The broad ax., 1921-11-26

Icollected. and the balance due on the
property was decreased and has
steadily decreased since that time, till
it is now nearly all finished. In 1913
he was elected Junior Warden, in
which station he served a year, and at
the time became assistant to the late
Bro. James c. Adams, Grand Secre-
tary OF NJ. w. Prince Hall Grand
Lodge of Illinois, in the Grand Lodge,
bringing to the place his experience
and ability which was demonstrated
by his writing the minutes of the
three succeeding Grand Lodge ses-
sions, single handed, when this work
had always required the services of at
least six of the brethren during each
Grand session. The Office of Assist
ant Grand Secretary was created by
the Grand Lodge for him in 1919, and
he continued in this Office during the
tenure of the late Grand Secretary,
Bro. J. c. Adams, in the meantime
making up for the Grand Lodge and
Grand Secretary a modern set Of
loose leaf financial record books
which have since been the pride of
the entire Grand Lodge
Upon the death OF Grand Secretary
J. c. Adams, in June, 1921, Brother
White was appointed by the Most
Worshipful Grand Master Brother
Thomas H. Samuels of Chicago, to
the Office OF Right Worshipful Grand
Secretary. serving during the succeed
ing four months with such evident
zeal. progreSsiveness and efficiency
that the Most Worshipful Grand Mas
ter pronounced him the most prof.
cient Grand Secretary in the entire
history of the Most Worshipful Prince
Hall Grand Lodge of nearly hfty-hve
years.
At the recent Grand Session in
Evanston. Illinois, the extraordinary
accomplishments of Brother ]. Harold
White as Grand Secretary were so
marked that the Grand Lodge almost
as unit showed its desire to retain
him in the Office, but owing to the
fact that Brother White had not
served as master of his lodge, he could
not legally be elected as Grand Secre-
tary of the Grand Lodge. so that the
Grand Session closed with many re-
grets on the loss of his services in
the Office during the year ahead, and
with the hope that Central Lodge
would return him to the Grand Lodge
at its session in East St. Louis as
Worshipful Master. so that the Grand
Lodge may again have his service at
the Grand Session following, and Gen.
trail Lodge may again have the honor
of claiming as one of its members the
Right Worshipful Grand Secretary of
the Most Worshipful Prince Hall
Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted
Masons of Illinois.
Brother J. Harold White has been
employed at the Capitol Building for
the past seven years, being warrant
clerk in the State Treasurer's Office at
Springfield, a position never before
held by Colored man, and he is rated
as being one of the very best in the
Treasurer's Office, and the most re-
sponsible Colored employe of the
State of Illinois. His work includes
the handling of thousands of dollars
worth of funds, bonds, warrants and
other securities of the State Treas
urer's Office each day, in which he is
not be said that the Negro cannot be
but for the entire Colored population
of the State of Illinois. His honesty,
efficiency and reliability in this i'm
portant position rebounds to the
credit of each Colored boy and girl
each day he continues in it, for it can
not be said that the Negro cannot be
trusted, is not reliable nor does not
come, up to the standard of efficiency
IA OhNC nOiAs oAuNC hN 10 al every
day reminder to the whole state to the
contrary.
Central Lodge No. J is extremely
fortunate in being able to secure as
its Worshipful Master a brother of
these attainnents and will take upon
itself another period of advancement
under his leadership that will place
her far in the front of lodges of the
Grand Jurisdiction of Illinois, of which
Central Lodge No. is one of the
original organizers, only two of the
constituent lodges of this Grand
Lodge being now in existence.
During the four months that Brother
White honorabIy served as Grand
Secretary he collected $4,000 for
the Grand Lodge and prior to his
short term of Office the record for the
past years was not more than 100000
per year and each and every member
Of Central Lodge No. 3 win be honor
ing themselves by electing Brother
White Worshipful Master of their
lodge, so that he can continue to re-
feet honor and great credit upon IL
and upon his race and upon all Of the
members of the Most WorshipfaI
Prince Hall. Grand Lodge Of Free and