The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1920-10-13
SNRINERS MAD GREAT
Time WITH EERlA LODGE
ShFinprs Of Many Temples Make it
nheir Mecca for Day; Local
Wan WINS Diamond.
From the Fridays Nena Star:

F'GF the fl.St time III history the
cita Was hon,rad bv Il ri grimaee Ct
members Of the ancient Arabic order
Hataar rr5m r.q different states and
Humbertna into hundreds.
Mobiles from fourlena tamnIas made
up caravan which rasted during
tie day IL tie aosis OF Mana. and
spent the time i'm hefrfnq class of
n0vices over the hot sands.
/ Half q hundred of those who would
become members of the mystic order
we're present from many widely scat
tered points. and furnished the sub
.ect5 for the inidatoIy ceremonial
It was the greatest Masonic gather
ing ever known in Mena. AID the first
lei its kind ever attempted in this sec,
ton Of the state Meaa and nearby
counties furnisa ed most o. the fifty
novfces who made the class that made
the srip over the burning sands.
The main portion 6f the caravan
was made I'D CT members OF 81 Amin
temple. Little Rock, Who Travelled
frcm the states caDital in a special
train. BRINGING high officials of the or
der. a splendid band Of musicians and
we'll trained patrol.
The special train was composed of
six Pullmans and baggage car, and
reached Mena shortly before 9 o'clock.
being greeted at the Kansas City
Southern passenger station by dele
cation of Mena Shriaers and visitors
from other temples who had preceded
tie representatives of Al Amin to
Mena.
Greetings over. the newly arrived
were taken to the AntlefS, where
headquarters had been established Tor
the day, and the hungry MOBILES were
given food and refreshments.
"hey 10 the Situation
lhlS event oelhs HHi9lle0 tue III ot
ceremony ol llie o"y LOON pi"e0' al
extra Slzed KEY handsomely siioe" anu
/ SaFpoSeu lO pe Iiie NeE = 'i'e 9i'u'e
! tloh' was plebeHtau u ohe ioIeHo0V0
ol Ihe calt,S"h' Hu"ih W. iNo"e' Vi
Little hoch' Inc preSeht"tioh ''
maze py Maih T. Oi'iey Oh pei'ii u
TIE Aehd "i'i%en' 'io ioe'i 9"'''oiis.
fotehtate Rowe Will fedsuief
AKIN anu hecoiuei i'ou'eio'oei %
tabllshed headquarters III ROOM ana
were Kept pusy during lhe iiiorlliiis'
! receiving the Applications ol lhe nov
ices VINO were "liilils " ei'ioi acc '''e
oaiisels Vi q '''p ''>i go ''io N'N''>' =
While this was oelng zone the VlslC-
ing Shriners gave the noVlces stunts
and taught them TO hahg on 'he rope
and those that cafeu lor rloiis were
entertained with auto lflps over 1he
city ana INTO the country.
'o'"eS' i"f Tue ni"s'
One of the features OF the days res
tivities was the election of candidates
for the ring There were three can
didates whose friends put lorth the NV
liest sort of campaign in their behalf'
II. C Freeman of Foreman. GRADY H.
Forgy of Mena and Frank steel OIL
DeQueen, were the leading trio ana
the contest was not permitted to rest
single moment. The candidates
were called upon to make lmpfomptu
speeches and to declare their stand on
issues like prohibition, woman SUI
frage, the league OF nations, and Dol
shevism.
AT the request of Bekash temple
Concord. H., one of the novices TAX
on over the hot sands was made a
member of the organization.
Among the DISTINGUISHED members
Of the order who were in Mena were
five mast potentates of AL Amin tenn.
nla Thev wore James Rarkman. A. L
Smith n Kaufman. c. G. Gross an6
oecii "''in - p'