The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-05-12
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a.u and Wednesday of last week. The
attendance on both bodies, especially
the grand lodge, was unusually large,
and the proceedings were of special in
,erest throughout. The reports of the
rand officers and Of the representatives
% the sovereign grand lodge show a
health increase financially and numeri-
o.Ilv. The total membership of the
der is now over one millionaire net
oa;u last year being 1904. The great
est strength being in the Eastern and
western States. There are only forty
two lodges in Mississippi. with a total
membership of 1,793; but in practical
charity and benevolence the statistical
reports of the lodges make a splendid
showing.
The grand lodge was ably presided
over by o. L. Kimbrough, of Grenada.
The officers chosen for the next year
are as follows:
O. L. Mckay, Aberdeen, grand mas
ter.
Wm. Hemingway, jackson. deputy
grand master.
J. L. Buckley, Enterprise, grand war
den.
W. s. P. Doty, Oxford, grand secre-
tary.
]. L. Power, jackson, grand treas
urer.
Rev. F. M. Mccarthy, Utica, grand
chaplain.
&C Broome, Meridian, grand mar
shall.
Samuel French, vicksburg, grand
guardian.
Il. c. Ormon, Winona, grand con-
ductor.
J.. o. Faser, Macon, grand herald.
The retiring grand master, o. L.
Kimbrough, was elected as one Of the
representatives to the sovereign grand
lodge.
Judiciary Committee-Simon Fried,
T. C. Kimbrough and ]. D. Hutchinson.
Finance Committee-J. j. Conan, W.
b. Bradberry and J. j. Mcdonald.
The grand encampment officers are
as follows:
W. c. Tilton, Holly Springs, grand
patriarch.
j. R. Horton. Columbus, grand high
priest.
Sam Blumenthal, Holly Springs,
grand scribe.
]. L. Power, jackson, grand treas
urer.
W. H. Bleything, vicksburg, grand
senior warden.
W. H. Baker, Water Valley. grand
junior warden.
j.. o. Faser, Macon, grand marshal.
Samuel French, vicksburg, grand
sentinel.
The city of Vicksburg was unani-
mously selected for next place of meet
ing.
The grand lodge by special invitation.
visited the Industrial Institute and Col
lege on Wednesday morning, and all
were immensely delighted. The three
hundred or more young ladies werea as
sembled in the chapel-the teachers
and grand officers on the platform
President Kincsunon, in a very happy
style, spoke words Of cordial welcome
and then introduced Grand Master o
l.. Kimbrough, Deputy Grand Master
o. L. Mckay, Past Grand Master Mon
roe McClurg, Grand Warden VIM. Hem
ingway, Major w. M. Strickland, Pas
Grand Master Simon Freid and Pas
Grand Master ]. L.. Power. The latte
proposed that the students should hav'
holiday for the balance of the day, an
on his putting it to a vote, the entir'
audience arose, and it was carried
unanimously. When we appeared il
the chapel on Thursday morning, tn,
students, in their own, enthusiast
way, and when, at the close of devo
tional exercises, President Kincannol
proposed that the students might max
up on Saturday for the holiday Of
Wednesday, and asked u consent,
we gave u emphatic No!
The materials are being placed on tn
ground for the infrmary and additions
dormitory. The plans are beautiful
The cornerstone will be laid by tn
Masonic grand lodge on Monday, Ma
IA, and on the day following the sessio
will close with graduating exercises
There will be thirteen full graduates
and it is a coincidence that there wer
thirteen graduates in 1898 and thrice
in 1899.
The main college building is in yer
bad repair, and much of the furnitur
unfit for further use. The roofs wi
have to be thoroughly repaired or mad
new. 1t is thought that he improve
ments will increase the capacity to fv
hundred, and there will be more tina
that number Of applicants for admit
sion.
Fayette is to have one big gin an
milling plant instead of two sma
ones; also an oil mill. A bank in Sci
TENDER next is also on the docket. Jus
credit jefferson high school with thes
evidences Of prosperity.
State Lands.
"a Subscriber" Ii informed that Il
State of Mississippi has about six tho
sand acres Of land for sale, priced
follows, per acre: