDED.
There being nothing further at this time to occupy the Grand Lodge, labor was suspended until to-morrow evening at 6:30 o'clock, after prayer by the W. Grand Chaplain, Eev. Dr. Herman C. Duncan. GL6
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The M. W. Grand Lodge, Tree and Accepted Masons, of the State of Louisiana, after prayer by Eev. Bro. Herman CopeDuncan, Grand Chaplain, was called from refreshment to labor by the M. W. Grand Master, Louis P. Delahonssaye, on this,. Tuesday, February 6, 1906, at 6:30 o'clock p. M. GRAND OFFICERS PEESENT.
All of the Grand Officers were present and in their stations^ PAST GRAND OFFICERS PRESENT.
Past Or and Masters—D. E. Graham, Chas. F. Buck, A. C. Allen,. B. H. Cage, E. E. Eeid. GRAND REPRESENTATIVES PEESENT.
Arizona, Connecticut, Canada, Colorado, CostaEica, Cuba, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indian Territory, Maryland, Mississippi, North Dakota, Nebraska, Nova Scotia, New Mexico, New Hampshire, Peru, Ehode Island, Tennessee, Vermont, Victoria, Washington, West Virginia, Western Australia, Wisconsin, District of Columbia. ROLL CALL OF CHARTERED LODGES. P. TJ. 1, 5, 24, 28, 31, 38, 47, 51, 53, 54, 57, 58, 59, 75, 76, 79, 83, 84, 89, 95, 101, 106, 108, 111, 115, 117, 122, 125, 126,133, 135, 136,143, 145, 147, 15.1, 152, 156, 168, 172, 175, 179, 184, 188, 191, 193, 198, 205, 208, 212, 213, 214, 217, 220, 229, 231, 232, 233, 234, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 247, 248, 249, 250, 2.51, 252, 253, 258, 260, 261, 263, 264, 265, 269, 270, 271, 273, 276, 277, 278, 279, 280, 281, 283, 284, 285, 287, 288, 289, 290, 291, 294, 296, 297.
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One hundred and three Lodges and a constitutional quorum being present, the M. W. Grand Master, Louis P. Delahoussaye, declared labor resumed. MINUTES OE "FIRST DAY'S SESSION."
The minutes of the "First Day's Session" were read and approved. EEPOETS OF STANDING COMMITTEES. AUDIT AND ACCOUNTS.
The Committe on Audit and Accounts submitted the following report: NEW OKLEANS, LA., February 6, 1906. ' To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge, F. and A. M., of Louisiana:
Your Committee on Audit and Accounts, referring to the various recommendations of the Most Worshipful Grand Master, and other resolutions submitted at the session of the Grand Lodge, held February 5, 1906, respectfully report: First. That in their opinion strict conservatism should be observed in the administration of the funds of the Fraternity in view of present negotiations regarding the sale of the Grand Lodge building and the erection of a new edifice for the accommodation of the various Masonic bodies in this jurisdiction and city. Second. The Grand Master's report, page 26: That we do not approve of devoting the whole revenue, after the deduction of expenses, to charitable purposes in the relief of worthy distressed members of the Order, etc., but we do approve and recommend that instead of the sum of $2,000.00 placed at the command of the W'orshipful Grand Master last year same be increased to the sum of |2,500.00 to be distributed for the relief of worthy distressed brothers, their widows and orphans, their mothers and daughters, as the Worshipful Grand Master sees fit to dispense. Third. On the recommendation of the Worshipful Grand Master (his report, page 28), we recommend that the salary cf the Grand Secretary be increased to the sum of $2,500.00 per annum. Fourth. Refering to the recommendation of the Worshipful Grand Master (his report, page 35), we recommend in view of the high standard of our servants, our Grand Lecturers, the enlargement of the appropriation of $3,000.00 as appears in the budget for the ensuing year, to $3,600.00 per year. Fifth. We recommend that the item appearing "Special Permanent Fund Cemetery, $2,941.00", as per our report on estimate of expenditures, be invested as a separate deposit in savings bank, there to derive revenue and to remain as a special fund.
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Sixth. Referring to the various resolutions annexed hereto, marked 1 and 2, we beg to report unfavorably. 1. Resolved, That all the revenues derived from the Temple, after the payment of the running expenses thereof, including improvements and repairs, shall be placed by the Grand Treasurer and Grand Secretary in a separate Relief Fund to be known as "The Masonic Home Fund." $. Resolved, That the surplus from the general funds of this Grand Lodge, at the end of each year, shall be put by the Grand Secretary and Grand Treasurer into a fund to be known as "The Direct Relief Fund" for the following year, out of which shall be dispensed relief during said last named year, and at the end of the said last named year, any balance lefc in said "Direct Relief Fund" unexpended shall be transferred by the Grand Secretary and Grand Treasurer to ' 'The Masonic Home Fund." Fraternally submitted, THOMAS D. STEWART, Chairman. LEWIS F. KOFFSKEY, CHAS F. BUCK, J R .
On motion, the report of the Committee was received and recommendations adopted. WORK AND RETURNS OF CHARTERED LODGES.
The report of this Committee was submitted with the recommendation that the surrender of the charters of the following Lodges be accepted. Spring Hill Lodge No. 127, Bethany Lodge No. 123. On motion, the recommendation was duly adopted. WORK AND RETURNS OF LODGES, U. D. The resolutions submitted by this Committee were now taken up for consideration and, on motion, same were adopted, excepting that application by Osiris Lodge, U. D., for a charter, was deferred until to-morrow's session, being recommitted to this Committee. MASONIC LAW AND JURISPRUDENCE.
The Committee submitted the following report which, on motion, duly adopted, was received, approved and ordered printed in proceedings: NEW ORLEANS, February 6,1906. "To the M. W. Grand Lodge, F. and A. M., of the State of Louisiana:
Your Committee on Masonic Law and Jurisprudence beg leave to report that the matter suggested in the resolution submitted by Bernice
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Lodge No. 239, regarding the reinstatement of Masons to membership, who have lost or abandoned their membership many years ago and are now over sixty years of age, cannot be acted on by this Grand Lodge, except by a change of Grand Lodge regulations, and your Committee dtem it inexpedient to recommend such action. Fraternally submitted, CHARLES F. BUCK, Chairman. DAVID R. GKAHAM, A. C. ALLEN, ROBERT R. REID.
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FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE.
No report at this time. COMMITTEE ON WORK.
No report at this time. COMMITTEE ON NECROLOGY.
No report. RESOLUTION DONATING $750.00 TO LOUISIANA RELIEF LODGE.
M. W. Bro. Eobert Cage, P. G. M., submitted the following resolution: Resolved, That the donation of this Grand Lodge to Louisiana Relief Lodge be increased to seven hundred and fifty dollars this year instead of five hundred dollars (as at present), as shown by the Audit and Accounts Committee in their budget. On motion, the resolution was duly adopted. RESOLUTION BY W. BRO. JOHN PULESTON. W. Bro. John Puleston, of Amite City Lodge No. 175, submitted the following resolution: WHEREAS, It is now thoroughly recognized that the recommendation made at our last Annual Communication by the Committee on Work, authorizing the Grand Master to appoint an additional Grand Lecturer has resulted in much benefit to our beloved Fraternity; therefore, be it Resolved, That the said recommendation of the Committee on Work be continued for the year 1906, and that said additional Grand Lecturer receive the same salary as the Grand Lecturer elect. On motion, the resolution was duly adopted. R. \V. Bro. Fred. C. Marsh, of Franklin Lodge No. 57, submitted the following resolution: NEW ORLEANS, LA., February 6th, 1906.
The undersigned would respectfully beg to offer the following resolution : WHEREAS, It is an acknowledged fact that for a number of years
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this Grand Lodge has been laboring under a burdensome debt and was unable to pay its Grand Secretary a salary commensurate with the arduous duties of his office; AND WHEREAS, AS Bro. Richard Lambert has cheerfully performed these duties for the salary fixed by the Grand Lodge, thereby materially assisting in liquidating its debts; AND WHEREAS, This Grand Lodge now finds itself in a position to do tardy justice to this worthy brother; therefore, be it Resolved, That the sum of $1,000.00 be and is hereby appropriated out of its General Fund to be paid over to Bro. Richard Lambert as a slight token of this Grand Lodge's appreciation of his past services. SAMUEL WOLF,
W. M., Jefferson Lodge No. 191. WM. P. MILLER,
W. M., Quitman Lodge No. 76. S. T. MCCARDELL, J R ,
W. M., Franklin Lodge No. 57. DAVID W. GOURNER,
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On motion, the resolution was duly adopted. Bro. Richard Lambert having retired temporarily, the Grand Master appointed E. W. Bros. Marsh and L. C. Allen to escort him into the Grand Lodge room, and M. W. Bro. A. C. Allen, of Franklin Lodge No. 57, P. G. M., then addressed Bro. Lambert, in substance, as follows: "Words are not adequate to express the full meaning of compliment and appreciation intended to you by this Grand Lodge of Masons, which you have seen grow from a small beginning to its present proportions. "For a number of years this Grand Jurisdiction has labored under a burden of debt, consequent upon the building of this Masonic Temple and its subsequent maintenance. We have it to say, and it is a matter of record, that when you were approached in regard to certain matters of retrenchment which would further the interest of the cause which we had most at heart that you had no hesitation in including your own salary. "As a small token of the appreciation of this Grand Lodge of the sacrifice by you then made, and under which you have labored for a number of years, I am directed by the Grand Master to state to you that an appropriation of $1,000.00 has just been passed as a small token and to show their deep appreciation of the services which you have rendered in the past to this M. W. the Grand Lodge of Louisiana." Bro. Lambert responded and thanked the Grand Lodge very appropriately and assured them of his deep appreciation. E. W. Bro. L. E. Thomas, of Caddo Lodge No. 179, submitted the following resolution: II olved, That at each Annual Grand Communication of the
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M. W. Grand Lodge there be appointed by the Grand Master elect a suitable member of the Craft, who shall be designated as the Grand Orator, and who shall at the next Annual Communication on the second night of the session deliver an appropriate Masonic address for the •edification of the Craft and to advance knowledge in our well beloved and mystic art. • On motion, the resolution was duly adopted. E. W. Bro. Lee E. Thomas, submitted the following resolution: Be it Resolved, 'that the Grand Secretary procure, and have placed in his office, enlarged pictures of our esteemed and lamented brethren, K. W. John C. Gordy and R. "W. Curtis T. Hines, Grand Lecturers, who have served the Craft so long and faithfully and that the necessary amount be appropriated to pay for the same.
Upon motion, the resolution was drily adopted. The resolution presented at the last Annual Grand Session by W. Bro. John C. Wickliffe, of George Washington Lodge No. 65, action upon which was deferred until this year, came up and w,as unanimously adopted. The resolution provided that the Board of Grand Lodge Hall Directors.are hereby authorized to rent the use of Lodge rooms in the Masonic Temple to Chapters of the Order of the Eastern Star and that the edict against joint •occupancy shall not apply to the occupation of Lodge rooms in the Masonic Temple at New Orleans by such Chapters. RESOLUTION BY W. BRO. EDWAKD EVERETT.
W. Bro. Edward Everett, of Union Fraternal Lodge No. 53, introduced the following resolution: Resolved, That all Lodges that have paid dues and are represented at this Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge be allowed mileage; provided, that this resolution shall Dot be construed as repealing the one adopted last year, requiring all dues to be paid ten days previous to the Grand Lodge session.
Upon motion, the resolution was duly adopted. The resolution of W. Bro. Ivan F. Seikmann, of Perfect Union Lodge No. 1, laid over from yesterday's session, was, upon motion, duly adopted, referred to the Committee on Masonic Law and Jurisprudence for their recommendation.
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The following report was submitted by, Committee on State of the Order: , : •'; NEW ORLEANS, LA., February 6,1906.To the M. W. Grand Lodge, State of Louisiana, P. and A. M,:
Brethren—Your Committee on the State of the Order, begs leave respectfully to report, that we have had under careful consideration the subject-matter in the address of the Most Worshipful Grand Master, under the head of "Plan of Masonic Relief," and that we concur with the Grand Master in the expression, that "the time has not yet arrived when jin institution in the form of a Home is desirable or needful." We also agree with him, that the time is "auspicious when we should add yearly to our special relief fund, until it shall amount to not less than fifty thi usand dollars, so that if in the wisdom of future years, we should require a Masonic Home, the money would be available to erect same." In keeping with this suggestion, we would respectfully submit that the nucleus of a fund of fifty thousand dollars can be established by the appropriation of, say 20 per cent., the net surplus of revenues of each year, the interest on which could be applied in the form of direct relief and finally eventuating in the establishment of a Home, if it be determined upon. We realize that the subject-matter is of too much consequence to be passed upon by any committee of this Most Worshipful Grand Lodge, and therefore should be refened to the Committee of the Whole. Fraternally, D. R. GRAHAM, R. H. CAGE, F. C. MARSH.
On motion, the report of the Committee was received. On motion of B. W. Bro. F. C. Marsh, of Franklin Lodge No. 57, that the Grand Lodge resolve itself into a Committee of the Whole, the motion was duly adopted. Upon motion that the recommendation of the Committee be adopted, M. W. Bro. Eoberi; E. Beid, of Amite City Lodge No. 175, offered the following substitute: WHEREAS, This Grand Lodge has been for many years in debt as a result of building the present Masonic Temple; and WHBEEAS, This indebtedness was a heavy burden upon the constituent Lodges and the Craft generally in the jurisdiction; and WHEREAS, This indebtedness of the Grand Lodge has been but very recently extinguished and the burden thereof removed from the sonstituent Lodges and Craft, and now relieved of the burden, the subordinate Lodges are manifesting a strong desire and intention of
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building homes for v> themselves and improving their homes already owned; and ' WHEREAS, It is unwise at this time for this Grand Lodge to incur any new debt and impose any new burden on the subordinate Lodges of this jurisdiction; therefore, be it Resolved, That the sum of $6,000.00 is hereby appropriated out of the revenues of this Grand Lodge for each and every year, beginning with the year 1906, as a Masonic Relief Fund, of whi ch sum the M. W. Grand Master shall have authority to use $2,500.00 for each year for relief of aged and indigent Master Masons and the widows and orphans of deceased brethren, under such regulations and restrictions as may be established and the unused remainder shall.be invested by the M. W. Grand Master, Grand Treasurer and Grand Secretary in interest-bearing securities, and carried for account of a permanent relief fund, until such time as the amount to ci'edit of such fund shall amount in principal and interest to $50,000.00, at which time this Grand Lodge shall make a permanent investment of this fund for Masonic relief, as in its judgment it shall then appear to be best for the Craft. W. Bro. A. B. Booth, proxy for Milford Lodge No. 117, offered the following amendment which was accepted by E. W. Bro. Beid: That any, or all donations, or subscriptions that may be given to the Grand Lodge for the establishment of a Masonic Home, shall be received and set aside and accumulated principal and interest reserved for that purpose alone. Upon motion, the substitute as amended was adopted. M. W. Bro. Charles P. Buck, on behalf of the Board of Grand Lodge Hall Directors, read a communication from Messrs. Danziger & Tessier, real estate agents, offering a bid of $160,000.00 for the purchase of the Temple building, on terms of $40,000.00 cash and notes of 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 years, bearing 5 per cent, interest, and moved that the communication be received. Upon motion, the same was adopted. RESOLUTION BY W. BRO. M. V. JACOBSON.
W. Bro. M. P. Jacobson, of Shreveport Lodge ISTo. 13 5f offered the following resolution: WHEREAS, The construction of the Temple imposed a heavy debt upon the Craft of this State, which hung like a heavy pall upon our beloved Order and imposed serious burdens upon the membership; AND WHEREAS, The present Temple is producing a revenue equal to 7 per cent, on $175,000 00, and our rentals increased 20 per cent, last year and our property is enhancing in value and the erection of another Temple and the sale of this is fraught with much uncertainty; therefore, be it Resolved, That it is the sentiment of this M. W. Grand Lodge that we at this time refuse to sell our property and that the Board of Grand
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Lodge Hall Directors improve and renovate the same to suit our needs at this time to such an extent as they in their wisdom may determine, Upon motion, the satne was adopted. FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE.
Eev. Bro. H. C. Duncan. Chairman of Committee on Foreign • Correspondence, submitted following report: NEW ORLEANS, February 6, 1906. To the M. W. Grand Lodge, F. and A.M., of the State of Louisiana:
Brethren—Your Committee on Foreign Correspondence has carefully considered the matter of the issuance of Commissions to Grand Representatives and to reception of Representatives accredited by other Grand Lodges to this Grand Lodge, which were referred to us, and recommend the adoption of the following resolutions: Resolved, That the action of the M. W. Grand Master in the appointment of Representatives near other Grand Lodges be and is hereby approved; Resolved, That the Representatives of other Grand Lodges, recently ; appointed as such near this Grand Lodge, be received and fraternally welcomed. Fraternally submitted, HERMAN C. DUNCAN,
Chairman. On motion, the resolution was duly adopted. RESOLUTION BY T H E COMMITTEE ON AUDIT AND ACCOUNTS.
The Committee on Audit and Accounts submitted the following report: lie it Resolved, That the sum of $250.00, as recommended by the "Grand Master, be donated to the relief of our co-religionists of Russia of the Jewish faith. , THOS. D. STEWART,
Chairman. On motion, duly adopted, the subject-matter was recommitted to the Committee. LABOR SUSPENDED.
There being nothing further at this time before the Grand Lodge, labor was suspended until to-morrow evening at 6.30 o'clock, after prayer by Eev. Bro. H. C. Duncan, Grand •Chaplain.
THIRD DAY'S SESSION. GRAND LODGE HALL, ) February 7, 1906. j
ORLEANS, LA.,
The M. W. Grand Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, of the State of Loitisiana, after prayer by the Rev. Bro. Herman C. Duncan, Grand Chaplain, was called from refreshment to labor by the M. W. Grand Master, Louis P. Delahoussaye, on this Wednesday, February 8, 1906, at 6:30 o'clock P. M. GEAND OFFICERS PEESENT.
All the Grand Officers were present and in their station. PAST GEAND OFFICERS PRESENT.
Past Grand Masters—Chas. F. Buck, D. R. Graham, Robert H. Cage, A. C. Allen and Robert R. Reid. KOLL CALL OF CHARTERED LODGES. P. U. 1, P . S. 1, 4, 5, 2i, 28, 31, 38, 46, 51, 53, 54, 57, 58, 59, 65, 70, 72, 75, 76, 79, 83, 84, 87, 89, 95, 98, 101, 102, 106, 108, 110, 111, 115, 117, 122, 124, 125, 126, 133, 135, 136, 144, 145, 146, 147, 151, 152, 153, 160, 163, 165, 367, 168, 172, 174, 175, 179, 182, 184, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 198, 205, 208, 209, 212, 213, 214, 217, 220, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 245, 247, 248, 249, 251, 252, 253, 255, 260, 263, 264, 265, 269, 270, 271, 273, 276, 277, 278, 279, 280, 285, 287, 288, 2S9, 290, 294, 295, 296, 297. One hundred and nineteen Lodges and a constitutional quorum being present, the M. W. Grand Master, Louis P . Delahoussaye, declared labor resumed. MINUTES OF SECOND DAY'S PROCEEDINGS.
The minutes of the second day's proceedings were read and approved.
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REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES. AUDIT AND ACCOUNTS.
The Committee on Audit and Accounts submitted the following report: NEW ORLEANS, LA., February 7, 1906.
Your Committee on Audit and Accounts, to whom was recommitted the res lutiou to donate $250.00 tc the B'nai B'rith Relief Fuud, for the suffering and down-trodden Jews of Russia, beg leave to recommend the donation. THOS. D. STEWART, Chairman. LEWIS W. KOFFSKEY, CHAS. F. BUCK, J B .
WORK AND RETURNS OF LODGES U. D. The Committee on Work and Returns of Lodges, U. T>., submitted the following report: NEW ORLEANS, February 7, 1906. To the M. W. the Grand Lodge of the State of Louisiana:
The undersigned, a majority of your Committee on U. D. Lodges, would report that after due investigation into the merits of the case, we are of the opinion that a charter should issue to Osiiis Lodge, U. L\ Their membership at the present writing is practically on a par with that of the largest in the city, and during the year they have conferred 64 degrees. Their original application for a dispensation was endorsed by Mount Moriah Lodge No. 59, from which they originated, and we see no good grounds for a continuance of their dispensation and would beg leave to offer the following resolution: Be it Resolved, That a charter be issued to Osiris Lodge, U. D. Fraternally submitted, R. W. RIOBDAN, Chairman. HORACE VALLAS.
APPEALS AND GRIEVANCES.
No report at this time. MASONIC LAW AND JURISPRUDENCE.
The Committee on Masonic Law and Jurisprudence submitted the following report which, on motion, was adopted and ordered printed in proceedings: Your Committee ou Masonic Law and Jurisprudence, to whom have been referred the resolutions offered by Bro. Ivan F. Seikmann.
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on behalf of Perfect Union Lodge, asking a reconsideration in substance of the interpretation placed by this Most Worshipful Grand Lodge on Section 14 of Article III, beg leave to report, that under ruling made in 1875, that section has been construed to mean that the dues of an entire year must'be past due and collectible for another or a second year before the Lodge can take action, etc., and during all the intervening period this construction has been sustained and the Lodges constrained to act thereunder. Your Committee, while duly appreciating the force of the ruling thus made many years ago, practically accepted and acted upon by the .Grand Lodge during all this time, that should not be changed without good reasons, yet as correctly stated in the preamble or memorial preceding the resolution submitted to us a careful reading of the plain letter of Section 14, Article III, of the Grand Lodge Regulations, does not sustain the interpretation which has thus been placed upon it. This interpretation has frequently embarrassed the Lodges and they have found it a hardship and detriment to the administration of their affairs. It is the opinion of your Committee, which is respectfully submitted, that the section was really intended to mean and does mean, that whenever dues for one entire year have accrued and remain unpaid, that the right of the Lodge to take action immediately arises, instead of compelling the intervention of another year before action can be taken. We, therefore, recommend that the ruling heretofore made, and herein referred to, be reconsidered, and to carry out the objects of this report and recommendation we append the following resolution: Resolved, That the ruling thus made in 1875 and acted upon by the Grand Lodge, construing Section 14, Article III, of the Grand Lodge Regulations, to mean that after one year's dues have accrued and become payable, no action can be taken upon the indebtedness by the Lodge against the delinquent brother until another entire year has elapsed, be reconsidered and rescinded, and that it be the sense of this Grand Lodge that the said section means and expresses in the letter thereof that as soon as dues for one year have accrued and are due, and not paid when so due, the Lodge may proceed against the brother as in arrears in accordance with the provisions of said section. Respectfully submitted, CHAS. F. BUCK, Chairman. D. R. GRAHAM, ROBERT R. REID, A. C. ALLEN.
On motion, the report was received and adopted. COMMITTEE ON WORK.
No report at this time. COMMITTEE ON STATE OP THE ORDER.
No report at this time.
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The Committee on Necrology presented the following reportr. NEW OBLEANS, February 7, 1906. To the M. W. Grand Lodge of Louisiana:
Seldom are we permitted to hold our Annual Grand Communicaition without missing some familiar face whose kindly expression in time past had gladdened our hearts and inspired our labors. On this occasion we must record that, during the Masonic year now endingdread, direful death has made sad inroads upon our Craftsmen, nor has the sacrifice been a small or ordinary contribution to mortality. Men have be6n claimed whose noble lives have been a living example of the perfect ashlar, whose useful achievements have wrought out the designs of our Supreme Grand Architect on the trestle-board of nature and revelation. They have ascended the theological ladder, whose principal rounds are Faith, Hope and Charity; they have pierced thestarry decked heavens; they enjoy that labor which is eternal rest in the celestial Lodge above where the Supreme Grand Architect of the Universe forever presides. Call them not back, because through death they have soared to larger and fuller life. "This spirit shall return to him, That gave its heavenly spark; Yet think not Sun. it shall be dim, "When thou thyself art dark! Ho! it shall live again and shine [n bliss unknown to beams ol thine, By him recalled to breath, Who captive led captivity, Who robbed the grave of victory, And took the sting from death."
Scarcely had the members of the last Grand Lodge returned totheir respective homes when tidings were received of the death of John Stedman Alfred. He had been so full of life during the Annual Communication. His vigorous manhood had reached the meridian height of splendid activity. His cultured mind seemed to have had such a firm grasp upon all that is best in the ancient philosophies, while the light of modern truth illuminated the chambers of a pure and exalted soul. Who could have thought that such a one would be so soon, snatched away from his earthly ties? Bro. Alfred, as a Mason and a man, was true and upright. He saw the clear course of duty which pointed to a high ideal. While ever in humility recognizing his human limitations, he gave the most energetic study of his gifted intellect toward making that way clearer for otheir men to follow. To him life's highest ideal and Masonry were synonomous terms. Thus purity of life and development of character must be symbolized in a ritual of entrancing beauty. Hence nobility of thought must have its outward expression in language so sweet and clear and peaceful that the heart might be drawn to its hidden treasure.
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Bro. Alfred was, therefore, a teacher who imposed none of the drudgery of the pedagogue, but ever inspired you with a desire for more light, and impressed you with the full conviction that he was thej luminary to dispense that light. Bro. Alfred was a Past Master of Jefferson Lodge No. 191, in which i Lodge he received his symbolic degrees. He had been Grand Marshal i and Grand Tyler of the Grand Lodge of Louisiana. His higher Masonic degrees and the various offices of honor which he held in other Grand bodies will be elsewhere commemorated. He died February 27, 1905, before three score years had been fully reached. The second Grand Lodge official to pass from the earthly associaciatioh of his Masonic brethren was Henry M. Danneel. Bro. Danneel gave mueh of his valuable time to the labors of the Craft and the study of Masonry was his greatest delight. His prevailing characteristics were humility and steadfastness in the discharge of duty. He was a most valuable man in every Masonic tody to which he belonged, because of his thorough and accurate acquaintance with the work and also for his regular and faithful attendance. He so qualified himself'" that he could take most any station assigned him, and the lowest was a trust as sacred as the highest. Bro. Danneel was a Past Master of Perfect Union Lodge No. 1. He was Grand Senior Warden of the Grand Lodge of Louisiana in 19C0. A remarkable thiug occurred at the next annual election. Bro. Danneel was the only Grand officer not reelejted or promoted. This fact is mentioned in order to illustrate the character of the man. Instead of sulking, as some men do, and retiring from the Grand Lodge, never to enter it again, Bro. Danneel showed that his fidelity to Masonry was not dependent upon the honors which his brethren could bestow, but it was founded on principle and service was prompted by love. He remained a member of the Grand Lodge until the time of his death and was the most valuable chairman of the Committee on Audit and Accounts. He died May 26, 1905, crowned with the honor of a true manhood. The third member of our Grand Lodge family to be translated from faithful labors here to the great reward beyond was Curtis T. HinesHis death took place on January 6, 1906. His was a pure and noble soul, chastened and tried by this world's suffering and sorrow. Hisbody was but a frail and weakly tabernacle, yet his heart was the altar on which the true shechinah shone. Always manly, earnest and courageous, he knew no faltering when duty called. A soldier, brave and daring, he fought valiantly for the cause of his beloved State. That cause, though lost, he believed to be sacred and just, and he knew nohigher patriotism than to consecrate his life to its defense. Bro. Hines was principally known to most of us as the Masonic Grand Lecturer. He was our official teacher, but how little did the official side present itself. He had. the peculiar faculty of drawing;
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forth the affection of all whom he taught. They naturally and instinctively became his friends. Their hearts were henceforth united to his great heart, and the most sacred and tender associations were formed. When the news flashed across the wire that Bro. Hines was dead many Masons throughout the State felt as if a member of his own household had passed away. For, had he not been with them in their homes, had he not shared their poverty, their hardships and their troubles? Had not his great sympathetic heart suffered with them all ? They wondered why Brother Hines had such a hold on the Grand Lodge. Do they not know now? Could Mark Anthony's words over "the noblest Roman of them all" have a truer application? " His life was gentle, and the elements so mix'd in him, that nature might stand up and say to all the world, ' This was a man !' " C. C. KRAMER, AARON STEEG, B. F. SCOTT,
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On motion, the report was adopted and ordered printed. COMMITTEE ON MASONIC LAW AND JURISPRUDENCE.
The Committee on Masonic Law and Jurisprudence submitted the following report: Your Committee on Masonic Law and Jurisprudence to whom was referred the recommendation of the M. W. Grand Master relative to the adoption of the resolution in his address, as follows: Resolved, That hereafter no Lodge in this jurisdiction shall receive a visitor from aDy Lodge outside ot this jurisdiction unless a Master Mason, known as such iu the Lodge, shall have personaJly vouched for the visitor as a Master Mason, and also vouched for his good standing: or unless the visitor, after strict examination, shall have proven himself to be a Master Mason: Provided, that no such visitor shall be examined until he furnishes to the Master of the Lodge, or to the Committee on Examination appointed by him, some documentary evidence, such as a diploma, certificate under seal of the Lodge, receipt for dues under seal of the Lodge, Grand Secretary's certificate, of written endorsement by a Grand Master, showing that he was in good standing within twelve months of the date on which he presents himself for examination. And provided further, that a brother hailing from a jurisdiction which has adopted a card, certificate, or other special document, shall be required to produce such card, certificate, or other special document before beiog examined— beg to report that they have carefully considered the subject-matter and regret that they cannot approve the recommendation. "We consider the practical details of the resolution, requiring documentary evidence, such as a diploma, certificate or receipt for dues under seal of the Lodge has so much of the odor of commercialism about it, that it reads more like the testimonial of a business agent than the test of recognition of a
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brother Mason. They recommend the adoption of the following resolution: Resolved, That this M. W. Grand Lodge adhere to the time-honored custom and usage of Free Masonry, subject to the right of any Lodge on particular occasions to refuse to admit visitors on the usual examination and test oath as to good standing. Fraternally submitted, ••-
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OB motion, the report was received and the resolution adopted. EECBPTION OP GKAND REPBESENTATIVES.
The M. W. Grand Master announced that the reception of the representatives of sister Grand Lodges was next in order and instructed the Grand Secretary to call the roll. The following Grand Lodges were found represented: Alabama, L. C. Allen; Arkansas, W. H/Reynaud; Arizona, A. C. Allen; British Columbia, F. C. Marsh; Connecticut, Richard Lambert; Canada, Robert H. Cage; Colorado, G. Passalaqua; Costa Rica, F. Warren Calongne; Cuba, Jose Venta; District^of Columbia, George W. Booth; England, George J. Pinckard; Florida, David R. Graham; Georgia, Mark Quayle; Illinois, Charles F. Buck; *Ireland, Robert Barrington; Indian Territory, James H. Caldwell; Kansas, M. L. Scovell; Maryland, C. C. Kramer; Maine, Joseph Meyers; Minnesota, L. L. Schwartz; Missouri, John Puleston;\Michigan, A. G. Brice; Mississippi, Robert R. Reid; North Carolina, R. W. Allen; West Virginia, Gus. D. Levy; North Dakota, Owen Gernon; New Jersey, Emmet D. Craig; New York, A. G. Brice; Nebraska, A. G. Ricks; Nevada, O. H. Simpson; New Brunswick, Edwin Marks; Nova Scotia, L. P. Delahoussaye; New South Wales, P. M. Schneidau; New Zealand, Joseph T. Labit; Ohio, George Soul6; Oregon, John Clegg; Prince Edward Island, Frank Chalona; Peru, David R. Graham; Rhode Island, Aaron Steeg; Scotland, Samuel Weil; South Carolina, George O. Elms; South Australia, Lee E. Robinson; SouthJDakota, H. A. King; Tennessee, Henry Hardtner; Tasmania, Joseph Dennee; Vermont, Lee E. Thomas; Victoria, Charles F. Buck; Washington, Herman C. Duncan; Western Australia, Will Moss. * R. W. Babbington, the Representative of Ireland, was prevented by illness from being in attendance.
The M. W. Grand Master addressed the assembled representatives as follows: My Brethren—It is indeed a source of great pleasure to me that I am permitted to convey the greeting^of our^Grand Lodge and a true *
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and hearty welcome to each of you, expressing but feebly the great gratification and joy we feel at your presence here. We greatly rejoice that so many Grand Representatives of our sister jurisdictions of Ancient Craft of Masons have honored us here to-night. To those of you who represent Grand Jurisdictions beyond the seas, we ask you to convey to them the same warm fraternal greeting that we extend to those of our own home and country, for, after all, the name of State or country matters but little, for are we not of one heart, one purpose, striving and toiling for the betterment of man under the providence of the Mason's God? Masonry is the emblem of truth. I t is ablaze with love to man and love to God. It encircles the earth with a golden chain of brotherhood, and the incense that arises from its altars bears the aspirations of the heart of God. In this spirit and in the name of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the great State of Louisiana, I bid you welcome, a thrice welcome. My Brethren, I ask you to join me in confirming our pleasure by the private Grand honors of Masonry to these Grand Representatives. The private Grand Honors were heartily given to the Grand Representatives. E. W. Bro. A. O. Allen^ Grand Representative from Arizona, in behalf of the Grand Representatives, replied in appropriate language, thanking the M. W. Grand Master and the brethren for the sentiments which had been expressed. RESOLUTION BY E. W. BRO. J. H. CALDWELL.
R., W . Bro. James H. Oaldwell, of Sabine Lodge No. 75 r submitted the following resolution: Be it Resolved, That the sum of two hundred dollars be appropriated to Bro. John A. Davilla for services previous to and including the present Grand Lodge session. Upon motion, the resolution was adopted. RESOLUTION BY W. BRO. S. L. JACOBS.
W. Bro. S. L. Jacobs, of Jeanerette Lodge No. 255, offered the following resolution: WHEREAS, The debt upon our Temple.property having long since been liquidated and the Fraternity of this State beiDg now entirely out of debt; Be it Resolved, By this M. W. Grand Lodge that the dues to the Grand Lodge for degreeSjbe now reduced to $1.00 for each degree conferred. On motion, action on same was deferred until the nextAnnual Grand Session. The R. W. Grand Secretary having reported that W. Bro*
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John C. Wickliffe, of George Washington Lodge No. 65, had paid to the Grand Lodge the sum of $60.00, due for rent of an office in the Masonic Temple, by the firm of J. C. Wickliffe & Bro., for a number of years past, a motion that this amount be reduced to $30.00, was amended by a motion that the entire amount be refunded and the motion as amended was adopted. RESOLUTION OF W. BRO. GROW GIRARD.
W. Bro. Crow Girard, of Hope Lodge No. 145, offered the following resolution: Be it Resolved, That appropriate jewels be procured aod presented by the R. W. Grand Secretary to each of the Past Grand Masters of this M. W. Grand Lodge and that a sufficient amount be appropriated therefor. On motion, the resolution was duly adopted. ELECTION OF GRAND OFFICERS. The M. W. Grand Master declared that the next business before this Grand Lodge was the election of Grand Officers for the current Masonic year, and appointed Bros. John Puleston, of Amite City Lodge No. 175, Joseph Meyers, of Jefferson Lodge No. 191, and J. C. Addington, of Quitman Lodge No. 76, as tellers. An election was then had with the following result: L. C. ALLEN, of Caddo Lodge No. 179, M. W. Grand Master. J. C. DREW, of Quitman Lodge No. 76, appointed by Grand Master, R. W. Deputy Grand Master. L. E. THOMAS, of Caddo Lodge No. 179, R. W. Grand Senior Warden. FRED. C. MARSH, of Franklin Lodge No. 57, R. W. Grand Junior Warden. By unanimous consent the M. W. Grand Master elect cast the vote of the Grand Lodge for Grand Treasurer and Grand Secretary with the following result: A. G. RICKS, of Kosmos Lodge No. 171, Grand Treasurer. RICHARD LAMBERT, of Mount Moriah Lodge No. 59, Grand Secretary. JAMES H. CALDWELL, of Sabine Lodge No. 175, was then elected Grand Lecturer.
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The M. W. Master elect, L. C. Allen, announced the following appointments: REV. BBO. HERMAN C. DUNCAN, of Jefferson Lodge No. 191, W. Grand Chaplain. JOHN PULESTON, of Amite City Lodge No. 175, W. Grand Senior Deacon. N. B. NULL, of Ruston Lodge No. 106, W. Grand Junior Deacon. JOSEPH MEYERS, of Linn Wood Lodge No. 167, W. Grand Marshal. JOSEPH T. LABIT, of Abbeville Lodge No. 192, W. Grand Sword Bearer. JOHN S. THIBAUT, of Ascension Lodge No. 251, Grand Pursuivant. T. H. ROBERTS, of Downsville Lodge No. 143, W. Grand Steward. JOHN W. HOWE, of St. John Lodge No. 153, W. Grand Steward. E. G. COURTNEY, of Western Star Lodge No. 24, W. Grand Steward. SAMUEL WOLF, of Jefferson Lodge No. 191, W. Grand Steward. JOHN A. DAVILL A, of Osiris Lodge No. 300, Grand Tyler. JOSEPH CATHC ART, of Ocean Lodge No. 144, Grand Organist. INSTALLATION OB1 GBAND OFITCEBS.
All of the above named officers, elect and appointed, were then duly installed in their respective offices by M. W. Bro. L. P. Telahoussaye, P. G. M., assisted by M. W. Bro. Eobert H. Cage, P. G. M. CLOSING.
No further business appearing, the M. W. Grand Master, L. C. Allen, after prayer by the Eev. Bro. Herman C. Duncan, Grand Chaplain, closed the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Louisiana, in "ample form," until the Ninety-fifth Annual Grand Communication, which will be held in the Masonic Temple, City of New Orleans, on the first Monday in February (4th), 1907. L. C. ALLEN Attest: GBAND, MASTBE. EICHAED LAMBBET, GEAND SEOEETAEY.
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of THE; STATE; OF LOUISIANA.
GRAND SECRETARY'S OFFICE,
GRAND LODGE OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA, GRAND LODGE HALL, Corner St. Charles and Perdido Streets.
I HEREBY
CERTIFY
that the foregoing pages, from 1 to
100, contain a true transcript of the Minutes of the Proceedings of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of the State of Louisiana, at its lust Annual Grand Communication, held in the City of New Orleans, from the fifth day to the seventh day of February, A. D. 1906, A. L. 5906. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF,
I have hereunto affixed the seal of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of the State of Louisiana, F. and A. Masons, together with my official signature, this thirteenth day of February, A. D. 1906, A. L. 5906. \
N. B.—All communications should be addressed to LAMBEBT,
BICSABB
Grand Secretary, Boom 21, Masonic Temple, New
Orleans, La. Next Annual Grand Communication on Monday, February 4.II1, A. D. 1907, A. L. 5907.
WORK AND RETURNS OF CONSTITUENT LODGES FOR
THE
YEAR
1906.
PERFECT UNION LODGE No. 1. Chartered August 15th, 1812. Original Organization, 1793. Masonic Temple, New Orleans, Meets first and third Thursdays. OFFICERS.
Ivan F. Siekmann W. M. Wm. Lockie McConnell S. W. Theodore M. Brecbtel J. W. Wm. C. W i g h t . . . Treasurer. Zach T. Black ....Secretary. P. C. Buckingham S. D.
R. J. Paddock. C. B.Thompson
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J. R. Davis Tyler. J. Catheart, Organist; not a member.
PAST MASTERS.
Adams, Jno. Wm. Baker, Edward Benedict, Wm. S. Benedict, Percy S. Black, Z. T.
Craig, E. D. Hero, Andrew Perry, Horace A. DeGrange, Jos. H. Heyman, Michel Quayle, M. Delahoussaye,L.P. McFarland, Jno.B. Strong, Robert G. M. Wright, Wm. C. Turck, C. E. Hamilton, E. J. LIFE MEMBERS.
Edwin Marks, P. 0. M. R. H. Browne, P. M.
Z. Bruemi, S. S. Herrick,
George Bain, Jacob Roth.
MEMBERS.
*R. R. Reid, P.G. M.Davis, J. B. *R. H. Cage, P.G M.DeLanzac, A. Abrams, N. S. DeLaazac, Isadore Baad, C. H. Dickinson, M. M. Baldwin, A., Jr. Dirmeyer, A. L. Bassetti, U. Donnellan. M. Bayhi, J. H. Drennen, A. W. Bedell, Charles Douglas, J. H. Bein, Joseph Downman, R. H. Bender, J J. Drevar, Ed. H. Bernius, H. Eddleston, Gee J. Bertran- Fred Ertelstone, Israel Blancbard, Wm Ehrlich, Samuel Bloom, Albert Ellison, Luke Bloom, Jeff. D. Elmer, Chas. O. Boning, Geortre Elmer, J. O. Burbank, A. J. Endel, Wolf Cage, Hugh C. Eschenbrenner, L. Cahn, M. Evans, N. J. Chaffe, W. H. Figueres, N. G. Chafle, D. B. H. Frank. Wm., Jr. Carlys, H. I. Fredericks, C. H Cline, A. L. Gaines. C. A. Cobb, A. B. Gast, Gustave X. Collins, Wm. J. Gaudet, C. A. Collins, Wm. A. Gause, H. C. Craig, R. E. Gerdes, A. Curran, D. D. Goesling, Peter Daniel, J. D. Graham, A. S. I 'J I 11 I t i I ^
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Grandjean, C. W. Loisel, Victor Gast, G. H. H. Lott, Fred J. Lytle, W. C. Gutman, J. H. Hakenjos, L. P. Macon, T. L. Mann, Walter B. Hammer, E. E. Hamilton. J. D. Martin, W. A. Maxwell, Alex. Hansell, F. F. Haubtman. Victor McColgin. J. E. Hawkins. Charles McGaw, Wm. H. McGehee. E. L. Hire, G. M. McKay, F. R. Hooper, R. H. Mellen, D. C. Hopkins, J. P. Hummel, Jas. H. Meyer, A. L. Meyer, Ike Insalls, E. D. Johansen, Olans Mouchon, John A Johansen, L. J. Moulin, Thos. J, Jordan, Wm. A. Mudge, C. Kahn, Emanuel Nelson, Chris. Keenan, John E. Nobl,e J. H. Orr. Philip A. Klotz, Bernard Osborne, R. J. B. Knee, Thomas Labarre, C. F. V. Pardee, D. A. Langtry, George Pardue. C. A. Lashey, Wm. A. Peete. G. A. Lawrie, And. W. Pfeiffer, Henry Lincoln, Alfred K. Powers. J. E. Lincoln, C. K., Jr. Quirk, H. C. Littlefield, Jos. A. Rainey, Charles Raymond, E. S. Loeffler, Jules *J ^_JA v l . d j l . 1 ^
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CONSTITUENT LODGES. Eichard Elias Shields, James Roberts. Bertran Sidney, J. A. Rousseau, J. A. A. Smith, Bernard Rub, John Stern. N. S. Rueff, Geo. W. Steinhart, J. D. Satterley, Sam Simon, Joseph Schenck, C. H. Shute, C. M. Scott, John EL Sprague, F. E. Shearer, D. L. Stemler, Jacob
Sutcliff, W. W. Thomson, C. B. Thomson, John Todd, W. E. Tutwiler, A. S. Walshe, B. T. Waite, C. W. Walton, J. F. Walz, A.
Warmoth, H. C. Weber, P. R. Weeks, W. E. Whitehead, M., Jr. Wilson. J. H. Wolf, Isidore Wolff, Louis Wood, P. T. Total, 178 members
* Honorary members. Initiated—Harry Pearl Beall. Initiated, Passed and Raised—-Victor Lnisel, Joseph Bushman Stsler, Albert Henry Cobb, William Blanchard, Louis Eschenbrenner, Edgar Dalrymple Ingal. Passed and Raised—Rufus J. Paddock, Isidore DeLanzac. Raised—Edward Stonewall Raymond. Affiliated—R. E. Craig, J. Bart Davis. Dlmitted—B. W. HuDter, J. J. Browa, W. J. Edwards, H. W. Rayner. Died—Oscar Garson, Samuel M. Todd, P. G. M., Henry M. Danneel, P. G. S. W., H. W. Wright, H. C. Thomas. POLAR STAR LODGE No. 1. Chartered August 15th, 1812. Original organization, 1794. Polar Star Hall, corner Eampart and Kerlerec streets, New Orleans. Meets first and third Thursday in eacb month. OFFICERS.
R Simon Joseph Laguens Emile Pomes P. Vandenborre. Wm. Gomez H. Fourment A. J. P. Francingues
W. M. S. W. J. W. Orator. Treasurer. Secretary. M.' Bxp.
A. S. Fourmier J. B. Marshal Jean Mailhes J. Asmandeil M. Piverts P. Basbagan J. Grabot
M. of C. S. D. J. D. Al. or Hosp. Econ. I. G. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
Silvian Chanfrau, P. M. Godchaux, W. Gomez, P. D. D. G. M. H. Vandenborre, Alb. Gadessus,
F. W. Calongne, J. M. Verges, Bernard Maylie, R. Lafontaine. Paul Vandenborre.
MEMBERS.
Artigue, F . Artigue, L. Aurensan, L. Bagueries, L. Baflex, P Bermudez, J. A. Bessec, A. Biffl, Chas. Bougier, R G. Bougigue, L. Briant, T. P. Brugiere. A. Brunet, F. A. Bulot, C. Cailliot, J. CassagDe, J. V. Castex, S. A. Chamel, N Chretien, J. F. Claverie, Alf. -Claverie, Eug. Cooper, John B.
Copping, Thos. F. Corbeau, Leon Daboval, H. B. Dawelpr, C A. D'Herete. Paul Delord, P. Descomps, Jean Dezelos, Jas. P. Dorignac, J. Dours, Irenee Duplan, Jean Dupuy, A. Dusse, Ernest Erard, Chas. J. Frere, E. V. Garrett, Jean Gauthier, L. Gele, Leon Gonzalez, G. G. Gruber. Victor Guiraud, M. Ibos, B. F.
Journee, J. Junqua, E. Junqua, J. B. Junqua, Wm. Kroll, O. F. Lamothe, F. Laporte, Jos. Larroux, E. I-iaurent, 0. T. Lehmanj I. Letellier, F. P. Louis. J. B. Lux. M. Mailhes, Paul Maumus, Henri Moda, J. F. Medus, L. Melancon, N. Mioton, Eugene Miqton, J. S., Jr. Moirie, Jos. Morgan, G.
Mutti, A. Noto, C. Ofcchmichen, A. Petit, E. Petit, J. Quentien. M, Ranna, V. Rault, L. Rodr'guez, E. J. Rousset, P. Royerre, Aug. Sacerdotte, A. Soelhorst, W. G. E St. Martin, J. St. Upery, Pierre Tournier, Jos. Tu;jague, G. Tujague. L. Verges, Jean Vergnole, J. M. Waldmeier, H. Total, 107 members.
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ANB RETURNS OF
! Initiated and Passed—Louis Paul Bezant. Passed and Raised—Eiienne Junqua. • ~"' ,t Initialed, Passed and liaised—Maximilian Quentin, Jean V. Cassagne,\1 Noel Chamel, Jean Verges, Ernest Petit, Jackson Petit, Jean Mailhes, Jean Descomps, Emile Pomes, Jean Francois Meda, Gaetano Morgavi, Chas. Antoine lJawelor. Sabin -Adolph Castex, Pierre Basbregan, Bertrand Ibos,,, Jean Duplan, Louis Artigues, Alexis Serefin Tournier, Raymond Gaston: Brugiere, Adolph Brugiere, Alexis Jean Pierre Francingues, Paul J)'Herete Reinstated— Isidore Lehman. Joseph Tournier. ;• Dimitted—Isidore Lehman, Jules T. Morel.
PERSEVERANCE LODGE No. i. Chartered August lotn, 1812. Original organization, 1810. Corner Dumaine and St. Claude streets, New Orleans. Meets second and fourth Thursdays. OFFICERS.
Octave Garsaud J. Combret Henri Dours Henri Berie Jean Duffour J. Magendie Eugene A. Andrieu
W. M. S. W. J. W. Orator. Treasurer. Secretary. Almoner.
J. M. Darre... Henri Cazentre Josepa liuthu Sylvan Tujague Etienne J. Anouilh Jean Yrle U. Sahuque
....M. Exp M. of 0. S. D. J. D. Econom. I. G. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
Henry St. Gez, P. D. D. G. M., Octave Garsaud.
J. Magendie, Henri Berie.
U. Sahuque.
LIFE MEMBERS.
J. Lapeyrblerie,
F. Fick. MEMBERS.
*R. Lafontaine, Castaing, Urbain Labon, Jean Ortet, J. M. A. . P. M. Charbonnet, F. D. Lafforgue. Bap. Oustalet, Paul Lamare, J. J Palette, R. F. *P. de P. Villasana Colomes, F. LaDglois, Plaggio, Angelo D, P. M. Dauga, Pierre 1 H. A. Langloi! , Alex. Piaggio, Vincent Daverede, A. *G. X. Gast. Pizzini, Paul Uescomps, f ierre Latil, A. F. Aime, Gabriel Lavlgne B. Sahuque, Paul Ducasse, J. Alciatore, A. Dufour, BYank X. Magne, Jacques Salles, J. E. Alciatore, F. Manzoni, P. R. Sauguet, Bap. Attournau, Felix Dufour, Joseph Silva, Frank Dut'our, Paul J. Martin, J. Barou, Jean Maumus. B. E. Sotti, A. A. Dupont, L. D. Baricos, Leo. Melun, John Soulie, George. Jr. Fourreau, A. Barrere, Ad. Mothe, Guillaume Weinhill, John S. Bejottes, Albert P.Gabriella, Ant. Neuhauser, Albert Yrle, Guillaume Bertrand, Fred. Gouaze, Fred. Neuhauser, Sam'l Zeller, Theo. Blanchin, George Herbert, John Total, 74 members. Brejon, Andre lgau, Chas. Initiated—Constantin. Rosrees, Oscar Maumus, Frank Bordes, Joseph Dedieu Initiated, Passed and liaised — Baptist Lafforgue, Baptist Sauguet, Eugene A. Andrien, Felix Attournan, Barthelmy E. Maumus. Reinstated—Alexander Alciatore. Dimitted— G. de Reynes, Jr. . ' Died— Leon Larroude. Dropped—J. C. Payssi. *Honorary members.
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CONSTITUENT LODGES. CERVANTES LODGE No. 5.
Formed by union of Los Amigos del Orden Lodge No. B aDd Silenoio Lodge No. 9. Organized September 17tn. 1883. Chartered No. 5, February 13th, 1884. Organized March 10th, 1884 (to date from 1842). Meets corner St. Claude and Dumalne streets, second and fourth Mondays. OFFICERS.
UsebloRuiz..... W. M. Alignstin Mateu ,. S. W. JoseVenta.. J. W. J. C. Suarez Orator. J. B, Desangles. .Treasurer. Juan Mercadel ,,.,, Secretary. G. Simoni . , . , . , . . . , . , . . . ; Hospitaler. -,.;••:•
JoseVenta, UsebioRuiz, . . • . . . . • . -
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D. J. Villareza S. D. S. JVlarcclante .. ..J. D. F. Bell... M. E. Juan M. Gonzales M. of C. John Ma.ng4rac.cina Econ. Jose Menendez...... I. G. U. Sahuque (not a member) Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
F. de P. VHlasana, D.B.Martinez. John C. Suarez, P. D. D. G. M. HONORARY
MEMBERS.
G. Passalaq.ua, • George H. Packwood, F. Chalona,
David R. Graham.. Angelo Danna..
MEMBERS.
Amiero, L. Caballero, Manuel Galante, Ramer Bacciardi, E. ,......._ Barrios, Simon Gormia, Cefeliello Barzana, Jacinto Lamia, Vincent Bugueiro, M. A. Reinstated—S. Marcciante. Died—Juan F. Garcia.
Lombardo, G. Montepre, __ r , Pablo Papania, G. Parpal, Juan
Planas, Jose Sansovich, M.M. Ubert, Ramon Valle, V.. Del. Total, 33 members.
HUMBLE COTTAGE LODGE No. 19. Chartered July 13th, 1820. Opelousas, St. Landry parish. Stated meetings, Wednesday on or before full moon of each month. OFFICERS.
B. A. Littell J. E. Allen L.S. Haas J. A. Haas.... F. C. Allen D. S. Edwards H. L. Garland, ' P. D. D. G. M., J. W. Jackson.
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer. Secretary. Chaplain.
Bernard Bennett S. D. .1. L. Mornhinveg J D. F. P. Butler.. ., M of C. H.G.Williams ) Stpwards Douglas Cain i &tewarosSol. Jacobs Tyler.. PAST MASTERS. Geo. Pulford, P. D. D. G. M. D. S. Edwards, B. A. Littell, F. P. Butler. O. H. Terwilliger, MEMBERS.
Bailey, J, W. Jr. Guidry, B. A. Loeb, E. L. Ray, W. H. Bittle, A. W. Guslk^ky, M. Mahar, Wm. Reynolds, C. A. Boagni, J. P. Haas Sam'l Martin, F. P. Roos, Isaac Burt, Win. Thos. Hebrard, S. L. Mayo, Thad. Sanders. J. M. Butler, Lee Isaac, I. Meyers, Julius Sandoz, F. L. Carey, Z. T. Jacobs, Jonas Morisi, Andrew Slack, W. S. Walker, R. L. Crawford, Wm. Klaus, Max. Nolan. Arthur Williams, Lester Depres, Maurice Kohler, Ira A. Plonsky, J. Wolff, Leon Fauntleroy, C M. Latsch, John Ray, James 0. Total, 53 members. Gournay, S. A. Littell, R. M. Initiated, Passed and Ba sed—Douglas Cain, John Latsch. Affiliated—Lester Williams. Reinstated—H. A, Guidry, A. C; Skiles.
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Dimitted—l. E. Shute, F. C. Shute, T. C. Gibbons, A. C. Skiles, H. R. •Pridgen. Henry Kahn, Aaron S. Loeb. Died— Claude Mayo, P. M. Suspended—T. A. Jackson. WESTERN STAR LODGE No. 24. -Original charter, July 12th, 1823. New charter granted 18tO. Monroe. Ouach'ta parish, La. Stated meetings, first and third Tuesdays ol each month. OFFICERS.
R G. Courtney W. M. Washburn J. G. Sanders Sig. Haas J . D. Oakley
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer. Secretary. y S. Goldman
C. E. Faunt Le Roy C. L. Oakley W. D. Edwards R. Downs, Jr
D.W.Faulk
Tyler.
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PAST MASTERS.
F. P. Stubbs, Sr., F. Endom, J. B. Illingsworth, Graham Surghnor, P. G. J. W., P. D. D. G. M., P.D. D. G. M., D. D. G. M., J . C. Berry, S. Haas. John E. Haima, W. P. Renwick, MEMBERS.
Alderson, H. B. Eichel, C. N. Latch, A. Ray burn, J. S. Rasberry, R. J. Alexander, L. P. Fox, L Lee. " J. M. Read, F. M. Allen, W. E. Levy, F. Fran torn, J. R. Reagan, S. E. Allison, J. S. Furgerson, W. R. Loftin, E. V. Richardson, J. R. Madden, E. P. Anderson, E. W. Gaunt, J. M. Ross, F. M Marx, H. P. Apgar, «. D. Geismar, G. Awl, W. H. George, L. C. Massengai. M. J. Ruffin, W. M. Baer. L. Goldman, L. H. Sandell, Wm. McClure, F. J. Bareswill, D. Goldschmidt, A. A. McDnffie, G. W. Sandsll, P. Barr, A., Jr. Scarborough, J. W. Gutbrie, G. McDuflfy, J. Barringer, V. C. Handy, J. S. Scriber, W. J. C. McGehee. J. D. Baxter, J. W. Searcy, R. J. Hanna, F. McLain, T. C. Hell. J. G. Harrison, G. E. McNeeley, James Showalter, D. B. Bell, J. R. Meadows, C. C. Simpson, John B. Haynes. J. T. Benninger. T. H. Haas. E. Slack, A. L. Meyer, Jonas Berkely, E. Smith, N. P. Hebeler, G. B. Miller, W. G. Bird, W. P. Speed, H R. Heffrington, J. B. Mitchell, W. L. Blancke, J. G. Herbert, L. Mitchell, W. R. Strong, E. Bowman, W. J. Herring. A. J. Moore, R. L. Strong, W. A. Brazil, B. Hirsch, M. Moore, R P. Stubbs, G. P. Browning, R. M. Hoggard, W. E. Morris, J. E. Stubbs, L. W. Brooks, C. D. Hood, T. L. Morris, Lane H. Stubbs, F. P., Jr. Morris, T. L. Sugar. Sam'l Buckingham, F. D. Hudna'l, U M. Moritz, I. Sugar, Isidor Hudson, F. G. Burke, C. Nelson, James L. Swartz, Harry R. Hunnicutt, W. Byers, A. L. Newhauser. D. Swartz, E. Jarman,.J. S. Cas«n, E. D. Newman, E. F. Tennyson, W. A. Johnston, L; G. Causey, E. L. Johnston, J. W. Packwood, H. H. Thompson, E. F. Chappell, J. T. Tronsdale. J. B. Parker, A. F. Chappell, Geo. D. Johnston, D. A. Walstein. J. Parker, C. K. Crook, G. M. Johnston.. C. B. Parker, J. P., Sr. Weil, S. D. Crow, J. B.. Kaliski, Julius •Culpepper, E. L. Kaliski. Marcus Parker, J. P., Jr. Wheatley, E. Williams, B. G. Parker-, W. M. •Cu I pepper, W. S. Keller, J. M.. Williams, H. M. Peters, F. C. Cummings, W. F. Kent, W. M. Wiseman, C. H. Pipes, W. Downs, R.. Jr. Kern. L. Wright, T. Potts, J. J. Drago. Will Key. D. H. Yonngblood, W. C. Potts, W. N. Duff, B. N. King, W. D. Total, 167 members. Preston, G. A. Duty, M. J. Langfelder, A. Initiated—Wm. H. DeGraffenread, Samuel W. Preston. Passed and Raised—-W. E. Allen, George W. McDuffie. Initiated, Passed and liaised—William Madison Parker, Charles L. Oakley, Wm. Claude Youngblood, Albert L, Byers, Edgar.Douglas Cason,
CONSTITUENT LODGES.
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Wm. Louis Mitchell, Grayson Guthrie, Edgar V. Loftin, Eugene Franklin Thompson, Robert M. Browning, Christopher C. Meadows, Edmund Berkley, Louis Fox, Percv Sandell, J. Harvey Troasdale, James M. Rayburn. Affiliated—Newton P. Smith, Lamar Herbert, David W. Faulk, Edmund Haas, W. M. Kent, Richard Downs, Sr., Lucien M, Hudnall, Francis M. Read, R. J. Rasberry, Joseph G. Bell, Dirnitted—J. H, Byers. Died—J. W. Dunn, P. M. Dropped—F. D. Bradley, E. Newwith. Suspended—T. H. Benninger, H. M. Crenshaw, Geo. H. Chappell, H. Sour, Sam. D. Weil.
ST. ALBANS LODGE No. 28. Chartered January 6th 1827. Jackson, East Feliciana parish, La. Stated meetings, Saturday on or before full moon oi each month. OFFICERS.
Guy M. Tomb H. B. Barrow W. F. Norsworthy A. S. Tomb Wm. Kennedy J. W.Lea.....
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer. Secretary. S.D. D. M. Tomb
F. M. Norsworthy P. W. Roberts J. S. Slocum E. C. McKowen Geo. G. Keller R. D. Harvay Tyler.
J. D. Chaplain. M. of C. Marshal. 1 bctteo ,.at Ir lcvljs8 \ « -
PAST MASTERS,
E. C. McKowen, P. D. D. G. M.
P. W. Roberts. D. M. Pipes. J. S, Slocum. MEMBERS.
Ard, J. F. Glassford, Geo. E. Kemp, R. C. Rogers, L. W. Daniel, Robert Harbour, R. H. Morris, W. B. Slocum, Randolph Daniel, Ruffin Harvey, A. A. Munson A. G. Tomb, S. G. Daniel, M. O. Hays, Geo. A. B. Pipes, Wm. H. Tomb, J. S. Dawson, C. D. Hines, W. 0., Jr. Reaser. J. M. Wolf, Joseph Durnin, Jam«s Jones, J. W. Rhodes, N. G. Woodside, Geo. J. Gayden, W. P. Jones, S. L, Total, 41 members. Passed and Raised—George E. Glassford. Initiated, Passed and Raised—William Burkitt Morris. Affiliated—J. F. Ard.
FELICIANA LODGE No. 31. Chartered March 25th, 1828. Originally organized 1817 (as 46 Ky.), St. Franclsville, West Feliclana parish. La. Stated meetings, first and third Mondays. P. O., Bayou Sara. OFFICERS.
Ben. Leopold Henry Graber George Baier J. R. Matthews
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer. A. B. Briant
W. W. Leake. P. G. S. W., O. D. Brooks,
J. R. Hutchison, A. F. Barrow, T. T. Lawson,
Sidney Powell A. F. Barrow Isidore Levy.... Louis Tucker Tyler.
Secretary. S. D. J. D •• ..Chaplain.
PAST MASTERS.
H. C. Leake, A. Villeret, J. R. Matthews,
LIFE MEMBER.
W. Town.
D. I. Nnrwood, Sidney Powell.
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Alexander, M. Greenwald, A. L. Lopez, H. C. Allain, V. F. Harris, A. M. Mann, Abe Austin, J. M. JH arrison, R. A. Mann, Ben. Biekham, T. D. Hiller, I. McQueen, J. W. Blum, Joe, House, W. C. Mee, Claude R. Campbell, J. W. Kaho, W u . Meyer, Joe ' Corrigan, Felix Kilbourne, L. P. Michael, A. S. Dreyfus, S. Leake, R. M. Michel, M. Folkes, Cheston Leopold, B. Muller, A. Forrester, W. T. Levy, Morris C. Fraenkel, H. Inittabed-^Bennet F, Barrow, Frank B. Dennit. Passed and Raised—T. DeWitt Biekham. Passed—Samuel C. Gastrel. Initiated, Passed and liaised—Isidore Levy. Affiliated—Cla,nAe R. Mee. Dimitted-Robert B. Phillips. Died—J. B. Ahrenbeck.
Mumford, F. M. Mundinger, J . J. Raas, Ike Raynham, T. Richardson. W. H. Tempel, C. W. Teutscb. R. White G. P. Wolf, E. Wolf, Morris Total, 5S members.
PHCENIX LODGE No. 38. Chartered October 6th, 1833. Natchitoohes, Natchltoolies parish", La. Stated meetings, first aiid third Wednesdays of each montb. OFFICERS.
J. C. Trichel, Jr W.M. R. H. Aby S. W. B. C. Caldwell J. W. F. T. Lattier Treasurer. R. S. Calves Secretary. Jacob Levy
Geb. D. Piekels Charles F. Powell J. L. Weaver
S. D. J. D. Chaplain.
Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
P. Brazeale, J. E. Breda,
C. Chaplin, T. P. Chaplin,
J. W. Jones, A. Kaffie,
S. Walmsley. J. L. Weaver.
LIFE MEMBER.
J. J. A. Martin. MEMBERS.
Hargrove, J. B. Levy, Sam'l Simon, H. Bath, A. E. Henry, J. C. Lynch, Robert C. Simon, H. L. Bell, W. T. Hightower, T. C. Monroe. W. L. A. Simon, S. Browne, A. R. Holston, Me K. Nelkin, S. Stephens, Geo. W. Carver, M. H. Irving, W. C. Page, C. W. Stephens, J. H. Casparl, S. Paynfi, M. L. Sompayrac, G. A. Cawthon, Chas. D. Jaffa, Louis Kaffie, Harris Pharis, Wm. H. Taylor, J. D. Clinton, J. M. KafBe, Sidney Pheips, B. T. Trichel, C. E. Cook, G. J. Phillips, Ed Unter, Charles Dezendorf. E- L. Kaffie, Leopold Dietrich, A. M. .; Krajnson, Sam'l Porter, T. F., Jr. Viner, J. LaDdrum, Louis P.Raphiel, Isidore Whipple, A. M. Dpwden, S.. G. Freeman, J. W. Lasley, John T. Richardson, W: H. Williams, M. W. Lestage, A. J. Scarborough, D. C. Williams, P. A. Friedman, J. I. Semmelman, I. Winebarg, S. Friedman, Sam'l Levy, Edgar Simon, A. E. Total, 78 members. Furlow, John T. Levy, H. M. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Robert C. Lynch, Jesse Daniel Taylor, Wade Harrison Richardson. Raised— Charles Wilkinson Page. •Died—E. J. Harrison.
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GEEMANIA LODGE No. 46. Chartered April 18th,,1844. 1824 St. Louis street, between Derblgny and Roman streets, New Orleans. Meets every second and fourth Wednesdays, OFFICERS.
Herman H. Hutten F. K. Silberbauer Oscar Sehreiber M. Heiseman Henry Schwartz, Sr Ferdinand Koelle J. Marcus Koelle
W. M. Paul Blum S. W. David Bonhager J. W. B. Von Schlemmer Orator. Paul Schwartz Treasurer. Leon Mann Secretary. Joseph Kieffer S. D. Charles Schenek William O. Schmidt Tyler.
J. D. Almoner. M. Exp. M. of C. K. of S. Econom. I. G.
PAST MASTERS.
Charles F. Buck, Ph. Pfeffer,' M. Heiseman, Albert Heim, P. G. M., P. D. D. G. M., EngelbertBehrens, Chas. Koerrenzig, J. J. Klein, Ulrich Baehr, Emil Pier. B. Von Schlemmer. LIFE MEMBER.
Chris. Wild. MEMBERS.
Argus, Ben]. D. Frelich, B. Krumm, Geb. Schulz, Max Bach, Solomon Fvilda, L.P. Kuhi, John Schwartz, H., Jr. Baum, Simon Gastrock, A. Lemley, David Schwartz, Eug. Bender, Louis Goetz, Edward Levi, Herman Sommer, J. E. Bernhardt, E. Grosz, A. F. Losch, Wm. Spitzfaden, T. GBlytt, Hans J. Hagstette, B. G. Meyer, F. Standinger, E. Borchers. J, F. Heber, H. Mysenburg, E.von Theurer, F. E. Burchardt, Joseph Hoehn, Henry Eaquet, F. Wahl, C. Dennery, Charles Hoerske, Chas. Schilling, Adam Walter, D. A. Eichenberg, Carl Kasche, H. Schilda, M. Weil, H. Flucke, A. Kohlman, Wm. Schroeder, H. Werner, Albert Freitag, H. ' Total, 69 members. Passed and Raised—Charles Sehenck. Initiated, Passed and Raised—J. Marcus Koelle, Gebhard Krumm, Joseph Keifler, Oscar Sehreiber, Paul Schwartz, Ferdinand Koelle. Died—3. H. C. Hunzelmann, August Knick. Dropped—Victor Castelan, Jacob Werner.
ST. JAMES LODGE No. 47. Chartered June 25th, 1841. Baton Rouge, La. Meets first Friday in each month. OFFICERS.
L. G.Stirling A.M. Herget A. T. Prescott O. B. Steele
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer.
E. E. A E.
N. Ross F. Wieck Doherty, Jr J. B. Fairie
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
E. L. Woodside, W. H. Eeynaud, W. P. Burden,
M. Klein, C. C. Bird, Geo. K. Favrot, Charles O. Wieck, Henry L. Fuqua, Charles McVea. L. G. Stirling. L. F. Eeynaud. LIFE MEMBER.
Henry Gentles.
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MEMBERS. Bat63, J. W. Jordan. John Randolph, W. G. Day, W. O. Bauer, C. E. Robertson, M. P. Denson. Thomas S. Kidd, W. P. Blouin, J. E. Dougherty, J. A. Kidd, George B. Rosenfleld, A. Brogan, John Knox, King H. Rosenthal, F. L. Farnbacher, S. Brooks, C. M. Roux, Jules Fisher, John D. Mayer, Ben R. Brunot, H. F. Mayer, E. H. Sachse, F. C. Flower, E. P. Burden, Daniel B. Fitch. D. C. McCarty, L. S. Sachse, V. A. Byram, J. E. McNair, Angus K. Stewart, Thos. D. Hamilton, J. C. Caruthers, J. A. Hare, J. B. Mendelsohn, I. J. Stevens, W. Lewis Chamberlin, W. B. Harrelson, W. D. Odom, J. b\ Stroube, H. R. Cohn, Dan Thomas, J. N. Hochendel, Ben F. Pino, Joseph Cohn, H. L. Pirie, James Townsley, A. I. Jones, G. Q. Cross. T. Jones Webb, F. J. Jones, Thomas S. Powers, L. T. Day, R. B. Total, 73 members. Jones, Sambola T. Pruyn, R. L. Initiated—Robert L. Goyer, W. M. Norvell, Braxton Honore Gilbeaux, Aimer R. Davis, Eugene Franklin Fleming. Passed—John L. Walker. Raised—Lester J. Williams, Daniel Cohn, James E. Byram, Frederick C. Sachse, A. C. White, John Fred. Odom. Affiliated—L, F. Reynaud, Frank J. Webb, John Jordan, V. A. Sachse A. I. Townsley. Dimitted—Lester J. Williams, A. C. White, Morris Cohen. Died—A. Frank, E. A. Pike.
MINDEN LODGE No. 51. Chartered April 19th, 1845. MIndeu, Webster parish, La. Stated meetings, firs and third Tuesdays iu each month. OFFICERS.
W, H.Webb C D . Gould W.T.Burnett J. M. Davies.
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer.
C. H. Cartiss C. P. Chaffe N. T. Woodard J. M. Chanler
.Secretary. S. D. J. D. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
J. C. T. Chaffe,
R. C. Drew, C. P. Chaffe.
W. H. Webb, George Life.
W. J. Reams,
LIFE MEMBER.
E. T. Nickerson. MEMBERS.
Aneher, Oscar Dyer, I. M., Sr. Minis, J. B. Arnaud, Louis Goldberg, JOG Monzingo, J. L. Atkerson, B. S. HeDry, B. F. Monzingo, A. S. Barington, R. S. Johnson, W. F. Morgan, T. B. Berry, W. H. Jones, P. A. Norton, S. G. Black in an, J. S. Kennon, Floyd Petty, T. J. Brand, J. L. Kennon, E. E. Phillips, A. H. Cantley, W. J. Liinsford, W. B. Randolph, J. R. Colbert, J. A. McCoy, W. W. Reagan, J. W. Cox. A. L. McGee, C. E. Rickerson, B. W. Davis, C. R. Miller R. H. Sandlin, J. N. Drake, A. C. Mims, D. S. Scott, E. A. Initiated—B. F. Menzingo, M. H. Sander?. Passed—O. P. Clements. Initiated and Passed—B. G. Mclntyre. Passed and Raised—J. M. Davies, W. J. Cantley.
Scott, S. M. Sledge, J. M. Smith, W. F. Sprouts, W. E.' Stone, 8. A. Taylor, W. H. Tillman, J. H. Tort, A. H. Wiggins, L. H. Willis, M. A. Wright. W. W. Total, 60 members.
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Initiated, Passed and Raised—Louis Arnaud, B. F. He&r7, Wm. T. Burnett, 0. H. Phillips, S. A. Stone, Turner B, Morgan, N. T. Woodard. Affiliated—W. W. Wright, James L. Brand. Dimitted—S. I. Colvin, Jeff. T. Tudor, S. D. Lucas, J. H. Jones, Neeler McCoy, A. Goodwill. OLIVE LODGE No. 52. Chartered November 27th. 1845. Clinton, Parish of East Feliciana, La. Stated meetings, Saturday on or before full moon of each month. OFFICERS.
W. H. Bennett.... Wm. M. Empson.. John D. Tempel .. Joseph Israel Jesse L. Cravens..
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer. Secretary. E. Ross
Jonie Levy R. Y. Mills F. W. Lewis T. L Corcoran Thos. J. Williams Tyler.
S. D. J.D. ....Chaplaln.-
PAST MASTERS.
G. H. Packwood, I. B. Wall, P. G. M., W. fl. Bennett,
Geo/ N. Eecord, F. W. Lewis.
Geo. J. Reiley,
MEMBERS.
Anderson, George Baird, Moses Ball, 0. W. Bauman, Henry Bennett, Owen L. Bennett. T. S. Bennett, Wilbur Brame, Scott'M. Brown, C. C. Cain, W. A.
Cain, S. P. Cook, Allen Felps, Isaac T. Ford, Harry Forrester, tf. H. Grippen, J. W. Haine, Edward Haney, W. Lee Hatcher, W. C. Hays, W. F.
Hays, X. D. Hochendel, G. M. Irwin, A. P. Irwin, E. L. Jones, R. P. Kilbourne, Chas. Knox, R. G. Mayer, Isadore Mayer, H. L.
McKeely, S. G McKnight, u. M.Moore, Gabriel Munday, D. E. Ross, Chas. L. Thomason, H. B. Wall. I. B. White, Geo. W. Worms, S. E. Total, 53 members-..
UNION FRATERNAL LODGE No. 53. Farmersville, Union parish, La. Meets third Saturday in each month. Reorganized under charter, March 12,1890. OFFICERS.
Edward Everett G. E. Murphy Clifton Mathews G. Hartman
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer.
R. Haas J. G Taylor J W. Elder fl. Ludwig. Jr
Secretary S. DJ.DTyler
PAST MASTERS.
J. K. Atkinson,
Edward Everett. MEMBERS.
Abbot, John P. Allen, Henry E. Arent, Louis Atkinson, Wm. J. Atkinson, T. C. Bailey, D. L. Barnes, L. H. Boughman, J. D. Boughman, Oscar Breed, Thos. J. Brunner, Laz. Callaway, A. J. Cargill, J. C.
Colsen, J. F. Cook, Lawrenre Cromwell, D. L. Dillard, Louis W Dillard, Lev! Evans, J. G. Gardner, Will Gates, Henry E. Uully, A. A. Henry, L. H. Hollis, D. W. Hollis, W. T. Jamerson, C. H.
Laupbeimer, D. E. Love. R. L. Ludwig, H. Marley, F. E. H. McFarland, W. A. McVicker, P. H. Murphy, C. H. Murphy, G. E. Nolen, S. M. Nolen, S. R, Pardue, L. Pardue, Lee L.
Roaten, John Robert?, Robt. Roberts, Wm. R. Stein, Abe Stern^ Eugene Tatum, P. A. Taylor, J. W. Thompson, O. H. Underwood. J. M. Ward, H. W. Ward.L. A. Ward, H. H. Total, 61 members.
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Initiated—CurtisPardue. •••, ;••;•. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Clifton Mathews, Henry Douglas Nolen, John Davis Miller, John W. Elder, Lawrence Cook, Lev! Dillard, : ':"!'-.. Affiliated—George E. Murphy. , .,,. ; Dimitted—Edmund Haas. ; Died—John R. Shultz, P. M., Sid. Selig.
MOUNT GERIZIM LODGE No. 54. Chartered November 28th, 1846. Bastrop, Morehouse parish, La. Stated meetings, Monday on or before full moon of each month. •
OFFICERS.
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E. Wolff.............. .,..S. D. W. M. .8. W. J. T. Howell . . . . . . J . D. J.W. J. R. Roy...... :. Chaplain. Treasurer. Pat. Smith........ ) «stnws>T-rI« Secretary. W.A.Page f stewards. T. Turner Tyler. PAST MASTERS. D. Sims Brown, L. E. Hall, J. R. Brodnax, W. A. Harrington. P. D. D. G. M., P. D. D. G. M. W. R. McCreight, J. F. Watson. MEMBERS. Band, C. T. Fox, W. B. Montgomery, C.W. Robinson, L. G. Spier, J. W. Bilberry, Lee FreemaD, Z. D. Patton, G. M. Stevenson, S. M. Burwell, S. E. Frye, C. L. Pat to D, W. F. Terzia, F. A. Collins, W. A. Harkness, J, R. Pettiss, A. B. Vaughan, W. H. Cook, J. W. Potts, E. N. Jones, Alfred S. Vaughan, D. H. Dalton, J. T. Pratt, W. A. Jones, J. N. Wasnburn, A. E. Dominique, John Lee, Geo. A. Rector, J.M. Watson, G. F. Driesbacb, Lee Riley, J. C. Madison, J. P. Total, 46 members. Initiated—J. O. Taylor, Wm. Thomas Stevenson, Joseph B. Levy. Passed and Raised—Louis G. Robinson. Raised- J. W. Spier. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Pat. Smith, C. T. Baird. Affiliated,—J. R. Roy. Died—W. W. Riles. J. F. Watson F. M. Odom J.R. Harkopss Moses Wolff W. A. Harrington
FRANKLIN LODGE No. 57. Chartered January 24th, 1848. Franklin, St. Mary parish. La. Meets first Tuesday and third Sunday in each month ana 27th December. OFFICE ES. A. C. Allen Secretary. S. T. McCardell, Jr W. M. Pevey Saint S. D. S.J. Gates S. W. T.M. Milling J. D. C. P. Sims J. W. J. T. Baldwin Tyler. O, J. Byerle Treasurer. PAST MASTERS. R. R. Cocke, P. D. D. G. M., A. C. AlleD, P. G. M., F. C. Marsb, P. D. D. G. M., Victor Von Shoeler, P. D. D. G., M., J. B. BatemaD, M. J. Foster, Wm. Brandt. W. T. Jones, J. S. Underwood, R. W. Allen, P. D. D. G. M., C. N: Frost. B. W. Smith, D. M. Campbell. J. H. MeCardell, . Minos T. Gordy, ,
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Felix U. Levy. MEMBERS.
Atkinson, C. M. Barbour, 0. A. Bell, M. Blanchard, E. D. Bowman, Ira Buford, C. A. Bull, J. D. Caffery, D., Sr. Cocke, J. S. Cross, S. B. Dinkins, H. H. Dinkins, W. P. Disch, Thomas F. Ferriot, Paul Foot, J. W.
Fourmy, J. C. Frere, T. F. FutraJ, S. W. Gates, A. S. Giles, W. F. Hale, Roland' Hine, C. P. Hoffpauir, J. I. Hudgins, L. S. Keenze, Rudolph Kyle, Wm. Latham, W. H. Lauve, Chas. Lee, R. E. Le Normand, F.
Levy, Bernard Lohman, Chas. Martin, E. D. Mayer, Isaac Mlgeot, John Milling, T. M. Morgan. E. F. Muller, J. N. Murphy, James C. Peterman, W. T. Popkin, Isaac Radcliffe, Jas. W. ileeyes, A. G. Kobichaux, H. J.
Rose, H. C. Sanders, J. Y. Saucier, J. R. Schwan. Wm. Sewell,J. B. Simmons, W. P. Sims. H. L. Smith, A, M. Short, Adam Tillotson, Frank J Todd, John R. Trow bridge, W. D. Underwood. A. M. Wooster. J S. Total, 80 members.
Initiated—R. M. Rasnensen, George Veeder, A. B. Chadwick, L. C. Williams. Initiated, Passed and Raised—S. W. Futral, S. B. Cross, Pevey Saint. Affiliated—Roland Hale, A. S. Gates. Dimitted—T. G. Daniels. Died—S. M. Abby. FRIENDS OF HARMONY LODGE No. 58. Chartered June 18th, 1848. Masonic Hall, New Orleans. Meets second and lourth Tuesdays. OFFICERS.
M. S. Steeg E. Steeg N. L. Davis W. F. Bonne ... Henry Walters. James S. Loeb..
W. M. S. W. J. W. .Treasurer. ..Secretary.
s. u.
M. M. Tannenbaum A. W. Steeg Alex. Marx P. Machray
J. D. Chaplain. M. of C. [ Stewards.. .'.'.'.'.'.V. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
A. G. Brice, P. G. M., C. A. Kauffmann, Wm. Pfaff,
W. H. Holland, P. D. D. G. M., A. Steeg A. W. Steeg,
H. L. Nick. Henry Walters, John A. Gildig.
LIFE MEMBERS,
John H. Clark, P. M.
G. Guslinski,
BaSt, A.H. Bancroft, W. M. Causse, Robt., Jr. Connifr, J. H. Dale, P. Denekamp, Ed. Doran. Wm. Dussel, Alex. Exnicios. Sam. L. Farish, R. U Farrell, John M. French, W. K. Goldstein, A. Grube, H. C. Hainkel, J. M.
MEMBERS. Hinckley, Hugh Minims, John A. Schwartz, M. Seiden, Morris, Hutcheson, E. T. Moore, Geo.^J. Shields, B. C. Hutchison, John Mouledous, L. O'Neil, James A. Shwartz, N. I. Johnson, E. E. Pajewski, Charles Simms, Geo. A. Kahn, G. Parker, Jeff. Davis Stern, Henry Keitz, E. S. Petermann, Jacob Stern, Solomon. Kokosky, H. Koritzky, H. A. Pettit, Absalom Strand, J. Rahm, P. Swiler, J. J. Levi, Sol. Mayer, P. D. L. Rawlings, L. W, Vigo, Joseph Vorbusch, A. H. McKechnie, A.J.L.Reuter, G. A. McWilliams.Rozill Rizzoti, John W. Waite, J. H. White, E. A. Meyers, John H. Robeson, S.. B. Wilson, W. K. Miller, Geo. W. Rush, S. Wolf. B. Y. Miller, H. A, Saux, G.. Total, 82 members.
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Joseph Dreyfus,
John Hougham,
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Initiated—David Baar. Initiated, Passed and Raised^B.&ny "A. Koritzky, Alexander Marx, James S. Loeb, George G. Moore.. Bemstated—Ed. Denekamp, E. A. White, George H. Tinker. , A Dimmed—A. J. Edminster, R* D. Guthrie, George Hi Tinker./ Died—E. C. Seebohm, John Berry, P. M. Suspended— Paul H. Sadler. -
MOUNT MOEIAH LODGE No. 59. : Chartered March 24th, 1849. Masonic Hall, New Orleans. Meets first and third Tuesdays'. OFFICERS.
Charles E. Gross Frank J. Herman Wilmer A. Simpson Richard Lambert James I. Richard George E. Knoop Lee A. Tschopik
W. M. S. W. ...........J. W. Treasurer. Secretary. S. D. J. D.
Edward H. WalsdorfV Louis Hufft MarkC. Siutes James,R. Biggar W. D. Marshall Edward J. Huhner... A. Berrara
Chaplain, M. of C» Stewards. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
D. R. Graham, P. G. M.,
M. J. Olle, I.S.Richard,
R.Lambert, G. S., Francis M. Cook, L.Schneider, James I. Richard,. E. H. Walsdorf.
LIFE MEMBEES.
A. Barrera,
J, W. Black, P. M. HONORARY MEMBER.
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Louis P. Delahoussaye, P. G. M. MEMBERS.,
Assenheimer, A.G. Fitzmaurice, W. S. Machray, J A. Avery, John Mackle, Chas. E. Gardiner, John Baltar, Joseph T. Gautier, Emile Mallerich, Frank Barr, Thomas, Jr. Goodrich, Ivan T. Manchlner, J. P. BeaUchamp, W. Henriques, Ed. F. Mayer, Moses Bell, Robert C. Hogan, Patrick H. May, Leonidas P. Bernard, Adplph Hogshead, Jos. V. McCarthy, W. R. Boehm, George Houghtdn, B H. McKinney,Ed. B. Brady, Milo C. Hopps, Emery O, McPeake, T. B. Braun, Frank W. Hufiij, Frederick Milspaugh, G W. Bruning, John C. Hugo, Edward Morris, E. J. Cannaday, G. R. Huhner, George Morse, Henry V. Carey, W. H, Kaulman, Chas. E. Owen, Robert O. Christo, Peter Kehoe, Miles J. Popp, J. F. Cramoad, Michael Kelly, Thomas J. Probst, Walter H. Crawley. Christ Kenney, Henry P. Reese. William W. Davie, Wash. Kinchen, A. W. Richter, A. F. Davilla, John A. Knoop, Harry D. Richards, Chas. T. Dell'Orto, Luigi Knoqp, Otto Rtcks.Philllp J. DePass,A. H. Ricks, Robert B. Knoop, T. M. DePass, D. A. Kraft, Frank J. Roberts, John R. DlTrapanl, A, Rosen thai, Jacob Kfaft, Joseph Elchinger, Joseph Kuntz, Fred. G. Maunders, Jas.n B. E vans* -Davi4 R. Lambert, John R. Scbaffnit. H? ry Ferrer, Joseph O. Leonhard. L. F. Schertz, Christian Fishel, M.Frank Lindner, John F.
