Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-03-21
MASONS HEAR
The REPORTS
OF OFFICERS

TRENTON, Mar. ,20:-The one
hundred and twentieth annual com
munication ofSthe New Jersey Grand
Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons,
was opened here A~yesterday with all
the ceremonial forms of the order.
"A banquet was served last night.
Officers will be elected and the ses-
sion concluded today.
About 700 delegates from the 1855
lodges in the statetwer in attendance
when the session was opened by Most
! Worshipful Grand Master Walter
Chandler, of Elizabeth With the
principal officers upontthe dias in the
E'tGrand East were Past Grand Mas
tiers Hamilton Wallis, Newark; Jo-
fsiah Evan, Mt. Holly; John H. Will
lkins, Newark; Joseph Nv, Congdon,
Paterson; w Holt Apgar, Trenton;
lBenjamin F.. Wakefield, Passaic, and
| Fortmeyer, East Orange.
The invocation was pronounced by
Grand Chaplain Rev. w. Strothers
Jones, of Tfentons
Gratifying Report.
M. w. Grand Master Chandler, in
/ furnishing abstracts y of his report,
saids that the craft are very prosper
Gus and harmonious, and growing in
numbers and influence, including now
about 26,500 Masons in New Jersey.
He said in part
Prosperity, harmony and d proper
spirit of fraternity and good will have
been most prevalent in our jurisdic-
ton, but with sincere regret the
statement must be trnthfully made
that in a few of our lodges, discord
Iord ;ptappAl dicconciOO have m rrpd
that peace and harmony which should
prevail among brethren, by an inn
proper and un-Masonic use of the
blackball, by personal animosities
growing out of disappointed ambi-
tons and petty strife"
In accordance with the action of
the NJ. w. Grand Lodge at its last
annual communication, warrants
swere granted to the following lodges:
Abacus No, 1872, at Long Branch;
Tilden No. 1873, at Dumont, Bergen
county; Whitehead, No. 1874, at
Brentwood, Bergen county, and Pur-
itan, No. 1855, at Hoboken.
New Lodge Instituted. ,
The M. W. Grand Master added
that these lodges were constituted in
ample form by himself, assisted by
associate and appointed officers of
the Grand Lodge and others of the
craft, as follows:
April 4, 1906, accompanied by NJ.
Nv. Past Grand Master Wakefield,
Abacus, No. 1872, Long Branch.
April 10, 1906. accompanied by Nj.
W.. Past Grand Masters Wilkins and
Wakefield, Puritan, No. 1S5, Hobo
Lken.
April 20, 1906, accompanied by NJ.
w. Past Grand Masters Moore. Will
kins and Wakefield. Whitehead, No.
1874, Grantwood.
April %, 1906, accompanied by NJ.
W.. Past Grand Masters Fortmeyer
and Wakefield, Tilden, No. 1873, at
Dumont.
Self-sacrificing Devotion.
OF the Masonic Home Committee,
the grand master said in part:
Too much praise cannot be given
them by the brethren of New Jersey,
nor expressed in these few words by
the grand master for their faithful,
intelligent and continuous s~elf-sacri-
ficing devotion in their faithful min
istration of the affairs of the home
since it was Instituted ten years ago.
The M. w grand master reported
that New Jersey Masons contributed
about $4,000 to California Masons
who were sufferers from the earth
quake and fire. He called attention
to a New Jersey law of interest TO
the Masonic Fraternity, respecting
imposters who maysnot be aware that
this most worshipfHl Grand Lodge is
incorporated under the laws of the
State of New Jersey, and that the un-
lawful use of its insignia is a mis-
demeanor for which they may be ar
rested and convicted.