The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-19
Andrew Jackson Lodge No. 173.

An0NSW ShCAson kouBc 3sUs Afos
 The annual election of officers of this
 Lodge was held last night. it being the meeting before the festival in June. The following officers were elected.
 Henry D. Long. worshipful Master. J. W. Terry. Senior Warden. H. H. Fftts. Junior Warden.
 s. J. Anderson, Treasurer.
 John D. Carter. Secretary. c. A. Dennis. Senior Deacon. | B.-S. Chapman. Junior Deacon. W. H. Tice. Tiler. The Worshipful Master announced these appointments:
 Rev. A. J. Lamar. Chaplain. ]. c. Williams and H. B. Collins. Stewards.
 It was decided to have joint install iation with Montgomery Lodge on June 24. when refreshments will be served. Messrs. G. R. Boyd. M. H. Stuart and H. H. Fitts were appointed a. com
 mittee to examine the Treasurer's
 books.
 An interesting event of the evening was the presentation to Past Master G. F. Mertens of a Maltese Cross Jew. el. Past Master H. H. Matthews made the presentation address in these
 words: @
 Worshipful Master:
 I have been requested to call your attention to the action of this Lodge at the last regular communication. A resolution was adopted, during your absence. directing a Committee to pur- chase a suitable testimonial to be pre- sented to you in appreciation of your services as Master of Andrew Jackson Lodge for the past two years. You have been the faithful servant of a body of Masons who recognize the fact that they should in this way show their appreciation for the services you have rendered them.
 It is right and proper that we fail not to recognize real worth and true mer- it: then as a mark of our confidence and esteem. and as token of our ap- preciation for the successful and satis- factory manner in which you have dis charged the duties of the high ofdce entrusted to you two years ago, 1t Is now my pleasant duty in behalf or | Andrew Jackson Lodge to present you this beautiful jewel which will serve to remind you in coming years of the ar- fectionate regard of your brethren ana of your official connection with body which teaches in a practical way les-
 sons of charity and 5enevolence' truth and justice.
 Worshipful Sir, accept this jewel and may you wear it with pleasure. MT. Mertens made the following re- sponse: Brethren, I thank you from the bot tom of my heart for this beautiful token of your regard. There is nothing in my possession which l shall prize more than this, for 1t expresses to me the esteem of my fellow Masons, than which I could not wish nothing higher. I know that I shall always wear 1t ko | hone and trust that 1t may be with honor to the fraternity. Grstitude is a thing that Is hard to express in words, and, feel ing, as I do, that the reward has all along been greater than my endeaVors have merited, 1t is doubly difficult for me now to express my gratitude to you | for words become weak. There are many other things for | which I must thank you tonight, and my gratitude dates back to the time | when I was first elected Worshipful Master of this lodge, two years ago. l felt fully the great honor which had been conferI ed upon me, and I felt also the grave responsibilities which fell upon my shoulders, together with the
 badge of office, and l may say to you plainly that I feared them. All the difficulties which beset me disappeared through the counsel and assistance of | the officers and members of this lodge. The officers have been faithful and ef- fcient, and in extending to them my thanks, will also take it upon myself
 to express to them the thanks of the
 lodge for they deserve It. Among the
 members, the greatest harmony has
 prevailed, and in their hearts there
 seemed to be always the highest mo- ! lives both for the good of Masonry and | of their fellow Masons.
 These two years have been successful
 years, q great deal of work has been done, and a great deal of money has
 been expended for charity. Every Ma
 son who has taken an interest in his lodge and it's work has contributed to- ward bringing this about. and the hon. or and satisfaction should fall upon them | And now. brethren. am about to lay aside the emblems of office. and as take my place among the Past Masters | of this Lodge, l assure you that shall be always ready and willing and will assist in every way in my power in
 working for the good of this lodge and
 of Masonry in general Of you. l can
 only ask for your next Master all thai
 has been accorded to me. your support and assistance, and the same spirit of
 brotherly love and concord that has ex-
 isted among you. This I ask of you for him. and this he deserves. for 1t will be for him now to teach the beau
 tiful truths of Masonry that have come
 to us through the ages. and which he
 must hand on to the ages, to be car
 ried in the hearts of good men and
 true. until men and time shall be no
 more.
 To the nineteenth Worshipful Master
 of this Lodge. I surrender the gavel
 and the square. extend to him and
 to you all my heartfelt thanks and un-
 dying gratitude for all that you have
 done for me.
 May Time who sheds his blight OCT
 all. 1 And daily dooms some joy to death. Der thee let years so gently fall.
 They shall not crush one flower be-
 meath!
 As half in shadow, half in sun
 This world along it's path advances May that side the suns upon
 Be all that e'er shall meet thy
 glances."
 retition for organization of An 1 Arruy r. cksou nd0 0e No 173 was filed