The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1913-08-15
POWDER SPRINGS GAVE
NASOAS PLENTY EATS
Everything In. The Chefs We
ca'oulary and Pies Enough
For The County.

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der Springs Mason after the story on
the front page was ready to print. 1t
tells something about the dinner
which we are unable to describe.
All we can offer in reply to his
expression of our attendance is that
we were unable to borrow a suit of
clothes from ''Bill' Frey and we were
afraid that the slender clothes we are
fortunate enough to own would not
stand the size of the dinner.
Furthermore we were busy mailing
out the Journal and business inter-
fered with pleasure.
The tenth annual meeting of the
Cobb county Masonic Convention
was held with Springville Lodge,
No. 1853, at Powder Springs, Thurs
day, August 9TH inst.
| The convention assembled in Mas
onic Hall for a business meeting.
Reports for the various lodges of the
county were read and showed each
of them in a prosperous condition,
and with total membership of
about 1000.
The next annual meeting is to
be with the Lodge at Lost Mountain
and on the first Thursday in August
1914.
The officers elected for the ensue-
ing year are:- Joseph w. Arnold, w.
NJ. ]. Glenn Giles, J. w. G. D.
Miller, J. w; H. H. Logan
Secty. Treas. The other officers are
appointed by the Worshipful Master
and will be announced later.
The business session being ended
the lines were formed and the con-
vention proceeded to the Spring
park, where the 5000 people assem-
bled were entertained with address
es by Past Grand Master Thos. H.
Jeffries, Deputy Grand Master H. H.
Ballard. Rev. s. R. Belk, Joseph G.
Camp, and other brethren.
Splendid readings were given by
Miss Ruth Bartlett, of Dallas, Ga,
and by Misses Lois lookout, Josie
Vaughn and Lorena Vansant. Mus
/ ic for the occasion was furnished by
/ the Marietta band and was much en-
joyed by all present.
Nearly every business house in
! nlnchd nj,
of the convention This beautiful
tribute of respect on the part of our
merchants to the grand old order of
/ Freemasonry is very much appre-
ciated by the Masons, and at a meet
ing of the Lodge the following Sat
urday evening a resolution was
adopted and spread on the records
sincerely thanking those citizens for
their timely kindness and beautiful
tribute paid to the convention.
The people of the town and for
miles around made the occasion a
picnic and day of rejoicing, in many
of which families there are no Mas
ons but came with we'll filled bas-
kets and countenances bright with
smiles intent upon helping to enter
tain our guests, the convention and
worship at the shrines of Freemascn-
ry.
1t was a splendid day, every one
happy and intent upon making ev-
cry other one so.
A long board table had been pro-
vided in the shade of the large
oaks near the pavilion and was load
ed to its capacity with good things
to eat, just such things as country
people know how to prepare, bruins
wick stew, Unjust have the stew be-
cause of brother Ballard) mutton,
pork, beef, chicken, biscuit
like our mothers used to make, mod
ern day biscuit, loaf and other bread
cake. potato pies, apple pies, peach
pies and then pies and pies. Mr.. Ed
itor you ought to have been here and
TO have seen that table before and
after"
God bless the people who so gen.
erously went into their boarded
stock of smiles and other good things
land helped us entertain the i'm
mense crowd of people assembled on
this occasion.
The writer is proud of the fact
that he is Mason and feels that
he has been greatly honored by
being admitted to an order that has
for its advocates the Belks, Jeffries
Camps, Taylors, Myerhardts, Banks
Napiers, Rushins, Redwins, Ballards
and thousands of other good true
and tried men.
Quite number of Masons from
Marietta, Acworth, Kennesaw, Lost
Mountain, Dallas, Douglasyille, Lith-
ia Springs, Austell and Middleton
were present and helped to make
the occasion one to be remembered
bered