The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-12-11

manhood, asks no eulogy. nor could we pest0~s
atIlpg one while we bend under the ntsG snooh ~
bereavement. While our hearts ere stficken wiz
sOrrow, we can only remember now we shall uso
tine venerable form, the warm hand Clasp, tne
wise counsel, the temperate Judgment, anu
aThat hest portion OF a good mans life,
his little namsless, uulememoereo ac1s
or kindness and OF love-"
When time shall scar over our nov o,seo asd
wounds. ntting hands will gather up the threads
OF this broken life and weave them INTO q Weo VI
harmony and beauty. But that we may give
some expression to our sorrow. l recommenu "
the Craft throughout the entire STATE tnat ouI
Jewels and the horns Of our altar be drapeo IN
| mournlng for the space OF sixty days, anu ~ We
bswail our fallen CHIEF, may we emula'e ene VIZ
| tues we are 80 proud to remember. 49,.
During the recess intelligence reacnea me Lla'
| Right Worshipfui Will I'm T. Walter, OF Colunnis
| nasJ senior grand warden. died from NOME u q
pal fut illness. Brother water was wen nrdsr Gifted
| with q large humanity. ne deVoIea nim u.s. W
| those who we're captured during tne late Wa, a aua
/ were combined at Columbia, and IN noIe 'nau Ny
instance he obtained permission OF tue aullio.L'
tIes 70 allow the captured Federal se!dleIs ~
visit their brethren during their hours OF laoof' 10
i neino responsible for their safe return. -..,
u nave during the past year granted alspsnsa'
aoaS ,o " : are as follows, and I recommend
that warrants Of constitution be granite I; Comfy.
/. July ~, at Grove s alton; Gp1e eTn veil Con
2. June Is. Campbel's Bridge, Marion Uou9's'
q Juue Is, Wiillford store. Anderson county.
6. July /, Bouknight Ferry, EageaS,o
a July ri, Dean swamp, Aiken GouuVy.
. ncfohsr :, Monticello, FAIRFIELD County:
Sct0Ser 90 HarlyiIle, Oar ington County.
The reports OF the grand treasurer ana ro ene
hniidinr committee will be presented ior your
tnTormstIop aud approval, and though we nave
nno aued In a debt Of some magnitude, feel con
nJent that, by rigid economy, 1t can DC easily
nq !ca . rsnoI r. On q foreign correspondence will be
nresented by the grand secretary, and WIN eA.
hint ths Grand body II fraternal intercourse WIN
the Masonic world, with one exception. ,n,,
Won The necessity OF adopting the proposed
ameadmeut TO our constitution. requiring an
annual payment Of one dollar for eacn d'grse con.
Ierred. and an additional sum or one aollar ioI
every lodge member, to be paid to this grand
body, Our financial condition makes " lnpela.
live and 1 doubt not that in Your wisdom you
will readily perceive the necessity lor suon
Al YOUR last grand annual communicated IN
order to produce uniformity OF worK 80 essentlai
To the successful conduct OF Masonry. you re-
CURED that the subordinate loages Tnu psn S Mo'
the grand master should appoint for each Masonic
dIsslics . district let, deputy Ip0lSni Efsnd an %a Tso ' SoUss
i BEVl6 9QOulu 10 Ilkup
mold lfice at the pleasure OF the grsno master.
In conformity with our reso u n, the state mas
peen dist-Icted, aud the following appointments
made. / respectfully ask q confirmation Oh "nas
ns = n,strict Consisting of AbbevIlle, Anderson,
Ocohee and P~ickens-Brother F. A. Conner.
2. DlsGrics consisting Of Greenvtle, Laurens'
slartanonrs ana HpIO9C oT Gseste r. Fair esti' and
Yoik-Brother James q. Rion. -. -n
4. district consisting OF Edgeneld, Lexington
and Newberryasrosnef F. :, W. Is UesSns: Kersnaw
and Richland-Brother 9: 7. Berg, .,.u. o,a
6. District consisting Of Barnwell, Beaufort ana
7. District consisting OF Charleston and Cone'
ton-Brother Charles Ing esby. n,--
8. District consisting OF Cnesterneld Daring
ton s S;a, nsEl ss1s'.1iaS Of cl al END a51y Sumter and
Williamson, g--Brother 7. '. Walsh. -
10. District consisting OF Georgetown, Horny
and M~nrion-Brother 3. A Durham.
