The Washington bee., 1896-12-12

! of the population, Il ulSnltary OF eX-
! ceeding high rank in Masonic circles.
G., and his card, which bears the
He has arrived from Washington, d.
name of Thornton A. Jackson, NJ. p.
>. Grand Commander and Grand Or
ganizer, announces him to be thirty
third and ninety-sixth degree Mason.
This latter degree may be something
of puzzIer to the white brethren, but
lit was expIa ned by one of the fraternity
that he distinguished visitor is at the
head of the Colored Masons and that
in Colored Masonry there is no limit to
the degrees which may be had
In private life Grand Commander
! Jackson is barber. He was formerly
manager of the Senate Barber Shop,
but was turned down at the last seS-
sion for reasons best known to the
patrons, and he is now running a shop
on PENNSYLVANIA avenue. He cuts con-
siderable of a figure in Washington
bon-ton colored society.
There are breakers in the local Col
ored Mason circles and they are all
caused BY the announCemt mt in The
Press that Thornton A. Jackson, of
| Washington, a ninety-sixth degree
Mason, was in the city. The morning
following the announcement one of the
morning papers announced under
great headlines that several degrees
had been conferred the evening pre-
vious by the distinguished visitor, and
that IT had been great event in Col
ored Masonic circles.
An investigation was at once started
and now they are all by the ears.
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lustrious ninety-Sixth degree man as
an impostor and others state that he is
not even in good standing in the order.
Yesterday afternoon a delegation of
local brethren called upon The Press
and left communication, in which it
is stated that the illustrious Thornton
A. Jackson, +. g., and Great Com
mander. has been suspended from the
United Supreme Council.
|. They declare that there is a consis-
tory in this city under the illustrious
John G.. Jones, of Chicago, with the H.
lustrious J. {. Craig, the well-known
known barber of this city, as Grand
commander, and that none OF the
local members are affiliating with the
, distinguished visitor. AS TO the de-
greeS he is alleged to have conferred in
This city, Grand Inspector John A
Bell, who is sexton of the Fountain
S rect Baptist Church, said: "We
know nothing at all about it, We have
been trying to find out something
about the affair, but all we can learn is
that some of the local { 'olored Masons
assembled IN our lodge rooms on that
night with MIR. Jackson and he con-
ferred several degrees There were
seven or eight of them present. We
know nothing about this ninety-sixth
degree of his, for the highest we 20 is
the thirty-third. "
This morning Sovereign Grand In
spector John A. Bell, called again
upon The Press and he had official
documents from the Supreme Council,
announcing the expulsion of Mr.. Jack
son from the order. The paper is
dated at Chicago, November 7, 1895, |
and states that on account Of his defeat |
for reelection, Jackson with others /
had withdrawn from the Supreme
Council and attempted 10 start another |
of their own, and for this they were |
expelled.
Under date Of May 27, is another
communication from the same source, |
warning the local brethren against the |
advances of these boilers and expelled |
members. Mr.. Bell has learned the
names of the local members who took
the degrees from Jackson and he gives
them for publication as follows: !. !.
Adams, David A. Moore, David Will
ianS, ID. F. Redell, Albert Crackett,
Charles A. PinCkney, Rev. J. H. Alex |
ander, Daniel Johnson, ID. G. Ander-
IL
!. F. ]. Boland, and Joseph Ford. He
further explains that the ninety sixth
degree is something entirely unknown
by the Supreme Council and not recog-
nizcd by it.
Past Grand Master, ]. George of the
G. U. 0. OF T. c. Washington branch
did the act last Wednesday. In the
evening Grand Master, w H. Mar
shall, Grand Directors, Jack Cowan,
Pluto, Rev. ID. Butler, of Ana.
costa and Sir Knight H. Williams Ie61
celebrated the occasion by doing Mis-
Sionary work. They had a drag.
Hurrah for Thanksgiving They in {
'peCted different sections of the CITY
md stopped in and paid respects,
tic. Q's wild you.) Z
The Grand Commandery of X. T., Is
If Pennsylvania made trip to Wood !
berry, N. J., to assist the Grand |,
lodge in the laying of a cornerstone \
there was one thousand Fraters in I
inc from Pennsylvania and fifty Blue :
lasons. The Grand Herold, Sir Ike }
Holland blowed the bugle as usual.
he Grand Court of Cyrene will plant
new court at said place in a few \
avs. I
COMING EVENTS. +
December 6, School at p. m. De-
ember s, Palestine Commandery De- y
ember 9, Crane Lodge at 7 80 p. m. =,
'eCember g, Eureka Chapter; De- Y
ember 10, De Moley Commandery =
ecemher II, Washington Command Z
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POINTS. e,
Don think that you can use person R
this day and time as lemon with Jo