Schmutz, Gaston Schumann, L. HSheeii, Dennis Shott, Chas. A. Shropshire. H. A.. Sieward, A. H. Smith, Elias K. Smith, W. G. Solomon, Angel Staunton, W. C. . Storck, Jacob A. Thilborger, E. JThomas, E. W. Toledano, W. R. Usner, Fred. Van Horn, T. D. Veros, A. 0. Vidrinne, Eraste Vireets, F. S. Walker, James D. Walsdorf, Leonardi Ward, Robt. Lee Westwick, Jos. B Winters, Fred. L. Wolff,. Isidores. Total, 121 members-
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Initiated, Passed and Baised—Charles T. Richards, Henry Schafinit, William Willard Reese, Leonard John Walsdorf, George Ernest Knoop, Harry Defer Knoop, Theodore Matthias Knoop, Philip George Ricks, Robert Bernard Kicks, W. H. Carey, William R McCarthy, Thomas John Kelly, Patrick Hewitt Hogan, Joseph V. Hogshead, Lee A. Tschopik, G. R. Cannaday, Frank J. Kraft. Wilfred Beauchamp, John Gardiner, Miles J. Kehoe, Adolph G. Assenheimer, Frederick Hufft, Charles Edward Mackie, Charles Kaufman, John Charles Bruning, F. S. Virgets, Joseph Kraft, Joseph O. Ferrer. Reinstated—A. W. Kinchen, Edward Hugo, Thomas B. McPeake, Edward B. McKinney. Affiliated—Leonidas P . May. Dimitted—Louis Alberti, James R. Anderson, John Anderson, S. F. W. Baker, John T. Banville, Adolph Bartholomew, Jr., Victor R. Borne, John H Bowie, James A. Brewer, W. T. Burleigh, F. W. Galongne, Jr.. C. W. Carson, Joseph J. Cearns, William Clifton, Conrad G. Collins, Leon T. Copping, Paul M. Coman, John R. Commons, Henderson Coruett, Ed. Dannemann, Stephen C. Deaver, Adam G. Dorr, Thomas Doyle, Louis A. Ducasse, Michel J. Dufour, Edward T. Dunn, Morris J. Dunn, George J. Eitman, John W. Englehardt, John Ferran, Clarence E. Fettis. Jules G. Fisher, Henry Flaspoller, Paul Fruend. James Jay Gazin, Louis W. Gery, Julian B. Habans, John F. A. Hebel, A. J. Heinemann, R. Sidney Hernandez, Fred'k W. Heroy, Adolph O. Hoefeld, Stephen W. Higgenbothem, Charles E. Hinshelwood, Henry Hirsch, Leon Hirsch, William J. Kearney, Henry C. Kelt, Etnile E. Klein, Henry Kolter, George W. Long, Ralph O. Marcour. Samuel Mattes, John M. Mattlngly, A. E. Mazurette, isen. A. Michel, Kosman Morgan, Mark A. Neuhauser, David Britton North, Herman Oechsner. Isaac Phillips, Morris H. Phillips, Luca Pumilia, Emile I. Rambaud, John F. Richardson, George Ringe, Robert W. Riordan, Edward 0. Ritson, David C. Roberts, Thomas H. Roberts, M. Ruella, Hugo Schmidt, Oramel H. Simpson, Charles T. Thurston, Alphonse Verlaqus. George Wagner, Joseph Whelan. James T. Wolfe, Louis J. Wunder, William T. Smith, C. C. McEckron, Louis Cipriani, Emmet R. Hingle, Francis H. Bell, Ernest J. Marsolan, Joseph A. Schindler, Lucien F. Baker. Died—Warren Stow, George Benson. Sttspewded—Henry L, Fitts, George W. Birdrow, W. L. Pendleton, Thomas P. Doty, R. P. Gillespie.
GEORGE WASHINGTON LODGE No. 65. Organized 1847. Chartered Maroh 3d, 1850. Masonic Hall, New Orleans. Meets first and third Mondays. OFFICERS.
James Cronan . George Wattigny John Gilmore Wm. H. Rooney Robert W. Irvine Chris. G. Satterley John J. Irvine
W. M. S. W. J. W. ...Treasurer. Secretary. S. D. J. D.
John C. Wickliffe Wm. E. Carruth Jacob Neinaber. Henry Gilmore Wm. A. Sarre W.A.Schmidt Jacob Casper
"j ,.f J
Chaplain. M. of C.
Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
R. W. Irvine, Robert H. Welsh.
W. H. Rooney, John C. Wlckliffe.
Oscar Schumert, Jacob C. Code.
LIFE MEMBEK3.
William A. Wilson^ '
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James I. Richard, P. M.
Paul J. Christian.
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Edgely, R. W. Leininger, J. R. Rich, Isidore Andrews, H. C. Ellzey, Robert L. Lester, H. S. Robards, C. L. Apffel, F. J. " • Lowe, E. P. Rooney, H. Armstrong, F. L. Eyster, J* A. Macaidhy, R. Rooney, Wm. Baesler, Joseph F Finke, John F. Fries, W. M. M cEnany, i>\ Y. Schumert, B. Bailey, H. J. Somers, George Ganucheau, Ed Marcuse, S. H. Baxter, Eugene Stubbs, R. B., Jr. Gibbon?, C. N. Meade, R. E. Bellott, W. J . Billington, J. W. Goldstein, David Molitor, John, Jr. Veith, Henry J . Vorhaben. H. W. Boudreaux, A. E. Goldstein, S. Munch, John Wagner, F. C. Bourgeois, L. J. Hagendoreens, W. Neely, Robert Norris, G. G. Weston. A. C. Bowling, Parker Harrison. Ed. Wickliffe,J. C, Jr. Bryant, John W. Hirtzler, Theodore O'Dowd, I). C. Perkins,' B. Wieland, Louis Chavigny, ('. N. Holle, H. J. Hyatt, H. J. Powell, Geo W. Wischan, E H. Code, Fred W. Hyatt, Frank F. Ramos, H. C. Woods, Geo. M. Code, J. F. Kelly, John Reinhardt, R. L. Yeary, M. L. CottOD, L. J. Young, Van Zandt Drager, H. B. Lamia, Patrick Remack, G. N. Total,, 91 members. Duceung, J. F. Lauehlin, N. P. Initiated—Charles Frederic Reimann, Gotleib Emile Reimann. Initiated and Passed—Albert Bledsoe Warren. Passed and Raised—Albert Eugene Boudreaux. Raised—Henry Jacob Veith Initiated, Passed and Raised—Joseph Frank Baesler, Henry Bonhage Drager, William Martin Fries, William Hagendoreens, Charles Louis Robards, Wm. Anselm Sarre, John Crepps Wickliffe, Jr., Ernest Henry Wischan Affiliated—Parker Bowling, Louis Wieland. Vied—William H. James, P. M., Jacob Sandak. Suspended—Thomas Thurber. HIRAM LODGE No. 70. Organized 1847. Chartered March 3d, 1850. Masonic Hall, New Orleans, Meets llrst and third Mondays. OFFICER*.
James Reid, Jr R. R. Douglas John J. Fogarty H. A. Test.ard H. A. McGregor Thomas Killeen
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer. Secretary. S. D.
Mayer Newhauser J H. Bruns Elliot J. Goldman
J. D. ..Chaplain. M. of C.
John F. Ritchie
Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
O. Czarnowski,
Chas. L. McKenzie, James Reid, David Ettinger, Isidore Grossmar. MEMBERS.
Gonsenheim, Jos. Krumtn, J. J. Rosentbal, W. U. Altman, David Goodman, H. Langlum, George Rubenstein, H. Anderson, P. S. Scherr, Morris Anderson, R. B. Grimm, Geo. A. Levy, W. M. Mahler, E. W. Schmitt, Barcelo. Wm. H. Grimm, * J 1 1111 111, H. J_L. F. X . l U O i l i l C l 5 -lii. Vr * t O U l i l i l l UU Nicholas XI H_>LHj Breen, Wm. D. Grossman, Adolph McCarthy, R., Jr. Schuh, Wm. C. Broderick, Jos. T>. Greenberg, Charles McCarthy, R. Stoval, H. L. Bursley, Grunewald, Rene Mlchelis, Charles Sincer, Shushan, George Louis Hainkel. Geo. M. Moock, Jacob Campbell,H.A.A. St. Clair, Louis Hatry, Gustave T. Morais. A. J. Conn, Joseph Myerson, Simon Sternberg, Jos. Davenport, F. B. Hirsch. Hyman Herbert, Victor Parker, John J- Tete, Henry Davis, D. M. Hollander^Laz. F. Phillips. Ben M. Thalsheimer, H. Dreyfus, M. uunauuci, ^ai*. Thiel, John Pincus, Jos. Feingold, M. W. Hopkins. C. H. Van Os, Herman Powers, Ira A. Ferry, James Huxen, Robert Ferth, D. M. Itzkovich, Jacob Rablnowitz, Jacob Vega. J. Redding, Joseph F. Virgets. N. C. Forschler, Phillip Jacobs, Wolf Reid, George R. Vog«l. J. G. Gallegher Ed. F. Jacobson, I. J. Wellborn, W. D. Johnson. Auaust Robert1, H. S. Garlick, Junius Rosenbaum, B. Werner, Victor Keifler, Isidore Goldman, J. J. Rosenbaum, David Whitten, J. R. Goldman, Julius * Meyer Kohlman, W. B. Rosenthal, S. U. Zetzmann, Wm. Goldman, Sam. Total, 101 members. t
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Initiated—-George Zetzmann, E. M. Gorgen. r^-. Initial^ Passed and.Raised— Henry Tete, Joseph D Broderick, William, C. iSchuh, Jacob K. Wh'itten, Henrv Rubensteio, Max. Zander, William Zeigler, Philip Forschler, Julius Goldman, Morris Dreyfus, Elliot J. Goldman, Jacob Moock. secJ—Joseph Ferry, Jacob Rabinowitz, Thomas Killeen, V..A. Sachsa? Jk0idted—xx. F.Grimm, C. H, Hopb ins. • i>imitied—J. W. Kaiser, H. B. Kaiser, V; A. Sachse. .
ALPHA-HOME LODGE No. 72. Alpha organized 1B18* Home organized 185o. Chartered. a,s Alpha Home, February 14th, 1860. Masonic Hall, New Orleans, Meets first and third Tuesdays. OFFICERS.
F^fank Davle?.. W. M. Albert D, Henriques, J r S. VV. Daniel VV. Grundy J. VV. H. G. F. Hubener , Treasurer. Wm. T. Jones Secrotarv. James H. Barnwell S. D.
J. J. Norton..., J. D. A. Gordon Bakewell Chaplain. A. J. Desangles .M. of C, Joseph E. Truch.,...... I stewards Hairy C. Dowty ( Stewards, Aug. Buuck (noc a member)...Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
George J. Pihckard, Edward Bell, Henry C Dowty, Jos. E. Truch, P. D. D. G, M., Wm. S. J. Douglas, W. T. Jones,, S. Parkinson. A D. D K C M. M H l F VV B d l To l A. Kern. C. Hale. F. VV. Breedlove. W. G. Tebault, Jr. MEMBERS.
Gitskey, Edward, Langford, Henry Ryan, Edward J. Abadie, L. Gowland, J. Q. Langridge. J. R. Naltalamaehfa, U\ Anderson, J. S. Samuels, Gus. Anderson, Louis Grundy. Daniel W. LeBarre, ,B. L. GIIZBI. A. G. Lederer, VV. Schully, Wm. Baker, John Hadesty, Chas. Leggett, W. W. Schumacheij F. M, Baltar, D. A Harzen, E. Lewis, P. H. Nchofield, W. Baringer, E. A. Lewis, S. A. Scott, Charles A. Billington, J. E. Hauser, J. G. Henriques. J. C. Lewis, R. H. Shannon, H. J. Bogner, F. J. Breed I OVA, A. B. Heres Alphonse Lopez Antonio M, Sharp, J. Frank „ Hoel/el. Phil Manion, J. E. Steen, Clark Briard, R. A. Holderith, A. Marks, Edward Stiles, H. b\ Brinker, F. Marks, M. Tharp, Henry Condon, Thos. J. Hoth, Jacob Holzhalb, Leon B Mclntosh, J. J. Vinei, Harry P. Cordiil, F. M. Houston, R. C. Meserole, E. N. Vogt, H. R. Currie, C. R. Michel, B. Wadick. James K. Desangles, A. L. IrwiD, Leon Jahncke, Fritz Mollegan, Thos. Wenck, Jackson M. Dillon, Robt. Will, Charles Douglass, James A Jones, J. Milton Mollegan, Wm. Jungblut, Wm.. Mooney, Frank J. Wilson, A. V. Ehlert, J. M. Karger, M. Morales, R. Wimberly, R. U. Falk, A. Keifer, E. L, Murphy, W, C. Woodlief, W. Ford, F. B. Kentzel, John E. Murray, Wm. P. Wunsch, E. E. Fox, F. R. Korn, W. H. Nunez, M. Zeller, L. R. Fox, R. A. Russell, Chas. H. Zinser, George Freeland. Nick R, Kowa'ski. E. Lagman,Octave A. Tp.tal, 111 members. Gilbert, H. T. Initiated—Peter F. Cullinane, Guy Lamphier, Joseph Schuh. Initiated and Passed—William Forstenson, Charles Joseph Eberhardt. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Thomas J. Condon, George Zinser, Roland . Lebbarre, Wilfrid Schofield, William Mollegan. . Affiliated—J. Milton Jones. Reinstated—George D. Gray. Dimitted—Roland L. LeBarre, George D. Gray, Dennis A. Capdau. Died—John F. Kranz, Wm. H. N. Green, H. H. Hill. Suspended—Edward E. Carroll, Jr., Philip Zerr, Wm. Gowland.
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SABINE LODGE No. 75.
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Chartered March 4th, 1850. Fort Jesup. Sabine parish, La. Meet3 Saturday before seteond Sunday. . , ; .' OFFICERS. i /
C. J: Law"...7 T.M.Self A. M.Parker W. R. Alford George R. Pattison J. A. Tramel
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J. D. Chaplain. Marslial. .-...I stewards f btewards. Tyler.
J. M. Franklin, P. D. D. G. M., James H: Caldwell, D. D. G. M., J. W. Taylor. MEMBERS.
Ryan, J. C. *Cage, R. H. Gay, L. B. Manheim, H. Sellers, Thomas B. *Hines. C.T. Hamlin, E. W. Murphy, H; O. Asby, J. L. Hammond, A. A. Middleton, W. R. Sibley, Wm. F. ~ ~ ~ ~ J. " Mitchell, W. T. Slater, James M. Bailey, Daniel W. Horn, D. Page, Lnthfir Story, J. B. .Barlow, A. J. Hyde, Wm. F. Tramel, T. M. Peters, W. H. Brown, R. a. Jackson, ~ " A. S. Pharris, Jos. M. Welch, John F. Gole, L. M. Jackson, F. V. Ponder. Amos L. Winn,Edsar R. Cox, W. H. Jackson. W. F. Jones, Edgar "Wm. Power, Frank R. Wood, J. B. Cox, W. C. Wood, Robert A. Jones, Frank M. Rains. A. B. Daniel, J. S. Total, 51 members. Gandy^ Edward R. Lilly, C. W. • Initiated—Joseph Monroe Pharris, Eduar Richard Winn, Charles Monroe Harrison. Passed and Baised—J. M. Pharris, E R. Winn, Joe Smith. . 5 Affiliated—John S. Daniel. Reinstated—J. W. Walker, E. A. Salter, L. B. Gay, J. B. Story. Dimitted—J. W. Walker, E. A. Salter, W. R. Middleton, A. S. Cassidy, Harry Houch. Died—J. R. Franklin. Suspended— R. S. Prothro. * Honorary members. QUITMAN LODGE No. 76. Chartered March 4th, 1850. Masonic Hall, New Orleans. Meets second and fourth Tuesdays. . OFFICERS. Wm. P. Miller... ..-. W. MJ George, A. Turner J. D, P. Barton M. of C. H. J.Stan»bury. .. ,. S. W. ) S&+tBe ww aarr(a1sc> E. H. Addington.... J. W. E. Landauer I M. Levy Treasurer. SamM Dreyfus Chaplain.' E" T. Duckert Secretary. R. S. Rickey Wm. O. Schmidt (not a member)Tyler. E. Godhelp S. t>. PAST MASTERS. James E. Bays, Erich Brand, G. L. Hall, Robt. H. Cage, S. I. Jay. P. G. M., Chas. Y. Carroll, H. Dreyfus, Gust. Keitz. A. H. Goodin, S. J. Flatow. W. C. Pierce, Byron Holley. J. C. Drew. George Johnston, T. D. Stewart, LIFE MEMBERS.
BenBloomfield, Geo. Soale.P. M., C. W. Clark, •P.M., , W. H. McKay.
A. H.Isaacson,
CONSTITUENT LODGES. MEMBERS. :EichhoJz, F/W: o n e S j F , &. . > . . Parham;:Eag.V. J Peter, Chas. G. Ellis, Warren R, Kirkiand. J. T. Anderson, Wm. Ricketts, R. E. L. Fayssoux.W. McL Kouns, J. Bailey, E. G. Richards, W. J. -. Forman. D, R; Lanrphier, H. P. Baptist,. Edward Lanafried-, Frank Radetszki, Gus. < • F o r n p , L . •-• B n l vT Th p Tf v LaTine. S. • • • • Sal-m.-A. . . Benedict, John T. Garcia, E; J. •Soheyer, Mose P. GilliThos. M. • Levys E. H: Berbson. The&. Sehwarze, H.W: a. •Gillian, William " Ijipsherj George Berniard, John Leweovioz, I. • • Slrjacqiies, E. C. • Bernstein,' E . • • • • •Gogreve, E. R. Maybins J. W. • •Soule.Frank Bernstein, M. • • Gough. James Maybin, Warren Soule, A. L. Green, G. M. , Biggar, E. B. Soule, E. E. McBride, R. S. Halloway, Chas. Boyd, John L. McChesney, W. H. Thomson, P. H. Hansell, M. E Brundige,'j. P. Hansell, Wm. S. McCann, Wm. S. Valloft. L. E. Cartwright, A. Verlander, W. J. McNeil, E B. Harral, J. H. Cooley, LeV. McNeil, P. R. '•• Wads worth, Geo.M> Heintzelman, J. Corry, E. J. Wall, W. W: Muller.T. W. Herwig, P. F. •Cortie, 0. S. Newman, Henry Wakeman, J. P. Holmes, L. M. Cottranx, E. E. Wilkinson. R. Noha, A. Howard, T. J. €oyle, W. G. Dow, William D. Ivy, E. D. O'Donnell, Wm. A. Wood, Wallace, J r . Xvdias, Geo. A. Dreux, Charles A. Jay, John W. O'Neal, W. P. Total*116 members. Johnson, F. H. Edwards, B. J. &teton,-S.rj-..•.-
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ST. JOSEPH LODGE No. 79. Stated meetings beld at Ncwelton, Tensas parish, on first Wednesday In each month. Old charter restored February 13th, 1874. . OFFICERS. •]'•'• Aidolph Elgutter...: W. M. Sol. Elgutter.....:.::...;..Secretary. s, D, Leopold ErgutterV. ,S. W. s. A . R u s s e i i : . . . . . . : . . . : . D. Rosenbaum......'..' J. D. J . W Warren V.V.Y J. W. Albert Morris..........' Tyler. John Murdoch. .Treasurer. V
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Initiated—Ed: E. Morris, Meyer Blum; •• Affiliated—J. W. Warren. '.::•:• DimUted-rVelix Boch, J. M. Harper. : Died—1. C,; Sachse, W. J. C. Austin, Jesse Marshall, W. G. Kalen, R. H» Snyder^... .
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Chartered March 4th, 1850. Logansport, DeSoto parish, La. Meets fourth Saturday in each month. OFFICERS. . "•'
A.M. Garrett P. G. R. Bell L. H. Adams N. J. Caraway C. R. Caraway D. M. Hood..' :
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T. T. Calhaun
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J. F. Sims........ E. D Staid Chesley Price John R. Nash Robt. T. Noble.
Chaplain, M. Of 0 ....M. C. .Marshal ..Tyler.
PAST.MASTERS.
W. M. Byrd,
J. W. Peek.
J. R. Nash.
A, M, Garrett.
MEMBERS.
Shirey, W, B, Alexanders B. J. Hamilton, M. E. Lupton, W. A. Henry, J. I. Smart, E. E. Alston, F. R. Midgett, S. Hoard, D. L. Smart, S. J. Bacon, C. B. Prather, C. W. Tillery, G. L. Brook, W. M. G. Jay. W. H. B. Price, E. E. Whittim, L. U phristian, F. V. Johnson, G. W, Prichard, J. L. Foshee, John H. Legg, Frank Robinson. H. C. Wilson, Charlfis Liles, H. B. Wrinkley, A. D. Garrett, J. B. Shirey, M. B. Total, 45 members. Grogan, J. L. Initiated—James Payne Noble. Initiated and Passed—Yancy RObinson, John Thomas Heustom Passed and Raised—Ed. D. Staid. . ' ' ,-,..•• Initiated, Passed and Raised—Chesley Price,, Hewell C. Robinson. Affiliated—G. L. Tillery. •.,-,
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OLIVER LODGE No. 8*. Chartered March 4th, 1S50. Alexandria, Rapides parish, La. Meets first and third Wednesdays in each montn. : OFFICERS. . ;, '--'•
George C. Wilson... J. M. Goldberg L. C. Johnston H. B. Chase J. W. Mitchell A. V. Neilson
"....W. M. S. W. J. W. •.-. ..Treasurer. Secretary. S. D. A. Hilton
E. J. l i e s . . . . . . . . J. M. Barrett Julius Levin Harry Haas... A. J. Dunn . ! H. E. Hoyt. Tyler.
J. D. Chaplain. .,,MarshaL ,,..M. o f C W
PAST MASTERS.
J. M. Barrett, C. Goldenberg, P. D. D. G. M., Sol. Hess, C. F. Crockett, H. W. S. Lund, John J. Ferguson, .
R. C. Rogers, G. A. Staples, J. L. Wilson,
LIFE MEMBER.
Henry St. John H. H. White. C. F. Contois. ;
Julius Levin, P. M. MEMBERS*
Bender, J. M. Adams, C. N. Blackman, J. C. Adams, Furney Alexander, J. W. Blackman, W. F. Boutte, C. S. Allen, N. R. Brian, F. N. Baker. J. E. Caplan, David Ball, J. N. Bauer, Achille, . Carter, H. C. Baynard, L. B., Jr. Choppin, A. R. Clark, H. T. Bell, H. B,
Clarke, C. H. Clarke. M. L. Connerly, S. L..-• Cooper, J. B. Craig, J. W. Cunnineham, H. Davis, H. R.. Dale, G. R. Davout, A. R.
Dorsett, Oran Dunn, John Evans, J. L. Fellows, Sam. •Flower, W. P . ; Fried, Sam. Gates, O, N, . . Gates, E.T!. Gates, J. N.
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Pierson, C. Sloan, C. C. Gates, John W. Joffrion,W. F. Pierson, Percy H. Smith, L. E. Gehr, Gus. Jones, F. B. Snelling, G,-o. M. Gilberg, B. Kavanagh, W. J. Polk, Wm. Beams. P. A. Snelling, J. P. Ginsberg, B. Kirschner.A. Swayze, G. C. Gregory, J. F, Knowles, Goo. B. Band, Ed. Hardeman, A. B. Kretscnmar. O. Randolph, B. L, Sylvester, J. W. Ridge, V. H. Tilden, R. E. Harris. W. C. Lcckle, A. G. Boberts, Geo. A. Thompson, R. V, Hill, Win. Lehman, 1). Boberts, H. R. Tunney, Joseph Hemenway, V. N.Levin, Jacob Rosrnttial, I. Warshaiier, Sam. Hemeuwav. G. G, Maddox, B. G. Rosenthal,' Jonas. :Weil, Ben. . Hoflman, W. E. Mallov. M. S. Rubin, Sam. Wettermark, A. Hoover, M-. J. •McCann. F. If. Wheadon, T. C. Hudson, A. G. McGmriis, J. I. Sanford, Wm. Hudson, W. C. Miller, John W. Sehmalinski, E. • Whittington. h. P. Schmalinski, Sam Wilson, J. M. Hynson, D. W. Moore, A. N. Schmalinski,'Sid Wilson, Lee Jeffrey, Thomas Neal, Joe. J. Wisbey, A. L. Johnston, J, Gv! Uyerton, John H. Sheynin, John Simmons,'R. O. Total, 131 members. Johnston, J. M. Pettingill; A. Initiated—Isaac Posner. ' Passed and Raised—H. R. Bell, Henry R. Davis. liaised—J. G. Johnston. Initiated, Passed and Raised—J" R. Cooper, A. V. Neilson, E. J. lies, Ira W. Sylvester, Sam. Fried, A. L. Wisbey, George R. Dale, Norman B. Allen. Affiliated—H. E. Hoyt, W. F. Jottrion, Charles L. Sloan, James Lyle Evans, Fred. RiJojies. : ,, \Dimitted— James P. Gates. Dled—J. G. White. P. M., T. Clements, P. M., Geoge O. Watts. Expelled—-W. I. Gibson. . . . LAFAYETTE LODGE No. 87. Chartered March 4th, 18S0. Patterson, St. Mary parish. La. first and third Thursdays iQ each month.
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William Davis... William Norman David Hatfsmann F. Hausmann.. :..
J. A. Loret»
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J. A. Duplan Henry Hausmann John Lund W. H. Kramer
Secretary. S. D. ...J.D., Tyler»
PAST MASTERS.
Henry Hausmann,
T. W. Tarleton,
W. H. Kramer.
LIFE MEMBER.
Bernard Levy, P, M., P. D. D. G. M. MEMBERS,
Bauer, A. Gooeh, W. N. Norman, H. Schwartz, Joseph Bellissein, T. Levy, Louis Sanders,, J.. B. Stansbury, A. J. Cameron, M. A. Levy, Leon Total, 21 members. Initiated—Robert Lee Biggs, Chailes D. Craighead, J. Eugene Munson, Jr., Henden J Williams. Reinstated—Joseph Schwartz. Dimitted—Octave V. Rentrop.. ••'"- c '• CYPBESS LODGE No. 89. Benton, Bossier parish, La. New charter, February 12th, 1890. Meets Thursday on or before full moon In each month .' . . ..OFFICERS.* . ,..-.•
a H. Dowell.....-.;.'..•;.'...-..Y.'W.'M. B.A.Kelly ......,S. W. C. O. Gayle: : J. W, R. E. Wyche. \.Treasurer. B. B Hill; Secretary.
P. P. DnBois.... ....S. m J. F. Wise ;....... J. D: B. Wise................. ) s t pl w f l r r i ' J. P. Seabaugh. f » ewaras. Joseph E. Adger.............. .Tyler.
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.. BELLEVUE LODGE No. 95. Chartered January 24th, ] 851. Haughton, Bossier parish, La. Stated meetings, second Friday of each mouth. OFFICERS. .Secretary. H. H. Barncastle W. M. A. H. Eatcliffe .. S. D. S. T. HoDbs S. W; " Wm. Burch J. D. P . P.Cook , J . W . ,T..H.Lawrence. Tyler. H. Barncastle '....Treasurer. W. C. Chanler... ;
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Allen, John W.- Chanler, John F. Hickman, W. B. • Hollingsworth.J. -Allen, P, -D. •Colbert, W. W. Hood, W. 0. Allen. H. B. Durdin, G. W. Barnett, J. G. ,. Edwards, J. Ford, James, E. C. TSates, James M. Grant, E. W. • Lawrence, P. A'^ Mathews, H. C. ^ettick, H W. C. Grav, C. J. Mathews, J. O. Bland, G. H. Griffin, D. E. Mobley, Jesse W. Bledsoe, W. H. Hall, Marion Braden, T. N. Hickman, Thas. IBrandt, W. C. Initiated—J. H., Culpepper". Passed and Raised—J. O. NMathews. Raised-—P. B. Cook. Dlmitted—W. E. Boyett.
Odom, M". '-•. :i* Ogilvie,•*. E; i
O wens. C. G. Eeed, Wm. C Eogers. A. J; • Sibley, J. H. Sheppard. J. K. Snider, Ti H. Walker, E. E. Total, 50 members.
ST. HELENA LODGE No. 96. Chartered February 22d, 1851. Greensburg, St. Helena parish, La.' Meets third Saturday in eaoh month. ;' ' .OFFICERS^,!*,. ' . ,' J. D. John Freiler W. M. . C. E. Burton Chaplain E. B. Watson S. W. J. N. Herrineton o. p. Li oasey..'::::::::.... .... J. W, w. M . Hutchinsqn;:;..;;.... M. of c. •C. M.'SItmari...'....'.' . .Treasurer. .-.?•••• t Stewards, W. E. Hamberlih..'......'.'.Secretary. F. C. P a r k e r . . . . . . . : : . . . . . . . . . . . . S. D. J. M. Hutchinson'.V.'.V.. ....;•• .Tyler.
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John Freiler. u W. G. Hamberlin, W. R. Parker. : P. B. B.G.KS., W. S: Hutchinson, A. P. Richards,
R. E. Womack, John Burnin.
LIFE MEMBERS.:' "•,
W. L. Thompson.
C. H. Allen,
MEMBERS.
Barlow. E. P. Cole, J. W. Matthews, W. A. Sitman, G. W. Blonnt R. A. Cole, Thos. J. McClendon, H. P. Strickland, H. K. Burton, I. E. TayloT, G. E. Cole,T. E. Methvin, A. B. Burton, E. Y. Tidwell, J. B. Freiler, F. J. Methvin, T. J. Carrutb, J. M. Gill, J , B. Mixon, Geo. W. Thompson, O. T. Chandler, J. J. Watson, A. T. Grice, J n. Powell, J. W. Cole, S. M. Wilson, M. C. Holland, W. S. Eandle, E. O. Cole, C. J. Holland, W. T. Richards, B. G. Wilson, J. E., Jr. Cole, C. G. Lambert, J. W. Sessions, K. W. Total, 55 members. Initiated—Wm. Cornelius Alford, Thomas Lee Edwards. Initiated and Passed—Eobert Lee Bridges. Passed—James Bond. Passed and Raised—E. A. Blourit. Initiated, Passed and Raised—James Norville HerriDgton. Affiliated—Burt Baer. • Reinstated—R. P. Barlow, J. B. Grice. • r Dimitted—M. A. Strickland, A. J. Townsley. Dropped—B. K. Boyd, C. N. Keeyes.
HERMITAGE LOBGE No. 98. Chartered January 21st, 1851. Masonic Hall, New Orleans. Meets first and third Thursdays. OFFICERS. Paul J. Cendon... ..W. M. . Cl aude H. Solanas .Ghaplajn., . , . , . . . . . ..M. of C. Joel J. Prowell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S. W. Wm.Ehlert. 1 Arthur J. Peters J . W. John E. Upton Horace Vallas Treasurer. Albert.B. Bavis Secretary. KS::::::::;;:.} stewa^ Charles W. Grofl S. B. E. J. Byrne... J . Clifford M. Eustis J. B. H. A- M cGregor (not a member) Tyler.: P A S T MASTERS. Horace Vallas, J. B. Taylor, J. H. H. Taylor, W. B. White, J. L. G. JacKson, Frank L. Martin. H. E. Fine, Caspar P. Gelbke, Louis R. Hoover. Claude H. Solanas. MEMBERS.
Arnold, Chas. Bosse, E. C. ,, Ashbey, Lewis Brandt, L. Atkinson, B. Brown, F. G. Balmer, P. Av Brummer, Theo. Brunei, O. Bauer, L. ui uucu, L. u. > Baumann, August Burk, J. H. Baxter, W. N. Burt, T. E. Beattie, John Burthe, V. B. ] Bergeret, H. J. P. Burwell, E. T. Berry, P. Casey, John P. Blatter, E. L. Clark, Ed. J Boebinger. John,Ji Coats, Will. J. Bollwitt, C. F. Cook, A. G.
Cooper, E. J DePass, M. B. BeSaussure, H. B. Besmare, L. J. Bicks, A. H. Blcks, E. Lee Brumm, F. S. Brumin, R. W. Bunn, J. B. N. EMert, Emile Elliott, Andrew Evans, Frank E. Feste, Ernest
Forsvth, Chas. L. Gelbke, Chas. F. Gogreve, W. A. Gomila, J. H. Goslin, Julius Groff, A. R. Gruber, Chas. Wm. Hannagriff, E. W. Hardie, C. M. Harte, E. P. G. Hebert. A. J. Henrich, J. H. Hohn, T. C.
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Rossef, J. B., Jr. Trouilly, C. R. Hollander, M. F. Mlsse, Aug. Huber, Wm, hPl Montagnet, R. • Sampson, JJ..E, • - U h l i iPul; Huey, W. R. P. ' Montgomery.W. J. Schmidt, C..W., Jr Urban,; A, S. r Hufft, Fred Morgiin, Will J. Schwartz, David Vienna, A. Illy, Carl Weatherby, T. M. Murriiv, Walter R. Spares. V. Jannarelli, A. B. Oplatck, Joseph Stich, Wm. Wei man, Geo. Kelley, Daniel M. Payiie, " E. " H. " Sweetman, D. V. Werlein, P. Kolm, Edwin C Willard, F. C. Preis, E. B. Switzer, Wm. Lee, Julius Preis, R. L. Toledauo, R. K. Witoher, J. V. Leidenheimer, C.F, Preis, S. T. Titche, Bernard Zemurray, Sam. Louderbough, C. G; Reyhes, Joseph Total, mratjmbers. Initiate*-William rordGoodrich, Robert Lee Boyd, Ed. B. Reynolds. Passed and Baised—Julius Goslin. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Charles Guilliotte Louderbough, Victor T). F. Burthe, Walter R. Murray, Franlj Eugene Evans, Harold Wood Pring, Charles,Wm. Gruber. ' • ' . . • ' v;: : r ' . DimiMed—Frederick Harris Wiiit?;H. Fichtenburg (in 1932). , Died—John Miller; J. F. Kustaborder,, Sanjuel Andrews. Suspended—George W. Bdstick, Walter. H.'Eo ; geri' : " ,' :,' ]
F R A N K L I N T O N LODGE No. 101; Chartered January 21 st, 1851. Franklintoo, Washington parish, E.a. meetings, tlrst Saturday of each monttt. OFFICERS.
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T. J. Graves P. B. Carter R. P. Simmons T. M. Babington
W. M. S. W. .J. W. Treasurer.
W. W. Babington,
T. D. Foil, C. D. Ott, H. W. Hullinghorst.
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J. E. Wood C. L. Varnado James L. Bateman.. J. N. Simmons
Stated . ;,, .
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
J, E. Wood,'
LIFE MEMBERS.
Jacob Magee, P. M., Welcome Penny, . • J , E. Wood, P. M,,
J.R.Burch, R. Babington, P. M.> J. M. Burris, P. M.
M E M B E R S .
Babington, R. H. Brown, F. M. Banl^ston, J. L. Brumfleld, D. J. Bateman, Jas. L. Burkhatter, J, S. Baughman, Henry Burris, J. M., Jr, Cqrkern, J, B. Bickham, A. C. Foil, D. F. Bickham, C. M. Bickham, Louis A. Gayer, Adolph Gayer, H. E. Brock, J. Vol.
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Haley, E. T. Johnson, J. K. Kemp, J. M. Magee, D. N. Masree, Wm. C. Magee, Wiley C. Miller, M. N. Morris, C. P.
Parker, J. P. Pettit, Thosv A. Pool, A. C. Pounds, J. L. Richardson, S. P. Smith. Jeremiah Spring, R. Wascom, P. Y. Total, 52 members. Initiated—Andrew Jackson Welch, Eli Felix Burch, John Chambers Bateman. Initiated and Passed—Francis Michel Coyne, Harry Wm.. May, John Wesley Bateman. Raised-^Theodore Gayer. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Rheuble Henry Spring. Reinstated—J. S. Burkhalter, Joseph M. Brock, J. W. Smith. Dimltted—Henry W. Hullinghorst. Died—Charles J Burcb. Suspended—T. M. Byrd, M. E. Brumfield, M. F. Magee, Edward Myles, E. W. Ott, A. N: Simmons.
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LOUISIANA LODGE No. 102. Chartered January 23d, 1851. Masonic Hall, New Orleans. Stated meetings, first and third Thursday evenings. OFFICERS. J. C.Nielsen W. M. R. F. Spangenberg, Jr M. of C C. E. Cormier.. S. W. R. D. Screven Chaplain J . E . Fitch J.W. A. C. Norcross o c r o 1 B. M. Gilbert Treasurer. Orl off Lake I e+1 . „ Ao John B. Parker.. Secretary. E. J. Forstall f Stewards. C. W. Stumpf.. S. I). G. P. Eastman J L. S.Goldstein J. D. J. A, Trotot Tyler. E. M. Fisher 'not a member) Organist. PAST MASTERS. Alex. K. Finlay, Henry H. Jones. James Eainey, E. D. Screven, Owen Gernon, L. Luderbach, H. F. Rugan. T. D. Wharton, J. W. Keefle, E. J. Madden, E. I. Kursheedt. C. E. Fenner, Jr. MEMBERS. Abrams. C. M. Kaufman, Louis Rebentisch, C. G. Epstein, Abram Arms, W. E. Lake.D. G. Banner, F. L. Ewing, Robt. Aschaffenburg, A. Faust, Win. C. Larcade, Hid. Romanski, H. J. Babcock, C. McA. Faust, W. C, Jr. Lee, Charles I. Ross, J. W. Baldwin, A. Levy, F. L. Rowland. H. T. Finley, W. W. Baldwin, H. F. Salter, H. P. Ford, F. Codman Link, C. J. Benson. Andrew Gardner, L. H. Lipman, J. Sampson, Max. Bonito, F. A. Loeber, F., Jr. Schwartz. Ed. Gardner, S. P. Brewer, W. P. Marr, C. O. Smith, W. S. Garic, W. M. Brown, A. B. Marthe, Leon Smith, P. F. Garner, G. G. Buchanan, J. A. Generelly, M. Mathers, John, Jr. Solomon, H. H. Busch, Fred Mathews, W. B. Spano, Paul GereD, O. P. Campbell. W.S., Jr. Gernon, Robert Maunsell, E. S. Spearing, J. Z. Carter, W. J. Merrick, E. T., Jr. Stokes, Chas. A. Gibbens, W. J. Chamberlain, C. H. (iraveley, F. P. Merritt, P. G. Stone, Guy Chandler, C. A. Metz, A. L. Stream, E. L. Groves, J. B. Chaplain, H. C. Mlllard, Philip Swetman, Jos. W. Hansard, H. E. Clark, P. C. Miller, W. C. Tebo, A. G. Hay, Alex. Cleveland. W. G. Heaslip, S. F. Molinger, C. B. Trezevant, M. B. Coleman, H. D. Herndon. Edward Montgomery, R. B. Trotot, J. A. Coleman, S. S. Herrman, M., Jr. Nathan, G. McD. Vaughn. M. C. ColemaD, J. F. North, Thomas P. Walker, W. L Hill, J. D. Cooney, W. T. Norton, Thos. B. Weber, A. Hoft, Geo. C. Cormier, Louis E. Horton, C. L. Nunez, N. H. Wellborn, M.J. Cotting, C. C. Palfrey, Herbert Westmoreland, E. G Hughes, W. L. Craig. John. Jr. Parker, John M. White, A. C. Ittman, J. Cummings, A. N. Jahncke, E. L. Parker, Walter Whitney, C. M. Cusachs, P. L. Parker, W. E. Wigginton, J. F. Jahncke, P. F. Dannenmann, F. Jahncke, W. F. Plume, John I. Will, T. C. Dantagnan, J. D. Janney, J. Pullum, H. J. Witherspoon, J. T. Dupre, 'Emile Quittans, D. Wolf. A. J, Jordan, Win. Ellis, T. C. W. Raine7, James R. Woods, L. E. Joseph, L. H. Emery, R. L. Rainold, Frank E. Zuberbier, H. Kahn, Henry Total, 155 members. Initiated—Harry Louis Loomis, Jr., John Albert Moran. Initiated, Passed and Baised—Frank Porcner Gravely, Howard Joseph Pullum, Marye Brooks Trezevant, Charles Morgan Whitney, Orion" Lake, Duff Green Lake, John Francis Coleman. Andrew Benson, Oscar Putnam Geren, Charles Morgan Abrams, George Perry Eastman, Eugene Joseph Forstall. Affiliated—Guy Stone, Hiram Peters Salter, William Edgar Parker, Alexander Campbell White, Walter George Cleveland, Selby Sumner Coleman, Reinstated—Herman Zuberbier, Wils J. Carter, George D. Boyd, Kennett S. Gnthrie. DlmAUed—George D. Boyd, Kennett S. Guthrie, Ivy W. Barksdale, T. H. Jones, A. M. Trust.
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WORK AND RETURNS OF RUSTON LODGE No. 106.
Chartered January 31st, 1852. Huston, Lincoln parish, La. Stated meetings, second Saturday and fourth Monday In each month. Name changed from Vienna, 1892. OFFICERS.
C. H. Carson, J r J. G. Bond E.G. Null G. W. Braswell W. S. May J. M. McCarty...
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer. Secretary. S. D.
B. S. Braswell N.B.Null H. R. McCullough Jacob Cossman E. E. Monzingo J. T. Tudor
J. D. M.ofC. Chaplain. 1, aj. ownvja f StewardsTyler..
PAST MASTERS.
E. L. Kidd, N. B. Null, D. D. G. M., R. Roberts, S. L. White, M. A. Lawrence, W. E. Redwine, R. P. Brooks, T. J. Mangham. .
LIFE MEMBER.
J. R. Ball, MEMBERS.
Abbott, Jack Ambrose, J. O. Anderson, H. Archibald, J. T, Atkinson, Shelby Beck, Jehu Bell, M. A. Blumenthal, Dave Blumenthal, J. Bond, J. L. Boyd, N. L. Bransford, J. G. Bransford, J. R. Brothers, A. M. Brothers, G. L. Brown, S. W. Cain, J, O. E. Cantrell. J. R. Carroll, T. H. Colvin, G. H., Sr. Colvin, C. C. Colvin, J. P., Jr. Colvin, A. F. Cook, W. H. Davis, M. A. Davis, W. E. Dear, H. D.
Kendall, W. S. Delony, M. Kushner, Isaac Driggers, M. A. Laurence, C. H. Duncan, W. K. Laurence, W. M. Elrod, M. W. Lindsay, J. A. Everett, W. J. Mabry, J. T. Ford, A. H. Funderburk, V. J. Martin; W. F. Gahagan, L. C. Martin, W. H. Goodenough, C. S. McBride, J. S. Meek, J, H. Graham, E. M. Messell, H. D. Griffin, S. H Miller, C.-E. Griggs, J. C. Moss, H. J, Y. Hall, A. S. Newcomb, Frank Hardy, G. M. Norris, W. J. Harrell, R. F. Hattaway, L. C. Oxford, A. G. Herman, Ernest Pitts, J. L. Pyrkle, L. H. Hodges, C. B. Rasberry, T. L. Hodges, W. H. Holman, John R. Ray, J. G. Rhea, C. H. Howard, J. F. Robinson, W. C. Huey, J. McE, Robinson, W. P. Jones, A. T. Ritchie, S. B. Jones, James Sauls, W. B. Jones, N. B; Sharpe, J. P. Johnston, J. F. Johnson, R. N. Sims, J. M.
Sims, J. R, . Simon, J. B. Singleton, H. R. Skinner, Sam. Smith, I. D. Smith, James W. Smith, Robt. J. Smith, Wm. Smith, W. J. Staples, O. B. Taylor, A. A. Terry, W. T. Thompson, B. F . Tirrell, G. G. "Venable, C. H. Volz, H. Walker, H. E. Walker, T. L. Walmsley,R.M.,Jr. Warren. H. R. Watts, C. J. Wharton, J. U. H. Willis VV. F. Wilson, J. H. Wright, J. M. Wynn, R. H. . Total, 127 members-
Initiated—Wm. J. Crow, Wm. Stow Rutledge, Wm. Lee Alman, Joseph Webb Martin, Thomas Edwin Russ, Charles Green Murphy. . Passed and liaised—Allen T. Jones, James1 A. Lindsay. Baised—John F. Howard, N. L. Boyd. Initiated, Passed and Baised—Lawrence C. Gahagan, W. Pool Robinson, Baxter Simon Braswell, Wm. Franklin Willis, Weslie E. Davis^ Sidney HGriffin, James Madison McCarty, Worth M. Laurence. Affiliated—J. H. Wilson, E. E. Mpnzingo.J, T. Archibald, G. G. Tirrell, John R. Sims, Henry Volz, Jeff. T. Tudor;, : ; .,,' , Mmitted—A. W. Norris, L. T. Kirkland, M. H. Newell. Died—George W. Edmonson. • dropped—W. R; Carroll, C. W. Allen, '*•••'
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CONSTITUENT LODGES. SPARTA LODGE No. 108.
Chartered January 31st, 1852. Re-chartered December 24th, 1886. Blenville, Blenvilleparish, La. Stated meetings, Saturday on or before full moon. OFFICERS
Henry M. King. . . . . ..W. M. W. P. Lucky...... S. W. Bart Took.',". J. W. L. J. Lueky ...'....Treasurer. E. M. Campbell.. .....Secretary. P'. W. Hammett..
G. C. Lucky.. ..S.D... W. M. Kemp. J. p.. MikieR. Stricklin...... ....Chaplain,. T. M. Wilson I Stewards... J. C. Smith . . . : . . . . .Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
H. M. King,
A. L. Crowsont
B. P. Edwards.
J. W. Lucky.
MEMBERS.
Loe, Joseph R. *Franklin. J. M. Foster, D. P. Grigg, Robert C. Loe, Will J. Blume, Ira Campbell, W. 0. Hammett. A. E. Lucky, G. J. Hays, R. T. Crowson, R. M. Moon, G. W., Sr. Crawford, E. A. Jones, J. P. Murphy, W. J. Lewis, C. C. Cummings.E. Roden, C. S. Farrell, J. J. Initiated, Passed and Raised—E.Moses Campbell, Roden.
Raff, Thos. F. Salter, James Smelly, J. E. Sprawls, J. J. Webb, I. P. Wilson, Geo. F. Total, 35 members. G. J. Lucky, C. S»
* Honorary member.
HARRISONBURG LODGE No. 110. Chartered January 21st, 1852. Harrisonburg, Catahoula parish, La. Stated meetings, second and fourth Wednesdays In each month. OFFICERS.
Riley J. Wilson George W. Pearce Robert H. Young H. C. Holloman T. W. Whatley .-
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer. Secretary.
J. W. Walters H. W. Bethard W. H. HolJoman W. S. Dorsey E. O. Ellis
S. IX J. D.. Stewards.' Tyler..
PAST MASTERS.
James Foi-sythe, P. D. D. G. M., J. F. Ellis, P. X). D. G. M. D. N. Thompson, D. D. G. M.
H. B. Taliaferro. P. D. D. G. M., William H. Holloman, J. C. Segrist.
MEMBERS.
Miller, B. F. Bates, P. P. Carter, J. W. Hailey, Albert Reider, Peter " K. ~ Hardin, J. C. Blackmail, J. C. Cole. R. Taylor, Harney Hodges, A. G. Brown, M. C. Cotton, G. S. Trichell, E. H. Holloman, Carey Bruce, W. J. Cotton, N. R. Burley, C. P. Dale.O. M. Holloman, S. C. Watson, W. J McClendon, J.-B. • Wiggias. L. F. Campbell, F.L.* Jr. Dempsey, M. — P. Wilson, R. J. Campbell, H. P. Fairbanks, S. D. Meyers, Win Total, 45 members.; Cantwell, A, B. Griffin, S, F. Initiated—Joseph Hill Bradford. Initiated and Passed— Sterling Spencer Boatner. Raised—Cyrus P. Burley, J. L. Bryant, Thomas W. Whatley. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Walter J. Bruce, Spencer Fulton Bruce. Affiliated—Fort O. Ellis. Died—Thomas Rhinehart. Suspended—Jos. G TaHaferro, Albert S. Harrell. Expelled—3. JJ. Bryant. '•' ,: ,
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WORK AND RETURNS OF URIM LODGE No. 111.
Chartered February 2d, 1853. Calhoun, Ouachita parish, La. Stated meetings, second Saturday ol each month. Postofflue. Calhoun. OFFICERS.
T. I. Watson N. E. Calhoun G. W. Butler S. R. Finklea L. H. Peevy J. D. Goodson
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer. Secretary. S. D.
J. T. Hathaway M. A. Ohilds N. G. Watson M.I. Holmes O. C. Carleton, Jr H. L. Eubanks
J. D. Chaplain. Marshal. ) ch ttpewwn ra(r1dl 8< > \ Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
H. C. Henry, M. A. Childs. T. I. Watson.
C. H. Peevy, J. D. Goodson.
C. T. Hines, G. L. N. Wineger.
LIFE MEMBE R.
A. W. Sheppard, P. M. MEMBERS.
McKenzie, G. T. Carleton, J. W. Heath, J. A. Anders, W. H. Partin, R. M. Carleton, W. F. Humble, J. F. Ashcraft, T. Petty. John T. Johuston, F. P. Avant, Wm. T. Evans, R. A. Pipes, J. E. Finklea, W. B. Jones, H. M. Barrow, D. N. Pipes, S. W. Brownlee, W. V. Garland, J. A. Lee, S. Sinclair, Bryan, J. E. Gentry, T. C. Maxey, J., M. U1OACJ , U XIX. 'JlLH^lOlll , J. U • T. A• Calhoun, L. C. Grisham, C. M. McDaniel, J. W. Young, W. R. Camp, S. N. Hammons, M. Total, 46 members. Initiated, Passed and Raised—John Thomas Sinclair, William Thomas Avant. Affiliated—Fletcher P. Johnston, John Tone Petty. Died—J. A. Stewart. Dimitted-A. M. Turner, W. G. Dunn. SHREVEPORT LODGE No. 115. Chartered January 27th, 1853. Shreveport, Caddo parish, La. Stated meetings, first and third Thursdays ol each month. OFFICERS.
Harry M. Weil W. M. Moses P. Jacobson S. W. H. W. Bechtell J. W. Simon Hohenthal Treasurer. James D. Jenkins Secretary. J. J. L. Goodmao
S. H. Florsheim Chris. O'Brien F. A. Tusten... E. W. Jackson L. I. Dealy Tyler.
.S. D. J. D. Chaplain. I m . - . rl1 . f &tewaras-
PAST MASTERS.
B. P. Barker, John J. Scott, P. D. D. G. M., P. D. D. G. M., J. J. L. Goodman, H. Florsheim, Wm. Winter, G. W. McDuflie,
F. A. Tusten, P. D. D. G. M. Ben. Holzman, W. T. Boiling.
J. D. Lee, John D. Wagner, Sid. H. Florsheim, J. B. Harding.
Boetz, C. Bowers, F. W. Braunig, S. Bryson, T. J . Buchanan, J. C. Bullard, W. C. Busbey, W. H. Callaban, J E. Campbell, W. W. Clegg, Thos. H. Cullen, Thos. J.
Cupples, H. R. Deal, Charles Dreyfus, S. G. Dreyfuss, I. T. Eastham, J. H. Florsheim, S..L. Frank, Moses Goldman, H. Goldstein, S. Guiher. J. H. Hail, W. A.
Hart, H. S. Harris, C. H. Hicks, S. H. Hunter, W. H., Jr. Jarrett, W. P. Jeffries, J. L. Johnson, C. A. Kahn, Arthur T. Kahn, Aaron Klein, Bernard Kline, W. B.
MEMBERS.
Abramson, Louis Allen, E. G. Bahr, Simon Barlow, T. L. Barron, Isaac Belcher, W. C. Benjamin, Louis Benson, Meyer Benson, Jos. Bishop, L. C. Boazman, H. C.
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Wagner, A. J. Lemle, Isaac Mottley, James A. Reierson, C. L. Ripin,M. Wagner, L. G. Levi, Julius Nickle, Wm. Warner, B. 8. . .Levy, Jake G. Patterson, R. J. M. Sachs, Sig. Samuel, D. B. Washburn, D. A. Levy, Max. M. Phillips,,J. M. Serwich, Frank Weiler, A. Linman, H. Phillips, F. E. Silverstein, R. White, A. F. Lyon. Joseph J. Pistole, A. E. Simon, J. C. Whitehead, T. P. • Marionneaux,W. J .fitluck, M. Sutherlin, W. K. Wolff, A. McDuffie,. L. M. Porter, R. J. Thompson, W. H. Young, K. A. Meyer, Jacques Ratner, R. S. Zwally, Henry Meyer, Theo. . Reinheime.r, H. E. Turner, D. F. Total, 106 members. Mooty, Robert F. Initiated—Wm. Thomas Owen, Christopher C. Hardman. Initiated and Passed—Lewy Dolphus Abel. Passed and Raised—Anthony Fee White. Alex. E. Pistole. Raised—Jake G. Levy, Wm. Bennett Kline, Charles Larkia Reierson. Initiated, Passed and Raised— Thomas J. Cullen, Arthur Edward Koepsel. Affiliated—R. D. Rainer. Reinstated—Jacques Meyer, Theodore Meyer, Lewis I. Dealy, Lawrence M. McDuffie. Dimitted—E. Benjamin, Albert S. Leitz, Arthur E. Koepsel, Dave Dreyfus. .Died—David L. Eosen. ACACIA LODGE No. 116. Chartered January 17th, 1854. Plaquemtne, Iberville parish, La. first Friday on or before lull moon.
Stated meetings,
OFFICERS.
J. A. Gourrier E. C. Thomas M. Silber Jacob McWilliams Alex. Jeffrey
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer. Secretary.
R. K. Tucker D. J. Molaison P. S. Postell E. Silber H. G. Pegues
S. D. J. D. ) Gottepww l l l . r t , j aras. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
C. P. Harrell, O. G. Browne,
A. A. Browne, Wm. L. Erwin, C. K. Schwing, W. J. Thiry. H. N. Sherburne, Jr. F. E. Truxworth. MEMBERS.
Alexander, W. J. Hawthorne, H. M.Melancon, Elpheze Silber, Louis Hill, J. E. Mora, J. G. Silber, Ed. Alfords, L. F. Hoeil, August D. Murrell, Geo. R. Singletary, A. B. Arnold, M. L. - " ' A. ' Posey, F. E. Singletary, A. G. Blouin, R. R. Holloway, W. Postel, S. L. Skelly, Sam'l Booksh, C. E. Hudson, J. P. Jeffrey, W. Rhodes, Lyman P. Talbot, Ed. B. Botten, N. L. Jumel, Allen Richard, O. O. Thomson, M. F. Jr. Brown, J. C. Robbins, James B. Uhry, Hip. Caneza, Edward Laplace, John Laraway. C. E. Robertson, A. S. Ventress, W. W. Cohri, M. Leblanc. Simon Rose, L. N. Wallenburg, F. A. Creever, J. F. Leche, Ed. D. Rosser, James L. Wang, Jos. H. DeBlum, John Weil, Philip Scharff, M. D'Hemecourt, J. A. Levy, Leon Wilbert, Fred Schlater, T. W. Jjollinger. John Levy, M. L. Williams, L. K. Schwing, S. P. Eberhardt, Wm. Levy, S. C. Wilson, C. H. Schwing, E. B. Epstein, D. Lopez, W. E. Wolfork. J. B., Jr. Schwing, C. E. Ferchaud, John B. McCardle, T. S. Total, 82 members. Goldstein, H. Passed and, Raised— Henry Gault Pegues. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Royal Kenneth Tucker, James Paul Hudson. Simon Cuthbert Levy, Wm, Jennings Alexander, Hugh Montgomery Hawthorne, William Jeflrey. Affiliated—Henry Goldstein. • Dimitted—Charles Gutekunst, Wm. S. Dinwiddie, John M. Wilson (1904). G L9
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WORK AND RETURNS OF MILFOED LODGE No. 117.
Chartered January 20th, 1854. Hope Villa P. O., Bast Baton Rouge parish, La. Stated meetings, Wednesday on or before full moon of each month. OFFICERS.
W. M. S. W. J. W. .Treasurer. Secretary. J. N. Delaune
T. A. Sibley J. 0. Edmonson. J. E. Picard E. D. Dixon J. L. Vialet
M.S. Picard W. P. Dixon W. A. Sibley T. C. Foreman Clinton Chambers. Tyler.
S. D. J. D. Chaplain. ) o, ' ^ . h stewards.
PAST MASTERS.
A. B. Booth,
D. H. Dyer,
Plinoy Puckett,
E. E. Webb.
MEMBERS.
*Packwood, G. H., P. G. M. *Hines, C. T. Banbston, S. A. Conerly, L. W. Cooper, H. M.
Courtney, J. N. Dixon, V. L. Duvernay, Noel Gautreau, P. A. Hillman, J. W.
Kennedy, Leon -Landry, - _H. A. . Little, John M. Millet, J. A. Murphy, Jere
Picard, A. I. Solomon, F. St. Amant, A. St. Amant, Joseph St. Amant, P. T. Total. 33 members.
Initiated, Passed and Raised—Noel Duvernay, Leon Kennedy, Jere Murphy, Alexander Hercules Landry, Achllle Isaac Picard, Frederick Solomon. Dimitted—William P. Denham, J. O. Modisette. Vied—Octavius Adolphus Bullion, P. M. "Honorary members. D E L H I LODGE No. 120. Chartered January 17th, 1854. (Name changed from Deerfleld, 1873). Delhi, Richland parish, La. Stated meetings, Saturday on or before full moon of each month. OFFICERS.
Nash Collins F. G. Hulse E. O. Hill E. E. Wallace B. E. McLemore, J r
W. M. 8. W. J. W. Treasurer. Secretary. Lee Fowler.
C, J. Eundell E. A. Dean J. A. Soyder
S. D. J. D. Chaplain.
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stewards
Tyler.
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PAST MASTERS.
S. Stein, E. Karpe,
N. Collins, J. F. Trezevant,
J. M. Barrier. T. A. Miles.
W. A. Spiers, W. L. Cooper.
MEMBERS.
Jessup, S. T. *Packwood,Geo.H. Cook, Fred. Quattlebautn A.M. Day, Lee A. Jones, J. C. Reeves, E. V. P. G. M. Eoberts, E. B. Abington, M. G. Dollerhide,M.McG. Jones, J. W. Dresser, J. M. Karpe, Benjamin Eundell, E. L. Anderson, J. B. Dunham, C. B. Liowenthall, "" " " H. " Sales, J . T . Andrews, F. Montgomery,G.W. Snyder, C. G. Armstrong, M. A. Dunham, E. C. Fell, D. W. Montgomery, E. C. Snyder, J. A. Bishop, J. Gibson, E.A. Mulholland. M. M .Tharp, E. E. Bloom, B. I. Graves, P. S. Muriholland, C. T. Thomson E. W. Bornstein, J. Griffin, W. E. Munholiand, J. M. Trezevant, J. W. Bradley, John Myrick, D. M. Watts, T. W. Brumby, E. H. Hawley, E. H. Newcomer, J. Ii. White, H. O. Buchanan, J. M. Herring, J. D. Oakes, J. H. Winnbish, W. A. Buchanan, W. S. Hirsch, T. Total, 68 members. Buie, D.i Holloway, W. W. Pool, B. S.
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Initiated and Passed—ThomRs 6. McLemoro. Passed and liaised—Robert Vance Reeves, James Levy Fowler, Milton J . Abington. O. O. Hill, Charles J. Rundell. Initiated. Passed and Raised—Marshall Mulholland, Rudolph Ernest Wallace, J. W. Jones. Affiliated—H. Lowenthall, J. Sales. Dimitted—Ernest Levy. Died—J. A. Leggett, J. E. Thomson. ^Honorary member. MACKEY LODGE No. 132. Chartered January 20th, 1854. Klnegold, Bienvllle parish, La. Stated meetings, first Saturday of each month. OFFICERS.
W.T.Stevens S. L. Manning C. A. Stevens Ii. C. Page U. N.Page
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer. Secretary. W. J. Page
J. E. Page F. N. Harper B. H. Evans L. E. Wilson James M. Wright Tyler.
S. D. J. D. Chaplain. ) St . J ) alewaiQS-
PAST MASTERS.
L. C. Page,
U. N. Page, P. D. D. G. M.
T. G. McGraw,
W.T.Stevens.
MEMBERS.
Allum?, B. F. CrowsoD, J. S. Martin, T. J. Allums, C. C. Graham, N. A. McElroy, W. T. Booth, W. F. Graves, T. P. Pate, J. G. Bryant, H. Hall, H. J. Perry, J. C. Caldwel), J. W. Huckaby, J. W. Voe, T. F. Cook. J. J. Lester, Chas. Poulin, J. O. Cooki J. W. Initiated and Passed—Ennis W. Tipton. Initiated, Passed and Raised—John Edward Page. Passed and Raised—Thomas Franklin Poe. Raised—George Edward Tipton. Affiliated—J. ri. Crowsoo, J. G. Pate, L. E. Wilson. Suspended—J. B. Perry, J. B. Thomas.
Stevens, B. F. Stevens, J. H. Tipton, G. K. Tucker, C. S. Tucker, J. E. C. Woodward, J. E. Total, 37 members.
LIBERTY LODGE No. 123. Original charter, February 14th, 1855. Restored, 1866. Keachle, DeSoto parish, La. Meets third Friday in each month. OFFICERS.
,.W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer.
W. S. Logan J. M. Alexander W. X. Mosley R. H. Jay
Secretary. S. D. J. D. .Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
Charles Schuler, Robert Horn, W. G. Spilker, G. W. Thigpen, Wm. H. Morgan. LIFE MEMBER.
T. D. Coty. MEMBERS. Burford, H. T. Gatlin, T. M. Lawson, Thos. Estis, R. F. Gibbs, A. P. Dimitted—I. O. Bennett. Suspended—W.'.S. Riley.
Schuler, E. Total, 17 member^
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K E L L E R T O W N LODGE No. 124. Chartered February 14th, 1855. Meets second Tuesday in each month, at Wilson,. East Feliciana parish, La. OFFICERS.
James R. Freeman I. D: Norwood M. L. Palmer E. S. Hastings
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer.
John Y. Eeiley A. E. Miller J. R. White Cass Palmer
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Tyler..
PAST MASTERS.
James E. Freeman,
A. E. Miller.
MEMBERS.
Adler, Julius Gore, G. E. Miller, C. C. Bland, O. P. Haynes, C. B. Norwood. A. J. Burkett, E. A. Herr, Frank Palmer, N. C. DeLee, A. W. Leas, W. D. Ramsey, R. C. DeLee, John McCarley. R. K. Reily, C. F . Durkee, A. W. McKneely, J. F. Scott, G. A. Freeman, Gus. S. Passed and liaised—Rufus K. McCarley.
Singletary, SS. L. Smith. Jos. E. Stanley, J. S. Storey. S. G. Whatley. L. E. White, J. A., Sr. Total, 33 members..
PEARL RIVER LODGE No. 125. Chartered February 14th, 1855. Line Academy, Washington parish, La. Town, La. Stated meetings, third Saturday in each month.
P. O.. Ball
OFFICERS.
N. E. Pigott , W. Q. McKenzie L. W. McKenzie S. E. Rankin
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer.
I. J. Ball A. Z. McKenzie J. W. Ball G. W. McKenzie
Secretary. S..DJ. D. Tyler..
PAST MASTERS.
J. W. Ball,
W. M. Camron,
J. I. Grimsley,
I. J. Ball,
N. E. Pigott.
LIFE MEMBER.
N. W. Pigott. MEMBERS.
Forbes, N. E. McKenzie, E. J. Grimsley, W. T. J. Pittman, H. P. Reinstated—N. E. Forbes.
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Ryal, Hardy Singley, H. H.
Williams, James Total, 18 members-
ARCADIA LODGE No. 128..
Chartered February 14th, 1855; renewed, 18R5. Arcadia. Bienville parish, La. Meets first Saturday and third Tuesday in each month. OFFICERS.
W. M. Baker D. E. Brown, J r . . . W. P. Theus Joseph Dawidoffi T. S. Sirpell
....W. M. ..S. W. J. W. Treasurer. Secretary. W. A. Lindsey
D. M. Atkins V. C. Pipes F. L. Cox W. C. Howell J. W. Allen ....Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
Joseph Atkinson, J. A. Miller, W. M. Baker, D. R. Shehee,
....S. DJ. D. Chaplain. ) bc+t e w r c,,l s j
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F. M. Thornhill, R. A. Smith,
W. J. Fields, L. F. Wakeman..
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CONSTITUENT LODGES. LIFE MEMBERS.
It. Murphy.
James Brice, P. M., MEMBERS.
Andrews, J. C. Arrington, R. D. Atkins, P. M. Baird, S. J. Barnette, W. C. Boddie, N. Brewer, B. A. Brewer, J. H. Brown, M. F. Burgess. J. F. Butler, J. L. Butler, C. T. Butler, C H. Capers. B. Carriker, S. S. Cole, A. B.
Driskell, W. P. Ellis, J. N. Ellis, I. R. Evans, James Fleming. J. W. Foster, C. E. Foster, J. F. Gaines, M. M. Gladney, F. C. Hayes, B. H. Head, \v. P. Henry, M. A. Howell.J. S. Howell, G. B. Ines, J. E. Jones, R. M. Jones, C. N. Jones, R. L. Jordan, J. H. Kennedy. P. W. Kldd, G. L. Landon, E. B.
Reynolds, J. E.' Lawler. W. H. Roberson, G. W. Leslie, W. H. Shehee, H. T. Leslie. W. J. Smart, T. L. Madden. B. A. Sheppard, J. L. P. Manly, J. M. Sheppard, Wm. D. Marsh, J. T. Simmons, T. H. MayHeld, F. L. McConathy, J. B. Storey, J. A. McConathy, Sam'l Theus, J. C. McGuire, W. H. Tilley, T. J. Toobe, C. E. Mclnnis, J. J. Tooke, L. M. Miller, Will. Tooke, T. B. Moore, J. T. Wakeman, W. B. Murphy, R. C. Wallace. W. A. Nelson, A. B. Nickleson^J. W. Welch, W. W. Williams, S. A. Oden, W. P. Whitlow, G. C. Oden, H. C. Pennington, T. H. Wilson, B. W. Wimberley, J. R. Pullen, W. R. Young, Wm. D. Ras berry, J. P. Rasberry, W. J. Youngblood. J. D. Total, 110 members.
Passed, and Raised—Henry Pelham Corry, James William Nickleson. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Thomas Bell Tooke, Charles Emery Tooke, Joseph Benjamin Dreyer, James Henry Brewer, James Edwin Ines, Bert Augustus Brewer. Dimitted—E. Courtney, Sanders Rasberry, J. T. Sailes, J. D. Holston, J. A. Davis. Died—A. L. Hardie, B. H. Stall. Stispended—J. H. Davis, Nathan Picard.
SPRING HILL LODGE No. 127.* Reehartered February, 1893. Oakland, Union parish, La. Meets Saturday before third Sunday in each month. Postofflce, Truxno. OFFICERS.
E. A.Dawkins J. H. Gathright W.F.Usrey Fred. Tucker
W. M. S. W. J. W. .Treasurer.
W. H. Brasheer J. R. Howard T. J.Hollis F. M. Burns
Secretary. S. D. J.D. Tvler.
PAST MASTERS.
W. R. Taunton.
E. A.Dawkins. MEMBERS.
Adams. J. L. Bilbray, E. B.
Burges, J. iQ. Burgey, L. A.
Shaver, J. E. Smith, J. M.
Smith, W. T. Tanner, Luck. Total, 17 members.
•Charter surrendered February 6, i908. List of members at time of surrender « I Charter.
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WORK AND RETURNS OF GORDY LODGE No, 133.
Chartered February 14, 1855. Lecompte, Rapides parish, La. Stated meetings, second and fourth Thursday of each month. OFFICERS. J. L. Penniger.. W. M. Abe Goldberg J. D. EugeneKirkpatrick S. W. J. L. Barrette Chaplain. S. H. Brewer J. W. JoDas Wolfe M. of C. A. G. Swann Treasurer. H. F. Long t qt.tt.,j, A. Leigh Secretary. Davis Rubin f awards. Wade H. Jones S. D. Joseph Cruse Tyler. PAST MASTERS. H. F. Long, A. T. Allen, B. F. Scott, P. D. D. G. M. J. D. Everett, Jonas Wolf. A. W. Carroll. Alcide Leigh. MEMBERS. Boyd, E. Z. Freeman, C. O. Mason, Charles B. Satcher, I. N. Brewer, A. L. Gamier, Mar. Odom, G. O. Scott, J. W. Broida, Sam. Haag, Ernest Odom, W. A. Stafford, D. T. Carroll,Wm.Linus Henry, E. L. Pruitr, C. H. StricRland, W. G. Collins, Otis Hilburn, C. At. Randolph, T. E. Taylor, M. C. Davis, R. A. Honk, G. M. Roberts, Apps Warner, W. S. Duncan, DeWittM.Kirkpatri^k, J. H. Rougeon, L. C. Weingert, Joseph Duncan, R. M. C. Maddox, Jonn H. Wiley, E. W. Jr. E'alvey, James W. Total, 49 members. Initiated—William Samuel Barker. Initiated and Passed—Horace A. Pringle. Passed and Raised—Samuel Hale Brewer, Arthur L. Brewer, Joseph Lloyd Barrett, Wm. P. Corley, George Wilson, Hey J. Simmons. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Eugene Kirkpatrick, Merrel Cobb Taylor, Davis Rubin. Affiliated—1. N. Satcher, R. A. Davis. Dimitted—Wm. P. Corley, George Wilson, Iley J. Simmons, Claude M, Harris, Doctor Duncan.
PLAINS LODGE No. 135, Chartered February 12th, 1855. Zacharie, East Baton Rouge parish, La., P. O., Zacharie. Stated meetings, second Friday of each month. I. N. Doyle T. L. Mills Albert Mills B. S. Harrell
H. Carter, P. D. D. G. M., I. N. Doyle, J. D. Nettles,
OFFICERS. W. M. Charles F. Ratcliff S. W. R. T. Y. Loudon J. W. Wilmer Mills Treasurer. Joseph Millican L. J. Kelly Tyler. PAST MASTERS. T. J. McHugh, T. E. McHugh, T. L. Mills, Sr., LIFE MEMBER James M. Loudon.
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Chaplain.
Charles R. Ratcliff, P. D. D. G. M-, R. T. Y. Loudon.
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MEMBERS.
Amrheiiij M. F. Ball, I. U. Barnett, Thos. L. Brown, Thos, B. Collins, C. R. Corcoran,E. E. Cowart, J. T. Doyle, W. E. Gourrier, S. A. Green, Fred G. Griffith, W. P.
Harper, H. C. Kent, Win. M. Loudoa, R. E. McBurney, R. W. Methvlen, Wm. S. Miller, Jac. Millican.JohnH. Mills, Tbos. J., Jr. Morgan, Howell Pettit, Albert S. Keinburg, Morris
Eodrisuez, J. S. Eonaldson, A. J. Samuel. T. N. Scott, W. F. Slaughter, W. S. Smith. George Soeg, Philip Story, Ernest Strenzke, Albert Taylor, H. W. Thompson, F. M.
Waller, J. G. Walls, J. L. Westbrook. W. D. Williams, J. E. Wilson, John G. Wolf, Leon H. Wolf, Isadore Young, J. T. Young, .T. W. Young, W. C. Total, 56 members.
Initiated—George Samuel Ham, Milton Eeed. Initiated and Passed—W. E. Alexander. Raised—Albert Strenzke, Herbert W. Taylor. Initiated, Passed and Raised—W. F. Scott, John Thomas Cowart. Affiliated—Isadore Wolf. Dimitted—A. Z. Young, P. M., E. S. Troth, E. A. Davis, South B. Williams, George B. Eidgeley. Died—W. B. Loudon, P. M., Morris Miller. Dropped—T. R. Graham.
ATHENS LODGE No. 136. Chartered February 12th. 1856. Athens, Claiborne parish, La. Stated meetings, Saturday before first and third Sunday in each month. OFFICERS. E. W. Baker W. M. E. D. Martin S. D. Leon E. Baker S. W. N. Ward J. D. P. E. Dillon J. W. H. B. Atkins Marshal. W. W. Cobb Treasurer. A. G. New [ Stewards. W. G. Beauchamp Secretary. T. J. Caldwell J. A. Walker PAST MASTER. R. W. Baker.
Tyler.
MEMBERS.
Atkins, W. A. Craighead, C. C. Bailey. T. E. Culpepper, W. W. Beauchamp, W. T. Gandy. J. H. Cobb, W. W. Johnson, P. D.
Mahal's, V. E. Perry, W. H. Marsalis, J. G. Temme, C. E. Morelanfl, W. C. Walker, G. W. Pace, W. H. Webb, E. J. Total, '47 members.
Initiated—James M. Craig, James H. Whittington. InithitediandPasgedf-E. Griffin Watson. Raised—William H. Pace. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Robert D. Martin, T. J. Caldwell, Wm. H. Perry, W. T. Beauchamp, Charles E. Temme, Claude C. Craighead. Dimitted— Conquest Webb, Wm. Pecoy, Millard W. Atkins, Sidney J. Crump. Died—John R. Dil'on, P. M., Joseph F. McFarland.
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WORK AND RETURNS OP DOWNSVILLE LODGE No. 143.
Chartered February 12th, 1856. Downsville, Union parish, La. Stated meetings, first Saturday of each month. OFFICERS.
I. F. Hammons T. H. Roberts J. L. Wtnbery F. M. Gaskins.; G. P. Hinton
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer. Secretary.
J M. Hinton S. (i. Hammons J. J. Futral. H. J. W. P. Brewster. Smith
S. D. J. D. Stewards. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
T. H. Roberts.
I. F. Hammons, MEMBERS.
Albritton, W. H. Anderson, J. L. Auld, J. S. Ball, F. M. Brewster, W. Brooks, Cleveland Brown, H. T. Callaway, W. F. Davis, J. W. Davis, R. E. Edwards, J. B. Elkins, J. W.
Ellis, John Frasier, J. H. Glass, T. L. Golden, G. Golden, H. H. Golden, J. Griffin, W. P. Hale, John Hammons, A. C. Hammons, John Hammons, W. S, Henry, G. P.
Leak, W. D. Lewis, S. P. Maxwell, J. J. MuCrary, E. W. McFarland, A. A. McFarland, Trion Miles, if. F. Miles, J. T. S. Miles, J. W. Newton, C. R. Owens, G. W.
Pardue, B. W. Ransom, W. Richardson, J. T. Richardson. W. W. Rineheart, W. L. Roach, David Robertson, R. T. Smith, W. G. Wade, Tom Wilson, H. Wilson, M. W. Totai, 51 members.
Initiated—Cicero Lester Smith. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Hiram Jefferson Brewster, Robert Erastus Davis, James Henry Frasier, Samuel Gray Hammons, John Malcolm Hinton, Eugene Warren MeOrary, Wilber James Miles. Reinstated—W. L. Rineheart. Dimitted—M. W. Wilson. Died- Wm. McKenzie, E. T. Sellers, Deputy Grand Master. Suspended—H. Wilson, J. h. Hicks.
OCEAN LODGE No. 144. Chartered February lOth. 1857. Masonic Temple, New Orleans. Meets second and fourth Wednesday in each month. OFFICERS.
WardC. Flanders Lewis G. Hooper Wm. B. Jolly L. W. Kotfskey James Parker Thomas F. Wilder
W. M. S. W. J. W. — Treasurer. Secretary. S. D.
D. A. McDonald. H. M. Wilder James P. Sullivan Charles Myler Joseph Catheart August Buuck
J. D. M. of C. 1 o1owarja f Mewards. Orgranist. Tyler.
PAST MASTEBS.
Charles A. Adams, James Parker, John C. Crimen, William Erslew, L. G. Emery. M. F. B. Weeks,
Wank Tarver, L..W. Koffskey, George Koffskey, Frank Caldwell. Joseph Catheart
LIFE MEMBERS.
A. Buuck,
Webster Long. •
CONSTITUENT LODGES.
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MEMBERS.
Chretien, Joseph Hempel, P. R. Park, James *D. E. Graham, Pecoul, John B. A. P. G. M. Christensen, Jas. Howel), B. F. Johannessdh, A. G. Pitt, John B. Babin, L. O. Cook, C. K. Basart, Philip Karr. J. Rayner. F. W. Cotter, John A. Best, S. M. Richard. E. Kirk, J. M. Coustns W. H. Bollinger, J. M. Cranmer, Thos. E. Larssen, L. H. Salles, W. L. Briggs, D. D. Sleeper, Henry A. Cubicke, A. A. Lehder. E. U. Brown, C. F. Doize, Edgar S. McCarthy, T. J. Thompson, J. E. J. Brown, J. Dumas, Theodore McSweeney, J. R. Tognoni, L. J. Brunstrom, Aug. Ernstman, G.W.H. McWhirter, Wm. Tusson, J. R. Caldweli. John Fairbanks, J. H. Milde, E. H. Vienne, F. A. Moore, M. Vmcenr, P. C. Carroll, Thomas Guy, Wm. D. "' " " Nielson, T. M. Wall, H. E. Case, Chas. W., Jr.Haley, L. A. Norwood, Sam. D. Zoeller, L. W. Case, T. E. Hall, Robt. F. Total, 76 members. Catheart, N. J. Initiated—Edwin E. Hutchings. Initiated, Passed and Raised— Henry M. Wilder, Thomas F. Wilder, Nat. J. Cathcart, Adam J. Cubicke, Duncan A. McDonald, Edgar S. Doize. Raised—L. J. Tognoni, Robert F. Hall. Died—Nicholas Theodoie, Henry L. Soulies, P. M. "Honorary member.
HOPE LODGE No. 145. Chartered February 10th, 1857. Lafayette, Lafayette pariah, La. Meets on first an third Saturday in each month. OFFICERS. S. D. Jos. B. Chargois W. M. C. W. Breeding J. D. A. R. Trahan S. W. R. Breiter Chaplafn. Crow Girard J. W. F. H. Gregory W. J. Avery Treasurer. A. Maitre !S ) W9r(|, L. 0. Emes .Secretary. H. T. Dobbins. 1-fete wards. E. A. Chargois Tyler. PAST MASTERS.
F. S. Mudd. Crow Girard, Wm. Campbell,
Charles D. CaSrey. F. E. Girard, Joseph H. Chargois.
• MEMBERS.
Roger, George L. Meyers, M. Babin, Charles S. Jagon, Hipolite Rosenfieldj M. Munger, O. R. Chambers, Joseph Judice, L L. Conniff, worge L. Kimmer, Wm. H. Nickerson, J. C. Simpson, A. H. Francez. Romain Mayo, Sidney Olivier, Louis P. Stephens, E. L. Trahan, A. R. Gayle, Edwin F. Melchert, C. F. Plonsky, Leon Trahau, J. D. Herpin, Don Louis Meyer, F. J. Reeves, J. C. Total, 40 members. Herpin, J. O. Initiated— Lome Denver Nickers, James Bates Pattersorj, Thomas Rogers, Michas Thos. Wooley, Stanislaus Wyble, Stanley A. Guilbeaux. Initiated and Passed—Edmund Douglas Cochran, Oran Battle Hopkins. Passed and Raised— Carroll Webb Breeding, Hypolite Gagon. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Robert Breiler, Henry Thornton Dobbins, Edwin Franklin Gayle, Wm. Henry Kimmer, Mirtle Meyers, August Maitre, Oran R. Munger, James Calley Reeves. Affiliated—Francis Henry Gregory. Reinstated—D. A. Cochrane. Died—D. A. Cochrane, E. Bernard.
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DARLINGTON LODGE No. 149.* Chartered February 16th, 1858. Darlington, St. Helena parish, La. Stated meetings second Saturday of each month. P. O., Chipola, L». O. L. Collins M. M. Collins W. B. Kemp H. W. Pipkin
OFFICERS.* W. M. Wiley Williams S. W. R. M. Collins J. W. W. J. Hurst Treasurer. S. S. Nettles
PAST MASTERS. O. L. Collins, P. D. D. G. M., '
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Tyler.
W. B. Kemp.
MEMBERS. Nettles, J. L. Story, W. L.
Adams, A. A. Womack, J. H. Carruth, A. W. Total, 13 members. *No returns for 19 04 andl905. Charter surrendered February 5,190C. Listof members at time of surrender of charter.
SILENT BROTHERHOOD LODGE No. 146. Chartered February 10th, 1857. Coushatta, Red River parish, La. Meets first Saturday in each month. H. B. Hines O. T. Webb O. H. P. Rawles Win. A. Boylston
J. R. Hayes, Sam Lisso,
OFFICERS. W. M. T. E Paxton S. W. James McGoldrich J. W. R. A. Giddens Treasurer. George W. Singleton T. W. Howell Tyler. PAST MASTERS. J. J. Stanfill, W. H. Wamsley, L. E. Scheen, C. E. Edgerton,
Secretary. S. D. ...J. D. Chaplain.
O. H. P. Rawles, P. D. D. G. M.
MEMBERS. Atkins, John B. Hickson, J. M. Middleton, K. H. Beard, E. W. Jones, M. L. Perryman, R. A. Bernstein, Eugene Kent. Joseph W. Pierson, J. F. Bernstein, Leon Lee, P. A. Pierson, Thos. J. Brown. John B. Liggins, Tbo=. P. Pierson, F. J. Brown, Robert H. Lisso, Paul, Sr. Powell, Geo. M. Cagle, T. L. Lisso, Paul, Jr. Powell, Walter M. Clarkson, J. Peter Lisso, Roy M. Preslar, C. B. Copellar, JosephC. Lockett, Keet Preslar, E. F. Elliott, Phil. C. Mangham, G. B. Preslar, T. J. Elliott, James M. Marston, Henry Risks, M. Galloway, Charles'McLemore,.J.,M. Robinson, E. T. Grigsby.W. W. McMillan, Steve J. Scheen, W. H.
Stayton, R. P. Stall, F. A. Stan HI I, Thos. F. Terry, C H. Terry, T, H. Threat, A. F. Wardlaw, J. C. Webb, Charles H. Wooaard, J. E. Williams, V. B. Wilson, Fred., Sr. Wilson, T. J. Wilson. Fred. A. Total, 67 members. Initiated—Thomas M. Armistead, John G. Lane, M. Walker Waters. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Joe Willis Kent, Robert H. Middleton. Raised—Walter M. Powell. Affiliated—Joseph C. Copellar, O. H. P. Rawles. remitted—Nelson N. Cloud, J. A. Bell, Wm. J. Hutchinson. Died—W. T. Wilkinson, D. M. Giddens, P. M., J. D. Cawthon, B. S. Lee.
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ANACOCO LODGE No. 147. Chartered February 10th, 1867. Eestoreft May J4th,,1885., ;Anaeqco.-Vernon parish, .La. P. O., Leesville. Stated meetings, first Saturday in each month. OFFICERS.
W. H. Cain C. N.Gibbs James A. Grant Z. T. Craft John P. Cain
,
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer. Secretary. A. B. Craft
I. T. Lamberth J. W. Harris John Franklin J. M. Bolgiano . W. P. Cain. Tyler.
S. D. J. D. Chaplain. Stewards
PAST MASTERS.
John Franklin,
Lee'McAlpin,
W. H. Cain,
W. T. Franklin.
MEMBERS.
Hardberaer, C. M. Price, John Avard. Samuel Cain, Wm. M. Harris, Jos. W. Reagan, Wm. Bray, J. D. Cain, Tho?. E. Lamberth, P. R. Simmons, S. G. Bray, David Cain, J. Hunry Mathis, H. J. Washburn, F. A. Brown, J. A. Jr. Craft, M. M. Brown, J. T. Davenport, D. W. McConatby, J. H. Word, J. H. Noleo, F. R. Wood, F. M. Butler, J. T. Evans, D. N. O'Grady, JOIID Walterman, N. N. Cain, J. A. Franklin, J. J. Paine, R. B. Wright, R. T. Cain, Ed. J. Franklin, A. J. Plummer, John Total, 46 members. Cain, Wm. P., Jr. Franklin, B. J. Initiated—M. B. Trop, E. C. Bray, John K. Russell, Wm. A. Grant, Jr. Initiated and Passed—William J. Carr. Passed and Raised—John O'Grady. Initiated, Passed and Raised—H. J. Mathis, John Plummer, C. M. Hardberger, F. M. Wood, Preston P. Lamberih. Dimitted—Thomas H. Johnston, Wm. Eli Kay.
RED LAND LODGE No. 148. Chartered February 10th, 18S7. P. O., Carterville, Bossier parish, La. meetings, third Saturday in each month.
Stated
OFFICERS.
J. F. Hudson J. H. Arnold H. E. Martin J. A. Martin J. A. Boggs
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer. Secretary. 0. H. Cason
A. A. Barnett W. E. Date W. T. ldom Wm. G. Malone S. M. Mallock. Tyler.
S. D. J. D. Chaplain. 1 s t p w a T . d «, f btewaras.
PAST MASTERS.
A. A. Barnett,
Timothy Oakley, J. A.
J. A. Martin,
M. H. Brock,
MEMBERS.
*C. T. Hines. P.M. Byram. J. C. Goodwin, T. M. Holloway, R. W. Martin, J. G. Arnold, D. W. Cook, W. F. Goodwin, J. H. Wallace, J. H. Arnold, J. R. Covington, Alex. Hays, H. Total, 25 members. Arnold, I. S. Initiated, Passed and Raised—M. G. Malone. Raised—Walter Edward Duke. Died—J. C. Byram, F. M. Barnett. Suspended—W. A. Stroud, R. H. Allen, J. S. Thompson. *Honorary member.
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EASTERN STAR LODGE No. 151. Chartered February 10th: 1868. Winnfleld, Winn parish, La. second Saturday of each month. OFFICERS.
George A. Kelly W. F. Cooper C. H. Elliott
W. M. S. W. J. W.
M. Bernstein
Treasurer.
J . J . Peters C. M. Durham
Secretary. S. D.
Stated meetings,
R. Porter. J. T. King Joseph Smith W E. Heard
J. Bernstein R. Porter
J. D. Chaplain. Marshal. 1 qb tBW!1T t e w a r.,i« as
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PAST MASTERS.
S. M. Smith. R. E. Milling, G. P. Long.
Joseph Smith, Jas. T. Wallace, M. F. Machen,
Henry Bernstein, P. K. Abel, W. J. Teddlie, George A. Kelly, A. J. Long, D. D. G. M.
MEMBERS.
