The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-08-14
he National Negro Business League Must Come Kansas City in 1916 and be Shown
NEGRO GRAND LODGE
A. F. 8 A. N. MEETS
OFFICERS CHOSEN BY RoYFL
ARCH MAsoNs AND KNIGHT
TEMPLARS.

Following the final adjournment
taken by the colred Royal Arch
Masons and Knight Templars, VINO
have been holding their annual com
munication in Hannibal since Monday
the grand lodge of colored Masons, or
the blue lodge, as it is more familiarly
known, assembled at the court house
at 9 o'clock this morning for the open
ing session of the annual communica-
tion.
About 450 delegates are here for the
grand lodg communication which will
continue until Friday, taking final
journment on that day. This is the
forty-ninth annual communication of
the grand lodge. Officers will be
elected tomrrow.
Opening exercises were held last
night at the Court House by the negro
masons. Mayor John X. Mills deliver.
ed the address of welcome. The re-
sponse was made by w. c. Houston Of
Kansas City. Rev. c. R. Mcdowell ad-
dressed the assemblage in behalf of
the colored churches of the city to
which w. NJ. Johnson of st. Louis,
responded. The Most Worshipful
Master Nelson C. Crews of Kansas
City, presided.
The Knight Templars will march in
parade Friday preceding drills which
will be held at Mainland's Park. On
that day. the visitors and local mem
bers will have a big picnis.
The officers of the Grand Lodge OF
Missouri A. F. and A. NJ. are: Grand
Master, Nelson C. Crews, Kansas
| City; Deputy rand MGaster, Richard
Young, Lincoln, Nez.; Grand Senior
Warden, Frank ]. Brown, st. Louis
William Green, Plattsburg, Grant
Junior Warden; Harry H. Walker, st
Joseph, Grand Treasurer; Geo. w. K
I've, Kansas City. Grand Secretary
W. w. Fields, Cameron. Secretary o
Relief; P. L. Pratt, Cameron, Crane
Lecturer; Rev. w. F. Bolts, Omoha
Neb., Grand Chaplain; Robt. A. James
st. Louis, Member of Relief Board
VIM. H. Jones, st. Joseph, Member o
! h6llel D.. II. MCOllhpb INeAA
sas City, Grand Junior Deacon; R. W
Marshall, st. Louis, Grand Senio
Deacon; Geo. w. Dupee, Jefferso
City, Grand Senior Steward; Gee
Hicks, Plattsburg, Grand Junior Stew
ard Reuben Barbour, Macon, Grant
Pursuivant; Richard Fullbright, Kan
sas City, Grand Sword Bearer; X. Z
Smith, De Sto, rand Marshal; Levi
Routt, Grand Standard Bearer; E. w
Perkins, Macon, Grand Messenger;
H. Bradbury, st. Louis, Grand Report
er; Edw. W. Levy, st. Louis, Gram
Auditor; Crittenden Clark st. Louis
Grand Attorney; T. ]. Coleman, 81
Joseph, Grand Tyler; Richard I
Cole. P. G. NJ, Chairman Committe
Foreign Correspondence Kansas City
Mo.
Officers elected by Royal Arcl
Masns and knights Templars for tn
ensuing year follow
Royal Arch Masons:
Grand High Priest-Geo. Bloom
field, st. Louis.
Deputy Grand High HrlesI-l.
McCampbell, Kansas City.
Grand King-A. l.. Thomas, JeffeI
son City.
Grand Scribe-J. P. Moffett, Sedalia
Grand Treasurer-Chas. Griggsby
Liberty.
Grand Secretary-E. S. Baker, Kar
sas City.
Grand Iecturer-W. H. McAdam'
Springfield
Grand Chaplain-Rev. R. Barber.
Knights Templars:
Right Eminent Grand Commando
Willis G. Moseley, Kansas City.
Deputy R. E. C.-Peter Kincad'
Kansas City.
Grand Generalissmo-Joseph +
Cherwood, st. Paul, MINI.
Grand Captain General-James v
Beard, st. Louis.
Grand Senior Warden-Geo
Johnson, Kansas City.
Grand Junior Warden-B. F. Ora,
St. Joseph.
, Grand Prelate-Henry Roam, S
Louis.
Grand Recorder-James T. Cannol
st. Louis.
Grand Inspector-T. G. McCampbel
Kansas City