The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-12-15
SUMTER, s. c.. SATURDAY DECEMBER Is 1917
GRAND LODGE OFFICERS.
NASONS OF STATE CLOSE AN
NCAL COMMUNICATION.
Twenty Thousand Dollars, With
More to Follow, Invested in Liberty
Bonds.

Charleston, Dec. 12.-The Grand
Lodge of Ancient Free Masons of
South Carolina closed it's 1S1st annual
communication this afternoon, after
eiecting and installing officers for the
ensuing year and resolving to hold
it's next annual communication in
Charleston on the second Tuesday of
December. 1918.
William w. Wannamaker Of Or
angeburg. for the past two years
deputy grand master, was elevated to
grand master and now presides over
the craft in South Carolina.
J. Campbell Bissell Of Landmark
Lodge No. 7G. Charleston, was elected
junior grand warden, which puts him
in the direct line of succession to the
grand mastership. Mr.. Bissell was the
unanimous choice of the Grand
Lodge. no other name being present
Cd for the Office.
The full list of elective officers
chosen today follows:
Grand master, w. w. Mannamaker.
Orangeburg; deputy grand master, w.
A. Giles, Graniteville: senior grand
warden, s. r. Lanham. Spartanburg;
Junior grand warden, j. Campbell Bis
sell, Charleston; grand treasurer, W.
II. Prioleau, Charleston; grand secre-
tary. o. Frank Hart. Columbia; grand
chaplain. the Rev. w. f. Thayer.
sumter.
These were duly installed according
10 ancient ceremony, the Grand Lodge
passing from the third to the first de-
gree for the purpose. and, after they
had been properly saluted the ap-
pointive officers were, in their turn,
announced and installed, as follows
Senior grand deacons. j. P. Duckett,
Anderson, and c.. K. Chritzberg, Rock
Hill; junior grand deacons, T. B. Bo-
land. Ware Shoals. and j. H. Fowles,
Columbia: grand marshal I. G. Black
wood. Spartanburg; grand pursuivant,
A. j. Thackston. Orangeburg: grand
stewards. r. l.. Wolfe, Manning, and
J. W. Wells. Gray Court; grand tiler,
W. A.sWinkler, Charleston.
District Deputy Grand Masters
First, w. G. Mazyck, Charleston; Sec
ond, r. NJ. Buckner, Walterboro;
third. A. A. Lemon, Barnwell: fourth
W. W.. Edgerton, Aiken; fifth, B. E.
Nicholson. Edgefeld; sixth. Kenneth
Baker, Greenwood; seventh, T.. FRANK
Watkins. Anderson; eighth, r. r..
hallum. Pickens; ninth, A. S. Rowell.
Piedmont; tenth. T., 1. Swygert, IAu-
rens; eleventh. Van Smith, Newberry;
twelfth. NJ. III. Sandifer, Rock Hill;
thirteenth. Joseph Lindsay, Chester:
fourteenth, l.. T. Mills. Camden; hf-
teenth, II. "A. Richburg, Sumter: six
teenth T. K. Wannamaker, Cheraw:
seventeenth. j. G. Sellers, Sellers: /:
eighteenth. 7 w. Dantzler st. Mat.
thews; nineteenth, H. II. Anderson,
Tucapau; twentieth, B. 3. Bishop, In
man..
The grand master announced tho
Following standing committees:
Hall Committee---F. NJ. Smith. A c.
Furchgott, j. d. Kennedy, A. c. Con-
ner.
Committee of Chari,y-I w.
Hirsch, A. l.. Barton. Henry Blank.
John Harleston. J. Berkman.
Committee on Cemetery-R. =
Evans, w. c. Miller, w. II. Prioleau
l.. Nj. Schmetzer.
Board Of Relief. w. Hirsch. A.
l.. Barton, John Harlston, J. Berx
man.
Historical COmmittee-O. Frank
Hart, James L. Niche and w. G..
Mazyck.
Foreign Correspondent - j. l..
Niche.
The business of the session today
was wholly routine Reports of COM
mittees left over from last night were
disposed Of and other matters Of in
torest to the craft considered
On motion the grand master was re-
ouested to appoint a committee to pre-
pare a testimonial from the grand
hdEe 70 the retiring grand master, p.
y. Cooper