Preslar, R. L. Abel, S. M. Hagan, E. A. McGinty, R, B. Pye, Henry T. Milam, T. G. Anderson, B. L. Hall,;J. R. Roberts, H. M. Bernstein, Phillip Hall, R. M. Mlxon. J. J. Smith, J. A. Bevill, R. B. Hightower, R. R. Moore. J. F. Smith, Patrick Carpenter, Sol. Jackson, W. F. Morris, N. D. Smith, W. A. Cockerham, H. M. James, Jesse Morris, H. S. Sowers, N. C. Dark, J. L. Jones, R. C. Mosley, John Strlaorer. D. W. Davis, Calvin Jones, W. R. Norman, W. T. Tannehill, R. L. Derrett,B. L. Kidd, E. E. O'Malley. C. C. Tannehill, H. N. Dickerson. J. J. Leary, J. O. Pace. J. D. Wallace, M. M. Drewitt, Thos. J. Long, A. J. Parish, T. W. Warner, Jno. T. Dunham, W. M. Long, H. P. Payne, G. A. White, A. J. Dunham, J. T. * "" ~ Peters, A. S. Long, W. E. White, Chas. A. Durham, T. M. Peters, J. S. Mathews, J. H. Williams,, W. H. Eagles, G. P. Maxwell. Mathew Peters. W. S. M l l M h Farrell, W. R. McCain. L. Porter, Ibzen, Sr., Womack, J. B. Woodruff, W. H. H Gilbert, C. J. McConathy. J. D. Porter, S. Wright, W. K. Gorham, R. S. McDavid, Ezekiel Porter. I.. Jr. Total, 95 members. Gunter, H. P. McGinty, H. Porter, H. Initiated-Eban S. Mixon, Otis E. Hodges. Wm. N. Dunn, James M. Taj lor, Thomas Gaudan, Wm. L. Leary, Cyrus McGinty. Initiated and Passed—Wm. Uriah Drewett, Benjamin L. Anderson. Raised—Harvey P. Gunter, Robert M. Hal). Initiated, Passed and Raised—Robert B. Bevill. Thomas Madison Dunham, George P. Eagles, Cluett C. O'Malley, Mathew Maxwell, Ezekiel McDavid, Daniel Walter Stringer, C. J. Gilbert, Wm. E. Heard, Henry T. Pye, Thomas J. Drewitt. Affiliated—George A. Payne, Wm. T. Cooper. Dimitted—C. James, D. B. Williams, C. A. Williams, C. R. Nugent. (Dimitted in 1903, not reported). T. M. Milling, C. A. Cockerham, M. E. Jackson, J. M. Wasson. Died—E. H. Jacksnn. Died in 1903 and 1904, not reported, W.'D. Bevill, P. M.; Eli Jordan. E. T. Johnson, M. V. Machen.
HOMER LODGE No. 152. Chartered February 10th, 1858. Homer, Claiborne parish, La. Meets first and third Tuesday in each month. OFFICERS.
John S. Richardson M. L. Ward A. Kinnebrew C. O. Ferguson Frank C. Greenwood
W. M. S W. J. W. Treasurer. Secretary.
O. P. Bailey J. H. Kirkpatrick R.D.Marlon
S. D. J. D. I qtewnrrlQ
Solon Crooks J. E. Smith
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Drew Ferguson,
C. O. Ferguson, J. F. Peterson. MEMBERS.
Allen, J. C. Beardsley, C. H. Benson, G. W. Bowen, E. P. Bowman, H. W. Bridges, B. A.
Brown, J. M. Carter, A. W. Clingman, A. K. Coles, T. G-. Cooksey. W. P. Day, J. W.
Edwards, C. M. Ferguson, S. P. Gill, R. S.Kerliu, M. L. Knighton, J. E. Odom, John D.
H. C. Walker. Richardson, J. A. Seales, C. W. Smart, J. D. Smith, Ben Taylor, J. H. M. Thornburg, W. Y. Total, 36 members.
Initiated-H. C. Fromby, W. C. Harris, E. H. Fortson, J. E. Gray, J. B. Knighton. Initiated, Passed and Raised—~E. P. Bowen, A. Kinnebrew, E. A. Madden, W. P. Cooksey, J. E. Knighton, E. S. Gill, W.x L. Ward, G. W. Benson, S. Crooks. Affiliated—W. Y. Thornburg, S. P. Ferguson, H. W. Bowman, J. D. Smart. SAINTS JOHN LODGE No. 153. Chartered February 10th, 1858. Algiers, New Orleans, La. Meets every Tuesday evening. OFFICERS.
John W. Howe Joseph E. Lorlo Thomas Prior Geo. Herbert, Jr
W. M. S. W. J.W. Treasurer. Geo. W. Kulp
L. J. Petersen Louis Acker Cbas. A. Sutherland F.W.Sadler Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
D. J. Brown, E. W. Burgis,
A. S. Daniels, 0 . 1 . McLellan, Albert E. Hotard, Win. H. Riley,
Secretary. S. D. J. D. M. of 0. -
P. W. Sherwood, John W. Howe.
MEMBERS.
Ellingsen, H. M. Ahsen, F. W. Farmr, F. J. Aucoin, E. C. Foto, Philip Barrett, J. A. Francis, M. W. Bodenger, J. French, H. D Borden, C. A. Frisco, P. Borne, Ben W. Gait, Henry Borne, F., Jr. Brown. Thomas H .Gerdes, E. G. Guillaud, Andrew Bucholz, T. U. Hanson, Vermund Burke, Frank Hartnett, A. E. Burke, J. T. Hasting, J. H. Cayard A. F. Hawley, J. W. Clement, P. Heap, W. P. Coffman, R. J. Herbert, Geo., Sr. Conklin, Chas. Hines, G. P. Connell, J. D. Holland, Jos. M. Corbett, C. R. Howard, John J. Cotie, Joseph Howard, Price E. Cupel. John N. Hubert, E> M. DeHyala, A. A. Hull, J. J. Dilzell, W. A. Driebholz E. Wm. Huuter, J. J. Kennedy, J. E. Dupuis, A. P. Lahausen, J. J. Duvic, Arthur Duvic, Frank C. Laughlin, P. A.
Laurents, L. V. Rutledge,W. A., Jr. Legett, A. J. Ryan, Frank G. Sichabel, W. E. Leaget, J. Schoen, F. P. Leary, Jere Schroeder, Jno., Sr. Levine, J. D. Schroeder, Jno., Jr Lewis, I. M. Seymour, E. H. Lucas, William Sperier, A. A. Lusted, James Martin, Francis Stevens, E. B. Mclutosh, J. H. Sumners, E. Sutherland, C. A. Mellor, C. R. Swahson, A. H. Mlmms, L. Montgomery, W.B.Thorning, Jos. M. Moore, F. B. Tollifson, Oarl MnDSterman,L. W.Trist, N. P. Naismith,_Wm. Turnbull, T. F. Northen, H. S. Tyslaud. Jacob O'Donnell, P. F. Ughland, A. E. O'Pry, T. 1A Umbach, W. F. O'Pry, W. J. VanderliodeD, J. J. Oser, W. Vezien, J. P. Pitcnet, G. L. White, W. J. Pollack, Geo. W. Wiebelt, A. Pqpp, Eugene A. Wiegman, F. H. Proctor, John C. Yeager, Wm. • Total, 108 members.
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Initiated—Simon C. Halverson, Wm. Walter, Charles P. Fink, Arthur H. Sparr. Passed and liaised—Carl Tollipson. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Thomas I.. O'Pry, Louis W. Munsterman, John J. Hull, George P. Hines, Edward M. Hubert, George L. Plehet, Jacob Tysland, Reuben J.Cofl^nan, Henry P«rez,J<»hn J. VanderJinden, James fi. Mclntosn, Algernon E. Hartnett, Fred. H. Wiegan, Clem. A. Borden, John M. Couget. Dlmitted—Mark A. Morse, Sr. Died— Emile Bauman, Julius A. Peterson, Floyd J. Farrar, Joseph F. DeSeamus, P. M.; Peter Fink, Charles I. Keihl, Curt. Goeldner, Thomas G. Mackie. KISATCHIE LODGE No. 156. Chartered February, 12th, 1858. Mount Carmel, Corlejville P. O., Sabine parish, La. Stated meetings, nrst Saturday of each month, OFFICERS.
J . E. Jordan K. L. Tynes J . H. Ricks J. C. Leach
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer. L. W. Byrd
J. H. Skinner,
H. Knippers.
D. M. Miller J. M. Bolton A. B. Jordon W. M. Lester Tyler.
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Chaplain.
PAST MASTERS.
J. E. Jordan,
R. L. Tynes.
MEMBERS.
Abbitt, F. M. Geoghagan, R. W.> Lewing, J. M. Stewart, A. M. Asberry, Jordan Hays, W. B. Manasco, C. H. Stewart, J. R. Coburn, L. E. Herrington, C. E. Miller, Taylor Stewart, A. M. Jr. Cook, P. I. Herrington, P. J. Miller, A. M. Strickland, J. M. Cassel, Joe Hildebrand, W. M. Miller, W. E. Thompson, Rad. Dowden, R. A. Hildebrand, Obie Pigott, B. J. Tynes, S. W. Dowden, S. E. A. Holt, W. T. Ryan, W. E. M, Tynes, J. W. Franklin. R. K. Knippers, C. P. Self, J. I. Wagley. A. C. Gandy, W. H. Knippers, B. T. Stewart, W. D. Welles, R. C. Gandy, B. F. Lewing, W. G. Total, 48 members. Initiated and Passed—James A. Ricks, Obie Hildebrand, Berkley J. Pigott, Robert W. Geoghagan, William G. Bailey. Raised—J. H. Ricks, Joseph C. Leach, O. Hildebrand, B. J. Pigott, Robert W. Geoghagan. Affiliated - B . F. Gandy. LIVINGSTON LODGE No. 160. Chartered February 16th, 1860. Hammond, Tangipaboa parish, La. Meets Friday on or before full moon of each month. OFFICERS.
T. W. Cate Merritt Miller... C. G. Baitzell W. R. Stevenson O. F. Donaldson F. H. Myer
W.M. S. W. J. W. .....Treasurer. .Secretary. S. D.
L. S. Phillips,
T. W. Cate,
A. L. Mav R M. Boone F. C. Bueler John G. Muller Leon Fora Wm. Patrick
J. D. Chaplain. M. of C. ) vuale Q,.,awia j waras. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
F. B. Thomas,
LIFE MEMBER.
W. W. Bankston, P. M.
J. B. Adams.
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Eastman, R. M. Hungate, Harry P. Pantall. O. C. Albee, F. A. Johnson, W. JVT. Payne, F. T. Elliott, Joseph Appleby, N. Keaghey, W. F. Potter, C. W. Eubanks, C. K. Arnold, J. B. Kussujoan, E. L. Reraing, F. J. Eubanks, C. W. Baltzeil, S. L. Lillie, R. Robinson. J. L. Bankston, G. W. Farley, J.C. Lucker, C. Z. Rounds, W. B. Bankston, F. P. Farreil, George Livingston, Wm. Ryan, Joseph Baum?artnpr,G.E. Feadsick, R. Mathews, Louis P. Settoon, J. W. Hagg, S. A. Cbapman, Wm. McDonald, J. A. Starns, Burlin Hayden, M. J. Corbin, John O. McDougal, A. Henkle, W. E. Vining, J. U. Currie, D. Mott, A. H. Holmes, Ike F. Williams, R. J. Dagley, b\ H. Neelis, J. G. Howard, Charles Williamson, J.W. Dawson, Chas. G. Totali 65 members. Dunn, M. R. Initiated—Albert Fulton Muncy. liaised—Rudolph Feadsick, C. Z. Lueker. IHmitted—G. J. Goetsch, F. M. Brist, N. Olivier. Died-H. E. Brent, W. H. Holden, P. M. Suspended—W. M. Davidson. BROOKVILLE LODGE No. 161. Chartered February 16th, 1860. Oak Ridge, Morehouse parish, La, Stated meetings, second Tuesday in each month. OFFICERS.
J. S. Rolfe J. H. Hamby F. A. Evans T. O. File?
W. M. ...S. W. ,... J. W. Tifeasurer.
T. E. Barham C. L. Hope... J. F. Smith John P. Daily
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
T. W. Baird, Wm. E. Conger, G. W. Higginbotham,
John H. Hamby, W. D. Whetstone,
MEMBERS.
Hathcox, W. S. Barham, Wm. T. Cain, Z. J. Carter, Theo. A. Hays, J. B. Barr, D. C. Caruthers, B. F. Kanady, James Binion, F. M. Conger, A. B. Mass, Gabe Binion, W. C. McAdams, T. B. Blakeman, H. C. FlynD, J. W. Hampton, W. H. Nettles, J. C. BrodDax. J. W. Brown, J. R. Passed and Raised—Hal. C. Blakemore. Raised—Dan. J. Thomas. Affiliated—John Brown Hays, Horace A. Wiggins. Dimitted—Robert L. Binion. Died—Dan. J. Thomas, Thomas W. Allen.
T. L. Hawsey, W.O. Files. Nolan, J. J. Parnell, J. H. Reid, George A. Wiggens, H. A. Williams, S. L. Windsor, R. B. Total, 37 members.
ATCHAFALAYA LODGE No. 163. Chartered February 16th, 1860. Simmsport, Avoyelles parish. La. on or before full moon. P. O., Redflsh, La.
Meets Tuesday
OFFICERS.
W. A. White W. L. Whartoo J. A. Blazer J. St. A. Lemee W. D. Merrick Noel Norwood
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer. Secretary. S. D.
R. L. Lindsay F. L. Cason H. 0. Perkins J.C.Taylor
..J. D. Chaplain. M. of C. '.
;Tyler.
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T. J. Perkins,
PAST MASTERS. C. T. Leigh, MEMBERS.
W. A. White.
Addlson,D. I. Harmanson, S. R. Morgan, Gordon Sparks, B. B. Smylie,1 James A. Perkins, J. B. Bonett, T. J. Hill, James D. Turner, J. M. Powell, S. B. Boyer, A. O. Hill, J. H. Waddell, H. A. Rogers, W. B. Carbo, B. J. Keller, C. W. Waggoner. Geo.W. Carruth, K. L. Kennerly.iSelser Seeling, Henry Sherrouse, B. F. Wills, T. J. Dodridge, I. S. Lackey, J. M. Total, 41 members Simpson, C. C. Gray, D. M. Magee, L. E. Initiated and Passed—Jeff. D. Barbre. Initiated, Passed and liaised—Willie Langley Wharton, James Dikes Hill, Joseph St. Ange Lemme, Willie White Paxton. Suspended—J. H. Boyer, A. C. Simms.
COLUMBIA LODGE No. 164. Rechartered February 9th, 1892. Meets at Columbia, Caldwell parish, La., third Saturday in each month. OFFICERS.
John R. Brown John W. James W.E. Howell W. E. Godfrey
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer.
S. D. S. Walker Samuel P. Walker Allen Tingle O. B. Hundley
Secretary. S. D. ... J. D. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS,.
John R. Brown,
N. M. Davis, R. R. Redditt,
A. B. Hundley, George Wear.
J. J. Meredith,
MEMBERS.
Bailey, C. P. Ferrand. W. G. Mecom, M. L. Rushing, E. H. Barham, J. A, Fisher, D. C. Meredith, J. A. Sheppard. J..H. Blanks, F. A. Furlow, Wm. H. Meredith, J. B. Sherrod, John M. Blanks, Henry C. Graves, J. Q. Meredith, Newton Slagle, C. E. Breitaaupt, C. V. Grayson, E. M. Meredith, T. A. Smith, O. M. Bridger, I. C. Grayson, W. B. Meredith, T. R. Sneed, A. L. Bridger, C. C. Htnes, J. C. C. Murphy, J. W. Stevens, P. E. Brown, F. Hines, S. G. Nettles, F. H. Tarver. E. E. Brown. S. H. Howe, E. S. Newson, W. H. Volentine, W. F. Bush, Clifford L. Hower. N. L. Paillett, L. W. Volentine, W. M. Bush, W. K. Vollman, G. A. Humphries, Daniel Parker, T. P. Carroll, A. W. Wear, Thos. C. Humphries, G. W. Payne. B. L. Chick, J. S. Welch, W. C. Jarrell, C. M. Price, J. L. Clark, M. S. Wood, Thomson. Kirby, C. I. Roberts, N. J. Clarkson, J. W. Littlepage. J. R. Ro birds, G. F . Wright, R. E. Cosby, O. W. Yarborough, J. D. May, Irby B. Rogers, G. B. Estess, O. Total, 79 members. McSween, G. T. Initiated—Charles Edwin Millson, Jasper Nighton Volentine. Passed and Raised—John Wesley James. Raised—Clyde Vernon Breithaupt. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Willie Ernest Howell, Samuel Pearce Walker, Allen Tingle, James David-Yarborough, Jesse Lee Price, Sidney Gilbert Hines, Ernest Euken Tarver, Wm. Franklin Volentine, Clarence Edward Slagle, Affiliated—N. J. Roberts, F. E. Stevens, B. L. Payne. ' ' , Reinstated— W. K. Bush. Dimitted—J. M. Gilbert, T. T. Pharis.'J. M.'McCabe,
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L A K E CHARLES LODGE No. 165. Chartered February 16th, 1860. Lake Charles, Calcasteu parish, La. Stated meetings, first and third Wednesdays of each month. OFFICERS.
Dan.B. Gorham C. P. Martin E. L. Knox Sam. Kaufman Adolph Meyer J . Alton Foster
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer. Secretary. S. D.
M. A. Quilty Leon Viterb iterbo J. F. Barrett F. Chavanne Ed. CaWH Joseph Walker
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J.D. Marshal. Chaplain. s t fetewaras H
Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
A. Rigmaiden, Paul Sullivan, S. O. Shattuck,
A. M. Mayo, Leon Sugar,
D. M. Foster, Leon Chavanne. George 0. Elms. Dan B. Gorham. P. D. D. G. M., MEMBERS.
Mel an con, J. L. Albertson, W. H. Gossett, G. M. Gray, J. G. Miller, E. D. Barbe, Raphael Bloch, D. Gray, F. H. Moss, C. D. Bloch, Sol. Green, H. R. Moss, L. H. Bullock, J. J. Guillemet, Wm. A.Muller, M. J. Campbell, John A. Ciunn, R. J. Nix, J. E. Carlson, A. W. Harlane, Aaron D. Packard, C. H. Carter, Ira C. Harms, Gus. C. Parks, Jos. M. Chaisson, C. J. Henry, Eli R. Parryj Wm. J. Chavaone, E. A. Hereford, J. Lee Patterson, Wm. E Collette, Jos. H. Herrinaton, J. J. Pearson, Charles Coley, John Wm. Hockey, J. E. Pels, Henry Cooper, Allen B. Holloman, John H.Pfitzing, C. Courtney, J. L. Holleman, J. B. Pickett, J. M. Cram, W. Ed. House, Geo. W. ~" ' N. " Pierce, A. Davis, Collin Howe, M. F. Pitre, Jobn Draughon, W. W. Hundley.^. C. Platz, Peter Drost, John J. Jardine, C. H. •Pope, Geo. W. Dugan, Lewis Johnson, H. W. Powell, J. G. Ellis, Argus Powell, J. W. Jordan, W. R. Elstne.r, Joseph C. Kaufman, Leopold Prater. Ohas. H. Escoubas, Hilair King, G«orge Pray, Chas. R. Fancher, James W..Knapc, W. A., Sr. Pray. George L. Findiey, A. W. Krause, Rudolph Pray, R. L. Foster, D. M., Jr. Levy, Armand Rachel, Wm. F. Fox, J. R. Love, D. W. Ralyea, L. Frank, Julius Lyons, E. J. Ramsey, Unas. C. Gayle, Wm. J. Lyons, S. M. Ramsey, Chas. S. Geary, Harry J. Manson, Thos. C. Ramsey, H. K. Gordon, S. W. Reeves, George W Martin, Jos. T. Gorham, W. A.
Reimers, H. J. Reinauer, Isaac Richards. E. B. Richardson, C. L. Rigmaiden, Jacob Sandrack, W. G. Santos, Finley Scarlett. T. W. Seltzer, H. K. Shutts, Frank Simmons, W. H. Smith, James S. Smith, P. E. Squires. L. L. Stantori, Jos. G. Steidley, Wm. A. Stoker, Robert W. Thompson, T. H. Toomer, J. S. Vincent, J. J. Vincent, Wm. A. Wakefleld, T. J. Walker, Jos. L. Watson, J. M. Watson, John W. Weber, Ab. White, Egbert Dot Whitman, W. S. Williams, W. A. Winterhaler, C. H. Total, 144 members.
Initiated—Fred Hawthorne Quilty, John Jacobs, Wm. Ernest Gorliam. Initiated and Passed—Isaac S. Ecker, James Lillie White. Passed and Raised—W. A. Guillemet, Gus. C. Harms. liaised—John Ed. Hockey. Initiated, Passed and Raised— Lorenzo Ralyea, Elija Bija Richards, Leon Viterbo, Charles R. Pray, J. Henry Ho'lemtn, Henry Kyie Ramsey, S. Waddml Gordon, Robert S. Knox, John Blanchnxd Holloman, Ed. Ray Henry, Wm. Furman Rachel, James Alton Foster, Wm. Anderson Vincent. Affiliated—Wm. J. Parry, James Chapman Ramsey, George L. Pray, W. E. Pattersoa. D-irnitted—Benjamin Moore, John Shell, James,,W. Bryan, J. C. Bland, John Cahill,, Thomas H. Stanton. Died—R. J. Cessford, George H. Wells, P. M., Thomas R. Reynolds, P. M., Abel West.
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Suspended— M. Benoit, R. H. Arrington, C. E. Chavanne, James Hildebraad, A. E. Goss, George W. Johnson, A. R. Mitchell, G. W. Stewart, Joseph H. Waiers. Expelled—Fred. S. Reynolds.
LINN WOOD LODGE No. 167. Chartered February 13th, 1861. Masonic Hall, New Orleans. Meets second and Iourth Wednesday evenings. OFFICERS. .
George A. Treadwell W. M. Charles B. Wills S. W. Cuarles D. Cottrell J. W. Joseph Meyers .... Treasurer. E.E.Adams Secretary. Wm. E. Arnold S. D.
Henry McGeary J. D. Robt J. McQulston..' Chaplain. Joseph W. Him M. of C. Henry Brisbi. Geo. W. Wheat \ stewards. G. E. Pearson (not a member), Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
C. A. Scott, E. E. Adams, P. D. D. G. M., John B. Ballard, Frank Chalona, P. D. D. G. M., Alfred E. Billings,
C. W. Keeting, E. N. Stringer, Joseph Meyers,
Geo. W. McDuff, H. Clay Riggs. Alfred Levy, R. J. McQuiston.
LIFE MEMBER.
Joseph Gitzinger. MEMBERS.
*L. P. Delahons- Chamberlain L. C. Harding, W. H. say.. G. M.Chevalley, L. L. Hart, M. H. *Robert H. Cage, Christiansou, L. Hart, M. J. P.G.M.Clark, Alfred Hart, S. J. Abraham, Jos. H. Coates, Henry Haspel, I. L. Adam, P. H. Goxe, Frank M. Hauler, E. A. Crawford, W. ti. Havner, Harry A. Aikman, J. B. Hedberg, Herman Curtis. Edward Ames, Roger P. Helmann. Otto Anderton, Geo. P. Czar, John Aucoin, A. M. Davison, Geo. W. Hesiin, John L. Holdridge, H. D. Bacb, William Dempsey. ~ M. " J. " Hudson, W. O. Bagnetto, Etnile Denver, S. A. Hufft, Rudolph DiMaggio, Ant. Bailey, T. Hugo, Chas. W. Barangue, Jos. Drury, John Barelli, Jno. S. Duke, Abram K. Hurry, Andrew Jaspriza, A. J. Barkley, John Faget, Arthur Barnes, Jno. E. Feldner, Geo. D. Jensen, L Harold Felduer, Henrv W. Johnson, John F. Bauer, Lazard Barrett,, A. J.. Felix, Alexander Journey, Geo. 0. Beck, Jas. D. Flettrich, John L. Jung, Peter, Jr. Behrends, Fred Flettrich, L. Kamlade, J. H.,Jr Bell, Jas. L. Flick, Louis 0. Keen, Alfred Biersoll, Frank J. Flynn, T. P. Kelsey, Geo. A. P Bloeh, Theophiie Frazier, Julius 0. Kemp", E. B. Blouin, Robt. E. Fredrick, H. H. Kernan, B. J. Bokenfohr, J. Gainsburgh, S. G. Killilea, Jas. Galbraith, John A.Kinney, W. S. Bonart Samuel Booth, John Gibons, Fred S. Kline, William Gilliam, J. P. "Knolle, " Wilkes H. Boutall, Chas. Boyden, Walter A. Godchaux, P. L. Kranz, Julius Goldstein, Kranz, P. A. Bray, Royal C. - - - - Frank - - Lewis • Kronensold, H. Grant, Bruenn, Bernard Grethen, Theo. O. Lambert, Robt. V Cabiro, Gaston Gretzner, Gustave Lamothe, 6\E. Jr. Cami, Victor vamvuci., i . W. ... Grivot, Adolph Landry, Henry Campbell, T. CarnahanjJ.W.,Jr. Hall, Archibald Lane, Patrick H. Casanas, Ben. C. Hall, Geo. A. Langsdale, J. S. Cavanah, Jno. W. Harding, H. A. Leathers, B. S.
Leche, Emm'l T. Lesslie, George Lichtenstein,I.M Lob, Chas. Locascio, Ant. Loetfel, Geo. J. Loewengardt, L Lusse, Henry Mailly, S. B. Mainegra, R. J. ManentG. V. Mann, Geo. E. Mann, Geo. E., Jr. Manning, Guy E. McClure, Robt. C. McCorkindale, Wm McGeary, Harry McRackeo, James Merritt, Chas. H. Messina, S. Meyer, Louis Meyer, Manfred Meyers, Chas. S. Moate, Geo. H. Mohr, Ignatius Monteverde, A. Moore. Wm. C. Moroni, G. Morran, Alex'r Muller, Emile Muller, Jean N Mustaiche, Jos. Nickerson, A. Noren, G. S. Padley, E. S. Palanque, S. A. Pearson, Geo. Perkins, Robt. C.
CONSTITUENT LODGES. Pilcher, Chas. H. Roth, Charles Rabe, Wm. J. Roth, Jacob Ragan, W. H., Jr. Rowles, Wm. H. Rantz, Chas. P. Runkel, Win. Rea, Jesse K. Bell Russ, Edw. K. Reeder, W. A. Salvant, W. R. Reilly, Patrick Sanders, D. J. Reudelhuber, J. E. Sanders, John A. Rice, Chas. S. Savell, Frank M. Rice, John C. Schaefer, aeo. J. Riggs, Wm. A., Jr Schmid, E. F. Riley, Arthur J. Schwab, N. Robinson, Geo. Schwartz. W. B. Robinson, Wm. Segari, Sam'l Rodgers, Thos. J. Segrave, John K. Rose. Dan. A. Seiler, C. T. Rose, Sage Sellers, Thos. B. Rosenthal, Sol. Shearman, E. J.
Silverstein, Sam'l Simmons, M. L. Sirjacques, W. L. Smith, Frank E. St. Clair, Chas. H. Stancil, Hiram N. Steagall, E. F. Steele, Thos. F. Stinson, Louis Stites, Wm. Stoutz, Henry L. Strain, Robt. C. Sweet, Owen J. Taylor, J. Gordon Thomas. Chas. E. Tinney, W. H. Titche, Henry H. Tortorich, D. J.
Treadwell, A. L. Wagner, Geo. Wagner, R. L. Walker, Jos. N Wallace, W. E. Wanstall, Wm. Weill, Jos. Weingrun, Ira Wenck, Jeff. C. Whiteman, E. W. Whiteman, I. B. Widmer, Henry Wilder, James Wilkie, Thos. H. Williams, Asa L. Williams, Hugh Williams, J. G.R. Zigler, John J. Total, 241 members. Initiated—Karl Morris Gutmann, John Joseph Egan, Sam. Atchison Eubanks. Initiated and Passed—Edward Goodwin Spooner. Passed and liaised—James F. Wilson. Initiated, Passed and liaised—William Eldredge Arnold, John Sidney Barelli, John Emery Barnes, John William Cavanah, Charles Samuel Meyers, William Clarence Moore, Thomas Henry Wilkie, George Emile Mann, Jr., Simon August Palanque, Joseph Walter Hirn, Walter Richard Salvant, Charles Roth, Victor Cami, Alexander Morvan, Jesse Seott Langsdale, George WiJliam Davison, William Joseph Rabe, William Wanstall, Lazard Bauer, Frank Eugene Lamothe, Jr. Affiliated— William Egbert Wallace, Frank Edward Smith, Westley Stephen Kinney. Died—Henning E. KohD, Simon Leopold, S. S. Mathers, Jos. L. Herwig, Hugh Donnelly, Joseph Katz, Charles W. Davison. Dimitted—Jacob Dimand, James F. Wilson, Dwight 0. Root. Suspended—E. H. Merrick. * Honorary members. MONTGOMERY LODGE No. 168. Chartered February 13th, 1861. Montgomery, Grant parish, La. before the fourth Sunday in each month. OFFICERS.
R. M.Horn David B. Wardlow Bedford E. Woods J. Monroe Plunkett J. Theodore Smith Thomas C. Henry
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer. Secretary. S. D.
Meets Saturday
Mathew E. Jackson Wm. J. Elliott J. W. Dean Walter McCain Calvin R. Davidson J. L. Megison
J. D. Chaplain. Marshal. ) «4.fetewaras 0 ™ 0 _J 0 f Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
H. Van McCain, P. G. J. W.,
'
R. M. Horn.
MEMBERS.
Beyett. Vinson R. Dunn, R. M. Carter, W. B. Fletcher. Jas. N. Chellette, A. B. Fowler, W. W. Clark, Wm. C. Gilcrease, Wm. P. Davidson, CalvinR.Gilerea«e, Geo. W. Davidson. Geo. W. Horn, Ernest G. Dean, T. Lee Horn, R. W. Dodson, Hardy C. Holmes, Joseph
Holmes, Jefferson Lacaze, Chas. L. McCain, C. M. Musgrove, J. G. Nickols, L. M. Payne, J. J. Plunkett, R. M. Purvis, C. L.
Rodgers, E. W. Smith, Griffen D. Stanfield, J. W. Straughn, J. D Straughn, Louis B. Wardlow, L. D. Woods, L. B. Total, 43 members.
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Initiated—Elmer Hart Hosmer, Clemman W. Payne. Initiated and Passed—Soloman Morgan Brian, Zachariah A. Loftin, Irwin Clarence Dyson. Passed and Raised—Joseph W. Holmes. Raised—Lucius B. Woods. Initiated, Passed and Raised—John Theodore Smith, Charles Lafayette Purvis, Arthur Baxter Chelette, James M. Straughn, Louis Boston Straughn, Thomas Claude Henry, Wm. Lunah Lacaze, JacKson J. Payne, Lorenzo Dow Wardlow, Richard Madison Dunn, Hardy Chapman Dodson, David Bedford Wardlow, Wm; Jackson Elliott, Calvin Russell Davidson, Walton McCain. Affiliated—Lucius B. Woods, Vincent R. Bbyett, Wm. H. Clark, J. G. Musgrove, Griffin D. Smith. Dimmed— Lucius B. Woods, Vincent R. Boyett, Wm. H. Clark, R. W. Wagner, Henry D. Smith, J. G. Musgrove, Griffin D. Smith. Died-J. S. Payne, P. M. KOSMOS LODGE No. 171. Chartered February 9th, 1861. Masonic Temple. Meets second and fourth Mondays. OFFICERS.
Julius Wyler H. 0. Lehmann Richard Herforth J. F. Falkenheiner Val. Fuchs Ger. Mannier
W.M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer. Secretary. S. D. H. Kick
H. J. Brouseher Wm. Woessner R. G. Hotzer Frank Kruse Ernest S. Freund H. A. Erber Tyler.
J. D. M. Exp. Orator. M. of C. Econ. I. G.
PAST MASTERS.
J. F. Falkenheiner,
J. Voegtle, Jos. Harz,
R. G. Holzer, H. Reininger.
Chas. A. Wagner.
MEMBERS.
Bieber, Gus. Hartel, T. F. Lang F. F. Penez, Erne G. Dihlmann, Hy. Hill, F. Leonard, V. Ricks, A. G. Ellermann, C. Heinrichs, J. H. Lohmaun, F. C. Seheer, Aug. Engelhardt, P. Heinrich, John Lussen, P. H. Schmid, Fred. Foerster, Henry Jakobs, Michael Mattern, Carl Schwartz, A. Gerhardt. August Kapple.r, John Messmer. Chas. Staehle, F. Gelder, J E. Kehl, Chas. N. Meyer, W. H. Tomek, Anton Hambacher. Max. Kolb, C. Moosmann, G. F. Watfenschmidt, G. Hambloch, Henry ' Total, 51 members Passed—John J. Schutten. Raised—Michael Jakobs, Fran? Christian Lohtnann. Passed and Raised—August Scherr, Charles N. Kehl. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Anton Herman Erber, Henry J, Brouseher, George Waffenschmidt, Anton Tomek, John Heinrich. Charles Massmer. Ernest S. Freund, Joseph Pencz. UNION LODGE No. 172. Chartered February 17th, 1865. Masonic Hall. Meet3 first and third Thursdays in each month. OFFICERS.
W. R. Mandeville C. Nungesser Wynne G. Rogers JohnT. Shearer Thad. G. Stehle W. S. Frazee J. G. Lescalle
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer. Secretary. S. D. J. D. J. H. Croll
Martin L. Costley, Sr L. Reynolds W. L. Banister. M. L. Costley, Jr W. E. Hogue C. J. H. lilies J. Rasch Tyler.
Orator. Almoner. M. Exp. M. of C. I c(. s t eOWIlr w a r a^s0 j I. G.
CONSTITUENT LODGES.
149
PAST MASTERS.
G. H. Pabst, P. D. D. G. M., John T. Shearer, P. M. Schneidau, P. D. D. G. M., Win. Hincks, James T. Nix, II. T. Cockburn, W. E. Mandeville.
M. L. Costley, Sr., Joseph Dennee, D. D. G. M.
MEMBERS.
*Byron Holley Drawe, J. J. Kay, C. W. Porteous. Wm. A. *R. H. Cage, Dressel'H. J. Keith, Henry Queen, F. W. P. G. M. Duke, W. A. Kennedy. C. (J. Reams, T. B. Abadie, Lucien Dussel, Julius Kerwin, R. fl. Renaud, W. H.,Jr. Abbott, C. F. Earhart, Fred. A. Killeen, Gen. H. Heoaudin. Geo. Adams, C. C. Earhart, Morgan Kirwin, J. J. Reppel, O. C. Alba, L. R. Ellerman John Reuaelhuber.W. G. Knost, J. H. Ridgelv, J. K. Alciatore, Hy. F. Elliott, E. Koretke, F. H. Rodd, J. H. Alciatore, F. J., Jr.Estopinal, A. S. Kupferle, E. G. Rolling, H. J. Andrews, E. W. Evans, H. F. Lacroix, H. L. Rowley, Robert Arnold, J. P. ~ Eyrich, G. A. Lais, A. Ashby, James H. Fabacher, Jos. Lamberton, E. E. Schmidt, C. J. Avegno. J. Fallon, L. J. Lastrapes, C. W. Scbneidau,Paul S. Schreiber, M. M. Badger, J. A. Ferguson, W. T. Leach, N. M. Scott, A. McC. Legendre, J. A. Barker, C. E. Ferguson, D. Seymour, Wm. D. Lehde, E. 0. Barriere, E. P. Fine, R. H. Sevmour, H. W. Barrus, J. M. Ficken, Edw. J. Leibe, A. Sharp, 0. W. Levi, Nathan Berlin, H. Fisher, D. Sheffield, C. H. Levy, Alfred Bernard, H. A. Fitzner, Wm. Bisso, J. A. Fourment, John Long, George W. Simpson, W. P. Lumberd, W. B. Simpson, W. G. Bonne, F. T. Frank, C. L. Smith, McC. Magnitzky, A. Bostick, C. D. Freeling, John Spaiisel, W. C. Manion, M. H. Bray. C. E. Fulton, J. D. Stanton, Geo. W. Manion, W. J. Brehop, H. C. Gaster, L. D. S. Stevens, G. W. Marchesi, P. Bres, W. A. Geifers, R. Marcotte, Gus. J. Stifft. P. Brooks, A. L. Gessner, T. F. Stoddard, A. H. McDowell, C. Broussard, W. P. Goss, C. M. Striefler, M. McFall, E. H. Brown, R. H. Gray, Vincent McGivney, J. K. Strong, W. A. Brown. P. H. Green, M. C. Stroudback, C. B. Mclntyre, E. J. Burg, P. C. Gurtner, H. Surgi, H. G. Milam", Geo. M. Calmes, J. S. Hailey, H. C. Swetman, J. W. Mitchell, John Capo, Thomas Hains, P. C , Jr. Taylor, Edgar Morton, W. E. Carambat, Frank Hargrave, J. Trepagnier, A. C. Muhs. J. C. Chevalley, S. J. Harney, D. Vandevort. R. Muller, Fred. Clerc, R. F. Hausman, L. Veith, P. G. Muller, Geo. Coats, W. T. Hecker, J. Paul Verbberg, Jacob Murphy, J. C. Cole, E A. Helm, Philip Vincent, George Converse, H. H. Hillery, Jno. A. Nagelvoort, F. Voss, H. C. Neuhau?, M. Converse, W. W. Hoffstetter, J. A. Nix, Waldo, B. T. John D. Cooke, A. M. Houg, N. C. Weil, E. L. Nixon, J. K. Cooney, P. A. Hoyt, R. A. Wetmore, R. H. Costley, F. D. Humphreys, J. B. Offner, E. White, O. M. Costley. W. P. lilies, J. H. O'Donnell, L. Geo. A. Daly, Theo. T. Ivy, George E. O'Rourke, C. H. Wieeand. Wilmot, W. G. Davies, E. II. W. Jackman, A. W. Orr, Adi oe Wirth, H. Dequede, W. Jensen, J. M. Parker, Cbas. S. Wright, M. B. Donellan, W. H. Jensen, H. L. Pearson, J. Zengel, Joseph Dorrestein,C.A.M. Jonveaux, Wm. F. Petersen, M. Total, 214 members. Dowie, D. Jonveaux, L. P. Poelstra, J. Initiated—Eugene F. Lyons, Fred. E. Stulb, Albert H. Watkin, Albert J. Toepfer. Initiated and Passed—Walter F. Cambu. Passed—O. M. White. Passed and Raised— W. E. Morton, Martus Petersen, E. G. Kupferle. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Ferd. J. Alciatore, Jr., Charles D. Bostick, Marcellus Neuhaus. E. S. Hull, Adloe Orr, John G. Lescalle, Joseph M. Barrus, Charles J. H. Illie?, Otis W. Sharp, Wm. G. Simpson. Affiliated—Donald Ferguson. Reinstated—E. A. Cole. Dimitted-J. W. Prentiss, E. S. Hull. * Honorary members. -L^- 11.
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DANTE LODGE No. 174. Chartered February 14th. 1S66. Polar Star Hal], corner Rampart and Kerlerec streets, New Orleans. Meets first Monday In each month. OFFICERS. Arturo Dell'Orto W. M. G. Passalaqua Orator. Vincenzo Machi S, W. Basile Economides Almoner. Ivo T. Vuleyich J. W. Vincenzo Marciente M. Exp. Giuseppe Viviano Treasurer. Vito Scorsoae ...M. of C. Angelo D'Anna Secretary. BasileMerenda Econom. Biaggio Panzeri S. D. Francesco Geutfre I. G. Giacomo Catalonotte J. D. Lorenzo Cipriani Tyler. PAST MASTERS.
Giuseppe Passalaqua, Angelo D'Anna, L.Cipriani, Giuseppe Viviano, Gaetano Spagnolo, Giuseppe Di Carlo, G. Rumiano. HONORARY MEMBERS.
A. G. Brice, P. G. M., M. Pankey, R. Lafontaine, P. M. Samuel Weil, P. M.,
R. T. Haviland, C. F. Buck, P. G. M., Jose Venta, John C. Suarez, P. M., MEMBERS.
F. deP. Villasana, G. H. Paekwood, P. G. M., Leon Schwartz, P. M., Antonio Disero, P. M. ,
Bisso, G. Favalora, G. Lipari. Vlncenzo Pircopo, Pietro Bouflglio, Pietro Florip, G. P. Liuzzai Pasquale Rinella, Agpstino Calamia, Antonino Ganei, Giovanni Liuzza, Michele Russo, Saivatore Cefalu, G. B. Gentile, B. Longo, Stefano Russo, Agostino Chetta, Gio. Gentile, Michele Macaluso, B. SSalvato, Giorgio Clesi, Giorgio Geraci, G. Macalnso, A. Sammaritano, L. Colletti, K. Ghiloni, Pietro Macaluso, Andrea Sammaritano, R. Coniglio, Paolino Giacona, Corrado Marullo, Girolamo Sassone, Gio. Cordieh, Tomaso Grabre, Ignazio Marullo, Pietro Scavelli, G. Cuccia, Gioy. Graffeo, C. Matranga, Giu. Schiro, Antonio Cuccio, Giuseppe Guarino, Ant. Monteleone, A. Scorsone, Vito Casimano, Angelo Inserillo, Giuseppe Mule, Calogero Soldano, Antonio Cusimano, GiacomoJurisieh, J. Mule, Giorgio Sunzeri. Filippo D'Alfonzo, S. LaBella, Giu. G. Nicolich,Elia Tusa, Saivatore D'Antonio, Gio. Lamia, A. Onorato, Giacomo Venezia, Angelo Di Carlo, Antonio Lauro, Vincenzo Palermo, Giorgio Verde. Giuliano Di Cristina, C. Lavigne, G. B. Palermo, Paolo Zibtlicn, L. Di A. Di Losa, Giuseppe Licalzi, Ant. Pettavino, Ant. Total, 87 members. Initiated, Passed and liaised — Francesco Giuffre, Giovanni Gancei, Vincenzo Lipari, Ginseppe Di Losa, Antonio Schiro, Pietro Ghiloni, Antonio Di Carlo, Giorgio Salvato, Biaegio Panveri, Agostino Rinella, Luca Di Antonio Zibilieh, Gio. Battista Lavigue, Giacomo Onorato. Reinstated—Andrea Macaluso. Dimitted—Lorenzo Federico. Died—Achille Mascaretti, Cesare Capanna, Pietro Scalamera. Suspended— Raffaele Arduvini. Expelled—Vincenzo Lo Buono. AMITE CITY LODGE Noi 175. Chartered February nth. 1866. Amite City, Tangipahoa parish.. La. Stated meetings, tlrst Friday on or before full moon. OFFICERS. John Puleston W. M. H. Mixon S. D. Henry P. Forshag S. W. C. M. Mixon J. D. H. E. Sanders J. W. J. L. Wirth M. of C. F. C. Weist , Treasurer. C. G. Weishaar ) oo,. OTO! , v j a Charles H. Eagau Secretary. J. R. Holton f cewamsCharles Dorhaus •.. Tyler. PAST MASTERS.
R.R.Reid, P. G.M., J. M. Craig,
John Puleston. D. D. G. M., D.H.Sanders, S. D. Ellis, C. S. Stewart.
CONSTITUENT LODGES.
151
MEMBERS.
Ellis, R. S. Lillard, J. Q. Smith, W. B. Alford, H. J. Ford. Adolph McClendon, W. H. Spring, H. F. Allen, L. E. Forshag, ErnestF. Mclntyre, W. S. Stark, A. H. Allen, M. J. McMichael, A. W. Stern, Dave Bankston, Leslie Frierson, A. G. McMicnael, P. P. Stevens, Allen Bankston,Thos.M. Glvens. J. R. McMichael, R. S. ~Stevens, W. Ballard, Guy H. Goldsby, G. F. Stevens, Leo. A. Brittinghaaj, J. N. Hayden, C. M. Mullln, W. J. Stevens. James S. Conn, M. L. Hayden, Jesse Mullin, R. W. Story, H. D. __. .__, A. J. Noyes, H. N. Dalshtron, J. J. Holton, Dorhauer, John Holton, Henry I. Osborn, James M. Strickland, J. E. Puleston, J. A. Terry, W. S. Dykes, John Jeffers, C. S. Robertson, T. H Young, " D. F. Edwards, M. F. Kemp, D. S. Sanders, Geo. O. Vernon, Wm. T. Eldridge, C. R. Kemp. T. D. Wilson, William D. Eldridge, W. O. Kopfler, Jos. Sanders, N. A. ' A. ' ~ Simmons, W. W. Total, 75 members. Elliot, Clay Lewis, R. Initiated—John Norwood Smith, Arthur Collie Alford, John Saal, Daniel Webster Hayden, Dan Edwards. '. Initiated and Passed—W. P. Edwards. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Henry I. Holton, Ernest F. Forshag, J. L. Wirth, N. A. Sanders. Raised—Guy Henry Ballard, Albert R. Lewis. Affiliated—Charles G. Weishaar. D-imitted—H. A. Swasey. Died—F. P. Mix. CADDO LODGE No. 179. Chartered February 14th, 1867. Shreveport, Caddo parish. La. Stated meetings, first and third Saturdays of each month. OFFICERS. W. A. Kerley .....W. M. G. H. Stevenson Secretary. C M . Burcher S. W. L. C.Allen S. D. George O. Lilley J. W. F. G. Snyder J. D. W. A. Robinson Treasurer. J. L. Goodman, not a member, Tyler. PAST MASTERS.
B. Thomas, Hearne, (J. S.W. N. C. B.Moncure, Murff, P.P.D.D.D. D. G. C. Allen, D. G. M., H. L. E. J. G.M., M., L. Thomas B. Chase, Matt. L. Scovell. S. F. Gordon, S. N. Kerley, A. B. Weaver, C. D. Kalmbach. J. A. Thlgpen, T. H. Scovell. MEMBERS. Allen, E. O. Hamilton, D. B. Morris^ A. D. Sims, Edward Harding,Eugene Moss, J. R. Smltb, T. A. Allen, T. M. Nelld, Geo. F. Spearing, Jos. H. Arrlngton, A. S. Hardy, H. I. Hawkins, W. E. Newman, A. J. Soanard, Eugene Avery, A. B. Oakley, S. N. Steere, S. F. Bayersdoerft'er.W JHelpman, I. L. Owens, Patrick Taylor, W. F. Blackburn, G. E. Hicks, S. B. ' Peyton, James W. Trosper, J. M., Jr. Blanchard, N. C. Hicks,' " " " Cal. ~ " "D. Callaway, J. M. Hodges, John L. Pires, L. A. Walling, John H. Colquitt, Homer Holzner, Henry Prescott, H. H. Waddill, W. M. Colquitt, R. K. Hunsicker, Henry Randall, C. J. Ward, S. J. Jackson, Walter Ratcliff, jA.aui>i HI, E. MI. x^. R. W a t s o n , S. M . Craig, Geo. M. Richardson, R. L. Weston, H. S. €rawford, W. T. Johnson, C. B. Robson, Wm. V. White, Ben S. Davis, J. W. Johnson, J. B. White, George L. Dillon, W. F. Lowenthal, Paul Russell, G. H. Sample, O. H. P. Williams, C. O. Martin, E. H. Dowling, Oscar Williams, F. M. Eglin, A L>. McOutcheon, S. B. Scofleld, H. B. Farrar, W. B. McCutchen, M. A. Sebby, J. A. Wise, W. H. Ford, T. G. McMahon, W. T. Sewail, J. A., Sr. Withrow, P. S. Fortson, F. M. McWiiliams, A. M.Sewail, J. A. Jr. Woodward, Geo. L. Gaines, C. L. Minge, C. H. Scott, J. P. Young, John S. Olbson-, W. F. C. Minge, C. H., Jr. Scovell, C. Youne, W. L. Total, 102 members
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Initiated—David C. FeDStermaker, Alexander M. Savage. Initiated and Passed^-Frank. O. Sherman. Passed—William Mason Ford. Initiated Passed and Raised—Frederick G. Snyder, Henry B. Scofleld. Collier H. Minge. Affiliated—James R. Moss, Charles O. Williams, James A. Selby, Walter F.O.Gibson. Dimitted—Alfred W. Cheesman. Died—Eobert B. Patterson, Thomas C. Johnson, Joseph Boisseau, Henry Holzner. SAM TODD LODGE No. 182. Chartered February 14th, 1867. Sugar Town, Caloasieu parish, La. Stated meetings, first Saturday in each month. OFFICERS.
George W. Richardson W. M. N.A.Jones S. W. R. E. Sigler J. W. M.Moore Treasurer. W. E. Nolen ..Secretary. A. J. Watson
W. L. Lanier... J. M. Sigler, Jr. J. J. Wells Harold lies. A. S. Nolen. Tyler.
S.D. J. D. ...Chaplain. ' Stewards.
PAST MASTERS.
G. W. Richardson,
Jesse Gill,
N. A. Jones.
MEMBERS.
Arnold, Thos. Hanchey, John W. Lacaze, Pierre Simmons, Caleb Bailey, A. L. Hanchey, R. H. Lanier, O. A. Singletarv, A. C. Browning, F. M. Hanchey, T. J. C. Lanier, John W. Singletary, T. G. Cain, R. M. Hanchey, J. W. Leblanc, Louis Singleton, M. E. Caraway, C. B. Hanchey, W. B. Madox, John W. Sirmons, John F. Caraway, J. H. Hanchey, Jas. M. Mahoffey. James Smith, James p. L. Chaney, W. M. Hargrove, M. V. Martin, E. Swillev, M. Q. Cole, D. A. Hargrove, M.V. Jr.Mathis, W. H. Teal, W. C. Cole, H. Y. Hargrove, McFarland, T. P. Terrell, John W. 1 1 O 1 g | U V C , W. « F . R. J Cole, V. D. McFatter, C. L. Thompson, S. A. Harper, James Davis, Thos. Tolbert, Louis N. Miller, Geo. W. Heard, A. J. Deason, Geo. R. Heard, Geo. M. Turner, A. C. R. Miller, John A. Turner, Thos. S. Farque, Leonidas Heard, W. C. Miller, S. N. Houston, John F. Morrow, Win. W. Wagnon, L. H. Ford, L. A. Watson, Theo. Houston, M. Morrow, H. C. Gill, S. xiousiuii, Geo. u-eu. ±VL. Weeks, James Z. Gilley. Geo. D. Howell, Edward Nolan, M. T. Nixon, Turner F. Weldon, Jacob Hall, Joseph lies, D. C. Parker, John E. Williams, John T. Hanchey, Geo. W. lies,' H. W. Sanders, John M. Wingate. Labon Hanchey, Jas. M. Jones, Johnnie Wisby, William Hanchey, J. M. Johnson, W. C. Sigler, J. D. Total, 94 members. Hanchey, J. M., Jr.Johnson, John Initiated, Passed and Raised—T. E. McFarland, Claude L. McFatter. Dimitted—T. E. McFarland. Died—J. Beason. SPRING CREEK LODGE No. 184. Chartered February 14th, 186?. Spring Creek, TaBgipahoa parish, La. Friday before first Sunday in each month. P. O., Lewiston.
Meets
OFFICERS.
George W. McDaniel W. M. I. E. Corkern S. W. J. D. McDaniel J. W. James P. Morgan Treasurer. Geo. D. Lewis Secretary. J. Ben Ricks ."
Luther L. Ricks James N. McDaniel Elias McDaaiel Heazie M. McDaniel Percy J. Lewis Tyler.
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S. D. J. D. Chaplain.
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J. M. Breland,
Elias McDaniel,
Geo. W. McDaniel,
James P. Morgan,
MEMBERS.
Lewis, Arthur C. McElveen, I. N. Perkins, B. D. Addison, R. M. " J. * Miller, B. F. Strickland, Roan Booty, Geo. W. Lewis, H. Brock, J. D. Vernon, Daniel E, McDaniel, C. F. Mixon, S. C. Watts, F. M. Fortenberry, J. I. McDaniel, T. R. Ott, W. T. Total, 28 members. Hutchinson, W. P. Initiated—George Washing Booty, James Lewis Percy, Hezzie Munford McDaniel. Passed and Raised—Geo. W. Booty, Henry Jasper Lewis, Percy James Lewis, Hezzie M. McDaniel. Raised—Jesse I. Fortenberry. Died—Jesse I. Fortenberry. ORPHANS' FRIEND LODGE No. 185. Chartered February 16th, 1867. Big Cane, St. Landry parish, La. Meets on Wednesday before full moon of each month. OFFICERS.
B. F. Vannoy James H. Rutledge W. C. Hudspeth Peter Jacobs
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer.
J. E. O'Quin
Secretary. S.D. J. D. Tyler.
Wm. Spence E. W. Hicks
PAST MASTERS.
Jules Weill,
T. A. Hicks,
B. F. Vannoy,
E. W. Hicks.
MEMBERS.
Allen, Austin Goudchaux, L. Catlet, K. G. Greene, J. O. Clopton, B, W. Havard, L. A. Goudchaux, C. A. Howard. L. A. Goudchaux, J. L. Hudspeth, E. V. Raised—Robert W. Pickett, Sam. Dimitted—A. Kahn, A. Ruwich. Died—D. D. Hudspeth.
Llttell, T. H. Pickett, R. W. Richard, M. J. Sherrouse, J. M. Spence.
Spence, Sam. Street, M. S. Ward, S. P. Weil, Jacob Total, 23 members.
COVINGTON LODGE No. 188. Chartered February 15th, ] 868. Covtngton, St. Tammany parish, La. Stated meetings, second and fourth Saturdays of each month. OFFICERS.
A. Rockenschuh W. P. Fussell B. B. Warren Jasper E. Wilson
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer.
Charles Heintz Henry Rockenschuh John Coltora Wm. Depriest
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
M. Burns,
Albert Theobald, F. B. Martindale,
John Theobald, H. G. Willis.
MEMBERS.
Anderson, Ethel B.Coubert, John Anderson, Henry Cox, Sam'l T. Babington, C. S. E. Day, Alex. M. W. Baden, Robert Frederick, E. G. Baden, Henry E. Frederick, E. J. Bourgeois, F. A. Fuller, G. W. Carroll, B. T. Glover, David A. Columbus, Frank
Holliday, A. B. Hutchinson, W. G Jones, Sam Keller, Henry Lewis, John A. Lyons, Elmer E. Parker, Wm. E.
H. R. Warren, Seals, S. G. Second, Casfmire Seymour, W. J. Thibodaux, S. J. Thompson, Ed. L. Thompson, J. H. Yates, J. M. Total, 42 members.
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Initiated—Harry Eugene Ellis. Initiated, Passed and Raised—John Coubert, Elmer Eugene Lyons, B. Beauregard Lambert. Sam Jones, Ethel Barksdale Anderson, David J. Glover, Henry Eugene Baden. Raised—George W. Fuller', Carl G. Kleman, C. S. E. Babington, Edward L. Thompson. Died— Carl. G. Kleeman, R. G. Kleeman.
EVERGREEN LODGE No. 189. Chartered February 13th, 1868. Evergreen, Avoyelles parish, La. on or before full moon of each-month. OFFICERS.
S. L. Campbell S. W. Cappel B. R. Risher Lazard Godchaux
W. M. S. W. J. W. .Treasurer. Orlando Mathews
S. Karpe Sol. Levy L. D. Fisher D. A. Curry Tyler.
Meets Tuesday
Secretary. S. D. J. D. M. of C.
PAST MASTERS.
J, A. Hollingshead, P.D.D. G.M. J. T. Johnson,
S. Karpe, C. D. Cappel, S. 0. Easton, P.B.Wright, P.D.D ; G. M., Sol. Levy. S. L. Campbell, MEMBERS. Bordelon, A. L. Ganthier, I. J. Johnson, I. C. Mathews, C. J. Branch, W. G. Glass, J. D. Kiblinger, E. Moore, C. A. Cappel, Curry Griffon, J. F. Levy, Gus Perkins, W. R. Crawford, C. E. Haas, W. D. Levy, Jake Savant, Paul. Easton, W. V. Hudson, D. B. Total, 33 members. Initiated— Elliott Kiplinger, Joseph Manuel Weiss, James Ezard Keegan, Jr. Passed and liaised—Elliott Kiplinger, C. A. Moore. Affiliated—A. L. Bordelon, W. R. Perkins. Reinstated—J. T. Griffin. Dimitted—John Jordan. Died—J. A. Lesseps.
CORINTHIAN LODGE No. 190. Chartered February 9th, 1869. Masonic Hall, New Orleans. Stated meetings, first and tbird Tuesdays of each month. OFFICERS.
Edward Pierson T. D Sadler Will H. Wood Charles Palfrey H. Dahezies Wm. H Beasley G. K. Smith
W. M. S. W. , J. W. Treasurer. Secretary. S. D. J. D.
J. D. Graybill M. of C. C. F. Buck, Jr Chaplain. James Benton 1 M. M. Boatner : c t o w a r* = George H. Kostmayer.. [ OWJWdIU!>James Stephens J H.A. McGregor(not a member) Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
W. E. Lawrence, Chas. A. Thiel, Jr. C. J. Bell, C. F. Buck, Jr. C. H. Charlton,
Geo. W. Booth, P. D. D. G. M. J. C. Clifford, J. W. Pearce, G. M. Hodgson,
Isaac B.Ellis, B. F. Albertson, J. N. W. Otto, L. E. Bowman,
H. B. Schreiber, P. D. D. G. M. W. W. Crane, J. F. C. Waldo. W. W. Huck.
CONSTITUENT LODGES.
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MEMBERS.
Allen, C. H. Gray, B. H. Anderson, T. H. Hart, Arthur Andrews, J. C. Herbst, P. A. Babbir>gton, J. B Hetzel, H. J. Baumgartner, A. Hill, A. M. Baumgartner, C. P. Hooper. J. J. Benedict, H. W. Hogle, H. E. Black, Wllbert Hyatt, E. C. Bofinccer, W. H. Ivens, H. K. Boland, Jos. K. Kenney, C. H. Brenford, J. T. Kirkland, W. C. BrennarvJ. M. Kirwin, Ed. B. Briant, W. A. Kinebrew, J. W. Carraher, M. J. Koenig, J. C. Chapman, C. P. Kouns, C. S. Coleman, S. B. Lawrence, W. C Craft, Augustus Lucas, W. R. Darton, D. B. Mackie, Albert DeEussy. R W. Mackie, C. W. Evans. W. M. - Maginnis, J. H. Parish, G. V. Maier, Otto T. Pee, Chas. B. McCall, H., Jr. Plaspoller. A, H. McClelland, B. S. Pish, H. M. Medus, George W.
Meloche, Prank Smith, M. A. Menefee, J. T. Smith, A. V. Mieg, Louis Smith, Geo S. Miller, T. D. Smith, R. W. Moores, G. W. Stephenson. R. A. Murray, Wm. Stewart, George B , Otto, flsnry J. Stitch, Charles Parkerson, Wm. S. Stumpf, John Patterson. C. T. Turner, W. G. Payne, Walter E. Vreeland, A. C, Pearce, John S. Vreeland, F, H. Porter, A. B. Vreeland, R. McD. Powers, Jas. T. Wagner, George L. Ragan, W. P. Walshe, Geo. C. Ross, T. L. Walther, 0. Ryan, I. L. Warren, Wm. J. Saunders, H. J. Watt, John Saxon, Walter L. Wedemeyer,H.F.D. Scheele, W. P. W1dney,"L. S. Sehrleber, C. A. Wilkinson. J. P. Seaward, A. H Woodward, J. E. Shearman. H. C. Zehler, Chas. C. Skardon, A. N. Zinzer, P. Total, 124 members.
Passed and Raised—James Thomas Menefee. liaised—Isidore L. Ryan. Initiated, Passed and Raised—James Thomas Powers, James Todd Stephens, Herman J. Hetzel, Raleigh McDuff Vreeland, Charles Baldwin Pee, Wm. Harcourt Beasley, Marc M. Boatner, John[Sawyer Pearce, Wilbert Black. George H. Kostmayer. Dimitted—Henry Rochat, J. P. Sims, A. S. J. Atkinson. Died—Algernon S. Badger. Dropped—James B. Calhoun, Wm. P. Heisler, Bankson Taylor, J. R. Chalmers, E. C. Hanselman. Suspended— Wm. W. Chapman.
JEFFERSON LODGE No. 191. Chartered February 9th, 1889. Masonic Hall. Stated meetings, first and third Wednesday evenings. OFFICERS. W. M. Wil Moss Chaplain. Samuel Wolf S. W. Gus.C. Stubbs M.ofC. Armand Mars J. W. M. B. Oldenburg 1 Samuel Israel Treasurer. Claude McDermott.... { hottpwn Hartwig Moss .. fls , Secretary. W.C.Reno Hugh Breen f ewaiasS.D. J. P. Wolf J. I) Dresner J Reinhardt Wedig .J. D. E. W. Fisher Organist. Geo. E. Pearson Tyler. PAST MASTERS.
Hugh Breen, H. C. Duncan, L. L. Shwartz, Grand Chaplain, P. D. G. M., P. D. D. G. M.. H. C. Brown, F. M. Caraher, Alex. Lichtentag, John Clegg, Hartwig Moss, Fred Adolph, B. W. Kernan, P. G. J. W., Isidore Ber. P. D. D. G. M., Gns. D. Levy, P. D. D. G. M. HONORARY MEMBERS.
Robert R, Reid, P. G. M. L. P. Delahoussaye. G. M. Geo. H. Packwood, D. R. Graham, C. F. Buck, P. G. M. R. H. Cage, P. G. M. P. G. M., P. G. M.,
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Aarons, A. Acree, S. N Anaya, L. P. Anderson, B. J. Ashner, I. W. , Ay cock, T. J. Beaulieu, P. H. Beck, Arthur Beck, Jacques Beer, J. W. Bensel, George Ber, M. Bergman, M. Block, Herman Bourdet, J. P. Brownson, J. A. Brunner, Moses Burnett, B. F. Cahn, E. M. Cahn, M. Cain, Jos. L. Calongne, S. A. Cohen, Sam'l Cohen, Sigmund Cohn, Hiram Cohn, Joseph, Jr. Cohn, J. J. Cohn, Leon H. Cooke, J. G. W. DeArmand, Henry Denise, N. A. Donaldson, Jos. Dreyfus, Nathan Elms, Charles S. Etheridge, E. E. Falk, Israel Farrar, Jas. O. Faulkner, Wm. E. Feitel. M. Feitel, Isaac
Fitchtenberg. H. Kottwitz, A. S. Fitzgibbons, W. J. Kramer, W. Forseheitner. A. Krauss,,Herman Frank, Wm. ••• bake, Henry B. Geir, George Lashly, M. Gilmore, J. Y. Lehman, Gust. J. Godchaux, Albert Lehman, Joseph Goldsmith, Louis Leopold, A. B. Goldstelu, Jos. Levy, Ed Good, James M. Levy, Leopold Grabeuheimer, H. Levy, Sigmund Gradwohl, M. H. Levy, Sigmund S. Granger, H. N. Levy, H. S. Grant, vjiic*iiu, vj<^vi Georgec L i b e r m a n , S. H . Greenbaum, Em. Lincoln, Wm. E. Gruber, Louis Lochte, H. Grunewald, Theo. Lobe, H. Grunewald, Wm.N.Loeb, E. M. Gumbel, H, Loomis, Chas. C. Hart, John B. Mansberg. Em. Hart, Michael S. Marchal, A. C. — - - - • S. Mathe, H. A. Heidenheim, Henriksen, Bek. Mayer, Albert Hirsch, Gabriel Mayer, Albert Hirsch, M. Mayer, Sam'l M. Hughes, Geo. S. McKinney,T. B. Hurwitz, Albert Michael, Jacob Israel, Leon Michaelis, Gust. Joachim, O. Michel, Samuel Kahn, Fred Miller, Phillip Kahn, Emile Moses, E. Katz, Adolpl Moses, J. W. Murtagh. Wm. H. Katz, Ferd. Myers, W. E. Katz, Otto J. Keifler, Leon S. Myers, A. H. " " "" Kern, Joseph Neugass, Edwin Newman,, Edgar Klein, Leopold _„ Kohlmann, Louis Newman, Hart D. Kory, Edward Newton, Wm. T. Kory, M. A. Nixon, W. E. 6
Perret, Peter Perrio, A. P. Peterman, Sidney Pfeffer. Leon Picolo, Vincent Pitcher, C. S. Pitcher, Horace L. Pollock, R. H. Eeinberg. Sol. Rihner, Jacob King, John H. B. Rosenberg, Abe Uosenthal, Sam'l S. Samuels, Geo. C. Scharf, Edwin Schexnayder, C. A. Schmittle, J. Schwabacher, M. Seckbach, A Shwartz, Simon J. Smith, S. H. Sontheimer, M. Stafford, E. M. Stance, C. F. Stendel, J. G. St. Pierre. J. W. Swenie, John Switzer, John Tabrum, Walter. Thompson, L. O. Throunk, P. Uhry, Heyman Vosburg C. N. Weil, Samuel White, Aaron A. White, E. A. Winn, James JV. Wolf, Albert J. Wolf, Leoa M. Worms, E. T. Total, 185 members.
Initiated—Wm. Elam, J. O. Hasam. Initiated and Passed—John Fabian. Passed and Raised—H. S. Levy. Initiated, Passed and Raised—N. A. Denise, Henry B. Like, C. N. Vosbun?, Peter Perret, J. D. Dresner, Wm. E. Faulkner, Claude McDarmott, W. C. Eeno Affiliated—M. BergmaD. Reinstated—S. N. Acree, S. Eeinberg, George Geir. Bimitted—Joseph A. Piper, Eobert Foegel. Died—. JZ. Winn, John S. Alfred, P. M., C. K. Lincoln, Sr. ABBEVILLE LODGE No. 192. Chartered February 9th. 18H9. Abheville, Vermilion parish, La. Thursday on or before fail moon of each month. OFFICERS.
Milton E. Cushman Summerfleld Caldwell Ernest C. Fletcher L. Sokoloski Joseph T. Labit
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer. Secretary.
Jonas Weil Sam Weiss Henry Broussard Charles A. Schilling Joseph Agnelly
Stated meetings
S. D« J. DM. of C. Chaplain Tyler.
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.J. T. Labit,
H. J. Stansbury, W. P. Edwards, J. A. Brookshire.
V. L. Caldwell.
MEMBERS.
Bassich, Louis Frazier, J. M. Lann, J. S. Pickard,M. H. Caldwell. Geo. W. Godchauv, F. A. Lloyd, James C. Rogers, E. C. Carter, E. S. Gooeh, Win. D. Lyons, Geo. E. Sholars, Louis A. CflSey, K. F. Gordy, M. T.. Jr. Lyons; H. B. Sokoliskl, Maxle Cole, Felix G. Graham, A. L. Stansbury,Geo. Malagarie, Al. . . . W. Cullison. C. L. Harrington.JoSiW. McCann.JudsonH. Stansbury, W. W. Bavles, 8. J. Hoffpauir, Howard Mills, B. H. Stein, Jacob Dosher, D. j_>u»iici, XJ. D. u. Isaacs. Jacob Nettles, James E. Summers. J. A. Edwards. Chas. J. Isaac, Sol Nelson, W. S. Trahan, Joseph Erwin, Wm. O. Kaplan, Henrv Nolan, Eugene Weil, Jacob Ewell, J. S. Kitchel, Jas. R. Nugier, John, Sr. White. H. B. Total, Felter, C. W. - . . . - -59- members. Initiated and Passed—Ambrose Marye Smith. Initiated, Passed and liaised—Louis Bassich, Henry Broussard, Albert Malagarie. Affiliated—Henry Kaplan. AURORA LODGE No. 193. Chartered February 10th. 1869. New Iberia, Iberia parish, La. Meets first and third Mondays of each month. C. C.Kramer .' W.OFFICERS. M. John T. White Secretary.
W. J. Bernard Sam Wiel Lazard Kling
S. W. J. W. Treasurer.
Walter F. Voorhies Wm. Lunsford Alex. Ribbeck
S. D. J. D. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
J. G. Bolden, C. C. Kramer, H. A. Kin?, A. B. Murray, Joseph A. Breaux, D. D. G. M., P. D. D. G. M., E. T. Weeks. Leopold Kling, W. G. Weeks, Joseph P. Russell. MEMBERS.
Millard E. F. S heard, Geo. B. Dupuy, Jules *B. H. Cage, Muller. Nick Simon, George P. G. M. Edmonds, R. J. Nuckoils, S. 0. Simon, Herman Erath, Victor Adams, W. A. Ochs. Louis Smedes, C. E. Fagot, J. A. Benthall, S. A. Oliver, Robert A. Smith, M. F. Forgey, J. J. Bernard, A. M. Peters, George W. Smith, W. T. Galiiand, M. Berry, W. H. Peters, John Snider, H. S. Gebert, James Broussard, A. Sumrall, S. C. Broussard, R. F. Gougenheim, Chas. Pflster, Ed. Pharr, E. A. Taylor, Jerry W. Harrison, J. P. Burke, P. R. Hogsett, R. F., Sr. Poche, Walter A. Taylor, John Cade, Overton Rand, I. T. Turner, John S. Howe, D. B. Clark, J. J. Kilpatrick, Oscar Robertson, G. M. Turner, A. W. Dallas, G. W. Sandidge, John T. Voorhies, C. L. Kling, Ferd Daniels. T. G. Scharff. Joseph Weeks, John M. DeValcourt. J. T. Koch, Adolph Shaw, J. W. K. Zikes, H. L. Morse, Thomas Dreyfus, Jules Total, 75 members. Morse, T. R. Duiibar, W. F. Initiated—E. W. Hart, Thomas Sloo Johnson, Henry W. Davies. Raised—R. J. Edmonds. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Nicolas Muller, Thomas Monk. Affiliated—Walter F. Voorhies, W. T. Smith, T. G. Daaiels. Reinstated—Joseph P. Russeli. Dimitted—R. J. Edmonds, C. A. Poirson, Kessel Schwartz, Frank T. Guilbeau, Preston L. Guilbeau. * Honorary member.
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ASHLAND LODGE No. 196. Chartered February 10th, 1869. (Name changed (rdm Lake Village No. 196, February . 11th, 1903.) P. O.. Ashland, Natchltoches parish, La. Meets fourth Saturday In each month. OFFICERS.
E. J. Pullin J. P. Abel J. N. Walker, Jr J. E. Weaver
W. M. S. W. .. J. W. Treasurer.
M. E. Joyner L.P. Boyd W. L. Wagner. W. P. Weaver
Secretary. . . . . . . S . D. J.D. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
M. E. Joyner,
U. G. Saunders,
E. J. Pullen.
MEMBERS.
McLemore, W. A. Walker, M. W. Baker, James F. Hynum, B. P. Ingram, Robt. T. Pullig, J. A. Warren E. L. Blume, M. E. Eeove-i, B. R. Jernagen, S. J. Warren, J. J. Boon, J. W. Eeidheimer, J. G. Weaver, H. F. Johnson, A. R. Brown, McD. Eugers, James Johnson, J. C. Weaver, M. J. Carlisle, T. J. Sheppard, James Weaver. S. P. Johnson, W. F. Coffee, M. Joyner, Lawrence Stewart, W. D. Williams, H. J. Friday, W. W. Stewart, G. Oscar Williams, J. N. Joyner. S. L. Gerner, G. B. Walker, M. Joyner, T. A. Womack, Richard Gunter, M. O. Mangram, J. W. Total, 47 members. Harper, B. F. Initiated, Passed and Raised—W. F. Johnson, James Sheppard, George Oscar Stewart, William h. Wagner, M. Wade Walker. Affiliated—Li. P. Boyd, S. J. Jernagen. Reinstated-D. J. Robinet, H. J. Williams. Dimitted—T). J. Eobinet. Died—D. F. Sullivan. Suspended—W. T. Walker.
BROOKLINE LODGE No. 198. Chartered February 16th, 1870. Hood's Mill, Jackson parish, La Stated meetings, fourth Saturday in each month. P. O., Hood's Mill. OFFICERS.
E. B. Nash E. E. Womack D. Z. Smith D. H. L. Fowler
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer.
S. S. Smith W. O. Womact B. M. Barrett T. H. Ewing
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Tyler.
PAST MASTER.
E. B. Nash. MEMBERS.
Anders, N. H. Anders, A. G. Brown, B. H. Burkett, P. Covington, I. M. Culpepper, M. B. Fordham, Denis
Fowler, L. C. Fowler, J. I. Hatten, A. E. Hearn, G^W. Hudson, J. H. Kenedy, S. D. Liles, T. J.
Eolo, Tim Shell, A. L. Simons, W. M. Smith, J. M. Smith, S. ±S. Tullos. S. A. Tullosi C. A.
Wales, A. M. Wall, G. W. Womack, J. H. Womack, E. B. Womacls, W, W. Womack, C. M. Womack, G. W. Total, 36 members.
Initiated and Passed—John C. Anders. Passed and Raised—A. M. Wales.
Initiated, Passed and Raised—Charles M. Womack, Edie M. Barrett. Died—Thomas J. Anders.
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DORIC LODGE No. 205. Chartered February 15th, 1871. Morgan City, St. Mary parish, La. Stated meetings, . first Wednesday in each month. • OFFICERS.
David W. Gourner Thomas L. Morse A. F. Storm. L. Loeb
W. M. S. W. ...J. W. Treasurer.
George D. Beaumont Maurice Norman J. E. Braekett OscarB. Johnson.
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
H. W. Crawford, M. I. Hamilton,
J. R. Jolley, A. A. Ozenne, P. D. D. G. M., William Drews, Simoa Leopold.
Gus. Drews, E. Blumenthal.
MEMBERS.
Adams, L. J. Drews, Wm., Jr. Lehmann, Lucien Schwing, J. K. Alpha, F, G. Entwisle, Chas. J. Lehmann, Theo. Schwing, P. D. Alpha, Walter B. Foster, Kinney S. Leopold, Henry Shannon, T. H. Bass, fid ear Foote, John M. Gabe, Louis Smith, A. V. Bass, J. E. Gant, Charles Loeb, Henry Solomon-N. Bass, S. Nye Gougenheim, R. L. Maitland, Robt. Squires, H. L. Bendel, Henry Green, C. W. McNair, John Squires, R. A. Berry, M. F. Greenwood, Jno. J. Partnelee, S. H. Tellotte, J. C. Bowman, I. G. Guidry, J. M. Perry, Rudolph Verret, A. H. Cahn, L. Hamilton, R. T. Petrini, C. P. Watkins, George Coguenhem, Alb. Harrison, T.W. Rathkamp, H. G. Wilkes, John A. Coguenhem, M. Lehmann, Meyer Total, 62 members. Initiated—Clay Thibodeaux. Passed and Raised—John M. Foots. Initiated Passed and Raised—Sylvester Henry P a r m e l e e , Robert Maitland, Louis Labe, George Davis Beaumont, Maurice Norman. Affiliated- Edgar Bass, Rudolph Perry. Dimttted—S. B. Kahn. N. H. BRAY LODGE No. 308. Chartered February 15th, 1871. Walnut Hill, Vernon parish, La. Meets third Saturday of each month. OFFICERS,
W. T. Harville A. J. Davis J. J. Hinson Sim. Martin D. M. Holton
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer. Secretary. W. R. Burns
W. H. Weeks H. H. Hogan. T. F. Crawford J. A. Grant, Jr . T. A. Seal Tyler.
S. D. J. D. Chaplain.
PAST MASTERS.
W. H. Weeks,
D. M. Holton.
J. A. Davis.
MEMBERS.
Bageuts, J. R., Sr. Grantham, J. E. Hunt, Wm. P. Kaker, C. W. Groves, L. P. Knight, A. J. Bedsole, T. L. Hagan, " J. T. Knight, R. W. Hayman, Charles Marshall, J. M. Boswell, H. M. Carlock, J. G. Hooks, Henry C. McNorton, J. T. Dennis, J. Frank Hoyt, S. A. Rudicil, Jos. Dix, Geo. W. Hunt, J. H. Initiated, Passed and Raised—John Rastus Bagents, Died—Chyles Nessmith, J. J. Garland. A.1A.W1L »J J-i C*J I .1 •
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Rudicil, J. H. Self, J. T. Spurgeon, James Stanley, M. H. Sweat, L. C. White, W. M. Total, 37 members. Sr. Kl UC4IJ.X l\j
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Chartered February loth, 1871. Eayville. Richlahd parish, La. second Wednesday in each month. OFFICERS.
Stated meetings,
W. M. H. F. Wilkins S. D. S. W. Henry Wynn J. D. J. W. J. A. Mhoon I otamarAa .Treasurer. J. H. Guill f Stewards. . Secretary. Charles Studstill Tyler. PAST MASTERS. C. P. Balfour, J. G. Richardson, John W. Willis, Charles Titche, J. S. York, J. S. Summerlin, J. W. Summerlin, MEMBERS. Stamps, W. H. Adams, E. B. England, A. S. Kahn, Herman Speight, T. D. Arant, David Foy, Enoch Lagroue, H. C. Arant, Abe Gairies, E. S. Lasley, John T. Thomason, M. D. Traylor, W. N. Back, C. C. Grant, T. A. Martin, E. L. Burke, S. P. Hatch, F. McCormick. J. G. Washington, W. P. Whatley, H. W. Chapman, Oscar Henderson, L. H. McDonald, E. Wheless, Win. D. Clausen, H. T. Hewitt, J. E. Pardue, Guy C. Williams, S. O. Cofley. W. P. Hoffman, Nestor Roberts, Wiley Cook, W. T. Honeycutt, W. H. Eobinson, B. W. Wooten, M. W. Wyno, J. W. Curtis, W. W. Humble, Geo. W. Sartor, D. R. Total, 55 members. Dunham, W. G. Initiated—John Jones. Passed and Raised—E. Shelby Gaines, Wm. H. Stamps. Raised—Thomas A. Grant, Henry Wynn, E. B. Adams. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Wm. T. Oliver, John T. Lasley, Guy C. Pardue, Grorge W. Humble, Benjamin M. Eobinson, Eobert B. Mhoon. Affiliated—William D. Wheless, David Arrant. Dimttted-D. W. Faulk, W. P. Cofley, J. L. McAdams, John D. Evans, E. H. Brown, T. W. Gray, B. F. Newberry. C. W. Gaines W. T. Oliver E. B. Mhoon J. W. Summerlin. J . W. Willis
BLAZING STAE LODGE No. 212. Chartered February 14th. L872. West Baton Rouse, pari3h of West Baton Rouge, La. Cinolare P. O. Meets first Thursday on or before full moon of each month. OFFICERS.
C. S. Devall L. P. Burcham Jaques Welsb Geo. W. Ory E. 0. Gwin.
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer. Secretary. Louis Babin, Sr
A. P. Devall F. H. Corcoran A. V. Dubroca A. Rivault H. A., Long Tyler.
S. D. J. D. Marshal. ) c t o ,» a r r 1 a f Stewards.
PAST MASTERS.
A. Valerian Dubroca, C. J. Barrow, David Devall, H. G. Parker, J. W. Hyams. MEMBERS.
Allen, J. G. Esque, Wm. H. Norman. A. W. Bailey, Alex. Favrot, E. D. Paquet, W. J. J. Bowen, J. H. Harelson, H. B. Pegues, A. F. Burns, J. T. Higgingbotham,SPRobertson, A. E. Burns, Thos. B. Holden, W. J. Eogillio, R. E. Carruth, F. H. Pierre Marler, John H. Eomain,St. ~ Cohn, H., Jr. Initiated—Charles Kahn, Alfred F. Gries. Dimitted—James B. Murphy, I. L. Odom.
Sammons, E. A. Smith, W. G. Starns, W. A. Stuntz, J. E. Villeret, F. M. Wallace, A. W. Tota', 4u members.
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KEYSTONE LODGE No. 213. Chartered February 14th, 1873, Florence, Catahoula parish, La. P. O., Holly Grove, La. Meets first and third Sundays in each month. OFFICERS. W. H. Harrington W. M. J. A. Steele Secretary. F. M. Spann S. W. J. D. Usher S. B. ... J. D. Charles J. Gordon J. W. R. C. Shirley J, H. Higgins Tyler. John Spann Treasurer. PAST MASTERS. W. H. Harrington, S. C. Trahern, J. K. Ferrington, J. D. Usher, P. D. D. G. M. P. D. D. G. M. T. J. Chisum, C. J. Gordon. MEMBEES. Cochran, J. C. Foster, J. R. Perrin, T. W. Bondurant, H. Dobyns, T. L. Hatfield, W. H. Peugh, B. F. Carmick, C. A. Ensminger, A. J. Lancaster, E. A. Spann, T. G. Chisum, I. R Spann, G. M. Clayton, J. L. Ensminger, I). W. Miller, J. V. Total, 28 members. Clayton, R. W. Initiated—William Phillip Byrne, C. Garner Boone. Raised—J. A. Steele. . • .,. Initiated, Passed and Raised- John Marvin Spann, James C. Cochran, Robert Charles Shirley, Enoch Alexander Lancaster. Dimitted—3. D. Bonner, J. B. Newman. Died—J. C. Daniels.
LAND MARK LODGE No. 214. Chartered February 14th, 1873. Keithville, Caddo parish, La. Meets fourth Saturday of each month. OFFICERS. Secretary. P . P . Keith, Jr W. M. F. C. Nagle S. D. T. D. Hudnall S. W. J. F. Henderson J. D. D.W.Keith J. W. T. B. Wilson Tyler. P. P. .Keith, Sr Treasurer. D. G. Hendrick PAST MASTERS. Israel W. Pickens, T. D. Hudnall, J. F. Henderson, S. 0. Jones. P. D. D. G. M. L. F. Scott, M. D. Hendrick, MEMBERS. Bozeman, David Henderson, W. F. Morgan, Wm. Reisor, A. S. Keith, H. T. Nelson, J. M. Butler, W. D. Woolworth, J. D. Connell, F. P. Millar, J. I. Total, 23 members. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Tom Barden Wilson. Dimitted—J. J. Pickens.
GOOD INTENT LODGE No. 216. Chartered February 14th. 1873. East Point, Red River parish, La. P^ O., Des Arc. Meets first Tuesday in each month. : OFFICERS. J. T. S. Thomas W. M. D. W. Ruff Secretary. W. O. Spencer S. W. W. P. Furgerson ...S. D. A. W. Weems J. W. W. A. Hicks... J. D. T. E. Page Treasurer. James Foley Tyler, PAST MASTERS. A. R. Tully, W. F. Furgerson, J. T. S. Thomas, P. D. D. G. M. G L 11
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MEMBERS. Booth, J. H. Hendricks, J. A. Jones, R. L. McLeod, N. S. Eteredge, R. C. Jones, L. J . Marston, B. W., Jr. Pearce, M. M. Hayes, R. H. Total, 18 members. Passed and Raised—John Alexander Hendricks. Reinstated—James Salter, J. H. Booth, W. A. Hicks. , . . Dimiited—James Salter, W. F. Pearce, M. M. Pearee, B. F. Thomas, T. Lea Dean. •• •••
Suspended—A. Williams. FRIENDSHIP LODGE No. 215. Chartered February 14th, 1873. Reorganized May 14th, 1887. Friendship P. O., Bienville pariah, La. Meets second Saturday of each month. OFFICERS. A, P. Colllnsworth . ,.W. M. H. A. Harvill Secretary. E.A.Mixon . S. W. E. L. Harvill S. D. J. W. Ford J. W. R. H. Jones.. J. D. W. A.Pullin Treasurer. R. H. Harvill. Tyler. PAST MASTERS. W. H. Gunn, J. G. Wade. H. A. Harvill. E.A.Mixon. L. M. Pullin, • C. B, Wade. MEMBERS. Alexander, W. Y. Boydstun, B. L. Frey, R. L. McCoy, J. K. Bartlett, J. W. Cofeman, J . T. Frey, W. F. Nix, J. G. Blackwood, E. H. Cox, J. E. Guthrie, J. W. Reinhart, G. W. Total, 23 members. Initiated, Passed and Raised—R. Lilian Frey, ; Dimitted—M. O. Collinsworth. Died—W. W. Bartlett, P. M.
FELLOWSHIP LODGE No. 317. Chartered February 14th, 1873, Hineston, Rapides parish, La. Meets fourth Saturday In each month. P. O., Elmer. OFFICERS. A. C. Kirkpatrick W. M, A. Hinson Secretary. J. E. Dyess S. W. T. A. Cranford S. D. A. B. C. Deshazer J. W. M. i\ Gordy : J. D. T. J. Cranford Treasurer. E. Kemp ' Tyler. PAST MASTERS. J. H. Carruih, T. J. Cranford, T. R. Neale, T. A. Cranford, A. C. Kirkpatrick, W. L. Squyrea. MEMBERS. Braddy, T. C. Cooper, D. K. Kirkpatrick, R. P. Rougeon, F. Burr, Lee Dewil, F. M. Kirkpatrick, S. A. Rouaeon, J. L. Busby, J. L. Dyess, E. Koone, T. E. Singletary, Arthur Calhoon, Willie Gill, John McLean, D. W. Yerby, W. H. Cranford, J. W. Hogan, J. W. Melder, J. F. Total, 32 members. . Reinstated—Daniel N. McLean.. Dimitted—Yf. H. Turner, J. W. McCollough, M. Smith, J. S. Kingary, ' W. O. Funderburk, S. T. White, T. A. Nixon (I9<>4), J. S. Cruse (1901). Suspended—Robert Doucet, J. L. Davis, Austin Laird. Died—B. T. Braddy. A. P. Barnidge, J. W. Britt,
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LIVONIA LODGE No. 220. Chartered February 13th. 1874. New Roads, Polnte Coupee parish, La. P. O., New Roads. Meets Wednesday on or before full moon of each month. OFFICERS.
E. G. Beaker T. Goldman Howard Betz C. H. LeBeau
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer.
J Allie Smith H. Vignes L.O. Davis Jos. I). Sampson
Secretary. S. D. J.D. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
E. G. Beuker,
M. T. Hewes, P. D. D. G. M. I. Wolff, J. J. Monceret, A. W. Tufts.
J. B. Churchill,
MEMBERS.
Adler, S. Anderson, C. C. Barrow, S. C. Baum, A. Baum, Simon Bigman. I. Brown, L. B. Brownrigg, Hy. Carruth, K. M. Cochran, P. H. Bozier, N. E.
