The Washington bee., 1897-07-17
SECRET ORDERS
EDITORIAL SYNOPSIS.

SEANE1 OINbGNS
EDITORIAL SYNOPSIS.
Nothing is more distasteful in secret
orders than "crank leaders" | mean
men who have the positions and allow
their craniums to become evaporated.
Leaders proper, in politics, religion,
or secret orders, are the men who run
the machine in other words lay on the
designs. Considerable trouble has
been caused in churches, politics and
secret orders by "crank leaders. We
are now enjoying a specimen IN the
D. c. In looking over the papers
there is great kick about the colored
people not getting proper treatment
from the whites. We will admit that
a great many things have been un-
done, etc, but our advice to the Ne
gro of this great country is to adopt
the motto of united efforts and mutual
benefits. Secret orders teach US that
"United we stand, divided we fall,
and no secret order can prosper where
the leaders conflict. A true leader
never allows his head to be swelled.
1t is only the small official who sees
himself from a magnifed standpoint.
Such men are always better outside
than in, because by their cranklness
they impede the progress OF their or
der and spread dissension in its midst,
and the result is, lots of trouble fol-
low. The only way such men can be
reached is by the ballot. Members OF
orders should bear in mind one thing,
the best men for the places. The
same rule can safely be used IN
churches and politics, etc, trust GER
tain individuals in the D. c. will take
a tumble. No institution will prosper
that does not carry out its aims and
principles as laid off on the Irestle
Board, etc. Take such leaders as
Frederick the Great, General Grant,
Napoleon Bonaparte and others that
we could name and it will be found
that they were unaSsuming in every
particular. (We rest here.)
GEMS FROM THE QUARRlES.
Prince Hall Consistory of Chicago,
numbers o2 Masters of the Royal Sc
cret, and John @. Jones ConSistory OF
Washington, d. c., numbers $50 Mas
tiers of the Royal Secret and by the
end of the year it will number $50. S.
P. r. S.
WHERE HE BECAME A MASON.
Views of the Lodge sent to the
President. Hiram Lodge, No. 81, A.
F, and A. NJ, Winchester, Va, where
President Mckinley was made a Ma
son. toward the close of the war, has
had some beautiful views taken and
sent to the President. These views
show the exterior of the old building
in which the lodge was located, and
the interior of the lodge room, lnclud-
ing a photograph of the old wooden
stairway which the President trod to
reach the lodge room.-f'rOm baSh.
Star, JNLy7.
ToHN HAY INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL.
The Iobn Hay Industrial school
WAS dedicated on July q, with
annropriate ceremonies. The at
fair was under the auspices OF the col
ored Odd Fellows:
The following officers were named:
Board of Directors, Kew. Kooert b.
Robinson, president, Rev Alexander
Truatt. Treasurer, Magnus l.. Robln-
son secretary, ]. P. Williams and w.
c. Pavne; honorary board of visitors,
I'M. Buckner, Alexandra, Va, jacob
p. Brown, New York City, John U.
Tones. Chicago, D. F. Seville, Wash
ington. d. C, Prof. ]. c. House, Kane
Pa. and Tohn A. Seaton, Virginia.
Bro. Tohn Crumpton of $40 2Ist ST.,
n w. and Henry Schuler of Coz + street
n. W. are both sick. Don't forget to
call.
Sharif Ike Holland, Imperial Depu--
tv for Penn, and Shayk Pyramid
MOSQUE. oasis Philadelphia, entered
our Oasis last Sunday. He made his
headquarters at the Mosque of Sharlt
w. H. Lee. s3O There was an abun-
dance of Camels Milk, Desert Weeds
and Food of the Desert. On july o.
Noble Holland and Noble Hiram Car
ter, 33o of Pyramid attended the BAN
quet of Lu Lu Temple (white) at their
Mosque, Broad and Spring.Garden
streets. They were treated like 70
tentates. Noble Holland IS making |
preparations to take a big caravan to
Providence when we go up IN Octo-
Der. The d. c. is expected to be rep
resented.
Queen of the East Chapter, No. I,
O. E. s., OF Washington ID. e, has Sc
lected the following officers: Mrs. Gar
nett, Worthy Matron, d. r. Seville,
Worthy Patron, Mrs. Dabney, Associ-
ate Matron, John S. Brent, Treasurer,
F. A, Jackson, Secretary, Mrs. Ridley,
Condolences, A. Dabney, Warder, J.
H. Matthews, Sentinel, Mrs. w. n.
Johnson, Adah, Mrs. Thortan, Ruth,
Mrs. Shields, Esther, Mrs. Brooks,
Martha, Mrs. Jackson, Electa. Ihls
Chapter has membership of 20. Next
week we will publish the ofhcers OF
the other Chapters and later the oftl-
GERS of the Grand Chapter. Nov VIII
you be good.)
The Masons of Frederick celebrated
St. John's Day at Nazarets Hall.
Everything was nice and there was
large attendance.
The /. o. of G. S., which met at La
Grange Ga, reports so Lodges, 20
Juveniles, Degrees, q Encampment
Lodges in the State. The Jurisdiction
Il. o. G. S. has so Grand and Dis
trict Lodges, 1900 Subordinate Lodges
and a membership of So. 900, 20 Juve-
nile Lodges with a membership of
20. 900. Paid out to sick, widows and
orphans, $4,000 during the year.
The Grand odoe of Ia have Sc