The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-10-07
MANY. VISITORS ARE
HERE FOR REUNION
OF SCOTTISH RITE
Notable Event in Masonic
Circles Will Begin at
Temple Today
THIRD CONFERRED
IN FORM LAST NIGHT
George T. Moore, Lieutenant Grand
Commander, Arrived Yesterday
and Talked Enthusiastically
of Reunion Plans

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of Reunion Plans
| The Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite
of Free Masonry in the valley of Bir-
| mingham, acting as hosts for the reunion
of the southern jurisdiction, kept open
house yesterday for the teams from other
| cities that are to take part in the work
and who will make the four days and
nights of the reunion memorable in Ma
| sonry in. Alabama in comforting degrees.
1t is not probable that another such
| interesting and highly representative
| gathering of Masons will assemble in the
south for years to come.
Busy Reception Committee
| The reception committee headed by ].
| H. Phillips 33d degree honorary deputy
| for the inspector general in northern Ala
bama, chairman, began their duties Mon
day and were kept busy welcoming the
varions teams and other prominent Ma
sons arriving for the reunion. The COM
| mttee in addition to the chairman in
cludes II. C. Davidson, SD degree honor
airy, deputy for the inspector general in
middle Alabama; r. L. Douglass, 33d de-
gree honorary, deputy for the inspector
general in southern Alabama Morris
Newfield. 33d degree honorary; Bertram
Jacobs. 33d degree honorary; w. w. Ran
som, 33d degree honorary; j. II. McCor
mick 3Sd degree honorary; T. M. McMil-
Ian, SD degree honorary; j. d. Matlock,
33d degree honorary; r. S. league, 33d
degree honorary James Bowron, SD de-
gree honorary; r. T. Aldrich, 33d degree
honorary; George A. Beauchanlp, SD de-
gree honorary.
In the comforting of degrees very prom
inent parts win be taken by teams from
other states.
From Georgia there will come team
from Savannah with the following com
mittee OH work in that state: H. w. Wit
cover, sSd degree, sovereign grand inspec-
tor general in Georgia, chairman; John L.
Travis, 32d degree. director of work in Sa-
vannah, Ga: L. II. McLaws, SOD degree
r. M. bearing, 32d degree.
Committee on Work, Mississippi
Mississippi sends representative team
under the direction of NJ r. Grant of
Meridian. SD degree sovereign inspector
general in Mississippi and the following
members of the committee on work I'M
mississippi:
NJ r. Grant. ed degree sovereign grand
inspector general for the state of Misss
sippi.
o. l.. Mckay. s2d, e. II. selby, SD; May
| rant Adams, sd.
Committee on Work, Tennessee
|. The team from Nashville. which will
confer degrees, will work under the
direction of the committee on work in
Tennessee: John Berry Garrett, Esd de-
gree Hon, deputy for the Inspector
general in Tennessee, chairman Hay
wood Petrie Norman, 32d degree, K. G.
c. H.. Joseph Pinkney Lawrence. 32d
degree, *. c. c. H; Thomas Graham
Hall, 32d degree, X. c. c. H.
The interstate reunion of the Scot
fish Rite, embracing representations
from Georgia. Tennessee, Florida, Mis-
sissippi together with teams from Ala
bama cities, will begin this morning
at the Masonic temple, Sixth avenue
and Nineteenth street.
The real work will start with the
comforting of the fourth degree and
other TIMETABLE degrees The class
registration Will begin at $50 a. m.
The indications are that there will be
a large attendance during the reunion
and local interest is at the highest
pitch among Masons.
The Third Degree Conferred
Last night the third degree was con
ferred by team under the auspices of
Birmingham Fraternal lodge 3S4 in
most impressive manner before a large
and enthusiastic number of the breth-
rem, including many visitors from other
lodges In this state and other grand
jurisdictions.
1t was hoped to have had this degree
conferred by the officers of the grand
Ind Grn Of lob. l.,f ~,
absence of some of them from the
state. and very. pressing engagements
of others. 1t became necessary to
change the programme as originally
formulated.
The team comforting the third degree
was: II. C. Miller. worshipful master;
Frank A. Hewitt senior warden:
Charles r. West. Junior warden; Ernest
f.. Matthews, senior deacon;s John r.
Bethea, junior deason; w. ]. Whitaker,
spokesman; o. S. Finch, n. T. Haynes.
j. FL. Edmonson, r. A. Osborn, Harry
Wilson, floor workers.
George F. Moore on the Reunion
George +. Moore, SD degree, .venera-
Bile lieutenant grand commander of the
supreme council, and sovereign grand
Inspector general In Alabama and Por-
to Rico, arrived in tho city yesterday
to attend the Scottish rite reunion.
'PoohiH6 VI the reunion ne SAID. am
much gratified to find upon my arrival
here in Birmingham that all the details
or the interstate reunion of the Scot
fish rite as formulated by myself and
other members of the supreme council
in August are perfected.
The purpose of the reunion is to
bring together into communion and fell
lowship members of the higher body of
Missionary In the southeast as en-
braced in the states of Georgia, Flor
Ida, Mississippi. Tennessee and Ala
bama. These states, by their geograph-
ical position and by common bond,
affiliate In the work Of the Scottish
rite in spirit of full fellowship
I'm the preparation of the programme
1t occurred to me that the work of con-
ferring the third degree on the evening
before the beginning of the Scottish Rite
reunion, would add additional interest to
the occasion for al Masons The York
or American rite, is closely affiliated
with the Scottish rite in that If men,
ner of the Scottish rite should for any
cause lose his membership as master
Mason. he automatically forfeits his
membership in the Scottish rite
I'm view of the fact that H Giant Mil
Ter has probably conferred the master
Mason degree oftener than any other one