Fisherman, L. Kahn, Charles, Jr. Merrick, E. T. Glanton, J. H. Kanffman, L. Morris, M. J. Goldsmith, Lep. Keller, George Rice, F. H. Gross, Win. Lebeau, J. Lile3 Sevier, S. E. Sharp, L. E. Hebert Wm. B. Levy, M, Smith, Chas. A. Herring, Thos. Levy, A. Summers, Leon. Higginbotham,EMLieux, Jules Thompson, Ed. Holloway, Eugene Major, E. P. Tircuit, A. Hunt, D. E. Masters, C. H. Jackson, J. H. Matthews, W. W. Weil, Jacob Jameson, Wm. Merrick, D. T. Yoist, John Total, 57 members. Initiated—Frank P. Sharp, A. L. Bergeron. Initiated and Passed—S. C. Dowdell, George R. Kearney, H. P. Rucker. Passed and liaised—Howard Betz. Initiated, Passed and liaised—Wm. Jameson, Chas. Kahn, Jr., Jacob Weil, J. Allie Smith, J. Liles Lebeau, Wm. B. Hebert, Edward T. Merrick, Dimitted—Wm. M. McCausland, Eustis Ashley. Died—Eugene Gimet, Robert Semple. Suspended—John C. Tully
SOLOMON LODGE No. 221. Chartered February 13th, 1874. Pineville, Rapides parish, La. Meets second and fourth Saturdays in each month. OFFICERS.
Henry Aaron F. P. Bolton Michael Aaron Robert Aaron D. F. Huddle
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer. Secretary. H. P. Harper
R.H. McGimsey C.V. Dyson Wm. Wilson E. J. Hardtner Joseph Spotten. Tyler.
S. D. J.D. Chaplain. I ,-,,„ „ ,,„ ^ stewards.
PAST MASTERS.
Q. W. Bolton, J. W. Bolton, P. G. M., W. A. Griffin,
E. J. Hardtner, James A. White, R. H. McGimsey, F. P. Bolton. MEMBERS.
DeLoach, J. N. Milton, Sam H. Richardson, R. J. Smith, John B. Holcomb, D. P. Nugent, J. M. Richardson, T. J. Turner, C. G. Honeycutt,Warren O'Shee, D. J. Simmons, Jas. S. Volmer, D. F. James, E K. Richardson, J. H. Slocumb, G. W. Young, W. F. Johnston, T. D. Total, 32 members. Initiated—John E. Roach, Joel Pinkney Durham. Dimitted—J. H. Corley, Samuel McCarty. Amos McCarty. G. F. Bolton, A. L. Johnston.
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Chartered February 17th, 1876. Lake Providence, Carroll parish. La. Meets Wednesday on or before full moon. OFFICERS.
J. N. Hill C.F.Davis G. F. Blackburn Phil. McGuire..-..*
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer.
J. W. Pittman.-. C. H. Hill, ,., J. C.Bass, Jr V. Gargars
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
John C. Bass, P. D. D. G. M.,
Yancey Bell,
R. L. Hill,
R. J. Walker.
MEMBERS.
Franklin, G. M. Nicholson, Robert Sevier, J. V. Adkisson, F. D. Galanty, Sam Peck, D. F. Ashbridge A. Shields, Leo Gallanty, F. D. Barbour, J. W. Peck, J. S. Sitton, Thos. S. Harris, T. W. Barham, G. A. Perkins, if. E. Spann, W. R. -Levy, M. Beard, J. B. Pierce, W. B. Stein, Jacob Maben, W. H. Cooper, J. H. Rea, R. N. Stockner, E. McKee, R. L. Dabney, J. D. Schneider, F. H. Turner, J. N. Deardorff, D. H. Milliken, J. S. Soelig, H. Webb, C. H. Evans, A. J. Total, 45 members. Initiated—S. R. Addis, Wm. Kelly Evans, James Benjamin Ervvin, Thomas Everett Pinkston. Initiated and Passed—Alonzo Jefferson McKee. liaised—William R. Spann. Passed and liaised—A. Ashbridge. Initiated, Passed and liaised—John Cortez Bass, Jr., Thomas W. Harris. Died—F. 0. H. Boberg, W. A. Blount.
CADEVILLE LODGE No. 229, Chartered February 14th, 1889. Cadeville, Ouachtta parish, La. Meets Saturday before third Sunday in each month. P. O., Secretary, West Monroe. OFFICERS.
W. H. Roberts W.L.Bnrkett Arthur Barrett, M. M. Guyton Byron Parker.
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer. Secretary. Thomas Barrett
D. P. Golson E. V. Waller Charles Wilder J. E. Kilpatrick R. H. Grant .Tyler.
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S. D. J. D. Chaplain.
PAST MASTERS.
W.H.Roberts,
J. W. Golson.
MEMBERS.
Coon, John Crowell, W. L. Crowell, W. P. Gaskin, G. P. Golson, J. E. Grant, J. J.
Hutchinson, J. L. Kilpatriek, E. S. Kilpatrick, P. T. Kilpatrick,'W. R. Kilpatrick. W. U. Landrum, Jacob
Lewis, N. F. Lolley, J. F. Lynch, R. R. Newsom, L. B. Noah, J H. Noah, W. R.
Phillips, W. D. Ray, J. W. Roberts. J. A. Tolbert, J. C. Vaughn, M. V. Wood, D. D. Total, 36 members. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Thomas Barrett, Wm. Daniel Phillips, John. Edgar Kilpatrick, Robert Ray Lynch. Died—William Helton.
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PLEASANT HILL LODGE No. 230. Chartered February 12th, 1890. Pleasant Hill, Sabine parish, La. Meets Saturday on or before full moon. OFFICERS. J. J. Browne , W. M. Joseph Ziegler Secretary. L. T. Dykes S. W. W. S. Thigpen S. D. P.M. Graddis J. W. James P. Rigsby J. D. Jehu Graham Treasurer. D. C. Bennett Tyler,* PAST MASTERS. G. E. Galloway, W. C. Davis, Jehu Graham, W. J. Roberson. MEMBERS.' Armstrong, R.L. Cannon, Thos. H. Jordan, S. V. Raines, Isaac Ashley, J. F. Clarke. J. H. Kennedy, H. H. Reed, W. P. Atkins, W, B. Davis, H. J. MctTerrin, David Sharp, W. L. Blew, j . C. Davis, H. Lee. McFerrin, James Sigour, Geo. S. Bridges, John M. Dykes, J. L. Middleton, E. E. Sprawls, S. P. Browne, E. H. Glass, John P. Miles, Chas, M. Stevens, D. E. Butler, T. F. James, I. W. Mott, G. M. Wilson, George Campbell, J. D. Jamison, M. Parker, H. H. Total, 45 members. Initiated, Passed and Baised—John Milton Bridges, Thomas H. Cannon Dimitted—W. T. Johnston, W.'W. Carroll, J. C. Armstrong, L. R. McGill, T. F. Smith. Vied—W. G. Bell. GRANGEVILLE LODGE No. 331. Chartered February 12th, 1890. Grangeville, St. Helena parish, La. Meets second Friday in each month. OFFICERS. D. H. Harvell W. M. D. R. Warren S. D. W. B. Bankston.... S. W. H. T. Craft J. D. E. O. Powers J. W. J. M. Nettles.. M. of C. J . W. Davis Treasurer. E. D. Harrell I L. h. Powers Secretary. W. W. Woodward f Jesse Huffman Tyler. PAST MASTERS. J. M. Nettles, W. T. Woodward, J. M. Odom, D. R. Warren. E. O. Powers. MEMBERS. Calmes, C. C. Haney, J. P. Harvell, W. R. Odom, Isaac Easley, Monroe Harvell, W. C. Nesom, H. C. Odom, W. H. Total, 20 members. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Henry Alfred Nesom, Jesse W. Davis, Homer T. Craft. Dimitted—J. T. Ott, T. M. Ott, C. M. Mixon, G. W. Mixon, G. W. Jones, G. R. Welch, D. R. Warren.
WELSH LODGE No. 233. Chartered February 12th, 1890. Welsh, Calcasleu parish, La» Meets first Monday In each month. OFFICERS. Samuel Blackford W. M. Charles P. Moore J. D. C. A. Carr S. W. John H. Cooper Chaplain. E. H. Boling J. W. Charles A. Austin M. of C. O. Fulton Treasurer. Wm. E. Faught 1 &e (t eowma ,r a, s0 Wm.-P. Russell, Jr Secretary. J. S. Gerson f Rufus M. Gray.. S. D. Arthur C. Shipman..... Tyler
166 Lee E. Robinson, P. D. D. G. M.,
WORK AND RETURNS OF PAST MASTERS. J. A. Anderson, Paul W. Daniels,
John H. Cooper. P. D. D. G. M. H. A. Davidson.
MEMBERS. Powers, E. M. Carr, J. Scott JHewitt,, A. P.. Cotton, Frank Huskey, Charles J. Prentice, M. L. Hutchinson, Ben. Prentice, Nat. Day, A. F. Hutchinson, W. T. Robinson, John Day, S. W. Kellar, J. L. Scharff, Ed Doan, E. F. Kelly, J. V. Shipley, I. N. Ellis, James Labit, J. H. Shorts, E. G. Embry, J. W. Martin, C. P Tanner, F. L. Fear. Wm. Tanner, J. W. Griffiths, Wm. D. Martin, E. Nelson, J. M. Villien, Joseph Grosh, D. E. Hays, Garland Pollock, Wm. J. Wade, L. O. Total. 60 members. Initiated— Henry Gordon Crank, Augustus Thomas Renfroe. Passed and liaised—John Grant Allison, Garland Hajs. Initiated Passed and Raised— Lemuel Oscar Wade, Charles Beulah Moore. Affiliated—John William Tanner, Forest Lee Tanner.
Adams, C. L. Allison, J. G. Armstrong, J. W. "~ '" A. ' "E. Bell, Boling, J . T . Booze, J. M. Braden, C. M. Brown, C. L. Calkins, F. 0. Carr, John W. Carr, Oliver S.
KYICHE LODGE No. 233. Chartered February 11th, 1891. Gaar's Mill P.O., Winu parish, La. Meets first Saturday in each month. N. G. W. Adams W.OFFICERS. M. N. S. Adams, Sr . . . . . J . D. Chaplain. L. R. Simmons S. W. J. B. Adams ...M. of C. N. S.Adams, Jr J. W. G. E. Walker Marshal. Pinkney E. Grisham Treasurer. A. C. Kelly W.M.Simmons Secretary. J. R. Sikes J. A. Head W. J. Thornton S. D. C. J. Hammons Tyler. PAST MASTERS. W. E. Thornton, J. W. Campbell, J. F. Smith, J. W. Sikes, N. G. W. Adams. MEMBERS. Abrams, W. P. Emmons, L. D. MeDavid,_W. S. Snow, J. H. Adams, B. G. Erskine, C. A. Miller, J. H. Thompson, D. J. Adams, H. J. Gaar, G. A. Miller, M. E. Thompson, H. R. Adams, J. C. Gaar, W. M. D. Thornton, A. R. Peters, J. A. Adams, J. V. Gates, H. Z. Thornton, E. D. Sanders, J. A. Austin, A. G. Wamack, G. A. Grisham, L. E. J. Sikes, J. B. Busby, W. Lee Wamack, Jesse Head, I. L. Sikes, ™" R. N. Campbell, A. B. Kelly, W. S. Simmons, W. L. Wamack, Ricb. D. Clark, M. White, D. D. Smith, C. W. Kirkland, D. L. Dean, S. L. Total, 52 members. Smith, P. F. McCarty, D. S. Passed and Raised—Bookey G. Adams. Affiliated—Jesse Wamack. ROBERTSVILLE LODGE No. 234. Chartered February 11th, 1891. Provencal, Natchitoohes parish, La. Meets Saturday on or before lull mooa OFFICERS. Thomas G. Coburn W. M. Joseph Levy Secretary. W. M. Dowden S. W. George Keene S. D. John Gains J. W. Nathan Rhodes J. D. J. I. Kirk Treasurer. H. Russell Tyler.
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PAST MASTERS. Wesley Phares, T. G. Coburn. MEMBERS.
Addison, W. E. Cornelius, J. C. Long, S. G. Pharris, James Ashley H. E. Dale, W. E. Lord, Bruce D. Pharris, J. D. Atwood, J. M. Dowden, A R. Love, L. S. Sarns, C. E. Bates, W. 0. Dowden, XJ\J vv U.CJ-1J W. * * . D. ±J. M. J.*J_. Marcus, i u a i iMAOj S. u. olflltjll te. W . Cain, W. G. Dowden, Wm. R. Marshall, M. W. Stevens, A. Caricker, H. K. Hawthorn, T. W. Mazy, Frank Treadway, D. T. Clark,E. u au,,n Holland, Posey McFarland, J. F. Turner, Wm. J. Cleveland, Thomas Holt, C. E. Moore, W. Y. Webb, Edward Cobb, G. W. Levy, Marx Nores, A. J. Whitehead, F. T. Coburn, H. K. Lopez, P. B. Parker, C. P. Total, 46 members Initiated and Passed—Joseph Leroy Bruce. Passed and Raised—George F. Keeno, St. Elmo Clark. Raised—Nathan Rhodes, Eddie Dale, Henry Franklin Caricker, C. E. Sarns, A. J. Nores. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Gelbert Cullen Parker, Frank Thomas Whitehead. Affiliated—W. O. Bates, P. B. Lopez, S. G. Long. Reinstated—C. E. Holt, J. W. Atwood. Dimitted—Isaac Chandler, L. J. Pate. Died—S. G. Long. Suspended—J. T. Brown, in 1903. SIMSBORO LODGE No. 235. Chartered February 11th, 189 L. Meets at Simsboro, Lincoln oarish, La., third Saturday in each month. OFFICERS. W. A. Burt W. M. J. H.Shelby S. D. W. A. Morris S. W. T. W. Murphy J. D. J. S. Robinson J. W. J. L. Wright Chaplain. M. Duty Treasurer. M.W.Oliver j stfi.var(li, J. O. Murphy Secretary. J. L. Bullock f Rewards W. L. Madden Tyler. PAST MASTER.
0. W. Bullock. MEMBERS. Alexander, S. M. Givens, S. E. Mitchell, T. S. Strain, W. T. Arringtoc, W. N. Goff, Robert Oliver, C. G. Swarner, J. J. Poole, S. A. Waldron, Henry A. Asweli, D. S. Goff, W. D. Posey, I. H. Waldron, J. B. Hines, R. L. Auld, S. C. Pruttt, W. F. Williams, Julius Hodge, W. L. Auld, E. W. Madden, J. D. Bell, K, Y. Robertson, E. M. Williams, W. L. Madden, W. E. Davis, D. H. Robinson, A. J. Williams, W. H. McLemore, A. C. Robinson, J. A. Eaves, J. M. Total, 43 members. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Wade Elmore Madden, A. C. McLemore, William Jjeo.Madden, Jessie J. Swarner, William Thomas Strain. LITTLE FLOCK LODGE No. 336. Chartered February ,9_th, 1892. Meets at Negreet, SaMne parish, Saturday before first Sunday in each month. •."•"•"•
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C. C. Sullivan Hoyt Curtis M.E. Murphy B. K. Ford .....-...•.:
OFFICERS.
W. M. E. P. Curtis S. W. G. J. Salter ..J. W. J. N. Morris Treasurer. W. J. Brewster S. H. Brewster.....;.: Tyler.
...Secretary. S. D. J. D. .:. Chaplain
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PAST MASTERS. J. S. Carroll, E. P. Curtis. MEMBERS. Anthony, M. G. Carter, I. N. Miller, W. R. Salter. W. E. Antony, R. L. Carter. W. D. Neal, A. S. Shue, W. R. Arnold, G. W. Cowart, W. Y. Neal, C. S. Smith, H. V. Arnold, J. M. Curtis, Julian Pitman, J. L. Speight, J. W. Arthur, T. J. Davenport, J. N. Rider, R. L. Walker, E. A. Arthur, J. W. Griffith, Lee Robinet, Chas, Wright, W. N. Cade, S. C. Hughes, W. J. Salter, Jeff. C. Wright, J. L. Carroll, C. D. • McMellan, J. W. Salter, W. F. Total, 42 members. Initiated—William Taylor Addison. Passed and liaised—W. E. Salter. Baised—S. H. Brewster. Initiated, Passed and -Raised—-Lee Griffith, Robert Lee Antony, Willie J. Hughes. Affiliated—J. D. Woods, J. M. Arnold. Dimitted—S. C. Carroll, C. C. Sullivan,
PLAIN DEALING LODGE No. 237. Charter granted February 9th, 1892. Plain Dealing, Bossier parish, La. Meets third Tuesday in each month. OFFICERS. Jonah Perry W. M. I. L. Safferstone S. D. J. P. Nuokolls S. W. T. B. Bixler J. D. J. S. Boggs J. W. W. H. Meares [ steward<, W. B. Bogfts Treasurer. J, P. Heard j awards. T. Z. Barnett Secretary. J. R. Odom Tyler. PAST MASTERS. G. Allen. Allen. W. B. B. Boggs, Boggs, R. H. H. Blackman, Blackman, J., G. W. R. W. H. Meares. P.D.D.G.M., P.D. D. G.M., MEMBERS. Allen, W. P. Cochran, E. J. Idom, J. G. Miller, M. M. Bemis, W. A. C. Curry, A. R. Johnston, W. J. O'Daniel, J. C. Burgess, E. D. Hill, Joseph Miller, Austin Sehenebeck, B. W. Total, 24 members. Initiated and Passed—A. L. Johnson. Passed and Raised—J. F. Nuckolls, J. C. O'Daniel, Initiated, Passed and Raised—J. P. Heard, J. S. Boggs. Affiliated—W. J. Johnston. Died—T. M. Love, P. M.
MAGNOLIA LODGE No. 238. Chartered February 9th, 1893. Barnes' Creek, Calcasieu parish, La. P. O., Ennes Meets second Saturday in each month. OFFICERS. W. A. Smith W. M. J. E. Sellers Secretary. W.S.Thompson S. W. W. W. Millar S. D. J. F. Lyles J.W. S. J. McConathy J. D. Jacob Cole Treasurer. N. A. Coleman Chaplain. M. M. Coleman.... Tyler. PAST MASTERS. J. J. W. Miller, Wm. P. Simpson, J. D. Millar, W. W. Millar.
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Airhart, E. N. x; i no net; John t i u n u L. JLJ. u y JC^, D. ±J, F. x . irrcltGrj H. El. Frusha, Lyles, Ghnnich, Austin McFatter, John W.Prater, J. A. Airhart, Geo. Harris. C. E. McFatter, W. W. Prater, W. J. Cole A. L. Howell Frederick McFatter,'W. E. Eees, C. M. Cole, S. E. Conally, J. Miller, B. E. Rollins, Levi lies, F. P. Escoubas, Thomas Love. F. O. Miller, Erastus L. 8andifer, H. J. Farque, W. W. Lyles, D. L. Perkins, J. A. Smith, F. T. Foreman, John P. Lyles, J. J. Perkins, John E. Thompson, J. H. Perkins, J. Eustis Total, 47 members. Foreman, JacK W. Lyles, Thos. P. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Frederick Howell. liaised—John Lewis Frnsha. Dimitted—James Simpson, J. N. Prater 1
BERNICE LODGE No. 239. Chattered February 15th, 1893. Bernice, Union parish, La. P. O., Shtloh. Meets Saturday on or before full moon in each month. OFFICERS.
G. P. C. Lansing J. P. Shackelford D. J. Amrey W. F. Grafton W. C. Eoaten
W. M. S. W. J. W. ...Treasurer. Secretary. Thomas W. Ober
R. J. Tabor,
P. N. Cramer,
J. S. Glass L. W. Eeed W. T. Woodward C.C.Dow T. E. Covington Tyler.
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S. D. J. D. Chaplain.
PAST MASTERS.
C. C. Dow,
J. E. Tanner.
MEMBERS.
Ferguson, T. J. Mitcbara, J. J. Regan, W. H. Alford, J. N. Fuller, J. E. Moore, E. T. Shackelford, J. H. Allgood, J. C. Oakley, T. J. Selig, J. Anderson, H. W. Grafton, B. F. Haynes, J. S. Odom, Henry J. Slaughter, T. L. Arant, T. F. Heard, J. P. Peppers, W. A. Breed, Walter Stewart, W. J. Cole, J. C. Tanner, W. F. Henderson, J. W. Phillips, J. E. Covington, W. A. Kelley, W. E. Thaxton, J. L. E. Pillsreen, T. B. Davis, O. Y. Thaxton, W. M. Marsh, W. L. Eainnack, A. M. Dendy, L. M. Thompson, W. H. McCuller, B. A. Eea, H. C. Dendy, J. L. Total, 50 members. Initiated Passed and Raised—Harry W. Anderson, J. S. Haynes, Thomas M. Ober, Henry J. Odom, W. T. Woodward. Affiliated—T. F. Arant, Dave J. Autrey. Dimitted—Douglas Gray, I. H. Oliver, F. C. Sheppard. W. M. Ferguson. Died—P. Moore.
Suspended—H. M.Blackman, H. Pinrod.
LEESVILLE LODGE No. 240. Chartered February 15th, 1893. Leesville, Vernon parish, La. Meets second and fourth Saturday in each month. OFFICERS.
Thomas J. Davis James G. Palmer W.B.Williamson W.P.Perkins Thomas Wintle..
W. M. John W. Lee S. W. M. E. Farris J. W. E. M Lewis Treasurer. John L. Harris Secretary. E.W.Welch... Otto Herminghouse Tyler.
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S. D. J. D. Chaplain.
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T. J. Richardson, Thomas Wintle, T. W. Harris, C. T. Allis, D. D. G. M.
E. M. Lewis,
MEMBERS.
Smart, M. N. Bagents, J. R. Jr. FergusoD, W. S. Long, M. B. Smart, W. H. Bailey, J. W. Flynn, D. J. Lyons, B. H. Bartley, Thos. Foster, S. I. Malzacher, C. F. Smart, M. P. Smith, D. F. Bartran, David W. Franklin, A. L. Marshall, B. Spence, J. A. Baxter, G. F. Franklin. E. P. Martin. W. A. Stevens, J. R. Bayes. C. E. Godwin, W. M. McBride, W. D. Stewart, J. A. Bosely, L. S. Hall, M. F. McCann, J. J. Boyd, Richard Hammons, Nich. McGregor, Wm. A. Stone, A. K. Brooks, Carney Hicks, Joseph J. McRee, John R. Tavlor, Walter L. Burleson, Ben. F. Hicks, A. R. Middleton, W. R. Terry, B. B. Cain, Robert D. Higdon, L. C. Monk, James R. Tobin, Charles B. Turner, D. F. Cain, W. R. Hobby, J. W. Monk, Merrill ~ Mortimer. W. C. Turner, S. M. Cates, G. W. Holton, T. C. Pace. H. B. Turner, D. H. Cooper, B. F. Hooper. L. W. Perkins, W. O. Tutan, Joseph D. Cooper, J. M. Irwin, W. 0. Perkins. P. M. Upton, Tom L. Cooper. Thos. M. Johnson, O. L. Powall, H. B. Warner, D. C. Craft, D. Jones, F. P. Pow«ll, i *,•.-,.,, W. ,,. H. ,_.. Watson, T. W. Craft, T. A. Jordan, E. E. Read, George A. Winberry, J. N. Cryer. J. W. Jordon, J. S. Richardson, J. M. Wingate, T. C. Daigle, A. Kent, Wm. T. Dailey, Albert Kirby, M. H. S. Sanders, H. L., Jr. Young, L. O. Sermons, J. T. Youngblood, W. T. Dillon, T. H. Lee, 0. J. Total, 103 members. Fellows, A. S. Initiated—Brown Word, Henry R. Johnston, John Fisher Smith, Andrew Jackson Cryer. Passed—James Durham. Initiated and Passed—Osceola Linton Lee, Tom Davis Franklin, Charles Welford McFarland. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Sidney I. Foster, Thomas Arthur Craft, Walter Chas. Mortimer, Oscar L. Johnson, John K. Bagents, Jr., George Wesley Cates, John Lyle Harris, Edward W. Welch, Martin Rudolph Farris, Bomon Marshall, Richard Boyd, Millard Franklin Hall, Adiel Silas Fellows. liaised—Thomas Bartlpv, Tom L. Upton, H. B. Powell. Affiliated—Thomas W. Watson Wm. D. McBride, W. R. Middleton. Dimitted—Wm. L. Hoagland, W. A. Aaron. Died-Isaac W. Midkiff, P. M.; S. A. Allis. Suspended—W. A. Winfree, Edward L. Tuten, Thomas &., Stone, Mose J. Lee, Edward Reif.
CONLY LODGE No. 241. Chartered February loth, ] 893. Love's Lake, Red River parish, La. P. O., Polk. Meets second Saturday in each month. OFFICERS. C. J. Coniy Secretary. D.A.Newman W. M. J. J. Gill S. D. J. B. Waters S. W. H. H. Lawson J. D. J. A. Walters J. W. W. E. Smith Tyler. B. W. Newman Treasurer. PAST MASTERS. James B. Waters, D. A. Newman. MEMBERS.
Alexauder, J. H. Madden, R. R. Smith, W. R. Burns, A. A. Newman, S. W. Stephens, S. N. Foster, E. N. Poland, J. O. Thomas, S. C. Holman, Wm. T. Passed and liaised—Joseph Jordon Gill. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Hue Hunter Lawson, Died—James Polk Grice.
Wimberly, G. B. Wimberly, T. R. Wo mack, Allen Total, 31 members.
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WESTON LODGE No. 242. Chartered February 15th, 1893. MeetsatWeston, Jackson parish, La., P. O.,Boatner, on Saturday before second Sunday in eaoh month. OFFICERS. C. M. Tolar W. M. A. F. Stone Secretary W. G. Rasberry S. W. A. E. Walsworth S. D J. M. Reed J. W. B. F. Riley J. D'. W. T. Walsworth Treasurer. G. A. Gaar Tyler. PAST MASTERS,
J. T. McBride,
D. F. Walsworth. Walker, N. F. Anders, Thos. O. Holsombaek, T. N. Peevy, A.. J. Peevy, W. A. J. Walsworth, G. W. Anders, Wm. F. Irvine, Joe Moore, J. T. Reed, J. A. Walsworth, J. W. Douglas, D. E. Murphy, W. M. Slay. J. D. Walsworth, J. T. Freeman, F. M. Ott, W. A. Smith, N. D. Wyatt, Peter Garner, John C. wUl,, , , . ^ . Stone, Wm. Wyatt, S. H. Garner, James C. Oxford, A. C. Talbot, S. M. Wyatt. Newton Greer, W. T. Peel, J. M. Total, 39 members. Hawthorn, J. F. Initiated—James Franklin Raymond. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Greenberry Williamson Walsworth, Nathaniel Franklin Walker, Wesley Leonard Greer, Benjamin Franklin Riley, William Franklin Anders, Thos. Noland Holsombaek, Dwight Newton Smith, Thomas Oliver Anders. Affiliated— A. E. Walsworth, Joe A. Reed, Joe Irvine, Jerry W. Walsworth. Dimitted—3. C. Brown. MEMBERS.
CROWLEY LODGE No. 243. Chartered February 15th, 1893. Crowley, Acadia parish. Stated meetings, first and third Tuesday in each month.' OFFICERS. S. D. E. M. Ellis W. M. Charles H. Blish Henry Newman S. W. Warren E. Scott J. D. Chaplain. K.B.Rainey J. W. A. B. Allison J. Frankel Treasurer. H. H. Hawsey. R. A. Nocton Secretary. M. L. Hoffpauir j stewards. J. W. Whipple Tyler. PAST MASTERS.
H. C. Robinson, J. Frankel. N. B. Morris, J. D. Marks, Jno. A. McAyael, H. E. Buckley. F. C. Labit. MEMBERS.
Adams, Robt. E. Hayes, D. B. Hooker, C. L. Anding, A. A. Armstrong, John C, Hutts, T. B. Kaplan, A. Bethany, John Bohne, Hugh M. Kaplan, Henry Levy, David Brooks, G.H. Lewis, J. H. Brunner, E. O. Buchanan, J. W. Lewis, P. B. Loewer, Henry Carter, J. C. Lyons, E. W. Childs, A. B. Lyons, J. M. Cole, Paul A. Cunningham, R. E. LaGrone, J. W. Marks, Isidore Durio, Armas Marx, Lucien Eckels, Paul Marx, Paul Finley, A. M. Fontenot, F. M. Mayes, C O . • Miller, E. Gill, George
Moore, S. J. Mull, R. H. Mullen, John T. Mullen,>M. J. Mcllhenny, «S. B. Patterson, W. E. Paxton, Ed. G. Peckham, E. D. Power, C. H. Rainey, James Randolph, Frank Reiber. Aueust Reisfeldt, Wm. Rudrow, Ezra V. Sears, George Sellers, W. B. Shaw, Thomas
Sternberst, Ivy Tavlor, Shelby Thomas, David Toler, T. J. Toler, J. K. Trimble, Wm. L. Waggoner, J. R. Webb, George Webb, D. Weil, Jonas Welch, John C. White, J. M. White, B. R. Wilson, R. E. Wimberly, R. L. Wright, C. H. Wynne, J. J. Total, 81 members.
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Initiated—Walter Brooks Allison. Initiated and Passed—Leonard Hines Clark. liaised—M.J.Mullen. Initiated, Passed and Raised—James Lyle Evans, Manassas Leroy Hoffpauir, Alex. Bartlebaugh AllisoD, Augustus M. Finley, Paul Centennial Marx, Warren Eldridge Scott., Charles Leonard Hooker, Robert Lee Wimberly, Judson W. Lagrone, Alexander Berry Childs, Henry Hopgood Hawsey, Paul Eckels. Affiliated—John Bethany, Preston Brooks Lewis, David Webb. Reinstated—C. H. Powers. Dimitted—James Lyle Evans, W. E. Patterson, Felix Schmulen, Samuel M. Wray, J. L. Thiel, Carroll W. Allen. CENTRE LODGE No. 344. Chartered February 13tb, 1894. Meets at Union Academy, Washington parish, La. P. 0., Lee's Creek. Fourth Saturday in each month. OFFICERS.
M. B.Richardson L. A. Pierce T. D. G. Richardson D. W. Richardson
W. M. S. W. J. W. :.. Treasurer. W. P. Stewart
W. T. McElroy R. E. Keaton B. R. Keaton W. P. McGehee Tyler.
Secretary. S. D. J. D. ... Chaplain
PAST MASTERS.
J. R. Byrd, R. E. Keaton, M. B. Richardson, A. C. Williams, J. M. Mitchell. H. W. Hullinghorst. MEMBERS. Ard, Joseph R. Rester, Asia Thomas, J. J. Grantham, Lewis Mitchell, H. Oscar -" Rester, M. N. Wheat, B. F. Magee, H. W. Mizell, B. B. Richardson, W. P. Wheat, James A. Magee. C. W. Mizell, J. G. Richardson, S. J. Williams, E. M. McMillan, H. A. Pierce, Walter Thomas, J. D. Williams, B. J. Mitchell, J. O. Pounds, Harrison Thomas, Warren Total, 36 members. Initiated—James Emri Pierce, Levi Harrison Bankston, George W. Boyles. Win. Sylvester Riley. Initiated and Passed—Robert Carmel Cooper. Passed and Raised— W. F. MeGnhee, M. N. Rester. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Wm. Pinkey Richardson. MILLERTON LODGE No. 245. Chartered February 13th, ] 894. Meets at Haynesville, Claiborne parish, La., on Saturday before third Sunday In each month. OFFICERS.
J. W.Norton W. M. W. T. McEachem S. W. J. L. Moss J. W, R. F. Allen Treasurer. G. M. Tinsley
B. W. Bevill L. P. Barker A.B. Tinsley John M. W. Camp Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
J, W. Norton, P. D. D. G. M.,
MEMBERS.
Bailey, S. S. Deloach, J. M. Barker, A. P. Garrett. W. H. Blackwell, J. H. Guice, J. N. Bond, W. P. Hardaway, P. Bond, J. B. Hardaway, Ira Bond, E. O. Hardaway. Eps Burns, J. A, Harp, C. W. Cooper, J. T. Hico, A. A. Dawson, W. Y. Johnson, F. J. Deloach A. L. Kendrick, W. L. Deloach, Charle9 Martin, J. II. Deloach, J. A. McDonald, W. S.
Miller, Hugh " Muno.'W.'T. Norton, Ardis Owens, D. G. Owens, H. L. Parker, M. E. Raglin. R. A. Sales, Arthur Sales, Becie Seegars, John A. Shepard, H. B. '
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Chaplain.
L. P. Barker. Sims, W. L. Spivy, T. W. Thomas, W. J. Tinsley. J. W. Tinsley, W. H. Waller, S. C. Winn, R. A. N. Worley, J. W. Worley, W. W. Wood, J. D. Yates, G. L. Total, 55 members.
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Affiliated—W. T. Munn. Bimitted-J. J. Smart, W. W. DeLoach, J. D. Short. Suspended— W. B. Sims, R. L. Bond, A. J. Burns, R. W. Bailey, E. H. Hines, H. J. Hendricks, C. W. Perdue, W. H. Handle. WINNSBORO LODGE No. 246. Chartered February 13th, 1894. Meets at Winnsboro, Franklin parish, La. Stated meetings Saturdays on or before full moon in each month. OFFICEES.
A. D. O. Moore. L. M. Calhoun.. H. J. Lea N. A. Wiggers... E. D. Walter.... J. W. Womble...
W. M. S. W. J. W. .Treasurer. ..Secretary. S. D. John C. Milby
W. J. Cordill,
J. W. Womble,
I. P. Sumrall.... Geo. W. Kelley.. W. A. McCoy A. W. Moore A. L Brooks E. F. Kelley Tyler.
J. D. .. M. of C. ..Marshal. .Chaplain. Stewards.
PAST MASTERS,
A. W. Moore,
MEMBERS.
R. M. Ward, C. M. Ramage.
Hyman, A. E. Dove, J. C. Adams. J. C. Parks, W. T. King, T. M. Fisher, Isidore Adams, W. H. PooLD. W. Franklin, Davis King, W. E. Ashley, J. F. Pugh, B. F. Landauer, A. Gilbert, D. C. Baskin, W. E. Richardson. T. C. Gilbert, T. B. Jr. Lowentritt, Louis Roach, W. E. Bennett, J. H. Mason, Ernest Griffing, A. C. Berry, Chas. L. Ross, Geo. L. May, R. L. Hair, W. I. Bradley, E. A. Sayre, W. S. May nor, J. G. Harris, S. M. Bule, H. A. Scott, A. M. McCoy, Richard Sherrause, W. J. Harris, T. A. Chapman, J. R. McKaskle, J. M. Sisson, W. L. Harris, W. T. Cline, Miller McKaskle, J. P. Sullivan, J. T. Hester, M. S. Copeland, J. S. McLendon, Oscar Sumrall, I. P. Hicks, E. M. Cordill, S. L. Milbry, G. E. Johnson, W. S. Crow, D. J. Tucker, C. B. Milbry, G. W Hodge,G. W. Denson, J. L. Watson, A. M. Hoffman, Charles Mock, N. T Dixon, J. M. Wiggins. D. F. Moore, C. L. Dougherty, Thos. Hower, B. M. Total, 79 members. Initiated—J. M. Stocton. Initiated and Passed—Joseph Dixie Herald. Passed and Raised—E. F. Kelly. Raised—Wilbur Kline, J. C. Dove, Davies Franklin, W. J. Sherrause. Initiated Passed and Raised—James Hilton Bennett, Samuel M Harris George W. Kelly, John Claude Wilbry, George E. Wilbry, A. M. Watson. Affiliated—W. S. Johnson, J. P. McKaskle, J. M. McKaskle, J. G. Maynor, Oscar McLendon, B. F. Pugh, W. T. Parks, W. Sim Sayers. Dimmed—H. A. Wiggins. Died— E. C. Abell, Walter Cnmmings, W, P. Power, T. A. Scott. CLEAR SPRING LODGE No. 247. Chartered February 13th, 1894 Meets at Clear Spring, Bed River parish, Post Office, 1 Liberty, first Saturday in each month. OFFICERS.
E. L. Sneed... W. W. Teer W. D. Dupree P. L.Collins
W. M. S. W. , J. W. Treasurer. J.O. Rawls
D. W. Dupree J. H. Ross J. K. Keith W. M. Hunter Tyler.
....Secretary. S. D. J. D. Chaplain.
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J. D. Dupree,
B. E. Teer.
MEMBERS.
Adams, W. B. Elliott, W. H. Hunter, W. 0. McGee, C. C. Anglin, G. W. Graham, J. D. Hunter, J. D. Mobley, J. W. Anglin, Rufus W. Holley, K. D. Kenntngton. J. H. Morgan, J. D. Cummings, P. P. Hunter, W. B. McDowel, M. J. Teer, B. F. Detro, E. A. Total, 30 members. Passed—J. H. Ross. Raised—IT. H. Hunter, J. H. Ross. Died—B. F. Teer.
KENTWOOD LODGE No. 248. Chartered February 13th, 1891; at Kentwood. Tangipahoa parish, La. Stated meetings, Saturday on or before full moon. OFFICERS.
J.B.Edens
W. M.
H. G. Morris L,. H. Bowden E. T. Tate L. C. Vacher J. D. Bennett
O.C. Tynes..
J. D.
S. W. J. W. Birch Chaplain. J. W. J. G. W. Davis M. of C. Treasurer. C. B. Vetter ) aio..rar.Aa Secretary. G. Bennett ) stewards. :.....S D. O. Scarborough ...:...Tyler. PAST MASTERS. . Amos Kent. O. P. Amacker, W. C. Kent, P. D. G. M.s P. D. D. G. M., A. L. Stoessell, J. B. Edens. MEMBERS.
Amacker, S. H. Fields, T. B. Lamberton. P. M. Sauls, E. B. Comfort, H. A. Good, T. J. Naul, J. W. Taylor, R. L. Day, D. D. Joyai, E. L. Peavy, A. M. Thornhill, W. C. Eaton, G. W. Kent, Richard A. Sauls, M. N. Tillman, A. J. Faust, D. Lambert, A. C.' Total, 34 members. Initiated—William O. Sumerall, Samuel Davis Moore. Initiated, Passed and Raised—James Ernest Walker Davis, Oliver Columbus Tynes, Lemuel Henry Bowden, Delis Faust, Charles Bertram Vetter, Arehie Carter Lambert. Affiliated—Hugh Alexander Comfort. Reinstated—C. W. Tate. Dimitted—G. L. Pray, J. W. Ott, S. M. Shrader, C. W. Tate.
JENNINGS LODGE No. 249. Chartered February 12th, 1895, at Jennings, Caloasleu parish, La. Meets second and fourth Mondays in each month. OFFICERS.
V. D. Tllden W. H.Adams W.O.Cornish. J. P. Black
W. M. .....K. W. J. W. Treasurer. R. B. Moss
M.H.Adams Chas. A. Clarke James M. Smith : Eugene W. McLendon Tyler
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Chaplain.
PAST MASTERS
R. B. Moss, W. E. Coffin,
E. L. Streater, C. S. Whitman, J. W. Mitchell.
F. R. Jaenke,
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Rowson, E. E. Sargent, A. B. Silven, C. D. Spencer, E. R. Spencer, S. A. Streater, J. B. Walling, H. B. Warden, T. L. Wilkins, A. C. Williams, T. E. Williams, W. M. Williams, I. D. L. Willington, J. F. Total, 52 members. Initiated—Neil S. Whisenhunt, Nast. D.Ritter, Oliver P. Perry, George B. Zyler. liaised—Avery C. Williams. Initiated, Passed and liaised—-Charles A. Clark, Eugene S. Hempstead Carl D. Silven, Wallace Adam, Herbert F. Arnold, M. Herbert Adams. Passed—B. Carl Braden Passed and liaised—George A. Courtney. Affiliated — J. F. Willington, Eugene McLendon, Henry B Wallace, Theodore L. Wardell.
Arnold, H. F. Arthur. A. M. • Ashbaugh, A. D. Bell, Cyrus Berwick, D. A. Brown, Sig. Carr, A. P.
Davis, H. L. Dobbins, E. E. Elkington, W. H. Fain, J. M. Foster, J. P. Foster. J. E. Hall, E. I.
Lebau, E. J. Lee, Ed. A. Long, Henry Marsh, E. N. McGorkle J. A. McCrary, B. F. McFarland, C. W. Mitchell, F. C. Case, J. F. Hebert, D. inutucn.t. Clopton, James A. Hempstead. E. S. Morse, F. F. Cook, Geo. H. Henien, J. H. Phillips, U. S. Cooper, Roy A, Hoag, H. H. Porter, J. E. _., , A. JL. Courtney. G. A. Hosmer, A. D. Reynolds, Kobotham,W. H. DauglienbaughWJJaenke, H. F.
MANSFIELD LODGE No. 250. Chartered February 12th, 1895, at Mansfield, DeSoto parish, La. Meets second Tuesdays. OFFICERS.
L. A. Cowley F. C. Watson S. A. G. F. Sample Jackson
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer.
J. T. McClanahan J. F. McFarland B. A. Williams J. C. Baker
Secretary. s. D. J. D. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
A. F. Jackson,
J. F. McFarland.
MEMBERS.
Blair, C. W. Davis, W. H. Gibbs. R. T. Guv, S. A. Hebert, Victor
ackson, J. A. Jackson, Kelly, B. D. Mason, W. H. May, W. E. Parsons, H. J.
Pearce, W. M. Persinger, E. I. Sheppard, H. J. Singleton, W. E. Sligh. T. S.
Stone, J. B. Thomas, J. C. Watson, F. C. Wemple, J O. Williams, J. B. Total, 24 members.
Initiated—Tipton A. Snell. Initiated, Passed and liaised—Berry D. Kelly, Holing A. Williams, Francis C. Watspu. Raised— H. J. Parsons. Affiliated— W. H. Davis, E. I. Persinger.1 ASCENSION LODGE No. 251. Chartered February 13th, 1895, at Donaldsonville. AseeDsion parish, La. Meets first and third Friday of each month. OFFICERS.
R. P. Henderson R.N.Slator Lucien Meyer j . Blum J. E. Blum JohnS. Thibaut
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer. Secretary. : . . . . S . D,
W. A. Terrio M.Klein Fred Landry R. Singer, D. Ohlmeyer P . L. Green
.,
J. D. Chaplain. ..M. of C. Stewards. ...'. Tyler
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PAST MASTERS. H. E. Hanson, T. D. Cox, Sr., J. E. Blum. E.K.Sims, Frederick Landry, M. Tobias. HONORARY MEMBERS. A. G. Brice, P. G. M., C. F. Buck, P. G. M., Richard Lambert, Grand Sec'y, A. C. Allen, P. G. M., G. H. Packwood, P. G. M., R. H. Cage, P. G. M., L. D. Leeman. MEMBERS. Alleman, S. E. Duke, J. R. Langbeoker, Chas. Quimby, J. B. Aucoin, Edgar Feitel, E. E. Lanoux, N. F. Richard, G. H. Ayraud, Samuel J. Gaudet, Lucien Litty, Lucas Rogge, Frederich Ayraud, Honore T.Geiger, Charles Maas, A. Schonberir, C. E. .Barman, J. S Gentil, Oscar Maas, Chas. B. Sims, F. K. Bloch, Armand Goette, Sid., Jr. Maurin, V. Sims, R. N. ' Brumfield, D. C. Greenwood, A. L. Montecino, P. P. J.Thibodaux, E. A. Cary, Wm. S. Grunewald Wm. Moseman, J. E. Weil, H. L. Cary, D. C. Kahn, Felix Norman, Jas. A. Whidden, A. G. Cook, T. W. Klotz, Abraham Palmer, A. P. Whiteman, H. C. Cox, T. D., Jr. Klotz, Solomon Phillips, R. Total, 61 members. Dill, Wm. A. Lafargue, J. J. Initiated and Passed—Peter Percy Viosca, JoDas Weil'. Initiated, Passed and liaised—Clarence David Cary, Peter Loun Green,. Affiliated—M. Klein. Dimitted—George A. Turner, E. R. McNeil, J. N. Hutchinson. Died—Clayton J. Burton, J. J. Claverie, P. M., W. W. Buford, P.M.
John S. Thibaut, D. D. G. M.
MITCHELL LODGE No. 252. Chartered February 11th, 1896. Meets at Mitohell, Sabine parish, La., Saturday before fourth Sunday in each month. OFFICERS. J. F. Jackson W. M. J. B. Fuller Secretary. J. W. Robinette S. W. W. F. Ledford .S. D. J. A.Barrett J. W. W. W. Webb J. D. J. W. Ford Treasurer. P. L. Tatum Tyler. PAST MASTERS. W. F. Ledford. C. W. Hall. MEMBERS. Allen, G. W. Graham, John E. McClenn, J. D. Tatum, W. E. Barron, J. R. Heard, G. E. Parrott, R. L. Tatum, S. S. Ballew, E. W. Latham, Wm. F. Smith, A. Tatum, J. A. Carpenter, D. W. Long, J. W. Smith, B. Tyler, Jacob Darby, J. D. Total, 26 members. Initiated and Passed—Thomas Walter Absher, Howard H. Edwards. Passed—E. N. Haley. Passed and Raised—E. W. Ballew, John B. Fuller. Initiated, Passed, and Raised—James W. Robinette, William F. Latham, John E. Graham. Reese L. Parrott. Dimitted—J. B. Parrott, William Aton.
TORO LODGE No. 253. Chartered February 11th, 1898. Meets at Hornhecb, Vernon parish, La., Saturday before second Sunday 1n each month. P. O, Hornbeck. OFFICERS. S.ESelf W. M. J.F.Owens J. D. Frank B. Jones S. W. W. P. Everett Chaplain. George C. Antony J. W. J. R. Riser. M. of C. W. E. Maddox Treasurer. G. G. Leach ) at »„.<,-*„ George G. Metzger ...Secretary. G. W. Hughes j olewarusWm. 0. McCurdy S. D. N. M. Lee Tyler.
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PAST MASTERS.
J. J. Whittaker,
Wm. Conerly, E. P. Neal. W. J. Davis.
J. M. Miller,
MEMBERS.
Smith, J. D. H. Addison, A. J. Galbraitb, Jesse Payne, O. A. Snell, Fisher Bell, D. R. Gant, W. E. Pipen, Geo. W. Speaks, H. A. Brown, W. S. Grady, C. P. Pulliano, C. J. Speights, Wm. L. Broomtield, Perry Hall, J. H. Pynes, James StarK, Wm. G. Buswel), H. J. Hamilton, C. P. Ridgeway, E. R. Stevens, H. E. Byrd, Louis Johnston, Paul N. Ritter, J. M. Taylor, R. A. Camp, E. D. Kelley, J. F. Rush, J. I. Thomason, E. P. Carlyle, J. J. Larrabee, C. G. Rntt, C. S. Vogel, W. C. Colly, C. C. McConathy, P. W. Rutt, L.'L. White, B. F. Curtis, J. J. McConathy, W. Y. Satter, E. F. Williams, A. J. Dempsey, J. Y. McNeely, John J. Sasser. W. Dickey, Chas. F. Miller, G. W. Schweitzer, G. H. Williams, W. J. Dishron, E. Miller. I. E. Self, C. C. Winchester, D. G. Dodd, W. H. Mills, J. F. Self, J. R. Winchester, J. R. Ellis, J. M. Yates, B. F. Morgan, D. J. Self, C. W. Everett, B. Youngblood, H. B. ,,.JU. Parker, Geo. J. Slay, D. u .oio»», W. Total, 83 members. Everett, Walter Pate, J. M. Initiated—Wayne Dixon, John K. Foster. Passed—George J. Piland. Initiated and Passed—George W. Gwin. Passed and Raised—Perry Broomfield, Wm. H. Dodd, Fisher W. McConathy, Early R. Ridgeway, H. E. Stevens, Fisher Snell. Raised—Harry F. White. Initiated Passed and Raised—J. H. Hall, Wm. 0. McCurdy, James Forney Mills, George W. Pipen, J. I. Rush, Hezekiah A. Speaks, Wm. G. Stark, Edward Poe Thomason, Affiliated—J. D. H. Smith. Reinstated—j. R. Riser, C. C. Colly. Dirnitted—George J. Davis, Eli P. Dempsey, W. F. C. Gibson. FOREST HILL LODGE No. 254. Chartered February 11th, 1896. Meets at Forest Hill, Rapides parish, second Saturday of each month. Secretary. H. 0. Ponder W.OFFICERS. M. R. A. Parrott S D. W. H. Dean S. W. Z. P. Squires J. D. W. M. Smith J. W. G. G. Bullock , Tyler. J. W. Melder Treasurer. J. D. Dunn PAST MASTERS.
C. R. Carruth,
Sherman Cook, Z. P. Squires, R. A. Parrott. MEMBERS.
H. O. Ponder,
Mabry,W. H. Overstreet, Perry Smith, P. H. Barron, H. C. Malleet, S. M. Peninger, J. C. Spencer, A. B. Bedgood, S. Y. Melder. John F. Phillips, J. W. Stolsby, J. D. Brady, T. J. Melder, Louis Phillips, H. C, Jr . Squires, J. C. Crowell, J. S. Merchant, G. W. Robert, J. M. Vining, J. D. Ferguson, Jesse Merchant, C. W. Roberts, J. M. Watson, E. T. Green, Claude Mizell, LymanH. Rodgers, F. F. Williams, S. R. Horton, G. T. Newman, Geo. I. Rodgers, J. M. Yawn, W. H. Johnson, G. M. Simpson, C. A. Total, 46 members. Johnson, Geo. S. Odom, Geo. A. Passed and Raised—W. H. Yawn. Initiated, Passed and Raised—W. M. Smith, George S. Johnson, Samuel M. Malleet. Dirnitted—H, L. Melder, GL12
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WORK AND RETURNS OF JEANERETTE LODGE No. 255.
Chartered February 11th, 1896. Meets second and fourtli Thursday of each month at Jeanerette, Iberia parish, La. OFFICERS.
J. G. Bouvier A. C. Forstenson J. W. Shelby C. C. Edwards
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer.
Peter Henkel S. L.Jacobs R. McCullough ... Michel J.Brignoni
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
T. B. Kimbro,
J. G. Bouvier, J. C. Bussey. S. L. Jacobs.
J. W. Stokoe,
MEMBERS.
Mquret, B. V. Smith, Ashton K. Johnston, A. J. Poirson, Chas. A. Stokoe, Albert L. Maillard, P. J. Mansfield, J. D. Pulliam, C. M. C. Stokoe, E. C. McCullough. G. S. Kedman, J. W. Vaughan, A. F. McGowan, Aif. B. Richardson, Wm. Whitworth, G. W. McGowan, C. A. Sanders, H. Shelby Wormser, M. Mollard, K. Schexnayder, A.W.Wormser, Charles. Moore, J. F. Shelby, Alfred G. Wormser, L. Total, 44 members. Initiated and Passed—Dave Davis, Ben A. Schexnayder. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Alfred G. Shelby, Ashton K. Smith. Affiliated—Charles A. Poirson. Diraitted—John W. Rodeers.
Allain, A. Beaullien, Frank Bracey, H. L. Brittain, James F. Forgey, E. T. Foster, A. D. Frank, L. Gugenheim, Max.
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ST. ANDREW LODGE No. 256.
Chartered February 11th, 1898. Meets Thursday on or before full moon at Mer Rouge, Morehouse parish, La. OFFICERS.
M. D. L. Bell W. E. Sisson D. E.Ivy S. 'M. Gibson
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer.
S. M.Gibson,
J. A. Davenport. J. T. Shell.
J. C. Gibson J. A. Davenport L. L. Davidson J. H. Michie
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
B. Turpin. . W. J. Potts
W. E. Sisson.
MEMBERS.
Allen, W. B. Credelle, R. L. Knoeful, W. B. Sharp, J. P. Andrews, T. H. B. Daniel, J. L. Knoeful, A. E. Simmons, Jacob Austin, C. P. Daniel, W. J. Lombard, W. A. Smith, D. W. Bell, J. S. Davison, W. E. McClain, Loren Stone, R. M. Beard, C. C. Duramus, W. J. McCarlej, Fred. Thibodeaux, C. W Bowman, J. M. Ewinsr, G. B. Meyer, J. R. Williams, Boyd Buatt, H. W. Godwin, Chas. H. Moody, J. K. L. Williams, M. H. Buckalew, R. M. Harp, R. K. Nathan, Robert Williams. M. L. Buford, A. D. Harp, D. R. Pinkston, L. S. Williams, J. A. Cammack, W. D. Harris, G. W. Reeves, James H. Wimberly, G. H. Clark, C. D. Hayes, J. B., Jr. Scarlette, W. B. Young, E. R. Cook, W. H. Hope, R. W. Scott, C. G. Total, 59 members; Coyne, O. E. Hunter, E. W. Initiated—Hugh BIythe Andrews, Tolbert Sells William. Raised—Wm. Bartley Scarlette. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Robert Walter Hope.
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WHITE CASTLE LODGE No. 257. Chartered February 9th, 1897. Meets first and third1 Thursday of each month at White Castle, Iberville parish, La. OFFICERS. W. M. Estus Ashley S. W. George N. Gleason J. W. Frank S. Brown Treasurer. James A. Johnson
Samuel C. Bolshaw Allen J. Edminister H. V. Kirkland Simon Le vy.
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
C. G. Weir,
Paul H. Cire, Simon Levy, J. A. Johnson.
E. C. Glenn.
MEMBERS.
Scharff, F. H. Barringer, H. D. Dawson, u«»i;ii, ^ou George Kern, Dave Sauragg, J. R. Bluestein, Louis Glenn, F. B. Nicholosi, L. Spofford. Lee Bowie, G. M. Gonzales, Henry Owen, W. G. Pearce, M. K. Tnteur, F. S. Brown, W. F. Heineman, Sol. Randolph, L. C. Total, 31 members. Conn, Samuel Irwin, Isaac Initiated—Emile Keller, Cdarles Mortimer Downs, Herbert Emory Rathbun. Passed and Raised—Henry V. Kirkland. Raised—Frank S. Brown. Affiliated—Allen J. Edminister, Estus Ashley.
MARTHAVILLE LODGE No. 258. Chartered February 15th. 1898. Marthavlile, Natchitoches parish. La. Meets Saturday before the first and third Sunday in each month. OFFICERS. J. W. Jacobs W. M. J. J. Horton Secretary. C. C. McCartney S. W. I. D. Rains S. D. R. M. Wagley J. W. A. D. McFerren J..D. J. J. Roberson Treasurer. G.P.Ashley Tyler. PAST MASTERS.
R. D. Sibley,
G. P. Ashley,
I. D. Rains.
MEMBERS.
Lilley, W. J. Rains, E. A. Aubrey, T. C. Bailes, L. T. Heard, G. B. Massey, T. J. Rodgers, J. Bailea, L. Heard, J. L. R b t W. W W. McCartney, J. R. Roberts, Cassidy, A. S. Holbrook, C. H. McCaskel, M. M. Sibley, y, E. H. Chapman, A. L. Jackson, C. O. Melton, D. J. 'Sims, "" W. V. Cole, L. M. JacksoD,W. F. Middleton, T. B. Small, W. J. Crump, T. G. Jacobs, J. J. Nelson, S. B. Smith, B. J. Perley, L. Cunningham, J. G.Jacobs, J. E. Truly, F. W. E. Darnell, Chas. B. James, A. S. Prothro. J. R. Wagley, R. M. Durr, W. R. Lacey, W. C. Rains, T. J. Wagley, H. F . Fisher, B. R. Lambert, A. J. Rains, J. P. Youngblood, G. A. Furiow, J. P. Lambert, A. D. Total, 55 members. Initiated—J. B. Glass. Passed and Raised—T. J. Massey. Raised—S. B. Nelson. Initiated, Passed and Raised—W. J. Lilley, C. O. Jackson, A. J. Lambert B R. Fisher. Dimltted—R. B. Middleton, L. B. Middleton, A. P. Durham, W. T. Durr W. R. Brown, G. A. Small. Dropped—H. D. Houck. Expelled—I. L. Reaves.
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WORK AND RETURNS OF COLFAX LODGE No. 259.
Chartered February 15th, 1898. Meets at Colfax, Grant parish, La., Saturday before first Sunday and Thursday after third Sunday in each month. OFFICERS.
R. W. Richardson R. B. Roaeh J. W.Duncan H. G. Goodwyn J. J. O'Quinn M. Ferrier
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer. Secretary. S. D. James A. Hyde
B. C. Woodruff W. J. Roberts John M. Antony C. H. Teal L. E. Hadnot F. L. Futrell Tyler.
J.D. Chaplain. Marshal.
) J- Stewards. )
PAST MASTERS.
W. L. Richardson,
R. S. Cameron,
M. Ferrier.
MEMBERS.
Kelley, John L. Pugh, D. M. Blacfcwood, E. H. Dunn, Wm. EL Killingsworth,J. C.Ray, B. P. Clarke, W. B. Fletcher, J. W. McKnight.R. E. Sandifer, A. R. Cotton, Jasper M. Fletcher, D. T. Miller, J. R. Swaflord, " M. E. Creed, W. N. Futrell, L. M. Morantini, J. L. Teasle, Wm. B. Creed, A. B. Futrell, T. L. Williams, James A. Creed, A. M. Garrette, Rufus F. Moreau, Pierre Dees, John Wm. Jackson. R. E. Mosley, John W. Williams, W. 0. Total, 46 members. Dunn, M. A. Jones, W. A. Perton, J. A. Passed and liaised—John Warmack Mosley. Initiated, Passed and Raised—John Luther Kelly, John William Dees, James Allen Perton, L. E. Hadnot. > CHARLES F. BUCK LODGE No. 260. Chartered February 15th, 1898. Meets at Urania, Catahoula parish, La., first Saturday ot each month. S. D. Henry E. Hardtner W.OFFICERS. M. W. E. Davis
J. T. Hinton C. F. Jones L. E. Weaver G. M. Tannehill
S. W. J. W. Treasurer. Secretary. D. F. Cox
C. E. Tannehill T. J. Penticost
PAST MASTER.
.
J. D. Chaplain.
Tyler.
Henry E. Hardtner, MEMBERS.
Adams, I. R. Arterburn, J. T. Bandy, M. E. Bell, James. Bennett, Herbert Browning, Albert Burke, Laurence Cathey, J. A. Claunch, Wiley Coleman, W. R. Cox, John W. Curry, E. C. Davis, Roland Davis, J. A. Delaune, A. J. Dunn, W. W. Durham, G. W. Elliott, E. K. Ellis, T. L. Epperson, E. L. Fisher, D. W. Fisher, James C. Gaharan, P. S. Godfrey, S, S,
Godfrey, C. .R Godfrey, T. R. H. Hardtner, 3. T. Hatten, I. t±. Henderson, T. J. Henslee, T. D. Heiflin, W. T. Hiedon, T. W. Hill, D. R. Hinton, Lott B. Hinton, John J. Hopkins, J. M. Hutchens, R. C. Jackson, L. S. Jarrell, C. C. KUlen, G. W. King, Thomas E. Lacroix, C. W. Lawley, C. A. Litton, L. E. Lofton, A. M. Mabb. Steven Matlock. J. E. Mayes, J. A,
McCartney, W. J. Sanders, J. J. McCartney, W. P. Sanford, W. D. McCurley, John R. Simmons, J. W. McCurley, W. H. Smith, Francis McDonald, Wm. J. Smith, E. A. Mills, Frank M. Smith, W. A. Mosley, R. C. Stallings, J. D. Mott, T. J. Stein, John Musgrove, W .W. Shanks, Oscar Nugent, T. A. Simmons, S. J. Nugent, W. A. Stevenson, W. P. Odom, J. T. Strickland, E. S. Payne, D. I. Sumrall, J. T. Peterson, T. J. Tisdale, J. G. Pierson, J. A. J. Thomas, J. R. PinUerton, John A.Thompson, W. R. ~" " Pinkerton. J. M. Tousley, F. J. Tully, Charles Posey, J. L. Waggoner, West Posey, H. F. Waldron, J. B. Prestidge. J. Waldron, J. S. Pugh E. G. Williams, J. W. Richey, J. H. Roberts, M. L. Wilson, B. W. Sanders, E. C, Wilson, Joseph Total, 109 members.
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Initiated and Passed—Mat Riser. Passed and Raised—Jeft. Davis Stallings, Herbert Bennett, Wm. D. Sanford, W. R. Coleman, Charles Foster Jones, Albert Browning. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Frederick Joseph Tousley, Jake L. Posey, Emmett L.i Epperson, Reinstated—J. W. Johnson. Dimitted—R. L. Jones. Suspended—D. M. Ellis.
ANCHOR LODGE No. 261. Chartered February 13th, 1899. Pollock, Grant parish, La. Stated meetings, third Saturday in each month. OFFICERS. J. M. Chapman W. M. J. A. Chapmam . J. D. Chaplain. C. 0. Groves S. W. I. M. Brian W. W. Lane J. W. W. P. Robinson Marshal. J.A.Harvey Treasurer. R.L.Edwards { Q t „ ,, Hugh Hamilton Secretary. J.E.Rush [Stewards. Tyler. H. C. Aycock S. D. T. A. Watson PAST MASTERS.
O. H. Cooper,
J. T. Wilson,
J. L. Griffin,
J. M. Chapman.
MEMBERS.
Adams, J. D. Allen, B. A. Barnes, D. K. Barron, C. W. Beall, W. C. Beall, J. E. Brannan, P. Brian, F. N. Butler, A. H. Chandler, Homer Chandler, J. J. Clark, John Clinton, L. O. Cooper. Andy Drewitt, J. E. Drewitt, A. H. Edgecomb, Chas.
Grant, P. A. Gray, H. P. Hamilton, Frank Hamilton, Fred. Hamilton, Roy Hammons, H. L. Hastings, L. P. Helt, J. W. Hewitt, Z. M. Johnson, Martin Kellev, J. B. Kelly", S. F. Kent, H. P. King, J. W. Lacroix, Isaac B. Lewis, B. F.
Lewis, J. N. Lilley, 0. R. Lippard, Chas. P. Maxwell, R. J. Moffitt, G. A. Nugent, J. E. Peniell. J. W. Riffle, W. E. Roberts, H. G. Robinson, C. U. Robinson, P. O. Rogers, J. F. Russell, W. H. Sanford, J . W. Sanford, E. C. Scott, J. W.
Shoemaker, J. S. Simmons, B. S. Simmons, Jas. P. Simmons, W. C. Simms, W. L. Smith, L. H. Taylor, L. C. Taylor, H. W. Waldron, E. L. Washburn,Chas.H. Watts, Wm. P. Welment, J. B. White, 0. E. Willet, W. P. Wilson, Fred. Young, J . W. Total, 80 members.
Initiated—John Walter Smith. Passed—James H. Anderson, Arthur Floyd Wilson. Initiated and Passed—Wm. Allen Beck, Filmore S. Evans. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Henry Clay Aycock, Robert Alexander Allen, Pray Brannan, John J. Chandler, Roy Hamilton, Wm. W. Lane, John Wm. Peniell, Thomas Oliver Robinson, Wm. H. Russell, James P. Simmons, BOD. Sylvanus Simmons, Walter Lester Simms, Joseph B. Welment. Affiliated—Henry Green Roberts. Dimitted—I. A. Corley, W. B. Corley, D. 0. Morris. Died—O. B. May. Expelled—J. A. Tetts.
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PROGRESSIVE LODGE, No. 262. Chartered February 13th, 1899. Lutcher, Saint James parish, La. Stated meetings first, and third Wednesday. ,-. R. F. Baker Rodney P. Woods F.B.Browne Van Woods
OFFICERS. W. M. Arthur G. Gearheard S. W. W. J. Ferris J. W. L. McClung Treasurer. Jacob Becker PAST MASTERS. Charles E. Snyder. W. J. Ferris,
George H. Jones,
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Tyler. Octave Chenet.
MEMBERS. Adelman, Win. Jordan, T. I. Mclntosh, F. J. Shushan, Joseph Bradley, S. O. Jones. Phil. H. McNair, J. W. Smith, Charles A. Chenet, L. L. Joseph, Jules Nagel, T. J. Todd, T. 0. Gable, C. P. Kustaborder, P. J. Nagel, Andrew Triche, E. Hanson, Henry Le Bourgeois, V. A.Nobile, Lawrence Ward, Tully M. Hart. Win. J. Levy, E. Parrin, L. E. Williams, G. C. Hendrix, D. M. Levy, I. Scott, F. L. Williams. J. M. Henry, C. W. Ligon, 0. W. Shugert, Geo. M. Willie, F.'W. Hugg, B. W, McGeehee, J. W. Total, 45 members. Passed—Joseph Edmond Daussan. Initiated, Passed and liaised—Job a Webb McGeehee, Louis Em.il Parrin. DlrnlUed—E. Kahn, Duncan Bell. Died—J. M. Stratton.
FLORIEN LODGE No. 363. Chartered February 14th, 1899. Florien, Sablne parish, La. Stated meetings, . Saturday on or belore lull moon in each month. j OFFICERS. W.M. G.J.Davis J. B. S. W. T. W. Conerly Chaplain: J. W. J. M.Davis '. M.of G« Treasurer. T. M. Aldridge I st „ H Secretary. W. S. Hogue .. J s>' ew aras. S. D. J. W. White, ....Tyler, PAST MASTER. W. K. Holt. , MEMBERS. Alford, J. P. Dillon, W. E. Leach, A. C. Miller, J. D. Arnold, F. H. Dowden, J. M. Leach, James Ivy Myers, T. C. Arthur. R. L. Ewing, J. E. Leach, F. S. Rayburn, R. C. Ayeis, T. S. Godby, John Lee, W. C. Self, C^C. Ayers, Nathan A. Green, J, M. L-ynn, V. F. Spears, Jas. H. Brown, Rohert A. Hardin, W. H. Lyons, R. A. Walker. David Conerly, J. W. Hovis, W. E. Maiiheim, A. J. Ward, J. C. Corley, J. S. Klaine, H. L. McGee, Fred. ' Williams, \.. L. Cozinn, Dutch Leach, James M. McLanahan, L. F. Williams, J. H. DeHart. I. W. Leach, John M. McRea, T. C. Williams, S. K. Dillon, D. H. Leach, W. G. Miles, T. L. Williams, W. Jeff. Total, 55 members. Initiated, Passed and Raised—¥red. Ford Lynn. Raised—Robert A. Brown, David Walker. Affiliated—Nathan A Ayers. ' •' • •' •"•-•••••• >>• • W. K. Holt G. Z. Corley T. J. Dowden R. S. Gandy D. S. Leach J. C. Corley
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. PINE LODGE No. 264. Chartered February 13th, 1900. Pine, Washington parish, La. Stated meetings, fourth Friday in each month. OFFICERS.
Martin C. Craine Robert W. Knight M. N. Breland J. S. Knight
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer.
T. E. Bennett,
M. P. Knfght Curtis Miley I. N. Corkern C. C. Craine
PAST MASTERS. M. T. Knight, MEMBERS.
Secretary. S. D. ..J. D. Tyler. Ira L. Pope.
Bateman, J. E. Knight, J.
DALLEY LODGE No. 265. Chartered February 13th, 1900, at Dalley, Jaokson parish. La. Stated meetings, Saturday before ilrst Sunday in each month. OFFICERS.
P. A. Smart J. M. Barr J. J. Prestage N. J. Chatham
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer.
S. O. Wilder W. K. Best W. H. Hearn, E. W. Smith
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS. J. M. Barr, J. T. Head. MEMBERS.
Butler, J. S. Colyer, Harvey Culpepper, R. C.
Hearn, J. L. Ramsay, W. E. Johnson, J. C. Robinson, J. A. Prestage, Howard
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Taylor, B. F. Wright, J. W. Total, 16 members
ATKINS LODGE No. 266. Chartered February 13th, 1900. Atkins. Bossier parish, La. Stated meetings, second Thursday of each month. P. O., Atkins. OFFICERS.
D. J McAnn A. J. Moss J. L. Page.... H. E. Atkins. .•••'••
... ;
J.W.Atkins,
W. M. S. W. J. W. ... .Treasurer.
W. E. Connell Joel P. Ivy R. T. Poole.. M. S. Hollemao
Secretary S. D' J,f D" Tyler]
PAST MASTERS.
H.L.Alison, H.E.Atkins. MEMBERS.
D. J. McAnn.
Klmbeli, J. L. Raines, R. H. Stringfellow, G. W. Total, 13 members. Dlmitted—3. M. Alford, A. D. Calhonn, Arthur Fort, J. M. Hawkins, J. W. Lowery, A. B. Mclver, D. J. Moss, J. P. Sempe, H. C. Stringfellow, . Suspended—L. B. Hawkins, L. H. Switzer. ;
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WORK AND RETURNS OF UNITY LODGE No. 267. Chartered February 13th, 1900. Houtna, Terrebonne parish, La. Meets on Tuesday on or belore full moon.
E. P. Eoberts W. P.Williams E. J. Younger P. J. Dupont
OFFICERS. W. M. J. A. Eobichaux S. W. A. W.Connelly J. W. N. V. Kelly Treasurer. John Bauchpies
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS. Joseph H. Pullen. Robert B. Butler. MEMBERS. Alford, B. M. Dillard, J. H. Hepler, E. A. Polmer, L. Avery, N. L. Dupont, A. M. Hunter, J. H. Polmer, S. Bbudreaux, F. E. Gilbert, L. W. Martin, W. P. Powers, J. I. Roudreaux, L. S. Gouaux, Leon McBride, Eobt. E. Thibodeaux, W. E. Cage, H. Hatch, W. S. McEwen, Geo. E. Tucker, G. L. Davis, Wm. E. Hebert, A. O. Philson, James Wineman, T. J. Daspit, E. V. Total, 35 members. ' A. W. Connelly,
Initiated—Thomas Stark. Initiated and Passed—E. M. Cox. Passed and Raised—Eobert James Younger. Raised—Thomas J. Wineman. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Whittman Pugh Martin, Robert Valentine Daspit, Joseph Alfred Eobichaux.
MELVILLE LODGE No. 868. Chartered February 12th, 1901, at Melville, parish of St. Landry, L». Stated meetIngs, first and third Thursday of each month. OFFICERS. H. S. Joseph W. M. C. C. Johnson S.D. T,. H.Lyons S.W. J. W. Eice J. U. E.G. Richard J. W. E. H. Jones Chaplain. C. W. Stone Treasurer. M. Walker 1 otownrrta G. V. Berger Secretary. J . F. Anderson f htewaras. Gus. Eosenberg Tyler. PAST MASTER. H. Rachal. MEMBERS. Bergeron, J. H. False, E. r. McNeil, Chas. B. Strange. A. J. Blake, S. A. Gordon, H. M. Middleton, Chas.P.Sniter. A. J. Barlow E. E. Havard, G. L. Olliphant, H. S. Whatley, S. H. Burleigh, Eddy M. Hawkins. R. Lee Pay ton, P. Williamson, C. Chapman, T. D. Impson, James A. Eeynolds, A. C. Williamson,Oscar Church, J. E. Lee, J. W. Row, V. B. Total, 35 members. Initiated—A. D. Keene. Passed and Raised— E. H. Jones. Initiated, Passed and Raised—J. F. Anderson. Affiliated—H. S. Olliphant.
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MARKSVILLE LODGE No. 269. Chartered February 12th, 1901, at Marksvllle. Avoyelles parish, La. Stated meetings held on Saturday on or before lull moon. OFFICERS.
V. L. Roy W. F.Couvillion J. D. Sheldon H. B. Hall
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer.
L. H. Birch F. A. Joffrion, Jr J. M. Pilcher William Sidney Boone
Secretary S. D" J. D' Tyler',
PAST MASTERS.
J. S. W. Harmanson.
V. L. Roy.
MEMBERS.
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Armitage, T. J. Glasseock, W. Kojis, John Randoll, B. S. Cappel, J. C. Godwin, W. T. Lafargue, A. D. Regard, E. Carpenter, C. J. Howard, Chas. H. Mathews, T. M. Roy, T. A. Coco, Horace D. Howell, J. W. Miles, J. C. Steward,Lafayette Flanders. H. Joffrion, J. W. Porter, Stephen D. Snoddy, P. B. Gardiner, S. W. Jusselin, G. Peterman, W-H. Woodruff, W. P. Gauthier, E. Z. Total, 34 members. Initiated and Passed—George Henry Berlin. Initiated,, Passed and Raised—Buford Lee Bailey, John Kojis, Lafayette Steward, Lee Nash. Affiliated—Leonard Hill Birch. Dimitted—Buford Lee Bailey. Lafayette Steward, Wilber Fields Joffrion Lee Nash, F. B. Calhoun, Melvin Nash, A. V. Coco, John W. Brittain. T. J.' Calhoun, A, E. Arnold (1903) Died—Philogene Coco.
BENEFIELD LODGE No. 270. Chartered February 12th, 1901, at Rodessa, parish of Caddo; La. Meets first and third Saturday in each month. OFFICERS.
George Hutchins W. M. W. L. Hartzo George Adams S. W. W. N. McLendon A. C. Thigpen J. W. W. O. Owens B. U. Norton Treasurer. J. T. Means Samuel M. Vardeman Secretary. T. M. Sparks James D. W. Carroll Tyler.
....S. D. J. D. M. of C. ) o, „ J , j olewarab-
PAST MASTERS.
George Hutchins,
R. C. Carroll.
MEMBERS.
Beazley, Jeff. D. Hill, John W, Little, Wm. J. Stewart, James M. Bremer, B. F. Holt, Thos. V. Martin. A. G. Taylor. B. B. Bremer, Henry A. Hoss, And. J. Mays, M. A. Teat, Aifred H. Bruner, W. F. Huckabay, Geo. M.McCarland, C. Teat, B. F. Carmao, Wm. E. Huckabay, H. H. McCoy, James E. Thomason, Wm. J. Cox, John H. Hutto, G. W. McDuff, Daniel R. Walker, E. O. Craiglow, Thos. F. Hutto, Ernest McMichael, W. L. Whisenhunt, A.I. F Daniel, Andrew Ivans, LaurenceD. Means, Julius H. Will, Saladan H. Dearine, Arthur G.Johnston, J. E. Ogburn, Logus S. Williams, Riley Dick, Robert Jolly, Johu S. Pittman, S. S. Willis, C. C. Farmer, John W. Keel, J. W. Pitts, A. C. Worley, P. C. Gallaway, J. Lawton, Chas. J. Powell. A. F.: Wynn, James M. Gibson, George Lawton, W. B. Slay. N. O. Zylks, J. W. Harris, Claude Lewis, H. M, Smith, Edwin 0, Total, 67 members.
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Initiated—Louis S. Delahunty, William L. Lewis, Wint Bransford, Geo. W.Hawkins. . . , Passed—John t). Bickliam. ; Passed and Raised—Julius H. Means. Initiated, Passed and liaised—Alfred H. Teat, Clarence McCasland, Saladan H. Wills, Thomas M. Sparks, John W. Farmer, John W. Hill, Wm. J. Little. -...;• . Raised—Joseph E. Johnston, Wm. N. MeLendon. .. . Affiliated—William B. Carman, William Motes. Dimitted—Arch. L. Everett, Robert L. Bridgman, John S. Baker, Wm. F. Holland. H. J. White. Diert-William Motes. : Dropped—Samuel Long. D E R I D D E R LODGE No. 271. Chartered: February 11th, i902, at DeRtdder, Calcasieu parish, Ea. Meets second Tuesday in each month. OFFICERS.
A.I. Shaw... F. W. Dortch J . W . Miller A. B. Pye C. A. Paxson .
W. M.' S. W. J. W. Treasurer. y Secretary. W T. T H. H Fears F W.
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J.S.Roberts,
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J. A. Cole S. D. G. E. LeRdy...... J. £>. J. E. McMahon............Chaplain. B. F.James ) \ W,, E. McCune. ..Tyler.
PAST-.MASTERS.:
George W. Heard,
W. K. Ford.r
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Alex. Williams.
MEMBERS.
Eastman, Henry Johnson, J. M. Banks, J. W. Porter, R. V. Frazer,, Moses C Johnson, Jos. A. Ryder, VV. F. Barkman, Jos. F M E Jones, Robert Kishop. Wm. H. Frazer, M. E. Stewart. J. O. Blabenship, G T. Gemnic, John Lacaze, Joseph Stubbs, G. W. Bradford, A. M. Goodman, J. A. Lewis* John H. Tucker. J. M. Brannan Frank Harris, R. L. Lindsay, W. B. Tyler, R. L. Brown, W. M. . Hurtson, Mose Lisle, R. Lj '• ' / Watz, L. , • :' Mar-tifl,!?'. E. Cannon, J. H. Hudson, -W.'D. Wei born, Robert Carroll, Thomas J. lies,, John McGregor. W. H. Williams, J. H. ML G W C l l B IInarz, M M, H. McLean, Geo. W. Williams,.C. II. . Carroll, B. H H. Covey, L; M. James, J. C. McNeal, W. D; " Williams, W. H,' Co wart, J. F. Jines, Isaac T. • Morris, Geo. W. Wise, Octo. .. Creecy, Robt. Johns, R. J. Moss, F. P. :,'•• Woods, F;C.' ' Crow, W.Henry Johnson, Fred, Pttman, R. H. Wyriek; J6hn B. Dear,, W. H. Total, 65' members. Initiated—David L. Harper, Wm. LeRoj Jarrells, Tom. Bla'r, Theodore C. Wilder, Ira Holbrook. ."'... :-t .... Initiated and Passed—Frank S. StahBeld. Parsed and 7lai*c
liaised—\\. D. McNeal, Wm. II. I-'cars, Robert Creecy. Initiated. Passed (mil Raised-Fied. Johnson, W. M. Brown, George Edward LeRoy, Benjamin Franklin Jones, Gentry T. Blankcoship, Wm. E. McCune. John B. Wyrick. Cato C. Wise. Frederick Wm. Dortch, Charles Adelbeit Pajsson, Mose Hudson, Robert Leslie Lisle, J. W. Banks, Frank Brannan, James Atley Cole, George W. Morris, Henry Eastman, K. C. Woods Affiliated—J. Walter Miller, John Gemnic, Lafayette Wat/. Alex, Williams., Richard J. Johns. nhniited—'M. II. Mares, DeWirt C. Hood, J. J. lliisull. Died—Garnett F. Bennett. Expelled—Or. M Greco.
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CONSTITUENT LODGES. SAREPTA LODGE No. 272.*
Chartered February lltti, 1902, at Sarepta Webster parish. La. Meets the Saturday belore the first Sunday of each month. OFFICERS. -
W. D. Delafleld J. C. Cochran Jos. Strickland U. B. Denman
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer. •Jesse Cox..
W. R. Oakley Philip Frazier J. H. Prazier O. M. Bigbee :..Tyler.
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Chaplain.
PAST MASTER.
G. B. Denman. MEMBERS.
Allen, J. I. Browning, J. R. Burke, J. S. Byrnes, Geo. H. Cheshire, R. R. Coyle, Charles
Ensey, Ralph Frazier, Chas. Gibson, P. Hawthorn, Frank Johnson, Wm.
King, Jno. O. King, J. T. King, J. B. Kemper, George Leonard, W. D.
Oaklev, G. W.< fSikes,'J. W. Trammel, T. Wilkerson, A. B. Young, N. S. ;.,,,,; Total, 30 members^
*No returns for 1904 or 19(5.
BOYCE LODGE No. 373. Chartered February 11th, 1902, at Boyce, Rapides parish, La. Meets second and fourth Tuesday in each month. OFFICERS. '
Joseph D. James. Geo. H. Woodruff H. A. Joyner J. Dawson Johnson J. A. Shaw O. S.Haworth
W. M. S. W. . . . , . . J W. Treasurer. Secretary. S. D.
G. L. Vance J. H. Sorell A. G. Haworth. R. M. Jones. E, B. Lowery, G. W. Griffin
J. D. Chaplain. M. of C. f (stewards. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
Louis, Ratcliff,
D. K. Texada.
Joseph D. James
MEMBERS.
Baker, J. G. Caldwell.C. W. Cunningham, C.S. Davidson, Wra. H. Faulk, Wm.H.
Ilayne, W. P. Heidrich, David J. Jackson, H. S. Jackson, L. L. Neal, H.
Penrifoy, W.R.Jr Ratclifl, W. J. Ray, J. E. Rives, J. C. Sewell, B. W.
Texada, J. W. Thompson, H. L. Weasel, Wm. Williams, O. M. Wilkerson, C. F. Total. 34 members.
Initiated—Thomas Edwin Wright, J. A Sewell. Raised—W. I. Ratcliff. Initiated, Passed and Raised—James A. Shaw. Dimitted—W. E. Parker, J. E. Duggor, D. E. Kelly.
OBERLIN LODGE No. 274. Chartered February 1 Lth, 1902, at Oberiin, Calcasieu parish, La. Meets Saturday On or before full moon of each month. OFFICERS.
W.I. Cole. S.B. Cole .; M. A. Prudhomme: Joseph Chenier
W.M. S. W. J. W. .Treasurer.
W. L. Reeves J. A. Reed Z. T. Lyles A. L. Hagan
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PAST MASTERS.
J. W. Moore,
John E. Lyles; •
Geo. W. Ford.'
Secretary. S. D ...J. D. Tyler.
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MEMBERS. Bagsley, Eden A. Cple, Ant. Lyles, Hiram . Platts, W, A. Bond, James M. Garland, A. S. Marshall, R. T. Reeves, Franklin Brown, Jno. A. Kanouse, Wm. Moore, Denis Sigler, George E. Buhler, M. A. Love, J. F. Odom, Richard Tate, Theodore Clements, E. S. Total, 28 members. • Initiated and Passed—J. N. Bagget. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Anthony Cole. Dlmitted—D. E. Cole. Ben J. Havard, J. J. Kingrey, J. W. Kingrey, J. M. Cole, H. A. Moore, P. E. Moore, R. E. Oden, R. C. Bond.
BENSON LODGE No. 275. Chartered February 11th. 1903, at Benson, DeSoto parish. La. Meets fourth Saturday of each mouth. P. O., Lenoir. OFFICERS. J. H. Bilbray W. M. B. W. Newman S. D. James Hughes S. W. H. S. Bell J. D. W.T.Bilbray J. W. E. L. Hart j q tBwarll< . W. M. Malone. Treasurer. W. L. Worsham ] btewarasA. G. Kidd Secretary. D. M. Fieniken Tyler. PAST MASTERS. M. C. Geiger. G. M. Mott. MEMBERS. Best, R. Y. Mahoney. John Norris, Benjamin Steele, J. T. Bloxam, A, Newell, M. W. Robinson, E. Taylor, L. A. Chandler, I. C. Total, 22 members. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Barrel 1 Wm. Newman, Harry Stancel Bell. Afflliated-J. C. Chandler. Died—W. H. Bilbray, P. M., Lem. Parker, R. F. Benson. DORCHEAT LODGE, No. 276. Dorcheat, Webster parish, La. Meets Saturday before the second Sunday of each month. OFFICERS. J. S. Hyde W. M. J. H. Perkins J. D. N. McCoy S. W. W. W. Kaylor M. of C. Milton A. Slack J. W. B. B.Sikes Marshal. M. D. Gleason Treasurer. J. W. Martin .. 1 h tae ttlma .A w a r d sa W. H. Sikes Secretary. J. T. Perkins f L. P. Ford S. D. Robert W. Vazey Tyler. PAST MASTERS. Jesse F. Sikes. W. W. Kaylor, P. D. D. G. M. MEMBERS. Bellar, B. T. Gleason, E. Kirkley, Thos. M. Merrltt, I. W. Branton, H. M. Groves, R. J. Leggett, S. I. Newsom, M. S. Clements, A. J. Gryder, Martin Lee, Samuel W. Reynolds, C. R. Clement, J. B. Horton, S. T. Lee, J. B. Sellers J. R. Colbert, J. G. Howell, F. 0. Martin, Marshall Sikes, J. S. Eubanks, Wm. I. Howell, T. G. Martin, H. L. Worley, W. H. Festavan, A. J. Howell, Wm. A. MayHeld, John W. Worley. All. G. Total, 41 members. Initiated—Jamas Tillman Marshall, Thomas Walter Perkins. Passed and Raided— Luther Prescott Ford, Robert Wesley Veazey. : Raised—S. T. Horton. Initiated, Passed and Raised—William Floriel Kaylor, Milton A. Slack. Alfred Goodwill Worley. Affiliated—®. McCoy. Died—Win, F, Kaylor, J, J, Dunn,
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DUBACH LODGE No. 277. Chartered February, 1903 Meets Saturday before first Sunday, and Friday before third Sunday in each month, at Dubaoh, Lincoln parish, La. OFFICERS. W.M. J. L. Green J. D. S. W. M. P. Fuller M. of C. J. W. J. P. Jones Chaplain. Treasurer. L. P. Smith ) „, .Secretary. W. W. Adkinson \ stewards. S.I). W. W. White Tyler. PAST MASTERS. S. M. Fuller. G. A. Colvin. MEMBERS. Allen, James B. Colvin, C. E. Green, T. A. Norris, R. E. Autrey, T. J. Colvin, W. A. Henry, J. T. Phurrough, G. W. Braughten, J. M. Colvin J. M. Hoge, G. D. Smith, I. O. Caruthers, C. T. Colvin, S. J. Meadows, L. T5. Smith, J. L. Clarkston, G. W. Colvin, T. B. Mitchell, R. G. Smith, W. H. Cochran. S. E. Derby, C. A. Mitchell, J. W. Westberg, A. Colvin, J. W. Fuller, C. C. Nelson, M. A. Whitman, E. -Colvin, J. H. Total, 43 members. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Thomas Augustus Green, Joseph Littleton Smith, Win. Henry Smith, Wm. Wesley Bennett, John Willie Mitchell, John Thomas Henry, John Morell BraughteD, George Washington Clarkson. Raised—Hazel Petree Colvin, Robert Gill Mitchell. Initiated and Passed—Joseph B. Watts. Reinstated—C. A. Derby. Dimitted—'i. F. Mitchell. Died— Hazel P. Colvin, G. H. Colvin, Jr. Suspended—C. V. Firmin, C. A. Derby. J.A.Groen T. H. Colvin V. W. Colvin J. W. Tubb W. W. Bennett C. B. Colvin
ROSEMARY LODGE No, 278. Chartered February, 1903. Meets Saturday before third Sunday in each month at Newport, Winn parish, La. P. O., Hill. OFFICERS. J. W. Hatten W. M. J. M. Erskine Secretary. J. B. Herring S. W. F. C. Herring S. D. W. A. Erskine J. W. J. A. Johnston J. D. R. A. Johnston Treasurer. L. W. Hatten Tyler. PAST MASTERS. J. W. Hatten. George W. Erskine. MEMBERS. Beavers, A. C. May, B. Q.' Newsoms, N.
