The Washington bee., 1901-05-18
SECRET ORDERS.

me Inc Odd Fellows of Marion and
DS%main - III. had their sermon nreacb-
cd the 2nd Sunday in May.
Grand Director. George T. TemDIe
". =. o. of o. F. of ST. louis,
MO. mas been appointed as clerk in thr
once OF water Commissioners.
Prof, Prof. 0. NJ. Wood. SO has been ar
Porto Poirtoeu 10 prominent position at
TOTO RICO (San Juan0 The prof is
one oithe leading craftmen Of Missour.
In the United States and Canada
mere are goo. O94 Odd Fellows and 837
39S. Free Masons- 81
The 10th reunion ofthe AAS
EAIIey OF Little Rock, was held in that
Si'y' large numbers Of the rite from
d. LOUIS Cincinnati and: Memphis
were present.
Among the prominent Craft men o
the District. we make mention oS - q
]. =. Z. NJ. Hewlett "a K. T. and
Shriner. Judge Hewlett is one of our
successful members of the Washing
ton bar.
Ill. Noble N. Snowden, a K. T.
and Sharif is one of the promin.nt
members OF the Simon Commanderv
K. Z.
Ill. James H. Hill % K. T. and
Shrlner Is one four prominent citizens.
he has done good things for our
Young men by the able work he has
laid out as Director of the Manuel
Training School, H street between 9th
ana 7th street northwest Washington.
D. c. '0''
Ill. McKinsee Scoot is on one of the
prominent members of Simon com
mandery X. I. and a successful
funeral Director of Washington, D. c.
Also Ill. James H. Dabney, member
of the Nj. Calvary ComnaHderv No
K. T. Bro. Dabney is a successful
funeral director having four places in
operation.
We also make mention of Sir w, Fl
Myers, past officers Of the various de-
Partments of the craft. Bro. Myers is
the only colored cutler in the District
having been in business for the last
thirty years.
Hiram Lodge No. and Pythagoras
No. Il of F. A. A. NJ. of Detroit Mich
held a joint meeting recently. The
work was exsmplifed in fine shane.
Alter the brethren to the number Of
! Is repaired TO a fine banquet. r. E.
| y. I. Sir Frank Richards, is very
busy making arrangements for the
Grand COnClave TO be held in Detroit
July rs. Simon, Henderson, Gethse-
name, and Mt. Calvary Commandries
of Washington, d. c. will attend ac-
companied by over 200 friends they
will travel over the Michigan Central
from Toledo. Detroit Chapter of R.
A. at their last meeting received a
large number of petitions, who desire
to wear the white and black by Iuly.
Relative to the Mystic Shrine we de-
sire to correct an crronenous impress
sion. There is a mistaken belief en-
tertained outside of the Masonic
Order as well as by many members of
the fraternity that the order of
Mystic ShrineiS the highest degree of
free Masonry. This is erroneous. The
only connection that exist between
the two is that an applicant for the
Order of the Mystic Shrine is, that
he must be Masonic Knight Templar
in good standing or a 81 Ancient and
accepted Scottish Rite Mason in good
standing. The authority to establish
the Order in North America was con
ferrsd upon DR.. Walter NJ. Flemming,
80 OF New York City by Rizk, Atlash,
Harrison Effendee, who was duly out
thorized to do so. DR.. Flemming
with few other mobiles formed, Mecca
Temple in New York City, 1872 since
which time the Order has had a phen-
omenal growth IN this country. The
Order possess attractive social
features.
The subordinate Temples work
under a central body styled Imperial
Council, there are VarionS classes of
the Shrine who are represented at
Mecca by Deputies IN this country,
like in the oriental world. There are
various frictions.