Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-08-20
Wednesday, August 20, 1902.

form, and after an ode by the choir
Colonel Barron took charge of the
building as the representative of the
Masonic brethren of South Carolina,
and announced prayer by Rev. w. f.
Hurt, chaplain of the local lodge. Then
following the set formula, he ordered
the raising Of the stone by means OF
the block and tackle which had Deen
provided, and after the treasurer, Mr..
H. C. Strauss, had deposited in the
proper receptacle the box OF artlcles
intended for it, the stone was again
lowered into position, and squared on
the mortar. Next Colonel Barron went
through the ceremony Of testing the
stone with the square, level and plumb,
and pronounced the stone well 1ormeu,
true and trusty." After that he caused
to be poured on the corn of nour-
ishment," the "oil Of plenty, ana
the wine of joy" Then returning
the tools to the workmen, with an ex-
preston Of confidence in their ability
to construct the building in proper
manner, he invoked the approval or the
Grand Master of the Universe IN all
that had been done.
This portion of the ceremony having
been completed, Mr.. w. Adickes read
the list of the contents of the copper
box that had been placed in the corner
stone as follows: Copy Of the proceed
ings of the 125th communication OF the
Grand Lodge of South Carolina; list or
the officers and members of Mackey
Chapter, No. Is, Royal Arch Masons;
list Of the officers and members OF Fnl-
lanthropic Lodge No. 81, Ancient Free
Masons; copper pennies contributed py
Grand Secretary and Past Grand Mas
ter J. T. Barron, and Past Grand Mas
ter G. II. Priest, of Royal Arch Chapter
No. 5. Columbia; 2 cent coin of 1865;
cent coin of 1867; cent silver coin or
1876. 3 cent nickle of 1888, without the
,-ord gents; 10, % and so cent COINS
of 1901; Columbian half dollar or 1885
photograph of President Roosevelt with
copy of last message to congress; Pho
tograph Of Governor McSweeney with
copy of last message to the legislature;
photograph Of Judge w. H. McCorkle,
last surviving trustee of land on Whlcn
the school building will stand, and aged
81 years; seven copies of THE YORK
VILE ENQUIRER containing informa.
tion about past history of the school
and present ceremonies; three copies OF
Yorkville Yeoman containing similar
information; booklet containing ac-
count of the laying of the corner stone
of Winthrop college, pen sketch of town
of rkville, written by Sam M. Grlst
twen y-five years ago; booklet showing
legality of school bonds; booklet con-
cerning Kings Mountain Military aced-
emy.
After the reading of this list, Colonel
Barron took the floor and delivered an
instructive address on the "Symbolisms
of the Corner Stone" He found un-
doubted familiarity with these symbol
isms in the book of Job and in the
Pslams of David. He told OF the Sc
crets of Masonry, declaring that they
were repugnant neither to the laws OF
God or man, and while he stated that
Masonry was not intended to perform
the work of the church, he showed IN
detail how it operated to upbuild ana
strengthen character and now gooa
Mason must necessarily be good citl-
zen. His address was able and enter
tanning. and was listened to with inter-
est and pleasure throughout. At the
conclusion of his remarks Colonel Bar
ron introduced Paster Master w.
w. Lumpkin, Of Columbia, who maze
quite a pleasant talk that was greatly
enjoyed.
The addresses over, the usual collec-
ton was taken from the Masons pres
ent for the benefit Of the needy work
men employed on the building" after
which Colonel Barron exhibited the MIS-
toric silver trowel made for the use OF
General Lafayette at the laying OF the
corner stone of the DeKalb monument
at Camden in 1925, and used on many
similar occasions, including the King s
Mountain monument, Clemson ana
winthrop. Attached to this trowe! is
large bunch of ribbons giving the dates
and occasions at which it has been
used. 1t IS now the property OF the
Grand Lodge of South Carolina. A
ribbon will be attached to commemo-
rate the present ceremony.
The ceremonies concluded, there was
another ode from the choir, under di-
rection of Mr.. P. NJ. Grimes, and Chap
lain Hurt pronounced the benediction,
after which the assemblage dispersed
The whole ceremony lasted about one
hour.
The corner stone, which sets in the
northeast corner Of the building, is IN
scribed as follows: North side-"York-
vile Graded Schools. Rebuilt 1902
Board of Trustees: w. D. Glenn, chair
man; H. c. Strauss, A. Y. Cartwright,
D. d. S.. E. B. Beard. ]. d. Mcdowell
M. D., o. f. Grist, w. I. Witherspoon,
p. H. G., Withers Adickes. secretary
and treasurer" East side: III. E.
White, architect, Rock Hill, S. c. Built
by ]. j. Keller & Co., Yorkville, S. c.,
1902. w. NJ. Whitehead, G. NJ, A. l..
5902"