The news & observer., 1905-01-22
RALEIGH LODGE 800
Fifth Annual Banquet a
Brilliant One
A Feast of Good Things and Speeches
During which Governor Glenn An
nounces He Will Join This
Masonic Lodge

hundred in hospitality and knowing
! how to give a banquet" are the words
of one and the feeling of every man
of the hundred and fifty who feasted
with Raleigh Lodge 500 a. F. & \.
| NJ. last night.
! These annual banquets are events in
/ the Masonic life of the Capital, alfi
the one given last night in celebration
| of the fifth birthday of Raleigh Lodge
| 500 was as brilliant If not more so
than any preceding events in the his
| tory of this lusty infant in Raleigh
| Masonic circles.
There were guests from ABROAD ana
guests from home. The Governor or
| the State. the guest of honor, sat next
| the Master of the Lodge, Mr.. O. ID.
Green, and during the festal occasion
! announced that as soon as his demlr
came from Winston he would unite
at once with Raleigh Lodge. 1t was an
announcement that brought a full VOL
! ley of cheers.
| Other guests of prominence were
present. Chief Justice Walter Clark
! Lieutenant-Go Governor Francis d. VIM
| ston, State Treasurer b. r. Lacy, At
| torney- General r. d. Gilmer. State
| Superintendent j. Y. Joyner, Corpora
poration Commissioner f. G.
eddingfeld, Col. Thomas S,
! Kenan, ex-Judge T. B. Womack,
and a host Of others prominent in the
Masonic life of the city. Members or
the lodge now residing in other places
| foregathered with their comrades,
among these being Messrs. G. f. Sni-
der, of Scranton, Pa, A. G. Atwood,
of fIoboken, n. J., John Hodgson, OF
Kingsland, n. j., A II. Ball, of Co
umbia, S. c., Bolivar Starke, of Mont
gomery, Ala.
The banquet hall was a scene of
beauty. In it three long tables. with
other tables at the head and toot
formed the battle ground for the BAN
quet service. The room was decor
ated on a color scheme of green and
white with dashes of red in flowers
and electric bulbs here and there.
Smilax in artistic garland tracery was
on the walls, and about the stands,
while the table, covered with fruits
and dainties, had on them stand after
stand of glowing tapers. adorned with
decorated shades.
This beautiful preparation had been
arranged under the direction of the
committee of Past Masters w. I. Hard
ing, H. c. Butler. and w. r. Smith.
The artistic designing and the ban
quet was the work of Dughi, Raleigh's
celebrated caterer, this telling the
story of it's excellence and beauty, ana
being preserved in a flash-light pie
ture by Wharton.
State Treasurer Lacy asked Gods
blessing before the banquet began and
responses to toasts came as soon as
headway was made in the feast pre-
pared the postmaster being the
Master, O. D. Green, who in fellcltous
terms called upon the various gentle
men who responded most he lily.
The first response was by Lieutcn-
ant-GoVernor, and Deputy Grand Mas |
~ = II l. ygg1I Il cd
he could not go all the gaits, but was |
simply put on as a warming up heat |
for the other trained racers, that |
his duty was simply to pace over the |
track and see that there were no ruts !
and holes. He spoke then OF the har- |
mony prevailing in the $50 lodges in |
the State, none of which stand higher |
for work than Raleigh 500. He com |
plimented Masonry on its growth, and |
spoke of its membership including the !!
Governor, acknowledgements, Secre- |
tary of State, Treasurer, Auditor. At |
torney-General, Corporation Commits
sioner, Chief Justice, Clerk of the Su- |
preme Court and others. In closing |
he handed a rhetorical bouquet of |
praise TO the Infant industry of the |
Grand Lodge, Raleigh 500.
Grand Junior Warden r. n. Hackett |
of the State of Wilkes, was next, and |
his response was brief but hearty in I
It's PRAISE OL IN6iiCISti bbU' IIiCll oPOENN |
Prof. J. =. CARLYLE, of Wake Forest, |
whose remarks were eloquence itself |
telling as they did of the great and |
real beneficenCe of Masonry. His trlb-
ute to fraternity was given as he told |
of the noble deeds. and propheSled the |
swift onward movement of Masonry i
That's a 2:01-4 gait said Lieutenant |
Governor Winston as Prof. Carlyle |
closed his eloquent sneech which !
sparlzled with rhetorical brilliants.
Judge T. B. Womack was called on |
as representing the grandmother
Lodge, Hiram, from which the Raleigh |
lodge had sprung. He declared he |
could not go a 2:01-4 gait and then |
cleverly paid his compliments to his
hosts State Treasurer Lacy was next |
and he declared he did not know his |
class ("Lou Dillon" called out one) |
but he was not a banker pony, or a !
Norman horse, or a carriage horse, as
Winston, Hackett or Womack, but |
(here there was a gentle bray) Il am
not a mule he cried out. Then he !
told of aiding in the birth of Raleigh |
Lodge and after some most humorous
remarks heaped compliment upon
compliment in telling of the great
work done, and the high stand taken
by Raleigh Lodge.
Then Toastmaster Green, saying
that the lodge was honored in having
present the Governor, presented him
las the youngest Mason in the State.
AS Governor Glenn arose he was
greeted with a storm of applause.
His introduction was unique. He
expressed his appreciation of the COM
pliment paid 1.-THE youngest Mason in
the State, though perhaps one of the
oldest men present. " Then declaring
that his 'boyhood ambition had been
to be one of the 400 of the country
that now he had risen to higher aspir-
ations, that he wanted to be one of the
500 (here there was a solid burst OF
applause) and as soon as his demlt
came from Winston he would unite
with Raleigh 500.
Then with mock seriousness tho !
Governor said he knew nothing of
law and went into court with fear and !
trembling, that he knew nothing Of
politics and envied the fellows who
had to roll out of coat and collar |
when. addressing the dear people on /
the hustings. but if there was one
thing he knew it was all about the |
Masonic order that he had been a
Mason for eight days, and that in |
three weeks with the help of those |