The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1879-01-24
GRAND LODGE or ODD FELLOWS.
PRoGEEDISSGS or THE ANSUALssESSION
RECENTLY HELD IN CHESTER. /
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DINA was begun, at Chester on We'd !.
nesday, January Is, 1879, at 10 A.
NJ, with Grand Master VIZ. Bar
ton IN the chair and Past Grand r.
DeMars as Secretary pro TEN: :
After prayer: the Grand Lodge was
opened in ample form and new mem
bers received tue degrees. ..
The Grand Masters report was
read and referred to special coin
mittce, namely, Bros, Fischer, Curtis
and Trump. " a q
The Grand Sccrctary's report was
read and referred to Bros Emlym,
Fischer and Nfastcrnan as the Fl
nance Committee. :"
The report Of tile Grand TFeassu, rer
was also referred 70 the Finance
Committee. .'7'' t'f't"'
The report Of the Grand Reprcsen-
tatiye was referred to tile above spe.
cial committee. -@4"f'."
The amendment to ;he constitution
reducing the salary Of the Grand Sec
retary from 5000 to $50 per annum
was adopted. ~ s.. """''
Nominations for "fficers were then
made, and the election madethe spc-
cial order for 5 p. M. ''''
An appeal from Marion Ledge, Of
Charleston, rs to whether anS accept
cd note for dues placed member in
good standing was decided in the
negative. y =
An assessment of 25 c,e1,ts per
capita was levied upon surbotdinate
lodges, should the funds, in tile opin-
ion of the Grand Master, be needed
for the purposes Of the Grand Lodge.
The election for officers was then
entered Tito, and the following elect
ed:
cs;anni, e'nna n'sts'-S. .1" W. 13ee%p' ae4 Of
Deputy Grand Master-F. Nv. Sin
dorf, of Charleston.
Grand Warden-A. FiscLcs, Of Or
angeburg. =
Grand Treasurcr-Jno. Heeseman,
Of Charleston.
Grand Sccretary-H. n. Emlyn,
Of Columbia.
Grand Marshall. w. Rothrock,
Of Chester.
Grand Conductor-E, DcMars, OF
Orangeburg.
k Grand Guardian-A. III. Dayega,
of Chester. Il
Grand Herald-Benjamin jackson,
OF Greenville.
Grand Representatives,. John
ston, of Ntwberry.
1t was ordered that the installation
of officers be postponed until 0 A.
NJ, Thursday, the 10th.
After the transaction Of secret bust
ness and accepting the Invitation OF
Lafayette Lodge, of Chester, to a
supper, tile Grand Lodge took re-
cess until the hour for installation.
The Grand Lodge reassembled at 8
A. NJ. Oh Thursday, the 10Th, Grand
Master w. f. Barton in the chair.
The officers elect we're then install.
ed in Il lodge of the fifth degree, in
the presence Of large representa-
tion Of the order.
The Grand Representative then in
structed the members of the order in
the initiatory and other degrees, in
Guiding the degree of Rebecca. He
also informed the members that their
sisters, daughters and wives had been
made eligible to membership in the
Rebccca degree, and that the mini
mum aye was Is.
After rcopening the Grand Lodge,
Grand Master Trump made the fol-
lowing appointments:
District Deputy Grand Masters
Orangeburg, A. Fischer Chester, +.
Kahn Charleston, +. W. Sindorf
Grecnville, II. j. Epting; Spartan
burg, T.. w. Cummings; Newberry,
John Thompson Columbia, NJ. Er-
Itch ; Camden, G. j. Dunlap.
The following standing committees
were appointed:
Finance Committec-E. j. Master
man, E. w. Cummings, II. G. Roth
rock. .a (. ~
Elections and Returns-J. l..
Chambers, M. FL liclt, j. f. Kuhland.
State of the Order-W. +. Barton,
Silas Johnstone, O. w. Curtis, A.
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