The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-10-24
.CuTCH|NS CHOSEN
As HIGH PRIEST.
Richmond Man Named to HEAD
Royal Arch Masons OF
Virginia.
C0MMANDERY MEETS TO-DAY
Parade This Afternoon OF
Knights Will Be a Spec
tacular Feature.
;omMANDERY MEETS TO-DAY

The one hundred and ntth STAY
annual convocation OF the Noy1. aata
Masons, Grand Chapter OF ,ns Ma.
which has been In session az .ns con-
49, T.mnla since Tuesday, was con
cInSsa last night. In the eiect'Sn o.
officers for the ensuing year the III
of being chosen grand hign phn has
to Sol Cutchins. OF TINS oraer since
been grand king OF the
the last convocation. 49,. naetinp
Following close upon the eonss
of the Grand Chapter yesos the Vir-
the grand annual conclaSs Tamnlar.
s;n,a commandery, Knights ienpiei
.,,h;", will be held to-day. In TINS
cnnnaction, the parade ana wi,
which will be given this aite,noo .r,s
be one of the most spee.aca.a 10, Tne
which Richmond has ever ga frank
parade will be along Grace anu ESfrh.
=, vii close with a dress paraus W
n.mnus Of Richmond Coiess
when the line will be inspe
the right eminent sranG conclaye,
IN Cnmmandery, No. Is. OF S
CIV will come to Richmond TINS ~
tornoon on a special train ~ 70 nS
largest commandery IN the hsrs 10
about as persons VIE being the
i ep II also has shown larger
;anseasa in membership during .e
,aa., YEAR than any other commaho
John n. Sebren. Jr.' IL
mander. Ea,,r,bs virginia
me wiI, accompany the Nor1oik
Masons. P. Morgan Russeii mas nec;aI
~ the arrangements Tor the %
train. Mr.. russell made p the
d hannm'n o. the excursion. and VIII vii.
ae.a.ls With the party to-day me
aenor,anderv will leave tonight az s.e'
o'clock on the journey back u '>0
folk.
III I;s+ Of oficers chosen BY the
Grand Chapter last night 10
Grand high priest. Sol catonn rH.
Pscbmond: grand king. J. w; e. ply
ant. Clifton Forge: grand so ,reas-
! ADAMS ;;aoree w. poe. Richmond tre-
aia~:eS1. grand secretary. James o.
sanks petersburg (re-electeol.
The new grand high priest gpoUnws:
the remaining omcers', Butt,
grana oapb. Grand principal sotourner;
Iosn r CharIeton, Rchmono 800.
rovaI arch captain. J. E. w. Iim aSsrd
nan Alexandria: grand ina grand
vail. James Bowman ns, 1 a II Price.
Psshrnond. grand master hrSt NsAi.
Iahn r Cochran. The Plains: Ssphs
gnand secretary. Charles ~
r. ,chrrond. deputy erah1 .S ctan
E,nrlish. Jr.. Richmond: gIno Sc
yo,;n pew F. T. McF'aden. u. ~. 49, 49,.
! .-a..na grand marshal. Oscar }. AI 1
i Rsch mond: grand tdler. James ~
Min. Richmond.
.. den,Ity grand high priests
eor the etslhteen districts OF rne S'aee
were appointed, as foilo"s: -
FIRST district. Wailiam II Nh
Alexandria; second ais.r ScuIl
new. norfolk: third district n. 1. nS
Newport News: fourth distr.cs' Jazz ~
Presson. petersburg: sixth os1:c..
~ Halle Lynchburg: seventh distrfct.
w Ot,enshain, Roanoke: eighth ais
go Rlocksidge. Pulaski: ninth ols-
tict A Groseclose. Marion; teEitn
district n. Matthews. Big stone Gap
eleventh district, R L kNgore. WISE:
twelfth district, J. z. Morton. Graham
thirteenth district, c. l. Smith. Covfng-
ton. fourteenth district. c. W. Rogers,
charlottesville: fifteenth district. r. s.
Bucher. Harrisonburg: sixteenth dis
trict r. B. Pennington, Shenandoah;
seventeenth district, H Thornton
Davis. Manassas; eighteenth district,
w. 7 Phillips. Orange.
! Eight past high priests OF the order
attended the convOcasion. three or
these being Richmond men The list
includes William B. McChesney. Staun-
ron: p. s. Conrad, Harrisonburg;
Tames Alexander. Alexandria:
George W. Wright. Marion: W. J. Hub
syd IvnchburR, and George W. Poe.
Y. Btdgood and Sol L Bloomberg. al
Of this city