The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1943-04-24
vi. w. KING HIRAM GRAND
LODGE TO HOLD EXTRA
SESSION IN YAZOO CITY
TWO DAYS MEETING TO BEGIN MAY 30

The M. w. King Hiram Grand
Lodge, Colored, A. F. & A. M. Ma
sons of the State of Mississippi will
meet in their extra session in va
zoo City, Miss, May 30-31 as the
guests of Widow Son Lodge No. is.
The session will open at high
noon, Sunday, May 3Oth, with a
gigantic parade to the Calvary Bap-
fist Church on Broadway Street, to
listen to a sermon by the Grand
Chaplain, and program rendered
by the Grand Lodge officers and
members of Electra Grand Chapter,
o. E. S., working under the juris-
diction of the above named Grand
Lodge, Mrs. Ora M. Reese, r. C. M.
Our organization on. w. King
Hiram Grand Lodge has grown to
be one of the biggest and best Ne
gro Fraternal organizations exist
ing in the State of Mississippi at
this time, with donations being
made to our deceased brothers wild
ows and children on due notice of
death
Since the annual session in No
vember, 1912, donations have been
made to the following:
January Is, 1943: Mrs. Sarah
Robinson wife of Rev. William
Robinson, deceased, of New Bethel
Lodge No. II, at Inverness, Miss.
Amount of donation $1,000.
February 10, 1943: Mrs. L. B.
Blackledge, wife of L. B. Black
ledge, deceased, of BIackledge
Lodge No. &c at Phillip, Miss.
Amount Of donation S12500.
March u. 1943: Mr.. Lewis Ross.
Jr, son Of Lewis Ross, Sr., deceased,
707 Nelson Street, of Justice Lodge
No. "a at GreenvilIe, Miss. Amount
- donation, 1880.
These donations were made in
due notice of death, and since this
time we have been successful in
adding several new Lodges to the
roll of the Grand Lodge, which in
creases the amount of donations to
our deceased brothers widows and
children. We have the largest
amount of money on hand that
has ever been carried in this treas
ure (widow relief, by the organi-
cation, and all money not paid to
the deceased brothers widows and
children is placed on the table in
each annual session to be dis
bursed out by by the majority of
legal delegates present. The mon
ely collected in this department is
used for no other purpose than
which it is collected for. Only Csc
fromb each member is paid into
this' department monthly.
The Grand Lodge Treasure is sep
arate from the Widow Relief de-
partment and is steadily increasing.
as all money collected after all ex-
penses of the office has been paid,
is placed in Treasure. 1t only cost
Doc per month to keep financial
with the NJ w. King Hiram Grand
Lodge with no extra assessment.
Several members of the Grand
Lodge were delegated to the Ma
tional meeting of the General
Grand Masonic Congress, in Jack
Florida. in October 1912.
while Negro Masons assembled from
all parts of the U. S. A. Some of
the officers present were: ILL.,. E. D.
Love president, 1909 18th st. N. w.
D. c. H. John ]. Mar
shall, Imperial Potentate, 325 Wash
ngton st. Newark, N. ]. Ill. M. H.
Johnson MP.S.G.C. 461 A Quincy
ST., Brooklyn, N. Y. and III. T. L.
Smith, G. M. of Missouri, Cor. Wash
ngton and Cedar st. Hayti. Mo.
The meeting was held as the guest
Of Prince Hall Grand Lodge of
Florida Ill. Josiah kirkland, GIN.
Apopka, Florida. All members of
our Grand Lodge have been con-
as to the National standing
II the Grand Lodge, and the Ma
ional utilization of its members.
We have longed to see a Negro
organization existing in
mississippi, where all members may
nave free speech, Annual report
I all collections and disbursements
rec from dictatorship, all dona-
ions made in due notice of death.
ANNUAL election or reelection of all
'fflcerS, in reach of every member
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