The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-12-16
|mlspgs cgAglulE SESSION.
ItOBERT A. COOPER AGAIN
CHOSEN GRAND MASTER.
Hev. William f. Thayer of Sumter.
SuccPeds Late Rev. w. p. Smith .as
Chaplain-Other Officers.

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charleston, Dec. 13.--The grand
lodge of Ancient. Free Masons of
Saath Carolina closed it's 1SOth grand
communication this afternoon after. q
TWO days session in the Masonic tenn
PIE In this city. Officers for the on.
suing year were elected and appointed
With practically no changes from the
present roster, and a mass of routine
susiness was disposed Of.
Many important points of Masonic
law which had been ruled upon by the
grand master during the year were
incorporated into the Jurisprudence
OF the craft by the grand lodge after
interesting. discussion.
One of the most interesting reports
of m&ny years from an historical
point OF view was the one submitted
by W. @. Mazyck of Charleston. es-
Ftablishing the date. Of the institution
Of the grand lodge of South Carolina
as 17s6fmaking this session the 1soth
and distinguished the grand lodge of
south Carolina al the oldest BODY of
It's kind on the American continent.
Past Grand Master George S. Now.
err. on. behalf Of the grand lodge, pre-
sentea to- Past Grand Master George
T. Bryan a gold watch and chain. Tho
gift was acknowledged in a feeling
speech by the. former head of the
craft. s., , . ...,
MIR. Mazyck called attention to the
fnct that the next annual meeting
would be the centennial of the union
OF the two grand lodges Of this State,
chected In 1917, and moved that the
grand warrant officers arrange for
some suitable celebration of the oc.
casion.
The following officers were elected:
Grand master. r. A. Cooper. Lau-
rens; deputy grand master, w. w.
Waparnaker. Orangeburg; senior
grand warden, w. A. Giles. Granite
Vile: Junior grand warden, s. J. Lam
ham, Spaftanburg; grand treasurer,
w. H.. Prioleau, Charleston; grand Soc
rotary, O.. Frank Hart Columbia;
grapa chaplain. the Rev. William II.
|Thaysr; ,of Sumter. .
All thsses are present incumbents,
except the grand chaplain. who was
ei<cted' to succeed the late, Rev. ". p.
Sna1ea. }us ~ la.s~ ~ .1.aSY
The grand warrant officers having
Ehasl saa3ys tastAilsd~theA1 oll0wins.om
|esss *srs appointed and such OF those
%. were pFsssnt were installed;
Senior grand deacons; J. p. Duck.
EFT. Anderson and J.. C. Bissell, Char
lesion; janior grand deacons, N. l..
Bennett. Spartanburg and r. B. Flick
ling Blackyille; grand stewards, J. II.
Fowles. Columbia, and F. B. Boland,
Ware o. Shoals; grand marshal,
b. 9. Blacxwood, Spartanburg; grand
putsuivant. C., A. Powers, Laurens;
srana tilsr. w. A. Winkler, Charles
ton.
The grand master appointed the
following deputies:
William g. Mazyck. Charleston,
first district; p. M. Buckner. Wal
serboro, second district; A. A. Lemon,
Barnwell, third district: ". w. Ed
gerton, Aiken, fourth district; B. f.
Nicholson. Edgefie}d. fifth district:
Kenneth Baker. Greenwood, sixth
4istrict;, T. Frank Watkins, Ander-
son, seventh district; R. T. Hallum,
Pickens. eighth district: A. S. Row.
eHb Piedmont, ninth district: w. j.
Fatton, Cross Anchor. tenth district:
Van Smith, Newberry. eleventh dis
trict; NJ. H. Sandifer, Rock Hill,
twelfth district; Joseph Lindsay,
Chester, thirteenth district; J.. B. Wal
lace. Camden. fourteenth district; r.
X. Wallace, Kingstree. fifteenth dis
trict; T. E. W~annamaker. Cheraw,
sixteenth district; J. c. Sellers, Sellers,
seventeenth district; w. l.. Glaze,
orangoburg. eighteenth district; II. H,
Anderson. Tucapau. nineteenth dis.
trict; B. B. Bishop. Inman, twentieth
district,