The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-20
MASONS CONCLUDE
 ANNUAL MEETING shriners Have Great Parade on Streets of Columbus ONE MEMBER VERY ILL City Is Turned over to the Visitors Who Enjoy Banquet After
 They Get Through the
 Initiation Work
ONE MEMBER VERY ILL

| Columbus, Miss, February 19.-(SpeciaL) | Members of Hamasa temple, Mystic Shrine, had their inning yesterday. The afternoon and the entire evening. were theirs. They controlled the city all day. Their banquet began tonight at Il o'clock after a memorable three and half hours of frollcsome initiation at Odd Fellows hall.
 Grand chapter of Mississippi, Royal Arch Masons, completed their labors after three-hours morning executive session Many left for their respective homes shortly thereafter. Then the Shriners as- stunned charge Of the situation. The following are officers for Royal Arch chapter for the coming year, elected this morning: Grand master, Oliver l.. Mckay, Aberdeen; deputy grand master, John S. Brooks, Robinsonville; principal conductor of work, John M. Dickey, Corinth; grand treasurer, James C.. French, Natchez; grand recorder, Fred erick Speer, Vicksburg; grand chaplain, the Rev. H. B. Emery, Sardis; grand captain of the guard, Edwin J. Martin, Megtdian; grand conductor of the council, Walter G. Bryson, Biloxi; grand st~w- ard William B. Taylor, Jackson; grand marshal, Clarence s. Cullen, New All bany; grand lecturer, W. A. Whitaker, Grenada; grand sentinel, Julius Yaretzky.
 Main street was lined with humanity at 3:SO the hour of the Shriners parade, which formed in front of Odd Fellows hall, headquarters for the Shriners while they are in Columbus.
 The parade was an immense success. The candidates are tonight being carried across the hot sands to the holy city of Mecca They will worship at the holy IT ountain and drink from the holy fount- The escort of Arab patrol is accompany ing them, and made ample arrangements to take them through all the perils of the hazardous and perilous journey. The en- tire city police department is, however, waiting for an emergency call from the temple.
 The following is full list of candi- dates who will be Shriners some time before sunrise: Theodore A. Bolster. Quitman the Rev. Robert A. Clarke, Oklahoma, M. C. Humphrey, Greenwood; James J. Ligon, Oklahoma: Dr. Louis C. Rouse Quitman; A. H. Stern, Tupelo; B. s. Stewart Meridian; C. E. Slough, Ok ford; J. Basin Thomas, Quitman; T. G. Vaughan, Columbus; Paul Stentz, Houl- ka F. c. Hathorn, Hattiesburg; W. c. Banks, W. C. Gunter and A. Fredick- son, Columbus.
 J. c. Raids of Carrollton, who was stricken yesterday afternoon and carried to the Mckinley sanitarium for treatment, has a severe attack of appendicitis and not acute indigestion. Late last night he was in a critical condition. An operation was not possible at that time. Dr. Me Kinley says it will be necessary within the next day or so.
 The fun-making tonight ends the nine ty-second annual communication. grand lodge of Mississippi Masons, fand the other meetings which always accompany it. The three days they have spent in Columbus has been pleasant for them, and the townspeople have opened their hearts. and homes to them. Several were asked if they enjoyed their stay and their answers were all affirmative. The banquet at the Hotel Gilmer tonight was a meritorious one. Ali the local committees did their part of arranging details in splendid style.
 It is potent and timely that special men ton should be made of the zeal displayed by R. A Carson, Walter Weaver F. R. Sims. P. w. Maer, T. B. Franklin, R. s. Curry, c. c. Buder, D. D. Richards, John P. Mayo and Irving Kaufman for preparing the programme and banquet for this annual gathering. Their work was a success.