The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-16
Grand Master Teague and Officers of Grand Lodge of State Perform the
 Ceremonies GRAND COMMANDER MOORE
 MAKES ADDRESS Congressman Heflin Thrills Crowds With Patriotic Address-Th Thousands of
 MasOns in Attendance

Birmingham turned out in force yester- day to witness the grand pageant staged by the Ancient Free and Accepted Ma sons of Alabama, who laid the corner stone of the new million-dollar govern ment building at Fifth avenue and Nine teenth street, and at the conclusion of the parade those who could crowd with in hearing or seeing distance of the platform upon which sat the officials and dignitaries of the grand lodge and other consequential individuals, remained for the ceremonies.
 The parade and the ceremonies both
 were impressive. In the procession were approximately 10000 men and women. six bands. and a large number of automo-
 piles. appropriately decorated.
 Formed in the vicinity of Capitol park, it proceeded southward on Nineteenth street to First avenue, thence to Twen- tieth street. northward on Twentieth street to Sixth avenue, thence west to Nineteenth street, where the pageant dis
 banded. Along the entire line of march the streets were packed and damned
 with people, who stood, some of them AOl hOOiS, III ll5 HOl sun WdlliitS 1tA the procession.
 CEREMONIES BEGUN
 Led by Chief Shirley of the police de- partment and 20 mounted men, the pro-
 cession started shortly before o'clock. and an hour later the ceremonies at the corner stone began. Grand Marshal J. Il.
 Edmondson had planned we'll for the pa
 rade and it went off without a hitch.
 Following the mounted police came the
 112th heavy field artillery of Camp Me-
 Clelan, with 30 pieces, then the officers
 of the grand lodge of Alabama in auto
 mobiles, the Shriners and their band, blue lodge Masons. and members of the Order
 of the Eastern Star Each division was
 headed by a band. one by the Boys In-
 dustrial School band, the others by bands
 from the high schools.
 When the grand lodge officials reached
 the Masonic temple, after touring the
 downtown business district, they con- vened in the temple and marched be- tween two lines of uniformed members of Knights Templar to Fifth avenue
 and Nineteenth street for the ceremonies. Most Worshipfu Grand Master Rob ert $. Teague presided, assisted by all the officers of the grand lodge. As Grand
 Master Teague and his official family walked onto the platform at the south east corner of the building the Masonic choir, under the direction of Prof. Fred l.. Grambs sang the air prescribed by
 the ritual, Grand Chaplain A. J. Dick inson invoked the Divine aid in the cere-
 monies, and the officially prescribed serv- ices began.
 F. In turn Grand Master Teague called
 upon the different grand officers to state their respective duties. United States Supervising Architect I. M. Geary in
 charge of the construction of the build ing, presented the grand lodge with a metal box to contain memorials to be deposited in the corner stone, Grand Treasurer John w. Terry read the list of articles, the box was sealed by Grand l Master Teague. lowered into the cavity provided for it, and the huge marble stone hoisted into place.
 ARTICLES DEPOSITED The articles deposited in the box were: A $5 gold coin, one $l gold coin, silver coins of the denominations of s1, 50 cents, 25 cents, 10 cents and 5-cent nickle and a l-cent copper; rosters of officials of the United States district court for the Northern district of Alabama the intern al revenue collectors office, the Birming- ham postoffice. the Pioneers club and the Birmingham Writers club. copy of The Age Herald, copy of Sovereign Grand Master George Moore's allocution, photograph of Dr. Joseph Riley Smith. first white child born in Jefferson coun- ! ty: historical sketch of the Jackson high way movement, brief biography of An drew Jackson. Holy Bible, post card pie lures of the building and copy of the New Age Magazine, Masonic periodi- cal.
 The inscription on the inside of the me- morial box is as follows: The corner stone containing this box laid by the grand lodge of Alabama. A. F. and A. M. May 15, l9lS A. M. 591S." List of the names of the officers of the grand lodge | and T. J. Brabston chairman: J. H. Edmondson, secretary; Dr. w. W. Ran | son. Frank A. Huey, Judge William 1 E. Fort, Judge Hugo l.. Black, J. D. Mat Hook and Dr. w. P. McAdory. executive committee. John M Geary, supervising architect United States public buildings; l Charles McCaul Co, contractors; F. w. Leimer, superintendent of construction; Otto Lindburg, mechanical contractor. | The box was carried by little Misses Marguerite Matlock. Mildred Hewitt and i Mary Virginia Brabston.
 The stone was tested in accordance with -itual regulations. pronounced per | feet, and the craftsmen declared to have (Continued on Page Ten)