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D E Q U I N C E Y LODGE NO. 279. Chartered February 3,1903. DeQulncey, Caloasieu oarish, La. Stated meetings, second and fourth Saturdays. P. O , Wasey, OFFICERS.
P. V. Wadleigh A. B. Otis E. J. Tullis.... H. ti. Avery
W. M. .S. W. J. W. Treasurer.
W. H. Harrison Morris Hebert A. J. Coward.. Jake Rigmaden
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
D. D. Herford,
P. V. Wadleigh,
John Redmond.
MEMBERS.
Abdillah, A. Gearen, R. M. Kearney. E F. Selmon. John S. • Berry, Eli Gearen, GBO. Kester, P. B. Shibo, Fred. Bilbo, M. J. Geareu, Sam. Lyons. Seth S. Smith, F. T. Bradberry, W. C. Gill, J. M. Lyons, G. S. Spears, M. E. Caffrey. •£, P. Gilray, G. A. Martin, J. A. Tellus, E. J. Cook, Oscar Gimmick, John Mitchell, J. C. Thomas, J. H. Cooper, N. J. Harper, R. Perkins, J. M. Tison, A. E. Clark, Lee Harper, C. Perkins, Thos. E. Turner, J. M. Crow, Emmet Herford, J. C. Phillips, V. 0. , Vail, Frank Eggleston, A. G: Hogan, B. F. Robinson, F. M. Van Pelt, Jas. M. Gamble, H. E. Hogan, H. L. Seale, Perry Total, 52 members. Initiated—John Selden Brice. Initiated and Passed—Edward Jenney Shadduck. Passed and Raised—Emmet Crow, Allen J. Coward, James Coleman Mitchell. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Hap. L. Avery, Milton James Bilbo, Whipple H. Harrison, Morris Hebert, Thad. E. Perkins, Jake Rigmaden, John H. Thomas. Died—A. W. Coward. JONESBORO LODGE No. 280. Chartered February, 1903. Meets first and third Mondays in each month at Jonesboro, Jackson parish, L,a. OFFICERS. J. M. Bradley W. M. Guy E. Cox J. D. J. C. Brown S. W. W. C. McDonald Chaplain. W. S. Depriest J. W. W. C. Stewart M. of C. R.A.Carson.. Treasurer. W. T. Blackwell j
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PAST MASTERS.
Geo. W. Tait,
W. C. McDonald. MEMBERS.
Barnes, Edw. Embry, Rnlin J. H'idson, W. D. Raspbwry. S. Barnes, J. P. Foley, John Jackson, C. H. Rnff, Frank Bell, Farrv P. Garrett. Geo. W. Jeffress, R. P. Tumblin, J. W. Bell, W. J". Hardy, R. L. Johnson, R. H. Tyler, A. Rramlet, G. D. Harland. Jno. C. Letson, Will P. Walsworth, S. W. Brown, Andrew J. Harlin, Ellis E. Mnllins. J. H. Watts, S. L. Campbell, W. W. Hodge, J. K. Narred, L. Total, 40 members. Initiated—Joseph W. Pickens. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Charles Wm. May, William Jordon Risinger. Will P. Litson, Farry P. Bell. Jerry W. Walsworth, Loreuzo Aaron White, Rubin John Embry, Andrew J. Brown. Affiliated—\V. S. Depriest, J. E. Smelly. Sanders Raspberry, G. D. Bramlet, John Foley. J. C. Brown. J. W. Tumblin. Dlmitted—Jerry W. Walsworth, J. H. Ingram,
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R. M. CROWSON LODGE No. 281. Chartered February 3, 1903. ' Castor, BienvUle 'pariah, La. Stated meetings second Saturday of each month. O F F I C E R S . •-••••',
W.C. Joyner... W. H. Bogan.... C. T. Bogan. C. W. Campbell
:\W. M. :s. W. J. W. . : . ....Treasurer. J. D. Wiggins •'
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H. N. Hayes...............Secretary. B. H. Mathews ..S. D. A. J. Neal.. ..J. D. R. A. Koonce.... Chaplain. Tyler. MASTER.
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, W. L. Joyner. MKMBERS. .' Anderson, G. B. Hill, M. M. " Neal,T. Blume, J. N. Johnsgn, J. M.,: Neal, T. W. Brister, John P., Joyner, L. E. Netll, J. A. Byrd, W. A. Joyner, S. G. " Parker, R. L. Campbell. Cicero McLure, Alex. B. Pulli?, Sam. Cloud, S. W. Neal, S. T. Sledge, John A. Davenport, Wm.A.
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. Stron, J. T. iSullivan, J. A. Sullivan, W. A. Sullivan, W. F. SulltvaD, P. R: Vincent, John F. Total, 35 members.
Initiated,, Passed and Raised—James T. Stron, Alexander Brown McLure, Wm. A. Davenport. Affiliated—John Neal Blume.
YELLOW PINE LODGE No. 282. Chartered February 3,1903. Oakdale, Calcasleu parish, La. Staled meetings, 1 ' third Saturdays In each month. P. O.,Oakdale. • OFFICERS. O. J: Miller . . . . . . . W . M. S. W. W. W. Leggett. R. B. Brooks J. W. J. A. Odom Treasurer. W. A. Stovall Tyler. PAST MASTERS. James M. Cook, James H. Leggett.
James M. Cook EdgarT. Nichols Pinkney R. Hinson J. W. Leggett
Anderson, B. J. Bond, Richard C. Brown, O. T. Cannon. John H. Carey, D. L. Clark, Jesse
MEMBERS. Hinson, Joseph Fontenot. I. L. Lee, Charles W. FontenoU E. L. Mas OD, A. W. Fussell, C. C. McKeazie, E. W. Godwin, A. M. Monnett, A. C. Godwin, W. D. Penny, Nellie G. Gray, E. S.
Secretary. 8. .D. J.D. Chaplain.
Phillips, W. H. Pitre, R. D. Seaman, John Singletary, Alb. G. Watkins, L. S. Williamson. F. Total, 35 members.
Initiated—Marvin P. Dean, Initiated, and Passed—Jonathan Walker, Hampton Parker. Raised—Albert J. Singletary, James A. Odom. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Otto J. Miller, Reuhen B. Brooks. Affiliated—Richard C. Bond, Charley W. Lee. Dimitted—Charles L. Sloan. Suspended—James M. Sigler.
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Chartered February 3, 1901. Meets second Saturday In each month at Marion Union Parish, La. OPPICEE3.
O. H. Thompson T. L.Davis S. L. Haile J. M. Nettles
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer. John Andrews
J. W. Brown A. T. Brown B. B. Crow W. R. M. Dollar Tyler.
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Chaplain.
PAST MASTERS.
B. B. Thomas,
W. B. Wheelis.
MEMBERS.
Adams, J. M. Cobb, W. W. Cole, I. A Cooper, J. M. Hodnet, J. 0. Lee, H. M. McLemore, W. D.
Nettles. J. P. Pace, N. B. Pace, G. W. Pace, R. E. Paterson, W. L. Powell, G. E . Reed, R. H.
Reppond, W. P. Roark, J. H. Roark, J. E. Simmons, C. T. Smith, H. F. Smith, W. T. Smith, E. M.
Smith, C. W. Stripling. W. F. Tanner, Leech TugweU, 0. L. Turner, B. R. Wheelis, J. M. Wheelis, A. B. Total, 39 members.
Initiated, Passed and Raised—E. M. Smith. Raised—H. M. Lee, I. A. Cole, T. L. Davis, O. L. Tugwell. Affiliated—R. H. Reed, Leech Tanner, W. T. Smith, C. W. Smith, W. R. M. Dollar. Dimitted—M. G. Jarman. Died—E. J. Hale, P. M. OAK GROVE LODGE No. 284. Chartered February 3, 1904. Oak Grove. West Carroll parish, La. second Thursday in each month. OFFICERS.
Wm. G. Cagle Walter Noble Louis Bonner R. W. Shilling J. C. Briggs
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer. Secretary. H. B. Brown
Stated meetings
J. R. Fowler W. F. Richburg W. J. Chambliss
S. D. J. D. M. of C. Stewards.
W. ,
Tyler.
PAST MASTERS.
John Robert Fowler. Berry, G. W. Bers, Thos. W. Biglow, M. I. Bivens, A. W. Bonner, Lucian Bost, E. L. Braswell, C. D.
G. W. Cagle. MEMBERS.
Briggs, Orrin Cockerham, C. A. Cooper, W. F. Cooper, Carroll Drake James B. Griffith, J. L. Herrin, James D.
Herrin, Jack D. Jackson, Andrew James, Henry McGraw. John T. Mosely, J. M. Mosely, C. H. Reneau, Thos. B.
Smith, W. R. Tullos. John L. Tnllos, Jesse R. Williamson, J. Womack, T. M. Womack, Jesse Womack, H. W. Total, 38 members.
Passed aad Raised—Calvin D. Braswell. Raised—Johu C. Briggs. Initiated, Passed and Raised- J. Lee Fowler, Carroll Cooper, Charles H. Mosely. Affiliated^-W. R. Smith, A. B. Womaek. Dimitted—J. M. Mosley, E. L. Bost, Died—Thomas W. Bens.
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MANY LODGE No. 285. Chartered February 3,1904. Many, Sabine Parish, La. Stated meetings, first Saturday in each month. OFFICERS. Don. E. Sorrel ' W. M. David Golriag J. D. J. Wiley Miller S. W. Frank Hunter Chaplain. Morris J. Weiss J. W. Austin Swearingen M. of C. J. M. Middleton Treasurer. Thos. J. Cranford ( „.„ ,„_,,„ George E. Wy coil Secretary. Gordon H. Butler j awards. Charles W. Bourgois d. D. Sol. Gross Tyler. PAST MASTEE. William A. York. MEMBERS. Bennett, F. C. Estes, A. W. Lamberth, A. C. Ponder, S. D. Burlingbam,Jos.T.Hardin, B. B. Long, Ed. C. Simpson. Thos. C. Davis, F. W. Hendricks, R. S. Loring, Geo. W. Taylor, E. N. Dover. Joseph Henderson, J A McFarland.J. M. Woods, J. D. Dover, J. B. Hughes, G. W. Phares, J. E. Total, 30 members
CHENEYVILLE LODGE No. 286. Chartered February 3, 1904. Cheneyvllle, Rapidea parish, La. Stated meetings First and Third Fridays. OFFICERS. ElihuK. Branch W. M. Edward S. Hart Secretary. Howell C. Swann S. W. J. J. Barnidge S. D. James A. Hogan J. W. O. E. Barnidge J. D. Joseph M. Rutledge Treasurer. John E. Carroll Chaplain. Phillip G. Harper Tyler. PAST MASTERS. George M. Simmons, J. B. Smith. MEMBERS. Bennett, P. J. Hauff, R. C. Lyles, Wm. H. Scott, Wm. C. Boone, Wm. A.. Hetherwich, C. Maddox, G. I. Shackelford, YV. F. Bowman, Chas. H. Hickenburg. H. Maddox, W. W. Singley, John A. Brown, Paul M. Jordan, S. D. McDaniel, J. H. Smith, Robert H. Dejean L. L. Jordan, W. N. Montgomery. J. T. Smith, S. F. Pord, Henry F. Kilpatrick, Ralph Newman, J. I. Stanley. J. W. Harper, Charles Lipsitz, Louis Peach, Maston C. Wade, Perry Hart, Robert Lyles, C. W. Pringle, James M. Wallace, George Total, 44 members. Initiated—N. W. Brand. Raised—John Brown Smith, Charles Harper. Initiated, Passed and Raised — Phillip Griffith Harper, James T. Montgomery. Affiliated—Robert Hart. Dimitted—W. W. Wall, Sol. Gross, C. A. Foote.
GLOBE LODGE No. 287. Chartered February 3,1904. Yellow Pine, Webster parish. La. Stated meetings, first and third Mondays in each month. OFFICERS. J. B. Kiner W. M. Edward Cleveland Secretary. Richard M. Waldron S. W. R. A. Hundley 8. D. Henry H. Allen ..J. W. A. A. Hise J. D. Daniel R. Fulbright Treasurer. W. H. Wise Tyler. U h 13
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PAST MASTERS. H. L. Blackwell,
Wm. Peters.
MEMBERS.
Alexander, A. J. Draper, H. N. McHeary, John M.Sandlin, J. N. Chaffee, C. P. Fingerle. J. C. Morgan, J. H. Scovern, C. E. Cobb, PPred. Martin, Lee Riddle, C. L. Woodring, S. T. Cramer, S. B. McCollum, T. W. Total, 25 members. Initiated—Joseph Brown Maddox. Initiated and Passed—Charles Andrew Huffman. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Thomas W. McCollum, A. James Alexander. Affiliated—Henry H. Allen, A. A. Hise. Dimitted—George M. Miller, W. H. Webb, Allen Waldron.
PINE GROVE LODGE No. 288. Chartered February 3, 1904, Ponchatoula, Tangipahoa Parish, La. Stated meetings third Wednesday in each month. OFFICERS. H. P. Mitchell W. M. R. K. Benson J. D. R. A. Pierson S. W. M. J. Howes Chaplain. Bias Spiller J. W. W. T. Smith M. of C. Wm. Jackson Treasurer. Wm. M. Alford ) a , ,„„ , o S. L. Bjorkgren Secretary. J.F.Hawkins J stewards. C. E. H a y S. D. Cnas. Sutton Tyler. PA8T MASTER.
Jake Boguc. MEMBERS.
Abels, C. D. Hawkins, C. A. Sberritt, J. B. Tenny, J. W. Branch, W. E. McCorkle, John A. Simms, C. W. Willis, F. C. Cunningham, H.E. Oliver, D. E. Spaulding, A. E. Wilson, S. A. Gates, H. H. Ryan, Jos. L. Total, 27 members. Initiated—Joseph Osborn Frilick, George Jamason Hollister. Initiated and Passed—Charles Frederick Huldrich Streeck, Robert Lee Richardson, Micajah Shepard Harriss. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Charles William Simms, Dionysius Eugene Oliver. Died—Wesley Whittington.
DODSON LODGE, No. 289. Chartered February 3, 1904. Doflson, Winn parish, La. Stated meetings, third Saturday ot each month. OFFICERS. John R. Elliott W. M. W. J. Sikes S. D. James W. Gaar S. W. Claude Z. Robens J. D. Charles L. Shell J. W. James M. Peters Chaplain. J. P. Lucas Treasurer. A. Smith ) John Stinson Secretary. H. A. Smith f Zachariah T. Faith Tyler. PAST MASTERS.
J, E. Elliott,
B. W. Stone.
CONSTITUENT LODGES.
Busby, Joseph L. Busby, T. E. Gaar, D. B. Griswold, E. W.
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MEMBERS. Hall, H. Stinson, Alex. L. Heard, Jos. R. Stovall, Jackson J. Milam, John B. Temples, Bcnj. h\ Eadescich, A. W. Walker, Wm. T.
Wasson, Bert. A. Wasson, John M. White, John E. Young, Robert E. Total, 27 members. Initiated, Paused arid Raised—Robert E. Young, Charles L. Shell, Claude Z. Roberts, Joe R. Heard, John B. Milam. Dimitted—Wm. R. Adams.
ROSE PINE LODGE No. 290. Chartered February 3, 1904. Rose Pine, Vernon parish, La. Stated meetings first Saturday in each month. OFFICERS. W. L. Oakes W. M. Irvin Phillips J. D. H. S.Fletcher S. W. C. K. Oakes Chaplain. C. L. McCarthny J. W. K D. Lawson M. of C. J. M. Ho well Treasurer. H. A. Harvey ) a . _„ . Julius Dewe Secretary. O M. Midkitf f b towards. Please Nation S. D. Arsene Lebleu Tyler. PAST MA.STBR3. H. J. Sellers, C. K. Oakes, A. M. Phillips, C. C. Wilson. MEMBERS. Barkley, R. A. Knight, D. F. Mills, L. N. Sellers, M. K. Burgess, S. C. Lee. Mixon Nation, J. M. Sellers, John M. Cade, F. Liddy, Tim. Nation, H. B. Spofford, W. A. Davis, C. C. McLaughlin, C. H. Nichols, T. J. Taylor, Arthur Hall, H. S. Midkiff, T. J. Powell, W. J. Wright, T. C. Holland, I. L. Total, 36 members. Initiated—P. H. Mervunoz, Stevo Repach, W. S. Williamson. Initiated and Passed—Gibson P. Davis. Passed and Raised— Robert A. Barkley. Initiated, Passed and Raised—H. S. Hall, Basil Duke Lawson, C. L. McCartney, Jr., Please Nation, Irvin J. Phillips. Affiliated—I. L. Holland, John M. Sellers. Suspended—0. H. Smith, P. M. Expelled—J. M. Tucker.
KINDER LODGE, No. 291. Chartered February 7, 1905. Kinder, Calcasieu parish, La. Stated meetings not given in returns. OFFICERS. P. E. Moore.. W. M. W. C. McNabb ...Secretary J. W. Kingrey S. W. J. J. Kingrey . . . . S . DM. P. McNabb J. W. D. E. Cole J. D M. B. McRill Treasurer. Wm. M. Rostrum Tyler. MEMBEKS. Baker. F. C. Ho well, C. E. Kent, John B. Moore, Arthur Cole, James Gayner, John LeBlanc, F. B. Oden, R. E Dehon, Joseph Gidlow, J. W. LeBlanc, J. L. . Simpson, Eug. R. Havard, Benj. Total, 21 members. Initiated—J. T. James, Willie Carredine. Initiated and Passed—J. B. Singleton, D. T. Slocum. Afflliated-T. C. McNabb, B. L. J. Long, Samuel Yantis. Dimitted—T. C. McNabb, B. L. J. Long, Samuel Yantis.
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Chartered February 7,1905, Fordoche, Parish of Pointe Coupee, La. Meets first and third Wednesday of eaoh month. OFFICERS. A. C. Simmonds W. M. D. S. Butler Secretary. JohnR. Smith S. W. H. Myers S. D. C. a. Bailey J, W. H. P. Simmonds J. D. W. R. Bailey Treasurer. L. F. Magruder Tyler. PAST MASTER. E. J. Lyons. MEMBERS. AddisoD, J. J. Mayer, Moise Slack, C. G. Wagley, W. H. Andrews, J. E. Merritt, John H. Smith, E. N. Weil, Arthur Friedman, A. Robertson. J. B. Strauss, Albert Wilson, John M. Jacobs, Jules Singletary, S. L. Vocke, E. C. Wolff, Joseph Kahn, Sam'l Total, 27 members. Initiated—Gaston A. Beryries. Passed—Wm. EYank Kent. Passed and Raised—Samuel Kahn. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Ivery Irwin Addison. Affiliated—John M. Wilson. Died—John Z. Solomon.
GOLDONNA LODGE, No. 293. Chartered February 7,1905, Goldonna, Parish of Natchitoches. Meets Saturday before third Sunday of eaoh month, at Grldomia. OFFICERS. R. P. Quarles W. M. J. H. Brewton Secretary. J. C. Rowe S. W. J. H. Quarles S. D. W. A. Goldin J. W. A. B.Wilkinson J. D. E. L. Brewton Treasurer. W. G. Pierce Tyler. MEMBERS. Ard, H. D. Emmerson, T. H. Lowery, J. L. Sullivan, F. H. Beal, J. h. Graham, L. V. B. Peterson, T. J. Terral, W. F. Brewton, J. T. Hines, W. N. C. Pullin, R. I. Wammack, J. P. Carley, J. M. Jones, J. N. Reed, C. R. Williams, J. 0. Chestnut, A. B. Karnegay, R. T. Rider, R. L. Total, 27 members. Initiated—W. D. Sullivan, A. P. Railey. Passed and liaised—J. H. D. Brewton, J. O. Williams. Initiated, Passed and Raised—T. P. Boyd, A. B. Chestnut, J. C. Carley, R. I. Pullin, W. G. Pierce, C. R. Reed, H. T. Sullivan. Affiliated—A. B. Wilkinson. Dimitted—T. P. Boyd, C. J. Bishop, H. H. Hathorne.
BELMONT LODGE, No. 294. Chartered February 7, 1905, at Belmont, Parish of Sabine, La. Meets Saturday befoie tbe seeond Sunday of each month. OFFICERS, W. M. McFerren W. M. J. B. Skinner, Jr 8. D. G. E. Linder S. W. O. C. Davis J. D. G.L.Sebren J. W. J. B. Skinner, Sr Chaplain. John Edmondson.. Treasurer. C. L. Carter I O,.W..J. C. H. Skinner Secretary. E. T. Linder f awards. E.N. Haley Tyler,
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MEMBERS.
Ashley, G. S. Davis, Armor Nesom, J. E. Skinner, J. P. Aten, Wm. Davis, J. T. Nesom, K. W., Sr. Skinner, W. F. Callens, R. H. Edmondson, T. W. Nesom, R. W., Jr. Tatum. V. S. Carter, J. T. Heard, G. W. Ramsey. S. J. Tyler, John Curry, W. W. Litton,.Waid Salley, J. A. Total, 30 members. Passed—John Litton. liaised—E. N. Haley. Initiated, Passed and Raised—John Thomas Carter, Colonel Lee Carter, James Everette Nesom. Affiliated—William Aten, G. W. Heard. Died—C. B. Skinner, E. G. Linder. EROS LODGE, No. 295. Chartered February 7,1905, Eros, Parish of Jackson. Meets Saturday on or before full moon of each month. OFFICERS,
S. M. Collins M. M. Hearn J. H. Landrum B. F. Burroughs R. E. Collins
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer. Secretary.
E. A. Guyton J. S. Garrett B. H. Thrall W. C. Cockrell W. A. Downs, Jr
S. D. J. D. ) a t p wewaras arHt Tyler.
PAST MASTER.
W. A. Downs, Sr. MEMBERS.
Collins, J. M. Frantum.Wm. T. Russell, J. A. Tucker, A. O. Collins, J. B. Hood, J. N. Simms, R. R. Wheeless. John Day, J. H. Raymond, F. E. Total, 2L members. Initiated—James A. Lindsay. Initiated and Passed—C. 0. Kilpatrick. Passed and Raised—James A. Russell. Raised— John B. Collins. F. E. Raymond. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Joseph A. Day, Robert R. Simms, B. F. Burroughs. Dimitted—A. A. Gresham, L. S. Zeigler. HICO LODGE, No. 396. Chartered February 7,1905, Hico, Parish of Lincoln. Meets Saturday before the flrst and third Sundays in each month. OFFICERS.
T. L. Waugh K. W. Henry H. L. Waugh, A. P. Foster L.M.Green J. M. Tarpley
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer. ...Secretary. S. D.
D. C. Doss Will H. Napper, P. L. Clay R. L. Henry A. H. McCurj-y R. J. Cheatwood
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Tyler.
PAST MASTER.
T. W. Harper. MEMBERS.
Autrey, W. N. Enloe, F. H. Britt, John A. Foster, E. 0. Caldwell, Root. D. Foster, Robert W. Davis, K. M. Harper, H. N. Embre, F. H. Johnson, R. F. English, S. M. Johnson, D. A.
Moncrieff, H. A. Moncrieff, J M. Owens, W. T. Poland, T. L. Sanders, Wm.
Stephenson, J. H. Tarpley, M. C. Young, A. K. N. Young, J. C. Young, C. D. Total, 35 members.
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Initiated—James Isaac Absalom Barton. Passed and Raised—Robert Lee Henry. Initiated, Passed and Raised—James Mathew Tarpley, Austin Hughie McCnrry, William Sanders, Stephen Madison English. Affiliated—Thomas Poland. DENHAM SPRINGS LODGE No. 297. Chartered February 7,1905, at Denham Springs, Parish of Livingston. Meets Wednesday on or before full moon of each month. OFFICERS. J. T. Ott W. M. T. S. Garrison J. D.
Thomas M. Ott Byron Cornish George W. Jones Charles H. Miller Charles M. Mixon
S. W. J. W. Treasurer. Secretary. S. I).
G. R. Welch Chaplain. Isaac D. Easterly M. of C. W. E. Underwood ) m. pwarl a, G. M. Drumwright...... f A w a r d s . James W. Settoon Tyler.
PAST MASTER.
D. R. Warren. MEMBERS.
Benton, James L. Houze, James M. Palmer, Wm. S. Tate, O. H. Ben ton, John B. Klrby, James W." Reid, Luther O. Vaughn, W. H. Cockerham, W. I. Lovett, Rufus K. Reid, C. E. Westbrook, J. T. ~ • • H. T. Mixon, G. W. Starns, Burl in Whiteherd, J. W. Cornish, Total, 30 members. Graham, Thos. R. Noblet, J. W. Initiated— Louis Theodore Blount. Passed—Sam. T. Smart, Wm. J. Farris. Initiated and Passed—Louis B. Harris. Past and Raised—Wm. H. Vaughn, L. S. Garrison, Jaines L. Benton, W. I. Cockerham. .Raised—Byron Cornish, James W. Settoon, John W. Noblet, John T. Westbrook. Initiated,Passed and Raised—John B. Benton, James W. Kirby, Isaac D. Easterly, Gee Nicholson Drumwright. Affiliated— Henry T. Cornish, 0. H. Tate. Died—O. H. Tate. GEORGETOWN LODGE, IT. D. Organized at Georgetown, Grant Parish, April 4,1905. Meets on the fourth Saturday In each month. OFFICERS, U. D.
O. H. Cooper D. B. Williams E. G. Pugh H. P. Bradford D. I. Payne
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer. Secretary.
J. T. Merritt C. L. Tully E. A. Smith
S. D. J. D. Tyler.
MEMBERS.
Bonner, J. D. Funderburk. W. O. Nugent, C. R. Turnley, J. E. Burns, A. B. Hancock. W. S. Nugent, W. A. Waldron, E. L. Cadenhead. J. W. Heflin, W. T. Nugent, C. E. Watts, W. P. Higdon, R. L. Cochran. S. E. " ' ~ " Packer, J. A. Westberr?, W. H. Jackson, E. H. Colbert, W. H. Pierson, J. A. White, Frank Kelly, D. W. Corley, W. P\ Rogers, J. R. Wiggins, M. L. Lawley, C. A. Corley, W. R. Sanders, J. J. Williams, C. A. Curry, W. W. McConathy, J. D. Sanford.' D. M. Williams, I. W. Foster, G. A. Murray, W. A. Smith, L. H. Total, 45 members. Passed—William Frazier. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Winfleld Seott Hancock, George Andrew Foster, William Hampton Westberry, Frank White, Albert Byron Burns,
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Daniel Wade Kelly, Clarence Elexus Nugent, William Henry Colbert, Wite Wilson Curry,William Franklin Currv. Joseph Alex. Packer, Moses Leonard Wiggins, Ira Wiley Williams, Dennis Mackie Sanford, Wyatt Roland Corley, James Edwin Turnley, James Walter Cadenhead. Died—E. H. Jackson. HEMPHILL STAR LODGE, U. D. Organized March 25, 1905, at Wilda, Kapldes parish. Meets on the second Sunday and fourth Thursday of each month. OFFICERS. U. D.
James H. Rudisill A. B. C. Deshazor S. A. Hoyt J. H. Hunt
W. M. 8. W. J. W. ...Treasurer.
J. E. Grantham J. W. Rudisill J. W. Marshall T. A. Seals
MEMBERS.
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Tyler.
Bolton, F. M. Dix, G. W. Kingrey, J. S. Rowell, A. B. Oarlock, J. G. Hooks, H. C. Martin, Ben. Standfield, E. R. Dennis, J. F. Hunt, W. R. Total, 19 members. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Etwin Robert Stanfleld, Abe Benjamin Powell, Benjamin Martin. OSIRIS LODGE, U. D. Organized March 31,1905, at New Orleans, La. Meets on the second and fourth Friday of each month at the Masonic Temple. OFFICERS, D. D.
Oramel H. Simpson Conrad G. Collins Robert W. Rlordan Thomas Doyle Jno. A. Davilla John H. Bowie Emile E. Klein
W. M. Herman Oechsner Chaplain. S. W. Louis W. Gery M. of C. J. W. A. Bartholomew, Jr...' ~| Treasurer. Henry Flaspoller I c. Secretary. George W. Long f htewarasS. D. Joseph A. Schindler.... J J. D. August Buuck (not a member)..Tyler. PAST MASTERS. Robert W. Riordan, 0. H. Simpson. MEMBERS,
*Louis P. DelaCollins, Charles Heinemann, A. J. Newhauser, M. R. honssaye, G. M. Coman, Paul M. Hernandez, R. S. North, David B. *R. R. Reid, Commons, John R. Heroy, Fred. W. O'Hara, Ralph N. P. G. M. Copping, Leon T. Hiagenbothem, S. Patterson, Chas. F. *Fred. C. Marsh. Copping, Wm. C. Himbert, Heary Pellegrini, Joseph G. J. W. Cornett, H. Hinshelwood, C. E. Phillips, Isaac *Robert H. Cage, Corson, C. W. Hingle, R. E. Phillips. Morris H. P. G. M. Dannenmann, Ed. Hirseh, Henry Porter, John L. *Riehard Lambert.,Daubert, Alex. C. Hirseh, Leon Pumilia, Lucas G. Secty.Deaver, S. C. Hoefeid, A. O. Rambaud, E. I. Alberti, Louis DeReyna, Gregory Kearney, W. J. Richardson, J. F. Anderson, John Dorr, Adam G. Kelt, Henry C. Ringe, George Anderson, Jas. R. Dorr, Alex. G. Kienzlo, John A. Ritson, Ed O. Baker, S. F. W. Ducasse, A. L. Kolter, Henry Roberts, David C. Banville, John F. Dufour, Michel J. Landry, Theogene Roberts, Thos. H. Bell, Francis H. Dunn, Edward T. Ledig. Chas. X., Jr.Ruella, M. Bermingham, T.J. Dunn, Morris J. Marahrens, Hy. A.Sbisa, Joseph Blessey. Sidney Dunn, Arthur Marcour, RalphO. Schmidt, Hugo Borne, Victor R. Eitman, George J. Marsolan, E. J. Shott, Charles A. Brewer, James A. Englehardt, J. W. Mattes, Sam'l Thurston, Chas.T. Brown, E * W. Ferran, John Mattingly, J. M. Verlaque, Alph. Burleigh, Wm. T. Fettis, C. E. Mazurette, A. E. Wagner, Geo., Jr. Calongne, F. W., Jr.Fisher, Jules G. McEckron, C. C. Whelan, Joseph Capdau, Dennis A. Fowler, Edward A.McMillen, Samuel Wessels, John A. Cearns, Joseph J. Freund, Paul MeSweeney, J. R. Wintz, F. H. Chamberlain,W. D.Gazin, James J. Michel, Ben. A. Wolfe, James T. Cipriani, Louis Habans, J. B. Montgomery, D. M.Wunder, L. J. Clifton, William Hebel, John F. A. Morgan, K. Total, 114members.
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Initiated—William B. McRacken, Fred. Dominick Francois, Maximillian Hubert, Carl Lohman Loeb, Jacob Phillips. Initiated, Passed and liaised—Win. C. Copping, John Henry Wessels, Ralph Norton O'Hara, Samuel McMillen, Charles Collins, Henry Himbert, Edward W. Brown, Alexander C. Daubert, William Dickens Chamberlain, Alexander G. Dorr, John August Kienzle, David Milton Montgomery, Charles Francis Patterson, Henry F. Marahrens, Sidney Blessey, Joseph Sbisa, Thomas J. Bermingham, Chas. X. Ledig, Jr., Joseph Pellegrini, Edward Allen Fowler. ST. MARTIN'S LODGE, U. D. Organized May 12,1905, at St. Martinsvllle, Parish of St. Martin. Meets on the first and third Wednesday of each month. OFFICERS, U. D.
Charles C. Kramer Frank T. Guilbeau J. Raoul Olivier Kassel Schwartz
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer.
George Knight Preston L. Guilbeau Scott Kelso E. W. Bienvenue
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Tyler.
MEMBERS.
Baylis, Eugene Daspit, J. C. Harper, R. H. Morrow, A. A. Boudreaux, C. E. Durand, 0. J. Kilpatrick, R. M. Olivier, J. M. Cunningham, J.W. Frantz, J. F. Labbe, T. J. Shelbnrne, S. P. Davis, E. A. Gnttekunst, Chas. Long, D. A. Total, 23 members. Initiated—Jules Francis. Initiated curid Passed—Aristide Joseph Comeaux. Initiated, Passed and liaised—George Edwin Knight, William Scott Kelso, Henry Eugene Baylis, Eugene William Bienvenue, Clay Eugene Boudreaux, Robert Mortimer Kilpatrick, Edward Albert Davis, Theobold Joseph Labbe, Justin Claude Daspit, Joseph Maurice Olivier, James Marbin Cunningham, Robert Henry Harper, Albert Ambrose Morrow, David Allen Long, Samuel Shelburne, Oscar Jean Durand, John Frederick Franz.
ZWOLLE LODGE, U. D. Organized May 12, 1905, at Zwolle, parish ol Sabine. Meets on the second and Fourth Friday of each month. OFFICERS, U. D.
C. C. Sullivan S. C. Carroll W. H. Pearson J. B. Parrott Charles Robinette
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer. Secretary.
J. P. Towory S. D. L. B. Gay J. D. Simon Dover Chaplain. Joseph Dover Steward. C. P. Grady (not a member) Tyler.
MEMBEBS.
Alwood, W. E. AlWood, William Carroll, J. S. Chlpman, John B. Corbitt, W. C. Cranford, T. J. Edwards, H. H.
Gay, Robert L. Hatcher, A. T. Hogue, James Holmes, D. J. Hull, J. P. Hull, T. H.
Jones, Edward Owons, 3. E. I. Kay, Toliver Pearce, George W. Lampley, James J. Peterson, W. F. Lewis, C. C. Reynolds, J. W. McKerral, W. B. Tribble, T. J. Miller, J. Wiley Whitman, C. S. Total, 34 members.
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Initiated—Benjamin Crawford, J. J. Self, Henry A. Pugh, J. C. Parrott John C. Wright. Initiated and Passed—Will him B. Workman, W. H. Dickson, B. F. Peterson, Robert S. Ayres. Passed—Bailey Lout. Passed and Raised—W. B. McKerral. Initiated, Passed and Raised—James W. Reynolds, Thomas Jefferson Tribb.e, George W. Pearce, Robert Lafayette Gay, Walton Clark Corbitt, Albert Z. Hatcher. James Hogue, James I. Latnpley, David Johnson Holmes, Edward Jones, John B. Chipman.
OLLA LODGE, U. D. Organized April 4, 1905, at Olla, Bienville Parish. Meets on the second Saturday in each month. OFFICER", U. D.
T. J. Mott C.R.Godfrey D. B. Tansley Joseph Prestidge
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer.
T. R. H. Godfrey W. Waggoner R. C. Mosley T. J. Peterson
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Tyler.
MEMBERS.
Adams, J. R. Dean, W. W. Mills, F. M. Wagtroner, J. W. Blake, A. J. Duncan, D. H. Stean J. S. Zeagler, B. E. Blake, B. C. Jarrell, C. C. Tansley, F. J. ZionmermaD. M.H. Gobb, 0. C. Jemison, J. E. Tansley, S. E. Total, 23 members. : Passed and Raised—Joseph C. Jamison. Raised—David H. Duncan. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Oliver O. Cobb, John W. Waggoner. B. Ezra Zeagler, B. Charles Blake, J. Esley Jemison, M. H. Zimmerman, Andrew J. Blake, Samuel E. Tansley, William W. Dean.
GIBBSLAND LODGE, IT. D. Organized July 17,1905, at Gtbbsland, Bienville Parish. Meets on the first and third Tuesday atter the first and third Saturday of each month. OFFICERS IT. D.
Andrew J. Pennington John B. Williams William J. Kidd Richard Colbert
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer.
Alex. N. Golden Claude A. Berrv William B. Stall William T. Holdman
Secretary. S. D. J. D. Tyler.
MEMBERS
Colvin, Shelton J. Harrison, Wm. D. Pecor, Wm. M. Walker, Thad. A. Couch, Harvey D. Holdstein, John D. Vernon, Thos. B. Whitlow. G. C. Gannt, Richard F. Kidd, Orum L. Shipley, Alonzo E. Webb, Conquest Hammett, Alex. H. Lazarus, Wm. H. Total, 22 members. Initiated—Corrie J. Buffington, Willie D. Harrison. Initiated and Passed—Richard L. Gannt, George E. Bailey. • Raised—William B. Stall.
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Initiated, Passed and Raised—Alexander H. Hammett, Thomas B. Vernon, William L. Kidd, William H. Lazarus.
CONCORDIA LODGE, U. D. Organized November 5, 1905, at Vldalla, Parish of Conoordia. OFFICERS, U. D.
Augustus, Marable William J. Godbold Thomas H. Johnson JamesC. Cochrane
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer.
Charles Moritz John L. Dagg Isham R. Chisom Alex. M. Swrazie
Meets -
Secretary S. D. J. D. Tyler.
MEMBERS.
Burley, Cyrus B.JrClayton, James L. Dale, John Campbell, F. L.,Jr.Clayton, Robert W.Davis, Elisha G. Campbell, H, P. Dale, Oscar M. George, Alex. L.
Honing, John M. Kahn, Abraham Reeves, Marcus C. Total, 80 members. Initiated—Albert Henry Gillespie, Boatner John Sterling, Jr.. Roman Miller, John Edward Simms, Johnathan S. Gross, Charles Carroll Campbell, Clinton Brantley Godbold, Adams Martinelli, Joseph Ewing Miller, Adolph Roth, Wesley Rilev Simmons, Charles N. Bruce, Samuel Douglas McEnery Gillespie, Louis Valentine, Robert Percy Schiele, Andrew Theophelus Calvert. Initiated, Passed and Raised—John Dale, John Mauritz Honing, Alexander Lawes George, Elisha Green Davis, Marcus Clifford Reeves. RAPIDES LODGE, U. D. Organized August 24,1905, at Poland, Rapides parish. Meets on the first and third Tuesdays of each month. OFFICERS, U. D.
C. M. Harris Samuel McCarty I. J. Simmons William P. Corley Isham H. Corley George Wilson
W. M. Doc. Duncan J. D. S. W. Amos McCarty Chaplain. J. W. Lafayette C. Steward M. of C. Treasurer. Buford L. Bailey ) o+n,..o J o Secretary. Jon n U. Corley J orewarasS. D. Melvin Nash Tyler. MEMBERS. Beauregard, Octo. Corley, J. F. Gates, M. M. Moore, Dennis Calhoun, F. B. Duncan, W. L., Sr. Kemp, R. C. Nash, Lee Corley, Walter B. Gates, Jesse P. Total, 22 members. Initiated—Abel J. Beauregard. Initiated, Passed and Raised—John F. Corley, Moses M. Gates, Octo. Beauregard, William L. Duncan, Jr. ASSUMPTION LODGE. U. D. Organized June 11, 1905, at Napoleonvllle. Meets on the first and third Tuesdays of each month. OFFICERS. U.D.
E. Sunberry Solomon Klotz F. B. Glenn Carl Ahves
W. M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer.
G. H. Guthrie Secretary. George W. Dodge S. D. H. A. Hyde J. D. Louis Dill ,,,,,,.,.,,..Tyler.
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MEMBERS.
Aucoin, E. A. Joseph, Maurice Spofford, Lee Weil Moses Cook, H. A. Lewens, Albert W.Strauss, Moise Wortham, C. T. Edwards, W. S. Total, 17 members. Initiated—William Friedman, Robert Lee Baker. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Herman Albert Cook, Moses Weil, Charles Thomas Wortham, Albert WTalter Lewens, Maurice Joseph, Moise Strauss.
TALLULAH LODGE, U. D. Organized June 32, 1905, at Tallulah, In the parish of Madison. Meet; OFFICERS, TJ. D,
A. D. Minsky H. Ensel J. V. Sevier G. W. Gaines.
W M. 8. W. J. W. Treasurer.
William R. Spann T. A. Heath G. P. Blair C. A. Lacey
Secretary. S D. J. D. Tyler.
MEMBERS.
Allen, E. MiH"r, John A. Montgomery, E. C.Nicho's. W. H. Bowns, B. Milligan, John T. Mulholland, C. T. Voss, A. D. Commander, E. H, Total, 17 members.
TENSAS LODGE, U. D. Organized December SO, 1901, at St. Joseph, Parish of Tensas. Meets each month. OFFICERS, TJ. D.
Jos. S. Rodriguez L. A. Murdock Robert H. Snyder A. J. Gibson
W. M. S. D. Watson S. W. Joseph Pino J. W. tf. L. Smitha Treasurer. G. H. Harris
Secretary. 8. D. J. D. Tyler.
MEMBERS.
Brown, J. R. Goldman, G. C.
Graves, E. E. Harvell, W. R.
Hunter, Guy M. Marks, Samuel Hunter, Louis T. Total, 15 members.
LEANDER LODGE, U. D. Organized July 1, 1935, at Lsander, Vernon Parish. Meets on the third Saturday in each month. OFFICERS, U. D.
Charles-R. Carruth... Elliot M. Stokes....... Michael Smith J,ames B. McCullough
W, M. S. W. J. W. Treasurer
Elija Z. Boyd T. E. McFarland Newton I. Terrell Oliver J. Merchant
Secretary S, D. J. D. Tyler.
MEMBERS.
Bullock, Georae G.Martin, Ephraim Neal, Thomas R. Squires, Z. P. Burns, John E. Melder, Joseph F. Smith, Wm. J. H. Wallace, Wm. T. Maddox, John W. Total, 17 members. Initiated, Passed and liaised—William J. H. Smith.
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LOUISIANA BELIEF LODGE No. 1. Meets first Sunday in each month at Masonic Hall, 11 A M. OFFICERS, 1906.
JOSEPH MEYERS, of Linn Wood Lodge No. 167 T. D. STEWART, of Quitmau Lodge No. 76 WILL MOSS, of Jefferson Lodge No. 191 HENRY THARP, of Alpha-Home Lodge No. 72 JOHN A. DAVILLA, of Osiris Lodge No. 300 M. S. STEEG, of Friends of Harmony Lodge No. 58 HENRY McGEARY, of Linn Wood Lodge No. 167 GEORGE E. PEARSON, of Jefferson Lodge No. 191
W. M. 8. W. J. W. Treasurer Secretary S. D. J. D. Tyler
PAST MASTERS.
RICHARD LAMBERT, of Mount Moriah Lodge No. 59, Grand Secretary. GEO. J. PINO^ARD, of Alpha-Home Lodge No. 72. G. L. HALL, of Quitman Lodge No. 76. JOSEPH MEYERS, of Linn Wood Lodge No. 167. TiODGES AND REPRESENTATIVES.
PERFECT UNION No. 1—Ivan F. Siekman, W. M.; Wm. L. McConnell, S. W.; Theo. M. Brechtel, J. W. POLAR STAR No. 1—B. Simon, W. M.; J. Laguens, S. W.; E. Pomes, J. W. PERSEVERANCE No. 4—Octave Garsaud, W. M.; J. Combret, S. W ; Henry Dours, J. W. FRIENDS OF HARMONY No. 58—M. S. Steeg, W. M.; Emanuel Steeg, S. W.; N. L. Davis, J. W. MOUNT MORIAH No. 59—Charles E. Gross, W. M.; Frank J. Herman, S. W.; Wilmer A. Simpson, J. W. GEORGE WASHINGTON No. 65—James Cronan. W. M.; George Wattigny, S. W.; John Gilmore, J. W. HIRAM No. 70—James Reid, Jr., W. M.; Roydan R. Douglas, S. W.; J. J. Fogarty, J. W. ALPHA-HOME No. 72-Frank Davies, W. M.; A. D. Henriques, Jr., S. W.; Daniel W. Grundy, Jr., J. W. QUITMAN No. 76—Wm. P. Miller, W. M.; H. J. Stansbury, S. W.; E. H. Addington, J. W. HERMITAGE No. 98—Paul J. Cendon, W. M.; Joel J. Prowell, S. W.; Arthur J. Peters, J. W. LOUISIANA No. 102—J. Chris. Neilson, W. M.; C. E. Cormier, S. W.; J. E. Fitch, J. W. OCEAN No. 144—Ward C. Flanders, W. M.; Lewis G. Hooper, S. W.; William H. Jolly, J. W. • SAINTS JOHN No. 153—John W. Howe, W. M.; Joseph E. Lorio, S. W.; Thomas Prior, J. W.
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LINN WOOD No. 167—George A. Tread well, W. M.; Charles B. Wills, S. W.; Charles D. Oottrell, J. W. KOSMOS No. 171—Julius Weyler, W- M.; H. O. Lehman, g. W.; Richard Herfarth, J. W. UNION No. 172—W. R. Maudeville, W. M.; Chris. Nungesser, S. W.; Wynne G. Rogers, J. W. DANTE No. 174—Arturo Dell Orto, W. M.; Vincenzo Machi, 8. W.; Ivo Illin Vulevioh, J. W. CORINTHIAN No. 190—Edward Pierson, W. M.; Thomas D. Sadler, S. W.; Will H. Wood, J. W. JEFFERSON No. 191—Samuel Wolf, W. M.; Armand Mary, S. W.; Samuel Israel, J. W.
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GRAND MASONIC BODIES OF LOUISIANA.
GRAND MASONIC BODIES OF LOUISIANA HOLDING THEIR MEETINGS IN GRAND LODGE HALL, CITY OP NEW ORLEANS. 1906. GRAND LqDGE F. AND A. MASONS.
L. C. ALLEN, Shreveport.... M. W. Grand Master J. C. DREW, New Orleans R. "W. Deputy Grand Master RICHARD LAMBERT, New Orleans... R. W. Grand Secretary First Monday in February. GRAND CHAPTER R. A. MASONS.
ROBERT R. REID, Amite M. E. Grand High Priest H. A. KING, New Iberia R. E. Deputy Grand High Priest RICHARD LAMBERT, New Orleans R. E. Grand Secretary Tuesday after the first Monday in February. ORDER OF HIGH PRIESTHOOD.
H. C. DUNCAN, Alexandria President RICHARD LAMBERT, New Orleans Recorder During Annual Convocation of the Grand Chapter. GRAND COUNCIL R. AND S. MASTERS.
GUS. D. LEVY, New Orleans M. 111. G. M. RICHARD LAMBERT, New Orleans 111. Grand Recorder Thursday after first Monday in February at 10 A. M. GRAND COMMANDERY K. T.
JOHN B. PARKER; New Orleans R. E. Grand Commander RICHARD LAMBERT, New Orleans E. Grand Recorder Thursday after first Monday in February at 1 P. M. GRAND CONSISTORY, S. PP. E. S. 32°.
GUS. D. LEVY, 32°, New Orleans Grand Master of Kadosh HUGH BREEN, 32°, New Orleans G. Registrar and K. of S. Quarterly: Special on 27th of December; Annual on Second Tuesday in January. .
COMMITTEES OF GRAND LODGE.
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COMMITTEES OF GRAND LODGE, 1906. AUDIT AND ACCOUNTS.
W. T. D. STEWART W.CHARLES F. BUCK, J B W. LEWIS W. KOFFSKEY
Quitman 76 Corinthian 190 Ocean 144
WORK AND "RETURNS CHARTERED LODGES.
W. GUSD. LEVY W. GRAHAM SURGHNOR W. FRANK CALDWELL
Jefferson 191 ...Western Star 24 Ocean 144
WORK AND RETURNS LODGES, U. D.
W. ROBERT W. RIORDAN W. FRANK DAVIES W. CLAUDE H. SOLANAS
Osiris 300 Alpha Home 72 Hermitage 98
APPEALS AND GRIEVANCES.
M. W. ROBERT R. REID M. W. EDWIN MARKS M. W. A. C. ALLEN M. W.ROBERT H. CAGE M. W. L. P. DELAHOUSSAYE W. Geo. W. BOOTH
Amite City 175 Perfect Union 1 Franklin 57 Quitman 76 Perfect Union 1 Corinthian 190
MASONIC LAW AND JURISPRUDENCE.
M. W.CHARLES P. BUCK M. W. EDWIN MARKS M. W. ROBERT R. REID M. W. A. C. ALLEN M. W. A. G. BRICE M. W. DAVID R. GRAHAM M. W. L. P. DELAHOUSSAYE
Germania 46 Perfect Union 1 Amite City 175 Franklin 57 Friends of Harmony 58 Mount Moriah 59 Perfect Union 1
WORK.
M. W. ROBERT H. CAGE M. W. DAVID R. GRAHAM M. W. CHARLESF. BUCK M. W. A. C. ALLEN M. W, ROBERT R. REID
Quitman 76 Mount Moriah 59 Germania 46 Franklin 57 Amite City 175
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COMMITTEES OF GRAND LODGE. NECROLOGY.
W. C. C. KRAMER R. W. L. E. THOMAS W. B. F. SCOTT
Aurora 193 ......Caddo 179 .....Gordy 1S3
FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE.
W. HERMAN C. DUNCAN W. BYRON HOLLEY W. L. P. HOOVER
Jefferson 191 Quitman 76 Hermitage 98 HISTORY.
M. M. M. W. W. W. W.
W. CHAS. F. BUCK W. EDWIN MARKS W. RICHARD LAMBERT BYRON HOLLEY J. H. CALDWELL DAVID ETTINGER AARON STEEG
Germania 46 Perfect Union 1 Mount Moriah 59 Quitman 76 Sabine 75 Hiram 70 ...Friends of Harmony 58
STATE OF THE ORDER.
M. W. DAVID R. GRAHAM M. W. ROBERT H. CAGE R. W. FRED. C. MARSH
Mount Moriah 59 Quitman 76 Franklin 57
MILEAGE.
R. W. L. E. THOMAS R. W. JAMES H. CALDWELL W. JOHN A. DAVILLA..
Caddo 179 Sabine 75 Osiris 300
BOARD OF DIRECTORS GRAND LODGE HALL.
M. W. L. C. ALLEN R. W. A. G. RICKS R. W. RICHARD LAMBERT M. W. CHARLES F. BUCK M. W. ROBERT H. CAGE M. W. ROBERT R. REID M. W. L. P. DELAHOUSSAYE R. W. R. MANDEVILLE W. JOSEPH MEYERS
Grand Master Grand Treasurer Grand Secretary Past Grand Master Past Grand Master Past Grand Master Past Grand Master Union 172 Linn Wood 167
DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS.
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DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS, 1906. FIRST DISTEICT—FIEST DIVISION.
E. W. J. D. GBAYBILL, Corinthian 190 New Orleans. Perfect Union 1, Mount Moriah 59, Alpha-Home 72, Corinthian 190, Osiris 300 Lodges, 5. FIRST DISTRICT—SECOND DIVISION.
R. W. WILL MOSS, Jefferson 191 New Orleans. Friends of Harmony 58, George Washington 65, Louisiana 102, Jefferson 191 Lodges, 4. FIRST DISTRICT—THIRD DIVISION.
R. W. H. H. HUTTEN, Germania 46..; Germania 46, Kosmos 171, Union 172
New Orleans. Lodges, 3.
FIRST DISTRICT—FOURTH DIVISION.
R. W. FRANK CHALONA, Linn Wood 167 New Orleans. Polar Star 1, Perseverance 4, Cervantes 5, Dante 174 Lodges, 4. FIRST DISTRICT—FIFTH DIVISION.
R. W. WILLIAM P. MILLER, Quitman 76 Hiram 70, Quitman 76, Linn Wood 167
,
New Orleans. Lodges, 3.
FIRST DISTRICT—SIXTH DIVISION.
R. W. JOHN W. HOWE, Saints John 153 Hermitage 98, Ocean 144, Saints John 153
New Orleans. Lodges, 3.
SECOND DISTRICT.
R. W. JOHN PULESTON, Amite City 175 Amite City. St. Helena Parish—St. Helena 96, Grangeville 231, Kentwood 248. Tangipahoa Parish—Livingston 180, Amite City 175, Spring Creek 184, Pine Grove 287. Livingston Parish—Denham Springs 297. Lodges, 8. THIRD DISTRICT.
R. W. E. C. McKOWEN.St. Albans 28 Jackson. East Felieiana Parish—St. Albans 28, Olive 52, Kellertown, 124. Lodges, 3 GL14
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DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS. FOURTH DISTRICT.
E. W. D. SIMS BROWN, Mount Gerizim 54 Bastrop. Franklin Parish—Winnsboro 246. Richland Parish — R. P. McGuire 209. Morehouse Parish—Mount Gerizim 54, Brookville 161, St Andrew256 Lodges, 5. FIFTH DISTRICT.
R. W. N. B. NULL, Huston 106 .Ruston?, Lincoln Parish—Ruston 106, Simsboro 235, Dubach 277, Hico 296. Jackson Parish—Jonesboro 280 Lodges, 5. SIXTH DISTRICT.
R. W. I. F. HAMMONS, Downsville 143 Downsville. Union Parish—Union Fraternal 53, Downsville 143, Bernice 239, Marion 283 Lodges, 4 SEVENTH DISTRICT.
R. W. W. H. ROBERTS, Cadeville 229 Cadeville. % OuaehUa Parish—Western Star 24, Urim 111, Cadeville 229. Caldwell Parish—Columbia 164. Jaekson Parish—Eros 295.: Lodges, 5 EIGHTH DISTRICT.
R. W. O H. P. RAWLS, Silent Brotherhood 146 Coushatta. Red River Parish—Silent Brotherhood, 146. Good Intent 216. Bossier Parish—Atkins 266, Conly 245 Lodges, 4. NINTH DISTRICT.
R. W B. P. EDWAUDS, Sparta 108 Bienville. Bienville Parish—Sparta 108, Arcadia 126, Friendship 215, R. N. Crowson281, Gibbsland 304 Lodges, 5. TENTH DISTRICT.
R. W. E. M. LAUFFIIST, Cypress 180, Benton Plain Dealing. Bossier Parish—Cypress 89, Bellevue 95, Red Laud 148, Plain Dealing 237 Lodges, 4. ELEVENTH DISTRICT.
R. W. F. A. TUSTEN, Shreveport 115 Shreveport. Caddo Parish—Shreveport 115, Caddo 179, Land Mark 214, Beoefleld 270. DeSoto Parish—Mount Vernon 83, Liberty 123, Mansfield 250, Benson 275 Lodges, 8. TWELFTH DISTRICT.
R. W. ROBT. BURNS NASH, Brookline 198 Brookline. Winn Parish—Eastern Star 151, Kyiche 233. Jackson Parish— Brookline 198, Weston 242, Dalley 265. Grant Parish—Montgomery 168, Dodson 290 , Lodges, 7.
DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS.
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THIRTEENTH DISTRICT.
R. W. BENJAMIN F. SCOTT, Gordy 133 Lecompte. Rapides Parish—Oliver 84, Gordy 133, Solomon 221, Forest Hill 254, Fellowship 217, Boyce 273, Cheneyville 285, Hemphill Star 299, Vernon Parish—Leander, U. D., Rapides 306 Lodges, 10. FOURTEENTH DISTRICT.
R. W. JOSEPH T. LABIT, Abbeville 192 Abbeville. St. Landry Parish—Humble Cottage ]9. Iberia Parish—Aurora 193, Jeanerette 255. Vermilion Parish—Abbeville 192. Lafayette Parish — Hope 145. St. Martin's Parish — Albert Rousseau 301. Lodges, 6. FIFTEENTH DISTRICT.
R. W. R. W. ALLEN, Franklin 57 .Franklin. St. Mary Parish—Franklin 57, Lafayette 87, Doric 205. Terrebonne Paruh—Unity 267 Lodges, 4. SIXTEENTH DISTRICT.
R. W. A..F. BARROW, Feliciana 31 St Francisville.1 West Feliciana Parish—Feliciana 31. East Baton Rouge Parish— St James 47, Milford 117, Plains 135 Lodges, 4. SEVENTEENTH DISTRICT.
R. W. J. F. SIKES, Dorcheat 276 ..Dorcheat. Webster Parish—Minden 51, Sarepta 272, Dorcheat 276; Globe 288. -• Lodges, 4. EIGHTEENTH DISTRICT.
R. W. JOHN W. TAYLOR, Sabine 75 Robeline. Sabinc Parish—Sabine 75, Pleasant Hill 230, Mitchell 252, Belmont 294. Natchitoohes Parish—Phoenix 38, Robertsville 234, Marthaville 258 Lodges, 7. NINETEENTH DISTRICT.
R. W. F. C. LABIT, Crowley 243 Crowley. Calcasieu Parish—Lake Charles 165, Welsh 232, Jennings 249, Oberlin 247, Kinder 291. Arcadia Parish—Crowley 243, Rayne, U. D. Lodges, 7. TWENTIETH DISTRICT.
R. W. J. J. W. MILLER, Magnolia 238 Dry Creek. Calcasieu Parish—Sam. Todd 182, Magnolia 23S, Yellow Pine 282. , Lodges, 3. TWENTY-FIRST DISTRICT.
R. W. H. G. PARKER, Blazing Star 212 Port Allen. West Baton Rouge Parish—Blazing Star 212. Iberville Parish— Acacia 116. St. James Parish—Progressive 262. Pointe Coupee Parish Livonia 220 Lodges, 4.
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DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS. TWENTY-SECOND DISTRICT.
R. W. R. .1. PULLEN, Ashland 196 Ashland. Red River Parish—Clear Springs 247, Goldonna 293. Bienvills Parish—Mackey 122. Natchitoches Parish—Ashland 196,... Lodges, 4. TWENTY-THIllD DISTBICT.
R. W. HENRY E. HARDTNER, Charles F. Buck 260 Urania. Grant Parish—Colfax 259, Charles F. Buck 260, Anchor 261, Georgetown 298. Winn Parish—Rosemary 278. Catahoula Parish— Olla303, Carrietta, U. D Lodges, 7. TWENTY-FOURTH DISTBICT.
R. W. D. N. THOMPSON, Harrisonburg 110 Harrisonburg. Catahoula Parish—Harrisonburg 110, Keystone 213. Rapides4 Parish—Concordia 305. Tensas Parish — St. Joseph 79. Madison Parish—Tallulah 308 : Lodges, 5. TWENTY-FIFTH DISTRICT.
R. W. C. T. LEIGH, Atchafalaya 163 Simsport, Avoyelles Parish—Atchafalaya 163, Evergreen 189, Marksville 269, Fordoche 292. St. Landry Parish—Orphans' Friend 185, Melville 268, Lodges, 6. TWENTY-SIXTH DISTRICT.
R. W. C. T. ALLIS, Leesville240 Leesville. Vernon Paris/*—Anacoco 147, N. H. Bray 208, Rose Pine 289. Union Parish—Leesville 240, DeRidder 271, DeQuincey 279...Lodges, 6. TWENTY-SEVENTH DISTRICT.
R. W. H. W. HULLINGHORST, Franklinton 101 Franklinton Washington Parish—Franklinton 101, Pearl River 125, Center 244, Pine 264. St. Tammany Parish—Covington 188, Slidell, U. D.,Lodges, 5. TWENTY-EIGHTH DISTRICT.
R. W. J. W. NORTON, Millerton 245 Haynesville. Claiborne Parish—Athens 136, Homer 152, Millerton 245..Lodges, 3. TWENTY-NINTH DISTRICT.
R. W. J. E. JORDAN, Kisatchie 156 Corleyville. Sabine Parish—Kisatchie 156, Little Flock 236, Toro 253, Florien 263, Many 286, Zwolle 302 Lodges, 6. THIRTIETH DISTRICT.
R. W. JOHN 8. THIBAUT, Ascension 251 ...Donaldsonville. Ascension Parish.—White Castle 257, Ascension 251. Assumption Parish—Assumption 307 Lodges, 3. THIRTY-FIRST DISTRICT.
R. W. J. M. BARRIER, Delhi 12!) Delhi. RicMand Parish—Delhi 120. East Carroll Parish—Pecan Grove 222, Oak Grove 284 •. Lodges, 3.
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Allen, R. W Allis, C. T Barrier, J. M Barrow, A. F Brown, D. Sims Chalona, Frank Edwards, B. P Graybill, J. D Hammons, I. F Hardtner, Henry E Hutten, H. H Hullinghorst, Henry W. Howe, John W Jordan, J. E Labit, F. C Labit, Joseph C Leigh, C. T Lauffln, E. M Miller, J. J. W Miller, William P M oss, Will McKowen, E. C Nash, Robert Burns Norton, J. W Null, N.B Parker, H. G Pullen, R. J Puleston, John Rawles, O. H. P Roberts, W. H Sikes, J. F Scott, Benjamin F Taylor, John W Thibaut, John S Thompson, D. N Tusten, F. A
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LODGES FORMING THE GRAND LODGE OF LOUISIANA—(ORGANIZED JUNE 12, 1812.) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
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PARFAITE UNION, chartered by the Grand Lodge of South Carolina, No. 29, Nov. 21, 1793, New Orleans, La. CHARITE, chartered by the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, No. 93, March 1, 1802, New Orleans, La. CONCORDE, chartered by the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, No. 117, Oct. 27,1810, New Orleans, La. PERSEVERANCE, chartered by the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, No. 118, Oct. 27, 1810, New Orleans, La. ETOLLE POLAIRE, chartered by the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, No. 129, June 3, 1811, New Orleans, La. Original organization 1794.
HISTORICAL TABLE OF LODGES WHICH FOUNDED THE GRAND LODGE OF LOUISIANA, AND THOSE CREATED BY IT SINCE ITS FOUNDATION. NAMES OF LODGES.
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1 Perfect Union 2 CharitS 3 Concorde, 4 Perseverance. 5 Polar Star Amis Rfiunis 7 Trinosophes Liberal Amour Fraternel 10 Disc, du Senat Maconnique (now Feb. 14.1885), St. Andre 11 Los Aniigos del Orden 12 Cervantes 13 Friendship 14 La Union Prater de Caridad 15 Los Amigos Reunidos 16 Reunion de la Vertud
DATE OF PRESENT CHARTER.
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1793jAug. 15,1812 Founded Grand Lodge. 1 New Orleans 1802|Aug. 15,1812 do do Oh. forf't'd !49. 2 New Orleans 1810 Aug. 15, 1812 do do Con.with P.U.I 3 New Orleans.... 1S10 Aug. 15,1812 do do (No. 5 in 1822.) 4 New Orleans 1794 Aug. 15,1812 do do Originally No. 5. t 1 New Orleans Annexed to Perseverance No. 4. o 2 New Orleans..Org'niz'd by G.O.F. 1829 a 2 New Orleans..Org'niz'd Feb. 17... 1833 do do •3 New Orleans..Org'niz'd Feb. 19... 1833 Extinct January 26, 1845. Annexed to Los Amigos del Orden 5, New Orleans..Org'niz'd April I... 1839 Extinct 5 New Orleans 5 New Orleans 5 New Orleans 6 Mobile, Alabama 7 Havana, Cuba 8 Vera Cruz, Mexico '9Campeachy, Yucatan.
1839 J u n e , 3 , 1 8 3 9 consolidatefl wltnPolar Star No. 1. Marcl 31,1895.
1842 Sept. 24,1842 Consolidated August 23d, 1883, to 1842jFeb. 14, 1884 [form Cervantes No. 5. 1813;Extinct Charter forfeited March 17, 1820. 1815 Extinct do do 1816 Extinct 1817 Extinct
Charter forfeited August 11, 1821.
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18 L'Etoile Flamboyante .19 ElTemplo de laDivinaPurido 20 LaVerite 21 Union 22 La Rectitude 23 Columbian 24 Eureka 25 Washington 26 Aurora de**** 27 Humble Chaumie're..
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28 Triple Bienfaisance 29 Sinc6reAmiti6 30 Mobile 31 De la Union 32 Western Star 33 Lafayette 34 Harmony 35 Numantina 36 St. Albans 37 Harmony 38 Lafayette 39 Feliciana
40 Louisiana 41 Hiram 42 Selected Friends 43 Fraternit6 44 Holland 45 Alexandria 46 Phoenix 47 Poinsett 48 Milam 49 McFarland 50 Morning Star
9 New Orleans Feb. 12, 1861Con. Aug. 23, '83, toformCervantesS Charter forfeited August 11, 1834 10 Baton Rouge 1817 Extinct 11 Matanzas, Cuba 1818 Extinct Charter forfeited Feb'y 10, 1822. 12 Donaldsonville, Assumption Par.. 1818 Extinct do do August 11, 1829 13 Natehitoches, Natehitoches Par... 1818 E x t i n c t do do do 1828 14 Havana, Cuba.... do do do 1821 1818 Extinct 15 Alexandria, Rapides Parish 1819 E x t i n c t 1849. 16 Blakely, Alabama 1819 Extinct 1849. 17 Baton Rouge, East B. R. Parish... 1819 Extinct 1849. 18 Yucatan 1849. 1820 E x t i n c t 19Opelousas, St. Landry Parish Aug. 19,1820 20 New Orleans Charter surrendered Mar. 1, 1829. 1820 Extinct 21 St. Martinsville, St. Martin's Par.. 1821 Extinct Charter surrendered Aug. 1, 1825. Charter forfeited. 22 Mobile, Alabama Extinct Charter surrendered 1833. 23 St. James Parish 1823 Extinct 24 Monroe, Ouachita Parish 1823 1840 A n e w charter granted. Charter forfeited 1849—members 25 New Orleans 1824 Extinct Since 1837. [formed Dudley 66. 26New Orleans 18316 Extinct Charter forfeited 1849. 27 New Orleans 1826 Extinct 28 Jackson, East Feliciana Parish.... 1827 Jan. 6, 1827 Charter forfeited 1849. 29Opelousas, St. Landry Parish 1827 Extinct 30 Lafayette, Lafayette Parish do do 1840. 1827 Extinct S1 St.Francisville,W.FelicianaPar "I 1817 Mar. 25, 1828 was chart'dby G.LodgeKy.as46 / Charter forfeited 1842. 32 New Orleans 1828 Extinct do do 1849. 1828 Extinct 33 Cheneyville, Rapides Parish do do 1849. 34 Clinton, Avoyelles Parish 1829 Extinct 1833 E x . [Texas Charter sur 'd October 14, 1840. 35 New Orleans 1836 Now No. 1, Founded G. Lodge, Texas, 1838. 36 Brazoria, Texas 1836 Extinct 37 Alexandria, Rapides Parish [Members formed Marion 68. Oct. 6, 1836 38 Natehitoches, Natehitoches Par... Charter sur'd March 16, 1847. 39 New Orleans 1837 Extinct Founded G. Lodge, Texas, 1838. 40 Nacogdoches, Texas 1837 Founded G. Lodge, Texas, 1838. 41 San Augustine, Texas 1827 Founded G. Lodge, Ark., 1842. 42 Arkansas Post, Arkansas 1838
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51 Western Star 52 Foyer Magonnique 53 Desert 54 Jackson 55 Germania 56 St. James 57 Hospitaliere du Teche. 58 Caddo.. 59 Providence 60 Minden 61 Olive 62 Union Fraternal 63 Mount Gerizim 64DeSoto 65 Lafayette 66 Franklin 67 Friends of Harmony.... Mount Moriah 69 Couohatta 70 Western Star 71 Herman 72 Tunica 73 Edna 74 George Washington 75 Dudley 76 Warren 77 Marion 78 Crescent City Hiram
PLACES OF THEIH ESTABLISHMENT.
DATE OF PRESENT
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43|Little Rock, Arkansas Founded G. Lodge, Ark., 1842. 1838 44|New Orleans Oct. 6,1838... Consl'd with P. 4, Sept. 1879. 44iNapoleonville, Assumption Par... 1841 Extinct 1845. Jan. 28, 1843 Charter forfeited February 17,'81. 45! Greenwood, Caddo Parish Apr. 18, 1844 46 New Orleans June 28,1844J 47 Baton Rouge, East B. R. Parish. Charter forfeited 1849. 48 St. Martinsville, St. Martin Par... 1844 Extinct Charter surrendered 1853. 1845 Extinct 49 Shreveport, Caddo Parish. Apr. 19, 1845 Charter surrendered 1881. Apr. 19, 1845 Nov. 27,1845 Clinton, E . Feliciana Parish iFeb. 12, 1890 For. Feb. 9, '86. New charter Farmerville, Union Parish Nov. 28,1846 [Feb. 12, 1890. Bastrop, Morehouse Parish Mar. 27, 1847 Charter surrendered 1881. Mansfield, DeSoto Parish {Nov. 27,1847 Charter forfeited February, 1887. Vernon, Jackson Parish Jan. 24, 1848 Franklin, St. Mary's Parish Apr. 22, 1848 New Orleans Mar. 24, 1849 [proceedings 1852. New Orleans Since 1854. Last returns, p. 141, Coushatta, Red River Parish.... 1849 Extinct.. Monroe, Ouachita Parish Nov. 1, 1849 Number changed to 24, in 1866. Charter surrendered in 1852. New Orleans 1849 Extinct Tunica, West Feliciana ParishJan. 28, 1850 Consolidated with No. 31, 1881. Charter forfeited in 1856. Columbia, Caldwell Parish 1849 Extinct [No. 1 Dec. 1, '87. 1847 Mar. 3, 1850 New Orleans 1847 Mar. 3, 1850 Consolidated with Perfect Union New Orleans Charter surrendered June 5,1852. 1850 Extinct New Orleans 1850 Mar. 3, 1850 Consolidated with P. U. 1, 1886. New Orleans Annexed to George "Washington 1850 New Orleans 1850 Mar. 3, 1850 [Lodge 65, in 1851. 70, New Orleans
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111 Louisiana 112 Cloutierville 118 Mount Lebanon.
114 Trinity.. 115 Ruston.
New Orleans 1848 Extinct. Charter surrendered April 22,1852 N. O., Alpha, org'd 1848. H o m e 1855 Feb. 14, 1860 A union of Alpha 72 and Home 145. 1847 A n n e x e d to W a r r e n N o . 67, in '50 New Orleans 1850 ExtinctCharter surrendered in J u l y , 1857 '4 Shreveport, Caddo Parish. 1850 Mar. 4, 1850 Fort Jesup, Sabine Parish . 1850 Mar. 4, 1850 New Orleans [p, 195, Proceedings 1867. Charter sur'd Aug. '66, last ret'ns Port Hudson, B. Feliciana Parish 1850 Extinct, 1847 Mar. 4, 1850 consolidated witn Perfect Union 1, June 11,1888 New Orleans, 1850 79 St. Joseph, Tensas Parish Cnarter forfeited Feb. 12, '62, restored Feb. 12, '74 J1850 Mar. 4, 1850 Charter forfeited February, 1878. K 80 Marion, Union Parish Plaquemine, Iberville Parish 1850 81 Extinct. Charter forfeited in 1856. w 82 Clinton, E . Feliciana Parish 1850 Annexed to Olive No. 52, in 1852. ^ 83 Logansport, DeSoto Parish 1849 Mar. 4, 1850 84 Alexandria, Rapides Parish j 1849Mar. 4, 185U 85 Jackson, E. Feliciaua Parish Annexed to St. Albans No. 28. 11849 86 Pleasant Hill, DeSoto Parish 1850 Mar. 4, 1850 Charter forfeited February 17, '76 87 Pattersonville, St. Mary's Parish.. 1849 Mar. 4, 1850 88 Many, Sabine 'Parish...!'. Jl850 Extinct. Forfeited 16th February, 1872. Collinsburg, Bossier Parish [1850 Feb. 12, 1890 forfeited Feu. 16.1887. New Charter Feb. 12,1890 90 Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish Jan. 21, 1851 Charter lorfeited Feb. 10, 1S92. 91 Livonia, Pointe Coupee Parish ;1851 Extinct. Charter surrendered in 1857. Jan. 11, 1851 Charter forfeited February, 1887. 92 Monticello, Carroll Parish 93 Cheniere Caminada, Barataria 1851 Extinct Charter forfeited in 1856. 94 Ouachita City, Union Parish ...1851 Charter forfeited in '57 and '87. O 11851 95 Bellevue, Bossier Parish Jan. 21, 1851 Charter sur'd in '57. Rev'd in '66. Q [returns 1858. 96 Greensburg, St. Helena Parish Jan. 21, 1851 97 Richmond, Madison Parish 1854 Extinct. Charter surrendered in 1859. 98 New Orleans, J a n . 2 1 ,,. 1851 December, 1862. 99 Cotile, Rapides Parish 1851 Extinct... Charter forfeited in 1858. 100 Homer, Claiborne Parish 1851 E x t i n c t J a n . 21,: 101 Franklinton, Washington Parish) ,1851 J a n . 23,: 102 New Orleans ,1851 103Colfax. Grant Parish J a n . 21,1852 Charter forfeited Feb., 1884. 104 Mount Lebanon, Bienville Parish Jan. 21,: J a n . 21,1852 Charter forfeited 1881. 105 Trinity, Catahoula Parish J a n . 21. 1852 Name changed to Ruston in 1892, 106 Ruston, Lincoln Parish
HISTOEICAL TABLE OF LODGES—CONTINUED. NAMES OF LODGES.
116 Patrick H e n r y 117 Sparta 118 Castor 119 Harrisonburg 120 Urim 121 Bartholomew 122 Thomas Jefferson . 123 Friendship 124 Shreveport.. 125 Acacia 126 Milford. 127 Terry ville.. 128 Constantine 129 Delhi. 130 Lisbon 131 Mackey 132 Liberty 133 Kellertown. 134 Pearl River. 135 Arcadia 136 Spring Hill. 137 D'Arbonne.. 138 Dawson 139 Solomon..... 140 Shiloh 141 Warren 142 Gordy 143 Harry Hill.. 144 Plains..
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107 City of Jefferson, Jefferson Parish 1852 ExtinctCharter surrendered 1855. J a n . 21, 1852 Forfeited Feb. '81. Restored '87. 108 Sparta, Bienville Parish Jan. 21, 1852 Charter surrendered Feb., 1881. 109 Cuba, Caldwel] Parish J a n . 21, 1852 110 Harrisonburg, Catahoula Parish Feb. 2, 1853 111 Forksville, Ouachita Parish Feb. 2, 1853 Charter surrendered Feb., 1899 112 Flantersville, Morehouse Parish.. Feb. 25, 1853 Charter surrendered Feb., 1901. 113 Spearsville, Union Parish 1853 Extinct114 Woodville, Jackson Parish Charter surrendered in 1861. J a n . 27, 1853 115 Shreveport, Caddo Parish Jan. 17, 1854 IKS Plaquemine, Iberville Parish Jan. 20, 1854 117 Hope Villa, E . Baton Rouge Jan. 17, 1854 Charter surrendered 1885. 118 Terryville, Claiborne Parish 119 Waterproof, Tensas Parish 1854 Extinct. Charter sur'd Feb. 7, 1862, p. 46. Jan. 17, 1854 Name changed 1873. (Deerfleld.) 120 Delhi, Richland Parish Jan. 17, 1854 Charter forfeited February 9, '86. 121 Lisbon, Claiborne Parish Jan. 20, 1854 122 Ringgold, Bienville Parish Feb. 14, 1855 Charter restored February, 1866. 123 Keachie, DeSoto Parish Feb. 14, 1855 124 Kellertown, East Feliciana Feb. 14. 1855 125 Line Academy, Washington Par. Feb. 14, 1855 Charter renewed Feb'y, 1885. 126 Arcadia, Bienville Parish [Ch. sur. Feb'y, 1906, Feb. 14, 1855 Ch. sur. 1878; ren'd Feb., 1893. 127 Springhill Church, Union Parish 1855 Extinct. 128 D'Arbonne, Union Parish Charter surrendered 1859. Extinct. Charter forfeited Feb. 16, 1872. 129 Scotville, Claiborne Parish Extinct. Charter forfeited '69. Last returns 130 Goodrich Landing, Carroll Parish Feb. 14, 1855 do do '87. [p. 207, Pro. 1869. 131 Shiloh, Union Parish Extinct. Forfeited February, 1870. 132 Winnsboro, F r a n k l i n Parish... Feb. 14. 1855 133 Cheney ville, Rapides Parish 134 Bastrop, Morehouse Parish 1855 Annexed to Mt. Gerizim No. 54, 135 Plains Store, East Baton Rouge [in. 1862 Feb. 21,1856
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136|Athens, Claiborne Parish 137!Alexandria, Rapides P a r i s h . 138 K i n g s t o n , DeSoto Parish 139 H o u m a , Terrebonne P a r i s h . 140Colquit, Claiborne Parish J141 M i n d e n , Webster Parish 142 New Orleans 143 Downsville, U n i o n Parish.... 144 N e w Orleans 145 Lafayette, Lafayette Parish.. 146 Coushatta, Red River Parish 147 Anacoco, Vernon Parish 148 Red L a n d , Bossier Parish 149 Darlington, St. H e l e n a Parish
(Feb. 12, 1856] 1856 Extinct., Charter f o r f ' d i n '57, p . 96,Pro. '59. 1856 F e b . 12, 1856 Charter surrendered 1880. do do 1880. F e b . 12, 18561 do forfeited 1881. Feb. 12, 1856 A n n e x e d to Mindeu N o . 51, 1866. 1856 Formed A l p h a H o m e N o . 72,1859. 1850 Feb. 12, 1856 Feb. 10, 1857 Feb. 10, 1857 M Feb. 10, 1857 Feb. 10, 1S57 Charter forf ed 'SI. R e n e w e d '85. o ! | F e10, b .1857 w | F e b . 10,1858 Charter forfeited F e b . 7,1905. o Feb. 10,1858 Charter surrendered 1879. 150 Donaldson ville, Ascension Parish! Feb. 10..1858 151 Winnfleld, W i n n Parish.. Feb. 10,,1858 152 Homer, Claiborne Parish Feb. 10, 1858 153 5th District, N e w Orleans Feb. 12,, -1.LJ 154 Filmore, Bossier Parish 1858 \J\J Charter \_*/A-lvl-I t v l surrendered £31.11.1 Cl-H^t d CVA 1879. JUl vi Feb. 12, 1858 Charter surrendered F e b . 10,1892. 155Zion Hill, Union Parish Feb. 12,, 1858 [turns p. 220, P r o . 1868. 156 Mount Oarmel, Sabine Parish. Charter sur'd Feb. 1869. Last re1859 Extinct. 157 Rosedale, Iberville Parish. Feb. 16, 1859 Charter forfeited 1881. 158Huddleston, Rapides Parish Feb. 16, 1859 Charter surrendered 1879. 159 Morganza, Poiute Goupee Parish. Feb. 16, 1859 160 Ponchatoula, T a n g i p a h o a Parish. a F e b . 16, 1S60 161 P o i n t Jefferson, Morehouse Par... Feb. IB, 1860 Charter forfeited F e b r u a r y 9, '86. 162 Shangaloo, Claiborne Parish.. Feb. 16, 1860 163Simmsport, Avoyelles Parish. F e b . 16, I860 Charter forfeited F e b r u a r y , 1887. 164 Columbia, Caldwell Parish. Feb. 16, 1860 [Rechartered F e o . 9, 1892. 165 L a k e Charles, Calcasieu Parish. Feb. 12, 1861 Charter surrendered 1878. 166 New Orleans Feb. 13, 1861 167 New Orleans F e b . 13, 1861 168 Montgomery, 1 gy, G r a n t Parish Feb. 13, 1861 Charter surrendered 1886. i l l Clib i 169 H Haynesville, Claiborne P Parish.. Surrendered May, '65, p. 505, '66. to 1862 Extinct.., Army Lodge
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NAMES OF LODGES.
179 Orus. 180 Kosmos. 181 Union.... 182 Orient, 183 D a n t e . 184 Amite City. 185 Perfect Harmony. 186 Eureka 187 Tulip. 188Caddo., 189 Little Flock. 190 Jeffersonian. 191 S a m T o d d . 192 Longwood. 193 Spring Creek. 194 Orphans' Friend. 195 Kisatchie Union, 196 Flat Lick. 197 Covington. 198 Evergreen. 199 Corinthian. 200 Jefferson . 201 Abbeville 202 Aurora 203 Mount Olivet. 204 Trenton 205 Ashland 206 Magnolia
170 New Orleans.. New Orleans Xew Orleans New Orleans New Orleans Amite City, Tangipahoa Parish. New Orleans Bonuer, Lincoln Parish...., Tulip, Claiborne Parish ISO Wineburg, Sabine Parish. 181 Kingston, DeSoto Parish. 182 Sugar Town, Calcasieu Parish. 188 Mooringsport, Caddo Parish.. 18-1 Spring Creek Church,Tangipahoa Ph 185 Big Cane, St. L a n d r y Parish 186 Kile'sMills, Natchitoches Parish. 187 Flat Lick, Claiborne Parish. 188 Covington, St. Tammany Parish 189 Evergreen, Avoyelles Parish. 190 New Orleans. 191 New Orleans. 192 Abbeville, Vermilion Parish. 193 New Iberia, Iberia Parish.. 194|Bayou Bceuf, St. Landry Parish. Ouachita Parish 1 r i f t Trenton, * * *~* • • •*- - -* "*~* ? _ i196 Ashland, Natchitoches Parish ... 197 Washington, St. Landry Parish.
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9,1864 Consolidated with P. U. No. 1, '79. 1864 : 1865 1865 Consolidated with 68.
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Charter surrendered May 31,1880. 1868|Charter surrendered 1883. 1808! 1868 1869 1869 1869 1869 1869 Charter forfeited Feb. 17, 1881. lS69jCharter surrendered Nov., 1880. 1869 lame and location clanged 1874 and 1902. 1870 Ch. forfeited Feb. 17,1881. [Saline.
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207 Brookline 203 Mallet Woods. 209 Oak Grove 210 Summerfleld... 211 Holly Springs. 212 Assumption 213 Corner Stone.. 214 Doric 215 Tyrian 216 Howard. 217 N. H. Bray 218 R. F. McGuire. 219 Missionary 220 Beacon 221 Blazing Star 222 Key Stone 223 Land Mark 224 Friendship 225 Good Intent 226 Fellowship 22' The Star in the East *2 Adonijah 229 Livonia 230 Solomon. 231 Pecan Grove.. 232 Bethany. 233 Alabama " " 234 Centennial... 235 Clear Spring..
236 Blue Buck.. 237 Terrebonne. 238 Cadeville 239 Pleasant Hill. 240Grangeville 241 Welsh
198 Brookline, Jackson Parish 199 PrudhoinmeCity, St.Landry Ph.. 200 Oak Grove, Carroll Parish 201 Summerfleld, Claiborne Parish.. 202 Holly Springs, Claiborne Parish. 203 Nap6leo*nvilTe, Assumption P h 204 Lewisville, W i n n Parish 205 Morgan City, St. Mary Parish 206 Williamspo'rt. Pointe Coupee Ph. 207 Springfield P. O., Livingston P h . 208 W a l n u t Hill, Vernon Parish 209 Rayville, Richland Parish.... 210! Missionary Ridge, Catahoula Ph 211 Arizona, Claiborne Palish 212 W. Baton Rouge, W.B.Rouge Ph. 213 Sicily Island,Catahoula Parish 214 Spring Ridge, Caddo Parish.... ~"~ Friendship Church,BienvillePh. 216 Loggy ggy Bayou, y , Red River Parish. , 217 Hineston, Rapides Parish 218 St. Thomas, West Indies 219 Black Bayou, Caddo Parish. 220 False River, Pointe Coupee Ph. 221 "" Pineville, Rapides Parish. 222 Illawara, Carroll Parish 223 224 Bethany Church, Natchitoches Ph. 225 Alabama Church, Bienville P h . 226 Waterproof, Tensas Parish Longwood,Bayou, Caddo Cameron Parish. Ph. 227 Johnson's 228 Houma, Terrebonne Parish.. 229 Cadeville, Ouachita Parish 230 Pleasant Hill, Sabine Parish l231iGrangeville, St. Helena Parish. |232| Welsh, Calcasieu Parish.
Feb. 16, 1870 Feb. 19, 1870 Charter forfeited 1878. Mar. 23, 1870 Charter forfeited February, 1887. Apr. 25,, 1870 Charter surrendered Feb. 14,1899. Apr. 25, 1870 Charter surrendered Oct. 12,1879. Feb. 15,, 1871 Charter surrendered Dec. 15,1882. Feb. 15, is1; Charter surrendered 1885. Feb. 15,,181 Feb. 15, 1871 Charter forfeited Feb. 13, 1894. Feb. 15, 1871 Charter forfeited Feb. 17, 1884. Feb. 15, 1871 Feb. 15, 1871 Feb. , 1872 Charter forfeited Feb. 9, 1886. Feb. 14, 1872 Charter forfeited Feb. 9, 1886. Feb. 14, 1872 Feb. 14, 1872 Feb. 14, 1873 IFeb. 14, 1873 Ch. forfeited 1886; restored 1887. Feb. 14, 1873 Feb. 14, 1873 Feb. 14, 1873|Charter recalled 1874. Feb. 13, 1874 Charter surrendered 1885. Feb. 13, 1874 Feb. 13, 1874 Feb. 17, 1876 Feb. 18, 1876 Charter surrendered Feb., 1906. Feb. 17, 1877 Charter forfeited February, 18877. Feb. 17, 1877 Charter forfeited Feb. 9, 1886. Feb. 17, 1877 Charter forfeited Feb. 9, 1886. Feb. 15, 1879|Charter surrendered . Feb. 18, 1881 Charter surrendered 1886. Feb. 14, 1889 Feb. 12, 1890 Feb. 12, 1890 Feb. 12, 1890
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242 Kyiche 243 Robertsville 244 Simsboro 245 Little Flock..... 246 Plain Dealing. 247.Maernolia. . 248 Shiloh 249| Leesville 250;Conly. 251 Weston. 252 Crowley.. 2-53 Centre. 254Millerton. 255 Winnsboro. 256 Clear Spring. 257 Kent wood 258| Jennings.. 259 Mansfield . 260lAscension. 261 Mitchell. 262Toro 263 Forest Hill.. 264 Jeanerette. 265 Saint Andrew. 266 White Castle.. 267 Marthaville .... 268Colfax. 269 C . F . Buck.,
PLACES OF THEIR ESTABLISHMENT.
