The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-12-28
NEWS GATHERED
FROM sour Inside
The "Old Fourteenth Celebrates
st. Johns Night With
Supper.
MANY GOOD SPEECHES MADE.
MANY GOOD SPEECHES MADE
Mr.. Brent, Judge Ingram, Mr..
Lamb and Others Speak.
Other Items.
Manchester Bureau, TImes-Dlspatcl,.

! Manchester Bureau, -Dlspatch.l
No. 1102 HUI. Street. }
Manchester Lodge No. IA, x. y. t.i.u a.
NJ, celebrated ST.. Johns night III truc
Masonic style last evening. More than
one hundred and fifty Maspns were pres
ent and thore weie fow invited guests.
The evening was most pleasant one W
all.
/ Tho lodge met IN regular session early
| In tho evening and elected the following
! officers. John r. Robertson w. Nj; a. L.
Z Sampson. s. W.; II. A. Maurice, j. w; II.
- Brown, secretary. c. a Watkihsn S. d;
J. q. Saunders. j. y. NJ II. Jewctts tller.
Deputy District Grand Master Ben Z.
3 owens paid the lodge an official visit ana
an nddrcss to the members was mndo by.
Rev John Moncure, OF Richmond. H.s
address was on the life Of st. John the
Evangelist.
After the election of the officers and the
transaction of other business the men,
bers filed down into the spacious pan,
quot hall where four long tabios groaneu
under the weight Of the good things pre-
pared to tempt the appetite
'Possu,n was there In every style, ana
enough for all. But 'posaum was not the
only dish, FOR there was everything that
the market afforded. Every delicacy OF
the season was on the tables.
Mr.. Ben p. Owen, District Grand Mas
ter, was toast master, and q most ex-
ccllent ono he made. He welcomed INC
guests and visiting members. ana miro
duccd Mr.. Stuart Hopkins, who sang
Cast Thy Bread Upon tho Water" Inc
song was beautifully rendered. IS
AS one who would thrill and charm me
ncn,he1s. Mr. r. p. Brent Of Rlchmond,
was presented In introducing Mr.. Brent
Mr.. owen said that with the nlemDeIs
OF Old Fourteen, on st. Johns night, i'r
one to como with a speech prepared, wa was
an act OF treason and felony W.
want Brother Brent to tell US just any
thing" said Mr.. Owen.
Mr.. Brent's Address.
Mr. Brent delivered an Impressive ad-
drcss. one that touched q responsive cord
IN the hearts of all OF those who hcaru
hin, FIe recalled the first time he had
.aeonf = Masonic procession. It was when
10 .washa hoy and a funeral procession
was passing. Tho corpse was that OF
| the physician Of the lodge IN Neison
| county. Then naming tho men VINO nau
made Nelson county famous ana sisiis
! the names of those who were IN the pro
cession. Mr.. Brent followed tho history
III masonry there until the present Guy.
| az .,wrcnce washington Wills. the non
.st mechanic whose word was MS ponu'
| a nd whose hand every one was git.d 70
| snake Is the only surviving one ol NY
Masons that knew them
T cannot look back upon thnt process.
sion without thinking that frecnias s '' :,
vas a potent factor In the grand olo
cf,,lnty. Of Nelson" said the speahe''
..Yyhat other organization coutu y i5 'ns
toeetber such q gathering OF men OF
diGferent minds and hold them IN IN
d,ssoluble bounds?,' Here the speaker
~, id q glowing tribute to Masonry ana
ree,Ingly spoke OF Manchester Lodge. No
IA. In conclusion he offered {; TOAST 10
the Masons Of ancient tines
Never Gave UP Charter.
~, oven read a toast from MIR. T. W..
vva,s,pcr "old Shy" Mr. Wcislgcr was
present, but did not care to make the
| address.
Mr.. Fred Lamb. the genial affable ana
| ,oc,,Iar hIanchesterlan who has been
a1aaon almost all Of his life delivered a
| al irrlng address-an address that was at
onc minute truly impressive and at an
| other t!mo mirth provoking. TIC spoke
| OF Old Fourteen as being the only lodge
| in tho district that had never given up
It's charter. sat one time there were
only three Billys and tller-Billy Pat
terson. Billy Walker and Billy Weislscr
,rhcy elected themselves a. each meet
ing, and all through the stormy period
they kept the charter of THIS lodge.
Mr.: Alex Walker. perhaps the Oldest
! gentleman In the room, and who has been
a Mason for forty-three years brought
! down the house with his elouuence and
| his mIrtll. m 1862 he became II Mason,
and his tribute to tho order was inspir-
4 ing ana eloquent Masonry extends
l from the center Of the earth TO high
A heaven. 1t Is as broad as. the universe
5land a Masons charity should be as un-
Bounded" he said.
DIR. J. w. Egglcston. grand Junior war
den OF the Grand Lodge. went back to
| the Morgan episode In Masonry when he
spoke. He also spoke OF the duties of II
true Mason, and toasted the younger
members, who had to take the places OF
! the older ones. who Ind set the example.
Judge John II. Ingram who holds hls
membership IN Manchester Lodge, No n,
and who is n member Of Dove Lodge
Of Richmond rs we'll, made MI impressive
address that was attentively listened to.
t Divided allegiance. was, IN most every
case, most undesirable he said. and that
| when Dove Lod lie invited him to tho
J ceremonies incident TO st. Johns night,
and old n wanted him also. he accepted
he ono from Manchester. for this was
home.
Colonel William Allen sang "I'm
/, Gwine Back TO Dixie and tho crowd
liked HIS rendition OF the song so we'll
that not n foot In tho room was quiet,
but beat in tlno with the song.
1t was IL o'clock before tho socinl ses-
sion was over, and before Mr.. Vernon
Bradshaw had climbed tho persmmon.
tree IN tile rear OF the hail and captured
tho 'possun that was pcrched on ono OF
| It's branches