Judsonia weekly advance., 1915-11-24
ARKANSAS GRAND LODGE WILL CELEBRATE SEVENTY-FiFTH
 ANNIVERSARY.
OTHER OFFICERS ELECTED
Fay Hemsptead Enters Thirty-fifth Year as Grand Secretary-ln Point of Service Oldest Grand
 Secretary in United States.
Little Rock.


 A great celebration of the seventy fifth anniversary of the founding of the Arkansas Grand Lodge of Masons will be held in Little Rock in 1916, members of the grand lodge voted al most unanimously. The details for in hands of a committee of five, to be named by the grand master.
 The celebration plans follow on a suggestion made in the annual ad- dress of Grand Master Rosenbaum at the opening of the grand lodge. He called attention to the epoch in Ar kansas Free Masonry and urged that there be some observance of the oc- casion.
 The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: Grand Master, l.. J. Kemper, Siloam Springs; dep uty grand master, J. s. Reamey, Hot Springs; grand senior warden, Milton Winham, Texarkana grand junior warden, G. w. Wells, Imboden; grand lecturer, Baker Clark, Little Rock; grand treasurer, F. W. Tucker, Little Rock; grand secretary, Fay Hemp stead, Little Rock; grand senior war den, w. R. Chestnut, Hardy; grand junior deacon, Robert Ladelle, rector.
 Perhaps one of the features of the meeting was the reelection of Fay Hampstead to the office of grand sec retary. MT. Hampstead enters upon his thirty-fifth year in that capacity. He is the oldest grand secretary of all those holding that office in tue grand lodges of the United States, in point of service. He holds offices in other branches of the Masonic bodies of the state as we'll.
 Secretary of State Earle w. Hodges has received a letter from Terence Brady, 50 Botanic Road, Glasnevin, Dublin, Ireland, asking for informa- tion concerning an te left by his uncle, James Milligan, a pioneer of Arkansas. According to the letter, Milligan settled In Arkansas about 1880, and traded with Indians. In his last letter to his relatives, written in 1846, he gave his address as Red River, Arkansas Territory. The let ter said he had acquired considerable wealth, was in failing health and probably would return home. He never returned, tho letter said.
 Senator T. c. White of Pine Bluff, one of the prohibition leaders in the last legislature, was elected superin, tendent of the Arkansas department, Anti-Saloon League of America rhe election was held in Little Rock by the Executive Board. Senator White succeeds the Rev. Frank Barrett, su- perintendent for the last four years, who recently accepted call as pas tor of St. Lukes M. E. Church, South, at Oklahoma City. Since the ad- jcurnment of the legislature, Senator White has been organizer for the league.
 State Bank Commissioner John M. Davis issued call to all state banks for a statement of their financial condition at the close of business No vember 10. The call followed mo- tice from the comptroller of the cur rency in Washington and was issued concurrently with call for state ments of the condition of national banks emanating from Washington. The last call was issued by Commis- sioner Davis on September 6.
 The last of 5000 automobile license tags ordered for use this year by the Department of State Lands, highways and Improvements were sent out. The department was forced to buy 200 tags additional recently to last the remainder of the year. An order for 1000 for next year recently was placed. Last year only 5,662 tags were issued.
 The supreme court sustained the validity of the Keystone Drainage Dis trict, comprising 273,000 acres of land in Mississippi, Craighead and Poin- sett counties.
 Governor Hays issued a proclama- ton restoring to citizenship Jake Grooming of Greene county, who had served one-year sentence for as sault to kill.
 The State Game ond Fish Commis- sion will hold it's Eext meeting at TexarKaha December 10, according 10 Lee Miles. secretary of the commis- sion. The commission held its last meeting at Fort Smith.
 Mai. w. c. Bradford, adjutant of the Arkansas National Guard, went to Marvell, to inspect newly organized company of the guard. It is probable the company will be mustered in It would be the twenty-fourth company in tho guard