The Wilmington daily Republican., 1895-10-11
NATmNAL MAsoNS
They win Conclude Their ses-
sion this Afternoon.
BANNERS or THE ORDER
nasst wsr-hiprni Grand ofacess ars Eiectsa
sns orhsr Ba.laes- frassscsed. HIS
tory OF she order.

Tho sixteenth trlennial session OF the
most worshlpful Grand Lodge of Ancient
Free. and accented York masons which
comes 10 . close today after one OF tho
most succeessful COMMUNICATIONS ever
held. Yesterday afternoon the Grand
Lodge paraded and the formation was z
creditaole one. In tho eyenlng IN Turn or
lioiy installed and q grand reception fol-
lowed which continusd until early morn
ing.
The stage was decorated with potted
plants and banners gave the scene
cupied eeats on the stage. Prominent
among the banners was one containing
portraits Of Prince Hall, Grand Maeter Of
the fret Grand Lodge Of Masons. Thomas
sandsrson Junior Warden. and Boston
Smith Senior Warden. This lodge was
organized on March 49, ITO In the city OF
Boston. Among the troops there were
English MasoDs and they formed the lodge
OF fourteen members. Prince Hall
Messers sanderson and Smith being the
officers.
In I7s4 after the orIgInators OF the lodge
had returned to England. the Boston Ma
sons petitioned to the English lodge for
q warrant nnd IL was granted. 1t was
numbered 459 and Il today appears on the
British register. From the lodge was
lpEm0u Othuu t@uuEoo npd bAuoo4uohttI
the National Grand Lodge OF the United
States. In l647 committeos from the dlf-
ferent lodges met at Boston and estab.
iished national agreement whereby all
tho State lodges surrendered their pre-
tended authority to the national body.
who warranted all the State lodges.
Thus 1t will be seen that the lodge as It
is to-day lie the only legitimate body OF
colored masons In the United States.
During past years certain members have
q ll...H (A. dana nj
and 1t has been those ex members who
have organized state unions calling them.
selves Free and Accepted Masons" q
tile which has not been legally conferred
upon them.
Prominent among the other banners
vanla. which lodge Is the oldest one In
the United States. The lodge wac organ.
lied In 1915, but In 1S47. when the ma
tiOnai compact was formed the body took
out warrant under that body. Robert
Harris is the present grand master.
The Hiram Grand Lodge OF Delaware is
the second oldest. being organized in
1885. Joseph W. Sewell is the present
grand master.
King solomon Lodge of Arkansas is
third. having been organized on June "a.
1857; Rev. q. Mao Neal 10 the present
grand master. J. p. Palmer Ia the present
grand master OF bhe lodRe OF Arkansas
which was Instituted 10 1857 and Rev. Geo.
Bailey grand master OF st. Johns Lodge,
| OF New Jersey instituted in December '0l.
The last grand lodge represented by BAN
ners was Mount olive Lodge OF Virginia
OF which W. A. Helton is grand master.
This lodge was Instituted In 1893.
These are the grand officers elected and
installed last night: Captain. W, d.
Matthews. Most Worshipfui Grand Mas
ter.
| National Grand Officers.
Rev. q. V. Peterson, N. W N. d. G. NJ,
Merchantsville. N. Jersey Post office box,
| 2l2
VIM. Il. Watson. NJ. W. N. S. G. W,
j. ". Ringgold, NJ. VIM. G. w., ssc
Walnut street. Wilmington. Del.
Peter Bennett. NJ W. N. g. Treas,
". D. Kelley. NJ. W. NC. sec'y. No
sas.
Phillip Mathews. M. W. N. G. Tyler
Galveston. Texas.
+. J. Kidd. N. ". N. D. D. G. NJ. for the
Southeastern ID. U. N. A.
Freuerck Lawrence. NJ W. N. d. d. G.
III. for the South western d. U. u. N. A
Headquarters Seattle, &, OF Washington
Thomas Jefferson Martin. M. W. N. @
Lecturer. Dewagiac. Michigan. S. W
d strict.
Thomas r. olasooe. No. ITO Meetin.
street. Providence. r. l., for N. E. Dis
trict
These are the appointed officers: J. "
Cbildress, Pa, NJ. w. N. @. s. D.; Edward
Miller. Knoxville. Tenn. Nj. W. N. G. ID.
Cheshire Brown. Keystone. W. Va, M. W
N. q. s. s.; Thos. Ratcliffe Poeahontas
Va, NJ. W. N. G. J. s.. Rev. b. NJ Taylor
Rev. w. A, J. Phillips, Ray II. II. Allen
Geo. McNesl. J. Il. Young, W. N. G. Chap
lains; Bayard Sordon. Wilmington, Del.
Joshua III. Maddox Belalr, Nd. standart
bearers.
Res oluttons were passed thanking tn
citizens for the hospitality shown then
and the newspapers of the city for thei
klndnesses. Under the Grand Lodge ther
are In the several States auxiliary lodge
called ladles' courts, ard the followln
were represented at the meeting: s. 4
Ruth Court. No. 2. Kansas City; Jonatha
= Davis Court. No ]. Leavsn worth CITY
Kansas; st. Mary's Court, No. /, Knox
Vile. Tenn; also the court OF this city b
reports. The courte are presided over b.
ladies' called Most Ancient Matrous.
A committee was appointed on purchns
ing ground to build a National MasonI
TEN pie, at Kansas, for permanent plae
for National Headquarters for tho Graf
to meet, and for all Masonic records; ais
building q National Masonic Home ior tn
old aDu lnfirm Worthy Master Mason
and Widows and building National Ma
sonlo Seminary for educating orpha
children Of deceased Worthy Master Ma
sons, etc.