!233|Gaar Mill, Winn Parish.. J234!Robertsville, Natchitoches Ph... 235 Simsboro, Lincoln Parish. 236 Antioch Church, Sabine Parish. 237 Plain Dealing, Bossier 238 Bear, Calcasieu.. 1239 Bernice, Union Parish ^240 Leesville, Union Parish. 241 Love's Lake, Red River Parish... 242 Weston, Jackson Parish 243 Crowley, Acadia Parish 244|Union Academy, Washington Ph |245|Millerton, Claiborne Parish 246 Winnsboro, Franklin Parish 247 Clear Spring, Red River Parish... 248 Kentwood, Tan°;ipahoa Parish.... 249 Jennings, Calcasieu Parish 250 Mansfield, DeSoto Parish 251jDonaldsonville, Ascension Parish ,252jMitehell, Sabine Parish • J253Toro, Sabine Parish 254 Forest Hill, Rapides Parish...... 255 Jeanerette, Iberia Parish 2561 Mer Rouge, Morehouse Parish . 257 White Castle, Iberville Parish.. 258 Marthaville, Natchitoches Parish 259Colfax, Grant Parish 260Tullos, Catahoula Parish
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Feb. 11, 1891 Feb. 11, 1891 Feb. 11, 1891 1892 Feb. Feb. 9, 1892 18921 Feb. Feb. 9, Lodge changed to Bernice, 15, 1893|Shiloh Feb. 1893 [1903. 15, Feb. 1893 15, Feb. 1893 Feb. 15, 1893 Feb. 15, 1S94 [Feb. 13, 1894 Feb. 18, 1894 Feb. 13, 1894! Feb. 13, 1894 Feb. 13 1895; Feb. 12, 1895 Feb. 12, 1895 Feb. 12, 1896 Feb. 11, 11, 1896 Feb. 11, 1896 Feb. 11 1896 Feb. 11, 1896 Feb. 9, 1897 Feb. 16, Feb. 15,1898 Feb. 15, 1898|Domicile changed to Urania, 1903
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, 270 Anchor 271 Progressive. 272 Florien 273 Dalley 2741 Pine. 275 Atkins 276 Unity . 277 Melville 278; Marksville . 279 Benefield., 280|DeRidder. 281 Sarepta.... 282 Boyce. 283 Oberlin. 284 Benson. 2S5 Dorcheat.... 286 Dubach 287 Rosemary... 288 DeQuineey. 289| Jonesboro. 290 R. M. Crowson. 291 Yellow Pine 292 Marion.... 293 Oak Grove 294 Many 295 Cheneyville 296 Globe 297 Pine Grove 298Dodson 299 Rose Pine 300 Kinder. 301 Fordoche. 302|Goldonna Goldonna . 303 Belmont
261 Pollock, Grant Parish 262 Lutcher, St. James Parish 263 Florien, Sabine Parish 264 Dalley, Jackson Parish 265 Pine, Washington Parish... 266 Atkins, Bossier Parish j267Houma, Terrebonne Parish 268 Melville, St. Landry Parish 269 Marksville, Avoyelles Parish...... 1270 Rodessa, Caddo Parish 271 DeRidder, Calcasieu Parish 272 Sarepta, Webster Parish 273 Boyce, Rapides Parish ;274 Oberlin, Calcasieu Parish |275 Benson, DeSoto Parish 276 Dorcheat, Webster Parish 277 Dubach, Lincoln Parish 278 Newport, W i n n Parish 279 DeQuineey, Calcasieu Parish 280 Jonesboro, Jackson Parish 281 Castor, Bienville Parish 282 Oakdale, Calcasieu Parish 283 Marion, Union Parish |284 Oak Grove, West Carroll Parish.. 285 Many, Sabine Parish 286 Cheneyville, Rapides Parish 287 Yellow Pine 288 Ponchatoula, Tangipahoa Parish 289Dodson, Winn Parish 290 Rose Pine, Vernon Parish 291 Kinder, Calcasieu Parish 292 Fordoche, Point Coupee, Parish... 293 Goldonna, Natchitoches Parish... 294 Belmont, Sabine Parish
Feb. 14,1899 Feb. 14.1899 Feb. 13.1900 Feb. 13,1900 Feb. 13,1900 Feb. 13, 1900 Feb. 13.1900 Feb. 12.1901 Feb. 12, 1901 Feb. 12.1901 Feb. 11,19021 Feb. 11.1902 Feb. 11,1902 Feb. 11,1902 Feb. 11, 1902 Feb. 3, 1903 Feb. 3, 1908 Feb. 3, 1903 Feb. 3, 1903 Feb. 3,1903 Feb. 3,1903 Feb. 3.1903 Feb. 3.1904 Feb. 3,1904 Feb. 3, 1904 Feb. 3,1904 Feb. 3,1904 Feb. 3,1904 Feb. 3,1904 Feb. 3.1904 Feb. 7,1905 Feb. 7, 1905 Feb. Feb. 7.1905 7,1905
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304 Eros . 305 Hico. 306 Denbam Springs. 307,Georgetown 308 Hemphill Star.. 309 Osiris 310 Albert Kosseau. 311 Zwolle 312 011a. 313Gibbsland. 314 Concordia. 315 Rapides. 316 Assumption. 317Tallulah
PLACES OF THEIB ESTABLISHMENT.
295 Eros, Jackson Parish 296 Hico, Lincoln Parish 297 Denham Springs, Livingston Ph. 298 Georgetown, Grant Parish 299 Wilda, Rapides Parish 300 New Orleans, Orleans Parish 301 St. Martinsville St. Martin Par. 302 Zwolle, Sabine Parish 303 011a, Catahoula Parish 304 Gibbsland, Bienville Parish 305 Vidalia, Concordia Parish 306 Poland, Rapides Parish 307 Napoleonville, Assumption Par. 308Tallulah, Madison Parish
DATE a>6e OF PRESENT CHARTER.
Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb.
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Name of Lodge.
81 Abbeville., 39 Acacia 21 Alpha-Home. 72 72Amite City.... 55 Anacoco 130 Anchor.. 46 Arcadia 120 Ascension .... 83 Ashland 179 Assumption.. 64 Atchafalaya.. 50 Athens 135 A t k i n s .
Aurora... 29 Bellevue. 164 Belmont. 139 Benefleld. 144 Benson. 108 Bernice 88 Blazing Star. 142 Boyce 84 Brookline 63 Brookville 73 Oaddo 9SCadeville., 113 Centre. 4 Cervantes.. 129 Chas. F . Buck . 155 Cheney ville.. 116 Clear Spring., 128Colfax 65 Columbia. 180 Con cord ia. HOConley. 79 C o r i n t h i a n . 77 Covington , 112Crowley. 28 Cyp ress 134 34 Dalley Dall 71 Dante 41 Delhi 166 Denham Springs.,
140DeRidder..
148 DeQuincey.. 1S8 Dodson 145 Dorcheat .... 85 Doiic 51 Downsville. J Li 15
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192 116 72 175 147 261 126 251 196 163 307 136 266 193 95 294 270 275 239 212 273 198 161 179 229 244 5 260 28fi 247 259 164 305 241 190 188 243 89 265 174 120 297 271 279 289 276 205 143
14 21 1—1 2 26 22 9 21 8 25 30 28 22 14 10 18 11 11 6 21 13 12 4 11 7 27 1—4 23 13 8 23 7 24 22 1—1 27 19 10 12 1—4 24 2 26 26 12 17 15
Abbeville Plaquemine New Orleans AmiteCity Anacoco Pollock Arcadia Donaldsonville.... Ashland
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Abbeville. Plaquemine. New Orleans. Amite. Leesville. Pollock. Arcadia. Donaldsonville. Chestnut. Napoleonville Napoleonville. Simsport Simsport. Athens Athens. Atkins Elm Grove. New Iberia New Iberia Haughtori Haughton. Belmont Belmont. Rodessa Rodessa. Benson Lenoir. Bernice. Bernice Port Allen Cinclaire. Boyce. Boyce Boatner. Hood's Mill Oak Ridge. Oak Ridge Shreveport , Shreveport. Cadeville. Cadeville Union Academy.. Lee's Creek. New Orleans New Orleans. Urania Urania. Cheney ville Cheneyville. C S Liberty. Clear Spring Colfax. (,'olfax Columbia. Columbia Vidalia. Vidalia Polk. Love's L a k e New Orleans. New Orleans Covington. Covington g Crowley. C l Crowley Benton. Benton Dalley. Dalley New Orleans. New Orleans Delhi. Delhi Denham Springs. Denham Springs. DeRidder. DeRidder DeQuhicey. DeQuincey Dodson Dodson Dorcheat. Dorcheat Morgan City. Morgan City Downsville. Downsville
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25 146 Dubach 58 Eastern Star,. 165 Bros.
277 151 295 189 78 Evergreen 31 Flii 8 Feliciana., 217 93 Fellowship ... 263 132 Florien 292 161 Fordoche 254 123 Forest Hill.... 67 16 Franklin 101 32 Franklinton . 21 91 Friendship. 17 Friends of Harmony 58 19 George Washington 65 298 163 Georgetown 46 10 Gertnauia 304 177 Gibbsland. 287 156 Globe 293 162 Goldonna 216 92 Good Intent 133 48 Gordy 231 100 Grange ville 110 36 Harrisonburg. 98 31 Hermitage. 299 169 Hemphill Star.. 296 163 Hico 7 20 Hiram. 70 15: 59 Homer 145 53 Hope 5 Humble Cottage 19 25; 124 Jeanerette 191 80 Jefferson, 249 118 Jennings. 280 149 Jonesboro. 124 44 Kellertown. 248 117 Kentwood.. 213 89 Keystone. 291 160 Kinder. 156 61 Kisatchie 69 Kosmos |171 102 Kyiohe. 233 87 27 Lafayette 165 66 Lake Charles • 21 90 Land Mark.... 109 Leesville 240 123 43 Liberty. 236 105 Little Flock. 16 67 Linn Wood .
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.Vinnfield. ros Evergreen St. Francisville., Hiueston Florien Fordoche Forest Hill Franklin Franklinton Friendship New Orleans New Orleans Georgetown New Orleans Gihbsland Yellow Pine oldouna East Point Lecompte Grange ville Harrisonburg.... New Orleans Wilda Hico New Orleans Homer Lafayette Opelousas Jeanerette New Orleans Jennings Jonesboro Wilson Kentwood Florence Kinder Mt. Carmel New Orleans Gaar's Mill Patterson Lake Charles Keithville Leesville Keachie Negreet New Orleans
Dubach. Winnfield. Eros. Evergreen. St. Francisville. Hineston. Florien. Fordoche. Forest Hill. Franklin. Franklinton. Friendship. New Orleans. New Orleans, eorgetown. New Orleans. Gibbsland. Yellow Pine. Goldonna. Love's Lake. Lamourie. Grangeville. Harrisonburg. New Orleans. Wilda. Hico. New Orleans. Homer. Lafayette. Opelousas. Jeanerette. New Orleans. Jennings. Jonesboro. Wilson. Kentwood. Holly Grove. Kinder. Corley ville. New Orleans. Gaar's Mill. Patterson. Lake Charles. Keithville. Leesville. Keachie. Negreet. New Orleans.
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Name of Lodge.
62 Livingston 94 Livonia 33 Louisiana 42 Mackey..... 107 Magnolia 119 Mansfield 154 Many 152 Marion 138 Marksville 127 Marthaville 137 Melville 40 Milford ll4Millerton 12 Minden 121 Mitchell 68 Montgomery 15 Mt. Gerizim 18 Mt. Moriah 25 Mt. Vernon 86 N. H. Bray 153 Oak Grove 143 Oberlin 52 Ocean 13 Olive 26 Oliver 171011a 76 Orphans' Friend. 170 Osiris 45 Pearl River 96 Pecan Grove 1 Perfect Union 3 Perseverance 9 Phoenix 133 Pine 157 Pine Grove 106 Plain Dealing 49 Plains 99 Pleasant Hil 2 Polar Star 131 Progressive 23 Quitman 178 Rapides 56 Red Land 87 R. F. McGuire.... 150 R. M.Crowson 103 Roberts ville 147 Rosemary 159 Rose Pine
160 220 102 122 238 250 285 283 269 258 268 117 245 51 252 168 54 59 83 208 284 274 144 52 84 303 185 300 125 222 1 4 38 264 288 237 135 230 1 262 76 306 148 209 281 234 278 290
Location.
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Hammond. Hammond New Roads. 21 New Roads New Orleans. 1—2 New Orleans Ringgold. 22 Ringgold Bear. 20 Barne's Creek Mansfield. 11 Mansfield Many. 29 Many Marion. 6 Marion 25 Marksville Marts ville. •; 18 Marthaville Marthaville. 25 Melville Melville. ; 16 Hope Villa Hope Villa. • 28 Millerton Haynesville. i 17 Minden Minden. •' 18 Mitchell Mitchell. 12 Montgomery Montgomery. 4 Bastrop Bastrop. New Orleans. 1—1 New Orleans Logansport. 11 Logansport Hicks. 26 Walnut Hill Oak Grove. 24 Oak Grove 19 Oberlin Oberlin. New Orleans. 1-6 New Orleans Clinton. 3 Clinton Alexandria. 13 Alexandria Olla. 23 Olla Big Cane. 25 Big Cane New Orleans. 1—1 New Orleans Balltown. 27 Line Academy 24 Lake Providence.. Lake Providence. New Orleans. 1 — 1 New Orleans New Orleans. 1—4 New Orleans 18 Natchitoches.;...., Natchitoches. Pine. 27 Pine Ponchatouia. 2 Ponchatouia Plain Dealing. 10 Plain Dealing Zachary. 16 Zachary 18 Pleasant Hill Pleasant Hill. New Orleans. 1—4 New Orleans FiUtcher. 21 Lu teller 1—5 New Orleans , New Orleans. Poland. 13 Poland Carterville. 10 Carterville Rayville. 4 Rayville Alberta. 9 Castor Provencal. 18 Provencal Hill. 23 Newporti Rose Pine. 26 Rose Pine
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Name of Lodge.
176:Albert Rousseau 34 Ruston. 22Sabine 74 Sam. Todd 141 Sarepta 54 Silent Brotherhood 38 Shreveport 104 Simsboro 95 Solomon 35 Sparta 75 Spring Creek 47 Spring Hill St. Albans 125lSt. Andrew HO St. Helena 11 St. James 24 St. Joseph 60Saints John 174 Tallulah 122|Toro. 70 Union 14 Union Fraternal 136 Unity 37 Urim 101 Welsh 6 Western Star 111 Weston 12K White Castle 115 Winnsboro 151 Yellow Pine 173 Zwolle
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301 14 St. Martinsville St. Martinsville. Ruston. 106 5 Ruston Fort Jesup. 75 18 Fort Jesup Sugar Town. 182 20 Sugar Town Sarepta. 272 17 Sarepta Coushatta. 146 8 Coushatta Shreveport. 115 11 Shreveport Simsboro, 235 5 Simsboro .. | Pineville. 22 \ 13 Pineville Bienville. Bienville 108 '.) 184 2 Spring Creek.... Lewiston. Oakland. 127 6 Oakland Jackson. 28 3 Jackson Mer Rouge. 256 4 Mer Rouge Greensburg. 96 2 Greensburg....... Baton Rouge. 47 16 Baton Rouge.... Newellton. 79 24 Newellton New Orleans. 153 1—6 New Orleans Tallulah 308 24 Tallulan Horn beck 253 29 Ffornbeck Orleans. J172 172 1—3 New Orleans.... New Farmerville. 53 6 Farmerville Houma. 267 15 Houma Indian Village. 111 7 Calhoun Welsh. 232 19 Welsh Monroe. 24 7 Monroe Weston. 242 12 Weston White Castle. 257 21 White Castle... Winnsboro. 246 4 Winnsboro Beaver. 282 20 Oakdale Zwolle 302 2!) Zwolle
List of Fast and Fresent Grand Officers of the Grand Lodge of the State of Louisiana, from its Organization to the Fresent Year, GBAND MASTERS DEP. GE. MASTBES GB.SEN.WABDEN& a s . JUIC. WABDENSI GBAND TBEASURERS 3KRAND SECEETARIEP
1812 *P Fran DuBourg *LCMoreauLislet|*J Blanque *Francis Pernot 1813 P Fran DuBourg LCMoreau Lislet J Blanque «JB DesBois 1814 P Fran DuBourg LCMoreau Lislet *J Soulie LCMoreau Lislet Dom Eoquette... *DominiqueRoquette 1815 *J SoulitS LCMoreau Lislet *JBModLefevre.. J B Mod Lefevre.. 1816 J Soulii Lemonnier LCMoreau Lislet JBModLefevre.. *Y 1817 J Souli
*Jean Baptiste Pinta *J B Gregoire Veron Jean Baptiste Pinta J B Gregoire Veron Jean Baptiste Pinta J B Gregoire Veron Jean Baptiste Pinta *Auguste Guibert Jean Baptiste Pinta| Auguste Guibert Jean Baptiste Pinta Auguste Guibert Jean Baptiste Pinta Auguste Guibert Jean Baptiste Pinta|*N Vishier, *F Dissard Jean Baptiste Pinta *F DissTird ' 6 W Morgan F Dissard F Dissard G W Morgan F Dissard G W Morgan F Dissard G W Morgan F Dissard *C Miltenberger F Dissard C Miltenberger F Dissard C Miltenberger F Dissard C Miltenberger F Dissard C Miltenberger F Dissard * L H Feraud F Dissard L H Feraud F Dissard *Alex Phillips F Dissard Ale-x Phillips F Dissard Alex Phillips F Dissard Alex Phillips F Dissard *Joaquin Viosca F Dissard Joaquin Viosca Dissard *Francois Coquet.... F F Dissard *Cotton Henry F Dissard *L H Feraud *Jean Lamothe *Fleury Generellv.. *F Dubayle
LIST OP PAST AND PRESENT GRAND OFFICERS—Continued. GRAND MASTERS DEP. GR. MASTERS GR.SEN. WARDENS GR. JUN. WARDENS GRAND TREASURERS GRAND SECRETARIES
1842*0ean Lamothe... tRamon Vionnet *Paul Bertus Ramon Vionnet... *Fleury Generelly... *P Dubayle *Robert Preaux... *A D Guesnon 1843 *B A Canon *HKidel Fleury Generelly... P Dubayle *F J Verrier Robert Preaux... *Luc. Hermann.. Francis Calongne. fRamon Vionnet F J Verrier 1844 B ACanon F J Verrier 1845 *Robert Preaux... *Felix Garcia Luc. Hermann.. Francis Calongne Ramon Vionnet F J Verrier *IJUC. Hermann.. ^Francis Calongne. * Joseph Lisbony... Ramon Vlonriet 1846 *Felix Garcia Robert Preaux... *Francois Meilleur. *Roman Brugier... Ramon Vionnet..... F J Verrier 1847 Felix Garcia Luc. Hermann..... *Thos B Patten... *Alex Derbes 1848 Felix Garcia Ramon Vionh et...... F J Verrier W H Howard LaBL * M R Dudley...... *ThosH Lewis.... *W P Colenian.... *G Gorki....... *Daniel Blair F J Verrier F Calongne 1849 *Luc. Hermann *Ant Mondelli *Simon Meilleur... Ramon Vionnet W H Howard *JnoWCrockett... *WmM Perkins... *J W McNamara... *Daniel Blair LaBL *John Gedge *J J B Massicot [nett 1850 Luc, Hermann *F Calongne Ramon Vionnet Ant. Mondelli.... *GeoW Catlett J J E Massicot*EBar *GeoWCatlett.... *R F McGuire 1851 John Gedge. *S Herriman *W LKnox *Edward Barnett *Robt F McGuire *WmL Knox 1852 *HR WHill S Herriman *S M Hart *Wm L Knox..... *SM Hart 1853 H E W Hill *W H Huntington S Herriman.. [mann Edward Barnett 1854 *Wm M Perkins.. Wm L Knox *HWHuntington *Geo D Shadburn.. S Herriman &Good- *Samuel G Risk 1855 Wm M Perkins.. *Geo D Shadburn *M H Dosson *Stephen C Michell.. Samuel G Risk Law P Crain 1856 Win M Perkins.. *M H Dosson S O Scruggs Stephen 0 Michell.. Samuel G Risk *Louis Texada 1857 Wm M Perkins.. 'Amos Adams Stephen 0 Michell.. Samuel G Risk *A S Washburn.. S O Scruggs 1858 Amos Adams Stephen 0 Michell.. Samuel G Risk *Samuel M Todd.. *S O Scruggs *A J Norwood 1859 *Samuel M Todd.. S O Scruggs Stephen C Michell.. Samuel G Risk *A J Norwood.... Joseph Santini 1860 *J Q A Fellows... *A G Carter *John C Gordy .. HenryRegenburg SCMichell&S MTodd Samuel G Risk Samuel G Risk 1861 J Q, A Fellows... A G Carter John C Gordy... HenryRegenburg Samuel MTodd Samuel M Todd 1862 J Q A Fellows... A G Carter *B G Thibodeaux *Samuel J Powell- K Harmon Doane Samuel M Todd 1863 J Q A Fellows... A G Carter B G Thibodeaux Samuel J Powell- Harmon Doane 1864 J Q, A Fellows... A G Carter B G Thibodeaux Samuel J Powell.. *Henry R Swasey.... Samuel M Todd M Todd 1865 J Q A Fellows... *Edward Barnett *George A Pike... *John Booth Henry R Swasey.... Samuel M Todd 1866 *Wm M Perkins. *A J Norwood.... *SO Scruggs.. .....John C Jones Henry R Swasey.... Samuel *Jas C Batchelor.MD 1867 *A J Norwood *H R Swasey 8 O Scruggs *John A Stevenson Samuel M Todd. Jas C Batchelor.MD 1868 *Henry R Swasey Sy G Parsons Samuel M Todd. John G Jones *Wm McDuff. 1869 *Samuel:MTodd.. Sy G Parsons Amos Kent *John L Barrett.-... Henry R Swasey.... JasCBatehelor,MD 1870 Samuel M Todd.. Amos Kent........ *WnaRobson...... John B Sorapuru.. Henry R Swasey.... Jas C Batchelor.MD
Wm Robson. John BSorapuru. Henry R Swasey... 1S71 Samuel M Todd.. Amos Kent Edwin Marks Henry R Swasey... *M E Girard.. 1872 Samuel M Todd.. *Jos P Hornor *W R Whitaker.... Wm Stephen Pike. 1873 *Michel Eloi Girard *John G Fleming Edwin Marks. W R Whitaker.... Wm Stephen Pike. 1874 MiohelEloiGirard John G Fleming. Edwin Marks *A W Hyatt 1875 *John G Fleming William Robson *W R Whitaker... *Julius Lisso A W Hyatt 1878 J o h n G Fleming William Robson *W R Whitaker... Julius Lisso W R Whitaker... Albert L Abbott. A W Hyatt 1877 *Sam'l J Powell... Edwin Marks *Geo H Braughn.. A W Hyatt Hy C Young 1878 Sam'l J Powell.. Edwin Marks A W Hyatt *Geo H Braughn. H Van McCain 1879 Edwin Marks...... Hy C Young A W Hyatt Geo H Braughn. *J L Lobdell Hy C Young 1880 Edwin Marks David R Graham.. A W Hyatt 1881 * W R Whitaker... *JasL Lobdell.... Wm W Leake *D Leatherman.... A W Hyatt 1882 W R W h i taker... Jas L Lobdell.... D R Graham A W Hyatt *D Leatherman... C F Buck 1883 *Jas L Lobdell.... D R Graham W A Strong A W Hyatt Chas F Buck 1884 Jas L Lobdell.... D R Graham A W Hyatt W A Strong 1885 David R Grab am. J D Hammonds.. ChasF Buck F Buck Geo H Packwood.. A W Hyatt 1886 *Joseph P : Hornor J G McWilliams *DavidN Barrow.. A W Hyatt Buck....... Geo H Packwood. *F M Brooks 1887 Cbas'F "" Frank P Stubbs. .. A W Hyatt 1888 Chas F Buck ...... Geo H Packwood. F M Brooks *Wm T Benedict.. A W Hyatt Geo H Packwood. F M Brooks 1889 Chas F Buck Wm T Benedict... A W Hyatt Geo H Packwood. Geo M Bolton 1890 Chas F Buck Wm T Benedict... A W Hyatt Geo H Packwood. Geo M Bolton 1891 Chas F Buck Geo H Packwood. Geo M Bolton Wm T Benedict- A W Hyatt 1892 Chas F Buck A W Hyatt *Wm T Benedict. Robert H Cage 1893 Geo W Bolton A G Brice A W Hyatt Robert H Cage.... John Clegg 1894 Geo H Packwood A G Brioe Robert H Cage.... John Clegg A W Hyatt 1895 Geo H Packwood A G Brice Robert H Cage.... R R Reid A W Hyatt 1896 Albert G Brice.... AC Allen Robert H Cage.... R R Reid A W Hyatt 1897 Albert G. Brice... AC Allen Robert H Cage.... R R Reid 1898 A C Allen A W Hyatt L L Shwartz Robert H Cage.... R R Reid..., 1899 A C Allen A W Hyatt L L Shwartz 1900 Robert H Cage E T Sellers A G Ricks H M Danneel R R Reid 1901 Robert H Cage A G Ricks L P Deiahoussaye E T Sellers R R Reid 1902 Robert R Reid.... L P Deiahoussaye E T Sellers.. L C Allen A G Ricks 190: Robert R Reid.... L P Deiahoussaye E T Sellers... L C Allen A G Ricks 1904 L P Deiahoussaye *E T Sellers O H Simpson A G Ricks L C Allen 1905 L P Deiahoussaye L C Allen.. O H Simpson A G Ricks L E Thomas 1906 L C Allen L E Thomas, F C Marsh A G Ricks..... J C Drew... *Dead.
tExpelled by Grand Lodge for Defalcation as Grand Treasurer.
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REPRESENTATIVES NEAR GRAND LODGE OF LOUISIANA.
REPRESENTATIVES OF OTHER GRAND LODGES NEAR THE GRAND LODGE OF LOUISIANA. L. C. ALLEN, Shreveport "W. H. REYNAUD, New Orleans A. C. ALLEN, Franklin A. 0. MARSH, Franklin New Orleans New Orleans G. PASSALAQUA, New Orleans F. WARREN. CA LONGNE, New Orlean s JOSE VENTA, New Orleans GEO. W. BOOTH, New Orleans GEORGE H. PACKWOOD, Clinton GEORGE J. PINOKARD, New Orleans DAVID R. GRAHAM, New Orleans MARK QUAYLE, New Orleans CHARLES F. BUCK, New Orleans JAMES R. FREEMAN, Wilson ROBERT BABBINGTON, Franklinton JAMES H. CALDWELL, Robeline M. L. SCOVELL, Shreveport C. C. KRAMER, New Iberia JOSEPH MEYERS, New Orleans L. L. SHWARTZ, New Orleans JOHN PCJLESTON, Amite A. G. BRIOE, New Orleans ROBERT R. REID, Amite PHILIP PPEFFER, New Orleans
RICHARD LAMBERT, ROBERTH. CAGE,
R. W. ALLEST, Franklin
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REPRESENTATIVES NEAR OTHER GRAND LODGES.
REPRESENTATIVES OP THE GRAND LODGE OF LOUISIANA NEAR OTHER GRAND LODGES. O. W. UNDERWOOD, Birmingham Alabama GEO. A. DANNELLY, Searcy Arkansas FRANCIS A. SHAW, Phoenix Arizona MENDEL KANDERER, Rio de Jaueiro Brazil HAKRY N. RrcH, Ladner British Columbia D. F. MCWATT, Sarnia, Ontario Canada War. D. TODD, Denver , Colorado DAVID A. JOHNSON, San Jose Costa Rica ILDEFONSO P. BRAVO, Havana Cuba JAMES L. GOULD, Bridgeport Connecticut HOWARD GILMAN, Washington District of Columbia JOHN A. NICHOLSON, Dover Delaware SYD. L. CARTER, Gainsville Florida JOSEPH C. GREENFIELD, Atlanta Georgia L. A. GODDARD, National Bank, Chicago.. Illinois '•'•
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M. C. NOYHOYLE, Kendrick Idaho WM. G. HITBAND, Dublin, 39 Upper Mount Street Ireland HARVEY LINDSEY, Texanna Indian Territory ALEXANDER L. VAN ARSDALL Kansas ....:...... Maryland MILLARD 0. CASWELL, Bridgton... Maine CHAS. W. NASH, 415 N. Western B'ldg, Minneapolis...Minnesota W. H. MAYO, St. Louis Missouri JOHN H. P. HTOHART, Grand Rapids Michigan M. M. EVANS, Moss Point Mississippi FRANCIS D;' JONES, Helena Montana JAMES J. WHITE, Winnipeg Manitoba W. J. ROBERT, Salem, Winston North Carolina
REPRESENTATIVES NEAR OTHER GRAND LODGES.
235
L. FOULKS, Fargo :..... North Dakota N. PULLER, Passaic New Jersey FRED. G. LEMMERMAN, NO. 1 Myrtle Ave...... Brooklyn ROBERT E. Evans, Dakota City ... Nebraska THEO. G. FARRAN, Carson Nevada GEOSGE K. COCHRANE, St. John New Brunswick Jos. L. HETTERINGTON, Halifax Nova Scotia MAX. FROST, Santa Fe" New Mexico CHAS. H. WEBSTER, Nashua New Hampshire C. IT. CARRUTHERS, 21 Montague St., Glenara, Sidney, New South Wales HENRY STEPHEN KEITH, Christ Church New Zelaud JOHN E. BRUCE, Cincinnati Ohio J. F. MATTHEWS, Mangum Oklahoma W. D. Hare, Hillsboro Oregon WILLIAM. T. HUNT, Summerside Prince Edward Island C, R. CORNEIL, Montreal Quebec ARTHUR H. ARMINGTON, Providence ..Rhode Island WALTER WOOD ROBERTSON, Edinburg Scotland ZIMMERMAN DAVIS, Charleston South Carolina F. K. OLIFENT, Adelaide ...South Australia GEORGE A.. PETTIGREW, Sioux Falls South Dakota M. F. MOTT, Galveston Texas W. L. GRIGSBY, Dickson" Tennessee Tasmania SAMUEL PAUL, Salt Lake City .....Utah W. G. MOORE, Perth ....West Australia H. S. ROOT, Newport , .Vermont ROBT. W. ARNOLD, Alexandria.. ..Virginia JOHN C. F. ULRIOH, Hawthorne Grammar School, Melbourne, Victoria HORACE W. TYLER, Seattle Washington B. D. GIBSON, Charlestown West Virginia HENRY L. PALMER, Milwaukee ....Wisconsin THOMAS
JAS.
236
NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF GRAND SECRETARIES.
GRAND LODGES IN CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE GRAND LODGE OF LOUISIANA, WITH THE NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF GRAND SECRETARIES.
Alabama
Arizona Arkansas California Colorado
Connecticut Delaware
District of Columbia Florida.. Georgia : Idaho Illinois
Indiana Indian Territory Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana
Maine Maryland Massachusetts
Michigan Minnesota. Mississippi Missouri
Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico
New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma
Oregon Pennsylvania.
GEORGE A. BEAUOHAMP.Montgomey. GEORGE J. ROSKRUGE Tucson. FAY HEMPSTEAD Little Rock. .GEORGE JOHNSON San Francisco. CHARLES. H. JACOBSON...Denver. JOHN H. BARLOW Hartford. BENJ. F. BARTRAM ....Wilmington. ARVINE W. JOHNSTON....Washington City. WILBER P. WEBSTER Jacksonville. W. A. WOLIHIN Macon. T.W.RANDALL BoiseCity. J. H. C. DILL Bloomington. CALVIN W. PRATHER Indianapolis.
J. S. MURROW NEWTON R. PARVIN
Atoka. Cedar Rapids.
ALBERT K. WILSON Topeka. H. B. GRANT Louisville. RICHARD LAMBERT New Orleans. STEPHEN BERRY Portland. WILLIAM M. ISAAC Baltimore. SERENO D. NICKERSON....Boston. Lou B. WINDSOR Reed City. THOMAS MONTGOMERY....St. Paul. FREDERIC SPKED Vicksburg. JOHN R. PARSON .....St. Louis. CORNELIUS HEDGES Helena. FRANCIS E. W H I T E , 1608 Capital ave., Omaha. .....C. N. NOTEWAKE Carson. FRANK D. WOODBURY, 3 N. Main, Concord. THOS. H. R. REDWAY Trenton. A. A. KEENE Albuquerque. EDWARD M. L. EHLERS...New York City. JOHN C. DREWRY Raleigh. FRANK J. THOMPSON Fargo. J. H. BROMWELL Cincinnati. J, S. HUNT Guthrie. JAS. F. ROBINSON Eugene. W i . A. SINN Philadelphia.
NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF GRAND SECRETARIES.
237
Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah
S. PENBOSE WILLIAMS ....Providence. CHABLES INGLESBY Charleston. GEO. A. PETTIGBEW Sioux Falls. JOHN B. GABKETT Nashville. JOHN WATSON Waco. CHBIS. D I E H L Salt Lake City.
Vermont
HENRY H. ROSS
Burlington.
Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming
GEO. W. CABBINGTON THOMAS M. REED G. W. ATKINSON
Richmond. Olympia. Charleston. Milwaukee. Saratoga.
WM. WATSON PEEBY
W. L. KUYKENDALL
FOREIGN GRAND BODIES. Brazil British Columbia Canada
Costa Rica Cuba England
de Janeiro. Victoria, Box 158.
FKEDEBICO DO AMABAL...R1O
R. E. BRETT
HUGH MURRAY Hamilton. DIEGO PROVENDANO San Jose, Box 220. AURELIO MIRANDA, P. O. Box 406, Havana. EDWARD LETCHWORTH, Freemason's Hall,
London. Ireland
H. E. FLAVELLE
Dublin.
Manitoba
JAMES A. OVAS
Winnipeg.
New Brunswick Nova Scotia
J. T. HART
New Zealand
St. John. THOS. MOWBRAY, Freemason's Hall, Halifax. MALCOLM NICOL
Auckland.
New South Wales A. H. BRAY Peru J. BENJ. CHOSA Prince Edward Island..NEIL MCKELVI K
Sydney. Lima. Summerside.
Quebec
W I L L H. W H I T E
Montreal.
South Australia
J. H. CUNNINGHAM
Adelaide.
Scotland
DAVID REID
Edinburgh.
Tasmania
JOHN HAMILTON
Hobart Town.
Victoria
JOHN BBAIM
Western Australia
J.D.STEVENSON,
Melbourne.
Freemason's Hall, Perth.
Begister and Work of Lodges under the Jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of the State of Louisiana, F. and A. M., during the year 1905. CO
LOCATION.
PARISH.
NAME OF W. M.
NAME OF SECRETARY.
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NAMES OF LODGES.
165 Hico.. 166 Denliam S p r i n g s . 167 Georgetown 168 H e m p h i l l Star 169 Osiris 170 A l b e r t Rousseau., 171 Zwolle 172 011a I 173 G i b b s l a n d 174 Coneordia 175 Kapides 176 A s s u m p t i o n 177 Tallulah 178Tensas 179 Iieander
LOCATION.
296 Hico 297 Denliam Springs """ Georgetown Wilda New Orleans 301StMartinsville.... 302 Zwolle 303011a 804 Gibbsland 305Vidalia 306 P o l a n d 307 Napoleonville 308 Tallulah St Joseph Leander
PARISH.
Lincoln Livingston Grant Bapides ...... . Orleans St Martin Sabine Catahoula Blenville Concordla Rapides Assumption Madison Tensas Vernon
NAME OF W. M.
to -&• to
NAME OF SECRETARY.
L M Green P I J Waugh G H Miller JTOtt DI Payne. O H Cooper James H Rudisell.. JEGrantham A Davilla.... Oramel H Simpson John A it CC Kramer " George Knight CC Sullivan Charles Robinette.. T J Matt W aggo W W AlexNOden A J pennington Augustus Marable.. Charles Moritz Isham A Corley .... CM Harris GHGuthrie .... Bmile Sunberry Wm R Spann AD Minsky SD Watson J S Rodriguez Elijah ZBoyd Chas K Carruth Total.
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SAMUEL MANNING TODD, 33°. M. W. Grand Master, 1869-1872. Representative of the Grand Lodges of A1 bama, District of Columbia, Maine, North Carolina, New York. D I E D FEBRUARY 4 T H , 1905
"Can storied urn, or ornamented bust, Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath; Can honor's voice provoke the silent dust, Or flattery soothe the dull cold ear of death."
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HENRY M. DANNEEL, 33°. R. W. Grand Senior Warden, 1900. Representative of the Grand Lodge of Tennessee. D I E D MAY 2 6 T H ,
1905.
' As empty clouds by rising winds are tossed, Their fleeting forms no sooner found than lost; So vanishes our state, so pass our days, So life but opens now and now decays."
OF THE
DECEASED BRETHREN OF SISTER GRAND LODGES.
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' A promise of the future when The hands which parted, clasp again, These are the sunbeams, which dispel The shadows, when we say farewell,"
(TilT
OF THE
PAST MASTERS OF CON STlTUENT LODGES.
" A parting on the golden sands, A look to eastward, when the light Shall rise to drive away the night Of separation, which must fall In chilling shadows ou us all."
PAST MASTERS. MEMBERS OF GRAND LODGE OF LOUISIANA,
F. AND A. M.
DECEASED IN 1905.
PERFECT UNION LODGE NO. 1. T H A D E O S D. VAN H O R N , SAMUEL M A N N I N G TODD, P . G. M. H E N R Y M. D A N N E E L , P . G. S. W. HUMBLE COTTAGE LODGE NO. 19.
CLAUDE MAYO. WESTERN STAB LODGE NO. 24.
J. W. DUNN. UNION FBATEBNAL LODGE NO. 53 J O H N R I V E K S SCHULTZ. FRIENDS OF HABMONY LODGE NO. 58.
JOHN BERRY, SB. GEOBGE WASHINGTON LODGE NO. 65. WILLIAM H. JAMES. OLIVEB LODGE NO. 84. J. G. W H I T E . THOMAS CLEMENTS CYPBESS LODGE NO. 89.
H. W. OGDEN. FBAHKXINTON LODGE NO. 101. C H A R L E S J . BURCH. MILFOBD LODGE NO. 117. OCTAVIUS A D O L P H U S BULLION. PLAINS LODGE NO. 135. W. B. LOUDON. ATHENS LODGE NO. 136.
JOHN R. DILLON. DOWNSVILLE LODGE NO. 143. B. T. SELLERS.
OCEAN" LODGE NO. 144. H E N R Y L. SOULIES. SILENT BROTHERHOOD LODGE NO. 146. D. M. GIDDEN'S, J. D. GAWTHORN. RED LAND LODGE NO. 148. T. M. BABNETT. EASTERN STAB LODGE NO. 151.
W. D. BEVELL. HOMER LODGE NO. 152. WALTER WARD. SAINTS JOHN LODGE NO. 153.
JULIUS A. PATTERSON,
JOSEPH F. DESEAMUB.
LIVINGSTON LODGE NO. 160. W I L L I A M H . HOLDEN, P. D. D. G. M. LAKE CHARLES LODGE NO. 165. THOMAS R. REYNOLDS. MONTGOMERY LODGE NO. 168. J O H N A T H A N S. P A Y N E . JEFFERSON LODGE NO. 191. J O H N S. A L F R E D . FRIENDSHIP LODGE NO. 215. W. W . BARTLETT. PLAIN DEALING LODGE NO. 237.
T. M. LOVE. LEESVILLE LODGE NO. 240. ISAAC W M I D K I F F . ASCENSION LODGE NO. 251. J. J. C L A V E R I E , W. W. BUFORD. BENSON LODGE NO. 275.
W. H. BILBRAY. MARION LODGE NO. 283. E. J. H A L E .
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OF THE
DECEASED BRETHREN OF THE CONSTITUENT LODGES OF THIS JURISDICTION.
"If we could push ajar the gates of life, And stand within and all God's workings see We could interpret all our doubt of strife, And for each mystery find a key."
MEMBERS OP CONSTITUENT
DIED
LODGES.
1905.
PERFECT UNION LODGE NO. 1. OSCAR GARSON, T. D. VAN HORN, H. W. WRIGHT, H. C. THOMAS. P O L A R S T A R LODGE N O . 1. • VICTOR VALENTINIEN, M. C. BRINGIER. PEESEVEEANCE LODGE NO. 4. LEON LARROUDE. CEBVANTES LODGE NO. P. JUAN F. GARCIA. F E L I C I A N A LODGE N O . 31. J. B . AHRENBACH. PHCENIX LODGE NO. 38. E . J . HARRISON. GEBMANIA LODGE NO. 46. J. H. C. HUNZLEMANN, AUGUST F . KNICK. ST. JAMES LODGE NO. 47. A. FRANK, E . A. P I K E . MINDEN LODGE NO. 81. A. GOODWILL. UNION FEATEENAI, LODGE NO. 53. SIDNEY C. SELIG. MOUNT GEBIZIM LODGE N O . 54. W. W. RILES. FEANKLIN LODGE NO. 57 8. M. ABBEY. FRIENDS OF HABMONY LODGE NO. 5?, E . C. SEEBOHM, MOUNT MOEIAH LODGE NO. 59. WARREN STOW, GEORGE BENSON,
GEORGE WASHINGTON LODGE NO. 65. JACOB SANDAK. ALPHA HOME LODGE NO. 72 JOHN F . KRANZ, WM. H. N. GREEN, H. H . H I L L S . SABINE LODGE NO. 75. J. K. FRANKLIN. ST. JOSEPH LODGE NO. 79. T. C. SACHSE, W. J. C. AUSTIN, J E S S E MARCHALL, W. G. KALBN. R. H. SNYDER. OLIVER LODGE NO. 84. GEORGE O. WATrS. C Y P B E S S L O D G E N O . 89.
R. G. HOBBS,
H. W. OGDEN.
H E R M I T A G E L O D G E N O . 98.
JOHN MILLER,
J. F . KU3TABOKDER,
SAMUEL ANDREWS.
FBAISTKLINTON LODGE NO. 101. CHARLES J. BURCH. RUSTON LODGE NO. 106. GEORGE W. EDMONSON. HABRISONBUBG LODGE No. 110. THOMAS R H I N E H A B T . UBIM LODGE NO. 111. J. A. STUART. SHBEVEPOBT LODGE NO. 115. DAVID L E ROSEN. DELHI LODGE NO. 180. J. A. LEGGETT. J. E. THOMPSON. ABCADIA LODGE NO. 126. A. L. HARDIE, B. H. STALL. PLAINS LODGE NO. 135. MORRIS MILLER. ATHENS LODGE NO. 136. JOSEPH F . McFARLAND. DOWNSVILLE LODGE NO. 143. MILLIAM MCKENZIE, OCEAN LODGE NO. 144. NICHOLAS THEODORE. HOPE LODGE NO. 145. E . BERNARD, D. A. COCHRAN.
SILENT BBOTHEBHOOD LODGE NO. 146.
W. T. WILKINSON,
B. S. LEE
BED LAND LODGE N O . 14S. J. C. BYEAM, F . M. BARNETT. EASTERN STAB LODGE NO. 151. M. F. MACHIN, E. H. JACKSON. E L I JORDAN, E. T. JOHNSON. HOMES LODGE N O . 152. J. G KNIGHTON, W A L T WARD. SAINTS JOHN LODGE NO. 153 E M I L E BADMAN, F L O Y D J. FARRAR, P E T E R FINK, C H A R L E S I. K I E H L , CURT GOE LDNEB, THOMAS G. MACKIE. LIVINGSTON LODGE NO. 160.
H. E. BRENT, BBOOKVILLE LODGE NO.
DAN. J. THOMAS,
361.
THOMAS W. ALLEN,
LAKE CHAELES LODGE NO. 165. R. J. CESSFORD, GEORGE H. WELLS, ABEL WEST, THOMAS R. REYNOLDS. LINN WOOD LODGE NO. 167. HENNING E. KOHN, SIMON LEOPOLD. S. S. MATHEWS, J O S E P H L. HERWIG, HUGH DONNELLY, J O S E P H KATZ, CHARLES W. DAVIDSON. DANTE LODGE NO. 174. ACHILLE MASCARETTI, CESARE CAPANNA, P I E T R O SCALAMERA. AMITE CITY LODGE NO. 175.
F. P. Mix. CADDO LODGE NO. 179. ROBERT B. PATTERSON, THOMAS C. JOHNSON, J O S E P H BOISSEAU, H E N R Y HOLZNE B. SAM. TODD LODGE NO. 182. J. BEASON. SPBING CBEEK LODGE NO. 181. J E S S E I, F O E T E N B E R R Y . OBPHANS' FBIEND LODGE NO. 185. D. D. H U D S P E T H .
COVINGTON LODGE NO. 188.
CARL G. KLEEMAN,
R. G. KLEEMAN
EVERGREEN LODGE NO. 189.
J. A LESSEPS. CORINTHIAN LODGE NO. 190.
ALGERNON S. BADGER. JEFFERSON LODGE NO. 191. I. Z. WISTN, CUARLES K. LINCOLN, SR. ASHLAND LODGE NO. 196. D. P . SULLIVAN. BBOOKLINE LODGE NO. 198.
THOMAS J. ANDERS. N. H. BRAY LODGE NO. 208. CHYLER NESSMITH, J. J. GARLAND. KEYSTONE LODGE NO. 213. J. C. DANIELS. FELLOWSHIP LODGE NO. 217. B. T. BRADLEY. LIVONIA LODGE NO. 220. E U G E N E GIMET, ROBERT S E M P L E . PECAN GBOVE LODGE NO. 222.
F. O H. BOBERG,
W. A. BLOUNT.
CADEVILLE LODGE NO. 229. WILLIAM HOLTON, PLEASANT HILL LODGE NO. 230. W. G. BELL. EOBERTSVILLE LODGE No. 234. S. G. LONG. BEENICE LODGE NO. 239
P. MOORE. LEESVILLE LODGE NO. 240. S. A. ALLIS. GONLEY L O D G E N O . 241.
JAMES POLK GKICE. WINNSBOEO L O D G E N O . 246.
E. C. ABELL,
WALTER CUMMINGS, T. A. SCOTT. CLEAR SPRING LODGE NO. 247.
B. F. TEER.
W. J. POWER.
JENNINGS LODGE NO, 249. JAMES A. SMITH. ASCENSION LODGE NO. 351. CLAYTON J. BURTON, ANCHOR LODGE NO. 261.
O. B MAY. PBOGEESSIVE LODGE NO. 86?. J. M. STKATTON. PINE LODGE NO. 264.
WESLEY WHITTINGTON. MABKSVILLE LODGE NO. 869. PHILOGNE COCO. BENEFIELD LODGE NO. 270.
WILLIAM MOTES. DERIDDEB LODGE NO. 271. GARNETT F. BERNETT. BENSON LODGE NO. 275.
LEM. PARKER,
R. P. BENSON,
DOBCHEAT LODGE NO. 276. WILLIAM F.LOYD TAYLOR J. J. DUNN. DUBACH LODGE NO. 277. H. P. COLVIN, G. H. COLVIN, J a DE QUINCEY LODGE NO. 279.
A. W. COWARD. OAK GBOVE LODGE NO. 284. THOMAS W. BENS. FOBDOCHE LODGE NO. 292.
JOHN Z. SOLOMON. BELMONT LODGE NO. 291.
C. B. SKINNER-
E. G. LINDER.
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BRETHREN—Your Committee on Foreign Correspondence respectfully report the receipt of the following journals of proceedings, viz: Arizona, 1904; Arkansas, 1904; Brazil, 1905; British Columbia, 1905; Canada, 1905; California, 1904; Colorado, 1905; Connecticut, 1905; Costa Rica, 1904; Cuba, 1905; Delaware, 1905; Florida, 1905; Georgia, 1904; Idaho, 1905; Illinois, 1905; Indiana, 1905; Indian Territory, 1905; Iowa, 1905; Ireland, 1904; Kansas, 1905; Kentucky, 1905; Maine, 1905; Manitoba, 1905; Massachusetts, 1904; Michigan, 1905; Minnesota, 1905; Mississippi, 1905; Missouri, 1904, 1905; Montana, 19*04; Nebraska, 1905; Nevada, 1905; New Hampshire, 1905; New Mexico, 1904; New Jersey, 1905; New York, 1905; New Zealand, 1905; North Dakota, 1905; Nova Scotia, 1904; New South Wales, 1905; Oregon, 1905; Pennsylvania, 1904; Prince Edward Island, 1905; Queensland, 1904; Quebec, 1905; Rhode Island, 1905; Scotland 1905; South Africa (District Grand Lodge—Western Division), 1905; South Australia, 1905; South Carolina, 1904; South Dakota, 1905; Tasmania, 1905; Tennessee, 1905, Texas, 1904; Utah, 1904, 1905; Vermont, 1905; Victoria, 1904; Washington, 1905; West Virginia, 1904; Western Australia, 1905; Wisconsin, 1905. In reviewing these several proceedings we shall follow the alphabetical order as usual. ARIZONA.
The Grand Master, M. W. James Sommerville Cromb, addressed his brethren in these appropriate terms: "Let us be grateful to an all-wise Providence for His care and guidance to each one during the past Masonic year; let us try to improve on the past, and become, in the future, better Masons, better citizens, better members of society. Let us so act and live that we may be bright and shining examples of truth and morality which we are taught to uphold. Let us ever remember that our obligations extend to our every-day life, and in all our transactions with our fellow-men let us practice the true principles of integrity and fidelity; for in a short time we must all give an account of our actions to Him who knoweth the many secrets of our hearts." We very gladly note the amicable termination of the difficulty, noted in one of our previous reports, between the Grand Lodge of Arizona and that of the Vall6 de Mexico, arising from the initiation in a Lodge of the latter jurisdiction of material rejected by an Arizona Lodge. The Grand Lodge Vall£ de Mexico expelled the two men as having been improperly initiated,
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properly speaking, the commody of the Fraternity. It is scarcely worth while to pause to discuss this question of the grounds for the actioii of the Mexicans, and we shall not do so. We content ourselves with noting the actioii as evincing the growth of the true Masonic principle among our Mexican brethren. The Grand Master wisely decided that the loss of an eye did not of itself disqualify a candidate for the mysteries of Masonry. He also decided that a gift to a church was not charity. May be so. Possibly not. We think the decision too sweeping as rendered, although not knowing the circumstances of the specific case, we feel that we are not qualified to pass upon it. He also decided that an Arizona Lodge could not waive jurisdiction in favor of any "foreign" Lodge. This in accordance with previous action of the Grand Lodge. So far, so good; but we question the propriety of the action of the Grand Lodge in forbidding such waiver. We can see no Masonic reason to forbid a citizen of Arizona from receiving light in a "foreign" land, provided the Lodge holden of jurisdiction was willing and consenting. Would it not be wise for a Spaniard, ignorant of English, to be permitted to receive light in a Lodge working in Spanish, rather than in one working in English ? It seems so to us. The Grand Master concluded his address with this very proper admonition : "Freemasonry ought to be a part of our every-day life. We maybe exemplary Masons in the Lodge-room, we may be model husbands and brothers in the home, but unless we carry its teachings into our every-day life and business transactions with our fellow-men it is a failure, for our daily life and actions are what constitute the man and true Mason." The Committee on Jurisprudence recommended the adoption of a decision of the Grand Master, amending it to read : "When a Lodge conducts the funeral service of a brother it should do so without any interruption, or participation in, by any other society or Order. When its service is ended, the Lodge, at its pleasure, may return to the Lodge-room or remain until other Lodges or societies conclude their service." The recommendation was adopted. The report on Correspondence is from the pen of Bro. Belden. Under Louisiana it makes a man of straw and proceeds to belabor it. He simply mistook a criticism of Grand Master Reid in his address of 1904, and gathered the impression that our standing committees are appointed at the beginning of an annual session of the Grand Lodge. Such a system he very properly criticises adversely. So should we. But it is not our law. Our committees are appointed at the close of our sessions, the Grand Master filling vacancies only at the opening. We practice precisely what the brother advocates. A while back we did suffer from a supposed right of a member to remain on a committee after being once appointed. The difficulty was settled by Bro. Reid making original appointments, which action was acquiesced in by the Grand Lodge as entirely proper under the law. No
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legislation was deemed necessary. So the misunderstanding of our usage is, of course, quite pardonable and we take pleasure in assuring Bro. Belden that we are all right in respect to the prerogatives and privileges of a Grand Master. ARKANSAS.
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This Grand Lodge has traveled along parallel lines to our own in the matter of debt and Grand Lodge Hall erection, and now we note that the company is not broken and both have emerged together. The Grand Lodge of Arkansas, like our own, after many years of struggle, has thrown off its "Old Man of the Sea," is free from debt. The Grand Master, at the date of the proceedings under review, was our personal friend, Judge John T. Hicks. We quote him as follows : " I received information that several subordinate Lodges had adopted resolutions asking the President of the United States to pardon a man convicted of murder, committed ten years ago. I also received a number of requests urging my official intervention wich the Governor of Arkansas, in behalf of a man convicted of murder. The chief cause urged for these proposed interventions was the fact that the persons convicted were Master Masons. I promptly communicated with the Masters of the several Lodges referred to, protesting respectfully against the course about to be pursued, in the one case, and in the other I refused to take part, officially, in any effort to prevent the execution of the law of the land. ''Having due regard, always, for that spirit of sympathy and forgiveness which happily characterizes all Masons, I felt that it would be unwise, nay, improper, for this great and glorious Fraternity to occupy the attitude of standing between a criminal and the penalty of his crime, solely because of the fact that he was a member of the Order. "On the other hand, having learned that one of our subordinate Lodges was contributing funds to aid in the prosecution of a man who had taken the life of one of its members, I promptly communicated with them, directing that they desist from such a purpose, under pain of surrendering their charter. Masonry is the invaluable assistant of the State in maintaining law and order; but she cannot afford to be entangled with the machinery of the law, either affirmatively or negatively." He made the following decision: It seems to us that the increase in quantity of the article sold does not constitute a virtue when the sale of it in the small is an offense. ' 'A brother who owns a vineyard and makes wine for sale asked whether he was violating the Masonic law. I replied as follows: " ' My construction of the edict of the Grand Lodge upon the subject of the sale of intoxicating liquors is that it is intended to apply only to those who buy and sell intoxicants for profit, and that it is not intended to apply to those who produce wine as an agricultural product. " ' I am, therefore, of the opinion that if 3'ou are not engaged in buying and selling wine, and if you sell only such as is produced from grapes grown on your own lands, and sell only in such manner and in such quantities as is customary with wine growers, you would not be amenable to the penalties prescribed by this edict. " ' I am also of the opinion that you would not be permitted, under this edict, to sell wine in small quantities and for immediate use on your premises, as a beverage, say, by the drink, or by the pint or quart.' " The Grand Lodge disapproved the above.
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He recommended the appointment of a commission to promote the establishment of a Masonic Home. The oration was delivered by R. W. Bro. F. O. Butt. We quote him as follows: "And, first of all, we would correct the error suggested a moment ago, that Freemasonry is a secret society. It is not strictly true. "This may sound like strange doctrine, and especially so to those who are not Masons, but the truths which Masonry teaches are as old as time itself and are known, and have been known to every good man who has ever lived, whether Mason or not. True, there are certain signs and symbols, grips and words, that are known only to the elect, and to this extent, and this extent alone, Masonry is secret. But the man who understands and believes that Masonry consists alone, or even chiefly, of this secret part, or who believes, indeed, that it is any real part of Masonry, falls far short of a comprehension of the lessons which the Order des'gns to teach. Signs and grips do not constitute Masonry any more than does the door to an art gallery constitute the royal splendors of the paintings within. Masonry, we are told, is a beautiful system of morality, veiled in allegory and illustrated by symbols; this is true of theoretic or speculative Masonry, but practical and real Masonry, as it to-day exists, is the science of better living, put into actual practice; it is the circumscribing of our desires, the subjugation of our passions, the building cf ourselves into square and virtuous lives; the living with our fellow-men as brothers, taking as our motto that golden rule to do to others as we would be done by, and that older law given from Sinai's mountain, which commands us to love our neighbor as ourselves. The man who lives up to these requirements is all that a good citizen, a true husband, an ideal man, or an upright Mason, can be. This is one of the secrets that Masonry teaches. He who loves his neighbor as himself, in the sense meant, loves and honors his God as well." It may be worth while to ask attention to the fact that the all-wise Grand Architect never gave the seal of His approbation to the statement that the fulfillment of duty to one's neighbor could be substituted for duty to God. Unless we are greatly mistaken, a man that was shown to know a good deal of the mind of God, once said that even if he should give all his goods to feed the poor and had not love of that sort that was more abiding, more above sublunary things, than even faith and hope, he was nothing at all. We quote him again: "A secret society is one that has for its purpose the accomplishment of some secret object which is not known or to be known to the uninitiated. Masonry's object is the upbuilding of mankind and the betterment of the individual man, and these objects we openly avow. We work in secret, it is true, and of our good deeds even our right hand should not know what the left doeth. But a similar degree of secrecy is found in every association or creation. The acts of the family are secret to all save themselves, or intended to be. Would any brother here willingly permit me, a stranger, to listen to his private conversation with the wife about home matters? In the silence of the night, by the flickering firelight burning low, and dancing shadows playing fantastic games upon the wall, would you be willing that your plans for the welfare of those who sleep while you watch, should be overheard and blazoned through the community? All nature and its occupants are secret. Where is the human breast that does not carry its secret, to be known to none other in the world ? The plant life about us is a mystery that the most skillful and learned naturalist has never solved, the bee works only in darkness. Bvery national life is secret; secrets of State are concealed from
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the sister nations, and at times, even from her own people. Every act and breath before us—every step toward the future, is full of mystery. We know the present only in part, and nothing but the past is certain. Even when we step forward, the step is in the dark; we know not whether ever again the foot that is lifted shall again sentient rest upon solid footing, or be plunged to the unfathomable abyss from whence there is no return. This degree of secrecy, a lifetime has taught us is a necessity to the individual, the family, the nation, and in nature, and in the same way it is a necessity and healthful to the work of our Order, but this does not make it a secret Order, nor as such can any criticism justly assail it. "We hear much as to the antiquity of Masonry, and enthusiastic brethren have traced its footprints backward along musty and long forgotten paths, and by proof that sometimes requires the aid of a vivid imagination to follow, even as far backward as the time of Solomon. But to my mind, the popular belief that Masonry dates from the time of the first Temple, finds no stronger support than in the body of the Master's degree itself, with its wonderful story of a tragedy that is known to no other persons in the world than Masons, and inscribed upon no tangible record except the minds and hearts of our brethren. We are forced to conclude one of two things ; either the beautiful story of the Grand Master's tragic end is true, and is a faithful account of an actual event, or that it is the creation of a master mind—a genius of imagination—whose creative power places in doubtful comparison the proudest conception of Shakespeare or Milton, or any other of the masters of literature, ancient or modern, that the world has known. The existence and survival of the story for many hundred years in Masonic tradition, as shown by such reliable historical fragments as we can gather, denies the possibility of its being the work of any of the writers of th'e past in the five hundred years gone, nor does its form and style meet and resemble in any respect the known works of any author of any age. It is equally unfair to assume that if it is the creation of an imagination, that the genius which shaped and formed solely from his brain the wonderful story of the third Grand Master, would have paused there, and given to the world no further evidence of his power. True, it is, that upon that achievement alone his fame could rest, as that of a star of the first magnitude in the annals of literature, but stars of the first magnitude usually emit something more than a solitary ray. We are, therefore, driven to the conclusion that it is not a work of art, but instead, the simple record of an appalling fact. Its correctness of detail, and simplicity of narrative, confirms such a view. It is true to the times and places of which it purports to be a part; the legendary history of the country where the tragedy was enacted, and the mention of routes of travel are true to history the 'brow of the hill' is true to geography, and the 'acacia' true to the products of the country. The place of the intended embarkation of the criminals was a real place, and was, and still is, on the regular line of traffic into Ethiopia. Its brief tale is so simple that I think that even a child might understand it; so intense that untrained men may depict it in all its pouer. We see with appreciation and delight the wonderful' rendition of Macbeth or Hamlet, interpreted by a Booth, an Irving, or John Drew, but a few performances are sufficient; the story grows stale and begins to pall, and our interest to languish or live, chiefly in the actor and his peculiar interpretation of his part. But what drama can we recall to which men go gladly, not twice or a dozen times, but as many times every year through the course of a long life—go, not to see how the performers will transact their several parts, but solely to see the drama?—a drama performed by crude actors, with no conception of the skill and technique the actor would deem essential; without the stage setting and trappings and appurtenances; without even a stage or an auditorium as such, and yet with an effect so sublime that the beholder is thrilled anew at each beholding, and will witness it again if possible, at the next opportunity.
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All this cannot be an imaginative creation. Surely it must be the thrilling story of an awful actual crime; of heroic fortitude and unassailable honor; of loving remembrance, and bitter remorse—that had its actuality in the long ago, and amid the scenes of which it purports to be a part." The Grand Orient of Brazil was recognized, as were also the Grand Lodge of Costa Rica and the Grand Lodge Valle de Mexico, while the v recognition of Queensland and Argentina was postponed. The following resolution was adopted: "Resolved, That we commend the said Order of the Eastern Star to the Masonic Fraternity of this Grand Jurisdiction as an institution worthy of their regard, and for which we wish abundant prosperity and success." BRITISH COLUMBIA.
The Grand Master, M. W. Pro. W. J. Bowser, reported having decided as follows: "A number of applications were up for ballot and all were rejected except the last one, in which case a motion was carried that in this instance the ballot should be adjourned until next meeting, which was done and the candidate then accepted. Did the Lodge act properly in postponing the ballot? "Answer.—No. The members had all been notified of these ballots and it should have been spread at this meeting and not postponed. I at once ordered a new ballot and that every member should be notified in sufficient time to be present. Imagine my surprise to hear from the Secretary of the Lodge that this man had actually been given his Third Degree and they simply wanted a decision as to whether they had acted properly or not. I had to again notify them that they could not carry out my first wishes, as no matter how improperly the Lodge had acted the brother was a well made Mason." It seems to us that the Lodge had the right to postpone a ballot. It seems to us also strange doctrine that a man that is unlawfully made is well made and cannot be disturbed. Of course, he was innocent of any wrong-doing of the Lodge, but the same thing might be said of many a clandestine-made Mason. They are oftentimes ignorant of the character of the so-called Lodge to which they apply, and believe themselves lawfully made, but their innocence of wrong intent does not cure the defective character of their making. Recognition of Queensland, Puerto Rico and Brazil were deferred. The report on Foreign Correspondence is the ninth presented by R. W. Bro. W. A. DeWolf Smith. In it we note the statement that he has not received the Proceedings of Louisiana for two years. Our Grand Secretary reports mailing them regularly, and we do not understand their non-receipt. CANADA.
The Grand Master, M. W. Bro. Benjamin Allen, inaugurated the semicentennial anniversary of the Grand Lodge by an address, from which we quote the opening passage: "It gives me great pleasure to meet you assembled in such large numbers, as the representatives of Masonry in this Province, and to welcome you fraternally to the Fiftieth Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge
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of Canada. At the close of a year remarkable for material progress, characterized by the growth of Masonic zeal, and uumarred. by discord or any untoward incident—a year of peace, happiness and prosperity, we have every reason for satisfaction with the condition and continued advancement of our beloved institution, alwavs remembering the gratitude we owe to the Great Architect of the Universe, whose blessing we cannot but feel has rested on our labors." There was, of course, an historical address, and equally, of course, it was delivered by M. W. Bro. J. Ross Robertson. It was an interesting compilation of the deeds and achievements, the complications and the difficulties of the past. The Board of General Purposes say in their report: "The work is reported to be on the whole uniform, intelligent and well performed. In 390 Lodges with 4,000 officers, it is inevitable that there shall be weakness on the part of some, but as a matter of fact the continuous improvement in the character of the work done has been one of the marked characteristics of recent years. It is important for many reasons that there shall be no laxity, or falling away in the high standard attained, because the work is what first impresses those who are coming in, who are to be the rulers of the future. At the same time the work is not the end of a Lodge's existence; it is an important means to an end, because it teaches in an intelligent manner the lessons and principles upon which the whole superstructure rests. In this, as in all human affairs, good lessons well taught are what makes for intelligence and reputation. The Board is of opinion that District Deputies should be very general in their references to the character of the work seen by them in the Lodges, and never specify the detail of weakness. This remark is called forth because certain District Deputy Grand Masters have referred to matters with which the general public has no concern and which it should not be informed about." The report on Foreign Correspondence was presented b}' Bro. Henry Robertson. CALIFORNIA.
The Grand Master, M. W. Bro. Charles W. Nutting, made the following decisions: "A Junior Warden was instructed by a Lodge to prefer charges against a brother for unmasonic conduct. He was afterward elected to and installed as Senior Warden of the Lodge. "Question: Is he still the accuser and prosecutor in the case? "Answer: The Junior Warden continued to be the accuser, notwithstanding his election and installation as Senior Warden. "Question: Has a Lodge the right to suspend a mentally incompetent brother ? "Answer: You have no right to suspend a, brother who is mentally incompetent. "Question: Must Lodges under dispensation contribute their per capita to the Masonic Boards of Relief? ••'Answer: Lodges under dispensation are Masonic Lodges for all purposes, and under the same laws, rules and regulations governing chartered Lodges." We can see no objection to the first of these, although we can see no reason to debar the Junior Warden in office from the performance of duty that the law specifically states shall be that of that officer. A .prosecuting
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attorney who vacates his office pending the trial of a man against whom he has filed information, does not continue to represent the State after such vacation, but his successor falls heir to the case. It seems, however, that it is a custom and not a law that a Junior Warden should present charges against the unfaithful Craftsman. He acts, then, as an individual not, officially. In this case the decision is correct. With the second decision we are like minded. Shame on the Lodge who should think to discipline a brother on account of his misfortunes. Anent the third decision we have serious doubts. Under our law a brother does not necessarily cease to be a member of his old Lodge on being assigned membership in a Lodge, U. D. In such cases, would it be right that a double charge should be made on his account ? We quote from the Grand Master the following exceedingly proper remarks. '•'Politics and Political Methods in the Grand Lodge.—This subject I approach with some trepidation, as I fear that my intentions may be misconstrued; but the fact that the use of these methods has gradually grown until it has become patent to all who have eyes to see, makes it incumbent on some one to bring it to the attention of the Grand Lodge, and I cannot help but think that this unpleasant duty falls upon the retiring Grand Master Caucuses have been held for the purpose of influencing the election of Junior Grand Warden ; letters have been written to the representatives of Lodges who will attend the Grand Lodge, as well as letters to persons outside of the Fraternity, asking them to use their influence in behalf of aspirants for this place; and whisperings have come to me that combinations have been formed parcelling this office out to various sections of the State for the next few years. Now, brethren, this is all wrong. There is no room in Masonry for the use of these methods; nothing will so surely mar our usefulness or more certainly strike a death blow at the very foundation of our institution. "The officers selected to serve this Grand Lodge should be the uninfluenced choice of a majority of its members. Consultations as to the best material are perfectly proper ; but consultations having the least semblance of those methods, so notorious in political conventions, should be avoided. "This is all—it is only necessary to call attention to these things and the overwhelming majority of Masons, recognizing the danger, will formulate a cure for the evil." The Grand Master proposed a plan to authorize any Mason to secure life membership in his Lodge by the payment of such sum, the interest of which would equal his annual dues. 4s we have some time since remarked, this plan suggests itself to us as entirely proper. Only we would limit to that specific purpose, leaving the brother still liable for any special assessment that might be levied. We quote again from the conclusion of his address: "Masonry is not only the oldest, but the most conservative of institutions in the affairs of men, and we should endeavor to preserve it as'it has been handed down to us from time immemorial. Its dignity should never be lowered by any act of ours, and we should endeavor so to conduct ourselves as to be pointed out for the peculiarities of our lives and walks. Proud we should be that we are a part of an institution that in all ages of the world has attracted to its membership men pre-eminent in all walks of
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building of human character of which we can have no conception; but, after all is said and done, what Masonry has been in times past, what it may be in the future, is of very little use to us individually, unless we at the present time weave its principles and teachings into the warp and woof of our daily lives. "What we do ourselves, as Masons, is what will be of use to us, but, unless we so conduct ourselves that the places in which we reside shall. be made better from the fact that we have passed this Way, our membership in the Lodge will be of no avail. Unless we relieve the distress of some needy brother, unless we take by the hand and support some struggling member of the Order, unless we take some weakling among our ranks and place him upon his feet, direct him in the right path, and support him until he is able to stand alone, Masonry, with all its' grand history, will be of no special use to us. In other words, the practical application of this frame-work of moral laws to our daily lives is what is essential to the individual Mason, if he desires to get those benefits which accrue to every man because of the fact that he has lived an upright, moral, genteel and kindly life. The kind deeds that we do will, after all, be the only thing that will be left for us when we come to make that great change that is decreed for all men." The report on Foreign Correspondence was presented, as it has been for a number of years, by P. G. M. Wm. A. Davies. His review of Louisiana, is accurate and pleasing. , We quote from the report of the Grand Lecturer, Bro. ;Wm. Harvey Edwards, the following: •>. " I wish here to repeat in part, but more explicitly, what was said in my last report about the dropping of the acacia into the grave of a deceased brother. . "When the Lodge has arrived at the grave, the Master at the head, the Senior Warden at the foot, the Junior Warden at the left and between the Master and Senior Warden, the Master reads or recites the funeral service until he reaches the point at which the acacia is to be dropped. He then steps to the left to a position even with the shoulder of the body and facing the grave says, as he presses with his right hand the acacia to his left breast: .' We cherish his memory here;' then, as he points upward with the acacia, he says, 'We commend his spirit to God;' then, as he drops the acacia into the grave, he says, ' We consign his body to the grave.' " The ceremony is essentially different from the Louisiana practice. We follow the old monitors. Personally, we may be permitted to express our preference for the California ceremony. The Public Grand Honors, as we give them, are very ungainly and frequently very inconvenient, as it is necessary before giving them for every man to pvit his hat on the ground, that he may use both his hands in the performance of the so-called honors. As above said, personally, we think the California ceremony much more convenient, prettier and expressive. A petition was received from a Lodge in Honolulu holding a warrant from the Supreme Council and the Grand Lodge of France, stating that it had sought release of fealty to those bodies, and praying for a charter, frpjn the Grand Lodge of California. No evidence being presented that the' relation to the French Grand Bodies had been severed, and the' history, wTork and membership not being clearly known to the Grand Lodge, action on the petition was postponed. , ., ,,
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This action was entirely proper, but the Committee on Jurisprudence seem to doubt whether a Lodge can be transferred from the authority of one sovereign Grand body to another. It does not seem to us unlawfully or necessarily improper. Suppose there should be a Lodge in New Mexico, and that territory should be annexed to Arizona, would it not be the proper thing for that Lodge to ask for a warrant from the Grand Lodge of Arizona? Certainly it would be its Masonic duty so to do. And while Hawaii is no part of California, yet there being no Grand Lodge thereof, is it not equally proper that a Lodge domiciled therein should seek for a warrant from a Grand Lodge of the same nationality? This is a case of following the flag in a rather opposite sense from that usually considered, but that does not contradict the logic of the contention. The Grand Lodge decided that a Lodge could not received a petition from a seafaring man who was without a fixed domicile. Is not this in contravention of the ancient custom? Mark it, we do not say "Landmark". . The oration was delivered by W. Bro. Alonzo J. Monroe. His subject was the Contributions of Masonry to Human Progress. We quote his premises: "This divine voice in the soul is incarnated in the institutions of Masonry, making it a mighty influence in advancing human progress. For the direct object of Masonry is to vitalize, to develop, and to strengthen the voice in the soul that is ever pleading with man to lead a higher life. '' We are taught in Masonry ' to circumscribe our desires and keep our passions within due bounds towards all mankind.' Our ritual instructs us that Masonry is a progressive moral science; that it has for its foundation the practice of the social and moral virtues. Masons are charged, as individuals, to practice the domestic and public virtues." The theme was elaborately worked out, and was well worth listening to. COLORADO.
The oration was delivered by Bro. Geo. W. Musser. From it we cull some of his gems of thought: "Along period of darkness ensued, then out from the night that enshrouded the Masonic world, there came forth the institution of modern Masonry, which, leaving behind the actual operations of the Craft, burst into the heroic poem of human life. The material, the implements and the products of the ancients, were seized upon to symbolize immutable principles, of truth. The stone became the human character, each of the tools, the representation of some moral truth, and the shapely temple, the human character, after being wrought upon by the teachings and speculations of the Craft. The building of actual superstructures was abandoned and the Craftsmen consecrated themselves to the building of a man. " What can be nobler than this, the work and purpose of our institution, the building of a man? Away from the strife and noise of trade, the materialism of wealth, and the gaunt face of want, in the seclusion of our Lodge rooms, listening to the ancient lectures by well informed brctheren, speaking in the quaint, yet eloquent language of Masonry, if the full meaning of what is there taught, is permitted to sink into our understanding, and permeate every fibre of our being, as intended, we must conclude that aside from a deep and reverential religion, which belongs to the jurisdiction of another institution, manhood, rugged manhood, fresh from the workshop of nature, hewn and smoothed and beautified by deep thinking and correct
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teaching, not veneered by conventionality—that robust manhood, that is to a human being what an excellent tone is to a musical instrument, is the goal toward which all civilization should tend. This quality in man cannot be described ; it must be felt, as an excellent tone cannot be described, but must be heard. It makes him reverential toward things that are sacred; valorous, in defense of his home and country; chivalrous, in his conduct toward the weak ; generous to the needy; fearless in the discharge of duty and the timely advocacy of what he thinks is right; brave in facing events; manly, even in the commission of his sins, and what is needed now and at all times, straight as a plumb line and with fully ninety degrees in his squareness when he deals with his fellow-men, or is called upon, or placed in a position to effect their rights. As an ear must be attuned to sound to comprehend the excellency of a musical tone, so must a man be attuned to comprehend the excellency of manhood. This attuning of the man, by its own system of speculation and impressment, it appears to me, is the peculiar province of Masonry, and I thank God that our institution, by its symbol of the Level, recognizes that this quality of manhood can be possessed equally complex, though it may be, our learning in letters, art and science, by the toiler and the king. "Teaching the fixed principles of philosophic morality in the seclusion of its Lodge rooms, Masonry shuns popularity, as the scientist, experimenting in his laboratory with the fixed principles of nature, shuns the clamor of the outer world. " Dealing only with unalterable truths, which must be accepted as the axioms of mathematics must be accepted by understanding minds, Masonry, supremely confident in the absolute righteousness of its position, without noise or ostentation, proceeds on its way, majestic, dignified, unmoved by unjust criticism, unyielding to the passing fancies of the multitude, steadfast, in the strength of the everlasting truths it seeks to advance." The Grand Lodge ordered the issuance of a circular letter inviting other Grand Lodges to consider the expediency of forming a "Collegium" of Grand Lecturers, with a view to unify the work m this country. The object to be attained is undoubtedly a good one, but we doubt the expediency of the means proposed. The duty of a Grand Lecturer makes him of all men the most unsuitable representative to such a conference. It is his duty to teach the work as given him by the custodians of it and to that end he must keep his mind clear of everything that is a variation from it. It seems to us, on the other hand, that it should be the duty of the custodians of the work to be what we call them in Louisiana, a Committee on Work. This implies that it is their duty not alone to guard the integrity of the work, in its principles, its teachings and in its phraseology, but to be students of the work, striving after improvement in methods of teaching, eager to learn of errors that have come to them from the fathers and in which they themselves have fallen, to the end that they may correct them, not perpetuate them, zealous advocates of improvement. These are the men that should meet in conference—men whose duty it is to give their minds open to external influence, not closed to them. We should hail with delight the day when there would be uniformity of work throughout the world—not because of its uniformity, but for the reason that the best Masonic workers of the world had found it the best method, in philosophic tone, in chaste phraseology, and in historic accuracy for the impartation of the lessons of the degrees, for the implanting in the
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mind of the neophyte of the knowledge, .the tradition and the spirit of Freemasonry. The report on Correspondence is the twenty-first from P. G. M. Greenleaf. It is a very interesting and able paper. Last year we had some occasion to speak of the Scottish Rite and to ask some questions of the M. W. Brother. He replies in his present report, and courtesy requires that, to a certain extent, we must again traverse the matter. But before doing so we must avail ourselves of this opportunity to declare that we hold no brief for the Scotch Rite, nor have we any right to do so. We have never seen any of its workings except in their Lodges. Our knowledge of the rite, apart from that above cited, is derived wholly from published documents. We feel that the defense of the rite belongs to others than ourselves, and we should much prefer that those others should relieve us of burden of the controversy. , It is only fair, however, to say that we do this solely because of onr •feeling of incompetency, for the matter has been discussed in so fair and generous and fraternal a manner by those who have opposed our views that we have really enjoyed the experience, and surrender to those others when they shall appear with some reluctance. But to return to Bro. Greenleaf's paper. We had asked for his authority in declaring that Supreme Councils usurped the right to confer the first three degrees in Masonry and he answers: "That of Brother Albert Pike, who said: " 'When they (the Grand Constitutions) were enacted there were Grand Lodges everywhere; and it certainly was not supposed that the Grand Lodges of Prussia would surrender their powers of government to a Supreme Council.' " But is it not evident that Bro. Pike never wrote those words with the thought that his evident carelessness in diction would be quoted as is done by Bro. Greenleaf ? Everybody knows that the "everywhere" of Bro. Pike was simply a generalization and not a term of exclusion. Everybody knows that when Bro. Pike wrote those words that was territory unoccupied by any Grand Lodge, just as there is to-day. Everybody knows that there is no Grand Lodge of Alaska, Guatamala, Honduras, Nicaraugua, of many of the Mexican States, to confine ourselves to our own continent. We are entirely agreed that no Supreme Council could lawfully acquire jurisdiction over what is called Ancient Craft Masonry, the first three degrees, where a Grand Lodge was holden of jurisdiction thereof. Our contention has had to deal with the right of the Scottish Rite to propagate itself in unoccupied territory. Unless we are quite confident that the brother will find that Bro. Pike did a good deal himself to plant the Scotch- Rile in unoccupied territory and that in so doing he supported in the conferring of the degrees number one, two and three; that to that end he published a Monitor, Morals and Dogma, in which he wrote that which
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a, Monitor might properly contain, to aid and assist in the conferring of those degrees according to the practice of the Scotch Rite then and now. Again we asked, were not the Continental Masons as legitimate as the English Masons? Bro. Greenleaf replies: " 'Yes, if in possession of the degrees conferred by the authority of the Grand Lodge of England originally, although they may have unwarrantably added thereto." All right. And we will not say that they may not have unwarantably added thereto. But who is to decide which of their additions were warranted and which unwarranted ? Does Bro. Greenleaf think himself an infallible judge and one authorized to sit in judgment? Of course, we all have some competency in these matters and can determine what additions or subtractions, for that matter, would so infringe upon the essence of Masonry as to make their proposition and enforcement destructive of the institution. But we doubt whether Bro .Greenleaf himself is prepared to say that the "Philosophic Degrees," for example, are to be so classed. Again we asked, did not the Grand Lodge of England fully recognize them and fraternize with them? Bro. Greenleaf replies: "With Supreme Councils and purveyors of what are termed the ' higher degrees,' never! Its relations and recognition have been with Symbolic Grand Lodges only, in some instances it maybe, where such bodies have not entirely freed themselves from the 'entangling alliances' with Supreme Councils, but if there have been snch, they were mistakes. "After the organization of Symbolic Lodges in France by the authority of the Grand Lodge of England, continued attempts were made from time to time to amalgamate the so-called ' higher degrees,' but with varying success, there being a constant change of heart respecting such attempted additions. In ,1773, as related by Bro. Robert F. Gould in his history, the Grand Orient of France, successor of the Grand Lodge Nationale de France, appointed a commission (which never entered upon its duties) to report on the ' Higher Degrees,' and in the interim all Lodges were directed to work in the three symbolic degrees only. In 1787 the Grand Orient sanctioned but four degrees in what is termed the Rit Moderne, in which most of the French Lodges work at the present day." We are content to place what Bro. Greenleaf calls "mistakes" over against his "never." But by what authority save his own does Bro. Greenleaf reach the conclusion that those actions were mistakes? And we add but this word, an act that in the opinion of another is a mistake does not have its reality destroyed by such opinion. The acts of the Grand Lodge of England do not become nullities because Bro. Greenleaf considers them mistakes. . We also desire to have attention directed to the assertion of Bro. Greenleaf that Bro. Gould declares the Grand Orient of France the successor pf the Grand Lodge Nationale de France, Again we said;
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"If the development of the York Rite by the establishment of the Degree of the Holy Royal Arch, to go no further, was legitimate and proper, why was not a similar development on the Continent equally legitimate and entirely within the rights of the Masons resident there?" Bro. Greenleaf answers: "In answer to the above, it is only necessary to quote the declaration of the United Grand Lodge of England in 1813, when the two rival Grand Lodges promulgated their articles of Union: " 'Article II. It is declared and pronounced that pure Ancient Masonry consists of three degrees and no more, viz.: those of the Entered Apprentice, the Fellow Craft, and the Master Mason (including the Supreme Order of the Holy Royal Arch).' " Of course, the quotation is correct. But who denies that such action was taken ? But does the action of the Grand Lodge of England in 1813 prove that at subsequent dates there was not admitted within the portals of its temple as legitimate and proper Masonic Bodies, certain authorities conferring as part of the York Rite system the degrees of Mark Master, Past Master, Royal Master, Select Master, and others ? Is it not notorious that these degrees are to-day sheltered in the Masonic halls of England? Does not Bro. Greenleaf know that? Then why make such an answer to our query as he does? In conclusion, Bro. Greenleaf says that the parallel between any development in the York Rite and the Scottish Rite is not discernible. We can only say that we regret, very sincerely, that he cannot perceive it. Then he turns and would recur to "more pleasant matters," So, my brother, if this be not pleasant to you, let us drop it. We shall gladly turn with you to those things that are more pleasaut. But under any circumstances the general recognition of the Grand Lodge of Costa Rica would seem to have removed the question of the legitimacy of Lodges established by a Supreme Council of the Scottish Rite in unoccupied territory from the realm of the indeterminate,, and to have established it as a settled dogma. Having obtained judgment we certainly have no desire to continue further pleading. If the other side desire a rehearing the burden is certainly upon them to first show for the motion. We quote from Bro. Greenleaf's conclusion: "The-theory that originally there was but one degree in Masonry to which the other two have been added, is misleading. There has never been any addition in the sense implied, namely, that of new degrees. If any change has occured, it has been the subdivision of the one degree, or as others contend, the two degrees, into three degrees, as now known to us, yet preserving all their essential and esoteric features. This is vastly different from the addition of new degrees. We have heretofore fully discussed this question, and we recur to it at this time, because it has been recently revived in the Masonic press. Once admit that a degree can be added to Ancient Craft Masonry and its integrity is destroyed, for the multiplication of degrees and its extension would be limitless." In the main we agree with the brother, but we take it that it is not alto-
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gethef correct So far as the legend of the word is concerned, or the mysteries of Masonry, he must be correct. But there are philosophic principles that have been proposed for adoption, and they have appeared to so well harmonize with those previously settled in the teachings of the Craft that they have been appropriated. For example, the Monument of the Builder in the Third Degree. It seems to us, also, from its own inherent limitations as well as its teachings, that wh'ile the first degree must have been added to the "workings'' of Symbolic Masonry at a time subsequent to the adoption or creation (it is hard to say which) of what we have in the second and third degrees. CONNECTICUT.
