The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1922-06-01
Beautiful Masonic Ceremony
Attends Cornerstone Laying
(By Major Lewis B. Sta abler.)

On MONDAY AFTERNOON, HOu. y.
Campbell Bissell, grand master Of
Masons of South Carolina, oficiated
at the laying of the cornerstone Of
the new dormitory being erected on
Carlisle campus.
At 1890 Col. Duncan rendered a
fish fry to the officers of the grand
lodge, together with few friends Of
the school. Those attending were:
J. Campbell Bissell; O. Frank Hart,
senior grand warden; Rev. G. P. Wat
grand secretary; Charlton Durant.
senor grand warden; Rev. G. P. Wat
son, Mr.. Haynesworth, Rev. S. o.
Cantey, J. H. Cope, W. D. Rhoad, Sr.,
Wilmot Jennings, A. w. Knight, II.
c. Folk, Rev. Peter Stokes, VIM. R.
Watson, j. C. Lanham, G. M. Cou-
per, W. C. Duncan, NJ. w. Lever, w.
NJ. Brabham, DR.. George F. Hair, e.
E. Herlong, P F. Carroll.
The grand lodge was opened at
$3.50 p. m. with the following officers
present: J. Campbell Bissell, grand
master; Dr.. J. B. Black, acting depu-
ty grand master; Charlton Durant,
senior grand warden; Thomas Duck
er, acting junior grand warden; H.
L. Hinnant, acting grand treasurer;
O. Frank Hart, grand secretary; Rev.
S. o. Cantey, acting grand chaplain;
L. B. Fowler, grand Bible bearer;
]. C. Kearse and George F. Hair, act
ing senior deacons; c. E. Black and
J. A. Mcmillan, acting junior dea-
cons; E. B. Price and H. L. Kearse,
acting grand stewards; J. c. Lanham,
acting grand marshal; D. w. Phillips,
acting grand tiler.
After the lodge had been duly op-
ened, the line of march was formed
according to the Altman Recon and
the wearers of the square and COM
pass marched to the place where the
stone was to be laid. A choir Of
beautiful ladies sang Masonic songs
during the ceremony. Prayer was
offered by Rev. S. o. Cantey and the
address of the occasion was made by
Rev. Peter Stokes, who is chairman
of the board of control.
The grand treasurer, at the direc-
tion of the grand master, then plac-
ed the following articles under the
stone before it was placed in proper
position: The holy Bible, The Bam-
berg Herald, the Bamberg County
Times, the. News and Courier, Car
Isle school catalogue, the Carlisle
Bugle, the history of Carlisle school,
coins of the day, commencement pro-
gramme, minutes of the South Caro-
lima conference, copies of the pro-
ceedings of the grand lodge, grand
chapter, grand council, and grand
commandery of South Carolina,
transactions Of the supreme council,
93d degree Masons of the southern
jurisdiction.
The grand master then tried the
stone by the plumb, square and lev
ell and pronounced the stone true,
well formed and trusty. The grand
master then put corn, wine and oil
upon the stone and the public grand
honors were given by the craftsmen
present. The grand master made a
short address on the principles OF
Free Masonry and the aims Of the or
der and the grand chaplain pronoun-'
ced the benediction.
Grand Master Bissell used the ia
nous Lafayette trowel in laying the
cornerstone. This trowel was used
by the noted Frenchman, Marquis
De Lafayette, in laying the corner
stone of the De Kalb monument in
Camden in 1925, and is now a very
valuable possession of the grand
1odee of South Carolina.