Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-11-19
MASONS MEET
 THIS WEEK
Little Eaei, Will Entertain Members of the Grand Lodge. Free and tc-
 eepted Ma>ons.

Masonic week in Little Rock and this i city is preparing to entertain hun 1 dreds of members of the Masonic or 1 der from various sections of the state. The advance guard Of the Masons has already begun 10 arrive and by Mon- | day morning there will be scores of visitors in the city. It is expected that fully one thousand delegates will attend the sessions. The next session of the Grand Lodge. Free and Accept ed Masons, which will convene Tues day morning at 10 o'clock at the Ma sonic Temple, will be the sixty-fourth annual session of that body. The ses] sions will be opened Tuesday morn ing by Grand Master 4. B. Grace of Pine Bluff, who will deliver his an- nual address at the morning session. Following this address Judge Grace ] will announce his committees and matters that have to be referred to committees will be taken up and so referred. Tuesday afternoon the grand secretary's report will be read, followed by the report of the grand 1 treasurer
 Perhaps the matter of most import ance to be considered by the grand lodge will be the report of the con- mittee on Orphans Home Tuesday af- ternoon to which the matter of the establishment of a Masonic Orphans Home was referred at the last meet ing. This committee consists of Jno. T. Hicks and C. E. Rosenbaum of Lit tie Rock; John 0. Wolf of Batesvlle. s. T. Rowe of Greenwood and C. A. Bfidewell of Hope. It is probable that the first steps toward the estab- lishment of an orphans home will be taken after the report of this com mittee.
 Following the report of the or phans' home committee, reports of other standing committees will be re- ceived and read.
 At the forenoon session Wednesday morning the reports of other commit tees will be read and the officers for the ensuing year will be elected.
 The grand lodge will consider gen. eral business during the session of Wednesday afternoon and at o'clock at night the officers elected will be in- stalled and the final business neces- sary to adjournment transacted nAS t1,o 1f,I,r as follows:
 A. B. Grace, Pine Bluff, grand mas ter; Jacob Trieber, Little Rock, dep- utv grand master: John M Oathout, i Bonneville. grand lecturer; R. A. Rowe. Greenwood, grand orator. M w. Greeson. Prescott, grand senior warden; E. A. McCulloch, Little Rock. grand junior warden; c. E. Rosenbaum, Little Rock, grand treas urer; Fay Hampstead, Little Rock, grand secretary; A. J. Witt, PocahOn tas grand senior deacon; F. G. Lind sey, Bentonville, grand junior chap lain; Edmund Metcalf, Little Rock, grand tyler.
 The ladies organization, the Order of the Eastern Star, will meet Mon day and Tuesday of next week and many of the members of this lodge are already in the city as the guests of friends. It is expected that there to this order No order of business for this session has been announced. The officers are as follows:
 Miss Mollie Morgan. Weeks, worthy grand matron; Oscar Meek, Witt Spring, grand patron; J. Frank Hop kins, Mablevale, secretary.
 The grand chapter of Royal Arch Masons, the order of high priesthood and the Grand Council, Royal and Select Masons, will also meet during the sessions of the grand lodge.
 The grand chapter, Royal Arch Ma sons, have the following officers:
 N. P. Richmond, Malvern, grand high priest; J. c. Bone, Batesville, secretary The officers of the Order of High Priesthood are:
 George Thornburgh, Little Rock grand president; Fay Hampstead, Lit tie Rock, grand secretary.
 A large class will be initiated in- to this order during the meeting. On Friday the Grand Council of Royal and Select Masons will be held. 1 The officers of this order are:
 Peter Brickey, Marianna, grand mas ter; Fay Hampstead, Little Rock. re- corder.