Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-11-03
DR.. ]. D. HAMR|CK
GRAND MASTER Of
GEORGIA MASONS

MACON, Ca, Oct. 31.-The an
nual grand lodge session of the Ma
sonic grand lodge OF Georgia came
to close Wednesday afternoon
with the election and installation of
officers.
DR.. James D. Hamrick, Carroll
ton. was elected grand master; w.
S, Richardson, Atlanta, deputy
grand master; A. G. Miller, Way
cross, senior grand warden; r. l..
Cox, Monroe, junior grand warden;
F. c.. Jones, Thomasville, grand
treasurer, and Frank F. Baker, Ma
con. reelected grand secretary.
The other offices are appointive
and were to be made by the grand
master during the afternoon.
After considerable discussion the
grand lodge voted down a resolu-
ton offered to raise the grand lodge
dues from 81 to $3.50 per annum,
the fifty cents increase to be APP
piled to the maintenance of the Ma
sonic home. Several grand lodge
members spoke for and against the
resolution. .N
N. III. Ballard, past grand master,
presided over the closing session
Grand Master Joe p. Bowdoin
having left last night for Alexan-
dria, Va, to represent Georgia Ma
sons at the cornerstone exercises
Thursday Of the George Washing
ton national memorial. He was &C
companied on the trip by past grand
masters G. L. Bass and George M.
Napier.
A number of committee reports
were heard at the morning session
and all of them were adopted and
will be published in the annual
grand lodge report. The grand mas
ter Of England presented NH. Bal
lard with a handsome testimonial
through Raymund Daniel, in charge
of foreign correspondence, assuring
him Of the confidence English Ma
sons had in the past grand master
Of Georgia. -,
A past grand masters jewel will
be presented to Grand Master Bow
doin, who retired this year after
serving two terms.
At Tuesday nights session, prac-
tically the entire evening was taken
up with a discussion of the arrest
of the charter of Lebanon lodge,
Atlanta. This was done because or
the activity of the lodge toward one
of it's members who became involved
in the court for ALLEGED violation OF
the law.
The grand lodge did not restore
the charter. but voted to name a
committee Of five to appoint 100
members of the lodge and have
| these men ballot on themselves, AND
if they voted for a charter to grant
it and let them admit such old mem
bers of the lodge as made appllca-
ton and as they saw fit to accept
The charter was arrested last sum
mer by the grand master.
The grand lodge voted to give the
Scottish Rite Home for Cripples n
Atlanta $1,000 as part Of the main
tenance fund. This amount is given
annually.
LODGE PLANNED TO CALL
ON PRISON COMMISSION
The charter of Lebanon lodge was
arrested last spring by Grand Mas
ter Joseph P. Bowdoin after the
lodge had declared its intention OF
going in body before the state prls
on Commission to seek executive
cIemency for w. l.. Payne, former
city detective, who was convicted in
the state courts Of extortinge money
from a negro bootlegger for polio:
protection. Payne was member OF
Lebanon lodge and at a lodge trial
was eXonerated.
The charter was arrested by the
grand master to prevent the lodge
from going before the prison com
mission.
The officers at the time of the
charter arrest were: j. d. Cara
way, jworshipful master; F. M. Car
roll, senior warden; J. D. Faulkner
junior warden; Arthur Dunlap. sec
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