Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1921-12-08
Tall Cedars Of Lebanon Held Cere-
monial Tuesday Night. :

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every forest especially to young
trees which have not been buffeted and
toughened by the winds so that they
could become sturdy and grow tall
81 Saplings from the fartherest reach
es Of Chesterfield and Marlboro coun-
ties sough. entrance to Cheraw For
est No. II, Tall Cedars of Lebanon on
Tuesday evening at the Masonic Hall
To become a member of this mighty
Forest Sapling must prove he is
able to withstand the dangers which
play zoe with the weak and untried,
hence the ceremonial which set in
motion every wicked wind and forest
fire.
But before putting the Saplings to
the test, wise Tall Cedars knowing the
necessity for nourishment needed for
the standing Of the ordeal, set about
to prepare a feast. They prevailed
upon the ladies Of the Methodist
church to set before the Cedars and
the Saphngs a supper which would
be sufficient to give great strength to
the Saplings to Withstand the test
and good cheer to the Tall Cedars
that they might make the test as easy
as possible. How well they succeeded
is told when we say every Sapling
was made a Tall Cedar.
The ladies provided a hot turkey
supper, everything being included
which goes with a real turkey sup
per and they served it ito queens
taste" The hall was appropriated
decorated and small potted cedars
were on each table. The ladies serv-
ing wore cedar twings.
Supreme Tall Cedar Meiklejohn
commenced the latter dinner" pro-
gram by Welcoming Tall Cedars and
Saplings from out of town, telling
them he wanted them to know that
this was not only Cheraw Forest,
but as It's jurisdiction reached up in
o North Carolina and covered
counties in this section Of the State,
it belonged to Tall Cedars in this
territory He then referred to DR.. T.
E. Wannamaker, Sr., as the daddy of
Free Masonry in Marlboro and Ches-
terfield counties and asked that DR..
Wannamaker add few words of vel.
come, which he did in very appro-
pirate and hearty way.
A number Of the Saplings were then
called on by Tall Cedar L. c. Wanna
maker for poetry which had previous
ly been written on slips for them
to read.
Saplings B. T. Long and Arrant, of
Pageland, the heavy weights of the
Sapling band did clog dance to the
evident delight of all present.
Sapling Sumwalt, talented Sap
ling, played a much enjoyed violin
solo accompanied by Mrs. H. w.
Wannamaker
Tall Cedar Joe Lindsay then ex-
pressed the appreciation of the Tall
Cedars to the ladies for the supper.
The Forest then went into secret
session to put the Saplings to the.
test.
The Saplings receiving their degrees
were: '"'''''
Bundy Arant, Peter NJ. Arant, G. C.
Mungo, W. D. Sutton, R. L. Watts, R.
H. Blakney, S. B. Eubanks, of Page
land, w. G. Sellers and W. F. Sigman,
of Ruby; Ca-l A. Douglass, DR.. R. L.
Gardner, ]. A. knight, C. H. White,
Of Chesterfield; il b. Ayers and F. H.
Covington, of Bennettsville; DR.. A. w.
Hamer, CT McColl; G. NJ. Stanback, of
Wadesboro, N. c.; ]. r. Bruce, T. B.
Davis, B. E. Funderburk, NJ. L. John
son, B. 7. Long, J. X. McCown, W. A.
McElveen, A. Hunter Page, R. L. Sum-
walt, R. B. Laney, H. NJ. Duvall B. F.
Pegues, Edwin Malloy, ]. L. Ander-
son, and DR.. T. E. Wannamaker, of
Cheraw.