The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-19
CHARTER GRANTED
TO BUILDING ASSOCIATION OF JU-
NOR AMERICAN MECHANICS.
ACTIVE WORK FOR TEMPLE
WILL BEGIN AT ONCE; COMMIT
TEES HAVE BEEN NAMED.

Building Association Elected Off,
cers-Street Bazaar Will he Held
in March for the Benefit of the
vement-Committee on Build
Sings and Grounds VIII select site
and Ask Architects to submit
Plans for the New Temple.
A charter has been granted to the
building association of the Junior
American Mechanics, and the associa-
ton will at once start active work in
preparation for building its new tenn
pie, and the following officers have
been elected: President, J. D. Epse;
secretary, B. W. Norton treasurer, T..
b. Grayson. Committees have also
been appointed to look after the details
of the work preparatory to beginning
active operations, and it is expected
that within a short time the work of
selecting a site will begin and building
operations will follow Immediately.
Some of the stock in the building as
sociation has already been taken up by
the different lodges, subscriptions be-
ing registered both from the lodges as
a body and from members. Many
members Of the order not at the last
lodge meetings have also applied for
a greater or less number of shares, so
that the stock sale has already been
fairly started. Within a few days or
a week at the utmost, committees Will
be appointed to canvass their lodges
and dispose of as many shares of the
stock as possible. The systemauzlng
Of the work, it is believed will make
il a comparatively easy matter to dis
pose of all the stock necessary.
Another method of giving an impetus
TO the building movement will be made
through bringing the matter before the
National Council of the order. A COM
mittee, composed of members selected
from the rolls of each lodge in Savan-
nah, will present the matter to the ma
tional body, and ask that they give II
their sanction. There is no doubt but
that this will be readily given and the
co-operation of the entire order there
by secured.
Arranging for street Bazaar.
Arrangements are being made for
holding a street bazaar in March. Inc
bazaar is expected to last ten days
will be solicited for this movement ana
nothing left undone which will work
toward it's success.
The cooperation of the ladies has
been assured the committee Wnlch mas
the making of the arrangements IN
charge. There will also be some at
fractions at the bazaar outside OF the
articles offered for sale, though the
committee is not yet ready to make
any definite announcements OF what
the nature of these will be-
At all the recent meetings of the
lodges of the order the subject of the
proposed building and the bazaar was
brought up and the support OF each
lodge was promised the committee IN
charge of the work.
One of the members of the building
associa ton when asked concerning
the work. said: Everything is moving
along at a rate even better than what
we expected when the movement was
first projected and there is the great
est enthusiasm to push the work. the
matter was preached at the state coun-
ell recently held in Griffin and the
support of that body was assured. We
will. have no difficulty in securing the
support of the national body when the
matter is presented to them.
saThe increase in the membership OF
the order will also be a great factor
in pushing the work We have in
creased largely during the year and at
the state council we promised the ma
tional counsellor that when the nation
al council assembled we would report
double our number That means that
we will have to work, and work hard,
but our members have entered into the
work with a vim and we expect 10
make good our promise. With the in
crease of membership the work of Sc
curing the subscription of the stock
will be considerably lightened and we
should have no difficulty in soon re-
porting that the entire capital stock
has been subscribed"
Committee on Buildings and
Grounds.
A committee, composed of represen-
tatives from each of the Savannah
lodges, has been appointed to take up
the matter of site and of securing plans
for the building. This committee has
been looking over some of the avail
able lots in the city. but has as yet
made no choice of a location and will
not do so until the work has pro-
crossed further. There is feeling that
there is no necessity of rushing into
the selection of a site until the COM
mittee has more money at its disposal
and until the active building opera
tions are ready to commence. They
will then be in better position to take
the grounds which are best adapted
for the location of a building.