The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-19
MASONIC HOME FUND
COMMITTEE IS NAMED TO so.
 LICIT sUBCRIPTIoNS.
Most Worshipful Grand Master Red den Announces Their Names Lodges are to Vote on Amend
 ment to Constitution,

'ioh aoopteo at the last communication or the Grand Lodge Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of Alabama, held in this city in December last. has appointed a committee of one from each County, to solicit subscriptions for the Home for h. digent Masons, their widows and orphans l fund.- and incidentally to work for the | adoption of the amendment to the Consti- tuition providing for the raising of fund for the building of the Home above men, l tioned.
 Tho committee is composed of the fol- lowing leading and influential Masons: | l. B. Kent, Prattville, Autauga: William D. stapleton. Bay Minette. Baldwin; Seth Mabry, Eufauia, Barbour; L. M. Moseley, l Union Springs, Bullock; James R. Weav- CT, Lopex. Bibb; Lawrence G. McMillan, | Greenville, Butler; Wiley P. Owen, Brooksville. Blount; w. B. Jackson. Thomasvile, Clarke; George w. Hend- | rick, Butler, Choctaw; A. H. Carmichael, Tuscumbia. Colbert H. c. Earnest, Pied mont. Calhoun; H. A. Shields, Evergreen, Conecuh; Rev. w. c. Bledsoe. Lafayette, Chambers; Archibald D. Bentley. Rock I ford. Coosa; A. J. Wise, IT,, Victoria. Coffee: O. J. Moore, Cullman. Cullman; James T. Clark Searght Crenshaw: Jo- seph P. VanDerveer, Clanton, Chiffon; l John S. Blair, Center. Cherokee; E. J. Garrison Ashland. Clay; Daniel M. Kay | Tor, Lecta, Cleburne; Clem A. Reed, An dalusia. Covington; E. s. Gatchell, Sel- ma, Dallas; Henry B. Campbell. Fort | Payne, DeKalb; William H. Yarbrough, Newton. Dale; Dr. Inge R. Nix, Deats- vile. Elmore; James A. Bilbro, Gadsden, Etowah; John B. OBsnnon. Brewtou Es- cambia; William w. White. Russellville, Franklin; George w. Coggin, Fayette. Fayette; John w. Cook, Eutaw, Greene; | Charles D. Carmichael. Geneva, Geneva; | William Smaw, Greensboro, Hale; c. l.. c. Atkeson, M. D., Columbia, Henry; Robert c. Cranberry, Dothan, Houston; Dr. J. H. Phillips. Birmingham. Jefferson; William H. Harris, Scottsboro, Jackson; J. s. Guyton. Sullgent, Lamar; N. c. Delashaw, Moulton, Lawrence; Mason B. Shelton, Florence, Lauderdale; George Malone, Athens, Limestone; Hugh M. Caffey. Hayneville. Lowndes; John E. Lyons, Opelika, Lee; Isaac w. Chalker,
 Notasulga, Macon; A. E. Smith, Paint | Rock. Madison; John c. Fonville, Mt.
 Carmel Montgomery: William B. Cooper, Linden, Mareng6; John B. Graham, New Decatur, Morgan; Percy B. Dixon, Mo bile, Mobile; Q. Salter. Monrocville. Mon roe; D. A. Martin, Boaz, Marshall; Charles Mitchell, Hamilton, Marion; J. E. Christian; Uniontown, Perry; G. B. Vim berly, Reform, Pickens; +. l.. Thinner mann. Troy. Pike: John w. Hooper. Roa-
 noke, Randolph; s. A. Powell, Hurtsboro, Russell; George c. Gowdey, Livingston.
 Sumter: Basil NJ. Hill. Springvile, St.
 Clair; Henry M. Millstead. Columbians. Shelby; Walter Smith, Tuscaloosa, Tus-
 caloosa; William c. Roeck, Dadevlle,
 Tallapoosa; Dr. NJ. E. Conaway. Syla-
 eauga. Talladcga; Sol D. Bloch, Camden.
 Wilcox; John w. Gordey. St. Stephens,
 Washington; William R. Canlda. Delmar, | Tor ho rona, Walker.
 To Vote on Home Again. The Committee. consisting of Past
 Grand Master R. M. Cunningham, James
 A. Bilbro and Sol. D. Bloch, appointed by
 the last Grand Lodge to draft a suitable
 address to the subordinate lodges. urging 2 favorable and prompt action on all mat ters leading to the establishment of a widows and orphans home in this grand
 jurisdiction, have prepared the address
 and 1t has been printed il pamphlet form
 and is being circulated among the various subordinate lodges by Grand Secretary Beauchamp
 The Committee makes a strong argu- ment for the adoption of the amendment to the Constitution and concludes by say ing:
 "The Committee will not take up the
 matter of it's practical operation by pre- | senting an array uf statistics They deem | fl sufficient to say that in many of the l States there are now in practical opera tion widows and orphans homes, con | ducteo with moderate expense. The point they wish to emphasize Is. that if this amendment is adopted the time will come | when the Craft will have ample means | to build, endow and maintain such an in- stitution. and that in beginning perse- vering and continuing we will ultimately succeed, and that in this endeavor we are discharging our Masonic duty. Brethren, | upon us now living, and With the consti- l tutional right to vote upon this question, rests the grave responsibility of starting | a movement which in the end will be an inestimable blessing to the poor and dis l tressed widows and orphans of Masons and a crowning glory for the Craft. Then let us not falter hesitate and doubt Rut | let us demonstrate our profession by our | works-works that bring relief to the sor- rowing and helpless, the consolation and satisfaction of n duty well performed, and. above all, the blessings of Almighty God"
 The vote on the amendment is to he taken at the meeting before the annual meeting in June and each lodge Is re- | duired to vote and make return thereof | to the Secretary. It IS thought that the | amendment will be adopted by very large majority.
 The amendment proposed is as follows:
 ITO amend Section 2l. Article s1 of the Constitution-Every Lodge shall on or be- fore the first day of every annual commit nication of the Grand Lodge make to the Grand Secretary a return in writing. showing who are its officers and mem bers the dates of admission to member ship limitations passing and raising, the 1 names of thse persons rejected. suspend ed, expelled reinstated. withdrawn or dead, with the dates annexed. Since the last return, and for each and every official and member returned. excepting those ministers who are actively engaged' in preaching the gospel, shall pay to the Grand Secretary not more than one dol lar and fifty cents. one dollar of which shall be set aside for the establishment and maintenance of A Masonic Widows and Orphans Home for the space of five years, and after the expiration of five years shall pay the sum of one dollar. of l which fifty cents shall be set aside, for the support and maintenance of the Ma sonic Wodos and Orphans Home" | The members of lodges voting for the