The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1924-04-12
col. CHARLES e. STUMP, THE Old
TIME TRAVELLING CORRESPOND
EMIT FOR THE BROAD AK, AFTER
SPENDING A FEW DAYS IN WASH
NGTON, D. c., HAS STRUCK OUT
FOR POINTS IN FLORIDA WHERE
HE WILL SPEND SOME TIME.


sister, the result Is about the same,
and when you get through then you
are supposed to be a member Of the
craft or the craftereen. You will know
more kinds of signs and pass words
and other word some mysterious
way you can tell each rider in the
dark as well as in the light, and they
band together or they band apart.
Do you know them goat riders are
doing great things these days and
am inclined to take just little more
part in them and some day / might
get to be some pumpkins in them with
the accent on the pumpk. ! have just
gotten away from one Of the big meet
ings and had the pleasure Of seeing
the Most WorshipfuI Union Grand
Lodge of Masons under the jurisdic-
ton of Florida with Most Worshipful
David D. Powell, the grand master,
and he is surrounded by a body Of
well up-to-now educated men-men
with brain and money-men in every
walk Of life, and some OF the best men
in the state Of Florida, ministers and
laymen, old and young, high and low,
and they do things in good shape.
If you remember, have been in
Georgia, but recently | have been in
Louisiana, Texas and Arkansas, and
back to Florida in time to 60 to see
the Masons in session, and without
counting the cost, l just decided that
was going to see them out, and you
can just bet your last dollar / got to
see them out, although they branded
me with red hot iron putting a G
on me where cannot see it myself,
nor am ! permitted according to law
to show it to my lady friends, hence
they will just have to guess, and look
at me as pass by, and say There
goes branded Mason"
! got in the big hall, and want
you to know that.the finest hall in this
country owned by my people is the
one in Jacksonville, known as the
Masonic Temple" and honey it is
just some temple. Two lifts known
as elevators with polite, courteous
young women tote you up and down.
You may 60 up as high as possible
and 60 down as far as possible, and
then just get off and shout your fool
brains out. But now about me in the
big hail. / was seated in the corner,
and that Grand Master with an eve
like an eagle looked at me, and /
believe he looked me through and
through, and said: while we thus
in our sanctihcation, who is the
stranger who dares put his feet On the
mud pie dough without having on the
wedding garment. The high tatum will
select two bouncers and proceed to
see if he is entitled to remain in his
hiding place"
Two men rushed to me, brought
me right I'D in the middle Of the floor,
standing before that giant, 50 to
speak. | don't know as / have ever
seen such high specimen Of human
ity as this Grand Master. He looked
to me like he was 20 feet tall, but /
think he was not so tall. My eyes
for the time being were in eclipse.
He made some kind Of motion at
me and looked wise, and believe
before / found myself looking other
wise, for six big men laid their hands
on me, stood me on my head, and for
one time / was reversed upside down.
and down side up. Hence l could not
use my walkers, and was at the mercy
Of the men. They tied my hands and
feet, stopped up their nose and pulled
off my shoes, my last hope Of defense.
and then with red hot iron. after
taking off other clothes stuck It to me.
and had me So that / could not cry
out. believe in my soul that my
mouth jumped out of my heart.
Then followed the goat which thew
trotted out for me to ride, and / am
here to tell you that ] stuck to him
for few minutes, but he dumped me
off into big hole filed with water,
and ! went down to the bottom. They
fshed me out, put new song in my
mouth, and gave me the pass word
which was Cow Bones and Hog
Huff. (" One of the men punched me
in the nose, but that was not the
place they seemed to want to work.
When they got through working on
me, they proceeded to 90 into a grand
lodge session. II was called the 54th
annual communication. It has gone
down into history as one of the great
est meetings Of the age. It was a
meeting Of men. Grand Master