The Grand Master, M. W. Bro. Geo. E. Parsons, said in his address: "Order of the Eastern Star.—This organization of the -women of our household is earnestly working side by side with us for the welfare of the Home and the comfort and pleasure of its inmates. They have shown by their works that they are entitled to our consideration and respect, and have truly earned the title of 'sister.' I believe that their hands should be upheld in the noble work in which they are engaged, and that they should receive our support and encouragement so far as is possible I take this occasion to thank them sincerely for the assistance and courtesies extended during my administration." la, reporting upon the refusal to grant certain dispensations, he quoted a bit of wisdom from the fathers which cannot be too often repeated. "Masonry is designed for the education and enlightenment of men, not for their convenience." "We quote the Grand Master on the subject of "Ritual." " I n my opinion the time has arrived when the best interests of the jurisdiction demand that some definite and positive action should be taken to make what has been adopted as its ' Standard Work' a matter of authorized record. At the present time this Grand body occupies the inconsistent and undignified position of requiring the Lodges within its jurisdiction to exemplify the several degrees in accordance with its ' Standard Work,' and yet gives them no positive and unquestioned source from which to obtain it. When questions arise in regard to the ritual I find the same differences of opinion exist among the Past Grand Masters, the officers of the Grand Lodge, and the District Deputies, as exist among the Craft in general; this tends to confusion and can be satisfactory to no one. I have found through the medium of my visitations throughout the jurisdiction a great and a commendable desire on the part of the officers of the various Lodges to do their work correctly, that they are constantly seeking after the light and the truth, and that the great majority of them are willing and anxious to conform to the ' Standard Work' if they can but ascertain how and where it can be obtained. This is a condition, not a theory, and should be treated with that consideration and wisdom which the importance of the subject demands. It is my opinion that a way may be devised whereby our ritual may be placed upon such a footing that it will prove to be of deep and lasting benefit to this jurisdiction. In this connection permit me to call your attention to that portion of the obligation in the Entered Apprentice degree which provides that we shall not do certain things ' whereby the secrets of Masonry maybe unlawfully obtained;' you will note its significance in that it does not absolutely prohibit the making of any record of
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our ritual, but that it restricts the way. and mannner in which the record shall be made. '' To the above end I hereby recommend the adoption of a resolution providing for the appointment of a committee to formulate under proper Masonic restrictions our present work, known as the 'Standard Work,' and to devise means whereby an accurate knowledge of it may be acquired by those who are entitled thereto." Our experience leads us to believe that verbal accuracy in the "work" can only be obtained in the method suggested. But there is a danger that is evident and we should be asking ourselves whether verbal accuracy is, after all, so great a matter as. some have asserted it to be. Our good friend, the Grand Secretary, presents his annual review of the proceedings of other Grand bodies. We fear that he was very tired when he reviewed Louisiana, for he says we adopted a resolution against the reelection of a Grand Master, which we did not do, and he declares that the proposition to pay representatives mileage and per diem was rejected, while we adopted the mileage part of the proposition. We cannot account for the errors of our brother only on the supposition suggested above. •'',:'
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From the proceedings we learn of the following action of the Grand Council, Scottish Rite of Central America: ; "That from this date official relations are hereby established with the Grand Lodge of Costa Rica, which is recognized as the only regular and independent Governing Body over Craft Masonry in the Republic of Costa Rica." We learn also of the establishment of a Grand Lodge of Guatemala, which was. duly recognized. This is the only intimation received by us of the erection of the new Grand body. Peace and harmony prevail in the jurisdiction, and measures have been adopted to inaugurate the American custom of reports on the proceedings of other Grand Lodges, CUBA.
The Grand Master, M. W. Bro. Jose Fernandez Pellon, addressed the Grand Lodge as follows. We quote these words that our brethren may understand the true Masonic position held by our brethren of Cuba: "Worshipful Brethren:—Here congregated once more in Annual Communication, our Grand Lodge closing the forty-fifth year of its history, let us reverently invoke the name of the Great Architect of the Universe, whose existence forms the fundamental principle of the Credo of every good Mason and constitutes the first and foremost of the inalterable Landmarks of the Ancient Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons. Let us thank Him for having granted the conservation of this Grand Lodge, founded and long sustained by brothers ho more among us, and let these words of pious and fraternal reminiscence be dedicated to the memory of those meritorious departed. ' "More than once. Worshipful Brethren, have I deemed it my duty, in moments similar to the present, to emphasize certain doctrinal points which, if an allusion to them in other countries would be superfluous—for there
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they constitute a veritable axiom not open to discussion, here among us of the Latin race, of but recently formed national life, it is necessary to mention and bring to attention, not only the more forcibly to impress upon you the true conception of the Masonic Fraternity as yet not sufficiently possessed by all our members, but, and this is of still greater importance, in order that friendly Grand Lodges, especially those of Anglo-Saxon countries, where the Holy Ark of the Ancient Landmarks is most firmly upheld and where the standard of Masonry has been raised highest, may be persuaded and convinced that the Grand Lodge of the Island of Cuba knows as well as they do how to preserve intact those principles and aspires with like endeavor to keep high their standard, to the extent permitted in a nation that as yet numbers less than two millions. "Happily, many Grand Lodges already recognize and emphatically declare that ours is free from the defects peculiar to those of the Latin race, and but recently, in consequence of the resolution passed in our last Annual Communication to sever relations with the Grand Orient of France for failing to sustain the above mentioned fundamental principle of Masonry, have we had the satisfaction of reading words of appreciation and respect in the reports on Correspondence of several Grand Lodges, words of unstinted praise for ours as a true Masonic power, as one constituted like American Grand Lodges, where the genuine principles of the Fraternity are proclaimed and practiced and where there is no room for the aberrations that unfortunately corrupt the true nature of other Latin Lodges prone to assign to Masonry objects and aims foreign thereto. "To the famous English admiral Nelson is attributed the saying that to the sea you must speak in English, and this may be applied mutatis tmitandis to our institution as an organism born in England and thence propagated, for as in civil law the jurist in consulting original sources is led back to Roman institutions, thus in Masonry, English founts of knowledge must be studied if one would gain a true and pure conception of the institution. Nor may some superficial critic call us servile imitators. Is not such quest for information directed by the very origin whence came the peculiar and distinctive character of the Fraternity? No sooner is this character changed when the institution ceases to be Masonic, when of Masonry there remains but the name. "Therefore, we Latin Masons, if we would preserve that character, if we would have pure and genuine Masonry, must never throw aside the English moulds, the moulds in which were cast those beautiful AngloAmerican organizations existing in every State of our sister republic, solely and exclusively dedicated to the realization of the social aims of Masonry, those Grand Lodges admirably administered and governed, counting by thousands their subordinate Lodges, where the direct object of the Fraternity, individual improvement, is foremost, where magnificent buildings, be they temples or asylums, attest the existence of the true Fraternity oblivious of all political and religious agitation." The Grand Master urged the erection of a Temple dedicated to Masonry, to be the visible home of the Grand Lodge. The report on Foreign Relations was presented by Bro. Rodriguez. He reviews proceedings in a very fraternal way. He has this to say anent the publication of the names of the members of our several Lodges: "Noventa paginas del Anuario ocupau los cuadros 6 listas de funcionarios y miembros de las ciento sesenta Logias de la jurisdicci6n. Si todos los Secretarios de nuestras Logias facilitaran con prontitud los datos necesarios, seria posible entre nosotros un util directorio Masonico,, que no ocuparia mas de veinte paginas." : He very kindly directs the attention of the Committee on Foreign Rela2
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tipns of the Grand Lodge of Puerto Rico to what we have said about a recognition by us of that Grand Lodge. We trust that it will attract their attention for we have heard nothing from them direct. DELAWARE.
The occasion was the centennial of this Grand Lodge. The Grand Master, M. W. Bro. R. Henry Young, made the following decision: "Franklin Lodge, No. 12—Can any member of a Lodge object to the visiting of a brother of another Lodge or jurisdiction, or both? " 'Answer—When objection is made to a brother being admitted to the Lodge the Worshipful Master should demand the brother's reasons for objecting, and it is in the discretion of the Worshipful Master to decide whether the reasons are sufficient, and whether the brother shall be admitted. We believe that the question should not be submitted tothe Master, but that every brother has the right to have excluded from the Lodge any member of another Lodge that is objectionable to him. His Lodge is his Masonic home and the Master ought to protect his Craftsmen from the intrusion into their home of any person obnoxious. The feelings, the sentiments, the prejudices, if you will, of a member of a Lodge, are to be respected far above any consideration of courtesy to an alien, even though that alien be a Mason. The Gran d Master decided as follows : "A difference of opinion exists as to whether a Lodge at ease is of the same nature and form as a Lodge at refreshment, and in charge of the Junior Warden with his column up. There is no doubt in my mind and it is my judgment and decision that a Lodge at ease is of the same nature and form as a Lodge at refreshment and the same rules should govern it. It should be in charge of the Junior Warden with his column up." We entirely agree with the M. W. Brother. It may be worth while to also quote the following: "The Lodge is a place where Freemasons assemble to work and transact the business of Masonry. Such an assembly is, therefore, properly a communication, and should always be so designated by Masons. The old and correct usage is ' communication.' The trouble is so many Masons belong to organizations that hold meetings and they get so used to the term that they forget themselves when in a Masonic Lodge and use language that does not belong to our Fraternity. Let us be careful to use correct Masonic terms." With the following we cannot at all agree, for the effect of the decision would be to declare that the act of making an Apprentice is to make him a member of the Fraternity unaffiliated with any Lodge. Of all the brethren surely the Apprentice is the most surely bound to the Master: "I have been asked when are Lodge dues chargeable; from what time? The date of initiation or on the reception of the Master Mason's degree and signature to the by-law? "It is clear to my mind and I so decide, that Lodge dues are chargeable only from the date of a brother receiving the Master Mason's degree and
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signing of the by-laws. As an Entered Apprentice he is a member of the Fraternity, but cannot be a member of the Lodge until he becomes a Master Mason and agrees to stand to and abide by the by-laws, rules and regulations governing a Lodge of Master Masons." He also decided that a Master and Senior Warden could not be installed should the Junior Warden elect prove to be unworthy of the position to which he had been elected. This seems to us a very strange and improper decision. The report on Correspondence is again the product of Bro. L. H. Jackson. FLORIDA.
The Grand Master, M. W. Bro. Thomas M. Puleston, made the following ruling: "Query—Can a candidate who was passed to the F. C. degree at a regular communication of the Lodge on January 12th, be raised at the regular communication in the following month corresponding thereto, to be held on February 9th ? "Answer—The word 'month' and full 'month' used in regulation No. 4, page 39, Digest and Regulations of 1900, under head of Advancement, should be construed in harmony with the construction placed upon the word 'month' as used in Section 14, Article 10, of the Constitution—see Regulation 293—to-wit, to mean from a regular communication of a Lodge to a corresponding communication in the next succeeding calendar month, and therefore the candidate could be balloted for at the regular communication of said Lodge on February 9th, and if elected could be raised at same communication. '' The ruling, we take it, is entirely correct. The Grand Lodge declined to recognize the Grand Orient of Brazil for the reason that it believed it inexpedient to hold fraternal intercourse with any Masonic body but a sovereign and independent Grand Lodge. Recognition of the Grand Lodge of Queensland was deferred and that of Smythe Grand Lodge of Western Australia was very properly refused. The reasons for these acts were the same as those that moved us to similar action last year and, of course, it is not necessary to again record them. Past Grand Master Samuel Pasco delivered a most interesting historical address on the occasion of the celebration of the seventy-fifth anniversary of the formation of the Grand Lodge. We quote what he said of the first establishment of Masonry in Florida: "By the terms of the treaty of Paris, which was concluded February 10, 1763, Spain, in return for Havana and the Island of Cuba, which then belonged to Great Britain, ceded to the latter ' Florida with Fort St. Augustine and the Bay of Pensacola.' It remained under British control for twenty years when, on September 3, 1783, these two powers entered into another treaty by the terms of which Great Britain received the Bahama Islands from Spain and re-ceded to that nation Florida, then comprising two provinces, designated as East Florida and West Florida. •' In 1768, during the period of this British occupation, James Grant was Goveruor and Commander in Chief of East Florida and his official residence was at St. Augustine. He was also a Craftsman and united with other Masonic brethren in the province in a petition to the Grand Lodge of Scot-
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land for a charter to establish a Lodge at St. Augustine, to be called Grant's East Florida Lodge, and asking also that Governor Grant be appointed Provisional Grand Master over the Lodges in the Southern District of North America. '' The prayers of the petitioners were granted March 15,1768, and a commission was accordingly issued to Bro. Grant; at the same time a Lodge was chartered at St. Augustine, which, being under the immediate supervision of the Provisional Grand Master, was endowed with the authority and privileges of a Grand Lodge. " I n 1771, ten brethren at Pensacola, who had been members of Lodge No. 108 of the register of Scotland, held in the Thirty-first Regiment of Foot of the British Army, petitioned this new Grand Lodge for a charter for a Lodge to be styled St. Andrew's Lodge No. 1, West Florida. " The charter was granted on the third day of May of that year and was signed by James Grant as Grand Master, William Drayton as Deputy Grand Master, and the other principal officers of the Grand Lodge. A copy of it appears in the Proceedings of this Grand Lodge of 1899, in a report made by Past Grand Master Silas B. Wright. According to its terms the new Lodge was authorized ' to admit and receive Apprentices, pass Fellowcrafts and raise Master Masons,' as well as to perform other usual Masonic work. The Lodge was located at Pensacola and continued in existence there till 1781, when the city and port were captured by the Spaniards. "Its members were then scattered and many of them removed to Charleston, South Carolina. Among these were the Master and Wardens, who carried with them the charter and book of minutes from the first meeting of the Lodge. On the 9th of February, 1782, they addressed a letter to the Grand Lodge at St. Augustine and asked for directions as to their future course and the disposition of their charter. "The Deputy Grand Master and Wardens of the Grand Lodge in reply, March 14, 1782, authorized them to constitute and hold a Lodge under their charter at Charleston, provided they had their Master and a sufficient number of their members there until, in the language of the dispensation, 'it shall please God to restore you to the ancient seat of your Lodge in West Florida.'" There is much more of interest in the address, but space forbids its repetition in this report. The report on Foreign Correspondence was presented by Past Grand Master Silas B. Wright. In his review of Louisiana he errs in stating that our Grand Lodge adopted a resolution restricting a brother to a single term as Grand Master. It was proposed but was not accepted. Bro. Wright says we make an "amusing mistake" in crediting Grand Master Carnell's address to Bro. T. Picton Wardlaw, who is a Deputy Grand Master. But Bro. Wright himself calls the latter " M . \V." Surely there has been a comedy of errors between us. But serious, could not Bro. Wright exercise some of his undoubted influence and have the matters of titles straightened out in the Florida proceedings? If our Florida brethren would adopt the nomenclature of the rest of the world, it would greatly facilitate the understanding of them. Bro. Wright criticizes our objection to a minor presenting a petition to a Lodge for initiation and cites in favor of it the fact that a minor may in law ratify and validate his acts as such when he obtains majority. Unquestionably so, and there is not the slightest fault to be found with the acts of a man of lawful age confirming a petition made when he was a minor, When
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a Lodge receives a petition for membership from a minor, it would be perfectly proper for the Lodge to hold it until he was of age, and then upon his confirming the act, permitting it to "take its regular course." What we object to is not the act of the individual, be he minor or major, but the action of the Lodge in acting on the petition of a minor. Bro. Wright also cites the law of a " Lewis." But that is avoidedly an exceptionable case and entirely apart from the general rule, for not only could a petition be received from a "Lewis," but he could be made a Mason. We did not "overlook" the case of a " Lewis," but we considered and still consider it as inapplicable to this issue. GEORGIA.
The Grand Master, M. W. Bro. Max. Meyerhardt, thus reports on the condition of the Craft in Georgia: "And so to-day, with prayer and praise upon our lips, with deep thanksgiving in our hearts, we enter upon the duties of this, our One Hundred and Eighteenth Annual Communication. Never before in all her splendid history has Masonry enjoyed such abounding prosperity as during the year just past. A substantial increase in numbers; peace and harmon}' prevailing; the moral standard raised high; a full treasury; many new Lodges instituted; and above all, the Home, for which we have labored so long and so earnestly, fully completed, and soon to open its hospitable doors to the worthy wards of Georgia Masonry. Surely our hearts should glow with fervent gratitude to the God of our fathers who has showered so bountifully upon us His richest blessings and His choicest benedictions." The Grand Master made the following decisions. They are well worthy of consideration: " One who knowingly passes counterfeit money, whether in so doing he defrauds a Master Mason or not, is guilty of a Masonic offense. Any violation of the law of morality or the law of the land, is a violation of the law of Masonry. '' Upon the same principles, a Mason who has illegal carnal intercourse with a woman, although she is not the relative of a Master Mason, and although she is a woman of unchaste character, is guilty of a Masonic offense. Masonry is a shield for the protection of womanhood, and a Mason has no right to degrade a woman, or to aid in perpetuating her degradation." We quote another decision: " While it is the duty of the Secretary to collect initiation fees, and the Master has no right to do so, yet where the Master did collect such initiation fees, and did,not pay the same over to the Secretary, and the Lodge was fully cognizant of these facts, but took no action in the matter, the Lodge cannot, after the term of office of the Master has expired, hold the Secretary responsible for such initiation fees, but must hold the retired Master, who collected them, responsible for the same. The Master did wrong in collecting the fees, and was guilty of an offense in converting them to his own use, and is subject to charges for his misconduct. But the Lodge, knowing the facts, and tacitly consenting thereto, cannot afterwards hold the Secretary responsible.'' While we recognize the correctness of this decision, we wonder that there was no one to complain of the conduct of the Master.
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No one who knows Bro. Meye;rhardt, now for the fifth time Grand Master of Georgia, but would expect gems of thought to pour forth from his brain, and so, he thus permits the fountain to flow in his conclusion: " How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace."
"May we not, without irreverence, apply these beautiful words of Scripture to our beloved institution of Freemasonry ? For in all ages and every land, it has stood upon the mountain peaks of truth and justice, of brotherhood and peace. "Where Masonry has led, no good man feared to follow. Its ideals are high and holy. Its exemplars, the best and truest of the world's elect. Its guide, the word of God. Its hope, the betterment of man. Its goal, the endless glory of eternal life. '' Shall we, the heirs of all those splendid aspirations, prove recreant to our trust? Shall we prove less courageous and less true than those brave men of ages past who bore aloft, with dauntless heroism, the banner of the Craft? "To you, my brethren, I make strong appeal. You are the leaders and the teachers of the Craft. To you they look for light and law. " ' To you, who hold a nobler officer upon earth Than arms, or power of brains, or birth, Could give the warrior kings of old.'
'' In your hands are the destinies of Georgia Masonry. To its great cause you must devote your highest energies, your best endeavors and your noblest zeal. '' See to it that in your Lodges and in your communities the standard of Masonry is raised high. See to it that Masonry stands for the best citizenship and the purest morality. "Banish intemperance. It is the curse that has brought sorrow upon countless thousands. There is no room in Masonry for him who brings discredit upon himself, his brethren and the Order. Warn him, admonish him, deal gently and charitably with him; but if he persists in his evil course then vindicate the honor of Masonry by dealing with him as our law requires. "Cut off the profane blasphemer. The sons of light must not take in vain the name of God. Those who have seen 'that hieroglyphic bright that none but Craftsmen ever saw,' must bow in humble reverence before the symbol of Deity. Foul speech, profane utterance, must not pass the lips of any Mason. '' Stand for the supremacy of law, order and good government. Masonry should uphold at all times and under all circumstances the power and the majesty of law. ' Render unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's, and unto God the things that are God's.' Let the mighty arm of Masonry be felt in the administration of justice throughout our borders. " Protect, at all hazards, the stainless honor of pure and tender womanhood. For him who, by fraud, deceit or violence, would rob woman of her sweetest jewel, her holiest possession, there shall be no city of refuge. " The home is sacred. Let us guard its portals, even as did the angel of the Lord, who stood with flaming sword, without the gates of Paradise. Let him who violates its sanctity leave hope behind. The sword of justice, relentless, swift and sure, shall smite him with resistless power. " Brethren, these stirring times demand great deeds, not empty words. We stand upon the mountain tops, in sight of all the world. The bugle-call of duty summons us. Let us hearken to its thrilling sound. Let cowards shirk, Masonry demands heroes. Let us choose this day whom we will serve. Let us press onward without fear. The God of Hosts is with us.
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Victory will perch upon our banners, for our cause is the cause of humanity. Though we find " ' Truth forever on the scaffold, Wrong forever on the throne Yet that scaffold sways the future, and behind the dim unknown, Standeth God within the shadow, keeping watch above His own.' "
The report on Correspondence was presented by Bro. A. Q. Moody. In his summary he says: " It is difficult to understand how a Grand Lodge can be a governing power, and yet be subservient to a still higher power.'' We think the brother scarcely does justice to himself in this remark, for it cannot be difficult for him to understand that the State of Georgia is a governing power, and yet is subservient to the higher power of the Federal government. We would not notice this expression of Bro. Moody unless wedeemed it of importance to emphasize the fact that what the American doctrine in Masonry claims for a Grand Lodge is not its power to govern its subordinates, but sovereign character within its jurisdiction and its independency from all control external to itself. And, moreover, we claim for a Grand Lodge that it is for its jurisdiction the power of final resort for the determination of the legitimacy of everything within its territorial jurisdiction that claims to be Masonic. The reasons for these claims have been repeated many times, and the claims themselves are not practical axiomatic with all adherents of the American system of Masonry.
The Grand Master, M. W. Bro. Albert W. Gordon made the following decision: " Statement. In the by-laws of a Lodge, sent to me for my approval, which held meetings twice a month, the following section appeared: 'All petitions for initiation, or affiliation, shall be referred to a committee of three, whose duty it shall be to report thereon at the next stated meeting (which would be only two weeks thereafter), and the applicant balloted for at the ensuing stated meeting, or subsequent meeting, as the Lodge may direct.' "Ruling. While Section 1 of Article XV of the Grand Lodge By-Laws which reads, ' No petition for degrees or membership shall be balloted on until the same shall have laid over for one month,' might be construed to mean that you could report on a petition two weeks after its reception and ballot at the next, or a succeeding meeting, yet from all the data I can gather this is not the intent of the law; and I hold that the petition must lie over for at least one lunar month before any action can be taken." It seems to us that a committee should be permitted to report at its convenience. But we find fault with the proposed by-law because the "subsequent meeting" might be a special one, and balloting should not be had at special meetings unless every member be notified of the intention to do so. The Grand Master also ruled as follows: " Question. Is it Masonically legal to confer degrees on Sunday? "Answer. While our Constitution and by-laws are silent on this subject, and viewing it from a strictly legal standpoint, it would appear that
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there was nothing to forbid Masonic labor on Sunday; yet such practice would be in open violation of the teachings of our ritual. For are we not taught that ' Our ancient brethren consecrated the seventh as a day of rest from their labors?' Also that ' the Holy Bible is the inestimable gift of God to man as the rule and guide of his faith?' These admonitions, in my opinion, should be the foundations of our faith and practice, and upon no pretense to be ignored or set aside. " Therefore, I hold that the conferring of degrees or other Masonic labor (except performing the last sad duties to the dead) on Sunday is unmasonic, and not to be permitted." There is also another important reason for declaring meetings on Sunday unmasonic. They are highly obnoxious to a good many brethren, and we believe that an open contempt of the religious feelings of a respectable number of one's brethren is unfraternal, and therefore unmasonic. We ought to learn to respect even the predjudices of our brethren. Certainly, if we desire our own scruples respected, we should respect those of others. A resolution requiring the minutes of the Grand Lodge to be transcribed in a minute book was repealed, and hereafter a copy of the printed proceedings will be the record. All Masonic communication was severed with the Grand Lodge of New York. In 1903, one Harvey E. Taylor, claimed as a resident of Idaho, was admitted to the first and second degrees in a Lodge in New York. Upon complaint charges were preferred in said Lodge against Taylor. But the issue of the case was never communicated to the Idaho authorities, and letters written by the successive Grand Masters of Idaho to the Grand Masters of New York and to the New York Lodge have been universally ignored. We find no reference to the matter in the proceedings of the Grand Lodge of New York. We very deeply regret this unfortunate occurrence, and must wait to hear New York's side of the case before formulating an opinion. Upon the showing of the case by the Idaho authorities their action was the only way open to them. The report on Correspondence was presented by Bro. Geo. B. Knepper and is an able document. The Grand Master, M. W. Bro. Wm. B. Wright, well said in his address: " I t is a great privilege to be able to assist in the work of bringing intellectual light into the dark corners of the world, of helping our fellowmen to throw aside their prejudices and sweep away their mental cobwebs, of placing them upon the mountain tops, with their desire for knowledge quickened, their capacity for learning enlarged, their mental horizon broadened, their love for their fellows intensified, their cower to discern the true relations of life expanded, and consequently their usefulness as citizens and members of society increased. This is a privilege every Mason enjoys. May every one of us to the extent of our power live up to the full measure of our opportunities, and do our full share in promoting peace and harmony, liberty and equality, righteousness and justice, among all the peoples of the earth."'
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The oration was delivered by Bro, Herbert Preston. From it we cull these timely words: "The refined and cultured ethics of Masonry is a school for intellectual and spiritual improvement that in no degree appeals to the animal sense of man. The introduction of distractions along the social or club line, so ardently advocated by some of our number, may prove attractive to a superficial element, but to the thinking man such innovations are fraught with the gravest danger. Many are coming into the Craft impregnated with the dogmas and doings of other institutions that hold nothing in common with Masonry. Ancient landmarks and hoary traditions mean little to them. Innovations and departures from the original plan of Masonry foster discord and dissension, and like the 'jarring seed of ill-consorted things' contribute neither beauty nor harmony to the temple they mar. To modernize and reconstruct this ancient fabric spells its ultimate ruin and decay. '' Freemasonry has nothing to fear from external sources. The greatest and gravest dangers with which it is beset proceed not from without but from within. The dissenting voice of ignorance has assailed its hallowed name in vain, and after the manner of their Craft they abuse what they cannot understand. We can abide their pitiable censure; we are immune from tiuch attacks. No species of calumny can harm these sacred walls. No rebvike from the exterior can disturb the serenity of the interior. The citadel of Masonry far exceeds the scoffer's ability to mutilate or contaminate. It towers like a beacon light of truth to enlighten and harmonize the world. Masonry inculcates a meek and unselfish spirit, an earnest and whole-souled effort to benefit and elevate the human family, uprightness and honesty in our respective callings, an unostentatious benevolence—to give so that the left hand knoweth not what the right hand doeth; it teaches faith in God, hope in immortality and charity to all mankind; not a circumscribed charity that vaunteth itself in mere alms-giving, but that broad, comprehensive charity that is as boundless as the canopy of our starry heaven." The request for recognition by the Grand Lodge of Puerto Rico was not granted, because of alleged irregularity in its organization and in its reorganization. The Grand Lodge of Queensland was recognized. The report on Masonic Correspondence was presented by that erudite and cultured brother, P. G. M. James Robbins. Under Louisiana, he says anent R. W. Bro. Lambert's California resolutions, that he was a humorist, "had not filtered out into the neighboring provinces." He calls the attention of Bro. Lambert to the address of our representative, as not being "Fort Dearborn," but Chicago. Maybe our Grand Secretary's "humor" was playing him a prank, and he ought to have been more serious. He courteously quotes our reply to him on the matter of Lodges estab . lished by the Scottish Rite and then proceeds with his rejoiuture. We would gladly quote him in full did not our doing so necessitate our reprinting our own report. While we feel that we have a reply to our brother's criticism, we doubt the expediency of a continuance of the discussion. It has been thrashed out by the Corps of Correspondence and a decided majority have concurred with the views that our side have expressed. It is evident, also, that the other side are not to be convinced. Further discussion would be vain.
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Making our bow to our distinguished antagonist in the bout we have had, we fold our arms and drop the point of our lance. It is, we freely admit, a great temptation not to do this, and to give vent to the free play of our pen into which our sword was long since turned. But we resist the temptation, and say with one of Bro. Robbins' co-laborers, let us turn to something more agreeable. INDIANA.
Recognition of the Grand Lodge of Queensland was postponed. The review of Correspondence was made by P. G. M. Daniel McDonald. His review of Louisiana is that of our proceedings of 1904. He quotes from M. W. Bro. Reid about the work that our Committee was preparing and of which he prophesied that "it would be pleasing to the eye." This, Brother McDonald thinks, refers to the beauty of a printed page and proceeds to say : "Thus it will be seen that another of the galaxy of Grand Lodges has succumbed to the pressure, and is about to adopt a work of its own, and, of course, issue it in 'cipher.' The question of the propriety of Grand Lodges issuing cipher rituals having been thoroughly gone over during the past decade, nothing more seems necessary to be said." Brother McDonald, our Past Grand Master will be surprised to read your interpretation of his rhetorical phrase. He is about the last on earth to favor a cipher, or any written or printed work. Louisiana has not succumbed, and Bro. Reid did not mean to imply that she was likely to do so. . Bro. McDonald prints in full the poem of J. L. McCreery "There is no Death" and we thauk him for the opportunity of ourselves reproducing it: "THERE IS NO DEATH. '' There is no death ! the stars go down To rise upon some fairer shore, And bright in heaven's jeweled crown They shine forevermore. •' There is no death! the forest leaves Converts to life the viewless air; The rocks disorganize to feed The hungry moss they bear. " There is no death! the dust we tread Shall change, beneath the summer showers, To golden grain, or mellow fruit. Or rainbow tinted flowers. " There is no death! the leaves may fall. The flowers may fade and pass away— They only wait through wintry hours, The warm, sweet breath of May. '• There is no death! the choicest gifts That heaven hath kindly lent to earth Are ever first to seek again The country of their birth. " And all things that for growth or joy— Are worthy of our love and care, Whose loss has left us desolate, Are safely garnered there. " Though life become a dreary waste. We know its fairest, sweetest flowers, Transplanted into paradise, Adorn immortal bowers.
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" The voice of bird-like melody That we have missed and mourned so long Now mingles with the angel choir In everlasting song. " There is no death! although we grieve When beautiful, familiar forms That we have learned to love are torn From our embracing arms. '" Although with bowed and breakiug heart, With sable garb and silent tread, We bear their senseless dust to rest, And say that they are 'dead.' " They are not dead! they have but passed Beyond the mists that blinds us here Into the new and larger life Of that serener sphere. " They have but dropped their robe of clay To put their shining raiment on; They have not wandered far away— They are not 'lost' or 'gone.' *' Though disenthralled and glorified, They still are here and love us yet; The dear ones they have left behind They never can forget. " And sometimes, when our hearts grow faint Amid temptations fierce and deep, Or when the wildly raging waves Of grief or passion sweep, " We feel upon our fevered brow Their gentle touch, their breath of balm; Their arms enfold us, and our hearts Grow comforted and calm. " And ever near us, though unseen, The dear, immortal spirits tread; For all the boundless universe Is life—there are no dead." INDIAN TERRITORY.
The Grand Master, M. W. Bro. Wilson O. Bruton, decided as follows: "Held, that merely giving the sign of the E. A. or F. C. degree does not open a Lodge of Entered Apprentices or Fellowcrafts, although the Lodge has already ben opened in due and ancient form of the M. M. degree. When business is to be transacted in any degree, that degree must be* regularly opened in due and ancient form, before proceeding with the business in hand." It seems to us that the opening and closing of a Lodge is the work of the Master, the brethren assisting. It does not consist essentially in any giving of signs or other performance by the brethren, but the essence of the act is the word of the Master. He also rendered the following curious decision : "Held, that the S. W. acting and presiding as Master at a call meeting of the Lodge, which meeting was called by the Master, has the authority during the session of the call meeting at which he was acting Master, to call another meeting for conferring degrees, although the Master is in town but absent from the Lodge. When he presides at a lawful meeting of the Lodge, he has all the authority of the Worshipful Master ; therefore, if the W. M. may call another meeting during the call meeting, so, also, can t h e S . W." The S, W. acting as Master exercises such authority only during the session. The instant the Lodge is closed that instant he ceases to act as
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Master. The Master alone can call a special communication. The Senior Warden cannot of his own motion call a special communication. The Grand Master also rendered this decision : "Held, that a Master Mason who is clear upon the books, and against whom there are no charges filed with the Master or Secretary, is, upon application to the Worshipful Master antl Secretary, entitled to a dimit withour any action on the part of the Lodge, and may apply for and receive the same lawfully at any time with or without the knowledge of the other members of the body." We fully concur with the exception of the last phrase. We believe that the right of application for a dimit should be limited to the time of stated meetings of the Lodge, not that the Lodge may vote upon it, but that every member may have opportunity to present any charges he may have against the applicant. With following we fully concur as the words are evidently not proper to be written . "Held, that it is improper for the Secretary to record upon the minutes that 'only one black ball appearing the ballot was spread again upon the application, e t c ' Article VIII, Section 18, forbids any brother to disclose 'how the ballot stood.' " Recognition of the Grand Lodges Valle de Mexico and Costa Rica were postponed. The journal, beautifully printed and replete with literary gems, comes to us as weighted with grief, for it records the decease of no less than three Past Grand Masters, John W. McClanahan, George B. VanSaun and Almon R. Dewey. The Grand Master, M. W. Bro. Simmer Miller, said, in his address, these very timely words : "There appears to be a growing disposition 011 the part of Masons to publish to*lhe world the official acts of their Lodges. Many times when an applicant for the degrees is rejected in a Lodge, inside of two days the fact is strewn broadcast throughout the community. I am charitable enough to believe that the brethren do this thoughtlessly. Aristotle once said, to be silent and secret was the most difficult duty he had to perform. Indeed, it appears that the Masons of the present age no longer consider it a duty. For several years the local press has published in its columns almost indiscriminately the transactions of this Grand Lodge. Sometimes these reports are correct, more often they are not. On several occasions their inaccuracy has been the source of much embarrassment, not only to the officers but the Grand Lodge as well. Masonry needs no advertising, as it has no competitor. I have always doubted the wisdom of publishing to the world any part of the official acts of a Lodge, much less those of the Grand Lodge. To me this appears a direct violation of the very essence of Masonic character. In all the degrees we are admonished to silence and secrecy, and we should expect that duty observed. I believe any brother in a Lodge or the Grand Lodge who will reveal the official acts of these bodies should be disciplined." The Grand Lodge of Puerto Rica was recognized. In this, our Iowa brethren do not seem to have taken into any consideration the confession of the Puerto Ricans that they have held, if they do not even now hold,
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Masonic communication with clandestine bodies in the United States. Surely this ought to have some investigation on the part of our Iowa brethren. If we are to recognize Giand Lodges that hold with clandestine bodies, we might as well give up the fight against the latter. The application for recognition of the Smythe Grand Lodge of Western Australia was very properly refused. The recognition of the Grand Lodge of Queensland was postponed. The Chairman of the Committee on Correspondence, Bro. Joseph E. Morcombe, has had a most interesting correspondence with the Secretary of the Grand Lodge of France and from a letter of the latter we,copy as follows: " As to faith in God, we go by the formulated principles of the ancient charges of Freemasonry and adhere to the statement of the book of Constitutions, which is of the following language: " ' A Mason is obliged, by his tenure, to obey the moral law; and if he rightly understands the art, he will never be a stupid atheist nor an irreligious libertine. But though in ancient times Masons were charged in every country to be of the religion of that country or nation, whatever it was, yet it is now thought more expedient to oblige them to that religion in which all men agree, leaving their particular opinions to themselves; that is, to be good men and true, or men of honor and honesty, by whatever denominations or persuasions they may be distinguised; whereby Masonry becomes the center of union and the means of conciliating true friendship among persons who would otherwise have remained at a perpetual distance.' "We do not consider wise nor necessary to examine a candidate as to the forms of his belief, nor to ascertain what are his opinions in matters of ontology and metaphysics. We are convinced that it is not important for our purpose that the candidate shall accept such-and-such definition of the Creator, but rather that he should be determined to search In all sincerity for the truth. He will and must discover the truth for himself if he be taught well to understand the art of Masonry. Then he will not and cannot be a brute who does not recognizes God, nor an irreligious libertine. To make our candidate understand this art of Masonry, it is for vis to teach him how to penetrate and perceive the meaning of our symbolism, for these are the hieroglyphics of a most sublime philosophy. Meditating upon these, each of us should be led to solve for himself the eternal problems which present themselves to the human mind. These are the problems of the Sphinx: Whence do we come? What are we? Whither do we go ? The Freemason, properly taught, may answer these three questions from study of .the ritualism and symbolism of the three degrees. It is true that these give answer only by allegories, as do the gospels, and not by dogmas. But the aim of Masonry is not to make men believers in dogmas, but to make them thinkers, showing them how to extract the truth, by the powers of intellect, from the images which nature places before their eyes. This is the whole program of what we call initiation. "It is important to insist that if we of the Grand Lodge of France are free-thinkers and Freemasons—that is, men free from prejudice—we are not and cannot be atheist. For the atheist is to the full as dogmatic and prejudiced as the most intolerant and narrowest-minded believer. We are opposed to all dogmatism, whether it be affirmative or negative, and hold this unprejudiced mind to be a correct Masonic attitude. That which we admire most in Masonry is its symbols, because these do not force a rigid faith, but can be interpreted freely; each one having the right to discern, as in a mirror, the ideas which his mind brings up as the result of meditation. And among our symbols the most important ones are those connected with the Great Architect of the Universe, The ideas thus formed we do not need
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nor do we attempt to define, but each one is obliged to arrange them for himself according to his faith or his philosophy." Recognition was recommended, but action on the recommendation was postponed. We have to extend sincere thanks to Bro. Morcombe for his very valuable contributions to Masonic history, and particularly to that of France. He quotes at large from a correspondent, and we take the liberty of reprinting his extract in full. It is a very valuable contribution, especially to those who, like ourselves, find it a duty of the hour to study the French Masonic situation: " I n order to properly understand what has just occurred (this refers to the exposure of espionage by the Grand Orient of France), it is necessary to go back some forty years. Under the Empire, before 1870, all liberties were suppressed and Masonic Lodges became the only asylums where liberal minds eould gather for exchange of view. They thus became the home of republicanism, but in a discreet manner, for the police were on the watch. When the republic was proclaimed, it existed at first only in provisional title, its opponents not having succeeded in agreeing upon the form of monarchy to substitute for it. The republicans had then to struggle against all the forces of reaction, which held and disposed of the strength of the clerical organizations. By the very force of events Masonry became the directing staff of the democracy. The Lodges had to play their part in the elections, under penalty of leaving the field free to enemies of freedom. Circumstances were such that it was a crime against the Masonic idea for the members to shut themselves up in classic Masonry. It was necessary to depart from it to accomplish the political task which was imposed within the republic. '' But it is unfortunate that in the course of the struggle the true Masonic idea has been obscured in France. One thing leading to another, we have insensibly glided down the steep path, leading to the catastrophe which has just been experienced. "A book woiild be necessary in order to follow out every, change which has been brought about. It would be interesting to write and instructive in the highest degree, as it would in a way furnish a key to the history of the Third Republic. I cannot enter here into details. I would simply express my opinion that the intervention of Masonry was indispensable at the moment when the republic was really in danger. But it is also necessary to remember that for a number of years it has not been seriously threatened by its old enemies, and that the aspect and very nature of the danger has now changed. It is the false saviors of the republic who now imperil it. We, in these later times, have been the dupes of the politicians, who, in order to keep themselves in power, have conjured up more or less imaginary specters and bugbears, thanks to which they have caused themselves to be supported by the republicans. We are, moreover, still suffering from the perturbation into which all minds have been thrown by the Dreyfus affair. The cause of the condemned man in that case ought to have been considered coolly, from the single point of view of justice. Instead of that partisans and adversaries exerted themselves alike to excite every passion and to divert the case to the field of politics. They have said to the republicans, and especially to the Freemasons: • See, your political adversaries declare Dreyfus to be guilty, therefore you ought to maintain that he is innocent!' From that moment the innocence of Dreyfus became an article of the creed obligatory upon every good republican. And as the army, accepting the sentence pronounced by the judges, persisted, in the great majority of its officers, in seeing in Dreyfus a traitor, the army has thus become the enemy against which the politicians have striven to excite our hatred, They have represented
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the republic to us as being threatened by an alliance of the asbre and the aspergill. It is in pretending to save us from this danger that the last two ministries have succeeded in maintaining themselves for so long a time. I do not conceal from you that my personal conviction is that this danger was fictitious, in every case outrageously exaggerated for the political needs of the men in power. These men have depended xipon Freemasonry, which has had the candor to believe in them eventually to seriously compromise itself in supporting them. "As far as the informing is particularly concerned, it has never been officially organized, by the Grand Orient, the majority of the members of the council of the order having learned the facts only through M. Guyot de Villeneuve and his revelations to the Chamber of Deputies. There was, in fact, on one side an orderly officer of General Andre. Captain Mollin, who wished to display zeal and to serve better than any one before him the prospect of his minister by obtaining for him information upon the officers through the medium of his personal friend, the Secretary General of the Grand Orient. This latter is a fanatic who has thought to perform wonders and to render an immense service to the republic by taking information upon the officers. In pursuing this object he has imposed upon a considerable number of Freemason officers, by asking of them information upon other officers on the printed form of the Grand Orient, which is used for taking information upon the candidates who petition for admission into the Lodge. These officers have thus been caused to become ' informers' without suspecting it. But others have denounced their comrades in full knowledge of the case, wishing thus to put themselves in a good light and to benefit by the favors of the minister. A number of Freemason officers have finally resented with indignation the proposals of the Grand Orient. There is even one Lodge which, in its revolt, decided unanimously to leave the Grand Orient in order to pass over to the Grand Lodge of France, and that previous to the scandal of last autumn. '' The Grand Orient is, moreover, in terrible disorder at the present time. It has done its best to mitigate the consequences of the error of some of its members and it has been obliged, with this end in view, to threaten the deputies who have been elected only by reason of its support. This explains the circular of the Grand Orient which glorifies the methods employed. It is just a political maneuver inspired by the necessities of the combat. "With regard to the Grand Lodge of France, we have been able only to pity very sincerely our brothers of the Grand Orient, who, in all this affair, are, above all, the victims. They have committed errors, but not crimes, for in the excitement of the struggle they have permitted themselves to be carried away and overcome by the passions which were inevitably bound to come into play. We would like, at any price, to make common cause with their enemies, who are also ours. We seek, then, to separate morality from all this pitiable adventure, from which we take our text in order to exhort to an earnest return to our wholesome traditions. For French Masonry, that of the Grand Orient, as well as ours, has received a cruel, but necessary lesson. The Grand Orient went freely to its ruin, that is to say, to its transformation into a purely political association. We resisted this course but often with difficulty, for it was not always easy to prevent all our Lodges, and especially all their members, from allowing themselves to be allured by the political spirit of the Grand Orient. But now the Grand Orient has lost all its prestige, since it has succeeded only in causing the downfall of the ministry which it pretended to uphold, and since, on the other hand, it has compromised the good name of Freemasonry. One turns to us realizing that, far from being the tardy soldiers, we were only prudent Masons, anxious to safeguard the true principles and the dignity of our order. There is much to hope for in this sudden change, for we know that we are carried to extremes, as prompt to return from an error as to rush into it. I see, then, in
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the latest events a salutary crisis for French Masonry. There is considerable dissatisfaction at the heart of the Grand Orient. They complain of the government of the order, which they talk of renovating entirely. There are some political Lodges which approve the methods adopted and others which condemn them with vehemence; it is chaos. Differences of opinion will come out at the next general assembly, which will take place in September, and we foresee that certain Lodges will ask to pass over to us. But we shall refuse to receive them in the shape of constituted Lodges, merely admitting their members to individual affiliation in our Lodges. We fear, in fact, the spirit of the Grand Orient whose members need to have their Masonic education done over again. " I again call your attention to the fact that all this matter of informing is a direct result of the Dreyfus affair. General Andre has been chosen as minister only because he has always declared in favor of Dreyfus. He is, therefore, surrounded only by officials sharing his belief, and they have been willing to befriend in the arm}' only Dreyfus partisans. Every officer who did not manifest his belief in the innocence of Dreyfus has been looked upon by them with ill-will and considered as not being republican. I insist upon this point, because it is the key to all that has occurred." IRELAND.
We take note of the organization of a Provincial Grand Lodge by authority of the Grand Lodge of Ireland for South Africa. It is constituted, of course, of Lodges on the Irish Register exclusively. The Grand Lodge of Queensland was not recognized. We are indebted to the courtesy of W. Bro. H. E. Flavelle, Deputy Grand Secretary, for a copy of the following very important resolutions adopted at a conference of Delegates of the Grand Lodges of England, Scotland and Ireland, held in London, June 29th last. 1. The three Grand Lodges agree that any member of the Order who may be suspended or expelled in one jurisdiction shall not, while so disqualified, be permitted to visit or join any Lodge under the jurisdiction of the others; and each Grand Lodge shall cause notice of all decrees of suspension or expulsion to be sent to the other Grand Lodges. And in case of such decrees being made abroad, the District or Provincial authorities acting shall also notify the neighboring district or Provincial authorities of all three jurisdictions." " 2 . In each of the three jurisdictions, a duly installed Master under either of the other Constitutions shall, if not otherwise disqualified, be entitled to be present at a Board (i. e., Conclave) of Installed Masters, and to form one of the quorum ; but not to preside therein or to install a Master, unless requested to do so by the Board (i. e., Conclave). Nor can a visiting Master or Past Master of another Constitution preside in the Lodge he is visiting. In case there is not present a Master or Past Master duly qualified under the home jurisdiction, then, and then only, the officer in charge of the Lodge may request a Master or Past Master under one of the other two Constitutions to perform any ceremony which the Warden is not competent to perform. This agreement is not to interfere with the right of the Worshipful Master of a Lodge to invite a member of the Lodge or a visiting Master or Past Master of any of the three Constitutions to perform any ceremony without assuming the chair. " 3. The question of recognizing a new Grand Lodge in any colony or other territory in which the three Grand Lodges have equal jurisdiction and have warranted Lodges working therein, shall not be taken into consideration unless at least two-thirds of the Lodges under each jurisdiction have
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signified their adhesion to such new body; and such recognition shall only be granted by agreement of the three Grand Lodges. After the recognition of such new Grand Lodge as a sovereign body, the respective authorities of the three Grand Lodges will surrender their rights to warrant new Lodges within the jurisdiction of the new body; provided, always, that the rights of Lodges not adhering to the new body shall be fully safeguarded." Bro. Flavelle also informs us of the adoption of the above resolutions by the respective Grand Lodges represented. We regret, however, that measures were not taken to prevent arbitrary action on the part of Provincial Grand Masters. Some of them at their own option prohibit the discussion of any project for the formation of a Grand Lodge and no Lodge can act in any way in respect to such project. Thus it is in the power of a single individual to prevent the organization of a new Grand Lodge, even if every other Mason in the province favored it. Surely this is not right, KANSAS.
The Grand Jurisdiction mourns the loss of two Past Grand Masters, Joseph D. McCleverty and Jacob D. Rush. : The oration was delivered by W. Bro. Ferd. Washbon. From it we cull some some of his leading thoughts: 1 'Masonry is ari institution, a human institution, existing and maintaining its perpetuity through the generations with ever changing units. Twice in every century the ceremonials of the initiation and the funeral have produced a complete change in the individual intelligence, energy and devotion upon which its existence and progress depend; and in common with the State and all human institutions, it never has been, is not now and never can be better, higher, more pure and noble than the average of those human beings who for the time constitute its membership. Like all human institutions, it had its origin and has encompassed its growth and development in the inherent ambitions, requirements and desires of the human family; in the moral, mental snd social attributes of man. Its future is with the ever-changing Craft. It cannot rise above or fall below the standard which they by their acts and lives ordain for its government and character, and, contrary, perhaps, to a prevailing but misconceived sentiment that Masonry is a fixed and unchangeable organization, unyielding to innovation, it will in the future, as it has in the past, either advance or retrograde. Responsive to the irrevocable law of the universe which forbids inertia, it will have a constant change. It is not to-day what it was yesterday; it will not be to-morrow what it is to-day. Grounded upon fixed and unchangeable principles of eternal truth, its course as an institution will be varied to every requirement to human progress and responsive to every change demanded for human happiness. "What, then, constitutes a Mason's duty to the Masonic institution? All human institutions are dependent for their perpetuity and progress upon the devotion, service and sacrifice of the individual adherent, acting under the direction of system, law and order, cheerfully subservient to constituted authority. From the individual obedience and patriotism of the subject and citizen . springs the unfailing power which maintains and perpetuates the State; and so it is the devotion, service and sacrifice of the thousands of individual Masons in the constant daily attention to the little thing, the minor detail of Masonic proceedings that will, and does, maintain, develop and perfect its organization. It is not in the distinguished or dramatic service of the few uppn whoui may chance to fall the honors GLCS
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and obligations of prominence and leadership in any great organization, that its successful development depends ; rnuch they may do through wise and honest government and direction to aid and encourage the great body of their following; but final and lasting results are dependent upon the constant, unnoticed, unrecorded acts and attention of thousands of earnest, faithful men, who by such devoted service attain to no signal glory in the grand propaganda of worldly achievement. Fruitless, indeed, would have been the genius of Washington and Jefferson, were it not that the great body of common citizens, their hearts aglow with patriotism and their arms outstretched to support the flag and the grand principles for which it stands, by their individual energies and efforts had builded a nation, the best and greatest upon the earth. The beacon minds of Masonry, with all the wealth of moral philosophy, by which they have enriched, embellished and adorned our sublime ritual, would have Shown in vain, were it not that thousands of faithful craftsmen, through all the years of Masonic existence, with minds and hearts responsive to the sentiment of its noble purposes, had devoted their time, energies and talents to the routine of Masonic dissemination by actual participation in the very detail of the rites and ceremonies of the subordinate Lodge." An association of Past Grand Masters was formed on lines similar to those of like organizations in Tennessee and Oregon. The report on Correspondence was prepared by P. G. M. W. Bro. William M. Shaver. In his report on our proceedings of 1904 he calls the resolutions of limiting the tenure of office of a Grand Master to one term "peculiar," notes their defeat and then says: "Hereafter we presutne a failure to grant a second term must be construed as censure." How our brother can construe a failure to legislate into an enactement is beyond our comprehension. We quote Brother Shaver on ciphers, as follows : "Upon the question of the adoption of an official cipher, little more remains to be said than was enunciated by the special committee a year ago. Whether a Grand Lodge should authorize or adopt an official cipher is purely one of expediency. We do not consider it a violation of a Mason's obligation, because the prohibition of the making of an intelligible writing is qualified by the expression of the possibility that thus the secrets should be 'unlawfully obtained.' In a properly constructed and properly safeguarded official cipher this possibility is practically nil. "Our own opinion relative to ciphers has been given in previous reports, viz : that they are an evil, but their tise has become so universal and so universally demanded as an aid to the memory in this age of strenuosity that it is better officially to control the evil in its least objectionable form by safeguarding an official cipher—thus removing from the Craft the temptation surreptitiously to use the dangerous and incorrect phonetic ciphers of commerce. "As we have frequently expressed the opinion in our reports, there is only one way successfully to learn Masonic ritual, and that is by the old 'mouth to ear' method. An initial cipher will not enable a Mason to learn the ritual; it is useful only to refresh the memory as to the ritual already learned, or to show that the ritual learned is incorrect and thus cause application to some authority to correct the knowledge." KENTUCKY. The Grand Master, M. W. Bro. R. H. C. Rhea, reports the death of Past Grand Master James D. Landrutn.
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The Grand Master thus began his address: "Permit me to extend to each and all of you a most cordial and fraternal welcome to the One Hundred and Fifth Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge of Kentucky; and to congratulate you upon the prosperity which has attended us through the past year. Peace and harmony have universally prevailed between the subordinate Lodges, and nothing has occurred to disturb the friendly and fraternal relations existing between this Grand Jurisdiction and the other Grand Jurisdictions of these United States. "Time hast no Past, neither has it any Future; but only an eternal, everlasting Present. The Past has disappeared as silently as the shadow of a spirit, the Future never arrives; the eternal, everlasting Present is ours. Therefore, if we have any great work to perform; if we would assist in making the world brighter and better; and our fellow-creatures wiser and happier; if we would carry into effect the grand principles and truths of Freemasonry; let us do so now, for to-morrow may be too late." The report on Correspondence was prepared by M. W. Bro. William W. Clarke, P. G. M. Under Louisiana, we are very greatly surprised to find the following remarks: " W e note the following statement, dogmatically made, in his remarks under the caption, ' Western Australia:' " 'Unaffiliated Masons have no Masonic rights save that of applying for affiliation. They cannot form a Grand Lodge or a particular Lodge. Any organization that they may make has, and can have, no Masonic character, or receive any recognition as such.' "If these statements be true, every one of the nearly five hundred Lodges is a clandestine Lodge. None of them has any Masonic character, and the Grand Lodge of Kentucky, with its splendid constituency of over 25,000 is without Masonic character, and is a clandestine body. A Lodge in Kentucky can be formed in no other way than by unaffiliated Masons; and, that there be no mistake on this point, the dimit of every signer of the petition for a dispensation must accompany the petition. A provision of our Constitution requires that every Lodge whose jurisdiction would be affected by the organization of a new Lodge must grant its consent before a dispensation will issue, and the Grand Lodge of Kentucky went so far at its last communication as to hold that every signer of the petition for a dispensation for a new Lodge must be a dimitted Mason at the time the consent of the Lodges whose jurisdiction would be affected by the organization of the new Lodge was asked to grant its consent. " It is up to you, my brother; you will have to take that back, or it is your duty to recommend to your Grand Lodge to declare non-intercourse with the Grand Lodge of Kentucky; and this would grieve me greatly, for, while an adopted son of Kentucky, and a loyal one, I was born in Louisiana, and in the fair city where the Grand Lodge meets, and am not unmindful of the land of my nativity." We have not one iota to take back, nor do we see the slightest necessity of taking the brother's advice, for it is evident that he could not have had on his thinking cap when he wrote the lines. As to the dogmatic character of our assertion we accept the adjective. It is the quotation of an approved decision of Past Grand Master John G. Fleming, now many years at rest. But if original with us we should not hesitate to defend it. If Bro. Clarke would just remember that without dogma there would be precious Httje faith he would come probably to esteem it and not sneer at it.
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As to the remarks of Bro. Clarke we respectfully submit that the authority of a Lodge comes not from its members but from the Grand Lodge. The members of a Lodge, U. D., are absolutely without authority to do anything until the Grand Master, as representing the authority of the Grand Lodge gives them vitality as a Lodge through his dispensation to meet and work. Until they receive such authority no number of non-affiliated Masons can go to work. Why, even the members of a chartered Lodge cannot work in the absence of the Master and Wardens. Why ? Because the Grand Lodge has restrained authority to them. We believe the Grand Lodge of Kentucky to be a sovereign authority, and for that reason gladly hold Masonic intercourse with her. But if she has emasculated herself [and permits any irresponsible gang of Masons to meet how and as they please, then, indeed, it is time to inquire concerning her status. Will Bro. Clarke kindly inform us whether trie Grand Lodge of Kentucky observes the ancient rules and preserves to herself the essentials of sovereignty ? Does she issue warrants to Lodges and what are those warrants ? MAINE.
The Grand Master, M. W. Bro. Hugh R. Chaplin, announced the decease of two Past Grand Masters, Marquis F. King and Horace H. Burbank. The Grand Master made the following ruling. We believe it to be cor. rect. It is important: "Q. A Lodge voted to omit the stated meetings of June, July and August. The Master, however, has called a stated meeting for the usual time iu August. Will such a meeting be a stated one at which applications may be received and ballots taken ? "A. If the by-laws of the Lodge provide that a meeting shall be held on a stated day of every month in the year, and make no provision allowing the Lodge to stand closed during the month of August, my opinion is that the meeting in August will be a legal meeting. On the other hand, if the by-law of the Lodge provide that the Lodge may call off during August, and the Lodge did so call off, my opinion is that the Master does not have the power to convene a stated meeting in August." We quote also his introductory remarks : "Having returned thanks to God for His goodness to us in the past, and having asked the continuance of His care and guidance, we have thus made manifest our belief in Him, a belief which must be and is held by all true members of the institution of Freemasonry, founded as it is upon the Fatherhood of God and the Brotherhood of Man. "You will now permit me to avail myself of this opportunity, which I do, to give to you all, old and young, a cordial greeting, and a hearty welcome to this communication. "This great gathering of earnest and busy men from all parts of our State is itself the best proof that interest in Masonry in Maine is still strong and active. "Surely we come here in no perfunctory way. When we realize the great benefit which, by the faithful performance of the duties with which we are now charged, is sure to enure directly and indirectly to the Craft in this jurisdiction, to each member thereof, and as a natural and necessary consequence to every community in our State, the very performance of these duties can but be a personal pleasure to us all. All of us, too, take keen delight in thus meeting old friends and making new ones,"
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MANITOBA.
The Grand Master, M. W. Bro. Andrew Chisholm, spoke as follows in his address: ' "Ideals of the Craft.—/This leads me for a moment to dwell on the ideals of the Craft: "First. We are taught as Masons to believe in God, that He has revealed His will to mankind, that he punishes vice and rewards virtue. This is the governing idea of Masonic obedience. To Him we must submit; Him we ought to obey. We are continually reminded of obedience to God and to the rulers of the Craft. The Mason who has thoroughly learned this lesson has laid the foundation of a strong life. "Secondly. We are brethren. The ideal of the family is the consideration of right conduct. We look with horror on the member of a family who wrongs a brother. We tolerate much in a brother that others caiinot. We extend this idea to the great brotherhood of which we are members. We have to suffer much, tolerate much, in order that we may be true workers on the temple of life. ' 'Thirdly. Equality. There are distinctions as to office but not as to men. Every brother must serve that the Craft may prosper. ' 'These ideals I have noted, enable us to see what effect on the world Masonry can have. The value of men in a community who have firm convictions is considerable. This a magnificent asset in any country, more especially in a new and cosmopolitan country such as this is. It may truly be described as a world country in which any man, be he from whatsoever country he may, will sooner or later be moulded into a type peculiar to the West. Who can calculate the power of Masonic ethics in this -work?" MASSACHUSETTS.
The Grand Master, M. W. Bro. Baalis Sanford, thus concluded his address: "And thus we close another happy and prosperous year in our Masonic life. It has been the source of great encouragement to me to feel that a strong bond of sympathy exists between the Grand Lodge and the Craft throughout the entire jurisdiction, which has been to me a tower of strength in the multiplicity of official duties and responsibilities. Feeling this bond of sympathy between us, all distinctions are obliterated and we stand upon the common level, shoulder to shoulder, firm and united, carrying aloft the banners of Faith, Hope, Charity and Brotherly Love, and as we pause for a little time at the open door of a new Masonic year, let us renew our pledges of devotion and loyalty to the principles of our institution —principles that have come to us from a Divine source—and remember that the past is valuable only for the experience which it brings, and for the lessons it teaches." " . •'" A large part of the proceedings is taken up with an account of the ban• quet of St. John's Day, an annual custom preserved for two hundred years past. MICHIGAN.
The Grand Master, M. W. Bro. Fletcher E. Turrell, said: "At the few Lodges of instruction at which I have been permitted to be present, it has occurred to me with ever increasing force that no books should be used in delivering the work. Part of our work is esoteric, part
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exortic. The exortic, or non-secret work, is printed in full in the Monitor. A part of this work is the charge to the candidate, which is delivered after he has received his degree. Most of the Masters now deliver this charge without the book—others still read it. I believe that the time has come in this Grand Jurisdiction when the use of the Monitor in conferring the work should be prohibited. If a Master cannot or will not commit the charge he is not fit to be Master. It certainly detracts from the impressiveness of the occasion for the Master to read the charge after everything else has been delivered from memory. " I , therefore, recommend that hereafter the use of books in conferring the degrees be prohibited." "We are inclined to dissent from the above proposition. If the Master delivers the charge, memoriter, it carries to the initiate the force of being only the opinion of the individual, and the advice and admonition of the Master. Whereas, if it is read, as it is and is intended to be, the charge laid down to be delivered on behalf of the Grand Lodge to the initiate, it comes to him burdened with the full weight of such authority. And this greater effect can be accomplished only by the reading of it with the announcement of what it is. The Grand Master rendered the following decision: " Q. A lives in a city where Lodges have concurrent jurisdiction, and is rejected by one of said Lodges. More than five years having elapsed since he was rejected, can he apply to any other Lodge in that city, and have they a right to receive and act upon his petition? "A. Yes. A Lodge loses its personal jurisdiction over its rejected material that has resided in any other jurisdiction for a period of five years; and Lodges having concurrent jurisdiction should not be permitted to enjoy any greater powers than Lodges whose jurisdictions are not concurrent; they, therefore, lose jurisdiction over rejected material after five years." He also made this decision: " Q. Lodge A received the petition and confers the degrees upon a candidate that is a resident of another jurisdiction. Lodge B whose jurisdiction has been invaded, demands the fees, $24.00, which it would have received had they conferred the degrees; but Lodge A rebeived but $21.00 and refuses to pay more than that amount. "A. Lodge A having acted in good faith, I held that they should pay but $21.00, the amount that they received." It seems to us that in assessing a penalty for wrongfully obtaining money the question should be not how much the guilty party took, but how much he damaged the other party. Besides this, there is always the matter of punitive damages to be considered. In the case at bar Lodge A deprived Lodge B of $24.00, and it ought to at least pay Lodge B. its loss. The Grand Lecturer, M. W. Bro. Frank T. Lodge, said in his report: "In teaching the work, I have made a few changes, one of which I think should be reported. Nearly every Masonic writer speaks of ' white gloves and aprons' as being used at the building of King Solomon's Temple. That that is erroneous has been proven by the fact, first, that gloves, which are intended to protect the hands against the cold, would be seldom, if ever, needed in Palestine, and second, that gloves were not in existence at the time of the building of the Temple—over two thousand years before the birth of Christ, they having been invented in the middle ages in connection with Feudalism.
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"Then, too, I have never been able to ascertain that white gloves have been considered as an emblem of innocence. " As a matter of fact, it was the custom, in ancient times, for a person accused of crime to don a white garment of a particular form, which he wore as an implied token of his innocence; and he was entitled to wear this garment, until, at the close of his trial, he should be found to be guilty. Upon being convicted, he was stripped of his white garment and a black one was put upon him, and I may say here, that this custom is the foundation of the Anglo-Saxon presumption that every man is presumed to be innocent until he is found to be guilty. " I , therefore, confidently claim, as the result of long and careful study, that the word ' gloves' should be changed to ' garments.' "Again, the aprons worn by the workmen at King Solomon's Temple were not the small, bib-like affairs which modern speculative Masons wear, but were ordinary working aprons, such as are now worn by artisans, like blacksmiths, stone cutters and carpenters. In fact, these workmen were stone cutters and wood and metal workers. Their aprons were worn to protect their clothing; they were soiled and worn. '' Our modern artisans would not think of wearing their working aprons to Lodge, church, or even at home, in their leisure hours. Is it probable, then, that humble craftsmen would presume to come before the greatest monarch in the world, in the most splendid court on earth, wearing their soiled and worn working aprons? Of course not. I think, therefore, that all the presumptions favor our discontinuing the use of aprons, and I have taught the workers " This is interesting. But query, has that Grand Lecturer too much authority, when he can change the work at will, and only report his alterations at his option ? He closes his report with these words: "Our ritual should include, in closing, an inquiry by the Master, 'Is any brother, his widow or orphans known to be sick, sorrowing or in destitute circumstances ?' This inquiry was always made in former times. It should not be discontinued now. Too much attention cannot be paid to the duty we owe our sick, sorrov/ing and destitute Masons and those depending upon them." Good; but we like the Louisiana practice better, making the inquiry the first order of business. A special committee on petition for recognition of the Grand Lodge Valle1 de Mexico reported adversely. We copy two important paragraphs from their report: "As to the fifth of the foregoing requirements, your committee report that the greater part of their information is to the effect that the constituent Lodges of the Grand Lodge Valle1 de Mexico do have control over the symbolic degrees ; as to whether said Lodges ' control, confer, practice and have connection with any other' is perhaps open to doubt. In view of the statement in the report of the Deputy Grand Master of the Grand Lodge Vall6 de Mexico for its third district, contained in the proceedings of that Grand Lodge for 1903, on page 27, in which he states that certain brothers in Monterey desired to form Lodges of Perfection in order to be able to confer the higher degrees and thus animate the drooping spirit.' " I t was also represented at International Masonic Congress, which met at Geneva in September, 1902, at which, to quote the language of its Grand Master Levi, ' Certain groups that have completely discarded the fundamental principles of Masonic and even some that bore only the alleged name
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of Mason took part.' (Proceedings Grand Lodge Vall6 de Mexico, 1904, page 17.) It is, however, only fair to state that Grand Master Levi in this their report states that he was innocently led into participation in this congress and that he now renounces all connection with it." The Grand Lodge determined that the recommendations of the Grand Lecturer to change the ritual be not adopted " a t present." The Correspondence report was presented by the Grand Secretary, Lon B. Winsor, P. G. M. The Grand Lodge restricts him very greatly by the following provision : • '' The committee shall refrain from criticism of such proceedings, as well as promulgating the opinion of the committee upon decisions, laws and regulations of this or any other Grand Lodge." MINNESOTA.
We earnestly commend the following which forms the conclusion of the address of the Grand Master, M. W. Bro. Wm. A. McGonagle. The Masonic work of which they teach is one too often neglected, too often forgotten, as, indeed, the true works: "Let us resolve as we cross the threshold of the New Year that the new page given to us by our Heavenly Father shall be filled with the record of work for the advancement of His Kingdom and that so far as we are able it shall be unspotted by failures to perform, the duty assigned to us in the world. There is work to do of a far different character than that known as the work of the Lodge room. In our cities, our State, our nation and in foreign land there is a Macedonian cry, 'Come and help us,'and in that cry we must see the field of our real Masonic work. It is our province to build up a public opinion for the right that wiil be resistless, and to support with every power at our command that class of public servants who are endeavoring to formulate and execute wise laws for the good of the people. The Mexican nation has been reclaimed from barbarism by the wise and beneficent influences of our institution and the real conquest of the Philippines will not be made by force of arms, but rather by the same influence and same power that has subdued the turbulent elements of Mexico. "In the days that are to come when the United States shall exercise her influence among the world powers for the benefit of the oppressed people of every race, when we shall become the allies of the enlightened nations of the earth, against barbarism and tyranny, then must we as Masons and citizens be prepared to uphold the strong right arm of an executive who dares to perform the duty assigned to him by the intelligent thought of a free and enlightened people. "The work of our Lodge room is but the mentaldiscipline to prepare us for the greater work that God has definitely marked out for us in purifying our own government and in carrying knowledge and enlightenment into the darkest corners of the earth. •..; "May we be equal to our responsibilities and earn finally the approbation of our Divine Master, ' Well done, good and faithful servant.' "And now may the blessing of God be upon each and every member of this Grand Lodge, and when we return to our homes let it be with the fixed purpose of taking our part in the real work of Masonry." We note the adoption of the following resolutions: "Resolved, That no Lodge in this jurisdiction shall in the future grant honorary membership or exempt any of its members from the payment of Lodge dues; .
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"Resolved further, That the following provision of Section 73 of the Grand Lodge Regulations be repealed, viz : ' Lodges may make by-laws exempting the Secretary, Chaplain and Tyler from the payment of dues. In such cases the Lodge shall be exempt from liability to the Grand Lodge for dues on the same.' " This appears to us to be very drastic. It is the swinging of the pendulum which had been pulled out of place by "life membership" legislation, and its rebound to the other extreme. We prefer to have our Masonic time piece keep its time by the government of a balance wheel and not by trie length of a pendulum. We can see no objection to compensate the Secretary for services rendered to. at least the extent of the amount-of, the annual dues. The Chaplain occupies av different attitude. He does not, would not, expect compensation for his Masonic services. The money voted him we look upon "as an honorarium and a tribute to religion in his person, and we think it a wise thing for the Lodge to remind, itself of its duties to religion by paying such honor and tribute. The amount of the tribute is not worthy of consideration. 'The principle of it 'is the matter of real importance. The report pn Correspondence was presented by Bro. Irving Todd. Under Louisiana, he asks why give Private Grand Honors at all to our Past Grand Masters? Because in paying tribute for' past services we honor ourselves "lest we forget.I' We would remind ourselves that the office of Grand Master is of such dignity that he who "has once worthily filled it deserves the meed of praise not simply for the brief time of his occupancy, but for all time. A Past Gland Master must, of necessity, hold an honor somewhat above his fellows. We talk glibly of equality among brethren, but the thinking Mason kftows that that does not mean equality of condition, but equality of opportunity; not equality of attainment, but equality of possibility. Our Past Grand Masters in their modesty have asked that honors paid them in their official character be moderated, and so we restrain ourselves, but we should feel that we were untrue to ourselves if we refrained from all demonstration of our regard for their past services. MISSISSIPPI.
The Grand Master, M. W. Bro. Thomas Upton Sissoli, reports that he refused to lay a corner stone "because the stone was not to be laid in the northeast corner." • • The Committee on Masonic Law and Jurisprudence reported the following interpretation of the law : " To what Loclge must an Entered Apprentice of a defunct Lodge apply for advancement ; the one within whose jurisdiction he now resides or the one which succeeded to the jurisdiction of the defunct Lodge? "A. To the contiguous Lodge which succeeded to the jurisdiction of the defunct Lodge and not to the one where he now resides." While this may bfe technically correct according to Mississippi law, and we presume that it must be, yet it appears to us that the Lodge that holds jurisdiction in the event of offense, the Lodge of residence should be also holden of jurisdiction to complete the work of the defunct Lodge.
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We also note the following : "Can a dimit be granted, by unanimous consent, at the same communication it is asked for ? "A. No." This seems to us unreasonable. It appears to us that a dimit can only be asked at a stated communication, and that there is no reason for forbidding its immediate granting. The following decision, we believe, to be entirely proper : "A member who was suspended for non-payment of dues afterwards moved into the jurisdiction of another Lodge, where he committed a Masonic offense and was reported to the Lodge of which he, was a member to be dealt with, which requested the Lodge where he lived to try him which it did, and indefinitely suspended him. Some years afterwards, he tendered the amount he owed when he was suspended for non-payment of dues and the Secretary not being aware of his indefinite suspension, received it and reinstated him, but failed to report the payment to the Lodge. Upon the matter coming to the knowledge or the Lodge, it ordered the money returned. The party afterwards applied to the Lodge which tried him, for restoration from indefinite suspension, which it did and orderedhim restored to membership by his Lodge. A.— Did the Lodge which tried the party have authority to restore him to membership in his Lodge without its consent ? B.— Is he a member of the Lodge ? "A. A.—When the Lodge which tried him concluded his trial, its connection with the case ceased and it had no further jurisdiction over him. It could, of course, petition to his Lodge to restore him, but that is all it could do. B.—When he paid the Lodge what he owed to it for dues, it was but the cancellation of a debt and had no effect upon the sentence of indefinite suspension and did not change his status as an indefinitely suspended member. The action of the Lodge which tried him in attempting to restore him, was a mere nullity and he still remains an indefinitely suspended member of his Lodge and will so continue until it reinstates him." The Grand Lodge of Queensland was recognized. The report on Foreign Correspondence is from the pen of P. G. M. A. H. Bartley, and is an interesting document. MISSOURI, 1904.
We find the Grand Master, M. W. Bro. W. F. Kuhn, deciding, and rightly, as follows : "Question. After a Masonic hall has been dedicated to Masonry by the A. A. S. R., is it necessary that it be dedicated by the Grand Lodge before it can be occupied by a Blue Lodge? "Answer. Yes. All Masonic halls must be dedicated to Masonry as prescribed b}' the Grand Lodge before they can be occupied by a Blue Lodge. Any dedication by a higher body does not set this ceremony aside." The Grand Master might have added that we know nothing officially of the ceremonies of the A. A. S. R., and therefore being incapable of judging rightly of the merits of their dedication, hence, to be certain that all acts necessary to a valid consecration are correctly and fully done, it is necessary that it be done in such wise as to insure that knowledge. Further, he might have said that inasmuch as there is nothing in our consecration and dedication ceremonies that makes repetition nugatory or
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essentially improper, therefore are-dedication can in no wise be reprehensible. Again we find the Grand Master deciding : "Question. When is a man Masonically considered in his dotage? "Answer. The term dotage is a term applied to a condition and is not limited by age. A man may be in his dotage at 45, 60, or at 80. The majority of men who reach 75 are not in their dotage. As long as a candidate can intelligently understand the work and learn the lectures in Masonry he is not in his dotage, even though he be as old as Methuselah." We concur. • We quote the M. W. Brother again: "Question.—There are several Lodges meeting in a hall controlled by a Temple of the Mystic Shrine, where at the ceremonials of said Temple beer is served. Can a Masonic Lodge meet in said hall? "Answer.—No. The Grand Lodge by resolution at its annual communication, in 1900, declared: 'That it is the sense of this Grand Lodge that the use of intoxicants in a hall dedicated to Masonry is a desecration thereof, and is hereby prohibited.' 1 'This resolution cannot be set aside or evaded by serving intoxicants in an ante-room or banquet room. The term hall applies to all rooms occupied or used by a Lodge or adjacent thereto. "Question. Is a patent of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite or a diploma of membership in a Chapter of Royal Arch Masons, or a Commandery of Knights Templar a sufficient voucher on which to visit a Lodge ? "Answer. No. A patent or certificate of membership in a so-called higher Masonic body, even if its membership is dependent on good standing in the Lodge, is not a voucher to visit a Lodge. ' 'Neither can a brother vouch for another based upon the fact of having sat in one of the bodies of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, Chapter of Royal Arch Masons or a Commandery. "Section 224, Grand Lodge By-Laws, clearly defines that which constitutes lawful information." Had the Grand Master confined himself to the issue before him we should have concurred, but when he travels outside the record and says that one brother cannot vouch in a Blue Lodge for another brother with whom he has sat in a Chapter of R. A. Masons, we say, Missouri law to the contrary, that it cannot be answered so off-hand. If I do not know that the brother cannot be in that Chapter unless he is in good standing in a Blue Lodge then the Grand Master is right. And be it remembered, that some of the allied Masonic bodies do not require the preservation of standing in a Lodge to preserve it in their own bodies. But if I know that a brother must be in good standing in a Lodge to occupy the place in which I find him, then, we say, that I have the clear Masonic right, aye more, the Masonic duty, to vouch for him, and shall not hesitate to do it. The Grand Master well says under the head of "Physical Qualifications:" " The ancient craftsmen had to present a perfect physical development only, so far that the defect would not prevent him from learning his trade and serving his Master. That is all that we require in speculative Masonry. If a candidate comes with a good moral character and sufficient intelligence, even though he has a wooden leg, or artificial left hand, he is qualified to
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learn his trade of being a Mason, in thought; in deed, in his daily life, and serving his Master, the Great Architect of heaven and earth. The right hand, hearing and sight are the essentials; for by these we feel the grip, hear the word and see the sign. A cork leg or a cork left hand does not interfere with the reception or the communication ofthe mysteries of Masonry. Intelligence and. rectitude of conduct are of more importance than a cork leg, a wart on the nose or an, empty head. An Apollo with a wooden head is a greater menance than the absence.of, a finger on the hand of a good man. The plumb line of measurement is not physical perfection or physical symmetry, but good work, square work, true work. "When the Mother Grand Lodge of the World, the Grand Lodge of England, does not recognize any law on physical qualification, we can be satisfied. Let it be understood, though, that the ' Cripple Law' of Missouri ' bars forever cork heads, disabled consciences and septic characters." The Qraud Lodges of Queensland, Costa Rica, Three Globes, Germany, Royal York, Saxony. Eclectic Union, Zur Sonne, Zur Eintracht of Concord) - Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Netherlands were recognized. The reasons given are thoroughly unsatisfactory to those who seek information for .such actions. They amount only to this, that those bodies claim to be Masonic have a goodly membership and dispense charity. MISSOURI—1905. The Grand Master, M. W. Bro. Leroy B. Valliant, made the following interesting decisions: " Fellowship Lodge No. 345.— A brother under sentence of suspension . for five years for unmasonic conduct is again guilty of misconduct, is he subject to charges and trial while his former sentence stands ? ' "Yes. Though suspended he is still a Mason and answerable for misconduct to the Lodge in whose jurisdiction he commits the offense, or to his own Lodge. " Pauldingville Lodge No. 11.—The by-laws of the Lodge requires that •- when a vote is taken'on A proposed amendment a vote of the majority of the , members present is; necessary to carry the-amendment. The: record of the Lodge shows that after the regular course a vote on a proposed amendment was taken, that a majority present voted for it and it was duly declared adopted. Sometime after this, and after the record of the meeting had been read and approved in a subsequent stated meeting, a member of the Lodge wrote to the Grand Master that although a majority of those who voted, voted for the amendment, yet-it was not a majority vote of the members ..present,-and asked if the amendment was legally adopted. r "Decision.— The Lodge speaks by its record. When the record is read in the Lodge in due course of procedure and approved, its truth cannot afterwards be questioned,in a collateral way. "There would be, no stability or confidence in the record if its truth . could, at any time in the future, be questioned in this manner. If a brother present thinks "that a mistake has been made in the record it is not only his privilege, but duty to object when it is read and appeal to the Lodge for its • correction. : ' . • ,''; ' . .' ' "Mount Hope Lodge No. 476. A prospective candidate for the degrees of Freemasonry has left foot off about six inches above the ankle, has wooden foot in place of the natural one, with metallic hinges or metallic bolts or screws. In preparation of candidate what shall be done in regard to hinges and. other metal ? "Decision.—Whether or not the petitioner, by artificial means can comply with the • Masonic requirements is one in which the Lodge should
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exercise its own sound judgment. Every case should stand on its own facts. Before ballot is taken on the petition the Lodge should be informed of the particular character of physical deficiency and artificial appliance. Then let each member vote his judgement as his conscience dictates. As to metallic hinges, bolts or screws, I do not think, in the preparation of the candidate you are required to take notice of them. "Farmington Lodge No. 132.—If a Lodge sees fit, by a majority vote, to appropriate $25.00 out of its treasury to pay for a memorial window in a church, placed in the church in the name of the Lodge or by its sanction, it violates no Masonic law in so doing. "Carl Junction Lodge No. 549 asks, when a petition for affiliation is presented is it proper to have any discussion or talk in the Lodge about the candidate ? "A.—There is no written law on the subject, the practice of discussing in open Lodge the fitness or unfitness of a candidate for affiliation or for the degrees is unusual, but I cannot say it is unlawful. It would seem, as a principle, that the Lodge is entitled to know anything that any member may know about a candidate. If a member knows anything that he thinks should be known to the Lodge, before a vote is taken, the more conservative course would be to give the information to the Committee of Investigation, or he may with propriety inform the Master/and the Master, if he deems it proper, may authorize the brother to make a statement in open Lodge; The only danger is in the liability of discord should a discussion ensue, but this can usually be avoided by the ruling of the Master.". The decision relative to metallic hinges reminds us of an occurrence of which we were witness. A demand wasf made of a candidate for a metallic substance, and his answer was that he had none except a plug in a tooth. We did not question the rightfulhess of his preparation. We quote from another decision of the Grand Master: "In the matter of the Moon.— The Acting Master of Tynan Lodge No. 350 wrote me that he was up against the Moon and this is how it happened : •••:•• "The by-law? of the Lodge required a stated meeting to be held the Saturday on or next before the full moon. Now, by a close astronomical calculation some of the brethren had discovered that the moon, in June of this year, became full two minutes before 12 o'clock, midnight, on Friday, June 16. The question was, should the meeting be held on Saturday, June 10th, or on Saturday, June 17th? If within the meaning of the term 'full moon' as used in the by-law, the moon was full on Friday, the 16th, then the ineeting should be held on Saturday, the 10th, but if, in the sense there used, it fulled on Satvirday, the 17th, then the meeting was to be held on that evening. ' 'The practice of fixing the dates of meetings by the full of the moon is an ancient one, with both utility and sentiment to fayor it. It enabled the brethren to see their way home at night after the Lodge closed, and the soft moonlight tended to lead their thoughts, while on their journey home, into serene and peaceful channels. . ' "But our ancient brethren, as a rule, were plain builders of temples and things, and but few of them were astronomers. They read the moonbf the eye without the aid of astronomical instruments or data gathered by scientific observations. When they wanted to know when their Lodge would meet in the light of the full moon they did not telegraph to an observatory, and I am not sure that in the very beginning they even had the almanac to consult.
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fireside, but as a Mason I cannot say that it was 'lawful information* on any subject, except in its directions for use of infallible remedies, and the proper time to plant things in the garden. But none of those sources of information were consulted by our ancient brethren when they wanted to know when the moon would full. They knew a full moon when they saw it. On that evening when, for the first time in the month, the moon came up in the Eastern horizon, round and full, they knew it was a full moon; that was their test of the time when it became full, and the Lodges of to-day who retain in their by-laws that ancient custom, retain also that ancient interpretation. Therefore, when the by-law says the meeting should be on the Saturday on or next before the full moon, it means on or before the evening when for the first time in the month to the common observer it appears to rise full, which in the case in question was Saturday, June 17th." While the argument of the above is undoubtedly correct, we fail to perceive that the conclusion, that a full moon is that which rises full, follows from it. However, the Grand Lodge approved, and that settles it. As it is a matter of purely local concern we shall not comment further. We quote further the following passages from the address: "Masons love to revert to the remote antiquity of theOrderand they fiud satisfaction in that contemplation', even wlien the mind gropes in the twilight between history and tradition and trembles between proof and conjecture. The Mason is satisfied if his search for the beginning leads him no nearer to actual knowledge than to discover that as far back as he can go he finds evidence of its existence and that no period is discovered in which it did not exist. It is like the date of the origin of man which, even with the aid of revelation, is shrouded in mystery. Out of that same mysterious and impenetrable past Masonry comes to us, not atfirstin the outward form of a Lodge, as we have it to-day, but still in the form of a secret order, possessing the germs of the same truths which form the foundation rock on which our Temple is builded. Masonry is of divine .origin in the sense that it comes as an inspiration in response to an aspiration of the divine spirit of man, crying for a bond of union founded on no other principle than the brotherhood of man. Brotherhood is necessarily founded on a common fatherhood, therefore, the brotherhood of man is founded on the fatherhood of God. But Masonry undertakes to deal not with a man's relation to his God, it requires of him in that respect only a belief in the one living and true Father of all, and it leaves him to adjust his relations in that respect as his own enlightened conscience may dictate; it recognizes that that subject is beyond its jurisdiction, but it takes into its fold the man himself and guides and directs him in his relations with his brother man. "It is true we have no hereditary aristocracy here, but the most hopeful optimist cannot shut out from his mind the thought that we have great problems yet to solve in this country which involve all that is sacred to man. In our Declaration of Independence we read that all men are born free and equal, and that every one has the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Yet, in the inordinate greed of wealth, which has become a passion with us, confined not to a class, but infecting our whole people, or nearly so, men in the crazy race for wealth seem to forget the rights of others, the most angry passions are aroused and conflicts are inevitable. ''Here is the opportunity for our work as Masons— not in the field of conflict, but in the earnest work in the Lodge and in Masonic communion with each other, teaching the reality of the principles on which our Order is founded—the Brotherhood of Man. "When men are brought to acknowledge this great principle, not in words merely, but in reality as the guide of their conduct, the conflict will end, not as conflicts now end with the triumph of the strong over the weak
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and with the suffering of the vanquished, but with the rights of all respected and the peace of the world assured. "This is the work, my brethren, to which the Masonic Fraternity stands pledged, and to the accomplishment of which the Masons of Missouri are laboring with zeal and force." The Grand Lodge of Puerto Rico was recognized. A new pen writes the report on Correspondence. Past Grand Master Rufus E. Anderson takes up that portion of the work of Bro. Vincil, and right well he does it. It is many a day since we have had the pleasure of a personal greeting from Bro. Anderson, but the recollection of him is as of yesterday. Right gladly we welcome him to the corps for we know that the Fraternity will reap large benefits from his presence. MONTANA.
The Grand Lodge has been sorely afflicted, for as we open the report we find the records of no less than four special communications convened to conduct the funeral obsequies of Past Grand Masters, Samuel Ward, James R. Weston, James W. Hathaway, and James H. Mills. The Grand Master, M. W. Bro. H. S. Hepner, thus concludes his well worded address: "The Talmudist tell the legend of a 'traveler who was once journeying through the desert, and when weary, hungry and thirsty, happened upon an oasis, where grew a fruitful tree, wide-branched, and at the foot of which there gushed a spring of clear, cool water.' The stranger ate of the luscious fruit, enjoying and resting in the grateful shade, and quenching his thirst in the sparkling water which bubbled merrily at his feet. When about to resume his journey he addressed the tree and spoke as follows : " 'Oh, gracious tree, with what words can I bless thee? I cannot wish thee good fruit, for it is already thine; the blessing of water is also thine, and the gracious shade thrown by thy beautiful branches the Eternal has already granted thee, for my good and the good of those who travel by this way. " 'Let me piay to God, then, that all thy offsprings may be as goodly as thyself ' "In bidding farewell to you, my brethren, as your Grand Master, I am conscious that words of mine cannot express the emotions of my heart. "In the word 'Masonry' are embodied all that is good and true; no act of mine could shed upon her any luster nor mar any of her beauty. Conscious of more than the average of man's frailties and imperfections, in judging my brethren I have done to them what I would have them do unto me; obeying the mandates of the five points of fellowship, I have stretched forth my hand to aid and succor a falling brother and in the most kindly manner reminded him of his faults, and exacted a similar treatment of myself. "Masonry in our midst has all the choicest blessings of Heaven; no words can add to her gifts ; her Lodges are prospering ; her members obey and follow her teachings. All I can do is, 'Let me pray to God, then, that all her future offsprings may be as goodly as her present children." Settlement has been effected with the Anchard estate, whereby the Grand Lodge becomes possessed of 14,659 acres of land and other values. The following resolution was adopted : "Resolved, That when an officer or enlisted man in the United States army shall have been actually present within the jurisdiction of Montana,
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in the service, for the period of twelve months, and of a local Lodge for the period of six months, such presence shall be deemed a sufficient residence within the meaning of the Code of Statutes to entitle such officer or enlisted man to petition/for the degrees.", . , . ' , The Grand Secretary, M. W. Bro. Cornelius Hedges, again presents the report on Fraternal Correspondence. We thank him for his kindly review of Louisiana, and congratulate him on his improved health. NEBRASKA.