On the 2S,h Of S9o maf fse b ! ssSs,Ssu Of Z p p.TSe Star ar in q
the East Lodge.n located at ST. Thomss, Wnlcn
petltIon entreated that they be allow O ~ con-
t,une their WORK under Our sanction aud autnor.
n.y.. The caI,s . Of inc ap pr Isdses on . I 9ne Is and
OF 81. Thomas hold their onarsers ilom sae Su
preme Council OF France and the Grand Lodge OF
denmark. The Star IN the East Looge," nolo:
mo It's charter from the Grand Lodge OF Colon.
Cuba, was refused recognition, On the grouno
that the said grand body was no. known 70 pc 10
existence, The brethren or tne lou2e MAKING
the application for a dispensstlon TO oonInae
their iabors, are good and true Masons. aed have
acted throughout The entire a1atr u good laltn.
At nrst they applied to Brother Andrew CassaIo,
OF New York. TO procure them q warrant ilom Lhe
supreme Council Of the United states lor the
Southern Jurisdiction, but he inform:d them mat
the Supreme Council did not grant charters TO
SYMBOLIC lodges, even abroad, and advl ed them
TO apply to tine the e MsTs l Ioss Sp 81 po U9aSn, EaV Of their
chatter. Not being recognized by tnelr sistsr
lodges on the island as legitimate, they sought
t Ia regard to Spanish lodges. 1T appears, by our
records. that on March 29th. 1918, Q warrant OF
constitution was granted Dy tnis 9ooy 10 La Coa,
ssancis Lodge, No. so; and again, on tue Slst OF
March, 1919. one year later, Q warrant wss
granted In ike manner for the establishment OF
La Amended Lodge, No. 50, both In The City OF
Havana: In q few years III ta eI'at to ~ son su,rssusa
it is said, OF the political and religious state OF
snsirs to which they were subjected ~ tne span.
ish government. A warrant was alterwards
ss y %. for the purpose Of establishing, with two
! other lodges Already existing on the island, q
Grand orient Of Cuba. The object having been
accomplished, st. Andrews Lodge has been VIII.
drawn from this jurisdiction. 1t is needless 70
ssy that, under the circumstances, the prayer OF
| the petitioners was not grsnler; but | am HAPPY
to be Informed that the eut1re dimculty mas been
settled, and We bid her success IN ner laoors. -.
grand master, to lay the corner. stones OF the new
market at sumter and the Courthouse at C0ium.
bla, and to deliver addresses incident 10 Doth
occasions. It not being convenient for me TO be
present I appointed District Deputy Grand Mas
tiers Walsh and 8erg as my proxies.
On the 10th Of February. l received an appnca-
tlon through the hands OF Z. W. Brother A. @.
Gooda l charq ID with the foreign correspondence
Of the Northern Supreme Council Thlrty.third De.
gree. and. pei haps. more tnau any orotner IN the
country, du Jdft on the Standing OF Masonic bod.
len abroad, to appoint q grand representative FOR
this oody near the Grand Orient OF Brazil, valley
OF LsvradIo. Before ] accepted the INVITATION
and made the appointment, l satisfied myself mat
this IL the only regular Masonic DO y IN Brazil;
and it has been constantly hampered and tmped-
ed in It's progress by an irregular organization at
Benedlotiones, which, itns SAID. has sought not
onIy TO interfere with its rightfnl Jurisdiction. but
to mysify and thus prevent 8 fair hearing oy
other Masonic powers Ia the world. Tne rtght
has, however, trlumpned, We are told, aud the
Grand Oriens Of Lavradio has been recognized as
the ooly and Justly formed Masonic grand body
in the territory named. Past Grand Master John
W. Simonds, OF New York, personally examined
the question relating 10 It's Organization and
lAbors, and has recommended this body TO the
naternal greetings OF the American grand bodies
for intercourse and interchange OF representa-.
lives. We shsuld be more inclined TO this recon-.
mendation, from she fact that the Grand Orient
or Brazil, Valley OF Lavradio, accepts and acts
upon the American platform In regard TO Jurt:.
dicuon. 1t has suspended all intercourse with