The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-08-31

WueT6 we IHOSL COIulOIIdDly lOCdJSui
along with DR.. Walker and Mr.. Wat
kins and our stay in Moberly was one
continued round of pleasure meeting
old friends, renewing acquaintances,
visiting points of interest and attend
ing the various sessions of the Grand
Lodge
Unexpectedly on Thursday we re-
ceived kilograms announcing the
o. Boone, Sr., Senior Grand Warden
of the Masonic Grand Lodge of Mis-
souri, and an order from the Grand
Master to meet him there. After bid
ding farewell to the brethren of the
Grand Lodge U. B. F. and to our
travelling companions, DIR. Walker and
Mr.. Watkins and DIR. Dibble, who was
called back home the day previous,
DR., Ramsey, Bentley and l started for
Louisiana, SO miles away at 1890.
Our first stop was Centralia, where
we had lunch, then on to Mexico, over
one of the best roads to be found in
Missouri. Mexico is the hcDle of B.
L. Douglas, the well known DaTDer, f
J. Cooper the Grand Lecturer and
Tom Bass the famous horseman and
after few moments visit with these
distinguished fraters and replenishing
our car with gasoline and oil, we left
for Louisiana where we arrived safe
Ely at $3.50, after having to change a
tire at Vandalia, one of the thriving
little manufacturing towns of the
State. We were taken to the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. H. Franklin, where
we we're royalty entertained during
our stay and the next morning under
the guidance of our old friend, VIII
liam Bibbs and Charles p. Covington
were show many points of interest in
this historic city in the county of
Pike from whence halls Champ Clark
Speaker of the House of Represen-
tatives. The funeral of brother Boone
was held on Friday at 2:30 and quite
few visiting brethren were in at
tendance including Grand Master
Fields, Junior Grand Warden Brad
bury, Grand Lecturer Cooper, the
lodges from Bowling Green and
Frankford while floral tributes came
from all sections of the state. 1t was
one of the saddest funerals we ever
attended, but the high standing of
brother Boone was attested by the
presence of the entire body of Color
ed Ministers of the City, the Mayor,
Postmaster and a number of promin-
ent white citizens and vast concourse
of race people of that city and vici-
nifty. We left Louisiana on our re-
turn trip for Hannibal at 600 O'Clock
arriving there in a drizzling rain
about 500 p. M, and being unable to
obtain gasoline, owing to their local
restrictions, we were compelled to
spend the night there. After visiting
circus that happened to be exhibit
ing in the City, where DR.. Ramsey
purchased a huge quantity of peanuts
and Bentley affectionately greeted a
cage of chimpanzees, we drove out to
the Masonic Home where Supt. Dixon
kept us during the evening; leaving
there bright and early for Monroe
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of 240 miles homeward bound. We
encountered very disagreeable and
muddy roads from Hannibal to Mon
roe City and were only able to make
about ten miles an hour, but after
leaving Monroe City we struck good
dry roads and it was virtually a joy
ride all the rest of the way to Kan
sss City. After leaving Monroe City
our first stop was Shelbina where we
had breakfast, then on leisurely to
Macon where we arrived about noon
and visited the grounds and build
ings of Western College presided over
by President Inman e. Page. also our
brother, Rev. P. c. Crews and family
who reside here and several other
friends and acquaintances including
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