The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1893-06-29
SATURDAY.
A BIG DAY FOR THE MAsoNS.
THE ExcURSIUN A SUCCESS
WHILE THE OCCASION WAS
ENJOYED BY ALL
Big Stone Gap Extends a Hearty
Welcome 20 It's Visitors.

pany an excursion train left Bristol
this morning bound for Big Stone
Gap, the object being for the purpose
of raising funds for the benefit OF the
Masonic Orphans Home, at Rich
mond, Va, and also to give the mem-
bers Of the different lodges along the
line of the S. A. IL @. a day Of pleas
ure and All opportunity to visit Big
Stone Gap.
At different points along the line
the crowd was incrcased-by non
Masons as well as Masons-until on
reaching the Gap there were between
! 800 and 400 people on board the cars.
Although the Big Stone Gap Lodge
had but short notice of the intention
of their visiting brethren, still. the
members were not to be caught
mapping. \ hasty but entertaining
program was arranged, and when the
excursionists arrived they were met
at the depot by committee from the
lodge at this place and accompanied
to tho Intermont hotel. AT the hotel
the members of the Big Stone Gap
Lodge, in bright regalia. awaited the
arrival of tho visitors. Soon after
the arrival OF the dummy" i'll front
of the Intcrmont q double column
was formed which, to the step of a
lively piece of music by fhe Ayers
Cornet Band, took up the line Of
/ march to Poplar Hill. Arriving in
the beautiful grove or top of the hill,
after several pieces of music by the
band, the exercises of Che day were
opened with prayer, by Rev. J. B..
Craft.
Next came the address of welcome,
bv Mr.. j. C. Maynor. While Mr..
Maynor's time was limited in which
to prepare his address, still it was
to the point, we'll delivered and
thoroughly convinced the strangers
that hearty welcome was offered
them.
Rev. j. B. Craft, in behalf Of the
visitors, in his easy and happy off
hand manner, responded to the adj
dress of Mr.. Maynor, and said that
after receiving such hearty welcome
he and his friends almost felt like
taking charge of the town while here.
After returning many and profuse
thanks on the part of himself and
friends Mr.. Craft closed his pleasant
response, after which dinner WAS an.
nounced by DR.. J. c. Primer. and
the way that basket dinner was de-
stroyed was plenty TO behold"
After dinner the visiting Masnns
were conducted to the lodge room Of
Big Stone Gap Lodge, No. 2OS, where
the following officers of said lodge
were installed
Joshua Mullins, w. NJ; ]. n. Hell
ly, S. w; C. E. Spaulling, j. W.;
|. II. Hudson, S. d.; G. +. Jones, }.
d.; l. T. Taylor, Tyler; j. Z. Bum
and j. c. Maynor, Stewards.
The Posi- was unable to secure a
list of the visiting Masons from
Mendoza. The following is partial
list of those present from the differ
cnt lodges naboo
RYE Cow, No. 49,. H. Carter,
j. +. Horton, w. NJ. Upton, Thos.
Bishop, R. +. Bell, w. H. Childress,
81. B. Craft, Jos. Taylor, j. G. Hale,
w. B. Hale, S. II. Starncs, 5. l..
Clark, l. n. WEIGH, }. NJ. Horton,
Reese Bowen.
SHELBY (Bnlsron) No. 1922. H.
Gose.
CArLKrr (GArK Clry) No. So.
A. Ewing, G. w. Coley, j. y. Mann,
d. Shelton, H. 7. Vinegar, NJ. I.
Berry.
STEWART YELLow SpnIscs) No.
224.-C. T. Barker, Sam'l Taylor,
6. w. Lattery, n. G. Fugate, +. 5.
Fugatc.
The large crowd present was we'll
behaved, and when the return train
departed in the evening the visitors
went away, carrying with them
kindly feeling for Big Stone Gap
and it's people, brought about by the
days intermingling, never to be for
gotten.
MEssns. Jso. N. Barker and L. NJ.
Wade, two leading and influential
citizens Of Turkey Cove, were in town