Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-12-03
THE SECRET SOCIETIES.
MASONRY.

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On Monday evening last Wheeling
Commandery, No. 1, met in monthly
conclave, with a full turnout Of Jealous
warriors there, ready for warfare and
full prepared for the fray, but as no en-
envy appeared on the scene their imple-
mentS for carnage was not needed, and
In consequence they we're only required
10 take uD and act on routine business.
On Tuesday evening Bates Lodge No.
SO, met as usual with a very large num-
Der of Jealous brethren and visitors pres
ent, and who were there TO assist in
work, in which they were not disap-
pointed, for q candidate came and who
was then and there made a master ma
son under the personal supervision Of
WorShipful Master Conrad HirsCh, who
with the assistance OF a
competent corps officers did several SEC
tionS Of the ritual in a most impressive
as well as in solemn form, aud must
have made an impress on the minds Of
the brethren as well as on that of the
candidate which will remain vivid and
forcible for life.
On last Monday the fraternity of
Wheeling were shocked and most deeply
affected by the announcement Of the
death of Observation-Disclosures
Knight Louis S. Delaplain, a Mason the
fraternitp loved, whose life as a man
and as a member of the great fraternity
was pure, and whose life in the world
was without a spot, without a blemish,\
who was ever active not only in his bus
mess, but also In performing his duties
as q Mason and who did not cease to
labor and help to build the temple OF
man, until the iniTmities of age bore
TOO heavily on his shoulders, but which
did not cause him TO be less active as to
tho cause and It's good work, as he
was ever ready to give not only advice
To the lowlieSt of the craftsman, but his
purse was also az their command, both
Of which were often sought and was
ever cheerfully given.
From Masonic history we learn he
was made an entered Apprentice Au-
gust 9th, 1888, passed to the degree Of
Fellow Craft September Sd, 1888, and
raised a Master Mason October 1st,
1888, in Ohio Lodge No. l, where he
was a continuous member for more than
fity.dYe years and 10 good standing at
death. During the years 1870 and ls41
he served the lodge as Junior Warden,
and although IL does elected to etfice,
yet the records show him 10 be q regu-
lar attendant at the communications of
the lodge Gin the earlier years Of his
Masonic iife) and also TO have been one
OF the active workers therein. He was
exalted to a Royal Arch Mason
in Wheeling Union Chapter between
the dates of October 1st, 1888,
and March 10th, 1910, at which time
he received the Red Cross degree in
Wheeling COmmandery No. I, for it
was necessary for him 20 be a Royal
Arch Mason 10 become q Knights Tenn
Mar. which order and that of Malta
was conferred on him March 18th,
1910. His warfare as a Il nights Tenn
plar was a continuous one and until
death, and we'll did ne serve his master
for ffty-three years. He held the
Office OF Captain General in the year Of
1S4l. that Of Treasurer in the year Of
1874 and 1S45, and as Sword Bearer in
lS47 and 1S4S. while history does not
show him 10 have been elected to fur
Their office ia the ~commandery. The
records show he was ever active ana
valiant in the noble aus and in the
good work of the Temple" aud
ceased only to perform it when the de-
cling years OF life heavily pressed
uuon him, and he found it
70 be necessary to abstain
from 1t, meeting aud duties.
that he could obtain that rest required
to perform the task which pressed him
daily in his business concerns.
On December cath, 1876, he with %
other Sir Knights of the COmmandery
withdrew and organized Cyrene Com
mandery No. :, and on whose rolls he
ever after was found cen till death.
Such was the Masonic life OF Brother
Companion Sir Knight Delaplain, whose
burning taper of life though entin-
tinguished now shines in our very souls
as the MONDAY u TO munine 1t and
follow in the light Of the world, which