Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-06-15


The nineteenth annual cOnv0cation of
[ the Grand Royal Arch Chapter Of North
/ Carolina assemblies in Wilmington on
the 14th OF June, at 10 o'clock am.
The Grand Lodge Of Maryland closed
its labors on the 18th Ult. a resolution
providing for the holding Of but one ses-
sion a year was laid over until November
next, at which time the Grand Lodge
meets again.
Potomac Chapter, Georgetown, de-
cliued to take part in forming the Grand
r. A. Chapter in ID. c., and continues
allegiance to the Grand Chapter Of Md.
and D. c.
The officers Of the new Grand Chapter
formed at Washington, ID. c., were duly
installed on the 23d ult 4 special con-
vocation Of the Grand Chapter Of Mary
land and the ID. c., met on the 10th ult.,
and aftehede consideration declared the
division of the jurisdiction complete,
thus legalziug the formbesty"( the Qeys
body. The property ha7of Paris. .,srsos.iisi Z
divided, and we hope be ereding will
now prevail amonge say Arties con
Says the Fort Valley, (Ga.) Gazette:
In looking over the last report of the
Grand Lodge Of Georgia, of F. and A.
MasOns, We find returns from DDS Lodges,
with 1916 members, or about an aver
age Of siXty-seven 10 each Lodge re-
ported. The total number of Lodges in
the state is 263. Atlanta Lodge No. So
has $40 members-the largest in the
state.
The National EFeen3aS07t T New York.,
despairs OF arousing the order in the
North to sense sof their duty to assist
and revere the starving families Of Ma
SONS in North Carolina and Georgia, and
appeals 10 the future Judgment with the
hope that every one then will be able 10
justify himself that to the appeal of his
Cogntrymen he has turned a deaf ear,
to the cry OF the hungry, he has not
given heed" II says:
at seems impossible to break through
the shield of apathy which has appa-
Tently incrusted the Masonic heart in re-
Iation to the pitiful condition of our
friends in the southern states dying Of
hunger. We hear of all the famine
plague, we know that men, women and
beg for the most simple element
of human sEstenance, that in many
cases they have actually died because I
there was not at their command food of |
any kind, however coarse, and 1
vet we do not open our hearts or our |
and in most instances appear I
TO treat the appeal of human beings for |
suceor as we might the cry of the beasts |
that perish"
The proceedings of the Grand Lodge |
Of North Carolina contain valuable in /
to the brethren of the Order in .
the stale, the Constitution and Bylaws |
Of the Grand Lodge, together with the
resolutions now in force, having a per-
manent bearing, being printed with
them. The number of Lodges formerly
and present existing are reported to be
}60; total membership and resident |
Masons not members, 1895
NEBRASKA.--Unth the i9thCf March, 1865,
The Representatives. fthe several Chapters
IF r. A. Masons of Nebraska, assembled
Il the Masonic hail in Plattsmouth. and
,Oting under the authority of the NJ. E.
Dep. Grand High Priest, Ira 4. w.
Buck, of Illinois, duly organized the q.
Chapter of Royal Arch MasOns for the
state of Nebraska. The next cOnvOca-
ion of the Grand Chapter of Nebraska
was to take place in Omaha City on Mon
lay, the 18th of June.
INDIANA.-Ir Grand LOdge.-At its late
Meeting fraternal visits we're made by
Bros. Sparrow g.. NJ and Caldwell
G.. s.. of Ohio
The Grand Master in his address dwells
IpOn this the 1lftieth annual meeting of
he Grand Lodge. Fifty years ago the
Of six chartered Lodges.
md three under dispvusations, assembled
n COTyden TO organize a Grand Lodge.
)f that little band hut three remain,
Bros. jeremiah Sullivan, Nicholas ID.
5rever Sand John B. Rose. The storm
# anti Masonry swept over the state in
S2S, and from thirty odd Lodges upon
he registry, the Grand Lodge opened
With the presence Of but nine Lodges,
md in 1884 with that Of only three char
cred Lodges. In 1914 the Grand
lodge was composed of seventeen
lodges, and now every city, town
md hamlet feels its influence, /
There are 334 Lodges under charter and
wenty-eight under dispensation. The
from a few hundred has
cached 10000. The Grand Master pro-
laims the true doctrine of Masonry as to
differences in politics and religiOn-that ,
hey must have no place in our Masonic !
Reference is made to the |
of the District of Columbia, !
ION -aiiiliatiOn, dues, the prOpriety of a
dasonic officer resigning, the import I
nee OF short reports from committees of !
oreign correspondence, the demand for ,
speedy trial and punishment of a Mas
er OF a Lodge charged with moral de-
nquency, throwing safeguards upon ,
he augmentation Of Lodges, and pre- I
CRYING our rituals intact. The Grand {
faster maintains that the Grand Lodge 7
lay prescribe what qualifications ,
Ir0ther shallsbe in possession Of before
eing installed Master of a Lodge. Bro. /
Iazelrigg beautifully alludes to the life I
nd peaceful death Of Bro. Hays, the ,
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