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An emergent communieation had as its sad work the interment of the mortals remains of Past Grand Master Furnas. The Grand Master, M. W. Bro. Charles E. Burnham, was able to address the Grand Lodge as follows : "In rendering an account of my official acts, I desire, first of all, to assure you that harmony and good will—the foundation and bulwark of Masonry and fraternity—prevail within our jurisdiction; not even the little differences and minor contentions which may and usually do exist, have arisen. By this I do not mean that there have not been some slight misunderstandings, as will be evidenced by the official report which will follow, but these have all been adjusted by the ties of brotherly lave that so bound us that each member in this Grand Jurisdiction has seemed to endeavor to enact that noble tenet of our Fraternity, 'Those can best work who best agree.' It has appealed to me that the individual! members have done everything in their power to make the present administration renowned for the general peace and good will which has characterized it. l a m , indeed, very happy to report to you that no question of discipline or unpleasantness (other than that which the Grand Lodge has had cognizance of heretofore) has come before me during the year." > The Grand Lodges of New South Wales and Vall6 de Mexico were recognized. The report on Foreign Correspondence was presented by Past Grand Master Charles J. Phelps, and was a very pleasing review of the matters submitted for his consideration. NEVADA.
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The Grand Master, M. W. Bro. Geo. Gilson, began his address with these thoughtful words : ; "My Brothers of the Grand Lodge of Nevada, F. and A. M., in this greeting, familiar as it is to us all, I am struck by the deep significance of the conventional phrase too often pronounced and heard without any realizing sense of its full meaning—'Brothers.' To the true and thovjghtful Mason the word is not mere Verbiage. It ijiarks him as one of the true Brotherhood whose pleasure (as it is their duty), it is to stand by one another, for better, for worse,'' for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to'cherish, till, death do them' part." Nor do outbrotherly administrations end with death itself. Who that has been present at the solemn, but consoling ceremonial with which a Mason is laid to rest, can fail to realize that the bond of our Brotherhood reaches beyond the narrow limits of this mortal life into tlie untrodden realms of Eternity." The Grand Orient of Brazil was recognized.
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A proposition to make the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Correspondence and all Past Chairmen thereof members of the Grand Lodge, was reported upon adversely, but another proposition to create a new office, the occupant to be termed Grand Commissioner of Review, to whom the duties of "Correspondence Committee" should be confided was adopted. The Grand Lodge Benito Juarez, of Coahila, Mexico, was recognized. The recognition of Queensland was postponed and that of "Smith" Grand Lodge of Western Australia was refused. The report on Correspondence is again from the pen of Bro. Vanderlieth, and a very versatile one it is. Under Louisiana, he defends the poetic nights of his Grand Master, from which we had derived some amusement, and quote Longfellow and Milton in his justification. It does not seem to us that his quotations are quite apt, but as the matter is rhetorical simply, and in no way Masonic, we shall not attempt any justification of our criticism. NEW HAMPSHIRE.
The Grand Master, M. W. Bro. Henry I. Hazleton, rendered the following very proper decision, which we quote, that it may serve to assist the solution of like questions that may arise: ' 'A petition was received by a Lodge, and was referred to a committee for investigation, when it was discovered that the applicant had lived in the jurisdiction only seven months. The secretary said that the petition was illegally received, and declined making any record of it. The Master thought otherwise and asked for a decision. "A. The Lodge conducted properly in receiving the petition, and you as Master did your duty in appointing a committee of investigation. Either the Lodge should have voted that no further proceedings be had and the money be returned, or you as Master had authority to make such order without reference to the Lodge. " It is necessary for the secretary to make a record of what took place, namely : The petition of (applicant's name) was received, together with the fee for the degrees. The Master appointed the usual committee of investigation, and upon examination it became evident that the petitioner had not resided in the State a sufficient time to make him a constitutional candidate, and the money was voted or ordered by the Master, as the case may have been, to be returned. The petition should be put on file and a record completed in the above way, and it is my order that the above requirement be complied with." We quote also the following decision : "Q. If the treasurer of the Lodge desires to no longer perform the duties pertaining to his office, would it be allowable by the provisions of the Constitution of the Grand Lodge of New Hampshire to appoint an acting treasurer for the remainder of the present Masonic year? This does not seem to be a case of sickness, or removal from jurisdiction. "A. Article XIII, Section 99 of our Grand Constitution, is decisive of the matter. No officer can resign during his term of office. If absent the Master can fill the vacancy for that meeting, and an appointment must be made each meeting to fill the vacancy." It would seem that, while technically correct, this answer ought to be
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arily incapacitated, say by sickness, or absence, surely the business of the Lodge should not thereby be brought to a dead-lock. The Committee on Jurisprudence said in their report: " I t is our opinion that the creating a life membership and the exemption of members from payment of annual dues by reason of having paid for a term of years such dues until the aggregate amount shall equal forty dollars, as in this case, is entirely without consideration and is unwarranted, either in moral ethics or Masonic law. " S u c h a by-law is unconscionable and creates an inequality between the different members of the Lodge. " T h e principle at the bottom of all taxation and all requirements concerning the payment of money as such either to societies or municipalities, is the same,—it is that, in all respects, there should be an equality in the burdens as well as in rights and privileges. " It is our opinion that the Lodge has authority to make an assessment upon all its members, both those who are within and without this classification of ' life membership ' alike, and it is their duty to pay the same." These are weighty words and worthy of deep consideration. The question of recognition of the Grand Lodges of Puerto Rico, Guatemala and Queensland was ordered to "remain in the hands of the Committee. " The report on Correspondence was presented by R. W. Bro. Wait. Under Louisiana, he says he concurs with us theoretically in our remarks anent cipher rituals, though he was " n o t prepared to see the efforts suggested for the removal of the evil practically successful." We do not ourselves think that every evil that is in our institution will be removed, for it is a human institution at best, but it would appear that we should not weary in the effort to eradicate that which is evil, and that the institution, like the "perfect" man, should grow in grace and conformity to the spotless image of the Divine. NEW MEXICO. The Grand Master,' M. W. Bro J. C. Slack, rendered the following very odd decision« • . . . '•A candidate was taken ill near the completion of the first section of the Master's degree and the proceedings were for that reason stopped for the evening. This work was done at a regular meeting. Can the work be completed at a special communication, and must it all be gone over again, or can we proceed from where we left off? "A. This work being commenced at a regular communication, must be completed at once. A candidate can receive his degrees at either a stated or special communication, but to start a candidate in a degree at a regular, and finish the degree at a special communication, your records would show that his degree was received at neither a regular or special communication, but a combination of both, which, in my opinion, would hardly be proper. .'. You should begin where you was compelled to leave off, and finish the degree at a regular stated communication. Let your records show that he was started, how far he proceeded, and the cause for stopping the work ; and when the work is completed, let them show that this candidate received the unfinished portion of the Master Mason's degree. He will then be a regularly made Master Mason,"
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There is no reason that we can perceive why the unfinished work of a stated communication should not be completed at a special communication. In our opinion it would have been highly proper, under the compelling circumstances, had the unfortunate candidate received a portion of his instruction at a stated communication and a portion at a special communication, and that had it been so, that the minutes should show it. We find the following well put lines in the report of the Grand Lecturer, Bro. Graves. " Not on swords and spears is Masonry's reliance in the coming years, Not by the cannon's throat shall she proclaim her mighty mission, Not with blood and flame inscribe her lessons in the book of time, Her strongest weapons' shall be words sublime, Her armies, thoughts; her banners, printed sheets, Her captains, voices crying in the streets The earth is good and bountiful and fair, Her choicest blessings are the destined share Of all her children, who in love combine, wisely to labor."
The report on Foreign Correspondence was the eighth of R. W. Bro. W. H. Seamon, and we regret very much to note that with it he retires from the Table. Reviewing Louisiana, he quotes from our report on the matter of the Scotch Rite, and proceeds with the following comments. We should like to omit his personal reference to ourselves but cannot cut it out without destruction of its important context. With this apology for quoting his personal reference, we give his comments : " We are glad to have this expression from so learned a Mason, as it is the doctrine we have applied in our treatment of the Mexican question. For a long time we have feared that we were alone in our contention that the first rite in a new country enjoyed the advantages of such position, and that any giving up of those privileges could not be demanded by other rites. Bro. Duncan does not go quite so far as we do, but far enough to encourage us to maintain our contention. "Bro. Duncan favors a Grand Lodge in each of the States of Mexico. We favor one for the entire republic. Our reason for this is : Masonry in Mexico is weak, and a division of the small force will render it difficult to maintain separate Grand Lodges in anything but name. Grand Lodges should regulate Masonry within their jurisdictions, otherwise they are entitled to no respect. Conditions in Mexico require as strong a body as can be organized. We desire to see all the forces working for true Masonry united, so that there will be strength enough to regulate properly. The States of Mexico are small in area and in population, as a rule. The area of the entire republic is but just about three times that of Texas, and the material available or fit for Masonry is less than that in New Mexico. Of course, there will be growth, and in time, I trust, that it will justify a separate Grand Lodge for each State; but let us wait until there are at least enough Masons in each State to fill all of the offices in three Lodges. "The brethren in Mexico have been trying to organize Grand Lodges in each State, in order that it might commend them for recognition by the Grand Lodges of the United States. A true understanding of the Mexican situation would advise them differently and would tend to make a permanent Grand Lodge, instead of a lot of 'paper' Grand Lodges which would draw their last breath at the time they would draw their first." Our brother is somewhat mistaken in respect to what we should like to see in the way of reform of Mexican Masonry. We do not advocate a
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Grand Lodge for every State of that republic. We should be glad to see a single Grand Lodge for the republic with provincial Grand Lodge for each State, if deemed necessary. What we have deprecated was the establishment of a Grand Dieta governing Grand Lodges, which is a very different proposition. We deprecate " p a p e r " Grand Lodges as much as does Bro. Seatnon, We do not like his proposition for the Grand Lodge Vall6 of Mexico to absorb all the other Grand Lodges of the republic, while admitting that such act would not be necessarily repugnant to Masonic law, unless at the same time it changed its organization and became the Grand Lodge of the republic. We earnestly desire the dawn of the day when we can recognize Mexican Masonry. If the Lodges of the republic can, with practical unanimity, be united in a sovereign Grand Lodge, which is independent of all control of any other Masonic body of whatever name, and which is not entangled with alliances with foreign questionable bodies which are clandestine, or are of doubtful Masonic legality, then we shall gladly look into the character of their tenets and the legitimacy of their historic origin and finding these correct, as we have increasing confidence that we shall so find, then we shall take much pleasure in recommending recognition. i From what we have quoted above we believe that Bro. Seamon and ourselves do not materially differ. He has great influence among Mexican •Masons. We suggest that he endeavor to procure from the leading Masons of the United States, some ten or twelve of them, for instance, a joint statement as to what is believed to be the best plan for the organization of Symbolic Masonry in Mexico and submit it for the consideration of the several governing bodies of the republic. NEW JERSEY.
The Orphanage Building of the Masonic Home was dedicated at an emergent communication. On that occasion the oration was delivered by Past Grand Master Hamilton Wallis. From it we extract the following interesting paragraphs relating to the pre-historic evidences upon which the story of the antiquity of the Fraternity is largely based: "Turning first to the Steinmetzen in Germany. The candidate for initiation was brought bareheaded and ungirthed before the tribunal. He was interrogated as to his qualifications. He must have been a free-born man and a Teuton. If the candidate's answers were satisfactory, an oath was administered, the secrets of the institution were imparted to him, and he was instructed in its passwords and grips. If he proved false to his obligations, his eyes were bound, he was cast upon the ground and his tongue was torn out through the back of his neck. There were other ceremonies which are unnecessary for me to enumerate, for these are enough. Does this show any trace of that river? "Turning, now, to the Companionage in France. Their model was one Maitre Jacques, who, tradition had it, had worked under Solomon in Jerusalem. He came to France and chose thirteen companions and forty disciples, He was betrayed, and being engaged in prayer was slain by five dagger wounds, When his body was disrobed a small piece of cane was
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found uponit. Does the river show itself again, brethren? In this Companion age there were three ordr£s (degrees), namely, 'Accepted Companion, Finished Companion, Initiated Companion.' The river again ? They were called Free Companions (Compagnons de Liberty). They possessed charges 'and a General Assembly;' there were 'past' Companions; there was an inquiry into the candidate's character. Each candidate was free to choose, he was not coerced. There was a preliminary exposition to him of the general tendency of the Society. He had liberty to withdraw from the Order at the last possible moment, before assuming the obligations. He was required to have sponsors, and the officers of the Companionage were a President, Elders and Secretary. Do you discover the river here? "It is plain, then, that some relation existed between the Masons of England, the Steinmetzen of Germany and the Companionage of France, for in many respects they show a remarkable similarity. This is what we should have anticipated from the fact already referred to, that Masonry was introduced into England by the Romans. But it proves more. It proves that these Roman Masons or builders had certain ceremonies of their own before they were brought into these barbarous countries; otherwise there can be no possible explanation of the similarity of the ceremonies in the three different and distinct countries? Do we, then, see a trace of the river in Rome ? But Roman art came from Greece and Grecian art from Egypt and the Orient. Any trace to be found in ihose countries? " Several years ago, as you all remember, Lieutenant Gorringe, of the United States Navy, a loyal Mason, was employed to remove an obelisk from Alexandria, in Egypt, to the city of New York, which obelisk now stands in Central Park. Upon undertaking this removal he found that its foundation was deeply bedded in the sand, and upon uncovering it he found to his surprise that it consisted of three steps. Upon opening the foundation there was found, imbedded within, the following articles : A polished cube of syenite, a rough cube of the same, a square, a trowel and a plummet. It is perfectly evident that these were not put there because they represented the tools employed in the construction of that huge block of stone. They must have had some symbolic meaning; they must have meant something to the builders who imbedded them in this foundation. Any trace of the river, then, in Egypt? But this obelisk, as history tells us, had been removed to Alexandria from the banks of the Nile, and under its shadow Moses had walked. Whatever, then, was the character of the men who constructed this work, whatever meaning was attached by them to these symbols, that meaning had been attached to them long before the days of Solomon." The Grand Master, M. W. Bro. John H. Wilkins, thus spoke in his address: "Every neophyte who comes seeking admission at our portals says he wishes to be of service to his fellow-man. He is supposed to be actuated by noble and generous impulses in applying for admission, and when he is admitted he is taught 'some of the grandest, noblest and most beautiful truths that have ever been promulgated; but do we who teach those truths practice them ? Have we faith in each other so that when we hear some evil report about a brother we are not ready to believe it, but are willing to stand by that brother until we find out if the report be true; or do we at the very first instant that we hear some evil report hasten to acquaint everybody with the statement that we have nothing to do with that brother, so afraid they may think that we are one of them? If we are of this latter kind, then we have not as yet learned our duty as Masons; we have not yet grasped the teachings of our Fraternity, but must spend more time in the quarries as a Fellow Craft before we can receive Masters' wages. Are we charitable in our dealings with our brothers? Are we ready to say when a brother falls, we do not know his temptation, nor condition nor circumstances?
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Let us help him and put him on his feet, then help him stay there, and surrounding him with brotherly love and kindness enable him once more to be a man among men. "That is Masonic charity, and such a sight will cause angels in heaven to rejoice. A true Mason lives for others, content in the fact that he is doing his duty, and then, whether his years are three score and ten, or only for a short period, his life has been a successful one." Recognition of the Grand Lodges Valle' of Mexico, Puerto Rico, Queensland, and Brazil was deferred in each case. The Grand Lodge adopted a proposition requiring what may be called a visiting card, in addition to other fevidence, to enable brethren to visit Lodges other than their own. The doctrine of perpetual jurisdiction was again affirmed. Past Grand Master Apgar presented the report on Foreign Correspondence, his first. We quote his concluding paragraphs : ' 'This task, for the first time attempted, has been confining but pleasant. ' 'For three months many of our evenings have been given to this duty. "It is an educator. Contact with those engaged in similar work for our sister Grand Jurisdictions has opened such a wealth of information, learning and pleasure that we tremble as we realized what little we have given in return. "If we should again attempt to wield this pen, we are sure this education will better fit us for it. "Many great and important questions are agitating the Masonic world. They always will. New ones are continually arising. "The interchange of views and opinions by these correspondents, together with the thought given all these subjects by bright and able Masons in each and every jurisdiction, will lead to their solution for the best interest of the Craft in whatever jurisdiction they may become prominent. They will be solved by the application of the true principles of Masonry; and an onward and Upward development is certain and sure, because truth is the eternal foundation of this great Fraternity. "We heartily thank our many brothers who are laboring in this field for the pleasure and enlightenment they have given to all who may read and ponder over what they have written." NEW SOUTH WAIVES.
The Grand Master, M. W. Bro. J. C. Remington, reports the Craft as enjoying great prosperity, and that the number of subscribing members is now 10,044. A large part of the proceedings is taken up with a report on the organization of the new Grand Lodge of Queensland .which was formally recognized. NEW YORK.
The Committee on Grievances reported that no matters had been referred to them. Considering the number of Masons in the jurisdiction, this speaks volumes for their spirit of true fraternity. The recognition of the Grand Lodge of Queensland was deferred. That of the Grand Lodge of France was declined, for the reason that belief in the Great Architect of the Universe was regarded by said body as more of a symbol than a dogma.
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We find the following very strange request was presented: "Your Committee find several requests for action relative to cases of candidates rejected in other jurisdictions who, removing to ours, and elected to membership in our Lodges, find their pathway obstructed by the refusal of the foreign jurisdiction to waive its claim. "Your Committee is not prepared at the present time, to advise aggressive action on this subject. We believe it better to acquiesce, for the present, in what seems unjust to us than to reopen this mooted question. The Grand Lodge, as a matter of course, denied the permission. The Grand Lodge declined to reopen the question of Perpetual Jurisdiction. It does not claim it for itself, but recognizes the claims of other Grand Lodges over rejected material. We find much of interest in the report on Correspondence. That portion of it which relates to Freemasonry on the continent of Europe was written by R.'W. Bro. Emil Frenkel. We quote as follows: "The general condition of Freemasonry within the German Empire has again shown a decided improvement during the last twelve months. While it was true that a formal understanding had been reached between the dissenting parties of the Grand Lodge's Union, or more especially between the the Grand National Lodge of Germany and the Grand Lodge of Hamburg during the previous year, the 'modus vivendi' appeared to be nothing more than an armistice, and intercourse between the two grand bodies named consisted only of formalities. TJiis, we are happy to state, has now changed, and by a simultaneous publication of a declaration both on the part of the Grand National Lodge and that of Hamburg, thefonner fraternal relations have been resumed. The declaration in qnestion winds up: ' ' ' Both Grand Lodges express their regrets that offending remarks have been made in their written documents and that, therefore, discord between them has continued. Both Grand and subordinate Lodges return herewith to friendly and fraternal intercourse.' " We quote again relative to the Grand Lodge of Hamburg and its Grand Master : "These reasons having appeared sufficient to the Hamburg Grand Lodge, the Deputy Grand Master, Bro. Dr. J. Moltmann became Bro. Wiebe's successor; but only for a very short time, for nine weeks after riis taking charge of the Grand East, he himself tendered his resignation, which was unanimously accepted. The reason for his sudden change is to be found in an essay which Bro. Moltmann had written during his summer vacation, and which he had published under [the title, 'The Future God and His Cult.' The liberal tendency of the writer seemed to have been so strongly attacked by the more conservative members of the Hamburg Grand Lodge that the resignation of Bro. Moltmann was unavoidable, and the former Grand Chaplain, Bro. Ludwig Klapp, on February 11th, became the head of the Hamburg Grand Body, injwhich capacity he will be called upon within a few months to become the executive officer of the German Craft." We note in this report that the Grand Lodge of Hungary is in fraternal correspondence with the Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Massachusetts and the Grand Lodge of Columbia in Washington, both clandestine bodies. We learn also that the Grand Orient of the Netherlands has so revised its ritual ' 'that all the secrets of Freemasonry could be communicated to a candidate at his initiation, the distinction of the different degrees be entirely removed."
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Our learned brother also informs us of the union of the Grand Orient of Italy at Rome and the Grand Orient " Italiano" of Milan. NEW ZEALAND.
The Grand Lodge of Queensland was recognized. We quote from the address, on the occasion of his installation, of the Grand Master, M. W. Bro. Alfred Henry Burton: "I begin with a proposition that may appear to some to savor of simpleness, and to others to be unnecessary. Let us ask each other whether even we—rulers of the Craft—really have at all times a clear and correct, a well thought-out apprehension of what Freemasonry really is? It will, perchance, be replied that even every initiate knows, or should know, that it is 'a system of morality, veiled in allegory, and illustrated by symbols.' Precisely; but does not the repetition of that definitiou degenerate too often into a mere formula ? To the persistent inquiry, 'What are the fundamentals of Freeinasonry ? ' Would not a by-no-means unfrequent reply be, 'The giving of degrees, of course!' This is not so. The conferring of degrees —correctly, sympathetically, impressively—is highly important, but the mere making of Freemasons cannot be Freemasonry. Then, possibly, will be suggested, 'The relief of distress—benevolence.' We must admit such to be most desirable; to be verily our bounden duty; to be beneficial alike to giver and receiver; but still Charity, however important a part thereof, cannot be Freemasonry itself, since to use our elaborate machinery just to dispense a limited amount of charitable relief would be a palpable waste of power. Benevolence and Charity are markedly declared to be 'Masonic ornaments.' Then, if degree-giving and benevolence are not of the essence of Freemasonry, but are only invaluable accompaniments thereof, what is that essence ? What is the basic idea upon which these other things are built up ? Palpably the spread of true brotherliness, the development of solidarity, the mutual cultivation of character. Our grand principles are declared to be 'Brotherly Love, Relief and Truth.' Brotherly Love, first and foremest, be it noted. 'Brotherly Love (to quote the old charges), the foundation and copestone, the cement and glory of this ancient Fraternity.' With Brotherly Love as a foundation, Relief (when needed) must follow, and without Truth, Brotherly Love is but a phrase. I have used the word 'solidarity,' a word somewhat damaged, perhaps, by its association with certain French ideas, but the word is a good word, meaning, as it does, Fellowship—a union or consolidation of interests and responsibilities. But such fellowship cannot be attained without eclecticism. We are enjoined to admit amongst us only those who are just and upright—are of sound judgment and strict morals." NORTH DAKOTA.
We quote as follows from the address of Grand Master, M. W. Bro. James W. Foley: '' We are assembled this year in one of the temples of Masonry, recently erected in this State, and which in its construction and adornment typifies the solid growth and beauty of Freemasonry. Let us before proceeding with the work of our communication take note of the symbolism of this and all Masonic temples. The solidity of its construction is indicative of the sound body of man, preserved in health and strength by temperance, chastity, and prudence; its interior adornment, illustrative of those intellectual and spiritual graces with which the mind is adorned, and which it is the purpose of our institution to develop and to multiply. Masonry seeks to combine the sound mind and healthful body to the end that its patrons may be known
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everywhere as persons of more than ordinary attainments, as loyal citizens, upright men, and marked by this Order as worthy of honor and preferment. But as a temple, however splendid in its exterior, is incomplete without interior adornment, so the temple of man's body is incomplete without those ennobling graces of mind which should always be our purpose to inculcate and to develop. Let us, therefore, mindful of our obligations to the Supreme Architect of the Universe, and to our fellow-men, renew in this communication our pledges, revive our better and nobler impulses to their fullest, and resolve in all our walks and undertakings to put forth our best and noblest efforts.'' We quote the following decision: " Q. The Lodge at A at the last day of election of officers, elected a Senior Warden, who, prior to installation and without the consent of the Lodge, went en a protracted visit to another part of the country. The Senior Warden preceding the Senior Warden elect, was elected and installed Master. The Lodge is now virtually without a Senior Warden. Does the failure, without sufficient cause or excuse, of an elective officer not succeeding himself, to present himself for installation on or before St. John's Day, December 27th, create a vacancy in the office to which he was elected ? "A. I will hold under the statement of facts presented in this case that the Worshipful Master may declare a vacancy in the office after an affirmative vote by your Lodge at a special meeting, due notice of which shall be given to all members, to become effective upon the approval of the Grand Master, to whom an immediate statement shall be made of the facts and the action of the Lodge. In the absence of specific law upon this point, I will rule that your Master may call a special meeting, giving due notice to the members. At that meeting he may present a statement of the facts in the case and put the following question: 'Q. Shall the office of Senion Warden be declared vacant?' If the vote of the Lodge is in the affirmative, then the Master may declare the office vacant, effective upon the approval of the Grand Master, to be filled as prescribed by the Masonic laws." The above raises a very interesting question. Installation is a necessity to the incumbency of an office. It seems clear to us that in the case at bar a vacancy existed, and that it so existed whether the Lodge so voted or not. Hence, the Grand Master could well have issued a dispensation for a special election, and that in default of such action the office would have to be filled from time to time until the time for the annual election should be reached. We quote again from the address: "At the last communication of this Grand Lodge, Bro. W. I. Irvine was appointed Grand Lecturer. His report will present to you in detail what has been done towards instructing officers of particular Lodges. Bro. Irvine has been faithful, and his best efforts have been lent towards the instruction of those Lodges which have been in need of his services. In this connection, it appears to me that it would be wise for this Grand Lodge to combine the work of the Grand Lecturer and that of an accounting officer, or checking officer, who should visit the particular Lodges, examine the records, instruct them in the manner of keeping records, see that the records of membership, the conferring of degrees, dimits and other important matters were properly kept, and thus bring about a better condition of the records of particular Lodges. The reports made to the Grand Secretary show that there is need of improvement in these particulars. I believe an appointee of the Grand Master, who could combine the duties of Grand Lecturer and of a checking officer, could do much towards benefiting both the particular Lodges and this Grand Lodge, and bring about a condition of particular Lodge records much better and more desirable than the existing conditions."
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In the absence of District Deputy Grand Masters the suggestion is a wise one. Many secretaries need the instruction suggested and it certainly should be imparted by some one having authority. The Grand Lodges of Puerto Rico and Queensland were recognized. The Grand Lodge adopted the following regulation relative to a "Lewis:" ' 'That it shall be lawful for a particular Lodge in this Grand Jurisdiction to receive and ballot upon a petition for degrees of the son or nephew of an affiliated Master Mason within the last six months of the son's or nephew's twenty-first year; provided, however, that such person shall not be initiated an Entered Apprentice until he shall have attained the age of twenty-one." The oration was delivered by Past Grand Master Stockwell. His subject was Friendship, Morality and Brotherly Love. We quote a striking paragraph: "Friendship! No stronger word has come into the English language from our Teuton ancestry than this. It has a ruggedness that savors of'the days when spcial veneer and mere form were unknown ; when men were drawn to one another solely by qualities of heart and mind. The thought of worldly attainment or riches has nothing to do with Friendship. We meet a man, and if there are in him qualities which we admire, we are unconsciously drawn to Mm; if he finds in us similar qualities, there is a response which results in ties, the strongest earth can know: this is Friendship. Come what may, fame or fortune, reverses or failures, the ties of true friendship are not broken unless some mean act forever severs them. Dryden says: 'Want gives to know the flatterer from the friend.' The Bible says: 'A friend that sticketh closer than a brother.' This indicates the same trend of thought. There must be something of substance upon which to build friendship, and when once the structure is reared, what a splendid temple it is—a haven of rest when one has suffered the harsh criticism of cynic or the calumny of the evil tongued! To the friend we turn with assurance that he will understand and do full justice, not that the friend is blind to faults and shortcomings, but he will always see the larger good which obtains in most of God's creatures. History is full of concrete examples of noblest and truest friendship. Washington's great heart went out to the impetuous Hamilton, and, even in the hours when Hamilton tried, to the last degree, his patience, the ties of friendship were strong enough to prevail, and to this friendship we owe the splendid work of America's greatest constructive statesman. Time will not permit us to dwell upon other instances. The friendship which should prevail among Masons is that which seeks to find, in every brother, qualities which are amiable and admirable; the friendship which will whisper words of counsel in the ear of a brother; the friendship which holds out a hand to assist us over life's rough and rugged places; the friendship which gives without thought of return; the friendship which soothes the fevered brow and smoothes the path which leads down the vale and across the silent stream; this is the friendship which, as Masons, we should cultivate, even in the strenuous days of the present century." NOVA SCOTIA.
We note with much sadness the decease of that worthy and zealous craftsman, Past Grand Master, Charles John McDonald. The business of the Grand Lodge was largely of a routine character, but shows that all is well, and that prosperity sits upon her banners. The report on Correspondence was presented by the Gjand Secretary, R. W. Bro. Thomas Mombray.
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It may be a binder's error, but in the copy of the proceedings sent us the first page and the last page is filled with a very excellent portrait of the Grand Secretary. It may be symbolic— the first and the last of the Grand Lodge business is the Grand Secretary. In some grand jurisdictions there is more than symbolism in it, and the Grand Secretary is, indeed, the first and the last. OREGON.
The Grand Lodge amended its constitution so as to limit jurisdiction over rejected material to five years. The Grand Lodge repealed the provision of their by-laws declaring the " Past Master's Degree" unnecessary to a Master-elect, previous to his installation. We find the following in a report of the Committee on Law and Jurisprudence deprecating the requirement of the production of written evidence of the standing of visitors: "A Mason makes himself known as such, otherwise than by written documents, and to require a visiting brother to procure certificates from his Lodge and his Grand Lodge as to his standing, before he can be examined, we do not believe to be consistent with Masonic usage, and would not be conducive to the best interests of Masonry." These sentiments are those of our own Committee on Masonic Law and Jurisprudence. The report on Correspondence was presented by Past Grand Master, John M. Hodson. We quote his concluding paragraph: '' Many Grand Masters and a few correspondents utter words of warning, fearing that Masonry may become 'too popular,' and urge a closer guarding of the door. Just what they mean by ' too popular ' is not clear, for we have noticed none of them, who did not appear to rejoice in the increase of members, and they were among the first to point out the good works accomplished or proposed. It is well to guard against the unfit, and even better that a few good men may be rejected, rather than admit one who will damage and disgrace, but it is well to remember that of the millions of good men in our country, less than one million kneel at our altars; and if it is good for us who have participated, that it would be equally and increasingly good for a large per cent, of the others. We are not of those who fear the rapid increase in our numbers, or the extension of our influence, but rejoice in increasing strength and the added forces, extending our fields of usefulnesss, and impressing Masonic principles upon the world. In our day and generation, let us do that which our hands find to do, and do it with our might, to the end that coming generations may rise up and call us blessed." PENNSYLVANIA.
The Angel of Death has called very frequently at the portals of the Grand Lodge. " His hand has been heavy.'' During the last two years they have mourned for Past Grand Masters Arnold, Perkins, Day and Wagner, and for their Junior Grand Warden, Charles M. Swain. The Grand Master, R. W. Bro. James W. Brown, thus spoke in his address;
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" My attention has also been called to the publication in newspapers of the reports of the meetings, as well as any business transactions, and election of officers in subordinate Lodges. "This is prohibited, and the prohibition has been emphasized by several former Grand Masters. ' The outside world should not be informed as to what takes place within the walls of the Masonic edifice.' "It is hard to trace the source which furnishes such items of information as appeared in some of the papers in this jurisdiction after the election on December 7, but certainly, if such matters could be traced, it would be the duty of the Grand Master to punish the offenders for the protection of the Craft." The hunger of the reporter, and the desire of the reporter's friends to help him, does lead, unquestionably, to the publication of much of the business of the Lodge that is private, and should never appear in the public prints. The admonition of the Grand Master is very timely. "The following is equally timely: "All funds of the Lodges should be deposited by the treasnrer as a separate account in the name and number of the Lodge, and not in any way be kept as personal funds of the treasurer, or in his individual name in a bank. "This does not mean that there is an intention on the part of the treasurer to be dishonest, but it has occurred that treasurers have died when the money was in their individual possession, and was not available to the Lodge of which he was a member until his estate was settled by the civil law. No business organization permits the treasurer to keep the funds in his individual name, and it should not be permitted by a Masonic Lodge.'' The Grand Master reported as follows: "Declined to issue a dispensation to hold an election for all the officers of a Lodge, as the Lodge did not meet on the evening it should have, at which meeting officers should have been elected. Instructed the Lodge that former officers shall continue in office until their successors are duly installed." We believe that the general custom would warrant the issuance of a dispensation in such case, for it might be a great hardship to compel the incumbent officers to hold office for another term without their consent and for causes possibly entirely beyond their control. We note the following decisions of the Grand Master: "Declined to permit Masonic ceremonies in the laying of a corner-stone of a church on Sunday. ' 'A Masonic Lodge cannot be used for the purpose of settling business differences. '' Newspaper publications of any kind referring to Lodge proceedings are prohibited." The Grand Master issued the following edict: "My attention has been called to an innovation in some of the Lodges of this jurisdiction, by the introduction of music during the ceremonies. "In former years it was not found necessary to have anything but the plain work of the Lodge, beautiful in its simplicity and teachings, and nothing can be added to make it more effective. ( " I , therefore, direct that the use of vocal and instrumental music shall cease in the Lodges during the work of the degrees.
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"If the brethren of the Lodge desire music, they can have it when no work is being done, and provided it does not delay the business, or the conferring of the degrees. "This edict must be audibly read in your Lodge, at its next stated meeting, and copied in full in the minutes. We are not among those who believe that the work of the fathers cannot be improved, nor do we favor license to the introduction of fads and individual fancies. We believe in uniformity in what may be termed floor work, and that it should be under the absolute control of Grand Lodge, but in the lectures we think that the teacher should be given latitude and permitted to instruct in such wise as he finds it most convenient to impart imformation. As to music, why, that is a liberal art, and surely the Fellow Craft should be instructed in every liberal art and science and not simply in the curriculum of the ancient schoolmen. We can see no possible harm for the introduction of music in the Lodge. We can see, and we know of, much good that it has done. To sing together encourages a feeling of fraternity. We speak from experience. The report on Correspondence is from the pen of Bro. Lamberton and is most interesting reading. PK.INCB EDWARD ISLAND.
The following rather strange action is to be noted: " I n 1903, True Brother's Lodge granted a dimit to Bro. J. Jardine, M. D., their Senior Warden. He deposited his application and dimit in Mount Lebanon Lodge and was elected to membership before his term of office in Tnie Brother's Lodge had expired. In 1904, Mount Lebanon Lodge elected him Master. The Grand Master ruled his election void; from this he appealed to the Grand Lodge. ' 'The Committee recommended that the decision of Grand Master be sustained, as the action of granting the dimit by True Brother's Lodge, and the action of Mount Lebanon Lodge in receiving it were both irregular, and his membership in Mount Lebanon was doubtful. His election to the Mastership was not legal, as he had not served as Warden for one year, but as he was not now residing in the jurisdiction of True Brother's Lodge, and was in the jurisdiction of Mount Lebanon Lodge, that his membership in Mount Lebanon Lodge be confirmed, and that he be allowed the rank of a Past Warden, with the permission of the Grand Master." A dimit was granted to a Senior Warden and declared illegal because an elective officer cannot dimit, we presume, and yet affiliation with another Lodge on the strength of that dimit was recognized. The election to be Master was declared null because the brother had not served full time as a Warden, and yet rank as a Past Warden was decreed. It seems to us that there is a good deal of inconsistency in the action. If the dimit was a nullity, then every act dependent upon it was, of necessity, a nullity. If it was only an irregularity, then every act dependent upon it was simply irregular and needed healing, and that should have been the. action taken. QUEBEC.
The Grand Master, M. W, Bro, Joliu B, Tresidder, thus addressed his brethren;
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"The world is apt to judge Freemasonry by what it does for its members morally, socially, spiritually, charitably, and benevolently. In the Lodges the craftsmen dwell together in unity, and Freemasonry is a potent influence in the cultivation of brotherly love, in the administration of relief and in the inculcation of truth, as being the foundation of every virtue, consequently we take pride in the fact that members of our institution are to be found in all the best walks of life, occupying prominent and trusted positions and commanding the esteem and respect of all with whom they have business or social relations. "The benevolent features of our Order are constantly becoming more and more attractive, and as the amount of revenue, from the ever-growing fund established three years ago, increases, so, in like proportion, is the volume of good that is being done* attracting more and more favorable comment from our sister Grand bodies throughout the world. '•In connection with this benevolent fund, it is most gratifying to learn that the true spirit of Masonic charity and benevolence has taken such a firm hold upon some of our Lodges, that the question of voluntarily doubling their annual donation to the fund1 is being agitated, and no doubt the first Lodge to take such commendable action will not only earn for itself the gratitude of this Grand Lodge, but will, I am sure, have the satisfaction of seeing other Lodges quickly follow their praiseworthy example." Recognition of the Grand Lodge of Queensland was refused, while that of Guatemala was deferred. The following incident is interesting. Faithful service should never go unrewarded, and when so long continued is worthy of special note: "R. W. Bro , the Rev. Frank Charters, drew the attention of Grand Lodge to this being the twenty-fifth year that M. W. Bro. I. H. Stearns had occupied the position of Grand Treasurer of Grand Lodge, and referred to the many great and faithful services the M. W. Brother had rendered to Grand Lodge, and moved that the Grand Master appoint a small committee to procure a testimonial in commemoration of that event. Seconded by M. W. Bro. A. A. Stevenson and unanimously carried." We copy the following from the report of R. W. Bro. Cameron, a District Deputy Grand Master: "Newspaper Reports.—Another matter that calls for action by Grand Lodge arises from the frequency, indeed the regularity, with which some of the city daily papers are supplied with reports of meetings of Lodges, particularly in respect of the proceedings at the supper table, detailing the names of the brethren present, the speakers and the sentiments expressed by the latter. "If this practice is proper and commendable, then the prohibition thereof contained in Article No. 234 of the Book of Constitution should be revoked. If, on the contrary, the practice is not only unlawful, but reprehensible (and my opinion that such is the case is endorsed by a majority of Lodges in the district), Grand Lodge should adopt measures to ensure a strict observance of its prohibitory law above mentioned." There is such a thing as the privacy of a man's home, into which the public has no right to pry. In that priyac}' we should include his hospitality to friends. The Lodge is the Masonic home of the brethren, and the brother is eminently correct when he endeavors to have it protected as he would his Own home from the prying eye of the world. The report on Correspondence was prepared and presented by Past Grand Master Chambers. He is an earnest defender of ancient Masonry, its rites and tenets. His analysis of the spurious and illegitimate is thorough.
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His review of the false philosophy that passes for Masonry in certain quarters is masterly. QUEENSLAND.
We include this Grand Lodge in the regular order, for the reason that while we have not "recognized" its being as such, yet we have and do recognize its constituents as Masonic Lodges, and are expecting to extend full recognition ere long. The record which these proceedings discloses shows that all proper efforts were made to invite and procure the co-operation of all Lodges in the Province; that the Provincial Grand Master, Scotch Constitution, declared that he could find no warrant to justify him in permitting the discussion of the formation of a Grand Lodge and so would not permit it; that the Provincial Grand Master, English Constitution, required that the names of all who even discussed the question should be reported to him and that he suspended from the privileges of Masonry all whose names were so reported to him. All freedom of discussion was thus suppressed in the Lodges of the English Constitution and in a large number of those of the Scotch Constitution. Before taking any definite action, we recommend that a delay be granted'in the expectation that freedom will be granted to the brethren of the English and Scotch Constitutions to discuss this question so that we may learn whether the Lodges of those Constitutions, indeed, opposed the formation of the Grand Lodge. We trust that there may be free and full discussion, and that results may be reached by united action upon the part of all of the Lodges of the Province. RHODE ISLAND.
The Grand Lodge is in sorrow; Its Grand Master, James Elisha Tillinghast, is dead. We sincerely sympathise in the bereavement. Owing to constitutional restrictions the Deputy Grand Master found himself restricted to the performance of the mere routine work of the office while acting as Grand Master. R. W. Bro. Joseph Wood Freeman was elected Grand Master and was installed by his father, Past Grand Master Edw. L. Freeman. SCOTLAND
We regret to have received only one of the quarterly bulletins, that of August 3, 1905. The business therein recorded is routine, with the exception of a proposal of terms for the recognition of the Grand Lodge of New Zealand, and even this, is simply an approval of a certain letter of the Grand Secretary, not printed. SOUTH AFRICA—WESTERN DIVISION.
This is a District Grand Lodge. The volume is interesting, but the only item of general interest is a request for a joint meeting of the authorities of the several Constitutions, on the part of the District Grand I*odge of Natal, Netherlands Constitution.
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Recognition of the Grand Lodge of Queensland was postponed. Other business was of a routine character. This Grand Lodge in now twenty-one years old. SOUTH CAROLINA.
Several emergent communications were held for the purpose of laying corner-stones. They were all opened on the first degree. To discuss the propriety of this, would reopen an old question that may well slumber. We note the occurrence, simply that it may not be forgotten that such things are done. The Grand Master, M. W. Bro. John R. Billinger, announced the following decisions: "A District Deputy Grand Master, who has been duly installed, and therefore taken his oath of office, cannot resign during the Masonic year. "A new D. D. G. M. cannot be appointed in the place of one who, after having been installed, has removed out of his district. He must serve until the expiration of his term.'' We take it that a District Deputy occupies quite a different position from that of an elective officer. He is the personal representative of the Grand Master, andv certainly should hold office at his will. To hold any other doctrine might cause serious inconvenience to a Grand Master. We think that the power of removal at pleasure is inherent in the Grand Master, as is the power of appointment. It is necessary that the utmost unanimity should exist between the Grand Master and his Deputy. Hence, the right of resignation at any time should be recognized. We, therefore, differ from the Grand Master in both his propositions. We note the following question and ruling: . "When a Lodge has opened on the Master's Degree, and closed in short form for work in the E. A. Degree, does the Lodge have to return to the Master's Degree in order to close in ample form, or can it close on the E. A. Degree? "Grand Master's Ruling: " If all matters to be performed in the Master's Degree, have been acted upon, and the Lodge has conferred the E. A. Degree and has nothing to do but close, it can close on that degree without going back to the Master's Degree." It is to be remembered that the declaration of the Master that a Lodge is opened or closed, as the case may be, constitutes the sole essential to its opening or closing, that is to say, so far as the brethren have a right to know. The sound of the gavel is to be obeyed by them. But some of us know that a Master is under obligations requiring something more than that, and he must observe all his obligations whether they be known to the Craft at large or not. If the decision of the Grand Master was modified so as not to imply a release to a Master from his obligations in opening or closing a Lodge we should fully agree with him. Possibly in South Carolina they may have
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abrogated the obligations of an installed Master, but it would not be like South Carolina to have done so. A voluminous and able report on Foreign Correspondence is appended. It is said to be the twenty-eighth annual report of the writer, but as the report is not signed, we are at a loss to know who the author was, and were obliged to hunt in the body of the proceedings. There we found that it was the Grand Secretary, R. W. Bro. Charles Inglesby. SOUTH DAKOTA.
The Grand Lodge mourns the death of Past Grand Master Coe, and of its Senior Grand Warden, R. W. Bro. Charles Albert Fisher. The Grand Master, M. W. Bro. Ivan W. Goodner, thus addressed the Grand Lodge: "At the close of the year of unceasing yet ever pleasant Masonic labor, it is good to meet you again, to feel the warm grasp of a Mason's hand and to enter upon the pleasant and always profitable labors of an annual communication. "Time, in its unceasing march toward eternity, has forever sealed the past, and let us hope that in our meeting here we may gather inspiration and material that will better enable us to discharge our duties toward our fellow-men, to strengthen and renew the bonds of friendship and love that should always bind the members of this Craft into one sacred band of friends and brothers, and that will guide our hands and fashion our frail efforts to erect that spiritual building, that house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. "The year has been one of peace and Masonic prosperity. We have little but good to report of the Craft; and so in the spirit of thankfulness that Providence has blessed our country with peace and plenty and our Craft with abundant prosperity, we are met together for mutual counsel and fraternal salutation." The report on Correspondence is again from the pen of Bro. S. A. Brown, M. D. Under Louisiana he says of our Committee, that we are verging to his position, and then says: "Our own position is that the Investigating Committee is at present a violation of the secrecy of the ballot. If the committee must continue, and it seems that it mnst, it should report orally to the W. M. secretly, as the secret objection is filed, and that nothing more should be heard of it by the Lodge or anybody else." It may be that Bro. Brown has been educating us, and if so we are grateful, for the end of our endeavors has been to reach the best conclusions and if they are those of Bro. Brown we very gladly place ourselves on his platform. To compel a brother to disclose his position in respect to a candidate, unquestionably works at times a hardship on him, and such disclosure is a necessity when he is obliged to report openly as a member of an investigating committee. We like the suggestion of Bro. Brown, that the report of an investigating committee be made privately to the Master. Of course, even then, the members of the committee do not enjoy fully the right every other member of a Lodge possesses, to keep to himself his opinion of a candidate GLC s
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as to his fitness to become a Mason, but their freedom is nothing like as much restrained as it is now under the prevailing custom. We quote Bro. Brown's very wise and timely "conclusion:" ''The startling increase in numbers which is apparent in Masonry everywhere, being no less than fifty thousand in the United States alone, must give thoughtful craftsmen food for serious reflection. It shows that men are seeking brotherhood in its unmodified character—Brotherhood! and that alone. And it behooves us to see that they get it; for if they do not, shall we not see the ebb which follows? Is not Brotherhood the one thing needed in this world whereby we may withstand the destructive forces which instantly originate to undermine every new development of human progress? Great prosperity is upon us, and the mischiefs that come with it —are they not also apparent? Masonry, brethren, must be the true Brotherhood. All other societies have some divergence which makes them fail of the ideal of Universal Brotherhood; and the danger is that we also shall fail, for it may be that our brethren will not exemplify our noble principles. Now is the time for every true Son of light to bestir himself and be in his place in Lodge to show the seekers that which is being sought. Many societies seek to cultivate the mind; it is ours to cultivate the heart. Great is the glory of the mind; but the heart—that is the best. The. great mind may do great harm; but the great heart—it can do nought but good." TASMANIA.
The Grand Master, M. W. Bro. C. E. Davies, thus reported on the condition of that portion of the Craft under his care: "Since our annual communication there is every reason to renew our congratulations of previous meetings upon the continued welfare and prosperity attending our institution in Tasmania. On all sides we have gratifying reports of increasing members and further enthusiasm in connection with Masonic work in the several Lodges." The advisability of permitting the voting for officers of the Grand Lodge by post is being agitated. TENNESSEE. The Grand Master, M. W. Bro. Jas. L. Sloan, proved himself a "visitor," indeed. We quote him: ' 'One hundred and five Lodges were visited that never had a Grand Master to enter their Lodge room before. Five of these made voluntary 'thank offerings' to the Widows' and Orphans' Endowment Fund in commemoration of the event." We quote also his sage advice to the grumbler: "I have noticed in many Lodges that I visited a clan or set of brothers, who appear to be more closely attached to each other than the rest of the members. This class bears many names. By some of their brothers they are called a 'clique;' by others 'the ring,' but most generally they are called the 'gang.' This 'gang' is the life of the Lodge. It is at every meeting of the Lodge. It confers the degrees. It attends the funerals of the dead brothers. It visits the sick. It is active, pushing, vigorous, zealous and bright in the lectures. It is charitable to almost the extreme. It is not despondent or gloomy. It has no bitterness or venom. Now, strange to say, this 'gang' is bitterly opposed in every Lodge in which it exists. Some oppose every measure it advocates; they seem to see something wrong in
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every movement it favors. No matter what the 'gang' is for, these others are 'agin it.' They will not attend the rehearsels of the work and lectures of the 'gang,' because they want to make changes and innovations, is the excuse. They grumble and growl at the 'gang' and think it is dangerous and will bear watching. My observation and experience leads me to wish that these 'gangs' may increase in numbers and membership. Brother, are you a member of the 'gang?' If not, let me beg of you to stop snarling and grumbling at what it does, but go and join the 'gang." The report on Correspondence is again presented by Past Grand Master Chambers. Reviewing Louisiana, he is unable to understand the remarks of Grand Master Reid on the matter of our work, and asks if we have a cipher ritual. No, my brother, we have not. Our brother is mistaken when he says that ' 'it seems that property devoted to Masonic purposes is not exempt from taxation in Louisiana." It is exempt, but property owned by Masons, individually or collectively, that is not so devoted, is taxable, and very properly. The taxes which the brother finds paid by the Grand Lodge, were levied on property rented for commercial purposes, and so used. TEXAS.
The Grand Master, M. W. Bro. Wm. James, reported the death of Past Grand Master Rose. The Grand Master reported the following decision: "Question—H. Riley was tried by Bowie Lodge and expelled. The case was appealed to this Grand Lodge and by it reversed and sent to Stoneburg Lodge, and the party expelled, from which decision an appeal was taken to the Grand Lodge and by it affirmed. Expelled party now seeks to petition for reinstatement, and the question is asked to whom does the jurisdiction of this case belong, Bowie Lodge No 578, to which the party belonged when expelled, or to Stoneburg Lodge No 771, which tried the case? ' 'Answer—The Grand Lodge having changed the venue of this case, and sent it to Stoneburg Lodge No. 771, which tried and expelled the party, said expulsion being affirmed by the Grand Lodge, that Stoneburg Lodge had jurisdiction, and all applications for reinstatement must be submitted to that Lodge." It seems to us that a change of venue is solely for the purpose of securing a fair and proper trial, and assessing a proper verdict in the event of its finding the accused in such trial guilty as charged. This being done its jurisdiction ends. Hence, we cannot concur in the decision that the trial Lodge continued to be seized of jurisdiction subsequent to its having accomplished all of the objects for which it was specially and unnaturally vested with jurisdiction. We think the equities in this case might, perhaps, appear more clear if we should imagine the offender as committing another offense. Surely there could be no question that the Lodge of his residence would have jurisdiction and not the Lodge that had tried him for the other offense. The time of the annual communication was chosen for the dedication of the new Grand Lodge Temple at Waco. The orator was Bishop Garrett of Dallas. We quote some of Right Reverend Brother's paragraphs:
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"With us the Holy Bible is the symbol of that 'True Light which lighteneth every man that cometh into the world.' The Square is adapted only to flat surfaces, is of the earth, which was anciently believed to be flat, and lays down the rule for the guidance of man's body according to the requirements of the moral law. The Compass describes circles, and deals for the most part with the science of the spheres and the heavens. Its points are for the time concealed beneath the square, because the body, and the things of the body, claim, in the earlier stages of our experience the larger portion of our attention; but they cannot so remain for long. The spiritual and heavenly must rise superior to the earthly and physical. Man must learn to subdue his passions, indeed; but, more than that, to circumscribe them within the points of the compass and the boundary line of his duty— a duty, you will observe, which derives its sanctions from the heavenly, rather than the earthly, elements of his obligation. " I n the ancient religions of the world, the Sun is the symbol of the actual Light, which is assumed to be the source of all life. He pours his fecundating rays upon the Moon, and both shed their light upon their offspring, the Blazing Star, and the three form the Great Equilateral Triangle, in the center of which is the Omnific Letter by which creation is said to have been affected. This letter is by ancient writers said to have been the Hebrew (') Yod represented by a spot within a circle, which was symbollically intended to signify God at the center of the vast circle of the Universe. "These symbols we translate somewhat differently, as you know. But the lesson which they convey to mankind is as profound as it is beautiful. " If we accept as final our own familiar interpretation, what is more noble than a God-like 'Individual Brother,' perfect in all his powers of mind and body, made in the Divine image, consecrated to high thoughts and generous deeds, and always within the ' boundary line of his duty' ? "If the deeper view be allowed us on this grand occasion, we may easily remember that in all ancient nations their earliest creed was their purest. Then the Infinite Spirit, 'without body, parts or passions,' was held as the fountain of all life and being, and dwelt in ' light ineffable' at the center, and filled all things living with plenteousness. The mathematical point, which has no dimensions, was the best representation they could discover of this Parent Spirit, and the measureless circle of infinitude the only limit to the range of His all-seeing eye. Hence, the fundamental truth of Religion and of Masonry is one—'Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above and cometh down from the Father of Lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.' "Here it may be well to remark that Masonry carries a progressive message to mankind. As Solon is recorded to have said, he gave the people ' the best laws they were capable of receiving,' which means that all truths to be received must be adapted to the intelligence and character of the people. Whatever fact has had strength and vitality enough to make itself real, whether it won a fact or religion, morals, government or science, has been a truth for the time, and as good as men were capable of receiving them. As the race advances and knowledge is increased, the symbols of the past must yield themselves to larger measures of interpretation. Liberty, Equality and Fraternity, however fundamentally identical with their original significance, must now take on far nobler meaning than formerly. The sovereignty of one's self over one's self is Liberty. Where two or more of these sovereignties associate the State begins. There is equal contribution by all to the joint sovereignty. This identity of concession which each makes to all is Equality. The common right is nothing more nor less than the protection of all. This protection of each by all is Fraternity. And yet Equality is not a dead level where towering oaks are stunted to the level of shrubs and genius is dwarfed to that of incapacity. It is rather this, that all aptitudes have equal opportunity; all votes equal weight, all consciences equal rights. Refined society requires greater minuteness of regulation.
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All have not the same gifts. To some, nature has given larger endowments than to others. Some have made better use of their opportunities, and accumulated stores of knowledge and wisdom, while others have wasted theirs. No system of ethics or religion can equalize these. These latter are 'drones in the hive,' wells without water, trees plucked up by the roots, twice dead, "To ail to whom these words may come we proclaim that 'Faith' in God is the handmaid of Reason, and the root of ' Hope ' of which ' Charity' is the fadeless flower. Possessed of these, we shall pass unscathed through all the dangers which may best our path, through the grave and gate of death into the brightness of the everlasting day." Fraternal communication was resumed with the Grand Lodge of Washington. The Grand Loges of Puerto Rico and Costa Rica were recognized, while the recognition of Queensland was declined. Some interesting history is recorded. We quote: "The first gavel that was ever used in a Masonic body in Texas is still in existence. It was brought from New Orleans by Dr. Holland, and was used in the organization of the first Masonic Lodge in Texas, now Holland Lodge No 1, under dispensation granted by the Grand Lodge of Louisiana. "Dr. Holland then presented the gavel to Adolphus Sterne, who carried it home with him to Nacogdoches. When the Masonic convention met in Houston, in 1837, Bro. Stern brought the gavel with him and it was used by General Sam Houston in calling that convention to order, and was used by Anson Jones, the first M. W. Grand Master, in the first meeting of the Grand Lodge of Texas. Some years later Bro. Stern presented the gavel to Captain W. P. Rutledge, who was then Worshipful Master of the Lodge, at the old town of Washington, Texas. In December, 1872, Captain Rutledge presented the gavel to W. J. Oliphant on his election as Worshipful Master of Austin Lodge No. 12, at Austin, Texas, who still owns it. "In the winter of 1834-5 five Master Masons, who had made themselves known to each other, consulted amongst themselves, and after various interviews and much deliberation resolved to take measures to establish a Lodge of their Order ia Texas. "The five brethren were John H. Wharton, Asa Brigham, James A. E. Phelps, Alexander Russell and Anson Jones, and they appointed a time and place of meeting to concert measures to carry their resolution into effect. In the meantime another Master Mason came into their plans, Bro. J. P. Caldwell. The place of meeting was back of the town of Brazoria, near the place known as General John Austin's, in a little grove of wild peach or laurel, and which had been selected as a family burying ground by that distinguished soldier and citizen. The spot was secluded and out of the way of 'cowans and eavesdroppers,' and they felt they were alone. Here, and under such circumstances, at 10 o'clock in the morning of a day in March, 1835, was held the first formal Masonic meeting in Texas as connected with the establishment and continuance of Masonry in this country. The six brethren I have mentioned were all present there, and it was concluded to apply to the Grand Lodge of Louisiana for a dispensation to form and open a Lodge, to be called Holland Lodge, in honor of the then Most Worshipful Grand Master of that body, J. H. Holland. The funds were raised by a contribution to defray the expenses, to which each contributed as he felt able and willing. A petition was in due time drawn up and signed by them, which was forwarded to New Orleans, having previously been signed by another Master Mason, Bro. W. D. C. Hall, and perhaps one or two more, but of this I do not recollect. "The officers named in the petition were: For Worshipful Master, Anson Jones; Senior Warden, Asa Brigham; Junior Warden, J. P. Caldwell, who filled those offices respectively until the close of 1837. The dispensation
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was granted, after some delay, to these brethren, and Holland Lodge No. 36, under dispensation, was instituted and opened at Brazoria on the 27th day of December, 1835. Bro. Phelps was chosen Treasurer, and M. C. Patton, Secretary; the other officers I do not recollect. The Lodge held its meeting at Brazoria, in the second story of the old court house, which room was afterward occupied by St. John's Lodge No. 5. "In the meantime, two other Lodges, with charters from the Grand Lodge of Louisiana, were established in Texas—Milam, at Nacogdoches, and McFarlane, at San Augustine. Delegates from these and from Holland Lodge met in convention at Houston, in the winter of 1837-38, and the Grand Lodge of the Republic was formed. By advice and direction of this body, the three subordinate Lodges transferred their allegiance from Louisiana to their own Grand Lodge, surrendered their charters to Lonisiana and received others from Texas, and Holland Lodge No. 36, under the former, became Holland Lodge No. 1, under the Grand Lodge of the Lone Star Retrablic. By this course, the causes of the many difficulties which have afflicted so many of the Grand Lodges of the United States were considered and obviated in the formation of the Grand Lodge of Texas." The report on Fraternal Correspondence was presented by Past Grand Master, Thos. M. Matthews. Under a very courteous review of Louisiana he adverts to our statement that the Grand Lodge of Puerto Rico had not been recognized by us, and gives as his authority for the contrary statement the Committee on External Relations of the Grand Lodge of Puerto Rico. That was precisely the authority on which we relied when we said that inasmuch as the question of recognition even had not been before us the so-called recognition must have been by a clandestine body. UTAH, 1904. The Grand Master, M. W. Bro. Walter Scott, thus began his address: "Ever grateful to our Father in Heaven for the manifold blessings bestowed upon us during our existence on this earth, His glorious creation, we have opened this, the thirty-third annual communication of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Utah with prayer to Him, who is the source of light and love, and the creator, preserver and arbiter of all things, and it is now our duty so to labor, that all our acts and deeds may be of benefit to the world at large as well as for the welfare of the Craft, with the hope that our efforts may meet with the approval of Him, who is our sole Lord and King." We quote the following timely recommendation of the Grand Master: ' 'The badge of a Mason is a lambskin or white leather apron. I would recommend that all Lodges in this jurisdiction be required to keep a requisite number of these aprons, to be used when appearing in public. It seems to me that when a Mason appears as such in public, he should be clothed as a Mason and not be girdled with a cotton cloth, which means and signifies nothing, and that we should deposit with our dead not a cotton cloth, but an actual apron with all the significance of that noble badge. The lessons of Masonry are real and mean something, and should be represented by the real thing and not by a sham." We quote another timely recommendation: "During the year I have had occasion to advise Lodges to keep their proceedings out of the newspapers, especially the names of brethren who re-
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ceive degrees. No good can come of such publicity and harm may come, the details of whieh I need not explain to Masons. Our policy is to keep secret our work, and the wisdom of such policy has been amply proven; we should not publish our work any more than we should publish our acts of charity and love.'' The report on Correspondence is the twenty-eighth of R. W. BroChristopher Diehl, the Grand Secretary. UTAH, 1905. The Grand Master, M. W. Bro. Richard Louis Conely said, in his address: "It is with special gratification I report to you that peace and harmony prevails among the Fraternity throughout the State, and I believe that at no time since the organization of this Grand Lodge has there been a warmer or more cordial union among the brethren than exists to-day. The growth of our constituent Lodges is dependent to a large degree upon the growth and progressive condition of the city or town where located. They both prosper together as well as feel alike the depression of hard times. So wefindmany of them who are prospering far beyond our expectation, while others are not faring so well." The Grand Lodge of Puerto Rico was recognized, while the recognition of Queensland was deferred. R. W. Bro. Diehl, concluding his report on Correspondence, says: "Our work for the past year, in this department of labor is again finished. It has been arduous, and has kept us busy many evenings till nearly midnight for nine long months, but it has been a pleasant and profitable occupation. Pleasant, because it has brought us in intercourse with the most gifted Masonic writers and thinkers of the present age, and profitable because they have taught us to appreciate Masonry, its teachings, history and wise regulations for the betterment of mankind, more than we ever did before. "We only hope our brethren in Utah will heed the advice of Grand Master Conely and will read the report attentively and carefully. Even the wisest have always something to learn and in the report may be found some instruction which has been appropriated from the thousands of pages we haye perused during the year. There will be found in the report some things which ought to enlarge the sympathies of even the best of men, some things of interest to the Masonic student, and, not to make it too dry reading, some things of a humorous nature. A good laugh keeps the heart young and all physicians agree that it is a life preserving tonic. If some unwise things have fallen from our pen, all we wish is that they were written in water. Trusting that our brethren of the reviewers' guild will be as kindly to Utah in the future as they have been in the past, we bid one and all a hearty farewell." VERMONT.
The Grand Master, M. W. Bro. Olin W. Daley, thus reports on the condition of the Craft: "From the reports of the District Deputies and the annual returns of the Lodges to the Grand Secretary, I find that the condition of the Craft in this State is very satisfactory. While some of the Lodges have not had as much work as usual, others have had an increased amount of work, which makes the general average a source of congratulation. All minor differences which occasionally arise in some of the Lodges have, so far as I am able to
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determine, been amicably settled. The net increase in membership during the year just closed has been 232, making our membership at the present time 11,535." Recognition of the Grand Lodge of Puerto Rico was postponed. The report on Foreign Correspondence was presented again by that learned and zealous brother, Past Grand Master Marsh O. Perkins. Reviewing our proceedings of 1904, he notes the defeat of the proposition to pay per diem, and then says "Vermont and Louisiana meet on the level as to this, as in most other particulars of Masonic usage." Brother Perkins favors the recognition of Queensland, but a resolution to that effect does not appear to have been presented. VICTORIA.
The evil of too great publicity affects our brethren in the Far East, as well as in America, and so, we find the following item in the report of the Board of General Purposes: "The attention of the Board having been directed to the practice of publishing the proceedings of Lodges without proper authority, the Board would direct the special attention of W. M's. and officers of Lodges to the provisions contained in the first paragraph of Rule 191 of the Book of Constitutions, which deals with the subject. The Board has directed the Grand Secretary to issue a circular letter to all Lodges on the subject." Recognition of the Grand Lodge of Queensland was not granted "for the present." Recognition was refused to a Lodge planted by the National Grand Lodge of France in Tahiti. WASHINGTON.
The Grand Master, M. W. Bro. Edwin Hugh Van Patten, rendered the following decision: "An objection to a visitor sitting in Lodge, even though it be in writing and spread upon the minutes, cannot bar said visitor from sitting in Lodge, unless the objecting brother is present at the time of the visit, nor. for more than the one meeting, at which it was presented. In order to be effectual, said objection must be made every time the objectionable brother presents himself for the purpose of visiting." We concur. A Mason holds the right to decline to sit in a Lodge with another Mason, but he cannot coerce others to so decline. We note the following action of the Grand Master: "Having been informed by Tyee Lodge No. 115 that a fire had destroyed its Lodge room, regalia and charter, I issued a permit for said Lodge to meet and perform the usual functions of a Lodge until Grand Lodge met, when a duplicate charter could be issued to them." This action was in accord with the practice of some jurisdictions, but we cannot see the necessity for it. The authority for certain brethren to convene as a Lodge is certainly not in a piece of paper, but is the decree of the Grand Lodge. In the instant case, the Grand Lodge of Washington had given its authority to the brethren of Tyee Lodge to meet and work as such, and the destroyed charter was simply the evidence of such decree.
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authority. A certificate from the Grand Secretary that such authority had been, given, it seems to us, was all that was needed. It is a serious question whether the Grand Master could "permit" a chartered Lodge to work, for if lie had the inherent right to do so, the converse would be true also, he could have refused to permit it to work, and so long as a chartered Lodge conforms to the conditions on which it was constituted, we question the right, even of a Grand Master, to refuse to permit it so to do. Even he is sworn to stand to and abide by the acts of his Grand Lodge, passed in a legitimate and constitutional form. Action on the request of the Grand Lodge of Queensland was declined for the time being. The report on Correspondence was presented by Past Grand Master William H. Upton, and he announces it as his last. The retirement of Bro. Upton leaves a vacancy at the Round Table that will be felt. We have differed radically from him on certain fundamental principles of Masonic government, and we have criticised his utterances at times in emphatic terms. He wrote from honest convictions; so did we. But the bout over, he and we were ready to shake hands and part as friends. There was no malice in the fight on either side, for it was brothers and Masons who stood over against one another. Let us hear his parting words: "But the hour is at hand. Brethren of the Guild, I shall be with you no more. In spirit I pass silently around the table where you sit, and tender to each of you the warm grasp of a hand that never knowingly did any man a wrong. May the work which we have all been doing, in diverse ways and from different points of view, redound to the good of Masonry; may you long be spared to continue that work; may success attend all your efforts for good; may happiness mark your days and the lives of those dear to you; and may our Father in Heaven have you ever in His holy keeping.So mote it be." We rise and grasp the brother's hand, and say not vale, but au revoir. WEST VIRGINIA.
The Grand Master, M. W. Bro. George Hatch, very appropriately said in his address: " Freemasonry has been likened unto a common family, of which Grand Lodges are divisions and subordinate Lodges subdivisions; if this is true, then that which affects a part will affect the whole family; and since to' legislate and make such regulations as will inure to the welfare of this Grand Jurisdiction is the most important duty we will be called upon to perform; let us remember that the work of our hands at this time will have its influence upon the whole body of Masonry; and that this influence may be for good, let us not forget the charge concerning the ancient landmarks of the Order, and not suffer them to be infringed; that this charge will be observed", I feel well assured, for among the members of this Grand body are so many brethren who are so familiar with Masonic usages and customs, and whose zeal for our institution is so well known, that so long as the Craft will listen to their words of wisdom, we are not likely to materially err in our deliberations." The Grand Master decided as follows;
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"A Master Mason applied to this Lodge for a dimit, which was, upon motion, granted; the brother left the Lodge room before the business of the Lodge was finished, and before the secretary had issued the dimit; the brother did not return to the Lodge until after the expiration of six months, at which time he notified the secretary not to issue the dimit, as he would not receive it. Question:—Was he not a non-affiliated Mason? Answer:— He was, by reason of the action of the Lodge, the dimit itself being only a certificate of the fact of his dimission." A very proper decision in our opinion. The report on Foreign Correspondence was presented by Past Grand Master Atkinson, the Grand Secretary. Under Alabama, he thus sagely discusses the "Home" question: ' 'He announced that the proposed constitutional amendment raising the annual dues to the Grand Lodge from SO cents to $1.50, so that $1.00 of the same might go toward the establishment of a Masonic Home, was defeated. This is the second time this measure was again defeated by the Lodges; and yet Brother Redden insists that the Grand Lodge should take other and further steps to launch a Home. My good brother's main argument for going ahead with the enterprise is because other Grand Lodges are building Homes for indigent brothers, their widows and orphans. So they are, but if he will scan the field carefully, he will find that quite a number of the weaker Grand bodies have declined to shoulder the burdens of the erection and maintenance of Masonic Homes, not because of a lack of desire to provide for their needy brethren, but because they cannot maintain them, and also because they have found by careful investigation that the needy ones can be equally well provided for, and at much less expense, in private institutions kept up distinctively for that purpose; and also there is a still cheaper, and even more satisfactory way, viz: of rendering support to the needy brethren in their own homes, in cases where they have homes. Many brethren only negd partial support, and in such cases they would most likely prefer to remain in their own homes, if they knew that they were to receive such support from their Lodges, or from the Grand Lodge, as will prove sufficient to supply their wants. In West Virginia several of our Lodges are aiding needy brethren in this particular manner, and assurances have been given to our Grand Lodge that it is perfectly satisfactory to the brethren who are thus aided. Every Grand Lodge should see to it that no member of a Masonic Lodge is allowed to want for the necessaries of life, and I do not know of any one that fails to do this; but, that does not imply that every Grand Lodge should burden itself with a debt, or overtax the brethren to maintain a Home, unless it is shown that it is the only way to care for such members who cannot otherwise be provided for. "It is not my purpose to disparage the building of Masonic Homes, but rather to urge my brethren to investigate the subject most carefully, and satisfy themselves that they are financially able to keep one going after it is constructed arid opened up. The securing of necessary buildings and grounds are the smallest tax of a Masonic Home. The expense of maintaining it after it is once started is where the great burden falls, and the individual brothers are the ones who have to carry the load in the end. In my judgment, no Grand Lodge should inaugurate a Home, unless it is properly and sufficiently endowed, before its doors are opened for inmates. But, mark you, I do not say that it is not the duty of every Grand Lodge of Masons on God's footstool to provide the necessary means to relieve the wants of every needy Mason within its jurisdiction. When Freemasonry abandons its indigent and helpless members and their widows and orphans, it has forsaken one of the greatest principles' which underlies its edifice—
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Charity. When it does this it will crumble and fall. It is our duty as Masons to find those of our number who need help, and help them. But, I ask again, do we have to build Masonic Homes to do this? Are there not other cheaper and equally effective ways to do it? Think it over, brethren, and then do the best you can, and that is all that the laws of humanity and Masonry reqnire at your hands. "Now, please, don't conclude that I am an enemy of Masonic Homes." Bro. Atkinson says in his concluding remarks: "As in former years, the subject of non-payment of dues still haunts the Fraternity. No remedy has been discovered, and I fear never will be, which will prevent brethren from neglecting to pay their dues, and persisting in it until their lodges are compelled, under their by-laws, to drop them from the roll of active membership, and experience has proven that when they are once suspended they rarely come in and ask to be reinstated." We have all thought a good deal upon this subject. For ourselves -we believe that the evil is to be laid in a large measure at the doors of the secretaries, that is, the collectors of dues. If dues were promptly collected the weight of them would not be felt, whereas accumulated dues do become a heavy burden to the brethren of moderate means. Again, we think, that the fraternal spirit should be more in evidence than it oftentimes is when the Lodge comes to pass upon delinquents. Careful inquiry should always be made into the financial ability of the delinquent brother, and if it is found that he cannot pay, then the debt ought to be remitted. In this connection, we believe that the Grand Lodgesheiild not be as "commercial" as they often are, and that the per capita tax should be levied on contributing members only. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.
The Grand Master is the Bishop of Perth, Rt. Rev. C. O. L. Riley, D. D. He says in his address: " Wor. Brethren and Brethren.—My first words to you on this the first occasion on which I have presided over Grand Lodge must be of unqualified thanks for the confidence you have reposed in me in electing me to this high and honorable position. It would be affectation on my part to pretend not to know that there are certain conditions in my calling in life which will have acted in some of your minds both for and against my appointment. I should like, however, to believe that you put these on one side and wished to recognize the services which for some years I have endeavored to render to Freemasonry. Brethren, I take little credit to myself, for I have had exceptional opportunities afforded me by the necessity which is laid upon me to travel, giving me the power to be of service to Lodges in far distant parts of this vast territory. For your confidence and for your kindness I beg you to receive my most heartfelt thanks. The position of Grand Master at the present time is a difficult one to fill, for I follow one who has given of his best in time, talents and influence for the uplifting and spreading abroad of our Fraternity. One advantage I have—Freemasonry with us is now on a solid foundation; the lines have been clearly laid down for the superstructure, and it is but our duty to build according to the plan handed down." Recognition of the Grand Lodge of Queensland was granted. We quote again from the Grand Master: "There is one subject which I venture to think is of the utmost importance to the future well-being of the Craft. The question is, should
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Lodges be permitted to meet on Sunday or not? I ask your earnest attention to what I am going to say. It may seem at first sight only a question of Sunday observance. Even if it were only this and nothing more, it would be important, for I am sure you will agree with me that holding the principles which we profess, we ought to be very careful to avoid, as far as possible, wilfully offending against the cherished convictions of a vast number of our brethren. There is no doubt that a very large number of Masons look upon Sunday as a dies non, as far as Masonry is concerned. This aspect of the question, however, is not the most serious to my mind. It is serious, certainly, for one man to annoy another if it can be avoided. I look at the matter from this standpoint. One of the greatest attractions Masonry had for me when I joined lay in the idea that ill Masonry men of widely divergent views on political, religious, and social subjects could meet on the common ground of belief in the Fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man. I acknowledge with gratitude the pleasure which this knowledge has given me, and the many friends I have made with whom otherwise I should never have met. Now, however, there is manifest a tendency to make Masonry into one more addition to the already innumerable religious of the world. Lodges meeting on Sunday, and at the times ordinarily set apart for services in the various churches, certainly gives people cause to believe that this is so. What people do privately on Sunday is nothing to us, provided it is legal and right. What Masons do publicly, and with the apparent sanction of the Grand Lodge, is of the utmost importance. You will, of course, have already guessed that I am referring now to Lodges of instruction held on Sunday morning at half past ten o'clock, duly advertised, and to which invitations are sent out. I think Grand Lodge should know that this is done entirely without the consent, nay, more, entirely against the wishes of the Grand Master. I am sure I shall have Grand Lodge with me. Even if I thought no one would be on my side, I should still think that I ought to express an emphatic protest, for I am convinced that the question is far more serious than appears at first sight. It means taking away from Masonry that which to a large number of us has been its chief attraction. I do not for one moment say that there is anything wrong in Masons meeting on Sunday, but I do say, and say it with all the earnestness I can command, that it is not in accord with the Masonic spirit to proclaim in public that they are going to do something which is looked upon as wrong by a large number of brethren. I believe that many of those brethren who have assisted at these Sunday meetings have never considered the logical conclusions which must be drawn from their actions, and the consequent harm done to the Craft. We all have the prosperity of the Craft at heart, and I do not think any one present would wilfully do anything to cause distress to » brother or harm to the brotherhood. I entreat you to consider this subject, not from the standpoint of what is legal, but of what is kind and brotherly." WISCONSIN.
The Grand Master, M. W. Bro. David H. Wright, rendered the following decision: "A petition is presented to Lodge A and rejected. Later, the petitioner moves into the territorial jurisdiction of Lodge B. After living out of the jurisdiction of Lodge A for more than one year, he petitions Lodge B, where he now resides. Lodge B asks Lodge A to surrender jurisdiction. At a stated communication of Lodge A, a vote is taken, the request granted and Lodge B notified. Later, and before the petition is acted upon by Lodge B at its next stated communication, Lodge A reconsiders the request and sends notice to Lodge B before the request has been acted upon. • "Q. Is this reconsideration by Lodge A effectual to retain jurisdiction over the material?
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"A. No. It has lain over from one communication to another, and is too late." This is undoubtedly correct. A motion for reconsideration must be entered at session at which the vote was taken which it is proposed to reconsider, and further, in our opinion, the postponement of a vote on such motion even ought not be allowed. After a reconsideration is ordered, then a motion to postpone further consideration would be entirely proper. The Grand Master reports the death of Past Grand Masters Libbey and Chapin. The Grand Master visited Gorham, Maine, for the purpose of burying Past Grand Master Libbey and to that end opened there, as he said, the Grand Lodge of Wisconsin. The Committee very properly reported that they did not approve the latter attempt and state that said Grand Lodge could not be opened outside of its jurisdiction. The Grand Lodge approved the assertion of the Committee. Of course, this act of disapproval and disavowal was eminently correct. Past Grand Master Aldro Jenks presented his eighth report on Foreign Correspondence. He characterizes the address of our Past Grand Master Delahoussaye as "exceptionably fine." He thus comments on our Grand Master's remarks on conduct in the ante-room: "Under the heading 'Lodge vs. Ante-Room,' he makes some pertinent suggestions. He regards the ante-room as an integral part of the Lodge room, intended for the convenience of the brethren previous to entering the Lodge, and denies that it should be used as a lounging place for smoking and loud talking and other things foreign to the purposes of Freemasonry. A brother Mason's good taste will usually prevent his making a nuisance of himself on such occasions. While the proprieties should be observed, we are not convinced that a few brethren should be so austere as to destroy all sociability in connection with Lodge gatherings." Our brother discourses at length and learnedly on the effect of recognition and the withholding of it. We quote him in part: " I t frequently happens, however, that recognition is refused merely because it is deemed inadvisable or inexpedient at the time to extend the same. Where this is the case we see no objection to Lodges in the two jurisdictions fraternizing with each other, or members thereof exercising the right of visitation. For instance, the new Grand Lodge of Queensland has very generally been refused recognition by American Grand Lodges. There can be no question of the regularity of the Lodges composing the Grand Lodge of Queensland. They were chartered by the Grand Lodges of England and Ireland. Their charters have never been arrested or annulled, and the Grand Lodge was formed with the express sanction of the authorities connected with the Grand Lodge of Ireland. But, because a majority of the legally constituted Lodges of Queensland did not unite in the formation of this Grand Lodge,-it is deemed inexpedient to recognize the same, thus giving it exclusive rights in the province. We can conceive of no reason, however, why a dimit issued by a Lodge subordinate to the Grand Lodge of Queensland should not be accepted universally, or why any regular Mason should not visit these Lodges or hold Masonic communication with their members. This is the course pursued by the Grand Lodges of England and Scotland in dealing with this subject while still refusing recognition to this Grand Lodge. We think it exhibits the true fraternal spirit, and shows a proper conception of Masonic law."
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While we incline to agree with Brother Jenks in what we have above quoted, yet, he does not say the last word on the subject. In the case of Queensland, some of the members of that new Grand Lodge have been suspended from all Masonic rights by the at present recognized authorities in that province. If another Grand Lodge recognizes them and fraternizes with them, the Grand Lodges of England and Scotland may withdraw recognition of the intervening Grand Lodge. Note the present case of New South Wales. As well said by Brother Upton, of Washington, present recognition or Masonic intercourse of any character with Queensland may result in the very reverse of what we desire to accomplish, the harmonizing of the difficulties in Queensland and the establishment of a truly representative Grani Lodge therein. It may extend the conflagration instead of extinguishing it. Again, we might agree that fraternal intercourse with the members of the Lodges constituting the new Grand Lodge would be permitted, but what about the members of new Lodges chartered by the new Grand Lodge? We are seeking light, and have a suggestion for Queensland and similar situations. How would it be should the new Grand Lodge be recognized as a de facto body, not dejure, and without predjudice to the Lodges estabjished and to be established by proper authority in the province? We know well that it is against usage to recognize any Grand body without a recog. nition of its exclusive sovereignty in its territorial jurisdiction, and there, fore do not hesitate to say that we have grave doubts as to the advisability of any sort of recognition of a Grand Lodge short of a full and complete acknowledgment of its possession of every attribute of sovereignty claimed by ourselves, and we make the above suggestion solely to invite discussion of its merits, and not at all because we are prepared to recommend it, for to be perfectly frank, we are not.
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BODIES WITH WHOM WE ARE NOT IN FRATERNAL INTERCOURSE.
We have received a document from the ' 'International Office for Masonic Relations," established at Geneva, Switzerland, giving its history, "18891905." In justice to this office, we quote the following statement: "The Grand Lodge of Switzerland, in assuming the task of organizing and developing the International Office for Masonic Relations, was well aware of both the difficulties and the beauty this work would offer. It was well known to them that the institution of such an office, though irrespective of any denomination or rite and granting absolute autonomy to the Masonic powers, would meet with critics and prejudices. We set to work in perfect good faith, however, without being ignorant of the fact that all human work is from the very beginning subject to all sorts of pardonable errors Different Masonic groups sent in their declarations of assent at once, among them some that were then unknown to us, clandestine and irregular ones, whose exact Masonic position was the more difficult to discern as the Grand Lodges, being in friendly relations with the Grand Lodge of Switzerland, did not vouchsafe to reply to our inquiries. Gradually only, and by profoundly studying Freemasonry, we succeeded in seeing clearly into the organization of universal Freemasonry and in learning to know which of those Masonic authorities were worthy of our confidence, so that to-day we are up to it and able to distinguish very easily which among the innumereble Lodges are clandestine and irregular. We have decided to refuse admission to the office to any Masonic body that is not in friendly relations with the Grand Lodges of the same country and the name of which is not to be found in the lists of the principal Orients as being recognized. Thus, after a minute scrutiny, we have refused to accept, notwithstanding their declarations of assent: The Grand Orient of North America and the Sovereign Sanctuary of Germany, which we let know that we should not enter into negotiations with them, unless their organization were recognized by the Grand Lodges of their respective countries with which we stand in friendly relations. '' Our brethren from the Grand Lodges of America severely reproached us with having convoked to the Congresses of Geneva and Brussels some irregular and clandestine Masonic associations. But we beg them to consider that this invitation was a very difficult thing for us, as we had no exact addresses at our disposal; therefore, we allowed ourselves to be guided by VanDahlen's Almanac and by our representatives. And yet quite a lot of invitations came back with the remark: unknown. "We were criticized, too, for the presence at the Congress of a colored brother from the Grand Lodge of the District of Columbia, yet we declare that it passes our understanding how this invitation was possible, as the respective Lodge was totally unknown to us. There have, indeed, been inevitable uncertainties and errors which are explicable enough and will certainly not be renewed. Besides, if it be known that the number of irregular and clandestine Grand Orients, Grand Lodges and Supreme Councils is nearly as great as the number of the regular and recognized ones, it will easily be comprehended how mistakes and confusions could arjse, As all this happened unintentionally we at least hope to be pardoned.''
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The whole little volumn is interesting. A fraternal spirit and a longing for unity pervades and dominates it. But the vexed question of what constitutes Liberty while unsolved presents a barrier to progress and to unity. We believe in Liberty under law, and that Masonic government exists only so long as it bows to the landmarks and attempts not to be independent of them. To declare that in the Masonic Lodge such freedom of conscience is to be permitted as will guarantee to every Mason the right to publicly bend his knee before God, and at the same time grant to another the privilege of denying the very existence of God, we say, is utterly subversive of that Masonic government which has for its charter the ancient charges. The work of the unification of the Masonic brotherhood has been undertaken by this office, and the only hope of its success lies in this, that it induce all Masonic powers to adhere to the platform of the ancient charges. If it can induce those who have left that platform to return to it, if it can lead the Grand Orient of France, and others who hold like principles to it, to re-establish a belief in God, not as a permitted and pious opinion, but as a principle, and so again place in their rightful niche and dominant place every principle of the ancient brotherhood which constituted its charter and constitution, or fundamental law, then the office will have begun the accomplishment of its avowed desire, but not till then. ST. JOHN'S GRAND LODGE OF MASSACHUSETTS.
We have already treated of this body in our special report to Grand Lodge. It is sufficient to say here that the " Lodges " which organized it had their charters from the "New Grand Lodge of Ohio" (page 11) and that body was formed by certain Lodges "who withdrew their affiliation from the Grand Lodge F. and A. M. of Ohio" (page 10). Acknowledging and fraternizing with the Grand Lodge, F. and A. M., of Ohio, we can recognize no other Masonic power in Ohio, nor the legitimacy of the so-called Lodges of Massachusetts chartered by the seceding Ohio Lodges, who, by the very act of surrender of their allegiance of their Grand Lodge, lost their Masonic vitality. No act of those Massachusetts bodies is of any Masonic authority. The recognition of the St. John's Grand Lodge is a question which we cannot even consider. CONCLUSION.
Your Committee, having been delayed by sickness, was unable to present this report at the communication of the Grand Lodge. We desire to again express our deep regret, and, at the same time, our thanks, for the kind courtesy which has permitted us to complete our work subsequent to the close of the annual session. It is all now respectfully submitted, HERMAN C. DUNCAN,
Chairman.
INDEX TO PROCEEDINGS.
Address of M. W. Grand Master Appeals for Assistance Committee on Work Disciplinary Action , Dispensations • Finance Fraternal Relations. Grand Lecturers Grand Secretary Louisiana Relief -Lodge Masonic Cemetery Necrological Official Visits. Other.Conventions Plan of Masonic Relief Progress of the Craft Reading Masons.... Recommendations Rulings and Decisions Temple Property Yellow Fever
12 ,
40 »5 j.6 S7 37 15 26 38 20 18 ' 16 29 27 39 13 24 Sfi 23 21 20
, .... :
'....
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Account Current. Arreages for Dues Alphabetical List of D. D. G. Masters Alphabetical List of Lodges
30 93 213 225
Balance Sheet, Grand Lodge
61
Certiflcates of Good Standing issued Charters issued Charters Surrendered Committees— Appeals and Grievances : Audit and Accounts Chartered Lodges, Work and Returns Credentials Foreign Correspondence History L o d g e s . U . D . , Work and Returns Masonic Gemetery.. Masonic Law and Jurisprudence : Masonic Relief Mileage Necrology State of the Order Work Committees of Grand Lodge for 1906
49 44 66
Diplomas issued Dispensations, new Lodges Dispensations to Lodges Dispensations continued District Deputy Grand Masters, 1906
83, 90, 63, 70,
69 92 84 4 90
66, 84,
,
92 56 69, 84, 92, 96 70 87 94 88 69 207 49 45 27 47 209, 213
INDEX. Eastern Star Eastern Star Grand Chapter Election of Grand Officers for 1906 Estimate of Receipts and Expenditures, 1906 Expenditures.. Grand Grand Grand Grand Grand Grand Grand Grand Grand
Consistory, Communication from Lodges in Fraternal Relations Secretaries Masonic Bodies, Louisiana Officers, Past and Present Representatives to Louisiana Representatives from Louisiana Representatives, Commissions received Representatives, Commissions issued
87 79 99 62 51 79 236 236 206 229 232 234 48 48
Historical Table of Lodges
214
I n Memoriain Installation of Grand Officers for 1906
247 100
Lodge Statistics Lodges, U. D
53 47
Reception of Graud Representatives '97 ReportsAudit and Accounts 83 Board of Hall Directors 54 Grand Treasurer 43 Grand Secretary 43 Louisiana Relief Lodge 48, 85 State of the Order 88 Register and Work of Lodges 238 Representatives present 4, 82, 91 Roll Call of Lodges 11, 82, 91 Rob. Morris Chapter No. 1, O. E. S., Communication from 79, 80 Resolutions— Appropriations 85, 98, 99 By Committiee on Plan of Masonic Relief 81 On Grand Lecturer 78, So On Grand Orator 87 On Grand Secretary 85 On Mileage 87 On Non-payment of Dues 81, 87 On Plan of Masonic Relief 70 On Portraits of Bros. Gordy and Hines 87 On Purchase of Jewel for P. G. M 99 On Reduction on Degrees 98 Trial Balance Temple Property
52 89
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