The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-12-08
HOUSTON'S SECRET SOCIETIES.
MORE THAN THIRTY ORDERS HAVE OWE
FIVE THOUSAND MEMBERS.


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NI"ie ono Ni tue ui"9' S''''N Hn" iH'"''N
OF the South, Ilusulous sons after ihe
frost of .ya had settled on his brow and
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drnr 10 busy |ilo had left their poisoned
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1ra'cIla. order t1o world has known and
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'fa.'u1 ol rDAl spirit when, soNn 10 ages
Uas. has blessed the world and brousht a
.rr.,au +.nlar.r dow r7rouof tho ran+le
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spirit OF Fellowship and peace. else be
Would have sung In giadder notes: THE
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have bod .. mrh fhI- spHit If tIgrernal
a"ai1eElo2l aas sncd abroad its light and
5I. hrr .- u1,> 'ti s'iIle rom oNt
Win ITS c.rgIpscrlbod apy,ro11,.nf,.4.' ii ii
crossed Jae ocean wipA the earlier yoyagers
r".' .A n'ga'I or ms 'cnencepce To
came. VINO fbrou.h mon. IcoI ,,.g .,',.,.,.,
wrcstcd land Of flowers and sunshine
rom A"s'lle race ana carved the queenly
lowed nfj The cia, AZ 1, ,na, 5Plltt az.
had i'm, sf,lore nj b,,rI. ..',,,.i 49, -
a littIc hand of brothers moi aod armed a
lodge nn1yn w., ioWa Sfs+ &n -" Ir4 ',ITu
ani Orde,' Of odd I5,il 5rh, ~, ~ ~ ~
spcd nt e,s,icrnItv sn,S, ON 80 80 ", ~, 'T I'm
tNa luIIHl, nf 1C.{e AMI Wien A. ,,,I,ti,.
Inter @ half dozen Nasons ,r,,f6crpd hcnrafh
haUk. If tla Rrayos oI,d o,.gs,i,'5 N OT is
NOW HoIIe1d 81 IN i, 49,, ~, - - -,
which. gathering force az tbG vcai,s 5ayn
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And il is bioblv ann ne Il, 80 ~, ~
sovyu .bonli y,old -, li',at
about NE place Of ITS soWi6g ana Give fo
1Iongtor itTiri " - - 3uMi uE ~ s!Ne 20
ali thc ", l nI.ioM sun luaJ WouIn
sri.nrislptt tb,t 49, ~ -oc, siole, W
Ionsron have -1yon I L. y , 9ol,9 49,
Eood In one or another Of The tbirtV or
doris which arm rcnr"lo,,t al No. ~ al oi
most three sccre idds gesl''u mere pS u
''i' 'ouseS'
AS mas neen stated Lone star lodge No.
l. independent order Of odd Fellows, WAS
IAe pioneer IN Texas fraternity, having
oceh organized July p, 1885, when Texas
was republic and 1t has the distinction
of being the trst lodge Of the independent
VI ouu 'e'Io"S ever instituted out
sue OF 'he United states. During the same
year came Holland lodge No Ancient
Free and Accented Nfoyo,. ,tts a., -
having bpeu i6ytifrrc5 II Us o.i lyuHSe
Arson Jones. hororcd patrint nj -iVaT9s
was me hrst master Of Holland lodge and /
Statc D Ana Tl'e tbelc grand master Of the
and prospered in Houston. two new new SSodeges [
having been added 70 the Odd Fellows, !
az a opn tTuse no. 4oi being organized in
owin any in 'T Deco wJnueI9 century lodge fol
A lodge Of The Dsn,,,'r or sust gSal, oeSiues
.,rISi a. - - DalsALefs OF heOekal, or /
s I'M IN No. 80 ana an encampment insti-
,stCa IN Ie9oi WINE IN Masonry Gray lodge
10 be as st rSs'n aDd IN 1850 lS0 ana mas grown
Holland, Ruthven commandery. knights |
Iemplars was ORGANIZED iu 1913 ana XVagh