The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-01-19

inspiration Yet unfclt, n bit OF couF-
age.
For the darkening sky, one sleam ct
faith,
70 brave the t~hickening ills Of life,
one glimpse Of brighter skies beyond
h gathering mist.
To make this life worth while and
Heaven a surer heritage.
Distinguished MasonS Invited.
Grand Master Gattis next stated that
he had extended invitations to be pres
cnt to the Grand Masters OF New York,
Pennsylvania. Virginia. and Georgia,
and letters of egret that they could
not attend We're read business affairs
keeping them away. Later a telegram
was read from the Grand Master OF
Maryland saying he regretted he could
not attend. While the Past Grand Mas
ter of Tennessee. who was to have
represented the Grand Master OF
Tennessee. did not appear.
South Carolina sends Greetings.
Grand Master GattiS next apply
introduced Grand Master j. l.. Niche
of the jurisdiction of South Carolina,
who in warm terms expressed his y
probation a being invited TO attend
the dedication of the magnificent
Temple building.
IN a most eloquent address he spoke
Of the work Of Masonry, and Of the
great lessons taught by the symbols
OF the order, saving that this was =
most ~opnortune time for the members
Of the order to rededicate themselves
to its service and to the great work
Which it does.
Quartet Caught the Masons
A selection was then rendered by
d male quartet. Messrs. Wade Il.
Brown. r. H. Baker, Walters Durham
and X. NJ. Phillips. They sang With
out musical accompaniment .Massa S
in the old. Cold Ground" and thaT
sang Wen. So we! in fact that the
Nlaso'ns applauded. and a~pplauded and
applaudcd-sOme more, voices calling
out; back, back" But the must
cla2S fought shy, and having he the
bulls eye Let it so at that. But they
! certainly did splendid singing.
Wit. Hunlor, Sentiment and Applause.
The neXt speaker to be introduced
was Grand Master Henry *. Simp-
son. Of the District of Columbia. who
brought greetings ron that jurisdic-
ton, n to say that Mr.. Simpson
made q hit is putting it mildly. HIS
address was witty. humirius, full OF
ginger, II With al this there came
serious periods where he became cIo-
quent. His very first words won out
for him, for Wittedly he remarked,
1t seems that there is Il disaPpoint-
ment Tor YOU in not getting the music
and in having to hear me instead, but
i suppose | was put last on the pro
81 am DIS IL Is kIlONH III dSIlIIlSt ton
that when nothing else can be done
to get rid Of an audience | am put
up to speak as | have the reputation
OF being able to move an audience"
MIR. Simpson spoke Well, and his
remarks were in reality p~unctuated
With applause. Soon he had the aI-
dience laughing as he said You send
Your best exhibits to Washington 10
speak for you and it is we'll as it is
that place known as The Cave of
Wind He declared that if he want
ed to make a speech he would get
Past Grand Master Winston to make
it for him, and then recountcd q new
story that brought roars OF laughter.
declaring beforehand that the appn-
cation was to him as ali could see.
He said:
I'm one of the great cities in the
morgue there was the body of a dere-
Hct, which being viewed by a woman
was declared by her to be the body
of her husband. She gave the under
taker orders to repar il for burial,
but IN doing 50 the undertaken that
night forgot to tie uD the chin. Next
morning when the woman came She
took a look at the corpSc. which lay
with mouth omen, and saw a gold
tooth. Her husband had no gold
tooth and so declared now that il vas
not her husbands body she left. AS the
undertaken SAW his money thus van
lslin9 he SaZed reproachfully at the
corpse and slapping the chin up so
IS TO close the mouth, he exclaimed,
You darned old fool. if YOU had kept
your mouth shut YOU might have had
Il decent BURIAL
"Brcthren, | throw myself on Your
mercy" he exclaimed as the laughter
and applause ceased, and then he
talked eloquently of Masonry. of the
greetings sent by the Jurisdiction of
the District of Columbia. of his appre-
citation of tho hA11ttifl1I D,1,nJo ,,,1
closed in this fashion:
when the Heavens We're finished
there sloWed far back in the firma-
mcnt one star of unusual size. In
fair weather it was hardly to be
noticed. but when foul weather came
n storms arose. the mariner on his
sea-sWept vessel sought for the North
Star to set his seXtant straight. and
when he found it all was well. 50
now in these days when troubles arise
there is safety found when we train
our sextant on The Old North State
and learn of it"
\ Historic Battle Flag.
An incident, not on the program,
aroused great enthusiasm. 1t was tn
presentati9uMta h Grand Lodge of
the "a tile flag of the North
G which they had fol-
lD5Wcu at GdIffbr,rT Cburr -rf'yarr- m
1881. 1t came to the Grand Lodge
from Mr.. b. f. Bullock, of franklin
IN Lodge, and Rev. Moses L. Win
TON, of former Mount Energy Lodge.
*reat srandsons of Nficaiah Bullock
who had brought it home from the
wars. in 1851 the families had
placed it with Mount Energy Lodge
and when that united With the Creed
more Lodge it was deposited there. In
the inaugural parade Of Governor
elect kitcllin it was borne by tteN.
NJ. l.. Winston, a former Grand Chap
lain 1nl Ia. hold IL 91Dft Yesterday as